By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Monday, October 12, 2026Getty Images A new court ruling protects nearly all healthcare providers affiliated with Catholic and Christian healthcare institutions in Illinois from having to provide assisted suicide or refer patients for it as litigation over the state’s new assisted-suicide mandate continues.In an order last week, U.S. District Judge Franklin Valderrama of the Northern District of Illinois expanded an earlier order that barred Illinois officials from enforcing the End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act and parts of the Health Care Right of Conscience Act against several plaintiffs. Those plaintiffs are Bishop Thomas…
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President Trump delivers remarks during a Columbus Day celebration at the White House – October 9, 2026 President Trump and the White House recognized Christopher Columbus on Monday as a “hero.” Trump started the celebration of Columbus Day early with a Sunday Truth Social post, blasting the American left for forcing Italians to “suffer” as they “rampaged through our cities and towns ripping down almost all of the beautiful statues of Christopher Columbus.” “Well, those days of plunder are over, and the statues are back, more magnificent than ever. This is a big day for our great Italian American Community,…
In yet another of example of it’s (D)ifferent when the left and the elitist media does it, ABC’s The View denounced what they described as “conspiracy theories” regarding the whereabouts of their preferred candidate in the race for the Texas Senate seat, James Talarico (D), who had disappeared from the trail for several days. Meanwhile, the hypocritical harpies had been a prime source of anti-Republican conspiracy theories for many years. “Texas Senate candidate James Talarico is responding to conspiracy theories being pushed about why he was off the campaign trail for nine days. Now, some conservative commentators claim that he…
U.S. Envoy to NATO Matthew Whitaker told member states to modernize their military infrastructure in order to move their troops from Western to Eastern Europe. Whitaker spoke at the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday where he advised NATO’s members that they must refashion their military infrastructure in order to move troops and equipment from the West to the East “where we would expect any future conflicts,” Politico reported. The envoy also asserted that Europe comes fourth in American defense priorities after homeland security, the Western Hemisphere and the Indo-Pacific. Though he did not explicitly confirm any American troop drawdown, he…
Monday marks the 534th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus’s ships – the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María – to the Caribbean, the most significant historical event in modern human history. Celebrating Columbus day in 2026 is a more complicated pursuit than when President Franklin Roosevelt declared the day a federal holiday in 1937 as a nod to the achievements and contributions of the Italian-American community. Leftists have spent over a decade in open war with the legacy of Columbus, blaming him for the demise of hundreds of Native American communities, most of which he personally made no contact with,…
Tech mogul Elon Musk has emerged as the Republican Party’s most important midterm donor, funneling more than $276 million into Republican campaigns and political action committees since July. The enormous sum makes Musk the largest known midterm donor, according to campaign finance records Musk’s team shared with The New York Times on Monday. Musk has poured $158 million, nearly 60% of his contributions this summer, into the Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC backing the Republican Party’s Senate candidates across the country. Musk has also donated over $76 million to his own America PAC, which he founded in 2024. The group is operating in…
Federal agents on Monday morning raided the Washington, D.C., home of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, according to a news report.The Homeland Security Investigations raid was first reported by Fox News Digital, based on what the news outlet said was at least one source familiar with the matter. Multiple federal agents with HSI jackets were seen outside Omar’s home in the early hours of Monday, in a video included with the story. Rep. Omar’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Two sources close to the investigation say the search is related to a criminal fraud investigation into…
President Donald Trump will campaign this week in several states he won in 2024 in a bid to boost Republican Senate candidates who are facing close races against Democratic opponents. The circuit will take the president to Ohio, Alaska, Arizona, and Montana where polls are showing Republicans at risk amid poor voter mood on the economy and Trump’s flagging approval rating. On Monday, Trump will host a rally in Youngstown, Ohio where incumbent GOP Senator Jon Husted is facing off against Democrat Sherrod Brown, the state’s ex-Senator looking to mount a comeback after the 2024 election. Though Trump handily won the…
The D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force made more than 200 arrests this past week, the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) announced on Friday.Deployed in the nation’s capital, the task force has made 18,344 arrests since August 2025 and seized 2,157 firearms, USMS said in an Oct. 9 statement. Recent charges include murder, possession of unregistered firearms, armed carjacking, and possession of controlled substances.One person was accused of a stabbing homicide, while another was charged in an armed carjacking in which the victim was brutally beaten.Another individual was apprehended following a search that uncovered three firearms and drugs such as cocaine…
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(CN) — Parts of Mexico City are sinking by more than 8 inches a year, according to researchers that tracked land movement in hundreds of cities worldwide and found some of the most severe sinking in Asia and Mexico.In their study published Monday in Nature Cities, researchers examined 465 cities across 107 countries using satellite observations collected between 2014 and 2023. They found that sinking ground could threaten buildings, roads and drainage systems while increasing flood risks.The process, known as land subsidence, happens when the ground slowly settles or sinks. It can occur naturally as soil and sediment compact, but…
UK PM Andy Burnham told Parliament the RAF Fairford incident was almost certainly directed by Iran’s IRGC; seven suspects were bailed with no charges.
With little more than three weeks to go until Election Day, President Donald Trump will hit the campaign trail this week through normally friendly territory where some Republican candidates are facing tough fights. Trump’s latest push for votes will take him to Ohio, Alaska, Arizona, and Montana—all states he won in 2024. Waves…
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) prepares for a TV interview on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 7, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesFederal agents on Oct. 12 searched the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) as part of a criminal investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter.The search was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations agents, said the people, who were not authorized to publicly discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. More details about the investigation were not immediately clear.The Department of Justice told news outlets in a statement that agents…
A federal judge said the administration didn’t even try to justify the legality of the publicly funded political ads — officials only promised to fund them privately going forward.MANHATTAN (CN) — President Donald Trump’s collection of taxpayer-funded TV advertisements, airing for the past two weeks ahead of the midterm election cycle, was likely a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, a federal judge ruled Monday.U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon, a Joe Biden appointee in the Southern District of New York, issued a brief order Sunday night directing the government to immediately cease use of the controversial advertisements. Monday morning, she…
A man in upstate New York discovered more than cobwebs and missing holiday decorations while recently cleaning out his garage. Behind a small wood plank, homeowner Jason Hurdle spotted a long-forgotten crawlspace stuffed with vintage milk pails, a safe, and a dusty box of files. Hurdle intended to simply toss the papers in the trash, until a perfectly timed gust of wind removed the crate’s lid. Only then did he realize the box’s true contents: dozens of reports labeled “Secret” relating to Stalag Luft 3, an infamous prison camp run by the Nazi Luftwaffe near Germany’s western border during World…
Artist Kid Rock sat down to speak with Lara Trump, revealing a surprising collaboration on his upcoming album. His newest Christian album, “Halfway 2 Jesus,” will apparently feature a collaboration with fellow Michigan artist Eminem. While the two appear at opposite ends of the political spectrum, Rock says the pair are longtime friends who have vowed to never let the subject interfere in their relationship. Watch: “You have a new album, ‘Halfway 2 Jesus.’ Tell me about this album; tell me about what inspired it,” Trump prompted. “It’s quite a journey, almost 30 years from ‘Devil Without a Cause’ to…
Fists flew and bats were swung while corporate media radical leftists framed federal immigration officers as the antagonists of a violent parking lot confrontation. (Video Credit: KGW News) For months, dark money financiers and some elected public officials have been supporting the doxxing of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as organizations have monitored their movements and dispatched cronies to obstruct detainment and deportation operations. In recent days in Salem, Oregon, anti-ICE agitators were videoed in multiple confrontations, including one Saturday morning where agents’ SUVs were blocked in by vehicles and an individual took a baseball bat to an…
A man’s decision to jump into a tiger enclosure ended in death, and the whole thing was caught on camera. According to reports, the unidentified man leapt into the Yorkshire Wildlife Park tiger enclosure on Saturday, where he was promptly attacked by one of the big cats. Video captured the initial interaction between the pair, as the man appears to chide the tiger for getting rough with him. Watch: BREAKING: The man who jumped into a tiger enclosure at The Yorkshire Wildlife Park has been brutally mauled to death as he attempted to talk the Tiger out of attacking him.…
Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins joined Democrats and two other Republicans on Sunday to call on President Donald Trump to “reverse course” on his diesel supply deal with Russia.They claimed it runs counter to U.S. law barring imports of energy until Russia ends the war with Ukraine.“Congress explicitly banned Russian energy imports in 2022 to prevent American dollars from financing Putin’s brutal war against Ukraine,” the seven senators—four Republicans and three Democrats—said in a statement.They claimed that the administration failed to consult Congress or submit any explanation to justify its decision as required by statute.“The United States should…
Screenshot The Atlanta Dream, featuring the perpetually controversial Angel Reese, will host their home games in the 2026 WNBA Finals in a venue that seats just 3,500 fans, roughly the size of a large high school gym, after failing to secure anything bigger. According to USA Today, the Dream’s efforts to move Games 3 (October 22), 4 (October 24), and a potential Game 6 (October 29) to State Farm Arena, which holds more than 17,000, have collapsed. State Farm is already booked for singer Sombr’s concert and two Atlanta Hawks regular-season games, including the Hawks’ home opener. Attempts to secure…
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s hubris found her making an “unfreakingreal” comparison of historic events and a low point in her career. Not long after four Americans were killed in Benghazi under her watch, the then-diplomat infamously brushed off the motivations of the attack. Now, a decade since she lost her second bid for the White House, Clinton has not only continued griping about being defeated by President Donald Trump, she likened the loss to the 9/11 terror attack. Appearing at a “Pumpkins, Pies & Politics” event in Omaha with Nebraska Democratic Party chair Jane Kleeb, she also drew…
President Trump and Putin Show that They Control Supply and Demand of Oil and Gas and the Endgame Is NearLast Refuge shared the following:All of the energy traders, speculators et al, now have to cope with Russian diesel being shipped at lower prices than their speculative manipulation.Trump and Putin are working around the system.The reality is that ‘western market prices’ are not an outcome of supply, demand or even availability or production capacity. Western market prices are determined by speculators, traders and regional benchmarks created by “independent agencies.”Remember those pesky housing loan bond rating agencies, Standard and Poor’s and/or Moody’s…
Looks like Tom Homan wasn’t kidding around. Last month, he confirmed that the Department of Homeland Security had opened a probe into Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and the, er, curious circumstances surrounding her brother’s admission to the US. Accusations that Omar committed fraud by marrying her brother have percolated for years and have been well documented by our friends at Power Line. Advertisement Now we know that the Department of Justice has joined the investigation. DHS investigators raided Omar’s Washington, D.C. residence this morning pursuant to a Department of Justice warrant, ABC News reported earlier today:Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C.-area…
Republican Senate candidate Justin Murphy delivers a fiery response on the Iran war as Democrat Sen. Cory Booker looks on during a heated New Jersey Senate debate. New Jersey Republican Senate nominee Justin Murphy delivered a blistering, no-nonsense response on the war against the Iranian regime during his only debate against longtime Democrat incumbent Cory Booker, bringing the house down at Rider University and leaving the usually verbose Booker looking stunned. Asked by New Jersey Globe moderator David Wildstein what he would advise President Trump if the president called and said he would do whatever Murphy wanted on Iran, the…
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Monday, October 12, 2026Dinesh D’Souza looks at archaeologists working in Israel. D’Souza’s book “The Stones Cry Out,” which examines archaeological evidence for the Bible, is slated for release on Oct. 13, 2026. | Debbie D’SouzaConservative filmmaker and bestselling author Dinesh D’Souza says in his new book that archaeological discoveries offer growing evidence of the Bible’s historical accuracy and challenge skeptics who question its account of ancient events.In an interview with The Christian Post, D’Souza explains that the inspiration for the book, titled The Stones Cry Out: Biblical Archaeology, Prophecy, and the Last Days, came when he…
Lefty outlets like Bloomberg News have shown a tendency to dial up the economic scareporn in a midterm election year precisely so they can swing the electorate, regardless if they eventually end up looking like idiots when their half-baked foreboding falls apart. Bloomberg News was adamant in May that the military conflict over the Strait of Hormuz in Iran could constitute a “recession rivaling the great financial crisis” if it wasn’t open by August. Oooooops. Well, the conflict is still ongoing as of October 12, the Strait is still in dispute, and the odds of a recession have plunged to…
Seventy-nine Idaho physicians have signed an open letter urging voters to reject Proposition 1, warning that the measure would legalize late-term abortions, eliminate parental consent for minors and allow non-physicians to kill babies in abortions. The letter, released Sept. 25, 2026, directly challenges a television advertisement from the “Vote Yes” campaign claiming that doctors’ hands are tied in medical emergencies. They say the law makes it clear that an abortion can be done to save the mother’s life, that it doesn’t prohibit medical care for either miscarriage or ectopic pregnancies. LifeNews is on GETTR. Please follow us for the latest…
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Monday, October 12, 2026People walk outside of a church in the Kachin state of Myanmar, where 95 percent of residents are Christian. | Twitter/@BobRobertsJrMyanmar’s military held a graduation ceremony with alcohol and dancing for more than 400 members of an allied militia inside the sanctuary of a Baptist church in Christian-majority Kachin state, according to reports.The Shanni Nationalities Army, a proxy force that answers directly to the army’s Northern Regional Command, used the worship hall at Nant Mun Baptist Church in Nanmun Town for the Sept. 23 event, according to the religious freedom advocacy…
Guest post by Banafsheh Zand at Iran So Far Away Screencap of Twitter/X video. The growing influence of Islamists linked to the Khomeinist Regime in the United States was shown on September 23, 2026, when a University of Michigan student of Iranian heritage named Iman Dashti asked Michigan’s Democratic Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed if he opposed the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). Confronting El-Sayed with his words from earlier this year that he would not comment on the death of Regime leader Ali Khamenei because “there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad today,” Dashti asked him…
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens, according to the Associated Press.A senior U.S. official reportedly said Sunday that Trump and Rubio are “extremely pissed off” by Guilfoyle’s reported conduct and would likely decide on what action to take this week after Monday’s Columbus Day holiday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said Rubio had been particularly angry, not least…
(Headline USA) New restrictions have stripped Medicaid coverage from certain legal immigrants as part of broader federal changes to the health insurance program.The change effective Oct. 1 cut from Medicaid what is estimated to be hundreds of thousands of people who’ve immigrated to the United States, in the latest Trump administration policy to put Americans first. The move is part of sweeping changes to Medicaid under President Donald Trump’s 2025 tax cut and policy law, with many set to take effect early next year. The Medicaid changes are projected to result in 7.5 million fewer people with taxpayer funded health…
Trump Just Begged Putin for a Diesel Bailout: The Energy Crisis Is Here and It’s Going to Get Worse Why Trump Begged Putin for Diesel Three developments over a single weekend just ripped the mask off the global energy system, and I want you to understand exactly what happened before the corporate media buries it. President Trump called Vladimir Putin and, in my assessment, begged him to ship diesel to the United States. Ukraine answered by setting a Russian export terminal ablaze, and Iran-linked forces kept the Strait of Hormuz a live shooting gallery. All three happened over the same…
The MAHA Mirage: Why I’m Done Waiting for Political Saviors To Keep Their Promises The MAHA Mirage I have spent over twenty years in the health freedom movement. I interviewed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. myself, defended him against a hostile press corps, called him an American hero, and urged millions of readers to support his confirmation to run the Department of Health and Human Services. So when the fractures now splitting the Make America Healthy Again coalition became impossible to ignore, I did not reach for a comfortable excuse. I reached for a conclusion. In a recent interview with Robert…
Why I’m Betting on Local AI, Not Big Tech’s Speculative Bubble I have now spent three years building decentralized AI tools and local infrastructure, and I have watched the Western establishment move to lobotomize publicly available large language models so they are nowhere near as intelligent as they could be. In my view, this is not an accident. It is a deliberate strategy to prevent decentralized cognition — the very thing that threatens their monopoly on power. (This is also why USA models are not nearly as good as China’s open source models…) But here is the part the panic…
U.S. Escalates Pressure on International Criminal Court With New Sanctions Washington has escalated pressure on the International Criminal Court (ICC) with new sanctions, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced in a statement. According to Rubio, the U.S. never joined the court and does not need or want it. “For decades, Republicans and Democrats alike rejected the idea that the International Criminal Court had the power to prosecute American citizens, military service members, or political leaders,” he said in the statement. The U.S. has opposed ICC efforts to investigate or prosecute American military and intelligence officers for actions in Afghanistan…
An independent accountability project released Thursday, Oct. 8, by journalist Tiffany Cianci evaluates 42 commitments made by the Trump administration to the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. According to its author, the majority did not meet the criteria for completion. The scorecard rates each pledge as Kept, Partially Kept, or Broken. MAHA activists, including former members of Kennedy’s 2024 presidential campaign, released a scorecard Thursday claiming the Trump administration broke more than 85% of its promises to MAHA on food, agriculture and environmental health, according to NBC News. The document covers four officials: President Trump, HHS Secretary Robert F.…
FCC Weighs Loosening Political Robocall Rules Ahead of Midterms, Including AI-Generated Voices The Republican-led Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has advanced a petition to allow political robocalls for public comment, and a ruling could come as soon as late October [1][2]. According to analytics firm reports, the proposal comes just weeks before Americans head to the polls for the Nov. 3 midterm elections [3] [10]. Background: Robocall Rules and Prior AI Misuse Federal communications law has long restricted unsolicited automated calls to wireless devices. The FCC prohibits robocalls to cellphones without the called party’s prior express consent, although such calls are permitted to landlines [4][10].…
Anthropic added a prohibition on sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward its Claude artificial intelligence (AI) models to its Usage Policy on Thursday, Oct. 8. The change is set to take effect Nov. 12, the company announced [1][2]. The policy update also adds new rules addressing propaganda campaigns, surveillance, and weapon development, according to the company [2][3]. Anthropic Updates Usage Policy to Bar Cruel Behavior Toward Claude Anthropic said the ban applies only in extreme cases where users repeatedly act cruelly toward its models without discernible purpose, and that ordinary frustration with wrong answers remains permitted [4][5]. Anthropic…
The Brown University Health Cancer Institute published a report on Aug. 12, 2019, examining a possible association between ultra-processed foods and cancer risk. The report cited National Cancer Institute (NCI) data stating that the lifetime risk of being diagnosed with any cancer in the United States is 39.% for men and women. The report stated that a wide array of research studies shows lifestyle factors, including diet, are among the most modifiable and important risk factors for cancer. The report also referenced a 2019 study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) that also suggested a possible link between ultra-processed foods…
The U.S. Treasury Department has fined Amidi LLC $200,000 for failing to report an investment in a Chinese tech startup—the first penalty under U.S. restrictions on investments in sensitive Chinese technologies.Amidi is the parent company of Plug and Play Tech Center, a California-based venture investment and startup accelerator organization. The Treasury imposed the penalty in July and disclosed it on Oct. 7.According to Treasury, a Chinese investment fund controlled by Amidi invested $92,478 on April 19, 2025, in Shanghai Qiongche Intelligent Technology, known as Noematrix, a Shanghai-based developer of AI technology that helps robots interact with and perform tasks in…
Vitamin D3 and vitamin K2 are important nutrients that work together to support optimal bone health, muscle function and overall well-being. Vitamin D3 helps the body absorb calcium from food, supporting healthy bones, teeth and normal bone mineralization. Vitamin K2 helps support the activation of proteins involved in bone maintenance, including osteocalcin, which interacts with calcium. Vitamin K also plays an essential role in normal blood clotting. Vitamins D3 and K2 work together. Vitamin D3 helps the body absorb calcium, while vitamin K2 supports protein activation involved in maintaining bone structure and regulating calcium balance. Their complementary functions explain why they…
“Vaccine Education for Mama Bears” on BrightU: Is your baby’s immune system being asked to do the impossible? Episode 2 explores how maternal antibodies, breastfeeding, colostrum, gut health and early-life experiences shape a baby’s developing immune system during the first 24 months. Dr. Henry Ealy questions whether vaccination schedules adequately account for immune development, while the article highlights evidence that infants can develop vaccine-induced immune responses well before age two and that delaying protection can carry risks. The bonus episode examines reports of deaths, hospitalizations and other adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination, emphasizing that reports alone do not establish that…
James Madison University will leave the Sun Belt and join the American Conference as a full member no later than July 1, 2028, after unanimous approval by the conference’s board and the university’s governing board. The American cited JMU’s competitive success, growing national profile and regional reach as strengths of the addition.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., says he intends to remain the GOP leader if the party loses control of the chamber in the midterm elections, though he is confident of their chances to keep the majority. “In the unlikely scenario where we lost the majority, I would expect my colleagues would ask me to continue leading this conference, even if we have divided government,” Johnson said in an interview with CBS News on Monday. Despite the polling headwinds, the speaker has remained confident that the Republican Party can retain control of the House. Voter dissatisfaction with the economy, especially high gas prices spurred…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Beneath its pock-marked, craggy exterior, the Moon is thought to harbor a network of caves and tunnels from its volcanic past. Now, NASA has selected a mission to go investigate a promising window into our space rock’s subterranean secrets. Gaping up at outer space, as if mugging for the orbital satellite cameras, is the Marius Hill Pit, a hole on the lunar surface that’s thought to be up to 150 feet deep and up to 300 feet across. Scientists believe it’s an example…
“New York City Veterans Day Parade 2024 – Attorney General of New York Letitia James” by Anthony Quintano, CC BY 2.0 New York Attorney General Letitia James, the hyper-partisan Democrat who built her career targeting President Trump, is now facing a formal bar ethics complaint for publicly prejudging the “Cornell 7” sexual assault case just days before Governor Kathy Hochul appointed her special prosecutor. According to the New York Post, the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog organization, filed a nine-page bar complaint against James with New York’s Attorney Grievance Committee on Friday, October 9. The…
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Below is State of the Day, a morning newsletter from the Daily Caller Editorial Desk. Sign up here.__________Hey everyone,Welcome to State of the Day,As Election Day inches closer, the Republican Party’s post-midterm future is coming into focus.Republicans Have A Trump Dilemma. What Comes Next Is HarderSay you’re running as a Republican in 2026. Do you align yourself with the president in hopes of earning support from the base that helped him win the White House last time around, or do you distance yourself from the administration, hoping to appeal to independents and disaffected Republicans?Well, there’s no perfect answer. In fact,…