Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech For the past several weeks, thousands of workers at Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta have sat in employment purgatory as they wait to hear whether they’ll be part of a massive wave of layoffs. Announced 26 days ago on April 23rd via an internal memo, Meta said it was slashing about 10 percent of the company’s 78,000 employees, and closing around 6,000 open job postings, Business Insider reported. The hammer will finally drop on Wednesday — and with a one-in-ten chance at joining the unemployment…
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San Francisco, CA—Nov 9, 2023: Governor Gavin Newsom speaking about the Clean California project. Caltrans has cleared more than 2 million cubic yards of litter from CA roadways. Senator John Kennedy interviewed Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during a hearing reviewing spending in California’s healthcare program funded by federal taxpayers. For every dollar California pays for healthcare, the federal taxpayer hands off $9. It could be more, and California uses the opportunity to just keep expanding the services. Sen. Kennedy said many state officials in California see this as “free money.” To each of the following questions posed by Senator…
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) — One day after Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a statewide ban on prediction markets into law, the Trump administration struck back in a lawsuit Tuesday, claiming the attempted ban is preempted by federal regulation.Minnesota’s public safety policy bill, SF 4760 — which includes provisions against financial crimes and fraud prevention — is the first such law outright banning prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket from operating within a state.The law, which will become effective in August, makes it a felony to create, operate, manage or control a prediction market platform, and forces these platforms to leave the…
Disgusting newly emerged Reddit posts by Maine Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner have added fuel to the controversies surrounding his campaign to unseat incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins. Platner was already facing intense scrutiny over his Nazi tattoo and past Reddit posts in which he allegedly used homophobic slurs, downplayed sexual assaults against women, made racist remarks, and identified as an anti-police communist. In the latest posts, flagged by Fox News, Platner talks about masturbating in portable toilets and gushes enthusiastically about the “dick art” found in military restrooms. Platner served in the US Marine Corps from 2003 to 2007,…
An industry group said the state is improperly trying to regulate business that occurs outside its borders.SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — An attorney for California argued Tuesday before a Ninth Circuit panel that a lower court got it wrong by scuttling a state law regulating prescription drug settlements.At question was Assembly Bill 824, a 2019 law that stopped drug companies from paying competitors to keep generic drugs out of stores, a move known in antitrust law as “pay-for-delay.”A lower court ruled the law unconstitutional, as it regulated agreements involving parties or pharmaceutical sales with no link to California — a violation…
by Martin Armstrong The United States has crossed a threshold that historically marked the beginning of sovereign debt crises for empires throughout history. According to newly released figures, U.S. debt held by the public has now surpassed 100% of GDP for the first time since World War II, reaching roughly 100.2% as public debt climbed above $31.27 trillion while GDP stood near $31.22 trillion. Total national debt is meanwhile rapidly approaching a remarkable $39 trillion. The media continues comparing current debt levels to the period following World War II, but the comparison is fundamentally misleading because the conditions today are entirely different.…
The Department of Justice holds a press conference at 3 p.m. ET on May 19 regarding matters related to COVID-19. …
A late-night trip through one of Manhattan’s busiest shopping corridors turned tragic when a Westchester County woman died after plunging into an uncovered manhole outside a luxury jewelry store, authorities said. According to the New York Post, Donike Gocaj, 56, of Briarcliff Manor, was identified as the victim in the fatal incident that unfolded Monday night near the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street. Sources who spoke with the outlet said Gocaj had just stepped out of her parked Mercedes-Benz SUV around 11:20 p.m. when she suddenly fell roughly 10 feet into the open hole. Emergency crews pulled…
A new unredacted autopsy report, obtained by the pro-life groups Operation Rescue and Life Legal Defense Foundation, confirms 18-year-old Lexi Arguello died from complications of a second-trimester abortion at a Colorado Planned Parenthood. The county coroner pushed to keep information regarding the abortion redacted from the report, citing “Colorado’s strong public policy in favor of protecting reproductive healthcare [sic]” and arguing that women might be dissuaded from seeking abortions, but was ordered by a judge to release the public records in accordance with the law. Please follow LifeNews on Rumble for the latest pro-life videos. The Larimer County coroner/medical examiner’s report states that Arguello “died…
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Tuesday, May 19, 2026Anglican Church in North America Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast holds an electing synod to determine its next bishop on Saturday, May 16, 2026. | YouTube/Saint Timothy’s Anglican ChurchAn Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) diocese has deadlocked on a bishop election, with the issue being brought before the leadership of the theologically conservative denomination.The Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast held a synod on Saturday at St. Timothy’s Cathedral in Spring, Texas, to elect its next bishop. The two candidates were Fr. Russell Martin and Fr. Ben Sharpe.After seven ballots,…
(CN) — Europe and China on Tuesday jointly launched a spacecraft into orbit that will study how the Earth’s magnetic field responds to the sun’s bursts of energy and provide scientists with key insights into space storms.However, Tuesday’s launch of the Smile spacecraft also likely marked both the first and last major collaboration in space for the foreseeable future between Europe and China amid rising global tensions and geopolitical rivalry.The Smile satellite reached orbit aboard a Vega-C rocket that shot off Tuesday morning from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in South America.A May 19, 2026, photo shows a Vega-C rocket…
Assisted suicide is moving into nursing homes and hospitals in Lucerne, Switzerland. Previous protections banned this practice; however, supporters fought it in the name of “self-determination.” Lucerne parliament member Sara Muff introduced a plan arguing that people should have access to assisted suicide no matter where they live or receive care. The policy passed 87 to 27. This decision marks another major shift in Switzerland’s approach to physician-assisted dying. Zurich was the first city to require all care homes to provide assisted suicide, and other regions are now beginning to follow suit. What was once unthinkable is steadily becoming normalized.…
On Tuesday afternoon, Vice President JD Vance helmed the second White House press briefing since Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt went on maternity leave and, much like Secretary of State Marco Rubio did back on May 5, he deftly took on liberal journalists looking to trap him on the new Justice Department weaponization fund, the war in Iran, and even stocks. Vance’s strongest takedown came in the penultimate question, with the Independent’s Andrew Feinberg asking about President Trump’s most recent financial disclosures that include millions in stock trades. As Vance calmly schooled him, it’s one thing to ask a question about…
The CEO of Barnes & Noble has the daunting task of defending the sale of AI-written books. Many are accusing James Daunt of favoring profit over integrity, per the Daily Wire. “I have actually no problem selling any book, as long as it doesn’t masquerade or pretend to be something that it isn’t, and that it has an essential quality to it, and that the customer, the reader, wants it,” Daunt said during an interview with Jenna Bush Hager during a recent “Today” show appearance “So as long as an AI-written book says it’s an AI-written book and doesn’t pretend to…
Screenshot The corrupt mainstream media and the unhinged Left are having an absolute, grade-A meltdown. On Monday, the Trump administration dropped a massive truth bomb on Washington by establishing a landmark $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund. Created as part of a settlement over the deep state’s illegal leaking of President Trump’s tax returns, the fund is a direct weapon against the horrific “lawfare” and weaponized justice that defined the Biden regime. Immediately, Democrats like Representative Jamie Raskin ran to the cameras, hyperventilating and claiming this is a “taxpayer-funded slush fund” exclusively meant to line the pockets of President Trump’s allies and…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth took issue with the AI company’s refusal to remove two narrow contractual restrictions on Claude’s use for lethal autonomous warfare and the mass surveillance of Americans.WASHINGTON (CN) — A D.C. Circuit panel on Tuesday appeared likely to find the Pentagon overstepped its authority by blacklisting and labeling artificial intelligence company Anthropic a “supply chain risk” over certain use restrictions built into its AI product Claude.The three-judge panel heard arguments in one of two ongoing challenges against the Department of Defense’s designation — Anthropic also sued in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California…
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution holds a hearing titled “Enforcing Callais: Implementing the Supreme Court’s Command Against Racial Gerrymandering” at 2:30 p.m. ET on May 19. …
A bloc of Republican senators is pressing President Donald Trump to take tougher action against a controversial United Nations agency tied to aid operations in Gaza, arguing the organization has been compromised by alleged links to Hamas. According to the New York Post, Sen. Tom Cotton is leading 24 GOP lawmakers in urging the president to “fully dismantle UNRWA” and remove the agency from the broader UN budget, according to a letter sent Monday. The lawmakers pointed to recent findings from a federal watchdog involving employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency, commonly known as UNRWA, who were allegedly…
Five people, including a heroic security guard, died on May 18 at the Islamic Center of San Diego, one of the most virulently anti-American houses of worship in our nation. But the location does not change the reality that this attack is disgusting and unconscionable, and, if the shooters had not taken their own lives, they would and should have been arrested and prosecuted for both murder and hate crimes. It is profoundly sad that precious human lives were snuffed out. But we cannot allow this horrible incident to be used to strengthen the Islamization of America. This attack took…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The happy-face spider (Theridion grallator) is famous for the particularly cheery looking patterns on top of its abdomen. Ecologists in Hawaii first described the tiny, vibrantly green arachnids in 1900, and have long assumed them to be unique to the islands. However, an unexpected encounter thousands of miles away recently surprised researchers combing through the forested slopes of the Himalayan mountains. According to their study published in the journal Evolutionary Systematics, there is at least one more smiley spider species in the world. Of…
The House Appropriations Committee holds an oversight hearing on the Department of Justice at 2 p.m. ET on May 19. Witness: Todd Blanche — acting attorney general, Department of Justice …
The National Transportation Safety Board released CCTV footage of the moment a UPS plane’s engine fell off before it exploded into a massive fireball last November. As previously reported, a UPS plane with three crew members onboard crashed on takeoff from the Louisville, Kentucky, airport in November. Per CNN: “A UPS MD-11 plane crashed near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, according to preliminary information, a source says.” “The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane crashed at about 5:15 p.m. It was taking off for Honolulu,” the AP reported. Aerial video of the aftermath of the plane crash shows a massive fire burning. 15 people…
For generations, Americans were told that if they worked hard and played by the rules, they could achieve the American Dream. Today, many believe homeownership – an essential component of that goal – is slipping out of reach. Now, President Donald Trump and the GOP have a historic opportunity to restore that promise for younger generations through another Homestead Act. The Homestead Act The original Homestead Act, which was passed on May 20, 1862, allowed adult citizens to claim 160 acres of surveyed public land, and all they had to do was live on and cultivate it for half…
“Boy Meets World” stars William Daniels and Bonnie Bartlett played husband and wife on screen and in real life, and the latter recently addressed their previous “open marriage” in an interview published Monday. 99 year-old Daniels played the role of beloved, strict teacher George Feeny in “Boy Meets World,” and Bartlett played Dean Lila Bolander — Mr. Feeny’s wife. They were wholesome characters on the hit 90s family sitcom, but as they prepare to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary in June, Bartlett explained how they previously had relationships outside their marriage to the Daily Mail.When asked about their relationship over…
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Tuesday, May 19, 2026Wirestock/iStockJoseph Manzi, the former director of finance, operations, and development for the Church of Saint Leo the Great in Lincroft, New Jersey, has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1 million from the church after using the congregation’s credit card like his “personal piggy bank” to splurge on gifts for himself, including a Cadillac SUV.A release from the Office of New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport said Manzi, 78, of Atlantic Highlands, pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge Jill O’Malley in Monmouth County to one count of second-degree theft by unlawful taking…
Young Gen Zers are leading a growing surge in Catholicism.This is an unexpected trend.Young men are driving a growing surge in Catholicism among Gen Z, as they turn to faith as an answer to loneliness, cultural drift and a search for purpose.A Harvard University study shows that Gen Zers who identified as Catholic rose by 6% between 2022 and 2023, a shift that Father Michael Tidd — headmaster of Delbarton School, a Benedictine Catholic school for young men in grades 7-12 in Morristown, New Jersey — says he has witnessed himself.“We present our students with an experience of what it…
President Donald Trump announced Monday that more than 600 generic medications are being added to the government-backed discount website TrumpRx, a major expansion of one of his administration’s signature efforts to address rising prescription drug costs. The move significantly broadens the platform, which originally launched in February with just over 40 medications. Early offerings included high-profile weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. With the latest additions, Trump said the number of available medications has increased nearly sevenfold. Speaking at a White House event, Trump described the program as a major achievement in lowering health care costs and said the administration…
President Donald Trump announced Monday that more than 600 generic medications are being added to the government-backed discount website TrumpRx, a major expansion of one of his administration’s signature efforts to address rising prescription drug costs. The move significantly broadens the platform, which originally launched in February with just over 40 medications. Early offerings included high-profile weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. With the latest additions, Trump said the number of available medications has increased nearly sevenfold. Speaking at a White House event, Trump described the program as a major achievement in lowering health care costs and said the administration…
The Trump administration is seeking to raise the refugee admissions ceiling for white South Africans in fiscal year 2026 to 17,500, according to a CNN report published Monday, citing an emergency determination sent to Congress. The proposal would significantly expand the number of Afrikaners —a white ethnic minority in South Africa largely descended from Dutch settlers— eligible for refugee resettlement in the United States under a policy President Donald Trump has prioritized since returning to office earlier this year. Reuters previously reported that U.S. officials had been discussing plans to expand the existing refugee cap of 7,500 people by an…
The Trump administration is seeking to raise the refugee admissions ceiling for white South Africans in fiscal year 2026 to 17,500, according to a CNN report published Monday, citing an emergency determination sent to Congress. The proposal would significantly expand the number of Afrikaners —a white ethnic minority in South Africa largely descended from Dutch settlers— eligible for refugee resettlement in the United States under a policy President Donald Trump has prioritized since returning to office earlier this year. Reuters previously reported that U.S. officials had been discussing plans to expand the existing refugee cap of 7,500 people by an…
A Marina del Rey woman has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge tied to what prosecutors describe as a years-long scheme involving homeless individuals on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, illegal voter registration activity, and petition signature collection. Federal prosecutors announced Monday that Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, who also goes by the name “Anika,” accepted a plea agreement on one felony count of paying another person to register to vote in a federal election. The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. According to prosecutors, Armstrong spent roughly two decades working as a paid petition…
A Marina del Rey woman has agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge tied to what prosecutors describe as a years-long scheme involving homeless individuals on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, illegal voter registration activity, and petition signature collection. Federal prosecutors announced Monday that Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, who also goes by the name “Anika,” accepted a plea agreement on one felony count of paying another person to register to vote in a federal election. The charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. According to prosecutors, Armstrong spent roughly two decades working as a paid petition…
The National Transportation Safety Board held an investigative hearing Tuesday, looking into what caused a United Parcel Service cargo plane to crash last year shortly after takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky.The McDonald Douglas MD-11 cargo plane took off from Louisville Muhammad Ali Airport on Nov. 4, 2025, and managed to get 30 feet off the ground before crashing, according to a preliminary report. Photos in the report show fire coming off the aircraft’s left engine as it broke off the wing and flew over the fuselage. The aircraft crashed into a recycling center, killing 15 people including the three pilots on…
Authorities on Tuesday released the names of two teens who are the suspected gunmen in a fatal shooting a day earlier at a mosque in San Diego.They have been identified by the San Diegio Police Department as Cain Clark, 17, and 18-year-old Caleb Vazquez. The teens were found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds following the Monday morning attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego, in which three people were killed, bringing the death toll to five, according to local TV news outlet ABC-7. One of the three victims has been identified as Amin Abdullah, a security guard at the…
Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, backed his former opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in the state’s Senate primary after President Donald Trump weighed in to back Paxton.”Today, President Donald Trump has made his position unmistakably clear in the Texas Senate race, he is fully backing Attorney General Ken Paxton, and SO AM I,” Hunt said. “He has the total and complete endorsement of President Donald Trump, and he has mine as well. NOW is the time to come together, fight TOGETHER, and deliver a strong America First victory for Texas and for our nation.” Hunt was eliminated in the first…
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., this week called for a moratorium on new data centers in the Palmetto State ahead of the gubernatorial primary.Data centers have increasingly faced skepticism from local communities over concerns they will increase energy costs and amid more general anxiety about the expansion of AI. “South Carolina is not Big Tech’s personal power grid,” Mace said. “These companies are planting massive data centers across our state, driving up energy demand, and leaving families and small businesses to pick up the tab. South Carolinians are already stretched thin. The last thing they need is a higher electricity bill…
The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Illinois officials over a state law that requires state residents to apply for and carry an ID card at all times to possess firearms or ammunition. The civil complaint argues that the law, which is called the Firearm Owners Identification Act, is unconstitutional, according to Fox News. It “entirely deprives everyone of the right to keep and bear arms – including the basic right to possess a firearm for self-defense in the home – unless and until they seek and receive the State’s permission,” according to the complaint. The lawsuit argues…
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Rep. Vince Fong (R-CA)/Image via Facebook On Tuesday, Rep. Vince Fong (R-CA) introduced the California Accountability and Loan Repayment Act (the CAL Repayment Act), which requires California to repay its outstanding $21 billion loan to the federal government before spending federal money on other programs. Gavin Newsom’s state is the only state that has yet to repay its COVID-era unemployment loans (UI). The bill would require California to prioritize repayment of its federal UI debt before spending any eligible federal funds on other programs and would require the state to direct available federal funds toward the loan within 5 business…
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” If you recognized that passage as perhaps the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence, congratulations: You are officially smarter than MS NOW’s Katy Tur, who apparently has never bothered to read the Declaration of Independence. During a Monday panel segment, Tur questioned whether House Speaker Mike Johnson was “putting God over the Declaration of Independence.” “What about this passage from Mike Johnson declaring…
The role is an unlikely but relatively steady and well-paid job in Kenya’s poorer western regions.KISUMU, Kenya (AP) — The body of Tom Ochieng Mima is dressed in formal funeral finery, casket shaded from the hot western Kenyan sun as family and friends of the late 64-year-old settle into plastic chairs beneath white tents just off the roadside.Wails pierce the air in a mix of lyrical song and unrestrained cries; a group of mourners wave leafy branches and beat them against the ground in a rhythm. A performance like this would not seem out of place at many funerals around…
PETER KOENIG In a recent Buddhist retreat in Lima, Peru, about 200 participants were urged to abstain for the three-day retreat from our enslavement screens, “smart” phones, computers and television. Difficult to say how many really followed the advice, but many did. What was amazing is that during the first day, ignoring constant phone notifications was not easy for the many. But consciously resisting it made it easier. And the following days, we were hardly thinking of them anymore. The days were filled with meditation and different types of spiritual exercises… the digital age was peacefully removed into a corner. Unfortunately, after…
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, May 19, 2026A woman prays during the Belarus Festival of Hope outreach event at the Chizhovka Arena in Minsk, Belarus, held from May 16 to 17, 2026. | Billy Graham Evangelistic AssociationFranklin Graham shared the Gospel message with more than 30,000 people at a historic worship event in Belarus over the weekend, encouraging attendees to experience “a spiritual rebirth through Jesus Christ.”The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said attendance surpassed 15,000 people on both nights of the Festival of Hope in Minsk, Belarus, over the weekend. The event took place Saturday and Sunday at…
The Epstein scandal has rocked the royal family and British politics in recent months.LONDON (AP) — Police in the UK say they are investigating two allegations of decades-old child sex abuse after looking into potential crimes revealed in documents from the U.S. Justice Department’s investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Police in Surrey, the county immediately southwest of London, said in a statement Tuesday that they are investigating two separate allegations. One relates to locations in Surrey and Berkshire in the mid-1990s to 2000. The other relates to the mid- to late 1980s in West Surrey.No arrests have been made.“We…
Newly released footage from federal investigators captured the terrifying moment a UPS cargo plane began coming apart mid-takeoff before crashing in Kentucky last year, killing 15 people in one of the company’s deadliest disasters ever. According to the New York Post, the video, released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the left engine and pylon separating from the wing of UPS Flight 2976 moments after the aircraft lifted off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Nov. 4, 2025. Flames could be seen erupting from the damaged side of the aircraft as the jet struggled in the air.…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Truth in the age of AI, indeed. A buzzy new book called “The Future of Truth: How AI Reshapes Reality” contains more than a half-dozen misattributed or fake quotes,” a review by The New York Times discovered. In response to questions from the paper, the author, Steven Rosenbaum, admitted that the book contained a “handful of improperly attributed or synthetic quotes” stemming from his use of AI tools. “As I disclosed in the book’s acknowledgments, I used AI tools ChatGPT and Claude during…
CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival can function like a global water cooler for movies, with prevailing issues and anxieties tending to come to the surface at the event. This year, the topic du jour is artificial intelligence.The 79th Cannes may go down as the time the world’s grandest film festival for the first time wrestled with the onset of AI — its arrival has been felt like a tsunami on the French Riviera. Its potential to remake the movie industry, for good or bad, has been an ongoing debate since the festival opened.And in many quarters, the tone is softening.“The…
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation holds a hearing at 2 p.m. ET on May 19 to examine the evaluation of FAA safety measures following the January 2025 midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Witness: Federal Aviation Admini…
The Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, in this file photo. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe Senate has confirmed 49 nominees selected by President Donald Trump, including several officials tapped to oversee federal land management and energy policy.Lawmakers in the upper chamber approved the latest package of nominees in a 46–43 vote on May 18 under procedures allowing multiple lower-level executive branch nominations to be considered together.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.
Independent scientists say the technology, while impressive, lacks some components to be truly considered an artificial egg.NEW YORK (AP) — A biotech company that aims to resurrect lost creatures said Tuesday it has hatched live chicks in an artificial environment — a development that was met with mixed reviews from scientists and critics of its de-extinction mission.Twenty-six baby chickens — ranging from a few days to several months old — were born from a 3D printed lattice structure that mimics an eggshell, according to Colossal Biosciences.Colossal previously announced it had genetically engineered living animals to resemble extinct species, including mice with long hair like…