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The war in Iran has knocked Ukraine completely out of the headlines, but former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hasn’t forgotten about the hundreds of millions of dollars being funneled to the notoriously corrupt Eastern European country. In a column published by the Washington Post, the Kentucky Republican who chairs the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee publicly complained about the Pentagon’s holdup of $400 million in military aid approved by Congress for the ongoing NATO proxy war against Russia. “We’re already paying a price for inaction,”@SenMcConnell writes. “What gives?” https://t.co/ourP7WopgF pic.twitter.com/KEbmvumjIL — Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) April 29, 2026 “Republican majorities…

U.S. President Donald Trump was presented the ship’s bell from Second World War Anglo-Australian submarine HMS Trump by King Charles III at the White House banquet, where the President hailed the shared “audacity” of the Anglo-Saxon people that drove the British to conquer the seas and the Americans to conquer the moon. The key set-piece event of the state visit to the United States by King Charles III and the Queen Consort Camilla, the state dinner at the White House saw the King and his host, President Donald Trump speak of the unique bond between the British and American peoples,…

Does it ever seem like certain types of crimes get ignored or played down by legacy media? As humorist David Burge (Iowahawk) famously stated, “journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.” We aim to correct this by bringing you the crime stories the media hate to cover in our new daily feature, America’s Crime Blotter, where we’ll be sharing news about left-wing political violence, illegal immigrant crime, out-of-proportion black criminality, Islamic terrorism, and more. Here’s a list of the latest crime across America: ICE Arrests Illegal Aliens Convicted of Murder, Child Sex Crimes, Drug…

Good Wednesday morning. Here is what’s on President Trump’s agenda today: 8:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time 2:00 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Greeting with Artemis II Astronauts 4:00 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting 5:00 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting News roundup: Hegseth to face lawmakers for first time since Iran war started Senate rejects attempt to end Trump’s blockade of Cuba Support from pro-Israel group AIPAC becomes a dividing line in Democratic races Migrants blame Kristi Noem in appeal to Supreme Court Senate rejects curb on Trump military action in…

During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) argued that the issue with voter ID measures is “If you forgot your ID or you forgot to renew it” then you wouldn’t be able to vote. Host Elex Michaelson asked, “[T]here is this effort in California that is focused more on voter ID. What is wrong with the concept, if I show up to vote at my polling place, that I have to show an ID, when I have to show an ID to buy alcohol, I have to show an ID to…

The NSF has faced scrutiny over its grant-making priorities, including programs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in federally funded research. The post Trump Fires Board Overseeing DEI-iddled National Science Foundation first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

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A bulk carrier and a cargo ship transit the Panama Canal in Panama City on March 12, 2026. Matias Delacroix/AP PhotoThe United States and five Latin American and Caribbean nations issued a joint statement on April 28 backing Panama over China’s retaliatory measures after the Central American nation terminated concessions held by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison to operate two Panama Canal ports.In the statement, the United States, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Paraguay said they were closely monitoring what they described as China’s “economic pressure” targeting Panama and its actions affecting Panama-flagged vessels.We had a problem loading…

Op-ed views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. Polls show Americans are angry — and rightly so — at accelerating medical bills. Meanwhile, the insurers and hospitals keep raking in record profits. UnitedHealthcare just reported jumbo profits so far in 2026, and in 2025, they recorded revenues of more than $400 billion. They are raking in profits from the $1.9 trillion in federal healthcare programs. Two of the largest “nonprofit” hospital chains, Kaiser Permanente and HCA Healthcare, recorded nearly $200 billion in assets at the end of 2024. As Rep. Jason Smith, chairman of the House Ways…

In the opening segment of Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, host Audie Cornish and her panel defended Jimmy Kimmel’s “expectant widow” comments and also discussed the aftermath of the third Trump assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The panel blamed Trump as the reason for the political violence, which Cornish called the debate over violence and rhetoric “nonsensical” after she played a clip of Charlamagne tha God.  One panelist, The Wall Street Journal’s Sabrina Rodriguez, even echoed the words of Jimmy Kimmel from Monday night, where the late-night host told Melania Trump to tell her husband to tone down his rhetoric amid…

In this video image provided by SpaceX, a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on May 13, 2022. SpaceX via APCalifornia’s Coastal Commission has issued an apology to Elon Musk’s SpaceX and agreed not to require coastal development permits for the company’s rocket launch program at Vandenberg Space Force Base, ending a federal lawsuit that alleged the agency was guilty of political bias.“The Commission affirms that its function is to protect and enhance California’s coastal zone consistent with its…

Woke NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace is no stranger to landing himself in hot water, a place he found himself once again during a recent race at Talladega. Wallace was the head of the pack during the race, taking a commanding place ahead of the other drivers participating in the event until lap 115. Wallace was then bumped in the rear by fellow race car driver Ross Chastain. At first glance, the bump didn’t appear significant. However, Wallace soon lost control of his vehicle, cut across several other cars and then slammed into the wall. The wreck soon involved all but…

Several days after yet another attempt was made on President Donald Trump’s life, folks on the left have started pushing a series of conspiracy theories suggesting that the whole event was set up by the president as a means of raising his approval ratings. One of the leading advocates of pushing this theory is actress Mia Farrow. Farrow got on Democratic echo chamber Bluesky, a leftist version of popular social media platform X, where she published posts pushing the theory that Cole Tomas Allen, 31, who ran full steam ahead through a metal detector and shooting a Secret Service agent…

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is once again at the center of controversy after she posted what appeared to be contradictory messages about the third assassination attempt on President Donald Trump’s life, which happened during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026 at the Washington Hilton Hotel in the nation’s capital. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, barged through a security checkpoint with several guns and knives. He shot one Secret Service agent in the chest, but thankfully, the agent was wearing his bulletproof vest and despite injuries sustained during the incident, is expected to make a full recovery. Allen was…

Jimmy Kimmel is refusing to apologize for the horrific comments he made about First Lady Melania Trump and President Trump, claiming that the Trump family is being dishonest in attacking him for joking about Trump being assassinated and Melania being happy with such an outcome, an utterly horrific thing to say. As background, Kimmel kicked off the furor when, shortly before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night at which President Trump and others were attacked by a deranged gunman, he joked that Melania has the “glow” of an “expectant widow.” In response to that, Melania fired back on…

The United States Supreme Court just gave Republicans in the Lone Star State a massive victory, locking in the state’s newly created congressional map and making a path forward for it to be put into use during the 2026 midterm elections. The decision handed down by the highest court in the land overturns a ruling from a lower court that said the map violated federal law. SCOTUS already allowed the newly drawn lines to be used temporarily in 2025, however, the latest ruling makes that arrangement permanent, putting to bed a long, drawn-out legal battle over Texas’ mid-decade redistricting push.…

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is calling on his fellow Democrats to “drop” their Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) following a third attempted assassination on President Donald Trump’s life at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. He then asked for Democrats to throw their support behind building the White House ballroom. Fetterman shared a post on social media platform X that featured a screenshot of an article from Mediaite written by Joe DePaolo that discussed how “awful” security was at the event. The Pennsylvania Democrat then said that the Washington Hilton Hotel “wasn’t built to accommodate an…

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s wife — who prefers to be called the “First Partner” — Jennifer Siebel Newsom slammed President Donald Trump after he sat down for a rather intense interview with “60 Minutes,” speaking with a female host, ripping him for “speaking to a woman journalist with that level of contempt.” The interview included a rather fiery exchange between Trump and Norah O’Donnell after she asked a series of questions about the shooting suspect from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. President Trump called O’Donnell a “disgrace” and “disgraceful” as the two traded verbal jabs. The president’s wrath was…

Speaking during the White House Press conference about the horrific remarks made by woke late-night TV personality Jimmy Kimmel, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt leapt back into action despite being due to give birth any day now to sound off on Kimmel for the horrid things he said about First Lady Melania Trump. As background, Kimmel has faced much fire for the horrible comments he made about First Lady Melania Trump being an “expectant widow” shortly before President Trump was attacked by yet another would-be assassin during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in DC on Saturday night. For reference,…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington on April 15, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty ImagesThe U.S. Treasury Department on April 28 imposed sanctions on 35 individuals and entities accused of running Iran’s secret shadow banking network.Treasury has accused the network of transferring tens of billions of dollars to help Iran dodge U.S. sanctions and finance terrorism.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

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Radical leftist Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is hailed by her allies as a refugee from Somalia. So does she know her American history? When she made a comical gaffe, reading from her notes about “World War II” and calling it “World War Eleven,” a Newsweek writer felt the urgent need to “fact check” it. It’s on video. It’s factual. But as usual, the complaint it “has been shared online without context.” The “context” they don’t like is the comedy that followed. Twitchy captured some of the memes. Others suggested jokes about sequels, like Back to the Future Eleven, or our…

Hey y’all, welcome back to Unfit to Print.  Today we’re covering the UAE’s exit from OPEC, taxpayers funding anti-ICE protests, and a foiled foreign takeover of an iconic whiskey brand.TRUMP DRILLS BEIJING The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it is leaving OPEC and OPEC+, dealing a major blow to the oil cartel.  The UAE is one of OPEC’s top producers, and its departure damages the organization’s aura of control. Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s de facto leader, will now have a weaker hand in managing global oil prices as the UAE signals it wants more freedom to increase production — a…

A longtime top adviser to former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci is now facing federal charges brought against him by the Department of Justice, with prosecutors accusing the leading official of using secret private email accounts during the pandemic in an attempt keep key discussions out of public view by keeping them away from the prying eyes of the Freedom of Information Act. The official involved is 78-year-old David M. Morens. He spent years inside the NIAID, with his time as a top official largely spent working for Dr. Fauci. The DOJ is alleging,…

CNN’s NewsNight with Abby Phillip, known around these parts as the Thunderdome, found a way to make itself even more grating and offputting to its viewers. The show is now closing by compelling panelists to engage in ritual self-humiliation via public reading of mean tweets solicited from the audience. But the show’s eponymous host is spared from this exercise. Watch the “viewer feedback” segment as aired on CNN’s NewsNight with Abby Phillip on Tuesday, April 29th, 2026: WATCH: In lieu of the traditional nightcap segment to close out CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip, panelists are now asked to ritually self-humiliate…

President Donald Trump will attempt to “rig” the upcoming midterm elections in the United States, former French ambassador to America Gérard Araud has claimed. Araud, a longtime diplomat who previously served as French ambassador to Israel, the representative of Paris at the United Nations, and, finally, as ambassador to the United States from 2014 to 2019, has long been a critic of President Donald Trump. However, the outspoken 73-year-old former ambassador drew attention for his outlandish predictions about American politics in the coming months. Appearing on the France Inter public broadcaster this week, Araud said that he expects President Trump…

On Tuesday, President Trump joked about his old age during an event with King Charles, which greatly upset ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel because, according to him, that is the same he did on Thursday that led the Trumps to call for his firing on Monday. Of course, they were not the same because Trump didn’t suggest Melania is looking forward to his death. Kimmel began by introducing a clip of Trump, “Trump was very excited about hosting the king, and a lot of it is because Trump’s mom was a great fan of the royal family.” Jimmy Kimmel doesn’t see the…

The price you pay for a product may depend not just on demand, but on what companies know about you.Surveillance pricing is a growing practice nationwide, where businesses use individualized prices to maximize profits, based on calculations about what the consumer is willing to pay. We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

A U.S. Marine intelligence specialist activates a small unmanned aerial system during a simulated assault and seizure at Glen Airfield, Australia, on July 5, 2025. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Victor GurrolaU.S. forces stand to receive a massive boost in their drone warfare capabilities if Congress approves President Donald Trump’s military budget request for fiscal year 2027.Earlier this month, the Trump administration put forward its 2027 budget plan, including $1.5 trillion in military and defense-related spending.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

An app for Kalshi is shown in Chicago, on Feb. 25, 2026. Scott Olson/Getty ImagesA betting industry that has grown exponentially over the past two years is facing increasing scrutiny over a series of alleged insider trading scandals that have rocked congressional races and recently led to the arrest of a U.S. soldier.Last week, Gannon Ken Van Dyke was indicted after betting on the mission to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.

The First Amendment protects unpopular, offensive, and hateful speech. Todd Blanche, Trump’s acting AG after he fired Pam Bondi, criticized millions of people on X and other social media for daring to take the president to task for his many breaches of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. During a news conference, the new AG included the non-assassination attempt on the president’s life and the now standard “manifesto” of the suspect released to the public to make the point something needs to be done about words the state considers terrorism. ]]> The AG did not outright call for limiting…

‘George Washington cited this verse in whole or in part more than 40 times’America needs the Bible more than ever. Thankfully, at the Museum of the Bible last week, they had various leaders read through the whole book. Even the president participated. Two months before it happened, I wrote about it, calling it “An Ambitious Bible Reading Plan.”Get Daily Emails AmericaReadsTheBible.com explains their vision: “In honor of the 250th birthday of the United States, America Reads the Bible serves as a spiritual celebration of our nation’s founding ideals and a call to rediscover the truth that still anchors us today.” Just as in the…

“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech.”—Benjamin FranklinEverything this nation once stood for is being turned on its head. We are being asked—no, told—to believe that the greatest threat to America today is not government overreach, endless war, corruption, surveillance, or the steady erosion of constitutional rights.Get Daily Emails No, the real threat, it seems, is speech. Dangerous speech. Hateful speech. Critical speech. Speech that dares to challenge power. In the wake of the reported assassination attempt on President Trump, the Trump administration has wasted no time advancing a dangerous narrative:…

Last weekend, my Institute for Peace and Prosperity hosted another conference here on the Texas Gulf Coast. Not only did we have a full house attending the conference – which is in a way the most important thing – but in this era of profound disappointment and disillusionment, we struck a note of optimism, thankfully, due to our wonderful line-up of speakers. The main topic of the conference, titled “War is Back on the Menu,” was, of course, the disastrous decision by the Trump Administration to launch an unprovoked war against Iran – both last June and again on February…

The creative force behind one of the most recognizable heroes of 1980s pop culture has died, closing the chapter on a career that helped define a generation of toys and animation. Roger Sweet, widely credited with developing the character He-Man, died Tuesday morning at the age of 91, according to his wife, Marlene, per Page Six.  She said he passed away peacefully at a care facility following a period of declining health linked to dementia. In his final months, Sweet faced serious medical challenges. Marlene previously shared that he suffered a fall while walking alone and could not recall what…

Even if the most dire climate scenarios are accurate, and humanity must transition away from fossil fuel, it can’t happen overnight. The rational approach is to first develop alternative sources of energy without precipitously destroying the industries that reliably produce oil and natural gas. Once alternatives are available at a competitive price and in sufficient quantities, demand naturally migrates to the alternatives. Meanwhile, the oil and gas industry, recognizing that their core business is to provide energy, actually stays healthy by also investing in the transition. None of that is happening in California. The approach the state’s politicians have chosen…

Some books arrive carrying the wrong label, and The Technological Republic is emphatically one of them. Critics have been quick to reach for the term “technofascism,” conjuring images of a surveillance state run by defense contractors, Silicon Valley conscripted into the machinery of empire. This is a lazy and fundamentally dishonest reading. What Karp and Zamiska have written is something at once more ambitious and humanistic: a sustained philosophical argument for recovering the shared beliefs and cultural commitments that give democratic societies the will—and the right—to defend themselves. The book is not a blueprint for coercion, but rather a diagnosis…

On April 21, the DOJ flipped on the light in the SPLC’s kitchen and spotted a scurrying cockroach called “wire fraud and money laundering.” It is hard to say how I learned this news—I think my husband Peter was the first person to tell me—because I got a large number of texts and email messages from my friends and supporters almost immediately. This also happens any time the New York State Attorney General Letitia James is in hot water. It’s nice to be remembered. It’s not what I hoped to be remembered for, but I’ll be reading every word. Quoting from the DOJ Press…

The assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025, was never a random act of madness. It was the inevitable result of years of systematic demonization, dehumanization, and deliberate incitement by the political Left and its media allies. They didn’t merely oppose Kirk’s ideas. They cast him, and conservatives more broadly, as existential threats to democracy, as fascists who deserved not to be debated but to be destroyed. Less than eight months later, on April 25, 2026, that same poisonous atmosphere produced another assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, this time aimed at President Donald Trump and senior…

Ever since allegations of widespread and rampant fraud in Minnesota made the headlines, a great many people – well, on the political right, at least – have been wondering what would be done about it and when. On the morning of April 28, those questions were answered.Twenty-two Minnesota businesses, most of them owned or managed by members of the state’s large Somali community, were raided by federal agents. “Today the FBI with federal, state and local law enforcement is involved in court-authorized law enforcement activity as part of an ongoing fraud investigation,” a spokesperson for the Department of Justice told…

The immigration battle between the Trump administration and activist judges will once again be brought before the nation’s highest court today (April 29). The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Trump v. Miot and Mullin v. Doe, consolidated cases challenging the administration’s efforts to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian and Syrian immigrants, respectively. Plaintiffs in both actions have secured stays in the lower courts against the government’s nonrenewal of TPS status. The Trump administration is asking SCOTUS to lift the stay, so that deportations of Haitians and Syrians in the United States under the program can be…

Well, that was a shocker. Out of nowhere, the United Arab Emirates surprised global energy markets and the geopolitical world by announcing it would leave OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, and its broader alliance, OPEC+, on May 1. While the news came at an inopportune time for energy prices, the oil-soaked writing may have been on the wall for quite some time – and that could make President Donald Trump smile from ear to ear.UAE Out of OPEC In what could be a severe blow to the 12-member cartel, the UAE said it will pursue an independent…

It looks like the great state of Tennessee is catching up with its neighbors.

Elon Musk arrives at the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., on April 28, 2026. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP PhotoLOS ANGELES—Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the stand Tuesday as the first witness in a high-stakes federal civil jury trial in Oakland, California, accusing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman of defrauding him and betraying the company’s founding mission: to operate as an open-source nonprofit dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity.The lawsuit stems from a bitter feud between the two tech titans over the organization they co-founded in 2015, which has since become one of the world’s most valuable and…

A new creative chapter is unfolding for Goldie Hawn, but the actress says one constant in her life continues to bring her lasting fulfillment: her decades-long relationship with Kurt Russell. According to Fox News, as she prepares to release her first children’s book, “The After-School Kindness Crew: Pooch on the Loose,” co-written with Lin Oliver, Hawn reflected on the personal philosophy that has guided her through both her career and her private life. “My life’s mission is to be happy. My life’s mission is to be an example for my children and my family,” Hawn said during an interview with…

More than 20 locations in Minneapolis were raided Tuesday as federal authorities crack down on alleged fraud linked to Somali-owned businesses in the Democrat-run state.The targets included childcare facilities that were registered with the state but allegedly billing for care they did not provide, Fox News reported Tuesday. Video footage shows officers exiting one of the facilities: 🚨 NOW: Federal agents are FLOODING the Quality Learing Center in Minneapolis as they conduct RAIDS at 20+ mostly Somali locations across the area Per DHS: “Homeland Security Investigations in cooperation with our law enforcement partners executed criminal search warrants in… pic.twitter.com/GhU7HQ8nr6 —…

The third dreadful assassination attempt against President Trump was an opportunity to assess where we stand on the question of political violence. In this decade, the media has demonstrated a profound double standard. The horrible riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 was a four-year obsession for the liberal media, and supposedly smart people compared it to Pearl Harbor and 9/11 – as in January 6 was “worse than” the other disasters. But the George Floyd riots in 2020 were presented dishonestly as peaceful protests. We all remember reporters standing in front of fires saying it was “peaceful,” or…

In a manifesto reportedly sent to family members moments before he attempted to storm past security at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday evening (April 25), Cole Tomas Allen wrote, “Thank you to my family, both personal and church, for your love over these last 31 years.”Though Allen, who was charged Monday with attempting to assassinate the president, didn’t specify which church he was thanking, context about his parents’ church, publicly available information about his involvement in a Christian student ministry and the religious language in his manifesto provide a glimpse into the religious background of the would-be assassin.…

A viral mural showing the Islamic Republic’s new ayatollah among dead Iranian leaders has deepened speculation he was killed or gravely wounded in the 28 February strikes on Tehran.A mural depicting Mojtaba Khamenei alongside dead Iranian commanders and officials has gone viral in Iran, fueling speculation that the country’s new ayatollah may be dead or gravely wounded nearly two months after he was last seen in public. The mural, unveiled in Mashhad Ardehal west of Kashan and titled “Martyrs of the Epic Struggle,” depicts deceased top Iranian military and political leaders, including Qassem Soleimani, former President Ebrahim Raisi and Islamic…