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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As negotiations with the United States hang in the balance, a hard-line Iranian general linked to notorious attacks at home and abroad over the past decades is believed to have seized a place near the center of power.Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, who heads Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, has become a major player in formulating Iran’s tough stance in negotiating a possible end to the war with the United States, experts say. He is believed to be part of a small clique in direct contact with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who remains in hiding after being reportedly wounded…

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I agree with the Democrat Party. After they lost the presidential election in 2024, Democrats commissioned an after-action report that was supposed to explain where they had gone wrong. This week, DNC Chair Ken Martin rejected the report, explaining his decision online: “I am not proud of this product; it does not meet my standards, and it won’t meet your standards. I don’t endorse what’s in this report, or what’s left out of it. I could not in good faith put the DNC’s stamp of approval on it.” He’s not wrong. Martin also released the rejected report, wisely, preventing speculation…

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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Florida’s war against the Burmese python (Python bivittatus) is still going strong, but you can do your part to battle one of the state’s most destructive invasive species. Earlier this week, Everglades National Park announced it is once again teaming up with local organizations for this year’s Florida Python Challenge. The task is straightforward enough: From July 10–19, participants are encouraged to trap and humanely dispatch as many snakes as possible. The pythons must then be deposited at one of the competition’s designated check…

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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Feeling grateful for all the wonderful ways AI has changed your life yet? Jeff Bezos thinks you should be. On Wednesday, the Amazon founder brushed aside fears that AI would replace people’s jobs, arguing instead that it will instead be a magical tool that will supercharge productivity and make everyone’s work easier. The luddite masses just haven’t realized it yet. “If you’ve been digging out a basement for your house with a shovel and somebody’s about to hand you a bulldozer, you should…

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Two weeks ago, the last major oil shipment due into the Port of Long Beach, California via the Strait of Hormuz arrived, leaving elected officials scrambling for new sources of fuel as the fossil fuel-rich state faced the looming and very real possibility of shortages. Advertisement Californians are facing growing uncertainty at the pump after the state’s last major oil shipment from the Strait of Hormuz arrived in Long Beach on Monday, as leaders warn the state has roughly four to six weeks of fuel supply left under normal conditions.The shipment was the last to leave the Strait of Hormuz…

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Japanese Reikado Hall on fire – Screengrab Social Media/X What is happening in Japan? Many of us have been worried about the relentless destruction of Christian churches in Europe and elsewhere, and now there is a worrying trend targeting ancient Japanese temples. Just four days ago, a 573-year-old Daihoji Temple in Japan, filled with priceless artworks, was destroyed in a massive fire. 🇯🇵 This 573-year-old Daihoji Temple in Japan, a national treasure with priceless artworks, got completely destroyed in a MASSIVE fire Centuries of culture vanishing overnight… pic.twitter.com/VS985oDmwz — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 17, 2026 And yesterday (20), a 1,200-year-old…

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Climate scientists have decided to remove their worst-case scenario for how hot the Earth could get if nothing is done to slow global warming. The grift is over for now, but Democrats will bring it back once they regain power. Remember how woke Ursula insisted that the science was settled? The science is never settled. That is simply common sense, and they never had the proof. Ursula von der Leyen: “We all agree that climate change is real, man-made, and it is for all of us to tackle it.” “The threat of climate change is existential.” Do we “all agree”…

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Justice Jackson said that policy concerns over retirement plan manipulation couldn’t overcome Congress’ statutory demands.WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to place limits on how financial professionals calculate an employer’s liability for withdrawing from a multiemployer pension plan.The weedy dispute over retirement funds netted a unanimous 12-page ruling from the justices, succinctly rejecting employers’ push to rely on stale data that could taint calculations.“An employer that stops participating in an underfunded multiemployer pension plan must pay the plan ‘withdrawal liability’ — i.e., its share of the plan’s unfunded vested benefits,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Joe Biden…

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News of the war has shaken consumer confidence, which fell to a 40-month low amid mounting fears of job losses and higher inflation.FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union’s executive commission cut its growth outlook and predicted higher inflation due to sharply higher energy prices from the war in Iran — but said the economy will avoid an outright recession.“As a net energy importer, the EU’s economy is highly susceptible to the energy shock caused by the conflict in the Middle East,” the commission said in a statement Thursday. The rising cost of fuel “means higher household bills and surging…

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A man convicted of burning a Phoenix resident to death in a horrific 2002 apartment attack was executed Wednesday in Arizona, ending a case that prosecutors said left one victim dead and another permanently scarred. According to the New York Post, Leroy Dean McGill, 63, received a lethal injection at the Arizona State Prison Complex and was pronounced dead at 10:26 a.m. local time, prison officials said. Moments before the execution, McGill thanked those involved in carrying it out. “I just want to thank everyone for being so accommodating and nice,” he said in his final statement, according to John…

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The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., on May 30, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch TimesThe acting director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has stepped down, a senator said on April 21.“The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases was slated to testify, but stepped down from his position,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) said at the opening of a hearing with other National Institutes of Health (NIH) leaders, including NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists,…

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The extreme heat has disrupted daily life across several northern states.NEW DELHI (AP) — Roads and markets have emptied during afternoons and some farmers have switched to nighttime work to avoid scorching temperatures as a heat wave grips large parts of India.The India Meteorological Department forecast maximum temperatures Thursday of around 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in the capital, New Delhi, where authorities have opened temporary “cooling zones” to help people cope.The weather department warned conditions will likely persist across several northern regions in the coming days, with temperatures staying well above seasonal averages. Authorities urged people to stay indoors during the…

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives remarks to the media from Miami as he prepares to travel to Sweden on a diplomatic mission. Rubio is asked about ongoing negotiations and conflicts with Iran as well as the indictment of Cuban official Raul Castro. Secretary Rubio also discusses the World Health Organization and the Ebola outbreak in Africa.  As noted by Rubio the #1 priority for the administration is making sure the issue does not come to the United States.  Rubio also noted a change in posture toward NATO following several EU countries refusing to allow U.S. military engagement from bases…

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Prosecutors painted Mitiga Prison as a system of rape, torture and enslavement. Defense lawyers answered with a sweeping attack on the ICC’s Libya mandate and the politics behind it.THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — Fifteen years after Moammar Gadhafi’s fall shattered Libya and pulled the International Criminal Court into the chaos, judges in The Hague spent this week hearing two radically different stories about what really happened inside Tripoli’s notorious Mitiga Prison.Prosecutors say the prison became a system of torture, rape, enslavement and terror run by militia figures hiding behind state institutions. Lawyers for Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri,the first Libya…

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Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal titles late last year as the U.S. Justice Department prepared to release millions of pages of documents related to its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.LONDON (AP) — The late Queen Elizabeth II was “very keen” for former Prince Andrew to be named Britain’s trade envoy in 2001, according to documents released Thursday that showed his appointment received little scrutiny from government ministers.The government released confidential papers related to the appointment in response to legislation passed by Parliament after lawmakers accused the king’s brother of putting his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein ahead of the nation. The former prince was stripped of his royal…

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PARIS (AP) — The oldest bridge in Paris looked Thursday as if it had been swallowed by a mountain.The transformation is the work of JR, the street artist known as the “French Banksy,” who this week began inflating a giant artificial “cave” over the Pont Neuf, turning the 17th-century bridge that has carried Parisians across the Seine for more than 400 years into a rocky illusion rising over the river.JR has said the idea of La Caverne du Pont Neuf, is to bring “mineral and nature” back to the heart of the city. He says he is not covering the bridge so much…

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Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison seemingly praises fossil fuels in a recent video despite suing oil refineries over climate change. Ellison noted that gas prices have increased from “about $2.98” to “up around $4 and change” ever since the Iran War. In the video, he is seen filling up his vehicle at a gas station while emphasizing how hard this price increase has been for “everyday life.” (RELATED: ‘You Ought To Be In Jail!’: Josh Hawley Goes Nuclear On Keith Ellison Over Somali Fraud)WATCH: Families are already stretching every dollar just to get by. Rising fuel costs make it…

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This Memorial Day weekend, while most Americans gather with family and friends to honor the holiday, a group of patriots will travel to one of the most strategically important military installations in the world to stand alongside the men and women defending freedom on the front lines. The We Fund The Blue Foundation will host a three-day Memorial Day celebration at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, honoring America’s fallen heroes while uplifting the brave service members currently serving our nation under increasingly difficult and uncertain global conditions. At a time when tensions continue to rise in Cuba and across the…

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Many Berliners are against the idea of staging the Olympics at all, regardless of them potentially taking place on the 100th anniversary of the Games already hosted by the Nazis.BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s state parliament has given the go-ahead for the city’s bid to rehost the Olympic Games on or after the 100th anniversary of the 1936 Games staged by the Nazis.“Our bid is a genuine promise for future generations,” Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner said during the 90-minute debate that preceded the vote Thursday. “We want positive development for Berlin.”Wegner’s CDU political party received support from rival SPD members and…

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Colin McDonald listens during opening remarks at a Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 25, 2026. Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesCriminal charges have been filed against 15 accused fraudsters in Minnesota, involving more than $90 million in taxpayers’ dollars, federal officials announced on May 21 at a news conference in Minneapolis.“This is the beginning of our work in Minnesota,” Colin McDonald, assistant attorney general for the National Fraud Enforcement Division, said.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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CANNES, France (AP) — Maika Monroe’s career essentially began at the Cannes Film Festival. Her breakthrough role in “It Follows” premiered in Cannes’ Critics Week sidebar in 2014.“I was a newbie,” recalls Monroe. “I’m pretty sure I spent my 21st birthday here. I was like: ‘Well isn’t that exciting, to turn 21 in a country where I could have drank in for years.’”“It Follows,” about a sexually transmitted curse, was part of a new wave of probing, atmospheric horror films. But then, it was a small $1.3 million indie movie that had little reason to expect a Cannes launch.“It was surreal. You never expect going…

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A consumer representative group filed an amicus brief on Thursday challenging Colorado’s lawsuit against national energy companies over climate change. Consumers’ Research’s brief alleges that Colorado’s litigation is an unconstitutional use of public nuisance law aiming to overrule federal law. The suit accuses Suncor of knowingly damaging the environment through fossil fuel production, advertising and sales. (RELATED: Supreme Court Takes High Stakes Case That Could Cost Energy Companies Billions)“Colorado is trying to use lawfare to do what the Constitution forbids and regulate energy production occurring in other states and even other countries,” Consumers’ Research Executive Director Will Hild told the Daily…

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to members of the media in Washington on April 14, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesSenate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) led a bicameral press conference on the Senate steps on May 21 to oppose a Republican spending bill they said would direct roughly $72 billion to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol while including “zero” affordability provisions.The Senate is preparing to move the legislation through reconciliation, which allows passage on a simple majority with no Democratic support needed. The bill’s final text had not…

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Some Senate Republicans expressed a desire to restrict a $1.776 billion fund in a $72 billion reconciliation package for immigration enforcement. The Justice Department’s fund could pay people alleging the legal system was “weaponized” against them. The fund is part of a settlement agreement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to end a civil lawsuit filed in January over the leak of his tax returns by an independent contractor; opponents of the fund expressed concerns about it being used by Trump and his allies.Senate Majority Leader John Thune told Punchbowl News Tuesday that senators wanted to place conditions…

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Shocking absolutely nobody other than CNN, which deeply investigated Somali fraud in Minnesota by calling the fraudsters and asking whether they were guilty, the crooks who ran the Quality Learing Center in Minnesota were charged with stealing millions from taxpayers.  Advertisement Minnesota fraud: Minneapolis day care owner featured in Nick Shirley video federally charged https://t.co/PCGrcXKEtd— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) May 20, 2026I am not joking about CNN’s deep reporting on the issue. They were very proud of their journalisming. The CNN “reporter” on the phone in the hotel wasn’t even interested in the fraud — she was interested in investigating Nick…

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Two Jehovah’s Witnesses joined more than 100 fellow worshippers in a Russian prison Monday following an alleged epidemic of espionage, torture and raids against the faith, the church told the Daily Caller. Sergey Barsukov, 63, and Alik Yeliseyev, 35, were sentenced to six years in prison for “organizing the activities of an extremist organization” based in part on the testimony of a secret witness given the code name Panchenko, according to a statement from the Jehovah’s Witnesses. The reported sentencing comes as human rights organizations have accused Russia of targeting Jehovah’s Witnesses across the territories it controls. (RELATED: Co-Founder At…

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A judge on Thursday dropped criminal charges against the former assistant principal of a Virginia elementary school accused of ignoring warnings that a child had brought a gun to class before he allegedly shot his first-grade teacher. Judge Rebecca Robinson dropped all eight counts of felony child neglect against Ebony Parker, according to NBC News. Parker, the former assistant principal of Richneck Elementary School, faced eight counts, as the gun the child used during the January 2023 shooting contained eight bullets, prosecutors said. The child allegedly shot his first-grade teacher, Abby Zwerner.Parker broke down in tears when Robinson announced she…

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Please Follow us on Truth Social, X , Youtube , Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Gab Europe moved closer to total war as EU leaders suggested the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad be struck by NATO forces. Russia mobilized its nuclear forces in response. The head of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, Kestutis Budrys, in an interview with the Swiss publication Neue Zürcher Zeitung, called on NATO to attack Kaliningrad to demonstrate the alliance’s power. “We need to show the Russians that we can break through the small fortress they have built in Kaliningrad. NATO has the means to level Russian air defense and missile…

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Can federal law to protect consumers from intrusive telemarketers that was enacted before text messaging was invented be expanded to encapsulate modern technology?(CN) — A Seventh Circuit panel heard oral arguments Thursday on whether the Telephone Consumer Protection Act gives consumers the right to sue over repetitive soliciting text messages.“Now everything is a telephone,” said U.S. Circuit Judge Thomas Kirsch, a Trump appointee. “A telephone is a computer. I have a telephone in my pocket, and it’s the most powerful thing in the world.”Blackstone Medical Services is a Florida-based company selling at home sleep tests that record the body’s activity…

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A federal judge on Thursday granted Joe Biden’s request to block the public release of the audiotapes of his conversations with his ghostwriter. The Oversight Project filed a FOIA lawsuit requesting records from Special Counsel Robert Hur’s investigation into Biden. The judge denied the Oversight Project’s request. However, US District Judge Dabney Friedrich, a Trump appointee, denied Biden’s request to use this case to block the release of the audiotapes to the House Judiciary Committee. Earlier this month, it was reported that the DOJ was preparing to release damning audio of Biden’s interview with former Special Counsel Robert Hur. The…

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By Javier Bolaños, Editor for Latin America of Diario Cristiano Thursday, May 21, 2026U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations confirmation hearing at Dirksen Senate Office Building on Jan. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesIn a historic speech broadcast this Wednesday, the date on which the exile and much of the diaspora commemorate Cuba’s Independence Day, the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, addressed a forceful message directly to the people of the island nation.Through a video broadcast on his official social networks, the top diplomat outlined the current administration’s…

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In 2024, the Dems rigged the primaries to nominate a senile man whom they all claimed was just fine. When he imploded, Dems hastily rushed in his unqualified veep who had never competed at the national level, was widely disliked and managed to reinvent her campaign three times in 107 days. All of this was happening during massive inflation and an economic recession. So yes, the Dems lost. Badly. The Democratic National Committee conducted an ‘autopsy’ of why they lost and never released the results. This led the leftist wing of the party to claim that the autopsy blamed the…

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FBI personnel enter a building in Portsmouth, Va., on May 6, 2026. AP Photo/John ClarkThe FBI on Wednesday said it shut down an India-based call center accused of defrauding elderly Americans of millions of dollars, also confirming that two senior executives of the call center “just admitted” to charges that they allowed the fraud to occur.In a post on X, the FBI’s Boston office said that “hundreds of elderly victims here in the U.S. [and] abroad” were defrauded “out of millions of dollars through tech support scams.”We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different…

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Special to Climate Depot By Bryan Leyland The prime objective of any modern power system is to deliver a reliable and economic supply over the long term, whereas the prime objective of any market system is to maximize profit. For electricity markets to work, their rules must reward those who best provide reliable, affordable power. Many electricity systems are managed by markets that focus on minimizing day-to-day prices, operating on the blind assumption that low prices today will guarantee a reliable supply tomorrow. This assumption is wrong. A power system is a complex, interconnected machine that forms the lifeblood of…

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Fahima Egeh Mahamud, the owner of Future Leaders Early Learning Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was charged Wednesday with wire fraud and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Mahamud was featured in YouTuber Nick Shirley’s 42-minute video last December exposing rampant daycare fraud in the deep blue city. Future Leaders Early Learning Center was licensed for 90 children and received $4.6 million from Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) over two years, but appeared completely empty when Shirley visited. Media skeptics at the time dismissed Shirley’s work, arguing that he had visited the childcare centers featured in his video when they…

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Pay Reparations to Tina Peters, and INDICT All Who Bore False Witnesses Against Her.  Guest Post by Martel MaximThe global nature of Tina’s situation is unprecedented, and makes the Deep State’s Jussie Smollett political fraud scheme look like kindergarten.  Those who knowingly ensnared Tina Peters into the legal persecution she’s endured since 2021 are modern-day traitors on the level of Benedict Arnold.ADVERTISEMENTBy bearing false witness and condemning Tina Peters, not only were they complicit in stealing elections, from a modern frame of reference, they desecrated the graves of countless patriots who defended this country in numerous wars.  The cumulative effect of…

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President Donald Trump made his most high-stakes primary endorsement Tuesday, sidestepping the Republican incumbent and establishment favorite. Although MAGA diehards cheered the president’s 11th-hour pick, Republican operatives may be experiencing primary déjà vu. Trump finally put his thumb on the scale in the Texas Senate race, ultimately endorsing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over incubment Republican Sen. John Cornyn just one week before the GOP runoff. In his announcement, Trump commended Paxton as a MAGA ally, praising his support for terminating the filibuster and passing the SAVE America Act.As for Cornyn, the president criticized that “he was not supportive of…

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Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The tech giant Meta fired about 8,000 workers yesterday — about 10 percent of its staff — and reassigned 7,000 more to AI projects. The company’s remaining workers continue to have every click of their work lives monitored as the company pivots from expensive project to even-more-expensive project — but not to worry! According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, there won’t be any more layoffs for at least seven more months. Meta first told employees that the massive workforce cuts were coming back in April, leaving staff…

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Several Republican senators won’t vote to end the filibuster but might back Democrat amendments. Sen. Tommy Tuberville said leadership should tell them, “If you do that, you lose your chairmanship immediately.” That is what they care most about. “Put their feet to the fire, let’s go to work, and let’s work with President Trump,” Tuberville said. “It starts with leadership.” We have this one opportunity to stop communism and radical Islam, but several Republicans won’t cooperate. We know who they are. SEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE (R): Several Republican senators won’t vote to end the filibuster and then might back Democratic amendments.…

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Cal Thomas: Being wrong means never having to say ‘sorry’ By Cal Thomas Excerpt: It is so easy and comfortable being a liberal. You never have to acknowledge that you are wrong when you are demonstrably wrong. Neither do you have to be concerned with a lack of support, because the liberal establishment — including news media, your fellow Democrats, academia, “science” and Hollywood elites — is always with you (like The Force). None is about to acknowledge error, so they all simply move on to the next cause. For half a century, we have been told that the end…

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The Supreme Court may have allowed for the mail distribution of Chemical Abortion Pills, but two of its justices aren’t letting them do it in peace — and they’re practically quoting Students for Life of America’s (SFLA) messaging. On May 14, the Supreme Court decided to allow for the mass telehealth prescription and mail trafficking of Chemical Abortion Pills to continue while Louisiana’s case against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for allowing the dangerous practice rolls ahead. The only two dissenting justices were Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, the latter of which had previously stopped the pause on death-by-mail while the Court reviewed its legality. Get the latest pro-life news and information on X…

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DNC chair candidate Ken Martin speaks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 1, 2025. Rod Lamkey Jr./AP PhotoThe Democratic National Committee (DNC) on May 21 released its long-buried 2024 election autopsy, with DNC Chair Ken Martin apologizing for shelving the document late last year and distancing himself from its contents.“I am not proud of this product; it does not meet my standards, and it won’t meet your standards,” Martin said in a statement published alongside the release.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable…

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What on earth are we doing, Bryson (or should I say moon)? When it comes to the game of golf, Bryson DeChambeau is one of the best players on the planet. On top of that, he also has a YouTube channel that’s uber-popular. And when it comes to the technology and science of the sport, two things that made me fall in love with it, DeChambeau has been one of the biggest adopters.With astronomy, however, DeChambeau might want to back off of that one. Recently, DeChambeau was a part of “The Katie Miller podcast,” and they spoke about several topics.…

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Aimee Bock, the executive director of the nonprofit Feeding Our Future, speaks in St. Anthony, Minn., on Jan. 27, 2022. Shari L. Gross/Star Tribune via APAimee Bock, 45, will spend nearly 42 years in prison for playing what prosecutors called a “central” role in the nation’s largest COVID-19 pandemic scam, which raked in $242 million and resulted in dozens of indictments, many against Somalis. The case touched off lasting ripple effects not only in Minnesota but nationwide, prosecutors said.Bock had been the leader of a nonprofit called “Feeding Our Future” (FOF), which prosecutors said “operated like a cash pipeline” by…

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Aimee Bock, the convicted mastermind behind the $250 million Feeding Our Future scandal, has been sentenced to 41.5 years in federal prison. The sentencing, handed down Thursday, was over her role in a massive scheme that fraudulently billed taxpayers for tens of millions of meals that were never provided to low-income children during the pandemic. The fraud was centered in Minnesota’s large Somali community and involved dozens of defendants. Bock, who founded Feeding Our Future, was convicted in March 2025 on multiple counts, including conspiracy, bribery, and wire fraud. She had been the central figure coordinating the operation that exploited…

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They Syzran oil refinery is more than 900 kilometers from Ukraine, but early this morning a group of drones struck the refinery and set it on fire.Unmanned Systems Forces and Special Operations Forces struck the Syzran oil refineryOn the night of May 21, operators of the @1usc_army and the @Raid_413, in coordination with the @SOF_UKR, struck the Syzran oil refinery in the Samara region of russia.The “Syzran Oil Refinery”… pic.twitter.com/h8jLr0eqtq— 🇺🇦 Unmanned Systems Forces (@usf_army) May 21, 2026 Advertisement Russia has confirmed the strikes.Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Syzran oil refinery early morning on Thursday, May 21, sparking a massive fire at…

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