Tax, tax, tax. That seems to be the only solution the State of Washington’s lawmakers can come up with to close their budget deficit. Recently, Governor Bob Ferguson signed the millionaire’s tax into law, which places a 9.9% tax on individuals who make more than $1 million a year. Now, socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is looking at a wealth tax for businesses in the city, despite the exodus currently happening due to unfavorable laws and taxes in the area. Another Wealth Tax for Seattle? New to politics, Wilson is known as having a progressive agenda, with some of her…
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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: Police investigate bomb threat at Dolphin Mall Man draws gun after…
Jaden Ivey, a 24-year-old NBA guard recently waived by the Chicago Bulls after criticizing Pride Month as “celebrating unrighteousness,” opened up in a PinPoint Podcast interview about repeated suicidal crises during injuries. He credits God’s mercy and his wife’s intervention for saving him from an oxycodone overdose. Ivey insists he loves people but opposes homosexual acts as contrary to Scripture, while rejecting the team’s “conduct detrimental” explanation as cover for religious discrimination. Now “alive in Christ,” the former 2022 draft pick vows to keep speaking biblical truth regardless of career cost, framing basketball as temporary and eternal life through Jesus…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has suggested that Ukraine may be behind an attempted bombing of one of the country’s major gas pipelines just days before voters head to the polls for the most contested election in decades. According to the Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet, security services in Serbia discovered a large explosive device at the Turkish Stream gas pipeline near the Hungarian border. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is reported to have informed Budapest that if the bomb had been successfully triggered, gas supply to Hungary would have been interrupted. Bálint Pásztor, the leader of the local Vojvodina Hungarian Association…
Spanish lawmaker Alberto Ibáñez called for the imposition of strict controls on the nation’s inbound tourism industry to force it to reduce in scope during a Sunday interview with the Madrid-based Europapress. Ibáñez is a member of Compromís, a leftist Valencian regionalism coalition. The lawmaker stressed to Europapress that limiting Spain’s tourism industry is necessary, as he believes it has already made it “impossible to live” in cities like Alicante or Valencia. Europapress reports that Ibáñez recently submitted a request to the Spanish Congress to establish a parliamentary subcommittee to analyze the impact of tourism on people’s quality of life.…
Venezuelans deported from the United States arrive at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on Jan. 16, 2026. Federico Parra/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Congolese government said on April 5 that it will start receiving U.S. deportees originating from other countries starting this month.Congo’s Ministry of Communications said the arrangement would be temporary and is part of an agreement with the United States. It did not provide details of the agreement or specify how many third-country deportees will arrive.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our…
The head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence organisation in Iran, Majid Khademi, was killed Monday in a targeted Israeli air strike. Israel Defense Minister Israel Katz made the announcement, AP reported. “The Revolutionary Guard are shooting at civilians and we are eliminating the leaders of the terrorists,” Katz said. “Iran’s leaders live with a sense of being targeted. We will continue to hunt them down one by one.” Katz added Israel had “severely damaged” Iran’s steel and petrochemical industries, as well. Students inspect damage at a mosque at Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology complex that Iranian authorities…
Good Monday morning. Here is what’ s on President Trump’s agenda today: 8:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time 10:00 AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY participate in the White House Easter Egg Roll 1:00 PM THE PRESIDENT holds a Press Conference 2:30 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting 3:30 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Passover Greeting with Jewish Community Leaders News roundup: 30 passengers evacuate after cruise ship runs aground on a reef in Fiji Oil climbs anew on mixed signals about Iran war’s future Iran mediators make last-ditch push for 45-day ceasefire Dems…
At least two Israelis were killed by an Iranian air strike on Easter Sunday hitting the coastal city of Haifa, while in Lebanon another 15 people died amid Israeli strikes. Iran reported at least 25 deaths from Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iranian targets.All told, the array of strikes made Easter Sunday one of the deadliest recent days of strikes during the five-week-old conflict. Israeli media reported two dead and two others missing after an Iranian strike on a six-story residential building in Haifa, a city of 300,000 between Tel-Aviv and the Lebanese border. Several others were injured, including one…
A majority of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations have focused on perpetrators of violent crimes, officials say.Add to My ListSaveIllustration by The Epoch Times, Department of Homeland SecurityIllustration by The Epoch Times, Department of Homeland SecurityBy Darlene McCormick Sanchez, Savannah Hulsey Pointer|April 06, 2026Updated:April 06, 2026The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts this term have focused on illegal immigrants with criminal histories.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made about 379,000 arrests from Jan. 20, 2025, through Jan. 20, 2026, and the administration has maintained that the majority involved those with criminal arrests or convictions.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable…
Ford’s Sync 3 communications and entertainment system is displayed during a Ford Motor Co. press event for CES 2016 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas on Jan. 5, 2016. Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesIn the 1962 cartoon “The Jetsons,” people of the future drove flying cars. In 1982, the NBC-TV show “Knight Rider” featured a talking car named KITT that could scan, self-drive, “turbo boost” through the air, and fire weapons.Decades later, these science fiction scenes are becoming reality, with now highly complicated vehicles often called “computers on wheels.” But as that complexity grows, so do the trade-offs, as…
HOUSTON—Astronauts are back in lunar space for the first time in more than 50 years.Artemis II’s Orion spacecraft, Integrity, crossed into the Moon’s gravitational influence at approximately 12:41 a.m. ET on April 6, officially making NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, as well as the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen, the first astronauts to enter lunar space in more than half a century.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.
“Open the F**kin’ Strait” is his latest shibboleth, his battle cry. It was a few minutes past five in the morning on Easter Sunday, April 5 when President Trump, with all the élan of a drunken sailor suffering from coprolalia, mounted his social media and posted the following: Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F**kin’ Strait, you crazy b*stards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP Trump’s outburst is more than a…
Apple News is guilty of more than just suppressing right-leaning news. It ran more headlines from left-leaning outlets in March than any of the other Big Four News Apps, solidifying its place as the most radically left of them all. MRC made this major discovery by analyzing Apple News’s top 20 daily stories each morning throughout March and using the independent media firm AllSides to evaluate each outlet’s bias. Apple News promoted more left-leaning stories than Google News, Microsoft’s MSN and Yahoo News in March. MRC’s Findings: Apple News selected articles from left-leaning media outlets for 434 out of 592…
The Cult of MAGA takes the ignis fatuus of Iranian wickedness as gospel truth. In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.—Winston Churchill In the corrupt and bought-out halls of Congress, obvious lies told by political careerists are passed off as unvarnished truth. On Saturday, April 4, Republican House Majority Whip Tom Emmer told a whopper. “Our president didn’t start this war. He’s finishing it,” Emmer told Fox News with a straight face, even though it is obvious the opposite is true. Get Daily Emails President Trump and his controller, Benjamin Netanyahu, aka…
One of the ways God reveals Himself is by prophecies being made and fulfilled.One third of the Bible is made up of prophecies. In the Old Testament, there are over 350 prophecies which Jesus fulfilled through his birth, life, death and resurrection. Get Daily Emails GotQuestions.org states: “J. Barton Payne, has found as many as 574 verses in the Old Testament that somehow point to or describe or reference the coming Messiah. Alfred Edersheim found 456 Old Testament verses referring to the Messiah or His times. Conservatively, Jesus fulfilled at least 300 prophecies in His earthly ministry.” Twenty-seven prophecies about the…
AI-Generated Image/Grok Pakistan has reportedly brokered a last-minute ceasefire framework dubbed the “Islamabad Accord” to prevent the total annihilation of the Iranian terror state. According to Reuters, citing two sources familiar with the matter, both Washington and Tehran have now received the proposal, which calls for an immediate ceasefire, reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and a short window to hammer out a permanent settlement. Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has reportedly been in round-the-clock meetings with US Vice President JD Vance, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. The proposed agreement follows a two-phase…
When global supply chains collapse, the pain is not felt immediately. Tankers that left their destinations before the war with Iran began are still arriving at their destinations, products that were manufactured prior to the war still fill our shelves, and we are still eating food that was produced last year. So even though global supply chains are collapsing all around us, most people don’t feel it yet. But if this war with Iran drags on for months, the pain that we will soon experience will be unbelievable.Anyone who thinks that the global economy can continue to function at or…
Attacking Iran while pushing affordability at home has put President Donald Trump in a tough spot, but this is the United States of America! We can shoot guns and churn butter at the same time. So far, the President is making all the right moves. Releasing oil from the strategic reserve, considering a temporary suspension of the Jones Act, and offering tankers naval escorts and U.S.-backed insurance for their passage through the Strait of Hormuz will all help keep the oil flowing. If he can wrap up the war relatively soon, gas prices could be back to normal before the midterms. They…
The Trump administration announced a new initiative to tackle microplastics in the environment. It is a waste of time and taxpayer money, and worse. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy, Jr. said that the federal government would spend $144 million “to measure, understand, and to remove microplastics from the human body.” Microplastics are microscopic bits of plastic ubiquitous in our environment. We’ve been manufacturing plastic, which is essential to modern society, for more than 100 years. There is no modern world without plastic. As plastic slowly degrades in the environment, its tiny particles get everywhere – in…
We covered before that President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi and has replaced her with Todd Blanche, a man who got Ghislaine Maxwell her special treatment and also doesn’t want the Epstein files as part of the Justice Department’s future, ie. release the files, but bury any investigation. Well, this is not only Bondi and Blanche’s legacy, but it is definitely Donald Trump’s, as well.In elaborating on this point, Truthout writes: Trump said Bondi is “transitioning to a much needed and important new job in the private sector.”Get Daily Emails President Donald Trump announced that he has fired…
An Easter message took on deeply personal meaning for Savannah Guthrie, who spoke candidly about grief and uncertainty while her mother remains missing more than two months after her disappearance. According to Fox News, during a digital gathering hosted by Good Shepherd New York and shared on YouTube, the Today co-anchor reflected on faith in what she described as a painful and unresolved chapter of her life. Her mother, Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen in Tucson in the early hours of Feb. 1. Authorities believe she may have been taken from her bedroom around 2 a.m. Investigators responding to…
A sudden two-car crash in Temecula left Tori Spelling and several children hospitalized just days before the Easter holiday. According to Fox News, authorities say deputies responded to the scene shortly before 6 p.m. Thursday after receiving reports of a collision involving two vehicles. Spelling’s representatives confirmed the actress, best known for Beverly Hills, 90210, was transported to a hospital following the incident. Four of her children and three of their friends were also taken for medical care, traveling in three separate ambulances. Officials noted that no arrests were made at the scene. In a statement, the Riverside Sheriff’s Department…
The United States Supreme Court is finally ruling on an issue (Watson v. RNC) that should have been decided long ago: the dissonant practice of accepting ballots after the Election Day deadline. This case could indeed shift the 2026 midterms in Republicans’ favor, since Democrats often win by broad and unjustified election expansion, which opens the door to cheating, stuffing, and undoing the vote. More election cases are coming before the United States Supreme Court, and the conservative majority looks more inclined to bring the much-needed order and common sense back to our elections. Why would the RNC sue Mississippi,…
At White Papers, our core premise is that Western nations deserve to protect their sovereignty, their political institutions, and their founding demography and to build a future free from interference by alien cultures or hostile elites. The reality is that the nations of the West are at risk. The peoples native to Europe and those who founded Western nations like America are at risk of becoming minorities in their homelands after decades of unwanted mass immigration, facilitated by our own elite political class. In some cases, this was done for ideological reasons (globalism). In other cases, it was to drive…
The longer the war with Iran drags on, the clearer it becomes that America’s allies have little interest in doing things that allies traditionally do. Some European leaders have merely said they will not participate in the war, that they have no interest in fighting Donald Trump’s battles. Others have taken concrete steps to hinder American efforts—notably, by denying American troops access to bases in their countries or denying them permission to fly over their airspace. Others still—namely, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Spain’s Pedro Sánchez—appear to have determined that their nation’s welfare no longer aligns with that of the United…
Welcome to Major League Baseball, Tony Vitello! For years, the San Francisco Giants rookie manager pumped spirit into the college baseball program of the Tennessee Volunteers, and during Sunday’s home game against the New York Mets, he transitioned that same spirit into the professional game. And it happened to earn him his first ejection ever of his MLB career.Vitello’s first ejection came only 10 games into the 2026 season. (RELATED: Nationals Choose Epic, Beer Guzzling Way To Celebrate Franchise’s 21st Birthday) In the seventh inning, the Giants were holding on to a 2-1 advantage. At one point, designated hitter Jerar…
By Daily Mail. An F-15 airman who was stranded in Iran was rescued on Saturday night, but a message he radioed made Trump fear that the US military was being lured into a trap.The unidentified airman, who President Donald Trump has described as a ‘brave warrior,’ got trapped behind enemy lines after his fighter jet was shot down over a remote area of Iran on Friday. A pilot who was with him safely ejected the aircraft and was rescued by two military helicopters that same day, but the airman remained missing for nearly 48 hours while hiding in a mountain…
Archaeologists have uncovered a one-of-a-kind artifact near the Sea of Galilee that may reveal new details about how early Christians practiced baptism.The 1,400-year-old artifact was recently found in the ancient city of Hippos, a prominent bishop’s seat during the Byzantine era, according to a March 30 press release shared with Fox News Digital. The city was once the only Christian city around the Sea of Galilee, controlling territory associated with Jesus’ ministry. The marble block was found in a hall of baptism called a photisterion. It may shed light on “a stage of the early Christian baptismal rite that has…
Three people were killed, including a 10-month-old girl, after high winds toppled a tree in Germany during an Easter egg hunt on Sunday morning, according to authorities.Around 50 people from a nearby residential facility for new mothers, pregnant women and children were attending the egg hunt in a wooded area near the town of Satrupholm at about 11 a.m. when a 100-foot tree fell on top of them, police said in a statement. Four people became pinned under the tree, police said. First responders arrived at the scene and first began treating a 21-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl, but…
Iranian terror mastermind Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani’s niece — who showcased her lavish Los Angeles lifestyle on social media while bashing the U.S. as the “Great Satan” — was arrested by federal authorities over the weekend and will be removed from the U.S. with no chance of ever returning. Arrested along with Soleimani niece, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, 47, and subjected to the removal order was her 25-year-old daughter, Sarinasadat Hosseiny. Announcement of the federal action was made Saturday by the U.S. State Department and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which dispatched Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agents to make the…
Is it me, or does this woman get dumber and dumber as time goes on? Starting with the 2028 Summer Olympics, which takes place here in the United States (Los Angeles to be exact), biological males will no longer be allowed to take part in competition against women. A ruling from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will now have the men staying in the men’s category, while the women will stay in the women’s category.In other words, the Olympics wants to be normal, nothing wrong with that. If you ask left-wing hemorrhoid Megan Rapinoe about it, however, she’ll make it…
(Absolutely not a picture of Mohammed. Really. Trust us.) If there’s anything that everyone knows about Islam (or gets murdered for not knowing) is that it’s a very peaceful religion of peace with no history of killing people over jokes, cartoons or art. That’s why last month, two Muslims didn’t throw IEDs because they were offended over Mohammed. Also the one time that Paramount censored South Park wasn’t because they were afraid Muslims might kill them for showing Mohammed. So surely this story can’t be true because it’s just so implausible. At least that’s the media’s position. Netflix is none…
This survey is getting a lot of attention. According to a recent Maariv poll published this past week conducted by Lazar Research, led by Dr. Menahem Lazar in collaboration with Panel4All, a majority of first-time voters in Israel’s upcoming Knesset elections-young people between the ages of 18 and 22-identify as right-wing. The survey finds that 56% of this age group considers itself right-wing, compared with 44% of Israelis aged 23 and older. Among younger Israelis, 22% describe themselves as center-right, 14% as centrist (compared with 27% of older Israelis), and 8% identify as center-left or left-wing. The poll also found…
Iran put a $60,000 bounty on an American colonel. Local businesses in southern Iran piled on with their own rewards. Iranian state television broadcast the wreckage of his F-15E on a loop. Search parties fanned out across the mountains of Isfahan province.America’s answer came on Easter Sunday morning. “WE GOT HIM,” President Trump posted. “WE WILL NEVER LEAVE AN AMERICAN WARFIGHTER BEHIND.” The weapons systems officer, a colonel who was seriously wounded and hiding in a mountain crevice with little more than a pistol, had been rescued in what Trump called “one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations…
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL. For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen † . Posted in Uncategorized
A webcam performer who goes by Lydia Love has alleged that Bryon Noem, the 56-year-old husband of former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and father of three, paid up to $25 a minute to interact with her on the website Camsoda. That rate works out to $1,500 an hour.Love, who describes herself as a performer in “femdom,” or female domination, claims Noem used her services between ten and 15 times over a roughly two-year period. Kristi Noem has said she was “blindsided.” There is no independent verification of Love’s claims beyond her own statements. But the allegations are…
Former Kansas Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Wilson died Saturday after a battle with ALS, the degenerative disease also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. She had resigned from the court in July 2025 following her diagnosis.Wilson served on Kansas’s highest court from 2020 until her resignation, capping a legal career that spanned decades of practice and 15 years on the Shawnee County District Court bench, the last five as chief judge. A Career Rooted in Advocacy According to Yahoo! News, Wilson graduated from Bethany College in Lindsborg and earned her law degree at Washburn University in Topeka. She practiced law in…
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was taken to a Philadelphia hospital on March 20 after falling ill during a Federalist Society dinner held in his honor, an incident that was not publicly disclosed at the time. The 76-year-old justice was evaluated, given fluids for dehydration, and released the same evening.The news, first confirmed through a statement provided to CNN by Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe, paints a picture of a brief medical scare rather than a serious health crisis. But in a city obsessed with Supreme Court succession math, even a routine IV drip becomes a political event. What Happened…
President Trump put Iran on the clock Saturday, posting a blunt warning on Truth Social that the regime has 48 hours before overwhelming force arrives.”Time is running out – 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD!” According to The Hill, the ultimatum lands at a moment of genuine tension. On Friday, Iranian air defenses struck down two U.S. fighter jets: an F-15E Strike Eagle and an A-10 Warthog. One service member has been recovered. The status of the other F-15E crew member remains unknown. That reality check follows Trump’s televised address on Wednesday,…
Wisconsin’s conservative infrastructure has all but conceded a state Supreme Court seat, and Tuesday’s election looks poised to hand liberals an even wider majority on a court that has already reshaped the state’s abortion law, legislative maps, and school funding in just three years.The contrast with recent cycles is stark. Where millions once flooded airwaves, and Elon Musk personally barnstormed the state, this race has unfolded in near-silence on the right. Conservative candidate Maria Lazar and allied groups have spent less than $400,000 on advertising. Her opponent, former Democratic state legislator Taylor, along with liberal groups, has spent more than…
Both crew members of a downed F-15E fighter jet are out of Iran alive, extracted by U.S. special operations forces after what multiple reports described as a “heavy firefight” deep inside enemy territory. The mission spanned several days, involved dozens of aircraft, and required American forces to engage Iranian troops, including elements of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, to bring their people home.President Donald Trump confirmed the operation early Sunday in a statement that opened with three words: “We got him!” According to Breitbart, the jet went down in southwest Iran on Thursday night, early Friday local time. The pilot…
Gen. Randy George is out as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army, stepping down with immediate effect after just two years in a role that typically carries a fixed four-year term. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced the departure late Thursday night.No reason was given. No further details were offered. According to Breitbart, George, a Biden nominee who took his post in September 2023, leaves a nearly four-decade military career behind. His replacement, at least for now, is Gen. Christopher LaNeve, the Army’s current vice chief of staff, who will serve as acting chief until the Senate confirms a…
The average price for a dozen Grade A eggs fell to $2.50 in February 2026, down from $5.90 a year earlier. That’s a decline of 57.6 percent at the retail level. At the producer level, the drop is even more dramatic: the producer price index for eggs for fresh use shows prices down 80.4 percent from a year earlier.Based on the historical series going back to the mid-1980s, that appears to be the largest year-over-year drop on record. Just in time for the second Easter of Trump’s second term, 40,000 eggs will roll across the White House lawn. A year…
By Chris Kuehl, Op-ed contributor Monday, April 06, 2026 | Scott Olson/Getty ImagesIt would be hard to find a more radioactive term today than “Zionist.” At its core, it simply affirms the Jewish people’s right to live in their ancestral homeland. Yet this single word is fracturing families, churches, political parties, and entire media ecosystems.The standard disclaimer is, “I don’t hate Jews, I just believe the nation of Israel shouldn’t exist”. This sounds reasonable at first. After all, no earthly government is above criticism or critique. But does this verbal sleight-of-hand hold up to scrutiny? It would be hard to…
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is done waiting. The Florida Republican on Wednesday requested 46 military videos from the Department of War, including 45 previously unreleased clips that insiders say contain some of the most compelling UAP footage the U.S. government has ever collected.Luna’s April 1 letter, addressed to Secretary Pete Hegseth, laid out the national security stakes plainly: “In and around the sensitive airspaces of US military installations poses a threat to the security of the armed forces and their readiness.” The Department of War is expected to hand over the clips by April 14. What happens after that could…
By Phillip N. Smith, Op-ed contributor Monday, April 06, 2026pcess609/iStock“He who loves his dream of a community more than Christian community itself becomes a destroyer of the latter”— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life TogetherWe are living through a relational crisis unlike anything in modern history. Many who attend gatherings, participate in programs, connect with friends online, and even show up weekly for church services still feel profoundly alone. More than half of Americans, churchgoers included, report loneliness at least weekly. Yet this chronic disconnection runs counter to God’s intent in creation: “It is not good for the man to be alone” (Genesis…
Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, the 47-year-old niece of deceased Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani, and her 25-year-old daughter Sarinasadat Hosseiny were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles on Friday. Both women had their green cards revoked and now sit in ICE custody, pending removal from the United States.Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the action, accusing Afshar of celebrating the deaths of U.S. soldiers during President Donald Trump’s ongoing conflict with Iran. “Until recently, Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter were green card holders living lavishly in the United States.” According to the Daily Mail, Rubio said Afshar…
By Chuck Lawless, CP Guest Contributor Monday, April 06, 2026pcess609/iStockIt was March 1981. I had turned 20 just a few months before, and I was in conversation with a small country church in Ohio about becoming their pastor. Looking back now, 45 years later, the whole story is a bit unusual. I knew the church because one of their previous pastors had been the youth pastor where I was a member as a teenager. God saved me when I was 13, and the church had a few youth pastors during my teen years — but this pastor really challenged me to…