The Kennedy Center’s board warned of imminent insolvency in court papers on Sept. 14, and said it wants a visible acknowledgment of President Donald Trump’s fundraising assistance for the building, despite a judge’s ruling that only Congress can rename it.The board is now considering two draft resolutions: one to close…
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Tech15 sources·Updated Sep 15, 2026India’s CCPA notified Apple on July 29, 2026 that it escalated its probe over iOS 18 warranty terms to a detailed investigation. Complaints describe green, pink or white screen lines and microphone failures after the late-2024 update, with users then paying for repairs under Apple’s no-software-warranty…
The feature article of the June 2004 issue of “The Insider,” published by The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., is one of dozens of articles written over the past twenty years or so by Roger Pilon of the Cato Institute urging Americans to educate themselves on how the Constitution supposedly…
Congress has an aging problem. The average age of Congress has steadily risen over the years. Currently it’s around 57 for the House and 64 for the Senate. But the oldest members of Congress – who are also the longest serving – really expose the issue. Mitch McConnell and an…
A top Australian newspaper has claimed to have seen French authorities aiding illegal migrants in making their way on people-smuggler-operated small boats to the United Kingdom. Despite London committing to pay over a billion pounds sterling to Paris in exchange for clamping down on the human trafficking gangs and the…
The Federal Reserve is opening its closely watched two‑day policy meeting on Sept. 15 as officials confront elevated inflation, rising interest rates, and the conflict in Iran.Much has changed—both in inflation and in the labor market—since the Fed last met in July.The headline annual consumer inflation rate has slowed to…
The war in Iran, now in its seventh month, is upending global energy markets. With no end in sight, the geopolitical situation looks bleak, and this may not bode well for inflation going forward. Crude oil – both the US and global benchmarks – is above $100. Gasoline is also…
Good Tuesday morning. Here is what’s on President Trump’s agenda today:8:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time11:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Photo Opportunity11:40 AM THE FIRST LADY delivers Remarks to Mountain View Elementary School in Ashe County, North Carolina2:30 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in an Ambassador Credentialing…
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Former CIA Director John Brennan has been ordered to testify before a federal grand jury in Florida as the Justice Department expands an investigation into the government’s handling of investigations involving President Donald Trump. A subpoena requires Brennan to appear Oct. 15 before a grand jury in Fort Pierce, according…
Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to the U.S. Capitol on Monday for the first time in three months. The ailing lawmaker cast a key judicial vote after an extended absence following a fall and hospitalization. The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican arrived in a wheelchair and briefly addressed reporters before heading to the…
Homeland Security officials are investigating longstanding allegations of immigration fraud involving Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., White House border czar Tom Homan confirmed Sunday. Homan said on Fox News’ “The Sunday Briefing” that Homeland Security Investigations is examining allegations involving Omar, but he declined to disclose details or say whether investigators…
I spent eight years on a school board watching the teachers’ union abandon pay and working conditions for social justice campaigns, grim reaper theatrics, and the claim that biology is optional. The National Education Association (NEA) is America’s largest teachers’ union, and it holds a rare federal charter issued in…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney now believes he is more than just the Western foil to Donald Trump and his MAGA movement—he is the global one. Accordingly, he seems determined to demonstrate to the world how to stand up to Donald Trump, to force Trump to lose the midterms, and…
Chicago, the so-called Second City, is the third-most populous city in the U.S., but its school district is currently the fourth-largest. (Miami is now third.) The city’s schools are in disarray, and students are abandoning them. Enrollment has fallen sharply over the past 15 years, from nearly 403,000 students in…
On January 24, 2023, three innocent lives were taken away in the most gruesome, untimely fashion. The children’s mother, Lindsay Clancy of Duxbury, Massachusetts (one of the most affluent areas in a very affluent, liberal, and very woke state), claimed to hear voices telling her to kill her children. She…
Last night’s Emmy Awards on NBC, hosted by Law & Order:SVU star Mariska Hargitay, ditched politics to focus on actual awards, a feat almost unheard of in contemporary Hollywood ceremonies. Hargitay kept it light with jokes about her role as “America’s sweetheart sex cop” and avoided hot button political or…
The tiniest molecule, the biggest promise: How molecular hydrogen is reshaping medicine Molecular hydrogen is the smallest molecule in the universe and has been studied since 1975 for potential therapeutic effects, with over 700 studies examining its impact on 170 human disease models. Hydrogen acts as a selective antioxidant, targeting…
A roundtable was held at the Rossiya Segodnya International Media Group press center in Moscow on Sept. 11, 2026, ahead of World Sepsis Day on Sept. 13, according to organizers. Experts said sepsis accounts for one in three deaths worldwide and remains a pressing public health challenge. Speakers included Vladimir…
GrafTech and Antora Develop Carbon Thermal Batteries for Round-the-Clock Industrial Heat in U.S. GrafTech International and Antora Energy are developing carbon-based thermal batteries for industrial facilities in the United States, according to company statements. The systems are designed to store electricity as heat in solid carbon blocks and to deliver…
Calendula flowers can be used to make a tea for digestive support, according to an article by Alexandra Roach published in the Epoch Times on Sept. 10. The report stated that calendula contains compounds that may help protect the gut lining and calm irritation linked with leaky gut, gastric ulcers…
The unprescribed cure: Ancient forest practice cuts anxiety in half, exposing modern medicine’s blind spot A structured forest bathing protocol led to dramatic, clinically significant reductions in anxiety (48.4%), depression (35.4%) and stress (33.5%) among participants in a Brazilian pilot study. The intervention was a deliberate, five-step practice involving sensory…
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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,…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a press conference and bill signing in Oakland, Calif., on July 13, 2026. Heather Diehl/Getty ImagesCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Sept. 14 that he would not run for president in 2028 if former Vice President Kamala Harris decides to make another presidential bid.“I…
[embedded content] Earlier this year, James Corbett delivered a presentation on Applied POSIWID to the Approaching Humanity conference organized by Larken and Amanda Rose. This is the video of that presentation. TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: https://corbettreport.com/applied-pos… [embedded content] TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: https://www.corbettreport.com/dissent… What if the delusions of the dissidents are in…
The chairman of the House Oversight Committee is vowing to pursue a contempt vote against financier Leon Black for refusing testimony in the Jeffrey Epstein probe and calling on the Trump administration to release any evidence showing whether Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar broke immigration laws and should be expelled from…
A surrogate mother who fled to Texas rather than abort a baby with a treatable heart defect has taken her fight to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to stop a California order that could send the infant to hospice care.McKenna West filed an emergency application with the Supreme…
A surrogate mother who fled to Texas rather than abort a baby with a treatable heart condition has filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court, racing to block a California custody order before the infant can be moved out of state.McKenna West, an Alaska nurse who carried the…
Carnegie Mellon University put a professor on leave and launched a review of her social media history after posts celebrating deaths and telling a critic to “die first, white man” drew national attention, and the university now says her words violate its community standards.Dr. Uju Anya, a linguistics professor at…
President Trump called on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel infrastructure, citing record U.S. fuel prices and a global shortage made worse by the combined disruptions of the Russia-Ukraine war and the conflict with Iran.Trump made the demand after speaking directly with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian…
Federal agents arrested a Bahamian green card holder in Georgia who allegedly cast an illegal ballot in the 2020 election, a man whose rap sheet includes armed robbery, domestic violence, and assaulting a police officer.Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Homeland Security Investigations agents in Atlanta took Anthony Tyrone Higgs…
A government watchdog is demanding the House Ethics Committee subpoena Rep. Ilhan Omar’s financial documents after an oversight board voted 5-1 to recommend dismissing a probe into a staggering discrepancy in her disclosed wealth.The National Legal and Policy Center fired off its demand after the Office of Congressional Conduct quietly…
President Donald Trump has pardoned a decorated Navy master at arms who spent nearly four years in federal prison for possessing items he insists were nonfunctional military collectibles, a case the National Rifle Association calls a textbook example of Biden-era ATF overreach.Patrick Tate Adamiak walked out of prison and into…
Former ESPN reporter Britt McHenry has joined the Trump administration as a press advisor to the State Department, capping a career pivot from sports media to conservative commentary to government service.McHenry, 40, announced the appointment on social media Wednesday, posting a photo of herself beside the official seal in the…
Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany walked away from a nighttime plane crash into Lake Wausau with twelve stitches and a vow to keep campaigning, crediting his pilot’s quick thinking and divine intervention for saving both their lives.The single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza carrying Tiffany and pilot Leonard “Len” Boltz lost power…
President Trump publicly directed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop targeting Russian diesel refineries, citing a global fuel shortage that has pushed American diesel prices past $6 per gallon.Trump made the demand Sunday while speaking to reporters at his golf club in Doonbeg, Ireland, where he was attending the Irish…
This is completely unacceptable. We have reached the point where you can purchase a television for your own home, pay for the television with your own money, put it in your living room, and discover that the damn thing may be capable of collecting information about you, your network, the…
I have always been drawn to puzzles that contain large amounts of “unknown information” as this forces you to consider a wide range of possibilities, but simultaneously have the discernment to recognize which of those potential answers is the most probable and hence is less likely to backfire on you…
For nearly a decade, Americans were told to deny what biology, common sense, and their own eyes made plain. Men could become women. Women could become men. Children were fully capable of choosing sterilizing hormones. Puberty blockers were “reversible.” And anyone who questioned any of it was a bigot. It…
Europe urgently needs to re-establish access to Russian oil and gas. Gas prices are high – as all UK energy consumers know – and German gas storage is at a record low for September. Gulf production is degraded, supplies are cut off and its long-term strategic stability undermined. German manufacturing already suffered a 9.5%…
Late last week sudden, unexpected developments in the Middle East forced me to refocus my attention to the ongoing conflict in that region. The Houthi forces of Yemen—the widely used name for Ansar Allah–launched a sweeping ground offensive against the Saudi proxies deployed against them, quickly putting the latter to flight, as…
No matter how often Republicans recite the conservative mantra of the Constitution, limited government, individual freedom, private property, traditional values, free enterprise, and a strong national defense, the truth is that they only selectively believe it. Republicans don’t follow the Constitution in a great many areas. The only limited government…
In California, gas stations are facing a unique challenge. The station signs are only configured to go up to $9.99 per gallon and at several stations the price of diesel has reached that maximum. Diesel prices are higher than they have ever been in history. Worse, according to some news…
On the anniversary of 9/11, we described the harrowing tales of two people who escaped the towers. These heroes deserve to be honored, as do the dead, their families, and the countless victims who carry scars. But during these commemorations, there’s been a weird effort to revive the reputation of someone who…
I’m not a fan of AI, but the hysteria over it in political circles is clearly a Chinese op which is why you had Bernie Sanders promoting a conference with Chinese AI ‘safety experts’ and is now rallying with Bannon against AI. Hillary Clinton has now joined in, urging an…
“There is no reason to think that allowing firearm possession by those at a place of worship is more dangerous”September 15, 2026 by Daniel Greenfield Leave a Comment After various shootings at churches and synagogues, some jurisdiction, mostly liberal, slapped double and triple ‘gun free zone’ signs on houses of…
Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to Capitol Hill Monday after a three-month absence.McConnell said he would cast his first vote on the Senate floor since his fall on June 14, which left him hospitalized and in physical therapy for months. The senator’s office remained silent on his whereabouts and…
It’s a mystery, that’s what it is. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is still without federal security clearance after nine months on the job — limiting his ability to be briefed on classified information involving terrorism or other threats to New York City. Mamdani on Monday tried to play down the lack…