NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 30. The observatory is designed to study exoplanets, dark matter, and dark energy with a wide-field view of the universe.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Photo: Sandro Halank / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Truth Social, Gettr, X, Youtube, Instagram German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will blame Russia for the August drone incident at Leipzig Airport and use it as justification for a…
The New Civil Liberties Alliance recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of two families in Nebraska who claim the state abridges their free-speech rights in the K–12 education system. The issue is that Nebraska limits government funding only to children enrolled in public schools where students are fed messaging that…
—– Writes Tyler Durden: A Russian drone struck a Ukrainian Defense Forces ammunition storage site in the village of Myla Friday evening, just west of Kiev. The resulting fire and hours of secondary detonations killed at least 37 people, injured dozens more, damaged around 50 residential buildings and a care home for the…
—– Writes Prof Michel Chossudovsky: October 7, 2026 marks the commemoration 25 years ago of the US-NATO bombing and invasion of Afghanistan on the grounds that Afghanistan had attacked America on September 11, 2001. This was the second US-led war waged against Afghanistan. The first entitled the Soviet Afghan War was…
Country music megastar Jelly Roll had a message for fans who are angry after he took shots at President Donald Trump while guest-hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live!: stop listening to his music. Jelly Roll’s comments against Trump were made during the opening monologue of the program. The joke centered around the president…
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed got into verbal fisticuffs with popular Fox News host Jesse Watters during his primetime program over the topic of immigration enforcement, the war effort in Iran, and several hot-button cultural issues. It all started when Watters pressed El-Sayed on his support for abolishing Immigration…
In April 2026, Carnival Cruise Line was forced to hand out a whopping 24 lifetime bans, including one for a 9-year-old passenger, who went on a rampage in an arcade and started a fight with another child. The others were handed their ban after a huge brawl took place at…
CNN’s lone voice of reason, conservative pundit Scott Jennings, not only won an argument against an entire panel of raging left-wing cohosts, but got Abby Phillip to admit on live television that he was right, as the entire group of individuals attempted to pretend that former President Joe Biden’s inflation…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tore into Senator Elizabeth Warren after the Massachusetts Democrat warned that American taxpayers could be left holding the bag if Japan failed to “repay” the Treasury following its intervention in the Japanese yen. Bessent responded that Treasury never loaned Japan any money and that no debt…
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faced a furious public confrontation when citizen journalist William Gude interrupted her homelessness event and accused her of wasting hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars while basic city services deteriorated. Gude repeatedly demanded answers about Bass’ signature Inside Safe program as people around the mayor…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s State Department revoked the visa of a former Iraqi finance minister after she was placed on the FBI’s Terror Watchlist, completing a remarkable reversal from the honors she received under former President Joe Biden. Taif Sami Mohammed Al Shakarchi received the State Department’s International Women…
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth fired back at NBC News after the network claimed that he was privately considering a campaign for president in 2028. Hegseth flatly rejected the report and accused NBC of relying on anonymous sources despite receiving a denial before publication. “100% false,” he wrote. He added…
Outspoken anti-Trump actor Alan Ritchson, most well-known for his hit Amazon Prime series Reacher, is learning the hard way that alienating half your viewing audience by slamming them for holding to a different worldview than your own is bad for business. Ritchson’s latest big screen entry, Motor City, completely bombed at the box…
Federal agents arrested a Honduran national in California after allegedly discovering that he had falsely claimed to be an American citizen while registering to vote. Darwin Jonathan Rivera Flores, a 30-year-old lawful permanent resident living in Winnetka, now faces two federal felony charges. Officials stressed that Rivera allegedly registered but…
Heartlanders had a laugh this week at the woefully uneducated city folks who have no idea where their food comes from. It was evident in several different social media threads and café chit-chat, which crossed the line of Midwest Nice into mocking territory. New data – if you can call…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech With over 100,000 automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) sprouting out of the ground over the past few years, you might be tempted to ask: “with what money?” Drug money, as it turns out,…
News Analysis The U.S.–Canada trade talks broke down on Aug. 21. Although both sides hold completely different views, they agreed on two common dealbreakers: bilateral coordination on Canada’s future trade deals with third countries and how deep tariff-rate cuts should go across sectors like autos, steel, and aluminum.A third, exempting U.S.…
Hernan Geovani Ojeda Elenes, 48, of Culiacan, Mexico, pleaded guilty Aug. 27 to two federal drug conspiracy charges and admitted responsibility for producing and distributing at least five metric tons (about 11,000 pounds) of fentanyl.Ojeda Elenes bought large quantities of fentanyl precursor chemicals from companies in China, arranged for them…
The media is blasting MAGAs for canceling Jelly Roll after he spent days hosting Jimmy Kimmel, getting laughs by calling President Trump fat. He said he was too fat to see his penis. He is pro-open borders now. On the last day, after people fled, he cried because the MAGAS…
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The Trump administration announced, delayed, and then enacted 50 percent tariffs in August against an estimated $20 billion worth of goods coming from Canada, citing Section 338 as its authority for doing so.The White House said on its website that “Canada has been ripping off the United States for decades—and…
LADERA RANCH, Calif.—In 2019, Kara Bell began firing off a series of emails to her homeowners association, hoping to find out what kind of herbicides gardeners were using on the many sports fields, pocket parks, and schools that pepper the hillside community of Ladera Ranch, a private enclave in the…
New Jersey Rep. LaMonica McIver will likely face a trial on charges that she assaulted an ICE agent during a scuffle outside of Delaney Hall after a federal appeals court rejected the Newark Democrat’s bid to dismiss the charges.In a 2-1 ruling, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals said McIver…
X said it has uncovered a Chinese bot farm of approximately 200,000 inauthentic accounts involved in influence operations.The platform’s Safety team said in an Aug. 27 statement that about 200 accounts within the newly identified network had posted material aimed at influencing U.S. debate over artificial intelligence and energy policy.…
It’s the end of August, so National “Public” Radio felt the need to drag out the old Democrat spin: “Whatever happened to Obama’s tan suit?” On Friday’s All Things Considered, they had to spend eight minutes considering that Obama-hating Republicans created a phony scandal over a fashion faux pas. That…
Jonathan Capehart can’t kick his obsession with President Trump’s “mental acuity.” Last week, we caught The Weekend co-host devoting a segment to this subject. This from the guy who left on the cutting room floor the most newsworthy moment from his 2022 interview of Biden, when he zoned out, and…
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,…
By Michael Guillén, Op-ed contributor Sunday, August 30, 2026 | Joel Saget/AFP via Getty ImagesThe latest studies of AI and American Christians reveal a seeming contradiction. While 66% of Christians say AI improves their daily lives, a whopping 57% of them see AI as primarily a threat.Christians appreciate AI’s practical…
By Joseph Mattera, Op-ed Contributor Sunday, August 30, 2026iStock/artplusAt its core, Christianity is an invitation to enter an entirely different Kingdom — one whose values, priorities, and operating system are often diametrically opposed to the spirit of this world.The Kingdom of God is an inverted Kingdom.This is one reason Christianity…
By Dennis Lennox, CP Contributor Sunday, August 30, 2026Trinity Cathedral (Episcopal) in San Jose, California, was built in the 1860s. | Dennis LennoxSan Jose, California’s third-largest city, has a larger population than San Francisco yet remains relatively overlooked.It is also closer to the companies that define Silicon Valley. Think of…
A retiring Democratic congressman from Maine broke with his party to support President Trump’s escalating tariff campaign against Canada, warning that Ottawa’s refusal to accept American goods will backfire in the long run.Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat representing Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, told The Hill in an interview published Thursday…
Country music star Jelly Roll doubled down on jokes mocking President Trump during a guest-hosting spot on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, then told angry fans threatening to drop his music to “go right ahead.”The confrontation between the self-described “country music megastar” and a chunk of his own audience played out over…
Two women required emergency brain surgery after riding the X2 roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in July, the latest in a pattern of serious injuries and deaths linked to the ride over more than two decades.Pamela Guillen, a 40-year-old Hawaii resident, and Naomi Greer-Wilkinson, a 25-year-old from Los…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration awarded a massive new contract to an online grocery company that has stiffed dozens of independent New York City supermarkets on payments, and the city claims it had no idea.The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene recently gave Mercato, a San Diego-based online grocery platform,…
A federal appeals court ruled 2-1 that Rep. LaMonica McIver cannot use congressional immunity to escape criminal charges for allegedly assaulting federal officers outside a Newark ICE detention facility, a decision that could send the New Jersey Democrat to trial facing up to 17 years in prison.The Third Circuit Court…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blocked four Army officers from promotion to brigadier general, the latest in a growing pattern of personnel moves that have left the service without a Senate-confirmed chief of staff for months.A U.S. official told The Hill on Friday that some of the blocked officers have links…
A 50-year-old man now faces two counts of murder after prosecutors say he was street racing at 117 mph in Victorville, California, when he slammed into a car carrying two teenage best friends, then fled and left his own 8-year-old child behind.The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office charged Terry…
Country star Jelly Roll doubled down on jokes he made about President Trump during a guest-hosting stint on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, telling fans who threatened to stop listening to his music to “go right ahead.”The musician spent part of his opening monologue mocking Trump’s appearance at the Freedom 250 Grand…
The Trump administration filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to decide whether its ban on transgender military service members passes constitutional muster, setting up a major clash over who controls military personnel standards.Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed the petition on Friday, seeking to overturn a divided D.C. Circuit…
Kylie Jenner says she doesn’t “feel the need to say anything ever” about persistent pregnancy rumors, the latest example of a celebrity culture where speculation runs far ahead of facts.The makeup mogul addressed the swirling gossip during the Wednesday, August 26, episode of the “Better Half” podcast, telling listeners she…
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Sunday, August 30, 2026U.S. federal agents working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detain illegal immigrants and asylum seekers reporting for immigration court proceedings at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building’s U.S. Immigration Court in New York, New York, on July 24, 2025. |…
Officials struggled for years to curb high-speed crashes along a residential corridor cutting through Albuquerque, New Mexico, but simply punishing the lead-footed drivers didn’t seem to work.What ultimately did was rewarding the law-abiding ones with fewer red lights.The solution, which the city credits for a dramatic drop in crashes and…
Matt Errico was sitting on the toilet when he heard noises in his Colorado home.The roofer got up and found two young bears about the size of golden retrievers standing in his hallway. After a staring match, they bolted out of the front door.Errico has had bears get into his…
Mukti Patel has huddled with family and friends at her parents’ Richmond, Virginia, home since her dad, sister and two other relatives went missing in the catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.She knows the hotel they were staying in was swept away. But as she shared memories of them…
A South Carolina police vehicle in a file photo. Mic Smith/AP PhotoA South Carolina police officer died and a second was injured in a “gunfight” Saturday in a park, following a call about a domestic dispute, Columbia police Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook said.The suspect, a 33-year-old man with a lengthy…
Russia’s campaign of sabotage, cyberattacks, political interference and other covert operations across Europe is increasing frequency and severity, according to a new Congressional Research Service report.The assessment comes as German authorities investigate an explosives-laden drone discovered near a Ukrainian cargo aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport. A U.S. intelligence official told ABC…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is defending Washington’s recent intervention to support Japan’s yen, warning that a disorderly decline in the currency could have consequences far beyond Japan.In a letter responding to Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Bessent said sharp moves in the yen could trigger “forced unwinds” of financial positions, potentially…
After cattle country stresses over President Donald Trump’s plan to flood the market with cheaper foreign ground-beef trimmings, the 47th president posted that four giant processors have made life “miserable” for American ranchers and that he is authorizing farmers to process their own food if desired or necessary. “Trump wants to…