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Iran launched a deadly new set of attacks in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday as it traded strikes with the United States, the latest exchange to threaten the fragile ceasefire and stalled peace talks between the two countries. One person was killed and flights were suspended in Kuwait, officials said, after missile and drone strikes including an attack on its international airport. The U.S. military said it shot down Iranian drones near the Strait of Hormuz and struck Iran’s Qeshm Island a day earlier. Repeated military exchanges between Washington and Tehran, as well as Israel’s escalating campaign in Lebanon, have...

What can one say after one of the two major political parties in the country nominates a man who volunteered for an al-Qaeda-affiliated group, was an acolyte of the Blind Sheik, the man who masterminded the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and who sides with Hamas against its victims? I am at a loss. If you can support degenerates like this, you are broken. Some of the very best people I know are or have been Democrats, and I still don't believe that most Democrats truly are comfortable with evil. But they have lost their way. They are, at best,...

Thousands of California Democrats cast ballots for Eric Swalwell even though the disgraced ex-congressman’s zombie campaign for governor was suspended after allegations of rape and sexual assault. With 76% of precincts partially reporting Tuesday night, Swalwell had drawn 16,865 votes, or 0.4%, in the crowded race to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to the California Secretary of State’s Office. It’s unclear why so many Californians decided to light their ballots on fire, as the votes amounted to wasted trees in California’s top-two primary, especially after Swalwell suspended his campaign and resigned from Congress after a series of women — including...

Illegal Immigrants and Foreign Fraudsters steal BILLIONS every year from the American Taxpayer. As part of my Administration’s Historic effort to end FRAUD and reverse MASS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, I recently signed a powerful new Executive Order, which will be led by the Treasury Department, to stop Banks, Credit Cards, and Financial Institutions from being used to facilitate Human Smuggling, Drug Trafficking, Illegal Immigration, and the Criminal Cartels who orchestrate these activities. Access to our Nation’s Financial Systems must be limited to those who have a Legal Right to be here, and who are engaged in Lawful and Legitimate Commerce. Bank...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) — A woman was arrested after an investigation near an orchard revealed stolen fruit and drug paraphernalia on Tuesday, deputies say. A Fresno County Deputy was on patrol in the area between Kingsburg and Parlier, noticed a car pulling out of a nectarine orchard near the intersection of Zediker and Rose avenues around 2 a.m. The deputy stopped the car and contacted the driver, 40-year-old Zulema Garcia Cruz. Garcia Cruz was arrested for having outstanding warrants for drug possession and petty theft. During a further search of the orchard, the deputy found a pickup truck with...

Sonny Rollins, the revered jazz saxophonist known to rock fans for his work with the Rolling Stones, died May 25 at the age of 95. A statement announcing Rollins’ death described him as “one of the most honored and influential figures in American music of the 20th century and beyond.” Born in Harlem, New York in 1930, Rollins began playing music as a child. He was already a professional by the time he was a teenager and he really made a name for himself in the ‘50s, rising to become one of jazz’s premiere musicians. Just as he was becoming...

Here’s another painful reminder to never follow the leftists who smugly told us to “follow the science”: The Democratic Party of Wisconsin can’t seem to tell a cow from a bull. That’s not only embarrassing in America’s Dairyland, such confusion during milking could prove fatal. In a now-deleted social media post, the party welcomed National Dairy Month with an image of wispy white clouds, blues skies, and two beefy bulls. As others in my beloved purple home state have helpfully pointed out, you can’t milk a bull. And, again, pity the fool who tries. Actually, the mistake is quite fitting...

California election results are rolling in as voters wait for outcomes in the California governor's race and several key Bay Area races. A lot is at stake, and we are breaking everything down. As I of this writing…, Steve Hilton has 28% of the vote Xavier Becerra has 25% of the vote

The biggest sneaker free agent in basketball history didn't sign with Nike or Adidas. Golden State Warriors' Steph Curry just signed with a Chinese brand. After mutually parting ways with Under Armour in 2025 (corrected) and ending a 13-year partnership (with the Baltimore sportswear company), the four-time NBA champion has signed a massive 10-year deal with Chinese sportswear giant Li-Ning.

Woke Los Angeles mayoral hopeful Nithya Raman burst into tears as early results showed she fell into a distant third place in the race. Raman wept on stage on Tuesday night as she paid tribute to her children, saying her dwindling campaign had been 'about building a city that is worthy of you.' While Raman tried to put a positive spin on results as many ballots were yet to be counted, she had already dipped into third place behind incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and reality TV star Spencer Pratt. The left-wing candidate was a front-runner early in the race, but...

Gold has surpassed US Treasuries to become the world's top reserve asset, a European Central Bank (ECB) report has revealed. The shift highlights a major change in the global financial landscape as central banks continue to increase their gold reserves amid geopolitical uncertainty. By the end of 2025, gold accounted for 27% of official reserves, surpassing US Treasuries at 22% and euros at 15%.....

Ukrainian drones on Wednesday attacked St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, on the opening day of an annual economic conference that President Vladimir V. Putin has tried to cultivate into a showcase of a modern and prosperous country. It was the second time in a month that Ukraine had struck a major Russian city before an event important to Mr. Putin, as Kyiv expands a campaign of long-range strikes aimed at inflicting economic damage on Russia and demonstrating its vulnerability to attacks. In early May, Ukrainian forces hit sites in Moscow, including a high-rise apartment building near the city center, days...

But the deepest of the Finger Lakes hides secrets down below. Many have heard what can only be described as cannon shots coming out of nowhere. Known as “Seneca guns” or “Seneca drums,” the phenomenon was thought by the local Seneca Tribe to be the bellowing shouts of Manitou, the Great Spirit, when he was angry. Later, European settlers thought they were hearing ghosts of Seneca warriors still fighting for their land as the ground turned red with blood. It also inspired James Fenimore Cooper to write his short story The Lake Gun, in which he observes: “A sound resembling...

Nature is healing. VIDEOS AT LINK.................... Yes, failing NPR had a whole division of reporters dedicated to reporting climate hysteria. It would have been fine if they'd stuck to conservation and science instead of the anti-human cult thinking that says we're all gonna die if we don't stop the farting cows. Here's the scoop from former Chief Climate Editor Neela Banerjee: I've been at NPR for six years, and for the last three, I worked as head of its (relatively new) climate desk. We were 10 people who did ambitious, prize-winning enterprise and broke news. We launched an annual network-wide...

Spencer Pratt has confidently claimed he’s already looking ahead to a November runoff as election results Tuesday night showed him comfortably in second place behind incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. “She knows it’s on. I hope she’s ready,” Pratt said on Tuesday. “I literally could not be more excited.” “I am ready for whatever God puts in front of me,” he said. “I was going to be happy if I wasn’t moving forward, but now I feel very confident.” Pratt told reporters, “I literally could not be more excited,” when asked about a potential runoff. Andy Johnstone for CA Post Pratt...

The Justice Department announced Tuesday that two foreign researchers with the National Institutes of Health have been charged with conspiracy to smuggle monkeypox into the United States and giving false statements to federal law enforcement. The department accused 53-year-old Vincent Munster, a citizen of the Netherlands, and 38-year-old Claude Kwe, a citizen of Cameroon, of allegedly lying to Customs and Border Protection officials at an airport in Detroit about the contents of a large black plastic case they carried with them from a trip to the Republic of Congo in January, where an outbreak of monkeypox was occurring. The two...

A key element of the left's identity politics is the intersectional ranking of oppression. That's a fancy way of saying that there are levels of oppression, and you get what amounts to points for each box you tick. At the bottom are heterosexual white women; they are victims of the patriarchy, but also beneficiaries of white supremacy and colonization, so they really are no better than white men unless they want an abortion. Wanting to kill your child bumps you up a notch, especially around election time. At the top would be a transgender Muslim sex offender who entered this...

America has experienced stock market crashes, great depressions, and other national financial or economic emergencies. As we enter our 250th anniversary, it seems that we’re no stranger to economic difficulty. But there’s something about pride that keeps America from facing up to the fact that she’s sliding down the tubes. Add to that the fact that we have someone at the helm of this nation in the person of President Donald Trump that helps us to feel a little bit extra confident about our economic future. He’s experienced, he’s rich, and he constantly puts the welfare of this nation at...

3 June 2026Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs on Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time St Charles Lwanga Parish, Zimbabwe Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Timothy 1:1-3,6-12God's gift is the Spirit of power, love and self-controlFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus in his design to promise life in Christ Jesus; to Timothy, dear child of mine, wishing you grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord. Night and day I...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(6/3/26)[Prayer]PersonalitiesJudges 6:25-32 25 And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: 26 And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. 27 Then Gideon...