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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Wednesday that Louisiana’s 2024 redistricting was unconstitutional because its map was drawn based on race without meeting the extremely limited and strictly-defined legal justifications for race-based redistricting. In its Louisiana v. Callais Et Al. ruling, the Supreme Court upheld an appeals court ruling that the state’s SB8, which redrew the congressional map to add a minority-majority district in 2024, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Wednesday’s Supreme Court opinion ruled that Louisiana’s new congressional map is, indeed, an unconstitutional gerrymander. The case began its path to the Supreme Court in 2022:…

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Biden administration officials used a codeword in internal emails when discussing small business loans to Planned Parenthood affiliates, according to emails revealed Monday by the Senate’s Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee Chairwoman Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). In a letter, Ernst referred the documents to the U.S. Department of Justice so that they can investigate whether Small Business Administration (SBA) officials “violated federal law by concealing or attempting to conceal federal records and by seeking to evade Congressional and public record inquiries.” The embarrassing episode dates back to the folly-filled chapters of the COVID panic, when Congress primed the pump for future inflation by indiscriminately…

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On Wednesday’s Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough said: “Let us hope, post-Trump, there’s more of a Marco Rubio reset.” Is that the sound of Joe volunteering for Marco ’28? This would be a little weird, since ten years ago, he was slamming Rubio as the emptiest suit in the room, and he was yelling at Nicolle Wallace for being too pro-Rubio. Scarborough cast Rubio as a throwback to pre-Trump Republicanism, praising his “long-held beliefs” while noting he has “cowered at times.” Is this just analysis—or is Scarborough signaling the kind of Republican he might actually back in the post-Trump era? Can he back…

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The U.S. Supreme Court released a bombshell ruling on Wednesday significantly curtailing states’ use of race in the redistricting process. “Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 … was designed to enforce the Constitution — not collide with it. Unfortunately, lower courts have sometimes applied this Court’s §2 precedents in a way that forces States to engage in the very race-based discrimination that the Constitution forbids,” Associate Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the majority (6-3). Known as Louisiana v. Callais, the case centers around Louisiana’s creation of a second majority-black district in its most recent congressional map. The…

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Image: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license./ Author: Tdorante10 A Christian school that was punished for refusing to play against a transathlete has won a settlement from the State of Vermont. In 2023, The Gateway Pundit reported that Mid Vermont Christian School (MVCS) withdrew from Vermont’s Division IV basketball tournament due to a biological male being on the opposing team. MVCS head of school Vicky Fogg explained in a statement it was unfair and unsafe for the high school girls to play against a biological male. Following the forfeiture, the school was banned from participating in sporting events going…

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Matt Dunlap is the former Secretary of State of Maine and currently the Maine State Auditor. At the moment, he’s one of the Democratic candidates for the CD-2 congressional seat. Advertisement He’s one of four Democrats –  Dunlap, State Sen. Joe Baldacci, social worker Paige Loud, and former Capitol Hill staffer Jordan Wood – in the primary race vying for the opportunity to face off against the former Republican governor Paul LePage in the November general election.They were all at a debate last night, which featured some pretty hard-hitting questions for a potential congressman, like, ‘What’s the most neglected state park…

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Under the direction of Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, leaders of the Catholic Church in Jerusalem, Israel, sent local authorities a formal complaint, claiming encroachments on Church-owned land in the West Bank by Israeli settlers are a “red line.” The complaint follows an April 23 field meeting between the Endowment Department of the Latin Patriarchate and military authorities and civil administration regarding settler encroachments, according to a press release from Church leaders. (RELATED: New Bill Brings Light To All But One Church Under Russian Persecution)The Church leaders said that the “official and documented” complaint was sent to relevant…

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The United States Supreme Court ruled today, April 29, in Louisiana v. Callais that Louisiana was discriminatory when it created a second majority black district. The 6-3 ruling determined that Louisiana gave too much consideration to race when it last redrew its Congressional Districts map. Chief Justice John Roberts took issue with a Democrat district in Louisiana that is more than 200 miles in length and was drawn like a “snake.”The current map, drawn after the 2020 census, had previously been struck down by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling has broad implications for how the Voting…

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Geologists confirmed the world’s largest known deposit of the natural mineral illite was found in Yeongdong County in South Korea in April, according to a survey. A joint survey between Yeongdong County and the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) found that the county holds approximately 104.5 million tons of illite, according to Seoul Economic Daily. A 2024 study published in the journal Coatings found illite is competitive with other solid electrolyte materials in conducting the lithium ions found in lithium ion batteries, and the mineral is currently used in products like cosmetics and fertilizer, the Daily Galaxy…

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ER Editor:  Zerohedge is running this, which takes a deeper dive into what David Morens was up to with those Covid records  — Top Fauci Advisor David Morens Charged In COVID Records Cover-Up: DOJ Celia Farber has this, which includes a range of X/Twitter reactions — Top Fauci Official, David Morens, Indicted In First Criminal Prosecution Against A Senior Covid Official Cause For Jubilation, or Too Little Too Late? We recommend the Sam Cooper article extract below. ******** BREAKING: Top Fauci Advisor Indicted in First Criminal Prosecution Against a Senior COVID Official David Morens criminally charged with hiding emails, destroying…

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An election worker sorts ballots, in a file photo. John Moore/Getty ImagesA federal judge on April 28 dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) against Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes that sought access to state voter registration data.U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich wrote in a 13-page ruling that Arizona’s voter registration list is “not a document subject to request by the Attorney General“ and that the DOJ did not provide sufficient argument to ”convince the court” to allow access to the data.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser.…

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In a 6-3 ruling on Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana congressional redistricting map “is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.” The state had originally drawn a map after the 2020 census that contained one black-majority district out of its six districts. A lower court ruled that the map violated the Voting Rights Act, and when the state redrew the map in 2024, it had two black-majority districts. The Supreme Court held that the Voting Rights Act “did not require Louisiana to create an additional majority-minority district.”  I don’t understand how race considerations are ever constitutional. African-Americans vote 97% with…

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White House Communications Director Steven Cheung got into an ugly social media spat with a Democratic staffer. It started with Sen. Mark Warner’s, D-Virginia, communications director, Rachel Cohen, whining on X about Tricia McLaughlin being interviewed on CNN. In Cohen’s view, it’s unlikely McLaughlin had anything of value to say. WHY is CNN interviewing Tricia McLaughlin right now She is easily the most mendacious spokesperson I’ve had the displeasure of encountering in 15 years of doing this. What could she POSSIBLY have to say that adds to viewers’ understanding of anything?? — rachel cohen (@rcohen) April 28, 2026 “WHY is…

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ER Editor:  Journalist Helene de Lauzun also put this out earlier this month — French Public Media Put in the Dock Of note on the young MP, Charles Alloncle, who has gone to bat for this cause of corruption in French public media yet received massive invective for his efforts — Over the weeks, Alloncle has emerged as one of the rising figures of the French conservative Right. Previously little known, this MP—a member of Éric Ciotti’s party, the Union of the Right for the Republic (Union des Droites pour la République, or UDR, allied with the Rassemblement National)—has commanded…

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(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Federal agents raided multiple businesses across Minneapolis Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged Somali-linked fraud, according to several reports. Among the locations targeted was the controversial Quality Learning Center.The raids hit more than 20 locations, including childcare centers, under search warrants signed by a federal judge, Fox News reported. “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 DOJ spokesperson said in a statement. Footage of the raids quickly spread on social media, showing federal agents entering businesses…

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The Department of Justice is holding a signing ceremony today in which Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche “will preside over the signing” of a “landmark rulemaking package” from the ATF. Breitbart News spoke with the DOJ and they made clear the package includes “repealing several regs from the Biden administration” and making “revisions to Form 4473.” In other correspondence, it was clear that the “landmark rulemaking package…[represents] the culmination of DOJ’s and ATF’s comprehensive regulatory review conducted pursuant to the direction in Executive Order 14206 (‘Protecting Second Amendment Rights’).” Breitbart News reported that President Donald Trump signed the “Protecting Second…

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set Wednesday to make his final interest rate announcement. He wil announce the decision by the Federal Open Market Committee.The committee is expected to hold interest rates steady, NBC News reported.  Powell’s term as chairman concludes May 15, but he could remain on the committee.  His final interest-rate announcement comes on the same day the Senate Banking Committee is expected to recommend President Trump nominee Kevin Warsh replace Powell as the next chairman. If the committee recommends Warsh, he will then face a final vote from the full Senate, which is expected to vote…

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Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will testify before the House Oversight Committee on May 29, The Hill reported.The planned testimony follows her receipt of a subpoena from the panel while serving as attorney general. Despite her departure from the role, the committee has continued to demand her testimony about the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein files and its related investigations. “Pam Bondi has illegally defied our committee, skipped her deposition, and has refused to cooperate,” wrote Ranking Member Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif. “Bondi has extensive personal knowledge about the Trump Administration’s handling of the Epstein files, and regardless of her…

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday released an opinion striking down a set of Louisiana congressional district maps that added a second majority black district.In 2022, Louisiana redrew its congressional district maps, which a court later ruled likely violated the Voting Rights Act because they did not include a second majority black district. The state then created a new set of maps with an explicit racial consideration to create a second black majority district, which the Court on Wednesday found was unconstitutional. “Because the Voting Rights Act did not require Louisiana to create an additional majority-minority district, no compelling interest justified…

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Iran to strike an agreement to end the ongoing war and indicated that he was losing patience with the regime.”Iran can’t get their act together. They don’t know how to sign a nonnuclear deal. They better get smart soon! Iran can’t get their act together,” he posted on Truth Social. Accompanying Trump’s post was an image of him holding a rifle while standing amid a string of buildings and explosions, with the caption “no more Mr. Nice Guy.” Trump has repeatedly threatened to resume fighting amid the ongoing ceasefire and has also hinted at…

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A Washington state school district committed “viewpoint discrimination” in several ways against a Christian ministry that provides “off-site religious instruction to students,” according to a federal judge nominated by President Biden.Everett Public School District north of Seattle must permit LifeWise to participate in its “community resource fairs” and display flyers “where and to the extent secular organizations are allowed to do so,” including one with a “boy praying” that the district said it banned “because it could be viewed as proselytizing,” according to the preliminary injunction by U.S. District Judge Lauren King. It must also permit Emerson Elementary School students…

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The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is under fire for trying to protect the identity of left-wing extremist students. When Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attorney James Percival appeared at the school on April 21 to speak at a Federalist Society event, left-wing extremist students repeatedly interrupted him. “Yesterday, DHS General Counsel James Percival came to UCLA School of Law for a good-faith academic discussion and was met with personal attacks, repeated interruptions, and organized disruption that prevented him from speaking,” UCLA Federalist Society chapter President Matthew Weinberg told Fox News at the time. Truly abhorrent and unimaginable behavior…

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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. An exclusive dance party is raging in the coastal marshes along southern Texas—and it’s coming to an end. However, to score an invite to this event, you have to be an Attwater’s prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri). From February through May, the males of this colorful bird species do a quick-stomping dance and make a low booming sound to attract a mate.  The Attwater’s Prairie Chicken Dance [embedded content] Beginning in late January and into February, male prairie-chickens begin to gather in low grass…

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ER Editor: Nick Fuentes is not someone we have ever followed, but we’ve watched a fair bit of Candace Owens. She seems extraordinarily scripted (by whom?), with the Brigitte Macron series of videos being a prime example. Historical photos of her don’t fully align with her present media self. It’s our opinion watching events over the last handful of years that certain influencers have been handpicked by the white hats to deliver precisely the messaging that is sorely needed to shift public perception. To shift it usefully and purposefully. But these influencers have had shady pasts and may no longer…

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This pastor says Jesus is wrong, and he’s saying it to accommodate modern views of women’s roles in society. He said Jesus is wrong to say women can’t serve as deacons and alludes to the Catholic Church’s corresponding view. I’m not even sure how the passage relates to deacons. In Luke 10:38–42, Jesus visits the home of Martha and Mary in a village. Martha, known for her hospitality, is busy with preparations, while Mary sits at Jesus’ feet listening to His teaching. When Martha asks Jesus to tell Mary to help, He responds with the double address “Martha, Martha” and…

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(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Amid a US blockade on Iranian ports and a very fragile ceasefire with Iran, President Trump has been consulting with some of the most rabid Iran hawks who want him to restart the bombing campaign, according to a report from Axios. The report said Trump has been speaking with the notoriously hawkish Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Ret. US Army General Jack Keane, and Marc Thiessen, a Washington Post columnist and former speechwriter for the George W. Bush administration, who has been urging the president to kill more of Iran’s leadership. Trump recently shared a post from Thiessen where…

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British police arrested six members of a fringe religious sect Wednesday after launching a massive dawn raid over allegations of sexual abuse, forced marriage, and modern slavery. More than 500 officers from Cheshire Constabulary and neighboring forces descended on three properties in Crewe, England, linked to the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL), according to The Telegraph. The operation centered on the group’s headquarters at Webb House, a former orphanage. Authorities said the allegations involve one female victim who belonged to the sect when the offenses allegedly took place in 2023.The suspects include four men and two women holding American,…

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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A man in Colorado might not have done anything wrong, but that hasn’t stopped the AI surveillance state from casting him into a dystopian “Groundhog Day” of police harassment. Kyle Dausman, a resident of Cherry Hills Village on Denver’s south side, has been trapped in what must feel like a Kafkaesque loop after his truck was flagged by Flock Safety’s automatic license plate readers. Whenever Dausman leaves his home, he told local channel 9News, he’s harangued by local cops, who are automatically alerted…

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(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The New York Post has uncovered the identities of two more Southern Poverty Law Center informants as the Justice Department looks to prosecute the group for secretly paying Nazis and Klansmen to serve as spies.The DOJ’s indictment lists nine different informants, but doesn’t name them. The informants include the former imperial wizard of the United Klans of America, a former officer in the National Socialist Movement, the former chairman of the National Alliance, and someone who helped organize the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right rally. According to the Post, the ex-Klan imperial wizard is Bradley Scott…

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Over 70% of children under the age of two use screens for up to several hours a day, according to a new study released Tuesday. Commissioned by the U.K.-based 1001 Critical Days Foundation and conducted by the iADDICT research group from four U.K. universities, the study found that one in ten babies worldwide now regularly fall asleep with a screen. A meaningful minority of babies were exposed to screen time up to eight hours daily. (RELATED: Spike In Childhood Peanut Allergies Was Caused By So-Called ‘Expert’ Advice, Study Confirms)Researchers analyzed thousands of studies and found a steadily expanding body of…

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Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off platforms Commission says tech company does not have effective measures to keep under-13s off Facebook and Instagram JENNIFER RANKIN for THE GUARDIAN The tech company Meta has been found to be in breach of EU law for failing to prevent children under 13 from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms. Issuing the preliminary findings of a nearly two-year investigation, the European Commission said on Wednesday that Meta did not have effective measures in place to stop under-13s accessing its services. The US tech company was unable to meet its own…

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City of Middletown Mayor Joseph DeStefano speaks at the 2025 State of the City Address at City Hall in Middletown, N.Y., on April 21, 2026. Oliver Mantyk/The Epoch TimesMIDDLETOWN, N.Y.—City of Middletown Mayor Joseph DeStefano told The Epoch Times on April 27 that providing a safe water system is the top priority when serving the public, and that’s why he is focused on expanding the city’s watershed area and updating the aging water infrastructure.DeStefano was expanding on his April 21 State of the City Address, in which he discussed the water system projects that were developed in 2025. During the…

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New testimony in a Texas courtroom is shedding light on the disturbing explanations offered by a delivery driver accused of killing a young girl, with jurors hearing conflicting accounts of what led to the crime. The New York Post reported that Tanner Horner, who has confessed to the killing of Athena Strand, told a psychiatrist that he acted out of fear after the child allegedly witnessed him using drugs, according to testimony presented Tuesday. Dr. Eileen Ryan, speaking for the defense, told jurors that Horner claimed the 7-year-old saw him “snorting cocaine,” prompting him to panic about the consequences. The…

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Traffic moves along the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles on Feb. 13, 2026. Apu Gomes/Getty ImagesThe California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on April 28 approved new regulations that would allow autonomous vehicle (AV) makers to test and deploy heavy-duty AV technology on California roadways.The California DMV said manufacturers are required to test their vehicles with a safety driver, then progress to driverless testing, before they can apply for deployment on state roads.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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What a difference 45 years makes. That’s what many are realizing as they look back on comedian Johnny Carson’s remarks after an assassination attempt on then-President Ronald Reagan, per Fox News. A clip comparing Carson’s 1981 Oscars monologue to reactions to a recent attempt on President Donald Trump’s life has seen about 895,000 views online. “I’m sure that all of you here and most of you watching tonight understand why we delayed this program for 24 hours,” Carson said in the video. “Because of the incredible events of yesterday, that old adage, the show must go on, seemed relatively unimportant.” The…

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The United States Supreme Court has ruled that Louisiana must redraw its congressional map in a landmark voting rights case. On Wednesday, the Court dealt a blow to a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, siding with Louisiana Republicans and President Donald Trump’s administration by blocking an electoral map that created a second majority-Black congressional district. (RELATED: Are Liberal Supreme Court Justices Trying To Save Democrats’ Midterms With Dirty Trick?)In a 6–3 decision, the justices upheld a lower court ruling that found the map unconstitutional. The dispute centered on whether the districts amounted to racial gerrymandering, with…

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on April 15, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe Trump administration has issued a warning to U.S. and international banks that dealing with private Chinese refineries that purchase Iranian oil could expose them to U.S. sanctions.Financial institutions “should be on notice that the department is leveraging the full range of available tools and authorities and is prepared to deploy secondary sanctions against foreign financial institutions that continue to support Iran’s activities,” the Treasury Department said in a April 28 statement.We had a problem loading this article.…

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Federal prosecutors have just released new images and a detailed 20-page memorandum laying out the premeditated plot by 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, to assassinate President Donald Trump and target members of his administration during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday. The government’s Memorandum in Support of Pretrial Detention was filed in support of detaining Allen pending trial on charges including Attempt to Assassinate the President, Transportation of a Firearm & Ammunition in Interstate Commerce with Intent to Commit a Felony, and Discharge of a Firearm during a Crime of Violence. Interestingly,…

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By Michael Gryboski, Editor Wednesday, April 29, 2026The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in September 2024. | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that New Jersey was wrong to try to force a pro-life pregnancy care center to disclose its private donor information, a violation of its First Amendment rights.The Supreme Court issued a decision on Wednesday morning in the case of First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Matthew J. Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey.Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the 9-0 court opinion, clarifying that the justices “are not asked to decide the merits of First…

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If Iran hasn’t hit its economic “death spiral” yet, it’s not for lack of trying – by the US, and especially by Iran’s regime.The war and the naval blockade have sent Iran’s economy into a collapse, the Wall Street Journal reported a couple of hours ago. Those factors alone have put more than a million people out of work as inflation rages and supplies can no longer meet demand. The IRGC has gone on a spending spree to contain the political damage, but as anyone could predict, that has made the situation even worse. Military dictator Ahmad Vahidi now has…

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(CN) — A truckload of tobacco scraps hauled through Germany turned into an EU court fight Wednesday, ending with judges saying it still counts as smoking tobacco even if you have to prep it yourself at home.Scrap-Transporteur, a German transport company, got hit with a tax bill after customs stopped a shipment of more than a ton of processed but unfinished tobacco and classified it as smoking tobacco. The company argued the material wasn’t usable as-is and needed significant prep at home, then challenged the classification in German courts.Germany’s top tax court hit pause and asked the General Court of…

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The Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 21, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe U.S. Supreme Court on April 29 limited the use of race-based redistricting in a legal challenge to Louisiana’s congressional map.The nation’s highest court ruled 6–3 in Louisiana v. Callais that race could not be used when drawing boundaries for the state’s electoral districts.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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Charlie Kirk died while engaging the public in fair and open discussion. Media falsely framing him as a racist and homophobe encouraged liberals to wish him dead and to celebrate when their wish was granted. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. “When people stop talking, that’s when you get violence.” —Charlie Kirk Videos circulating online show Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erica Kirk, being rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner minutes after shots rang out in a failed assassination attempt on President Trump. Through her tears, she says, “I just want to go home.” Coming less than a year after her husband’s…

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A new gun law in Tennessee could soon make defending property much safer – legally, anyway. The GOP-controlled state legislature passed a bill along party lines (23-5 in the Senate and 62-24 in the House) that expands the legal use of deadly force.  If Republican Gov. Bill Lee signs the legislation, the Volunteer State will give private property the Texas treatment.Firmer Ground to Stand on in Tennessee Right now in Tennessee – and most states, in fact – one has the right to defend oneself with deadly force if there’s a reasonable belief that one’s life or someone else’s is…

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The Supreme Court building in Washington on Feb. 17, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe U.S. Supreme Court on April 29 said a group of faith-based pregnancy centers can sue New Jersey in federal court to block a subpoena of their records.In a unanimous ruling, the justices said the subpoena interfered with the pregnancy center’s First Amendment right of free association.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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The Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled in favor of a pro-life pregnancy center fighting harassment from Democrat state officials. The high court ruled that a pro-life pregnancy center can challenge in federal court a sweeping subpoena from New Jersey’s attorney general demanding the identities of its financial supporters and other internal records. In First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Davenport, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the unanimous court that the New Jersey pro-life group has standing to bring its First Amendment claim. Follow LifeNews.com on Instagram for pro-life pictures and videos. “An injury in fact arises when a defendant…

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