$29,077,848,741. That eye-popping figure is the total consumer energy burden on Americans accrued since the start of Operation Epic Fury, according to an estimate from Brown University’s energy cost tracker, as of Thursday early afternoon.$29.1 billion — and counting. As I am writing this, that number has changed. It’s now…
Roblox was the only gaming platform classified as high-risk by the Indonesian government, and its access restrictions for children differ from those of other social media platforms.JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Roblox, a gaming platform popular with kids, announced Thursday that children under 16 in Indonesia will be required to undergo facial scans…
ER Editor: He said WHAT?! And used the word ‘Holocaust’. Tamir Pardo’s comments are biting. ******** Ex-Mossad Chief Stuns By Saying Settler Violence An ‘Existential Threat’ To State Of Israel TYLER DURDEN Via Middle East Eye A former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has said that settler violence against Palestinians in the…
Her tough stand against military rule in Myanmar turned her into a symbol of nonviolent struggle for democracy, and won her the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize.BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-backed government shortened the prison sentence of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, a move that came as part of a prisoner pardon tied…
Nick Vujicic was born without arms or legs in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Doctors could offer his parents no explanation and no prognosis. They did not know whether he would ever marry or become a father, or what his life might ultimately hold. Today, Vujicic is a husband, a father…
Former FBI Director James Comey released a video statement on Substack Tuesday defending himself after a federal grand jury indicted him for a second time over an Instagram post prosecutors say threatened President Donald Trump. In the video, Comey opened by saying, “Well, they’re back – this time about a…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech In September, the remains of 14-year-old California native Celeste Hernandez were discovered inside the front trunk of an impounded Tesla — a grisly finding that attracted national headlines when the vehicle was found…
ER Editor: The Jewish area of London, Golders Green, is back in the news for an apparent stabbing. We had posted this at the end of March — London: Arson attack on Jewish ambulances investigated by counter-terror police Revealed: Man filmed in Al Jazeera ‘intimidation’ mob is Met police officer…
ER Editor: The newly-implemented EU entry-exit system, requiring biometric ID for international travellers (facial recognition and fingerprint scans created on the spot), sounds like a failure on just about every level. As The Guardian article indicates below, Greece is refusing to implement this new system, presumably eager to protect its…
A Romanian convicted of running an international swatting ring targeting dozens of U.S. lawmakers and government officials will spend four years in federal prison. Thomasz Szabo, 27, received a 48-month sentence Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Szabo issued a guilty…
By Michael Gryboski, Editor Thursday, April 30, 2026United Methodist Church pastor and author Adam Hamilton, senior pastor of the Church of the Resurrection of Leawood, Kansas, giving remarks at his church’s Leadership Institute event on Sept. 28, 2023. | Screengrab: Vimeo/ShareChurchKansas megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton has announced he will run…
ER Editor: Some tweets — Announcement (Translation): 888 Vigil for Germany in Dresden On Saturday, April 25, 2026, a public vigil will take place at 2 p.m. in front of the Frauenkirche in Dresden. This will be followed by a mourning march through the city. The event serves as a…
A government commission investigating the December attack on Jews celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach recommended additional gun control measures Thursday. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced plans on Dec. 19 for a mass confiscation of firearms from law-abiding gun owners in response to the mass shooting at Bondi Beach that…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday has ramped up his probe of suspected H-1B visa abuse in Texas, issuing a string of investigative demands to nearly 30 businesses in North Texas.“I will not allow the H-1B program to be abused by bad actors seeking to use it as a…
The bill reauthorizing agriculture and food programs for the next five years for the next five years passed 224-200.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Thursday introduced a constitutional amendment to end birthright citizenship, ahead of an expected Supreme Court ruling on President Donald Trump’s executive order to that effect.”I am introducing a Constitutional Amendment to end Birthright Citizenship. Under current interpretations of American law, anyone born on American soil…
President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Republicans to eliminate the Senate filibuster and pass legislation without Democratic support, insisting that the Democrats planned to do so.”How much abuse can the Republican Senate take from the Radical Left Lunatics in the form of Democrat Senators, before they BLOW UP (TERMINATE!) THE…
Environmentalists say the government ignored its own findings that a toxic fertilizer was unsafe for road construction.(CN) — Environmentalists are asking the 11th Circuit to order a company to tear up a “radioactive road” in Florida they say poses a cancer risk to the public.An attorney for the Center for…
Do you ever wonder why so many Blue states refuse to hand over their voter rolls to the federal government? After all, there is a federal law that requires certain measures to ensure ballot integrity, passed in the wake of the 2000 Florida debacle. It requires, among other things, that states…
“Wells Hall was closed for three days before MSU announced that information publicly.” The post Michigan State U. Building Shut Down After Discovery of Meth Lab first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
A jihadist network is expanding across West Africa’s Sahel region, where the U.S. lost its last regional counterterrorism base in 2024. JNIM, an al-Qaeda affiliate, has combined insurgency with shadow governance, a model analysts compare to HTS in Syria. Photo courtesy of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. A…
FCC Chair Brendan Carr holds a news conference at 12:30 p.m. ET on April 30, following the April 2026 Open Commission meeting in Washington. …
Since the outbreak of the Gaza war in October 2023, the Israeli government has barred foreign journalists from independently entering the blockaded territory.JERUSALEM (AFP) — Senior leaders from more than two dozen global news organizations signed an open letter published on Thursday calling for Israel to allow international media to…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It traditionally takes years of training and apprenticeship before shipbuilders truly master the art of handcrafting wooden vessels. However, that doesn’t mean all that time is necessary. Kentucky-based YouTuber Nick Kroehnke, aka Cumberland Rover,…
A 68-year-old man widely known and loved as “Polk County Santa,” who has portrayed Santa Claus at major Florida Christmas parades, events, and photo shoots for nearly a decade, was arrested for allegedly trying to pay $200 to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. Thomas Allen Hicks of Lakeland was…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Earlier today, we reported on an incredibly irritating move by the social giant Reddit. Though the company has a perfectly functional mobile website that lets you browse its communities and discussions on your…
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Organizers of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla on Thursday said Israel’s army had “kidnapped” 211 activists including a Paris city councilor in a raid in international waters off Greece.Helene Coron, a spokeswoman for the Global Sumud France, told an online news conference that the operation had taken…
IN MASSIVE BLOW TO DEMOCRATS, SUPREMES RULE AGAINST RACIAL PREJUDICE IN REDISTRICTING … Supreme Court Strikes Down Institutionalized Racism The United States Supreme Court has knocked another peg out of the legalized racism instituted by progressive election law, ordering Louisiana to redraw its congressional map in a landmark voting rights…
In a unanimous ruling (First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport), the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the right of New Jersey pregnancy centers to bring a federal lawsuit when state actions infringed upon their right to free association. “The former New Jersey attorney general targeted First Choice…
On Lawrence O’Donnell’s The Last Word on Tuesday night after King Charles’s address to Congress, the MS NOW host ended his monologue with a comparison of the current Trump presidency to the American Revolution from the English and the “insane” King George III. O’Donnell also took the moment to praise the current king for his “humiliation” of…
Woke CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer has said that in the seconds after a gunman opened fire near him at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, his first thought was, “Is he trying to shoot me?” Blitzer, who was only a few feet from the attacker by a security checkpoint outside the…
Wowsahs. This is big news out of Maine on a number of fronts.Governor Janet Mills, one of the wokest, most vile AWFLs in office, who was going to turn her term-limited governorship into a United States Senate seat, has dropped out of the Democratic primary race. Advertisement She’s run out…
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Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 22, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe Trump administration has appealed a March order blocking key vaccine policy changes implemented or backed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Government lawyers on April 29 appealed to the U.S. Court…
(CN) — A high-speed highway arrest in Belgium that ended in a fatal police shooting more than a decade ago was back in the spotlight Thursday, as Europe’s human rights court signed off on the officers’ split-second decision to open fire.Hakim Benladghem, suspected of armed robbery and links to terrorist…
The U.S. Department of Justice holds the 33rd federal interagency Holocaust Remembrance Program at 11 a.m. ET on April 30. …
A man at a gas station in Elkridge, Md., on Nov. 12, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure surged in March as U.S. consumers continue to face price pressures amid the war in Iran.March’s annual personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index inflation advanced to 3.5 percent,…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech It takes an average of 12.5 minutes for light to cover the distance between the Earth and Mars. Using currently available propulsion methods — and at a time when both planets’ orbits align…
The Department of Education on Thursday announced several new rules to limit graduate student borrowing in a bid to make higher degrees “more affordable.” The department said it is eliminating the Grad PLUS loan program, which offers limitless loans for graduate programs, saying this measure will “help curb tuition growth,”…
That means the final race will likely come down to problematic Democrat Graham Platner and incumbent Republican Susan Collins. The post Maine Gov. Janet Mills Drops Out of Senate Democratic Primary first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
Reportedly, Senate Majority Leader John Thune will block a permanent ban on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) in any and all legislation the House sends over. He also won’t push the SAVE America Act. John Thune, Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski, and a few others are in the Senate to stop…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Democrat New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill and Attorney General Jennifer Davenport over a law the DOJ says restricts federal law enforcement. The DOJ contends that the law, “Law Enforcement Officer Protection Act,” is unconstitutional because it bans law enforcement officers…
The horsemen of the neocon apocalypse are reportedly whispering in President Trump’s ear, urging him to reignite the kinetic war against the Iranian regime after repeated failures to negotiate a deal. Locked in a standoff with Iran, President Trump has been “consulting” with hardcore neocon hawks Gen. (Ret.) Jack Keane,…
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, April 30, 2026Signage during Lionsgate’s “Michael” Los Angeles premiere at Dolby Theatre on April 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. | Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Lionsgate“Michael,” the new biopic about legendary singer Michael Jackson, explores the King of Pop’s childhood and rise to…
A British diving team located the wreck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, which was sunk by a German submarine in 1918 with 131 aboard, officials said. The British diving team Gasperados discovered the wreck about 50 miles from Newquay, a town on the north coast of Cornwall in…
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump say goodbye to King Charles and Queen Camilla at the White House at 10:50 a.m. ET on April 30 before they head to Virginia for their final stop in the United States. …
Democratic Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow wiped thousands of posts Wednesday after her social media history of trashing “Middle America” gained national attention. McMorrow and former Wayne County health director Abdul El-Sayed were virtually tied in an Emerson College poll taken in early April before CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski noted…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. I slide behind the wheel of an all-electric Cadillac Lyriq and fasten my seat belt. Blue skies and fluffy clouds surround me. Ironically, I can see a sign for a BP gas station nearby,…
The beautiful venue of the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC was matched by the beautiful spirit of hundreds of prolife activists and supporters last night as Susan B. Anthony Prolife America (SBA), under the leadership of Marjorie Dannenfelser, held its annual Gala. The midterm elections, and the larger-than-ever…
There is a particular kind of political folly that manages to be simultaneously expensive, unnecessary and self-inflicted. The U.K. government’s proposed dynamic alignment with European Union (EU) Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) regulations is a masterclass in all three. I have spent the better part of three decades watching governments make avoidable…