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Ahmed Moor, a Palestinian American writer who was born in Gaza and worked in international development, on Monday became the first candidate for U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s seat in 2028 — launching an early and progressive campaign set to reflect the polar opposite of Fetterman’s view of Israel and the war in Gaza.⁠

French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron filed a personal federal defamation lawsuit against podcaster Candace Owens in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.The fresh filing comes on the heels of an October 27 ruling by a Delaware superior court judge, who dismissed personal claims against Owens in an earlier July 2025 lawsuit due to a lack of personal jurisdiction, ruling that the court only had authority over her registered business entities.The sprawling 409-page complaint accuses Owens of repeatedly publishing defamatory claims regarding Brigitte Macron's identity and the couple's marital history, noting that she...

Saudi Arabia has sentenced a domestic worker from Kenya to 100 lashes after she gave birth outside of marriage. The sentence is a crushing blow to the mother, who has attempted for more than a year to return to Kenya with her child but has been blocked at every turn. The ruling, issued last month, shows the limits of a decade of social and legal reforms in the kingdom, where women can be jailed for 'illegal pregnancy'. The mother of five, Esther Wanja Muthoni, is among thousands of East African domestic workers who were recruited as housekeepers and nannies in...

Some countries have compelled Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly to include warnings or information about NAION, a rare vision-loss condition, on their GLP-1 drug labels. There is no NAION warning on the drugs’ labels in the U.S., though the Food and Drug Administration is investigating a potential link. Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly face lawsuits from patients claiming the medications caused the condition, but both companies are fighting the litigation.

Maybe somebody can explain this to me. What I have seen shows the number of Republican voters remained consistent with past elections going back several cycles. Slight increases and decreases here and there and the same holds true for democratic voters. If Christian voters stayed home in large numbers, as well as young men, there should have been a decrease in the number of Republican voters but the number of voters remained largely consistent. What we see is a sharp increase in democratic voters. 19+ million. Who are they> Where did they come from? Christian voters staying home cannot explain...

Everything is bigger in Texas. And that now includes the epic repudiation of Donald Trump by the American voters in the midterm elections. Yes, Republicans got pummeled in several conservative redoubts, including the loss of Senate seats in Kansas and South Carolina. But the biggest, most expensive and most stunning losses happened in the Lone Star State. After 32 years in the wild1erness, Texas Democrats won eight statewide races in a single day, including the thumping of incumbent governor and Trump ally, Greg Abbott, by Gina Hinojosa. They also won the lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller and three other offices,...

President Trump on Sunday said his deportation policies might have been “too tough” and contributed to the GOP’s historic losses in this year’s elections. CBS News’s Ross Douthat asked the president on “60 Minutes” if his immigration policy lost his party the midterms. “I think it both helped and hurt,” Trump responded. “I think I got an A-plus for closing up the border. I get very high marks for getting the bad ones out, but I get hurt because we also took people that had good jobs that created one violation for breaking of the law, that was what they...

Texas Democrats are wasting no time pushing new gun restrictions following last week’s election sweep, filing legislation that would allow judges to order firearms confiscated without a prior hearing. House Bill 218, filed Monday by Democrat State Rep. Ann Johnson of Houston, would repeal Texas’ prohibition on red flag laws and establish a process for courts to issue extreme risk protective orders. Under the proposal, family members, household members, and law enforcement officers could petition a court to restrict an individual’s firearm rights if they believe the person poses an immediate danger because of alleged mental illness and access to...

Having mused upon it, now a week since the election, I think that there were three things involving President Donald Trump that impacted voting not going his way… First, there is Trump’s behavior. Since being inaugurated for his second term he hasn’t been acting as presidential as he did during his first. He’s been too determined to put his name on as much as he can this time around. Trump 1.0 wasn’t like that. Trump 2.0 is acting more like a pharaoh of old. Perhaps he’s fearful of the mortality that he is facing as much as any of us...

Joey Amor, whose wife, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, was among six American soldiers killed in the March 1 attack, demanded accountability during a CBS News town hall, prompting Vance to acknowledge that he was hearing about the alleged failures for the first time. “I am damn proud of my wife and the five soldiers that stood next to her and died alongside her,” Amor said. “They raised their right hand, and they gave an oath. They understood what they were doing. They understood the sacrifice that they were potentially giving.” Two days after the deadly attack, CBS News cited...

On Monday’s broadcast of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal Primetime,” President Donald Trump said that he hasn’t launched further strikes on Iran because Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait don’t want to, and “I’d like to do it this way, too.” Trump said, “[N]ow it’s a question of, I could do it quickly or not. The reason I’m doing it this way is because, in speaking with Qatar — as you know, the prime minister was in the Oval Office today — in speaking to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, basically the neighbors — who were attacked pretty...

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A massive Bruce Springsteen fan club, with nearly 20,000 members on Facebook alone, has shut down as its members have been caught in constant cycle of bickering over Springsteen’s left-wing politics, especially since his endorsement of Michigan Democrat Senator-Elect Abdul El-Sayed. The Spring-Nuts fan club has announced that it is ending its operations and has told its more than 18,000 Facebook members that they will have to look elsewhere to indulge their support of the “Born in the USA” singer thanks to Springsteen’s constant political activism that has the fans at each other’s throats, according to reports. “As Bruce became...

you have never heard of the guy who does this youtube, but all the sources he shows are legit. If what he says hold true--then in about 30 days the director of Intelligence Ratcliff will release a report with all the details and the whole country will go into uproar on a scale that is larger than what has happened before. It could be nothing. But President Trump has already laid down the gauntlet.

Katie Miller, wife of incoming White House chief of staff Stephen Miller, has severed her professional and financial ties with Elon Musk's SpaceX, selling her shares in the company and giving up unvested stock compensation, according to reports. The move reportedly clears the way for Stephen Miller to participate in White House policy discussions without the conflict-of-interest restrictions that had previously required him to recuse himself from certain matters involving his wife's business interests. A White House official told The Atlantic that Stephen Miller is "no longer subject to any recusals and may fully participate in all meetings and policy...

Whatever happened to the republic we knew growing up and well into our adult years? We had political disagreements, some of them quite heated. But what we’re living through today, thanks to deranged Democrats, is not only unfamiliar, it is catastrophic unless the left comes to its senses. We often see charges from the political right that Democrats, socialists, and progressives want those who refuse to surrender to their agenda dead. Maybe it’s an overstatement. But when we see survey results that clearly show there is an uncontrolled sickness, a pandemic of depravity, we think maybe it’s more truth...

"The Catholic University of Lublin has terminated the employment contract of Dr. Katarzyna Pejda with immediate effect."... "The matter was highlighted on social media by Confederation activist Rafał Mekler. Dr. Pejda, following the discovery of three bodies in the home of the perpetrator of the Krakow shooting, wrote on Facebook: "Three votes less for the Confederation." When two internet users criticized the comment, she replied: "Yes, seriously. The tragedy occurred in Krakow, not in the nest that raised this rat." The posts were later deleted."

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (11/10/26)[Prayer]The Scriptures in Handel's Messiah Isaiah 60:2-32 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.Holy Bible, The King James Version _________________________________________

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has tied Berlin's approval of the 2028-2034 EU budget to a commitment from all member states to provide financial support to Ukraine in 2027 and beyond. Source: European Pravda, citing the Financial Times Details: In a letter to European Council President António Costa, Merz made Germany's support for the bloc's 2028-2034 budget conditional on all EU countries agreeing to fund Ukraine, which faces a €70 billion funding gap next year. Quote from Merz: "A collective commitment that all of us, without exception, will contribute fairly to closing [Ukraine's financing] gap is an essential prerequisite for resolving...

A new law went into effect in Virginia that makes it easier for accused criminals to seal their alleged crimes from public view. Supporters insist the idea behind the law was to help accused and convicted criminals get jobs and housing. But the new law also makes it more difficult for the public to find out if prosecutors botched or dropped cases and allowed criminals to walk free. There have been some cases where 7News has shown Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano and his office making major mistakes or dropping charges in cases like Abdul Jalloh, who is now...