Pseudo-Heroes It is difficult to determine whether the bizarro worldview of the current Democrat-media nexus can simply be attributed to either its generic Trump Derangement Syndrome or the attendant Wile E. Coyote/Roadrunner obsessive/compulsive disorder. But the crazy world of the Left increasingly bears scant resemblance to reality. In this alternate…
The Funding Argument and Its Limits A long-standing argument in education policy holds that disparities in school funding between black and white students are a primary driver of the black–white gap in cognitive test performance. The logic is intuitively appealing: if black children attend under-resourced schools, then directing more money…
A researcher’s bombshell new findings about a strange rock formation in Turkey could prove that Noah’s Ark was real, according to reports.Andrew Jones, a researcher with Noah’s Ark Scans, told GB News that “exciting new findings” about the rock formation first discovered in 1959 on Turkey’s Mount Ararat could prove…
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a resolution on Monday to expel Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) from the House of Representatives over allegations of domestic violence, sexual misconduct, stolen valor and profiteering from federal contracts as a member of Congress. Mills has been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee since…
Israel is set to host the Middle East’s largest ever LGBT festival at the Dead Sea in June 2026.The new festival, Pride Land, intends to transform the middle of the Judean Desert into a colorful pride city from June 1 to June 4. The event intends to create an experience…
When unelected judges attempt to substitute their judgment for that of a duly elected president on matters of national security, the Constitution demands correction. It got one. In a decisive ruling, a federal appeals court ordered Judge James Boasberg to shut down his contempt investigation into the Trump-Vance Administration’s deportation actions,…
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The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 17, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe House Ethics Committee issued a public statement Monday asking victims of congressional sexual misconduct to come forward and published a record of publicly disclosed investigations involving House members spanning decades.The bipartisan panel, chaired by Rep. Michael…
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,…
President Donald Trump walks to Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on April 11, 2026. Tasos Katopodis/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on April 20 invoked the Defense Production Act to issue a series of memorandums focused on strengthening coal supply chains, natural gas transmission, and liquefied natural gas capacity.Trump…
By Dillon Burroughs, Op-ed contributor Tuesday, April 21, 2026iStock/omgimagesTennessee Gov. Bill Lee, R, signed a resolution on April 9 declaring June as “Nuclear Family Month,” positioning it as an alternative to LGBT “Pride Month.” House Joint Resolution 182 passed the state House in April 2025 and cleared the Senate last…
By Isaac Beck, Op-ed contributor Tuesday, April 21, 2026Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN Presidential Debate on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia. | Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesGovernor Gavin Newsom has a remarkable talent for timing, more precisely, for choosing it.It’s the kind…
By Sam Jones, Op-ed contributor Tuesday, April 21, 2026Marchers gather at the National Mall for the Washington Prayer March 2020, in Washington, D.C. The congregation stopped and prayed over various sites throughout downtown Washington. | Michael A. McCoy/Getty ImagesModern Christianity has embraced a contradiction. We insist that faith is deeply…
Outgoing U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, on Monday introduced a bill to denaturalize and deport individuals he argues are Marxists and Islamists, including the mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, after which the bill is named.The Measures Against Marxism’s Dangerous Adherents and Noxious Islamists (MAMDANI) Act would amend the…
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, April 21, 2026A picture showing Lonna Drewes (L) and former US Representative Eric Swalwell, Democrat of California, is shown during a press conference where she described her claims about sexual misconduct by Swalwell in Beverly Hills, California, on April 14, 2026. Swalwell, who…
President Donald Trump signed a 10-day extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Saturday, keeping the warrantless surveillance program alive through April 30 after House Republican leaders failed overnight to advance either a five-year rewrite or the clean 18-month renewal the White House had demanded.The stopgap…
Former congressman Eric Swalwell billed more than 100 alcohol delivery purchases to his campaign accounts over a four-year stretch beginning in 2020, spending roughly $6,100 through the app Drizly, and that was only the beginning of what federal filings reveal about how the California Democrat spent donor money.The Federal Election…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday in the Oval Office aimed at accelerating federal review and research access for psychedelic-based treatments, calling the move “historic reforms” designed to help veterans and others suffering from severe mental illness. Podcaster Joe Rogan stood alongside the president for the signing, a…
The Department of Justice has found at least 350,000 dead people on voter rolls across the jurisdictions it has reviewed so far and referred roughly 25,000 individuals with no citizenship records to the Department of Homeland Security, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said Sunday on Fox News.Dhillon…
The Department of Justice has found at least 350,000 dead people still listed on voter rolls across multiple jurisdictions, and has referred roughly 25,000 individuals with no citizenship records to the Department of Homeland Security for further investigation, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said Sunday.Dhillon laid out…
Joe diGenova, the veteran Washington attorney and former U.S. attorney, will be sworn in Monday in Miami as counsel to the attorney general, taking the reins of the Justice Department’s investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe. The appointment puts a longtime critic of the original Russia investigation at…
Federal authorities arrested a 44-year-old Woodland Hills woman at Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday night, charging her with brokering the sale of Iranian-made drones, bombs, bomb fuses, and millions of rounds of ammunition to Sudan’s military, a scheme prosecutors say she ran while living a glamorous life in Southern…
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled late Friday night that construction of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom can move forward, putting a temporary hold on the lower-court order that had frozen part of the $400 million project just one…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former President Barack Obama met in person for the first time Saturday at a Bronx preschool, a carefully staged visit that came just as the Democratic mayor’s relationship with President Trump is deteriorating over a proposed tax on luxury second homes.The meeting took…
A federal judge in Oregon issued a written opinion rebuking Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for attempting to strip Medicare and Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to minors, ruling that Kennedy exceeded his legal authority and bypassed the regulatory process required to make…
By Ian M. Giatti, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, April 21, 2026The campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas. | Baylor University/Morty OrtegaThe Baptist General Convention of Texas (Texas Baptists) is launching a formal review of its 140-year relationship with Baylor University following concerns over a student-organized event featuring LGBT advocates,…
A police mobile command vehicle leaves the the scene of a shooting at Leinbach Park in Winston-Salem, N.C., April 20, 2026. AP Photo/Erik VerduzcoWINSTON-SALEM, N.C.—A planned fight among young people escalated into a mass shooting at a North Carolina park Monday morning that left two teenage boys dead and five…
The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off from LC36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station in Cape Canaveral, Fla, April 19, 2026. AP Photo/John RaouxCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, blamed a bad engine Monday for a failed weekend launch that left a satellite in the…
Tesla logo is seen in this illustration taken July 23, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoWASHINGTON—Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Tesla has settled a wrongful death lawsuit in Florida stemming from a 2018 high-speed crash that killed a teenager riding in one of the electric vehicle maker’s sedans, court records show.A trial in…
A mugshot of David Anthony Burke, whose stage name is D4vd, is displayed Monday, April 20, 2026, in Los Angeles. Damian Dovarganes/APLOS ANGELES—Alt-pop singer D4vd has been charged with sexually abusing, murdering and mutilating the body of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose decomposed remains were found in his apparently abandoned…
Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, declared late Monday that Tehran will not negotiate with the United States “under the shadow of threats,” warning Tehran is prepared to “reveal new cards on the battlefield” as a ceasefire deadline looms and the fate of renewed talks remains uncertain. Speaking in a…
A person leaves a gift at a makeshift memorial on the front lawn of the home where children were killed during a mass shooting the day before in Shreveport, La., on April 20, 2026. Gerald Herbert/AP PhotoSHREVEPORT, La.—A Louisiana father fatally shot eight children, including seven of his own, and…
The Internal Revenue Service in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesU.S. employees can continue to receive up to $5,250 in tax-free educational assistance from their employers for calendar years 2025 and 2026, the IRS said in an April 20 update.Section 127 educational assistance programs allow employers to…
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Watching the Orion spacecraft of the Artemis II moonshot deploy its parachutes and glide down to land in the Pacific Ocean gave me the most wonderful feeling of déjà vu. My next feeling was “It’s about time and what took so long!” To generations inundated with science fiction movies and…
Anchor Babies Will Sink The Ship of State Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Truth Social, Gettr, Twitter, Youtube Will “birthright citizenship” be our Hiroshima? The Chinese are a patient culture. Birthing Chinese babies on USA soil is a long-range, stealth weapon to take out America. While Iran sends…
Global shipping in chaos as Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz, vows to target approaching vessels Iran has completely closed the Strait of Hormuz, halting a major portion of global oil shipments. The closure is a direct retaliation for a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports. Stranded crews face direct military…
The Silent Epidemic: Exposing vaccine lies, corporate greed and government betrayal The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is ineffective, capturing only 1% of actual adverse events due to underreporting by discouraged doctors. CDC’s Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) buries inconvenient truths, exemplified by whistleblower Dr. William Thompson, who admitted to…
Iran threatens a 100-day blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint handling 20% of global oil trade, risking oil prices surging to $130/barrel and triggering economic chaos. Even if tensions de-escalate, the IEA warns it could take two years for global oil and gas supplies to recover, with…
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth condemned members of the Pentagon press corps as ‘Pharisees’ during a briefing on Thursday, April 17, 2026, accusing them of producing an ‘endless stream of garbage’ in their coverage of the ongoing conflict with Iran. Hegseth’s remarks were delivered at the Pentagon in Arlington,…
The price of Bitcoin surpassed $77,000 early Thursday following announcements from Iran and former U.S. President Donald Trump regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. The cryptocurrency’s rally was attributed to a reduction in geopolitical risk after Iran declared the critical waterway fully open under a new ceasefire framework.…
AI analysis of 67,000+ GLP-1 agonist users uncovers hidden toll of weight-loss drugs Neil Sehgal’s study used AI to analyze Reddit posts, revealing side effects like psychiatric issues and menstrual irregularities not fully captured in clinical trials. The research highlights a gap between patient-reported experiences online and data from formal…
The gut-heart connection: How fermented foods can boost health — and what to watch out for Fermented foods (kimchi, kombucha, sauerkraut, yogurt) boost gut health by increasing microbial diversity and reducing inflammation, with studies linking them to lower diabetes and metabolic syndrome risks. Many commercial fermented products contain excessive salt…
The end of guesswork: Landmark study replaces generic fiber advice with precise digestive remedies The long-standing, universal advice to “eat more fiber” for constipation is not strongly supported by high-quality evidence, according to a rigorous new scientific review of 75 clinical trials. The research provides 59 specific, evidence-backed recommendations, moving…
Study: Five-Minute Daily Breathing Exercise Shows Blood Pressure Reduction Comparable to Medication, Exercise A simple, five-minute daily breathing exercise can lower systolic blood pressure by an average of nine points, a reduction comparable to the effect of some medications and aerobic exercise regimens, according to a peer-reviewed study published in…
Valerian root and other natural sleep aids: A safer alternative to prescription drugs? Valerian root acts as a natural tranquilizer, binding to brain receptors like Valium but without addiction risks. Studies show mixed results, with benefits often appearing after consistent use (e.g., 28 days) and it rarely causes next-day drowsiness.…
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to decide whether a public school violated parents’ rights by encouraging a student to transition to a new gender.Foote v. Ludlow School Committee, focuses on parents in Massachusetts who said the school district their children attend attempted to socially transition their middle-school-aged daughter…
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has proposed a $14.85 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027.Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Bass said the balanced budget predicts increased revenues from property, business, sales and utility taxes. According to the mayor, the budget also promotes greater efficiency in city services. “I…
Months before the 2020 presidential election, U.S. intelligence issued a secret but stark warning that foreign adversaries had the capability to “compromise” America’s voting infrastructure and raised specific concerns about the vulnerability of voter registration databases that later would be penetrated by China and Iran, a newly declassified memo obtained…
Biden White House staffers praised Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as she pursued her racketeering case against Donald Trump, calling her an “ICON” as they assisted her failed prosecution, emails obtained by Senate investigators show.The newly-obtained internal emails from 2023, obtained by Just the News, provide more evidence that the…