Beneficial microbes like Bacteroides theta can switch between anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory roles based on the carbohydrates they consume, debunking the myth of “good vs. bad” bacteria. Soft drinks and processed sugars rapidly weaken the gut barrier, promote inflammation and suppress immune function—sometimes within weeks of consumption. Natural carbohydrates (sweet potatoes,…
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Iran and United States locked in blockade standoff with no military solution in sight The U.S. has deployed a massive naval force including three carrier groups, 240 jets, and 16 destroyers to enforce a distant blockade over 220 miles from the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has responded by seizing foreign-flagged…
Mounting evidence suggests no level of alcohol consumption is safe from a health standpoint. Poor sleep, including suppressed REM sleep, is a clear warning sign that alcohol is taking a toll. Alcohol acts as a depressant that negatively affects mood and emotions. A month-long break can reduce liver damage by…
Regularly engaging in multiple types of physical activity, not simply increasing total exercise volume, may reduce the risk of death, according to a study published April 27 in BMJ Medicine. Researchers analyzed data from over 100,000 participants tracked for more than 30 years through the Nurses’ Health Study and the…
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer requested information Thursday from the National Archives and Records Administration regarding the potential collusion between the Biden administration and anti-Second Amendment groups.The investigation is probing allegations that the administration colluded with the group Everytown for Gun Safety to bring litigation against firearm manufacturers. It…
Florida GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said Wednesday that she will hold a hearing in May on the controversial former CIA program, MK-Ultra. The project, which conducted experiments and studied the potential use of LSD and other drugs for mind control and information-gathering purposes, began in the 1950s but was shut…
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, April 30, 2026Scott Olson/Getty ImagesRepublican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether the Biden administration illegally gave the nation’s largest abortion provider COVID-era loans through the Small Business Administration by using the code word “Benghazi”…
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta on Aug. 25, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch TimesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that more cases of measles will likely occur in the next few months.“With continued measles transmission in areas across North America and expected increases…
For years, the ACLJ has been sounding the alarm. We have stood in courtrooms, filed federal complaints, sent demand letters, and represented thousands of Christians facing hostility from their own government. Time and again, naysayers claimed we were exaggerating. That there was no systematic bias. That Christians in America had nothing…
This article is part of the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the passing of our founder, namesake and visionary. If you have memories of David to share, please leave them in the comments or drop Daniel Greenfield a line. And please consider making a generous, tax-deductible…
A former fast-food worker in North Texas allegedly pocketed more than $80,000 by exploiting a restaurant register and a whole lot of macaroni and cheese. Detectives opened an investigation in November 2025 after a local Chick-fil-A owner reported the theft, the Grapevine Police Department said in a public statement. After…
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) listens at a news conference on the Supreme Court at the U.S. Capitol on July 19, 2023. Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesA Republican gubernatorial candidate and current U.S. senator from Tennessee called on lawmakers to change the state’s congressional map in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court…
This article is part of the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the passing of our founder, namesake and visionary. If you have memories of David to share, please leave them in the comments or drop Daniel Greenfield a line. And please consider making a generous,…
A substitute teacher’s shocking behavior inside a Florida classroom abruptly ended her job and led to criminal charges after a chaotic outburst in front of students. According to the New York Post, the incident unfolded Monday at Lake Minneola High School in Minneola, where authorities say Angela Faith Jourdan acted…
Order Robert Spencer’s new book, Holy Hell: Islam’s Abuse of Women and the Infidels Who Enable It: HERE. The smarmiest and most self-righteous of all FBI directors, James Comey, has been indicted again. Fox News reported Tuesday that “the charges appear to be in relation to a May 2025 Instagram…
Because he voluntarily entered arbitration, an appeal challenging a court order that Yintao Yu arbitrate his wrongful termination challenge is moot.PHOENIX (CN) — The Ninth Circuit declined to vacate a sanction order against a whistleblower who claimed TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, stole content and shared data with the Chinese Communist…
Editor’s note: This article discusses mature themes. Like a woolly mammoth warning his friends in the tar pit that they should avoid tar pits, the former Massachusetts congressional parasite Barney Frank said this week that his final act as he enters hospice care will be to release a book warning…
Several key economic reports were released today highlighting a broad and strong U.S. economy with a very strong labor market. ♦ The first quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) [DATA HERE] The first estimate is for growth at 2.0 percent. At first…
I am no lawyer, but in my uneducated judgment, it is quite likely that Jonathan Turley is quite right that the James Comey indictment is almost certainly junk that will fall apart under scrutiny. Advertisement And, to be far more fair, if this happened to anybody else, conservative or liberal,…
As a child of the 70s, the music of Neil Diamond is stitched into my memory in a way that feels sacred. Songs like “Cherry, Cherry,” “Forever in Blue Jeans,” and the unforgettable “Sweet Caroline” transport me back to a time of simplicity, joy, and cultural innocence — a time…
A top Department of War official said that the Iran war has cost the U.S. about $25 billion during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Wednesday. Jules W. Hurst III, the assistant secretary and chief financial officer of the Department of War, cited the $25 billion figure during the…
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Louisiana’s redistricting efforts Tuesday, the decision opened up a world of possibilities for the GOP’s 2026 midterm efforts. The SCOTUS’s 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais struck down Louisiana’s congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, reaffirming that states cannot be…
Order Jamie Glazov’s new book, ‘United in Hate: The Left’s Romance with Tyranny, Terror, and Hamas’: HERE. Editor’s note: University campuses are notorious for promoting ‘safe spaces’ where dissenting opinions are labeled as ‘violence.’ Yet within the cushioned walls of the Ivory Tower, professors gleefully celebrate aggression and bloodshed that…
Order Daniel Greenfield’s new book, Domestic Enemies: The Founding Fathers’ Fight Against the Left: HERE. “Some immigrants come and believe they can function in isolation, refusing to adapt. I suggest they must assimilate. Adapt to the culture they wish to live in,” State Rep. Carla Cunningham argued. “All cultures are…
WASHINGTON—Former U.S. Ambassador for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback has delivered a stark warning to diplomats and human rights advocates that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses a greater threat than the Soviet Union ever did—and is at war with faith itself.“They are at war with God,” Brownback said in…
Order Jamie Glazov’s new book, ‘United in Hate: The Left’s Romance with Tyranny, Terror, and Hamas’: HERE. I’m not a lawyer, nor is that a profession I especially admire. When I think of lawyers I think of the American Justice system, and when I think of that I begin to…
(Headline USA) The Onion’s plan to take over the Infowars platforms that Alex Jones built into a bullhorn of conspiracy theories and turn them into parody sites was in limbo again Thursday, after a court paused a proposed deal involving the satirical news outlet. Infowars is facing liquidation because of…
(L-R) U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, President Donald Trump, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attend talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Gimhae Air Base in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty ImagesU.S. Treasury…
The satirical news site appealed the decision to the Texas Supreme Court and insisted Infowars will still shut down on Friday night despite the setback.AUSTIN (CN) — A Texas appeals court decision has left The Onion’s proposed licensing deal for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars platform up in the air,…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Elon Musk helped birth OpenAI in 2015, a world-changing AI non-profit which he lavished with tens of millions of dollars alongside its now-CEO Sam Altman. Now in 2026, he’s suing to unwind the…
Today, the Task Force To Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias released a report detailing how the Biden administration demonstrated extraordinary political bias against Christians throughout the federal government. The task force, which convened in April 2025 under a presidential executive order to “eradicate anti-Christian bias,” involves 17 federal agencies with the mission to identify and rectify…
In light of a visit from the United Kingdom’s royal family, President Donald Trump announced the end of tariffs and restrictions on whiskey Thursday. Trump said he is removing the tariffs on behalf of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, who concluded their historic four-day visit to the United States…
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The Supreme Court in Washington on April 28, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesElection forecasters Sabato’s Crystal Ball and Cook Political Report on Wednesday identified seven Democratic-held House seats in the South as potential Republican targets following the Supreme Court’s landmark decision dealing with racial gerrymandering and redistricting. The impact on…
Order Jamie Glazov’s new book, ‘United in Hate: The Left’s Romance with Tyranny, Terror, and Hamas’: HERE. The American Jewish community built its institutions for a different era. They were designed in the decades following the Holocaust, when Jewish life in the United States was secure, socially integrated, economically advancing, and largely…
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) After weeks of delay, the U.S. House finally approved the Senate’s legislation reopening the Department of Homeland Security. Once President Donald Trump signs the legislation, the 76-day DHS shutdown will end and all agencies except Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Patrol…
According to NBC, the House on Thursday approved a Senate-passed bill that would fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, ending the record 75-day shutdown of the sprawling federal agency. President Donald Trump had urged lawmakers to pass the bill and vowed to sign it into law. It passed…
“After this thing, Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.” -1 Kings13:33Back in January of 2025, I had written an…
The Senate on Thursday approved a 45-day extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA) Section 702 surveillance powers, punting the legislation back to the House, which previously passed an extension with reforms.Section 702 allows for the warrantless surveillance of foreigners, but has attracted attention from privacy hawks due to…
Congress on Thursday passed legislation to fund Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies that don’t deal with immigration, ending a 76-day shutdown.The legislation funds the Coast Guard, TSA, Secret Service, FEMA, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and other agencies, Politico reported. President Donald Trump is expected to sign…
President Donald Trump speaks to the press Thursday after signing an executive order expanding access to retirement savings accounts.Beginning in 2027, Americans will be able to secure low-cost IRA accounts through TrumpIRA.gov and “access the same type of retirement accounts that federal employees enjoy,” the president said. The remarks can…
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is raising concerns about the lack of transparency and complexity of the federal coding and billing systems for Medicare and Medicaid, and how those are possibly enabling significant waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer money. Comer, a Kentucky Republican, sent a letter Thursday to Administrator…
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order expanding access to retirement savings accounts.”This afternoon, I’m thrilled to sign a historic Executive Order expanding access to high quality retirement savings accounts for millions of Americans,” Trump said. “In my State of the Union earlier this year, I promised to…
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he would end all tariffs on whiskey from the United Kingdom after King Charles III requested that he do so during the royal visit to the U.S.”In Honor of the King and Queen of the United Kingdom, who have just left the White House,…
Much of Hezbollah’s terror infrastructure consists of a vast network of underground tunnels, where for decades Hezbollah has been spending tens of billions of dollars — much of it from the Islamic Republic of Iran — on a vast network of underground tunnels. It is in those tunnels they have…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Companies keep forcing AI features to do things that no one ever thought they needed, or indeed ever conceived of. In this unfortunate category, Amazon’s new feature for generating mini-podcast segments that shill…
TAZEWELL, Va. (CN) — A pair of medical advocacy groups and a town council member challenged a proposed Virginia constitutional amendment Thursday that would guarantee abortion rights.The plaintiffs — the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, the Virginia Medical Freedom Alliance and Meagan Kade, a Bluefield Town Council member —…
Louisiana delayed its House primaries on Thursday after a blockbuster Supreme Court ruling on a key Voting Rights Act provision. The Supreme Court on Wednesday declared Louisiana’s newly-drawn Congressional map an unconstitutional gerrymander. The high court issued the ruling 6-3. Liberal justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson dissented. The case, State…
Search warrants suggest a robbery at NASCAR driver Greg Biffle’s home, shortly after his death, may have been an inside job. Biffle, his wife Cristina, and their two children, aged 14 and 5, were killed when their private jet crashed December 18 near Statesville Regional Airport. A series of troubling…