A parachuter crashed into the scoreboard at Virginia Tech. A parachuter slammed into Virginia Tech’s stadium scoreboard moments before kickoff on Saturday, leaving the jumper dangling above the field and delaying the school’s spring football game. Video shows two parachuters carrying American flags descending into the stadium. The first cleared the scoreboard without issue, but the second appeared to catch wind and veer off course, crashing into the large “Virginia Tech” video board. The impact left the parachute tangled between the letters, tearing part of the structure and exposing internal lighting. The parachuter also dropped an American flag and smaller…
Author: Whatfinger Editor
All the news you may have missed. The post Simple Truths Week at Legal Insurrection first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Nightmarish scenes are playing out in one hospital in Taunsa, a city located in the central Punjab province of Pakistan. According to a devastating investigation by the BBC Eye, at least 331 children have tested positive for HIV between November 2024 and October 2025. The infections seem to trace back to a single facility, THQ Taunsa Sharif, a public hospital run by provincial authorities. After an undercover filming operation that lasted just 32 hours, the BBC identified 10 separate occasions where the same…
It’s gotten to the point where President Donald Trump had to be briefed on it. Such is the mysterious case of the 11 missing or dead US science experts. What began as internet speculation has now reached the executive branch and may be headed to a congressional committee hearing. So exactly what is going on here? On Thursday, April 16, during pool coverage of the president, Trump called the odd occurrence “pretty serious stuff.” He added that he hoped the bizarre circumstance was a coincidence, but he did not sound convinced, noting that the growing list includes some “very important…
The massive Medicaid fraud scandal in Minnesota – perpetrated primarily by Somali refugees – could never have happened if fears of being called racist didn’t keep responsible oversight at bay. Even big-box media outlets acknowledge this. But it goes beyond that. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and state Medicaid officials specifically sought to utilize the “financial incentives” for health care plans to address “structural racism” and push radical social change. Dr. Nathan Chomilo has been the Medical Director of Minnesota Medicaid and MinnesotaCare since December 2019. He is also currently an Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the…
The things you may not know and might not want to hear about plagued heartlanders this week as fake food slimed its way into the political dialogue, Iran can’t seem to make up its mind on opening the Straight of Hormuz, and Rosie O’Donnell has another meltdown over her nemesis, Donald J. Trump. The two step is only fun when you are scooting across the sawdust in the honky-tonk. Add politics and someone is always dancing backwards. Iran: Don’t Make Eye Contact The tranquil heartland was still a bit feisty even after Iran decided it needed to take a time…
Test your knowledge of this week’s top stories with our weekly news quiz!About the AuthorCorey Smith is a recovering bartender, and a freelance editor. He specializes in memoirs and novels but has a smorgasbord of experience in non-fiction works. In a former life, he ghostwrote several romance novels, which he denies. A cabin far away from sirens and motorcycles would be his ideal home. Instead, he lives near a construction site in New Hampshire.View All Articles
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech AI company Character.AI has long garnered a reputation for hosting some extremely dubious content. Though it built its early success off explosive popularity among teen users, it was repeatedly caught hosting wildly inappropriate bots — like ones modeled after real-world mass shooters or designed to encourage eating disorders. Outrage grew when a teen died by suicide after developing an intense emotional connection to a Character.AI chatbot, followed by at least two other suicides and related lawsuits. The situation got so bad that last…
I am highly critical of the Pope’s political agenda. It has taken him away from his religious mission, plus it’s not guided by truth. However, many call the Pope and all priests pedophiles, and that is simply not true. People are dead wrong. Furthermore, all religions have their bad so-called religious leaders at one time or another. Some statistics for you from Bob Donohue of The Catholic League: There was a scandal in the Catholic Church, but its heyday ended approximately a half-century ago. Most of the offenses took place between the mid-1960s and the mid-1980s. How widespread was it…
By Liberty Nation Authors On this week’s edition of Liberty Nation Radio, we tackle the latest CPI and inflation numbers, the blockade in Iran, and a whole lot more.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker is back in the news because she had a total meltdown when she got rebuked by taxpayers for how she was spending and wasting their tax dollars on various forms of nonsense, and so a clip of her trying and failing to spell the word “Eagles” as resurfaced to make her look even more absurd and ridiculous. For reference, Parker’s recent freakout came when constituents pushed back on yet another tax she was levying on them, with the woke mayor declaring, “But how dare you tell me, as mayor of this city, to tell the people…
During a City Hall press conference on April 15, 2026, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker gave a shocking reply to pushback from taxpayers over a dollar tax she plans to add to rideshares in order to provide additional funding to local public schools. Parker stated that taxpayers have no right to tell her how she can and cannot tax them. The plan is an attempt by Parker’s administration to close a $300 million budget gap in the Philadelphia School District that, if not addressed, could result in the loss of 340 jobs. The press event occurred a month after the mayor…
Things got very entertaining as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary RFK Jr. appeared before the House on Friday, April 17 for his third of seven back-to-back hearings in front of Congress as he tries to push an HHS budget through, as he repeatedly and vociferously destroyed the Democrats who tried to grandstand and attack him, which made the hearing hilarious. For reference, this hearing and set of contentious exchanges came when he appeared before the House Committee on Education & Workforce for a hearing titled “Examining the Policies and Priorities of the Department of Health and Human Services”. During…
Things got fiery on live television as OMB Director Russ Vought defended President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget, refusing to go along with Democrats’ “revenge” narrative. It started when Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) attempted to make the president’s budget priorities appear like partisan payback against Democrat-run states. However, Vought wasn’t having it. Instead of getting angry, he kept his cool and turned toward the actual record, which flipped a switch in Valint who then lost her temper. “Are you trying to get revenge on blue states?!” she asked Vought. “Of course not. What’s interesting is that Joe Biden –” she…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat and proud outspoken socialist, stated on April 15, 2026, that the notion people are fleeing from the city in a mass exodus is nothing more than a figment of folks’ imagination. The reason the idea has been spreading in the first place is due to a large number of affluent residents leaving the city because of high taxes. Many of these wealthy people are leaving the Big Apple for Florida, a state with significantly lower taxes. This was a big story during the run-up to the 2025 mayoral election. On the campaign…
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff, Dana Williamson, along with four co-conspirators was indicted on 23 counts of bank and wire fraud that was allegedly committed from 2022 to 2024, while she was working for the governor. The indictment alleges that Williamson, who has had a lengthy career as a Democratic strategist, partnered with Greg Campbell, a well-known Sacramento lobbyist, and Sean McCluskie, the former chief of staff to former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, along with two other individuals, to steal $225,000 from an unnamed former official’s dormant campaign account. The funds from…
The thing that Democrats assured us never happens appears to have happened again, as two Alabama Democrats were caught in a major absentee ballots scheme that appears to have led to their electoral victories in their town’s 2025 municipal elections. Both have been arrested and are being prosecuted. As background, the fraud scheme occurred in Lowndes County, Alabama, and targeted the municipal elections in the town of Fort Deposit. It appears to have been a ballot box stuffing scheme of sorts involving the use of absentee ballots to push the former mayor and city council member over the victory line,…
Former Democratic Gettysburg Mayor Chad-Alan Carr was charged with additional sex offenses against children as three more victims came forward, according to newly released court documents. On April 15, 2026, Carr, 48, was charged with three felonies, including sexual assault, along with two misdemeanors. He was out on $100,000 bail for a different set of charges when he was taken into custody in Anderson County, Texas. A report revealed that an affidavit of probable cause was filed by Pennsylvania State Police on April 15 and shared the following details. “Six days after Mr. Carr’s initial arrest, a woman called the…
Sky News host Rita Panahi and her co-hosts on the Outsiders program delivered a devastating roast of California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s wife, Jennifer Siebel, while commenting on a resurfaced video of her discussing how she parents her children using woke ideology. The viral clip starts off with Panahi’s co-host discussing the massive decline in productions coming out of Hollywood since 2021. “You go woke, you go broke, particularly in Hollywood. And the evidence is out now,” the male co-host said. He then displayed a graph containing numerical data that supported his claims. “Here’s a graph which shows Hollywood production from…
Things got super tense and very emotional during a testimony in Congress as angel moms confronted a Democratic Representative who tried to dismiss their testimony and downplay their tragic stories of familial deaths at the hands of illegal aliens, instead wanting to attack “MAGA Republicans.” For reference, the incident occurred during a hearing held by the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, April 16. The hearing was titled “The Human Toll of Sanctuary Policies,” and featured testimony from grieving angel mothers, meaning mothers who have lost a child at the hands of an illegal immigrant. As could be expected, Democrats behaved…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech One Tesla driver is lucky to be alive after his vehicle took control as he waited for a train to pass. Joshua Brown of Plano, Texas said his car’s Full Self-Driving mode engaged while he sat waiting at a railroad crossing. Footage shared with local media shows his Tesla plowing through the fiberglass crossing arms, shattering his window as the train screamed by just feet away. Brown admitted that he had zoned out while waiting for the train to pass — which is…
Soldiers competing in the 2026 Best Ranger Competition enter a shooting event at Fort Benning, Ga., on April 10, 2026. John Fredricks/The Epoch TimesFORT BENNING, Ga.—It was about two hours before sunrise on the morning of April 10 when 122 soldiers in 61 two-man teams from across the Army stepped up to the starting line of one of the world’s toughest military competitions: a three-day test of strength, teamwork, technical proficiency, and determination.Many competitors had trained for nearly a year and had already beaten some of the best soldiers from their respective units just to get to the starting line…
BOSTON—A front swept away the rain clouds, leaving a bright moon overhead as Paul Revere made his way through Boston’s shadows on a chilly April night in 1775.The British were coming. Revere got the news from Dr. Joseph Warren at around 10 p.m. on April 18.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.
On Thursday’s The Last Word, MS NOW host Lawrence O’Donnell used a selectively edited clip to portray HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a “deeply perverted racist madman” who wants to remove all black children from their parents and have them “reparented” by the government. In fact, the HHS secretary said no such thing. The MS NOW host began his dishonest segment by claiming that Kennedy wants to forcibly remove all black children from their parents: MS NOW’s O’Donnell Smears RFK Jr. as ‘Sick Racist’ pic.twitter.com/2TetPyojZt — Brad Wilmouth (@bradwilmouth) April 18, 2026 Donald Trump’s Human Services secretary, who was…
Both the president and vice president have thrown out the term “grand bargain” in recent days to describe their aspirations for a deal with the Iranian rump regime. It’s a term fraught with past failures that screams Iranian deception, not the interests of America First. Bill Clinton was the first to use the phrase toward the end of his second term to describe his aspiration to end a low-intensity conflict that had been simmering for 20 years. He appointed David R. Andrews as “Special Negotiator” for the mostly secret talks. Just as today, among the top Iranian demands was for…
Iran claims the Strait of Hormuz is “completely” open. President Donald Trump welcomed the claim. Markets rallied. In fact, neither the Strait nor the uranium are settled yet. Iran publicly rationalizes that the Israel–Lebanon ceasefire, effective Friday morning local time, justifies its compliance with the terms of a ceasefire that never included Lebanon anyway. The current ceasefire with Lebanon includes Hezbollah spatially, but Hezbollah was never a party to the agreements and is subject to containment by both Lebanese and Israeli forces (inside Lebanon). Neither Iran nor Hezbollah (Iran’s proxy) should claim victory (although their loyalists have organized victory parades).…
Possibly the most amusing fake news item Saturday morning came from The New York Times. Under the rubric “Iran War Live Updates,” a headline screamed, “Iran’s Military Says It Has Reimposed ‘Strict Control’ of Strait of Hormuz.” To which an inquiring mind wants to know, “What Iran military?” It’s gone, Kemo Sabe. The floating bits are at the bottom of the sea. The terrestrial bits have been crushed, blasted, pulverized, or incinerated. Ditto most of the bits that flew. Which is why a healthy skepticism must severely discount the Times’s breathless comment that “A shipping monitor run by the British…
In an unusually, but inadvertently, honest piece on the Trump Purge of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), which oversees the immigration court system, The New York Times implied that the only way forward with mass deportations was the Stephen Miller-inspired mass public arrests—in the terminology of the immigration law enforcement professional, City Patrol and Area Control, currently called Roving Patrol. More simply, arresting illegal aliens where they appear in public: where day laborers informally congregate, where they operate public businesses like pushcarts, at bus stops, and at worksites. While criminal aliens and absconders (those illegal aliens ordered deported but who never…
Democrats in Congress know they can come on CNN and unload their anti-war talking points without any fear of pushback. See Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Wednesday’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins on CNN. The questions were open-ended, and there were no interruptions or “fact checking in real time.” Here’s the kind of softballs Collins was asking: “What do you make of what’s played out in the last 24 hours? Do you think that the United States is in a better position right now?” Kaine sounded like Iran — the world’s largest supporter of terrorism — has been a rational…
Ahh, you gotta love WrestleMania weekend, unless you’re Stephen A. Smith. It’s that time of the year again, with the legendary event being held in Las Vegas for a second consecutive year, specifically in Allegiant Stadium. Night 1 was a success Saturday night, and WWE will do it all over again Sunday. (RELATED: Just Bring Back The ‘Skins: Commanders Fail All Of America After Walking On Eggshells With New Uniforms)The event kicked off with a three-man tag team match that saw Austin Theory, Logan Paul and streamer iShowSpeed take on Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso and LA Knight, and it was…
BUDAPEST, Hungary (CN) — Shortly after Viktor Orbán came to power in 2010 by winning national elections in a landslide, he came to Kossuth Square, the place of Hungary’s grandiose neo-Gothic Parliament on the Danube River, and called his Fidesz party’s win a “revolution” that had finally ended the country’s rule by “communists.”“We have now become strong enough and smart enough to close the era of transition and turn Hungary in a new direction,” a 46-year-old Orbán said to his followers who mostly came, like he did, from Hungary’s conservative countryside of grain fields, church spires and folk songs.“Everyone must…
By any honest measure, rural America is under siege – not from foreign adversaries, but from within. For decades, unelected bureaucrats, entrenched regulators, and a bloated federal apparatus have waged a quiet but devastating war on the communities that feed, fuel, and defend our nation. The result is a hollowing out of small towns, declining access to basic services, and a growing sense that Washington has abandoned the very people it claims to serve. Consider the facts. Rural America accounts for nearly one in five Americans, about 60 million people spread across the vast majority of the nation’s landmass. Yet these communities…
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Sunday, April 19, 2026Speaker Mike Johnson onstage during the America Reads The Bible Opening Night Celebration at Capital Turnaround on April 18, 2026, in Washington, DC. | Brian Stukes/Getty Images for America Reads The BibleWASHINGTON — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., was 12 years old when he realized that the promises of Scripture are “so true.”His father, James, a firefighter, was “involved in an explosion in the line of duty” that left him with third-degree burns on 80% of his body.“My father was burned so badly and so severely, he was permanently…
In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency. This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread. Posted in Uncategorized
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
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Sunday, April 19, 2026Getty Images In a shift that may be driven by political identity, the share of young adult men who report attending a religious service at least monthly is now the highest it has been in more than a decade, according to a new report from Gallup.In the report released Thursday, based on combined data, Gallup said 42% of men ages 18 to 29 surveyed in 2024 to 2025 said religion is “very important” to them. This represents a sharp rise from 2022 to 2023 data, when just 28% of men said religion…
By John Stonestreet, Op-ed contributor Sunday, April 19, 2026Getty Images Trans activists loudly claim that medicalizing gender confused youth is “settled science” and saves lives. This is meant to shut down any doubt or debate on this critically important topic. Thankfully, a few undeterred scholars are asking important questions and demonstrating just how false trans activists’ claims really are. An impressive new Finnish study, published in the Swedish academic journal Acta Paediatrica, is extending the damning conclusions of the UK’s 2024 Cass Review. The report was unequivocal in concluding that the so-called “settled science” of trans medicine “is an area of remarkably weak evidence” and…
Two Senate Republicans who helped block Democratic efforts to rein in President Trump’s military campaign in Iran now say their support has limits, and the clock is running. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Thom Tillis of North Carolina each signaled this week that they could oppose continuing hostilities without congressional authorization if the conflict reaches the 60-day threshold set by the War Powers Resolution of 1973.The warnings land at an awkward moment. Senate Republicans just defeated a fourth Democratic attempt to invoke war powers constraints, voting 52, 47 on Wednesday to table the measure. But with the U.S.-led campaign…
Darin Hoover lost his son at Abbey Gate. For three and a half years, he says, the government gave his family almost nothing, no real answers, no accountability, and no indication anyone in charge cared to look back at what went wrong. Now a new Pentagon review panel says it has examined more than nine million documents related to the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Hoover believes the sheer scale of what was hidden tells its own story.”That smells exactly like a cover-up,” Hoover told Fox News Digital, comparing the new review’s scope to the roughly 3,000 documents examined in a prior…
Former Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki broke with more than 50 Democratic lawmakers this week, flatly declaring that efforts to invoke the 25th Amendment against President Donald Trump are “not going to happen” and questioning why her own side keeps spending energy on a dead end.Psaki made the comments Thursday during an appearance on Stephen A. Smith’s show “Straight Shooter,” where the host pressed her on whether the political left’s posture toward the Trump administration had become so hostile it was counterproductive. Her answer amounted to a rare public concession from a prominent progressive media figure: the removal…
The Federal Aviation Administration will slash more than 300 flights from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport this summer, capping daily operations at 2,708 in a bid to tame a delay problem that made O’Hare one of the worst-performing airports in the country last year. The limits take effect May 17 and run through Oct. 24, the agency announced in an April 16 press release.The numbers tell the story. Airlines had scheduled more than 3,080 flights on peak days this summer, a 14.9 percent jump over the summer of 2025, when O’Hare already ranked among the nation’s worst for delays. Last summer’s…
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons submitted his resignation letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Thursday, ending a 20-year federal career that included overseeing roughly 584,000 deportations since President Trump’s second inauguration. Lyons plans to stay on through May 31 to help with the transition, the New York Post reported.The departure caught even senior officials off guard. The Department of Homeland Security described Lyons’s resignation as a surprise, and Mullin said the acting director would be moving to a role in the private sector. Lyons cited his family as the driving force behind the decision. In his resignation letter,…
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun agreed to a ten-day ceasefire, set to take effect at 5 p.m., after Secretary of State Marco Rubio mediated the first direct talks between the two nations in more than thirty years. The agreement caps a week of intense diplomacy that began with a historic meeting in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, the first time Israeli and Lebanese representatives sat across from each other since 1993.Trump made the announcement on Truth Social, framing the deal as part of a broader push toward lasting peace in…
Virginia voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide a redistricting referendum that could hand Democrats a commanding 10-1 advantage in the state’s congressional delegation, but a pending Virginia Supreme Court challenge may ultimately void the entire effort over allegations that lawmakers broke state law to get it on the ballot.The fight centers on a constitutional amendment passed this year by Virginia Democrats, led by Gov. Abigail Spanberger and House Speaker Don Scott, that would allow the party to bypass the state’s normal redistricting process. Critics say the amendment was rammed through an improperly extended special legislative session that stretched…
Vice President JD Vance told Fox News on April 13 that “in some cases it would be best for the Vatican to stick to matters of morality” and leave American public policy to the president. Three Catholic theologians say he has it exactly backward, that war, by its nature, is a matter of morality, and the Church has spent two millennia saying so.The exchange, reported by EWTN News, lands at a tense moment. The U.S. and Iran entered a temporary two-week ceasefire on April 8, but no long-term peace deal has materialized. Pope Leo XIV has called publicly for peace.…
A New York appeals court granted former NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran $300,000 bail on Friday, clearing the 38-year-old married father of three to leave prison while he challenges his manslaughter conviction, a case that has divided law enforcement advocates and the Bronx legal establishment since a fleeing drug suspect died in August 2023.Duran had been behind bars since April 9, when a Bronx judge sentenced him to three to nine years in prison and sent him directly to Rikers Island. He spent barely a week locked up before the Appellate Division intervened, finding what his defense attorney called “legitimate appellate…
Megyn Kelly took aim at Jimmy Kimmel this week after the late-night host sat down with Michelle Obama on her podcast and declared that ignoring politics on his ABC show would be “embarrassing” and “shameful.” Kelly fired back on The Megyn Kelly Show, calling the remarks a case study in self-importance, and she brought receipts from nearly half a century ago to make her point.The clash centers on a question that has divided audiences for years: should late-night television hosts use their platforms to push political views, or should they stick to making people laugh? Kimmel says the answer is…
By Mark Creech, Op-ed Contributor Sunday, April 19, 2026iStock/middelveldPsalm 132 is not the easiest of the Psalms to follow. It reaches back into Israel’s history, reflects on God’s covenant with David, and points forward to promises ultimately fulfilled in Christ. But at its heart, the Psalm is deeply simple—and deeply searching.It is about a man who could not rest until God had His rightful place.David declares:“Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house… until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob” (Psalm 132:3–5).David’s statement is quite remarkable. He…
By Sam Jones, Op-ed contributor Sunday, April 19, 2026iStock/shuang paul wangIf God knows everything you’re going to do, can you still be free?It’s one of the oldest questions in philosophy. For centuries, theologians and skeptics alike have wrestled with the tension between divine foreknowledge and human freedom. If God already knows every decision you will make, are your decisions real? Or is the future already written — unchangeable, mechanical, and determined?For many, this leads to a fatalistic view of history: that every action, every thought, every choice is merely the outworking of a divine decree. Foreknowledge, they assume, demands determinism.…
Democrats are rushing to jettison Jews while embracing open Hamas supporters like social media influencer Hasan Piker and readying to nominate pro-terrorist candidates like Graham Platner in Maine and Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan. Can that backfire on them? Let’s take a look at a recent New Jersey special election where Democrats nominated a proudly antisemitic DSA candidate. “In NJ-11, Mejia won with what has been the customary Dem recipe during Trump’s 2nd term: A massively motivated base in the college+ burbs and giant gains in Hispanic areas where Trump had done unusually well for an R. What was different: She…