By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, April 16, 2026Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on April 8, 2026. | Mandel NGAN/AFP via Getty ImagesSecretary of War Pete Hegseth read a fake imprecatory Bible verse similar to one from Quentin…
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The former ByteDance employee says the order dismissing his wrongful termination claims and sanctioning him for production of false evidence and perjury should be vacated to prevent ByteDance from pursuing a malicious prosecution countersuit.PHOENIX (CN) — A whistleblower who claimed TikTok’s parent company ByteDance stole content and shared data with…
Tom Cruise is officially soaring back into the cockpit, with an epic return for “Top Gun 3.” News of Cruise’s return was announced by Paramount Pictures at CinemaCon, according to Variety. Cruise will be in good company, as producer Jerry Bruckheimer is also on board to return for the new…
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Dr. Erica Schwartz. Department of Health and Human Services via The Epoch TimesPresident Donald Trump on April 16 said he nominated a new director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Trump said in a post on Truth Social that Dr. Erica Schwartz will lead the CDC, pending Senate confirmation.…
Republican North Carolina Rep. Pat Harrigan introduced a bill Thursday to allow active-duty and honorably discharged special operators across the U.S. to carry concealed weapons, the Daily Caller News Foundation first learned. The Special Operations Forces Concealed Carry Act would extend federal concealed carry authority to “qualified special operators” —…
‘Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.’PublishedApril 16, 2026 4:20 PM EDT•UpdatedApril 16, 2026 4:20 PM EDTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkThis week, OutKick published a story after speaking to a dozen media sources about their reaction to the Dianna Russini-Mike Vrabel scandal. No one we spoke to defended Russini and…
President Trump pauses to answer the screeching press pool as he departs the White House. Against the backdrop of a tenuous agreement with Iran that may lead to another round of negotiations, and against the background of a successful naval blockade, President Trump outlines the current status with the conflict.…
Each month brings new developments that show how far the culture is shifting away from protecting life and toward facilitating death. A recent report highlights a deeply troubling innovation: a “suicide pod” designed to allow a person to end his or her life at the push of a button. The…
President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is nominating Dr. Erica Schwartz to serve as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Trump wrote in a Truth Social post announcing the nomination that Schwartz is an “incredibly talented” individual, adding she is a “STAR.” (RELATED: Former CDC…
Unemployment benefit applications saw the biggest one-week drop since February from Easter Sunday to April 11, signaling that layoffs remain limited. New U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) data revealed that the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment insurance claims was 207,000, a decrease of 11,000 from the previous week’s…
An artist’s rendering of President Donald Trump’s proposed “Independence Arch” in a handout obtained on April 10, 2026. U.S. Commission on Fine Arts/Handout via ReutersA federal panel has approved the initial design for a large triumphal arch proposed by President Donald Trump near Washington, D.C., advancing the project to its…
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas warned college students Wednesday of the dangers and rise of progressivism and urged them to stand up for the principles that the founders intended for the United States. The warning marked a rare public appearance for the Supreme Court’s longest-serving justice, who was speaking at…
The Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) is appealing a ruling limiting the use of certain tools to collect Americans’ data, according to The New York Times. Congress is currently weighing an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows warrantless surveillance of foreign nationals’ communications…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Tech bro sneaker company Allbirds made a huge splash yesterday when it announced a baffling pivot to AI infrastructure — news that was met with a mix of incredulity and ridicule. The company’s…
Did Iran just capitulate? According to Donald Trump, the IRGC has caved on the American demand to surrender its highly enriched uranium (HEU) as part of a peace deal to end the war. Advertisement There has been no corroboration yet from the regime, and it’s not clear from these remarks…
The atmosphere inside a Texas courtroom shifted dramatically as jurors were shown video evidence from the final moments of Athena Strand’s life — prompting visible emotion throughout the room. According to reports, several jurors were left sobbing while members of the child’s family exited the courtroom as the footage played…
The Trump administration wants automakers to put the pedal to the metal to help rebuild America’s weapons stockpiles, according to a new report. As wars in the Middle East and Ukraine have consumed missiles and other weapons, the Trump administration is turning to a tactic from World War II in…
“You’re telling me not to look behind the curtain,” U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas told a government attorney.MANHATTAN (CN) — Department of Justice lawyers on Thursday urged a federal judge not to look at past statements from President Donald Trump about the Hudson Tunnel Project, a rail tunnel being constructed…
The media wasn’t reporting the latest exposé proving the whistleblower lied about the 2019 impeachment of Trump. Not only did everyone involved in the hoax know he lied, but they hid it from public view. It stayed hidden until DNI Tulsi Gabbard recently released it. They now have to report…
Jennifer Welch shares a plan that should scare people with normal brains.PublishedApril 16, 2026 4:00 PM EDT•UpdatedApril 16, 2026 4:00 PM EDTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkIf you think LIB podcast icon Jennifer Welch has been vile and disgusting in the past, she just took things to a whole new level on the latest…
The “two-tiered system of justice and of bar discipline” has struck again, as former Trump official Jeffrey Clark put it, with the corrupt courts in California disbarring constitutional lawyer John Eastman for representing his client. Clark himself has been the target of that same system in Washington, D.C., where the…
Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Truth Social, Twitter, Youtube President Trump posted the following today on his Truth Social account. I am pleased to announce the new leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is my Honor to nominate the incredibly talented Dr.…
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, April 16, 2026Logan Paul visits “Varney & Co.” at Fox Business Network Studios on Nov. 10, 2023, in New York City. | Cindy Ord/Getty ImagesAmerican influencer Logan Paul remains a highly visible figure in online entertainment culture, not only for his various business…
President Trump on Thursday announced new leadership for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The President nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz as the new CDC Director, Sean Slovenski as the CDC Deputy Director and Dr. Jennifer Shuford as the CDC Deputy Director. Dr. Schwartz still has to be confirmed…
A socialist city councilwoman led opposition to an ordinance, supported by the incumbent mayor she is running against, that would have cleaned out a homeless camp in a neighborhood where violent incidents have occurred. Democratic Los Angeles Councilwoman Nithya Raman was one of for “no” votes on a motion by…
Here we go! Over the hump and safely onto the other side of the week — and to the other side of April. Two weeks down. Two to go. We have a quiet weekend coming up, and then the NFL Draft. That’ll ramp up starting Monday. One of the sneakier weeks…
Transgender person. Image: Global News video screen grab The Manhattan Institute discovered that California is providing “gender-affirming care” — sex changes — to a “population of male-to-female ‘transgender’ illegal aliens” in San Francisco homeless shelters. At San Francisco’s largest homeless shelter, St. Vincent De Paul’s MSC-South facility, a Honduran illegal…
Media outlets across the country lit up in mid-April with the same jaw-dropping headline: California’s top Democratic contender for governor had just been forced out of the race over explosive sexual misconduct accusations. In a matter of hours, Rep. Eric Swalwell lost every major endorsement, watched his campaign collapse, and…
President Trump has the moment. Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Truth Social, Twitter, Youtube Right now, MAGA is undergoing turbulence at the most opportune time for Democrats and the enemies of America heading into the midterms. Much of the animus is being caused by different personalities on…
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. military is prepared to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure if it does not agree to a peace deal, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday. “If Iran chooses poorly, they will have a blockade and bombs dropping on infrastructure, power and energy,” Hegseth said. Hegseth…
During Wednesday night’s The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle, panelist Dan Koh, a former Biden staff member and current congressional candidate in Massachusetts, spent the show not answering direct questions and instead positioning himself for social media clips. So much so that Ruhle had to point it out at the end…
On April 10, 2026, just a month after Operation Rescue reported on another medical emergency at this location, EMS responders were once again dispatched to the Planned Parenthood located at 825 South Shields Street in Fort Collins, Colorado. A 19-year-old woman returned to the clinic complaining of chest pain just one day after undergoing an…
Former Gettysburg Mayor Chad-Alan Carr is taken into custody by law enforcement after authorities tracked him to Texas following the issuance of a warrant (Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Palestine, TX) Former Gettysburg Borough Mayor Chad-Alan Carr, a Democrat who proudly led the local LGBTQ Pride organization, has been arrested AGAIN…
Documents may include ‘donor lists, employee files’ By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, April 16, 2026Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California | Harvest MinistriesHarvest Christian Fellowship in California, along with its founder and lead pastor, Greg Laurie, has accused the attorney for some 22 men and women, who allege they…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Elon Musk may have yet another day in court, at least if the NAACP has anything to say about it. The oldest civil rights organization in the United States has named Elon Musk’s…
The charges could intensify a clash between the Trump administration and Minnesota officials over the White House’s immigration crackdown.MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An ICE agent is charged with assault for allegedly pointing his gun at people in car while driving on a Minneapolis highway, prosecutors in Minnesota said Thursday.An arrest warrant…
By a vote of 95-0, the S.C. House of Representatives yesterday passed a strong, principled pro-life bill offering state tax credits to individuals and businesses that support pregnancy resource centers, adoption agencies, and maternity homes, among other non-profit pro-life and pro-family establishments in South Carolina. Following third reading, typically a perfunctory…
Add it to the list of ways to embarrass yourself in a meeting…PublishedApril 16, 2026 3:10 PM EDT•UpdatedApril 16, 2026 3:10 PM EDTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkI love innovation in everything. Sports. space travel, music, and, especially, ways to publicly embarrass oneself in front of a South African government inquiry.That is what one…
Isaac Castellanos asked for as much as $13 million in damages over the loss vision in his right eye he blames on a rubber bullet fired by the police.LOS ANGELES (CN) — A federal jury will decide whether two Los Angeles Police Department officers are liable for partially blinding an…
A recent article from the climate desk at Philadelphia’s WHYY News titled “‘Fingerprint of climate change’: April heat wave could break a record in Philadelphia,” claims that warm temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic this week are evidence of long term global warming. This is false. While it is true that average, long…
Polls show Americans are largely skeptical of our growing dependence on artificial intelligence (AI). Naturally, Democratic and Republican lawmakers seem to be choosing a side. A November 2025 Pew Research Center survey found that 50 percent of Republicans and 51 percent of Democrats said they were more concerned than excited…
🚨 JUST IN: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent EMBARRASSES the Green New Scam politicians in Germany “Now they’re all getting VOTED OUT!” 🤣 “Germany instituted very, very strict remodeling and rebuild requirements for German households. So you had to spend…30, 40, 50 thousand euros… pic.twitter.com/RXUny8rfqN — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 14,…
Malema was convicted in October on five counts, including unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, discharge of a firearm in a built-up area and reckless endangerment.JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African opposition party leader Julius Malema was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday after he was convicted of breaking firearm laws…
What an absolute unicorn!PublishedApril 16, 2026 3:04 PM EDT•UpdatedApril 16, 2026 3:04 PM EDTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy LinkWe have reached the point in the college football offseason where spring practices are coming to a close and depth charts are starting to take shape.All the hard work these young men have put in this…
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a measure extending temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitians as the Trump administration has sought to end the status.The Trump administration ended TPS for Haiti in June of last year, though a federal judge blocked its expiration. Roughly 350,000 people from Haiti have…
Prosecutors in Minneapolis charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent with assault, alleging the agent pointing a gun at motorists on a state highway during the immigration crackdown in the Minnesota city earlier this year. The prosecutors say the agent, Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., pointed a gun at two people in…
Hennepin County District Attorney Mary Moriarty announces charges against ICE agent during a Thursday press conference in Minneapolis. Credit: KSTP 5 Eyewitness News YouTube screenshot One of the most radical district attorneys in the entire country has escalated her war against the Trump Administration and ICE in dramatic fashion. As…
Pope Leo says Muslims and Christians can live together and be friends. We already are friends. The people we can’t be friends with are radical Islamists. His Eminence Leo XIV cites Lebanon as an example of Christians and Muslims living together in peace. However, he doesn’t mention Hezbollah terrorists, who…
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