Florida and Last Energy are urging a nuclear energy regulator to cut red tape for certain next-generation reactors. America First Legal, a conservative legal organization, filed a petition on behalf of the State of Florida and Last Energy, Inc. on Thursday, asking that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) change the…
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MINNEAPOLIS (CN) — In a crowded downtown courtroom, just off the streets where weeks of mass protests have met the sub-zero quiet of winter, Minnesota state officials emphasized two fatalofficer-involved shootings and federal agents’ increasingly violent actions against peaceful protestors and bystanders in their Monday plea to end federal occupation…
Photo courtesy of Chad Davis, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons As anti-ICE riots escalate in Minneapolis, the activist group Defend 612 has mobilized tens of thousands of supporters through encrypted communication networks to disrupt federal operations. An investigation into the group reveals a complex funding structure linking Defend…
We’ve made it. The FINAL week of January. Thank the Lord. What a month. Feels like it’s lasted a YEAR. But here we are. Five more days to go, and then we’re in February. Now, to be fair, that month ain’t much better. But at least it’s progress. We’ve got the…
Round Top rare earth mineral deposit in West Texas. Courtesy of USA Rare EarthUSA Rare Earth said on Jan. 26 that it had entered into a non-binding letter of intent with the Department of Commerce for a $1.6 billion financing agreement that includes a $1.3 billion secured loan and $277…
I have great news. The political deadlock in France has resulted in France’s euthanasia bill, that had passed in the French National Assembly on May 27, 2025 was essentially rejected by the French Senate on January 21, 2026. Thomas Mangin reported for Euroactiv on January 21 that: France’s end-of-life bill has become…
The religious director of the Muslim American Society’s New York youth center vowed open defiance of U.S. authorities, declaring it his “life mission” as a Muslim to fight against the American government, military, and federal immigration enforcement “to the last breath.” The remarks were delivered during a Friday sermon last…
Washington, D.C.’s lobbying industry is flourishing in President Donald Trump’s second term. Thirteen of the 20 largest lobbying shops in the Swamp reported 10% revenue growth compared to 2024, according to Politico. During the final year of Joe Biden’s presidency, these firms raked in $595 million in revenue. Under Trump,…
The Mexican president responded to local and state government pleas to control violence in Guanajuato after gunmen left 11 dead and a dozen injured following a neighborhood soccer game.MEXICO CITY (CN) — In her Monday morning press conference, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum vowed to work closely with the Guanajuato state…
Socialist Democratic New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani specifically encouraged Big Apple residents to read “Heated Rivalry,” a homoerotic hockey novel, during a Sunday press conference held with New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM). Mamdani held the press conference to brief New Yorkers on the precautions they should take to…
Department of Homeland security agents had their body cameras on during the confrontation and fatal shooting of leftist armed leftist agitator Alex Pretti. Per Fox News reporter Bill Melugin: “A DHS spokesperson confirms to Fox News that several federal agents had their body cameras on during the interaction that led…
As Ed mentioned here last week, the Trump administration is apparently looking for someone in the Cuban government willing to make a deal that would put an end to the current regime. Advertisement The Trump administration has assessed that Cuba’s economy is close to collapse and that the government has…
February will mark three years since high-profile Los Angeles Bishop David O’Connell, 69, was gunned down in his own home — but despite an alleged confession and a suspect in custody since 2023, the case remains frozen in procedural limbo. Carlos Medina, a 64-year-old handyman whose wife worked as O’Connell’s…
The story of the Canadian woman, known as Mrs. B, who was killed by euthanasia after her spouse experienced care-giver distress, even though she had requested palliative care, has been reported by several media reports. To provide greater context I went to the original MDRC committee report of the Office…
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Monday held North Korea responsible for the human rights violations of four plaintiffs lured to the North by Pyongyang’s postwar false promise of living in “paradise on Earth,” ordering its government to pay them 22 million yen ($143,000) each, a decision welcomed by…
(Mark E. Johnson, Contributor) Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, 65, died suddenly in May at the posh Beverly Hills Hotel, 2,000 miles from his $12 million estate in Carmel, Indiana.According to ABC News, the FBI and the DEA are investigating Irsay’s death, focussing on a California addiction specialist who had…
Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images If you thought humanity already had its hands full with climate change, think again. With satellites and space junk increasingly cluttering our planet’s low Earth orbit, a team of scientists warn that this entire region could suddenly collapse into a destructive maelstrom of…
Dark matter doesn’t have much of an impact on your midday lunch order. But it silently passes through your body all the time and has shaped the universe.NEW YORK (AP) — A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold the universe together.The…
Coach Prime just turned accountability into dollars and cents for the Colorado Buffaloes. Deion Sanders has introduced a strict new accountability system for his players: fines deducted directly from their NIL earnings for violations related to attendance. (RELATED: Patriots’ Mack Hollins Arrives To AFC Championship In Way That Makes Me…
The Treasury Department has ended its contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton after a former contractor leaked tax information of President Trump and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement that the firm “failed to implement adequate safeguards to protect sensitive data, including the confidential…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday confirmed the existence of body camera footage of the death of Alex Pretti, an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demonstrator in Minneapolis who was killed over the weekend.A DHS official told NewsNation that the officers involved were wearing body cameras and that…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed prompt Democratic support for the remaining appropriations bills, apart from the one that funds the Department of Homeland Security.Democrats have objected to the DHS bill amid ongoing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minneapolis, Minn., which has become a hotspot in…
The media spun a narrative that Destiny Jackson, a 32-year-old mother of six from Minneapolis, and her family were innocent bystanders when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deployed tear gas under their car. The Jackson family was reportedly driving home from their son’s basketball game when they got caught between…
May God have mercy on this man’s stomach.PublishedJanuary 26, 2026 3:00 PM EST•UpdatedJanuary 26, 2026 2:22 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkThere are very few people left on this Earth who still doubt Scottie Scheffler, his talents, and his ability to win any golf tournament. Doubting Scheffler and making any sort of bet…
But where Obama truly goes off the rails is in his appeal to Trump administration officials to “… start finding ways to work constructively with Governor Walz and Mayor Frey.” The post Obama, Clinton Statements About Minneapolis Reveals Democrats’ Midterm Playbook first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
The New York Times spun a false narrative on the actions of Alex Pretti leading up to his shooting death by Customs and Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis Saturday during an attempt to arrest an illegal alien. The Times report falsely paints Pretti as an innocent observer when instead he…
Moscow and Kyiv differ deeply over what an agreement should look like.(AP) — Negotiations aimed at ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are yielding apparent signs of progress, but major challenges remain on the path to a final settlement, a senior Kremlin official said Monday.Talks between envoys from Ukraine, Russia and the United States in…
LOS ANGELES (CN) — For the first time ever, the world’s social media giants will go on trial for their role in what plaintiffs describe as an epidemic of teen addiction to the apps Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.Jury selection in the landmark civil trial is set to begin Tuesday in a…
A routine departure in wintry conditions ended in catastrophe Sunday night, when a private jet overturned and erupted into flames during takeoff at a Maine airport, killing seven people and leaving one crew member as the sole survivor. According to the New York Post, the crash occurred at Bangor International…
Some Tales from the Darkside CIA’s Iranian operations have often been problematical By Philip Giraldi as posted at The Ron Paul Institute The recent demonstrations in Iran that may have killed more than 5,000 civilians and security officers changed from largely peaceful to violent when a number of “agitators” got…
Democratic New York Rep. Tom Suozzi voiced regret on Monday after crossing party lines to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last week. Suozzi, a centrist Democrat representing a House district President Donald Trump won in 2024, apologized for voting Thursday to fund federal immigration enforcement following the fatal shooting of…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt assured reporters on Monday that President Donald Trump still has confidence in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem ahead of border czar Tom Homan’s visit to Minnesota. Leavitt confirmed on X that Trump is sending Homan to manage Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
A bipartisan group of lawmakers recently proposed creating a new agency with $2.5 billion to spur production of rare earths and the other critical minerals.(AP) — The U.S. is taking a minority stake in an Oklahoma rare earth miner, the latest government investment in the sector as it seeks to minimize its reliance on imports…
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling from Shannon, Ireland, to Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Jan. 22, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said he had a “very good” phone call on Jan. 26 with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and that the…
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The USS Abraham Lincoln and its support ships have arrived in the Middle East as President Donald Trump is mulling strikes on Iran. A US official told CBS News that the USS Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group had arrived in US Central Command’s (CENTCOM) area of control.…
President Donald Trump and his officials are releasing conciliatory messages after a weekend when another street activist was killed in a Minneapolis scuffle caused by Democrat-backed, anti-enforcement crowds. “Governor Tim Walz called me with the request to work together with respect to Minnesota. It was a very good call, and…
Kenneth Moreno Guzman/Image: Bulloch County Jail While the mainstream media breathlessly comes to the defense of those trying to thwart efforts to protect American citizens from violent illegals, they remain largely silent on the victims of illegal crime. Last week, the legacy media and liberal members of Congress made false…
The retired Olympic snowboarding legend took advantage of some down time during a winter storm in NYC.PublishedJanuary 26, 2026 2:40 PM EST•UpdatedJanuary 26, 2026 2:21 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkWe all have to find something to occupy our time during this winter storm. And for Shaun White, that means pulling off snowboarding…
As I started the day cracking on the United Kingdom’s energy crack-up, I thought I might as well continue with their mental one.This was pretty interesting right off the bat for someone of my limited mental retention capacity. If I lived in a place like, say, San Francisco or somewhere,…
A growing number of Republican lawmakers are questioning the continued federal law enforcement presence in Minnesota following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti. In the days after Pretti’s death, and the release of additional video footage, several Republicans have called for a deeper investigation into the shooting.Republican House Homeland Security…
A sign is posted in front of a home for sale, in San Francisco on May 11, 2023. Justin Sullivan / Getty ImagesPotential homeowners across the nation canceled nearly 40,000 purchase agreements in December 2025, the highest December total on record dating back to 2017.A Jan. 26 report from Redfin…
Some conservative members of the House Republican majority are sounding the alarm over the billions of dollars allocated to localized pet projects embedded in recently-passed funding bills. The lower chamber passed two bills on Jan. 22, providing $1.3 trillion in funding for seven government departments. The bills also included billions of…
Opponents of Myanmar’s military government have described cutting off its supply of aviation fuel as crucial to curbing its war-making capacity, which has resulted in many civilian casualties.BANGKOK (AP) — Military-ruled Myanmar appears to have adopted the tactics of sanction-busting nations such as Russia, Iran and North Korea by using evasive sailing routes and dodgy…
The private jet that crashed during takeoff from Bangor International Airport in Maine on Sunday evening is registered to prominent anti-ICE lawyers who were spending tens of millions of dollars to elect Democrats in the upcoming Texas primaries. The crash resulted in seven fatalities and one serious injury. The jet…
A bar fight involving a mayor and off-duty cops may threaten the comfort of small-town living.PublishedJanuary 26, 2026 2:20 PM EST•UpdatedJanuary 26, 2026 1:57 PM ESTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkAn investigation into a bar fight in Winfield, Missouri that allegedly involved the mayor and off-duty cops is threatening the comfort of small town…
(AP) — From family-run cafes to retail giants, businesses are increasingly coming into the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, whether it’s public pressure for them to speak out against aggressive immigration enforcement or becoming the sites for such arrests themselves.In Minneapolis, where the Department of Homeland Security says it’s carrying out…
U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani was unconvinced by the government’s claims that the programs were rife with fraud.MANHATTAN (CN) — The Trump administration cannot terminate the legal status of roughly 10,000 Latin Americans in the United States via family reunification parole programs, a federal judge has ordered.In a 42-page order…
The Minnesota Department of Education is at risk of losing its federal funds from the Education Department (ED) and Health and Human Services (HHS) after refusing to negotiate with the administration after an investigation found they had violated Title IX and allowed men to compete in women’s sports, the Daily…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The black abalone mollusk (Haliotis cracherodii) is a delicacy in many regions of the world, with fancy restaurant diners doling out as much as $40 per 6 to 8 ounce serving. Although the sea…
A Minnesota Republican has ended his campaign for governor due to his claims that leaders of his party are targeting citizens as President Donald Trump’s administration cracks down on illegal alien crime. Chris Madel announced Monday he was terminating his campaign and, although he supported the initial purpose of immigration…