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President Trump dominates the political landscape, holding off lame-duck status for now. But some signs are emerging that prominent members of his party are readying 2028 presidential bids. Those moves are only likely to accelerate after November’s midterms. A post-Trump landscape will be tricky to navigate. The president has transformed his party during his decade in political life, shifting its policy positions on topics from immigration to trade, and transforming the tenor in which it conducts debate.

Three men were stabbed in Crown Heights, Brooklyn early Monday morning — just before the notoriously violent West Indian American Day parade was set to kick off, according to police. A 32-year-old man and 23-year-old man were stabbed in the neck and a 36-year-old was stabbed in the face near Carroll Street and Utica Avenue around 5:48 a.m., cops said. EMS responded and rushed all three to Kings County Hospital, where the 32-year-old man remains in critical condition. Police said the parade will be promptly shut down at 5:30 p.m. — a decision made after six people were shot during...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Sarah and the Crisis in Bioethics Cardinal Robert Sarah’s address this summer to the European Parliament identifies a foundational problem in contemporary bioethical discourse: the widening gap between language and reality. Words that once conveyed stable meanings – “healthcare,” “rights,” “dignity” – are increasingly deployed with ideological elasticity.Sarah warns this linguistic instability constitutes a “crisis of the logos or of reason,” a breakdown in the relationship between words and the realities they signify. Language ceases to correspond to reality; reason loses its footing, and moral judgment becomes vulnerable to sentiment, ideology or political coercion.Sarah’s thesis rests on...

Key PointsU.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the Trump administration may never reach a deal to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.Wright’s comments suggest the administration may pursue its goal of preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon without reaching a negotiated nuclear agreement.Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that future attacks on Iran would receive a “faster, heavier, and more painful” response. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Sunday said the U.S. may not reach an elusive deal to constrain Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, as the U.S.-Iran conflict enters its seventh month.“There may not be a nuclear...

Marion Stephenson has been competing at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park (LOIRP) for decades, and rolling through the gates for this season’s 72nd running of the Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals is extra special for the Indiana-native. Not only does this race provide both Marion and daughter Nichole the opportunity to race for NHRA’s coveted 75th Anniversary Diamond Wallys, but it also marks a return to the esteemed facility where Stephenson Family Motorsports brought four generations of racers to the starting line for the first time earlier this month. Just a few weeks ago, at the Lucas Oil Drag...

The U.S. AI infrastructure buildout is reaching unprecedented levels, with the number of large-scale data centers and planned investment surging as technology companies expand capacity to meet growing AI demand. There are now about 90 U.S. data centers with more than 100 megawatts (MW) of power in operation, the highest number on record, according to The Kobeissi Letter . If all currently planned projects are completed, that figure could more than triple to about 280 by 2030. The expansion comes alongside an enormous spending cycle. Technology companies are expected to invest about $7T in data centers through 2030, underscoring the...

French government ministers expressed their worries on Monday over ​the impact of the victory of far-right ‌party Alternative for Germany in the Saxony-Anhalt state election on Sunday. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party surged into ​first place in the Saxony-Anhalt state elections, ​exit polls showed, putting a far-right ⁠party within reach of power at the ​state level for the first time since World ​War Two. "It clearly sends out a very, very worrying signal," French Finance Minister Roland Lescure told RTL ​radio. "This shows that we face a ​major challenge in the face of a populist wave ‌which ⁠is spreading...

The Libertarian Party of New York is calling on voters to write in “None of the Above” for governor this year, launching a statewide protest campaign against New York’s ballot access laws after its own gubernatorial nominee failed to qualify for the printed ballot. In a statement this week announcing its “VOTE NOTA” campaign, the party said it will not support a “named candidate” for governor this cycle and rallied voters to instead write in None of the Above. Christopher Skelly, communications director for the Libertarian Party of New York, said the effort is intended as a protest against what...

VIDEOSo far this summer I have cooked smoked tacos de lengua con salsa verde, arepas de lengua, and on Labor Day Weekend I prepared smoked lengua con queso y salsa de tomato. Okay, I know many of you are queasy about eating beef tongue so to make you feel better let's just call it "lengua."This video shows you in detail on how to prepare the lengua starting with boiling it followed by BBQing it to give it a tremendous flavor. I also hope this video helps to inspire some of you not into BBQing into giving it a try.I believe...

When Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins announced his candidacy for Senate last year, his official “war room” account on X posted a short campaign video that ended with the on-screen slogan: “Georiga, Let’s Ride.” From that widely mocked spelling mistake on day one to a House ethics probe to revelations that his son-in-law made white nationalist posts on social media, Collins has suffered a series of setbacks that have hobbled his campaign. Meanwhile, incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff has developed a national profile by blasting President Trump and surged in state polls. The latest polls show Ossoff, 39 years old,...

In 2024, the net loss was 81,000; last year, it was 97,000. And it is not just those who actually emigrate, but also those who have already mentally checked out of the country. “When it is precisely these people who are mentally quitting, that is not a character flaw on their part. It is the price a country pays for believing for too long that it can milk achievement, lecture people about freedom, and regard success with suspicion without ever having to pay the bill.”

Karen Bass has said she is not available to testify before a powerful House panel over alleged “waste, fraud and abuse” involving more than $1 billion in federal homelessness funding. The Post obtained a copy of the letter the mayor’s team sent to the DOGE subcommittee where she shot down their efforts to grill her on cash handed to Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). Her legal counsel David Michaelson said “unfortunately the mayor is not available on that date,” in reference to her planned September 15 appearance. It is not clear what Bass has planned for that date and...

Sanctuary policies are leading to dangerous situations by making it harder for ICE to do its job, Republican critics argued after an illegal immigrant fled agents and crashed on a major New Jersey highway, injuring the wife of a Democratic mayor. The Wednesday crash is fueling a renewed fight over New Jersey's limits on cooperation between local police and federal immigration authorities. Republicans are arguing Sherrill's approval of the "Trust Directive" creates public-safety risks by limiting the ability of ICE to work with police officers. They also contend that Democrats are wrongheaded to respond to such incidents by calling for...

French police will not be able to prevent smugglers launching migrant dinghies along a 300-mile stretch of coastline, a former Border Force head has warned. Tony Smith said it was "inevitable" that trafficking gangs would spread out and launch dinghies on longer journeys. Smugglers have expanded their routes and launch points to dodge the belated crackdown in Calais and Dunkirk. And they are using more mega-dinghies, prompting fears of a dangerous new phase in the crisis. The alarming scenes of 140 migrants being brought into Portsmouth – not Dover – will intensify calls for Britain to leave the European Convention...

As he is wont to do, President Donald Trump has posted something to his Truth Social page that has got people talking and speculating this Labor Day holiday weekend. The POTUS has had space endeavors on his mind in recent weeks, which have included honoring the famed crew of Artemis II and announcing plans to sign "an executive order establishing a U.S. National Space Academy, apparently to feed into the Space Force and NASA," as my RedState colleague Nick Arama previously reported. "To continue to lead the world in space exploration and technology, while securing and defending our national interests...

The Trump administration is drafting a Health and Human Services policy that would, for the first time, let a married parent who stays home with the children collect federal child-care money that Washington has spent thirty years routing almost exclusively to day-care centers. The New York Times, citing people familiar with the talks and a draft document, reports the change is a priority for Vice President JD Vance and would tap the Child Care and Development Fund, the 1990s program built to help low-income parents pay for care so they could work or go to school. Typical aid runs about...

Too much to copy/paste - have to go to the link. The Chicago Bears fan-favorite passed away at the age of 68, per multiple media reports.

Republican Convention Programming. Overview. Over the course of two nights this Fall, Republicans from all over our great nation will convene in Dallas, Texas for a clear purpose: To support the outstanding slate of GOP candidates running in the midterm elections this Fall and articulate all we have done and will continue to do to strive for what our Founding Fathers fought for 250 years ago – a more perfect union. In 2026, the stakes could not be higher. All elections offer voters a path to the future. In November, we must decide whether to take the path of steady...

Last September 11, every Muslim in Congress and some of their radical allies teamed up on a congressional resolution demanding reparations to Muslims for their suffering after 9/11. House Resolution 741, introduced a week after the anniversary of September 11, claimed that “in the aftermath of September 11, 2001” Muslims “experienced hate and were targeted by the government” and called for “various forms of relief to support those affected.” The money would have potentially gone to Islamic groups listed as terror co-conspirators. While the resolution did not specify which “community-based organizations” that “center the experiences and demands of Arab, Muslim,...