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Chinese President Xi Jinping declined to travel to Rio for the latest BRICS Summit on the reported pretext of scheduling conflicts and having already met with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Ignacia Lula da Silva twice this year.The South China Morning Post speculated that the real reason was that Xi didn’t want to be “perceived as a supporting actor” there given the state dinner that Lula will hold for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, however, who’ll be the first Indian premier to visit Brazil in nearly six decades.Despite the border de-escalation deal that Xi and Modi agreed to during the last...

On Tuesday a more than two-hour phone conversation between French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Iran and Ukraine figuring prominently in their conversation... The case of two French nationals held by Iran now accused of bring spies for Israel drawing the threat of French sanctions on Iran... The UK is providing France with 500 million pounds (682.6 million US dollars) a year to control migration across the English Channel. This week a sign that French authorities are taking a more aggressive stance to help with the migration problem. With the BBC present... On Saturday afternoon in Paris...

Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary and is poised to become the next mayor of the Big Apple. He’s young, personable, has amazing charisma, and is being touted by some as the new face of the party. Others are suggesting that Mamdani, with all his attributes, is offering a path forward for Democrats to win in both the midterms and in 2028. These people are just as stupid as Mamdani himself. Mamdani is an avowed socialist who advocates for socialist policies, which are always going to resonate with people who are idiotic, jealous of other people’s wealth, or too lazy...

Oh, and he is much better than they are at talking!... Congress passed the cornerstone legislation of Trump’s second presidency, eclipsing my desire to look at past Fourth of July jubilations. The Big Beautiful Bill was worthy of our Founding Fathers, who would be appalled by the size and breadth of the government. DC controls just about every facet of a citizen’s life while siting on a mountain of IOUs no one ever will collect. The bill, which will become law when President Trump signs it tonight at 5 PM Eastern (Lord willing), trims spending for the first time in...

A Ukrainian drone attack on an urban district of Moscow...one man wounded... United Parcel Service offering buyouts to its full-time drivers... In a late night vote the Dutch House...approving tighter immigration laws... 200 US Marines deploying to Florida to support US Immigration and Customs Enforcement... Explosions throughout Kiev early Friday morning during a major Russian attack... The US Supreme Court voiding a federal district judge's injunction against deportation flights... China critical of the new US-Vietnam trade deal saying it hurts China... Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, testifying to a special police... Russia formally recognizing Taliban rule...

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark and her WNBA contemporaries just took a step closer to an offseason strike following a weak first collective bargaining agreement proposal from the league. There have been rumblings for months that the WNBA and its players could be headed to a work stoppage after this season. How much players make has always been a hot-button topic around the league. And throughout its existence, its athletes did not have much leverage in CBA talks with the WNBA often taking losses. However, Caitlin Clark and the class of 2024 rookies helped expand the league’s popularity. And led...

Moments after the Supreme Court issued its majority opinion in Trump v CASA, leftwing Redditors were apoplectic. One of my favorites: Amy Coney Barrett is another racist Supreme Court justice giving Trump the power to be a fascist. It never ceases to entertain me that the same movement that has for decades delighted itself in persistently demeaning Clarence Thomas solely along racial lines, thinks it has the moral credibility to accuse anyone of being a racist. A safe rule to live by is when the log in your own eye permits you to castigate a black man as "Uncle Tom"...

Just when you think CNN’s Jake Tapper can’t become an even bigger media hack than he already is, he finds a way to prove you wrong. The latest incident of the network host’s shoddy conduct as a so-called “journalist” came on Friday during his interview with New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Among the topics covered during the exchange was the Big Apple’s upcoming mayoral contest, which will pit Adams against the newly nominated Democrat candidate, radical socialist Zohran Mamdani. When the conversation shifted to the race against Mamdani, Tapper — whose network a jury found is actually fake news...

As Twitchy readers know, suspected Idaho gunman Wes Roley allegedly set a fire, contacted first responders, and proceeded to shoot three firefighters, two of whom sadly passed away. And of course, the usual suspects on the Left found a photo of Roley's stepfather, who happens to be a Trump supporter, and proceeded to blame MAGA and, of course, Trump himself. We would think that by now, our pals on the Left would have learned to observe the 24-hour rule, but they're so determined to make every terrible thing MAGA's fault that they can't help themselves. That, or they're all just...

Police arrested 39 people in connection with the Chicago Pride Parade and its aftermath between Sunday evening and early Monday, including five individuals who were illegally carrying firearms, according to the Chicago Police Department. One man charged with weapon possession was allegedly carrying two guns. Of the 39 arrested, 13 individuals, including two juveniles, were charged with felonies, while 21 face misdemeanor charges, and one person received citations, a police spokesperson said. Charges were still pending against four people as of midday Monday.

Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson acknowledged on a Monday podcast that she was wrong when she predicted President Donald Trump would destroy her party’s progress with youth and minority voters. Screenshot/YouTube/The Chuck ToddCast Trump made significant inroads in the 2024 election with Latinos, blacks, Asians and youth voters, according to data Pew Research Center published on Thursday. During a discussion on “The Chuck ToddCast” about the new data, Anderson said it was shocking to her how significantly Trump disproved her expectations. WATCH: VIDEO AT LINK................. “The thing that has been the most surprising is someone like me, eight years ago,...

The Democrats’ internal party divisions appear to be deepening after radical gun control activist David Hogg was voted out of his leadership role at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) last month. However, many younger Democrats are now calling Hogg’s departure a step in the right direction for a party in search of identity. As Slay News reported, the DNC voted to remove Hogg as vice chair in May and called for new elections. The move came after Hogg reportedly planned to spend millions backing progressive primary challengers against what he viewed as “ineffective” incumbents in Congress. The decision has stirred...

A Muslim cleric walks into a food store in Houston owned by another Muslim and threatens the proprietor with harassment and protest demonstrations in front of his store if he does not stop selling pork, alcohol and lottery tickets within 30 days.

France's Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu revealing that France shot down about 10 Iranian drones during the recent conflict between Israel and Iran. Lecornu telling the parliamentary debate on the war... "real impact" President Emmanuel Macron describing the US attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities last weekend as successful backing the views of President Donald Trump and the Pentagon... "We're going to burn your Palestine" Those words from two people who confronted the Leftist European Parliament member Rima Hassan outside a Paris real estate office... In Paris this afternoon the "Historic Yellow Vests"... Will there be a sudden dissolution of the National...

"They have to proclaim Israel...their faith and loyalty in Israel...Wait a minute what about our own country..."...Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene... In Israel late tonight Jewish settlers on a rampage in a Palestinian... Russian air defenses taking down... The US Senate turning down a resolution to prevent future military action... In the US Senate this weekend a vote on the massive federal spending plan... At the White House a peace agreement signed ending the conflict...mineral rich eastern region of Congo... US President Donald Trump expressing hope... In Budapest, Hungary preparations for the Pride March tomorrow in spite of a ban... President...

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There’s a war brewing on the right, and this one isn’t in the desert; it’s on the airwaves and social media. On one side is Steve Bannon, a populist voice leading the America First base. On the other side is Mark Levin, beating the war drums like a man possessed, lashing out at anyone who dares suggest we stay out of another endless Middle East bloodfest. Watch: MANY VIDEO CLIPS AT LINK.................... Levin’s been beating the war drum since the moment this conflict hit the radar. Mark Levin: TIME IS NOT ON OUR SIDE Iran yet again dragging its feet,...

The Supreme Court left unresolved whether states can give primacy to biological sex over gender identity, a question that has divided lower courts nationwide, in its blockbuster decision upholding Tennessee's ban on medicalized gender transitions for youth, though individual justices in the majority promoted their own conclusions in concurrences. The most powerful nine jurists in America will consider whether to fill in the gaps from U.S. v. Skrmetti this week when, for the third time, they review petitions by West Virginia and Idaho to overrule courts that struck down their "fairness in women's sports" laws that prevent males from participating...

Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec BREAKING: Israel's Mossad wanted to keep going this morning @CIADirector went to the phones and said to stop Exclusive: BREAKING: RATCLIFFE TALKS TO MOSSAD From Real America's Voice (RAV) 1:21 PM · Jun 24, 2025

Experts say it will take years for Tehran to replenish its missile supplies, but it can still terrorize Israel and others with cluster warheads and short-range rockets =============================================================== With the Iran-Israel conflict possibly brought to a halt by a US-brokered ceasefire on Tuesday, questions remain over the true condition of Iran’s missile arsenal after nearly two weeks of punishing exchanges. Iran’s missile salvos proved the destructive power of its long-range missiles, turning buildings into rubble and killing dozens, even as Israel has claimed to take out much of its stockpile and the means to launch. The ceasefire, confirmed by both...