A former city official from Matamoros, a border city, remains in federal custody after U.S. law enforcement agents placed him under arrest for attempting to smuggle cocaine into Texas. The City of Matamoros has been trying to put as much distance as possible between it and the official, claiming that…

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon made an appearance on Fox Business program “Sunday Morning Futures,” where she told host Maria Bartiromo that federal officials have uncovered tens of thousands of dead individuals and non-citizens on voting rolls across the United States, solidifying fears that election integrity has…

New reports have emerged claiming that California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom spent north of a billion dollars to import a staggering 400,000 illegal aliens from poor nations to help grease the wheels of the Golden State’s Democratic political machine and economy. The data backing the claim was provided by the…

A resident in the Sunshine State of Florida is none too happy about new restrictions placed on the items that an individual receiving SNAP benefits (food stamps) can purchase, particularly lamenting not being able to purchase sweet treats like ice cream. The woman was interviewed about the new changes by…

Hey y’all, welcome back to Unfit to Print.  Today we’re covering what former USAID employees are doing one year later, the missing Republican congressman, and some fascinating polling about religious Republicans and Trump. A YEAR WITHOUT USAID  It’s been just over one year since the Trump administration dismantled USAID, cutting a…

President Donald J. Trump pulled no punches when sounding off on the Democratic Party and on the fake news media, particularly RINO outlets like the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that pretend to be conservative but then spend all their time attacking him anyway. That came in the context of criticisms…

This amidst the broader effort to advance legislation via the reconciliation process. Majority Leader Thune does not have the support of his own caucus. Fox News reports that a cohort of Senate Republicans joined Democrats to sink a late-night attempt to attach a version of voter ID and citizenship verification…

Dr. Marty Makary, the Food and Drug Administration’s commissioner, in an undated file photograph. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch TimesFederal regulators on April 23 approved the first gene therapy to restore hearing, just two months after the therapy’s maker formally requested a license.The Food and Drug Administration approved the Regeneron therapy, Otarmeni,…

Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 22, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesTrump administration lawyers on April 23 said they are still considering whether to appeal a ruling that blocked the rollback of guidance on some vaccines.The lawyers said in a filing that pausing the…

Does it ever seem like certain types of crimes get ignored or played down by legacy media? As humorist David Burge (Iowahawk) famously stated, “journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.” We aim to correct this by bringing you the crime stories the media…

CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Thursday’s taping of The Late Show to strategize how they can force President Trump to end the war with Iran. Of course, neither of them thought through the potential consequences that might have, which was ironic considering all the energy they…

Good Friday morning. Here is what’s on President Trump’s agenda today: 8:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time 2:00 PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a Policy Meeting News roundup: DOJ arrests soldier who made $400,000 betting on Maduro’s removal: Sources 10 hurt in shooting at mall in Louisiana, suspect…

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) during a hearing on Capitol Hill on March 4, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesHouse Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on April 23 gave the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) until April 30 to hand over documents regarding its relationship with the Biden–Harris Department of Justice (DOJ)…

President Donald Trump waves after landing at Palm Beach International Airport on March 20, 2026. Roberto Schmidt/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out using a nuclear weapon in the war with Iran. He told reporters in the Oval Office that the United States has already greatly weakened the Islamic…

You may have heard, if you’ve ever dipped into National Pastime lore, of the Curse of the Bambino. After the Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth’s contract to the New York Yankees, the Crimson Hose went 86 years before winning another World Series (the Yankees, meanwhile, won 26 World Series…

Cloaked in nondisclosure agreements, companies are wooing cash-strapped rural counties to build massive data centers nationwide.Add to My ListSave(Top Left) Ida Huddleston, 82 (L), and her daughter Delsia Bare, 54, sit in the yard of their family farm in Maysville, Ky., on April 10, 2026. (Top and Bottom Right) The…

A medical staff member walks inside Lenox Health Greenwich Village Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, on Nov. 2, 2020. Chung I Ho/The Epoch TimesCongress passed the No Surprises Act in 2020 to protect patients from receiving unexpectedly high medical bills.Yet patients may still get hospital charges that seem unreasonably…

President Donald Trump announced Thursday, April 23, a three-week extension of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. After a second round of talks at the White House involving the president, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel…

For over 50 years, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has positioned itself as one of the United States’ top opponents of extremism, particularly white supremacy. But after a federal grand jury returned a bombshell indictment alleging the group used millions in charitable contributions to fund violent extremist groups like…

This is starting to get really weird. For months, people have been talking about the growing list of U.S. scientists who were working on sensitive projects related to our space or nuclear programs that have either suddenly died or mysteriously disappeared. Of course, if someone mysteriously disappears and never comes…

Left-leaning media outlets have sunk their teeth into a new narrative, suggesting that the Democratic Party has a real midterm shot at taking back the Senate in November. Much of the chatter came after the Cook Political Report shifted four Senate races toward Democrats. Until recently, the chances of the…

Airlines have started raising costs and cutting routes as the fuel crisis, spurred by the Iran war, has increased costs.  The risk of last-minute cancellations and disruptions before the summer holiday season is also rising.The jet fuel squeeze is being driven by disruption in one of the world’s most critical…

From vaporizing schools abroad to shielding elite predators at home, the state relies entirely on violence. True prosperity begins the moment we stop funding our own destruction. The concept of the “social contract” is perhaps the most successfully marketed lie in modern history, a phantom agreement you never signed that…

Trump’s ignorance, and the MAGA insistence the president is a geopolitical grandmaster, pose a significant danger. The former Speaker of the House and Trump toady, Newt Gingrich, went on Fox Business on April 20 to do what he always does—diss the other side of the uniparty. Host Larry Kudlow, the “bar…

Pick up any newspaper covering demographics, and you will find the same story told with increasing urgency. Birth rates are at historic lows across Europe, East Asia, and North America. Italy and South Korea are offering cash payments to couples willing to have children. Elon Musk posts about population collapse…

In December 2025, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toured a shipyard and inspected the completed hull of a supposed 8,700-ton nuclear-powered “strategic guided-missile submarine.” North Korea’s state-controlled media hailed this sub as a breakthrough in Pyongyang’s naval nuclear ambitions. Just weeks earlier, President Trump announced that the United States…

A Hydra is defined as any persistent evil with many sources and causes. The Greeks personified that idea in the form of a mythical monster: a serpent with nine heads, which, when any one of the heads was chopped off, would regrow two in its place. Human history has been…

Tyler Oliveira, who risked life and limb to film a poop-throwing festival in India, has now come home to America and is filming Indians—with questionable work visas—in Texas. The above image is AI; the video is real. Obviously, from one point of view—American—the point is that part of America, the city of Frisco…

By Richard D. Land, Christian Post Executive Editor Friday, April 24, 2026U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. | Getty Images/Andrew HarnikOn April 15, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who has served on the court since 1991, delivered a memorable address at the University of Texas at Austin.  I…

A recurring theme of public policy — one leftists often ignore — is how people respond to incentives. If the federal government runs programs that give individuals carte blanche to steal, then some unscrupulous actors will exploit those weaknesses to do so. But those incentives go beyond individuals and also…

Back in 2020, National “Public” Radio promoted a nasty little book called In Defense of Looting. NPR summarized the “Marxist-informed” author Vicki Osterweil in the wake of the “racial justice” rioting in cities: “She argues that looting is a powerful tool to bring about real, lasting change in society.” It’s interesting…

Simona Foltyn, a Middle East-based “special correspondent” for the PBS News Hour, conducted a shamefully soft interview of a senior official of the Iran-backed anti-Israel terrorist group Hezbollah for Tuesday, after previously fawning over the terrorist group while interviewing figures less directly related to Hezbollah.   Foltyn worked for the…

By Paul Murray, Op-ed Contributor Friday, April 24, 2026Armenians gathered at Saint Anna church in the center of Yerevan, Armenia, to celebrate Artsakh Republic Day on September 1, 2024. | ANTHONY PIZZOFERRATO/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty ImagesToday, Armenians around the world will gather in churches and public squares to remember…

In August 1889, a federal marshal named David Neagle walked into a railroad restaurant in Lathrop, California, and shot a man named David Terry to death. Neagle was guarding Supreme Court Justice Stephen Field. Terry had threatened to kill Field, and on that morning had just assaulted him. California arrested…

By Chuck Bentley, CP Guest Contributor Friday, April 24, 2026Dear Chuck,I’m in my 40s and have put off saving for retirement. My current job offers an employer-matched 401(k), and I’ve been advised that it’s foolish not to participate. I’m afraid to make automatic deductions in case money gets too tight.…

The Trump administration’s Office of Population Affairs under the Department of Health and Human Services is shifting the focus of its Title X grants. Historically, these grants focused on funding birth control and contributed to an “overreliance on pharmaceutical and surgical treatments.” But now the department “expect[s] applicants to demonstrate…

Tim Goeglein highlights an encouraging trend: young Americans are returning to church. Recent findings from Gallup polling data and Barna Group research provide further confirmation the trend is real. After years of decline, Millennials and Gen Zers are showing renewed openness to faith. In a culture marked by digital isolation,…

President Donald Trump’s declaration that, for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, “the party is over” was treated like a barbarian shout in the salon. Yet his statement has the impolite virtue of being true. For 75 years, Europe has hosted the most expensive open bar in history, all of it…

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the frontrunner in the 2026 governor’s race, has both personal and institutional ties to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The far-left organization announced in a video statement Tuesday that it is the subject of a U.S. Department of Justice criminal investigation that centers…

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency. This thread will refresh daily and appear above the…

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,…

John Phelan at a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing in Washington on Feb. 27, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said on April 23 that Secretary of the Navy John Phelan stepped down after “conflicts” with other Pentagon officials over shipbuilding and ship procurement.Trump did not name the officials Phelan…

Two female teenagers have been charged in connection to what authorities say was a plot to commit a terrorist attack against a Jewish synagogue and day school in Houston.A multistate investigation involving the FBI in North Carolina and Texas resulted in the state’s oldest congregation going on lockdown Wednesday. Within…

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked California from enforcing a 2025 law that would have required federal immigration agents to wear badges or other identification during operations, handing the Trump administration a significant legal win in its ongoing clash with the nation’s most populous…

Pope Leo XIV stood before university students in Yaoundé, Cameroon, last Friday and delivered a message that cuts against the grain of nearly every Western progressive institution: stay in your country, fight corruption at home, and build something worth staying for.The remarks, made at the Catholic University of Central Africa…

Two 27-year-old doctoral students at the University of South Florida, both from Bangladesh, both last seen on the morning of April 16 in the Tampa area, have now been missing for nearly a week, and their families are growing desperate. Police say they have no evidence of foul play. The…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez publicly praised House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a move that caught even her own supporters off guard, a rare gesture of unity from a progressive flank that has spent years needling its own party leadership. The praise arrived alongside Jeffries’ headline-grabbing vow to wage “maximum warfare,…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani rushed to defend a fellow democratic socialist on Tuesday after City Council Member Chi Ossé was arrested while physically blocking authorities from carrying out an eviction in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Videos posted to social media showed an NYPD officer grabbing Ossé, throwing him to the…

Vice President JD Vance holds a commanding 42 percent among potential Republican 2028 presidential primary voters, while former Vice President Kamala Harris leads a fractured Democratic field by just a single point over California Governor Gavin Newsom, a new Echelon Insights poll released Tuesday found.The contrast between the two fields…