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Hamilton School to roll out new degree in ‘war, statecraft, and strategy’ A classical-based school within the University of Florida recently graduated its first three students – and the pipeline is growing even larger. The Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education, first established in summer 2022 with a $3 million infusion from the Florida legislature, has continued to grow in the past four years. The school’s “Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law” major now has 146 enrolled students, according to Professor Brandon Warmke. The Hamilton School also offers a major in “Great Books and Ideas” and beginning this fall “will...

A United flight with more than 230 people aboard hit a bakery company's tractor-trailer on the NJ Turnpike Sunday, damaging the plane and the vehicle in a shocking incident caught on dashcam. The driver of the tractor-trailer got glass in his hand and arm, but is expected to make a full recovery. Video shows his view at the moment of impact; he goes from singing to himself to a blur; now new surveillance video shows what the view looked like from the outside United said in a statement that it will conduct a "rigorous safety inspection" regarding what went wrong;...

A shocking new poll from AtlasIntel suggests that there may be a new favorite to win the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 2028. According to the survey, which was conducted between May 4-7 and included a sample size of 2,069 American adults, a plurality (45.4%) of Republican respondents now identify Secretary of State Marco Rubio as their preferred choice to carry the GOP’s banner two years from now. Vice President JD Vance, who has long held the pole position in the race, finished in second with 29.6%, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) at 11.2%.

Far-left Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman wildly accused opponent Spencer Pratt of pushing “fascism” as the former reality TV star gains ground in the race. The socialist-linked Raman appeared on a podcast with progressive host Brian Tyler Cohen and compared Pratt to President Donald Trump while offering her take on who the independent candidate “really represents.” “I think that Spencer Pratt is tapping into a lot of the frustrations that people have in Los Angeles by the way that things are going, and his Trumpian qualities is exactly why I think Angelenos should be taking this race seriously, but...

President Volodymyr Zelensky's former chief of staff has been charged with money laundering tied to the construction of a luxury residential compound outside Kyiv, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) said in a statement. Although not named in SAPO's statement, the chief of staff in question is Andriy Yermak, a source in law enforcement familiar with the case told the Kyiv Independent. Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) allege that more than Hr 460 million ($8.9 million) was funneled through the project over several years using a network of shell companies, cash transactions, and...

WASHINGTON — The estimated price tag for the war in Iran so far has jumped to $29 billion, up from the $25 billion figure given at the end of April, a senior Pentagon official revealed Tuesday. Jules Hurst, acting under secretary of Defense who serves as the de facto chief financial officer at the Pentagon, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense that the higher amount came from a further crunching of the numbers. “The Joint Staff team, with the comptroller team are constantly looking at that estimate, and so now we think it’s closer to [$]29 [billion],” Hurst said....

WASHINGTON — Vulnerable Rep. Jen Kiggans, a Virginia Republican, is under fire after she agreed with a radio show host who said that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — the highest-ranking Black lawmaker in Congress — should get his “cotton-picking hands off of Virginia.” NBC News Icon Kiggans, one of Democrats’ top targets in the November midterm election, later posted that the host “should not have used that language” and that she did not condone it. But that did little to satisfy Democrats, who have condemned Kiggans and urged her to formally apologize. The second-most powerful House Democrat has called...

Almost three years after October 7, a new 300-page report lays out evidence of systematic sexual violence by Hamas. Women were brutalized Watch this episode with no interruptions. More than two and a half years after Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, a specially appointed Civil Commission on Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children published on Tuesday the most comprehensive report to date documenting the terror group’s systematic use of sexual violence, rape, and “kinocide” during the assault. Among the key findings of the 300-page report are examples of gang-rape, sexual violence to terrorize families, and even some cases...

And even Kristof himself admits that “it’s impossible to know how common sexual assaults against Palestinians are” -- though that does not stop him from going on about it for almost 4,000 words. It’s a simple proposition: Whatever our views on the Middle East conflict, we should all be able to agree that dogs cannot be trained to rape human beings. Yet this is exactly what a New York Times “opinion” piece posing as an in-depth journalistic investigation, perhaps to avoid any real journalistic accountability, published on Monday claims, based on anonymous testimonies and a report by a well-known anti-Israel...

After more than a decade of global consultation, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) – a condition that affects one in eight women – has been renamed. The hormonal disorder, estimated to impact 170 million women worldwide, will now be known as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). The name change was published in the Lancet and announced at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Prague on Tuesday…The renaming was spearheaded by the endocrinologist Prof Helena Teede, the director of Melbourne’s Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation… The first thing Maddy Mavrikis was told by her GP when she was diagnosed with...

Court issues opinions in 2 cases Map of Missouri congressional districts Photo by: Associated Press Who will represent Missouri's 4th Congressional District following Missouri First maps being signed into law. By: Addi Weakley Posted 26 minutes ago and last updated 13 minutes ago KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court issued opinions Tuesday in two cases concerning the state’s latest redistricting map. Both opinions found the map meets constitutional requirements. As it is already in effect, it will stay in effect. "Today's Missouri Supreme Court rulings are a huge victory for voters," Gov. Mike Kehoe said in a statement....

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Tommy Robinson went somewhere most people would never dare go — inside a Palestinian refugee camp. What he heard there completely challenged everything he thought he knew… and it might challenge what you believe too. In this powerful conversation, Tommy shares what Palestinians told him about Israel, their own leadership, and the reality on the ground — not from headlines, but from direct experience. This isn’t the narrative you usually hear. 🧠 KEY TOPICS Israel vs Palestine reality Palestinian refugee camps Hamas & Palestinian Authority Middle East conflict explained Media narratives vs reality Life inside Gaza & disputed territories First-hand...

Marco Rubio’s Department of State is trashing a globalized pro-migration scheme by the United Nations, and is promising to help migrants’ remigration back home. “The United States objects to the Global Compact on Migration and U.N. efforts to facilitate replacement migration to the United States and our Western allies,” said a May 11 tweet from the Department of State, adding: For the citizens of Western nations, mass migration was never safe. It introduced new security threats, imposed financial strains, and undermined the cohesion of our societies… Under President Trump, the State Department will facilitate remigration — not replacement migration. The...

Desperate and facing financial collapse, Hezbollah has developed a detailed plan to seize control of Beirut and silence internal critics of the war with Israel. Intelligence reports emerging from the Lebanese capital suggest that Hezbollah is preparing for a domestic military takeover to shore up its crumbling authority. The terror organization has reportedly finalized a plan to occupy key sectors of Beirut in an effort to marginalize moderate political figures who have become increasingly vocal in their criticism of the group's actions. This move comes as the Lebanese public grows weary of a war that has brought the country to...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider: Synod report on homosexuality ‘crossed the line from orthodoxy into heresy’Bishop Schneider warned that the report's call to go 'beyond' current Church teaching usurps God's authority and mirrors the serpent’s temptation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Bishop Athanasius Schneider has said that a Vatican Synod on Synodality report suggesting homosexual “relationships” may not be sinful echoes the serpent in the Garden of Eden and has “crossed the line from orthodoxy into heresy.”In an interview with Vatican journalist Diane Montagna, Schneider commented on the final report of Study Group 9, published May 5...

Starmer made a speech to his party and cabinet, rambling all over the place, didn't wait for questions, went straight for 10 Downing, and won't come out, the press waiting outside. His cabinet members are resigning all day, including senior members. Keir allegedly sitting alone in the shower at #10, crying. I leave it to Mahyar to tell the rest.

The lieutenant governor of the state is ramping up her Democratic Senate primary campaign as her state battles Trump’s brutal assault.Minneapolis—In 2013, Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan was the 34-year-old director of the state chapter of the Children’s Defense Fund. That year, she and the nonprofit’s partners met to discuss strategies for the upcoming legislative session. One question was whether to prioritize funding for the state’s early-learning scholarships, which usually paid for half-day preschool programs, or for its Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), which provides financial assistance for families for use in daycare programs. Flanagan, who is now running in...

A U.S. Court of Appeals has paused a ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) that had struck down President Trump’s second round of tariffs. They have issued a short-term administrative stay on the CIT's ruling, although they are considering a longer one. The new set of tariffs was immediately enacted following the Supreme Court’s decision invalidating the original Liberation Day tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), and put a baseline 10 percent tariff on all U.S. trading partners. The new tariffs were originally blocked last Friday.

Two bodies were discovered inside a burning underground utility vault beneath a Fresno overpass Monday morning after firefighters navigated a hazardous confined space packed with live electrics. The deadly blaze sparked a massive technical rescue response after smoke was seen rising from the bunker, which investigators say had been converted into a makeshift homeless encampment that may have existed for months.