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... On Oct. 18, Caceres had been headed to Texas to photograph a wedding when he was detained while going through security at John Wayne Airport. Caceres and his wife of a year and a half, who is a U.S. citizen, had been wary of travel as mass deportations increased nationwide under the Trump administration. Still, he had clients counting on him. And he believed he would be safe: Caceres said he had fled to the United States as a teenager seeking asylum and had continued following immigration requirements over the years, including completing biometrics and updating his address the...

Somali student in Minnesota threatens to ‘pop’ ICE agents in expletive-ridden, viral rant A Somali Minnesota college student has come under fire for threatening to “pop” ICE agents in an expletive-laden viral social media rant. Hasan Mohamed was blasted after he posted the menacing anti-ICE tirade on social media, where he vowed to shoot immigration agents the next time they show up in his Owatonna neighborhood. “ICE, I actually heard you guys pulled up to Owatonna, the big O, and you pulled up when I was not there? Y’all so p–s-ass s–t, boy. You’re gonna get popped next time I...

The Environmental Protection Agency has removed references to human-caused climate change from its website - tweaking some pages to focus on the “natural processes” driving climate change and wiping other pages from the internet. In October, the EPA page on “Causes of Climate Change,” for example, included a statement from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that noted, “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean, and land.” That clear statement has been deleted from the page, which now mentions only climate changes from natural sources, such as volcanic activity and variations in solar activity. Another page,...

Why do we have a constitution? How and why did it come into existence? Just what, exactly, prompted the calling of the Constitutional Convention, which gave birth to it? Most Americans believe, logically enough, that after we sent His Britannic Majesty packing, it was time to create a new government. This is false, and it entirely overlooks the fact that we already had a functioning government at the time of the Convention. That government had been in effect for the entirety of the Revolution and for six years following the final British defeat at Yorktown. No, the Convention was prompted...

Higher-education reform has a new hero, and he hails not from the self-styled patrician environs of the Ivy League but from Texas. We all know how tough it is to reform higher education given the ideological capture that permeates many universities. But the chancellor of the Texas Tech University System has exerted himself in a way that should establish him in the official pantheon of friends of higher education. If such a pantheon does not exist, well, let Chancellor Brandon Creighton be the first illustrious inductee. What did the good chancellor do to merit this honor? In one fell swoop,...

10 December 2025Wednesday of the 2nd week of Advent High altar of the martyrdom basilica of Santa Eulalia in Mérida (Badajoz, Spain)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 40:25-31The Lord strengthens the powerless‘To whom could you liken meand who could be my equal?’ says the Holy One.Lift your eyes and look.Who made these starsif not he who drills them like an army,calling each one by name?So mighty is his power, so great his strength,that not one fails to answer.How can you say, Jacob,how can you insist, Israel,‘My destiny is hidden from the Lord,my rights are ignored by my...

For a brief, shining moment in 1945, the United States stood astride the world like a colossus. In four years, we had built the greatest military machine in human history, liberated half the planet, and dropped the sun itself on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to prove the point. Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, and imperial Japan (three empires that had terrorized the globe) lay in smoking ruins. The message was unmistakable: try America on the battlefield and you will be annihilated. Our enemies learned the lesson. They have not seriously attempted a direct military confrontation since. Instead, they (and the ideological heirs...

Donald Trump is backing a GOP proposal depositing $1,500 checks into the health care accounts of millions of Americans. The legislation, which is being led by Republican Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy and Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, gives qualifying Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollees a $1,000 deposit for those aged 18 to 49, as well as recipients aged 50 to 64 for $1,500. While speaking to reporters on board Air Force One on Tuesday, the president

SAN ANTONIO — When it comes to GameStop's eyebrow-raising "Trade Anything Day" – a promotion that encouraged customers to literally trade in anything (with some exceptions) at their local store this past Saturday – Texans didn't disappoint. At least, one customer up in North Texas didn't. GameStop shared that the zanier items brought in for trade-in credit at locations across the country included a bowling ball, a "full creepy doll collection," a speed limit sign and "Friends" on VHS. Up in Corsicana, a small Navarro County community about an hour south of Dallas, someone received trade-in credit for a lanky...

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President Donald Trump shared an update that he received a call that wounded 24-year-old West Virginia National Guardsman Andrew Wolfe “got up from bed.” During a rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Trump spoke about a “tragic incident” in Washington, D.C., which left three people shot, including Wolfe and U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20. Trump spoke about Beckstrom, who he said was looking down “from Heaven, from above.” “Today, I got a call that he got up from bed,” Trump told the crowd about Wolfe. “Do you believe that? He got up. He got up. Now, he didn’t...

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Jaw-dropping video shows the wild moment a plane “drop[s] out of the sky” and smashes into a car on a busy Florida Interstate, injuring the driver. The “fixed-wing multi-engine aircraft” crashed into a 2023 Toyota Camry in the southbound lane of I-95 in Cocoa, Fl. around 5:45 p.m. Monday, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Shocking, up-close dashcam footage shows the plane diving into the busy rush-hour roadway and careening straight into the car while attempting an emergency landing. The plane rear-ended the Camry and appeared to bounce on top of it before crashing down slightly to its left — sending...

President Donald Trump touted strong economic numbers for Pennsylvania to kick off his speech in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday night. Trump stated that his administration has created 60,000 jobs for the commonwealth since returning to office in January, and he highlighted that tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians have been lifted off of food stamps. “After just ten months in office, I’m pleased to report that America is winning again. Pennsylvania is prospering again, and I will not rest until this Commonwealth is wealthier and stronger than ever before,” the president told supporters. “Since my inauguration, we’ve created nearly 60,000...

Either Americans win, or the criminals do. Pithy social critic David Burge said it best: “Journalism is about covering important stories — with a pillow, until they stop moving.” One of the important stories that “journalists” are covering up today is the Trump administration’s increasingly successful efforts to combat violent crime. At the end of July, the Department of Homeland Security released a report showing that violent crime rates had dropped significantly during the first six months of President Trump’s second term. Homicides were down 17%; gun assaults were down 21%; aggravated assaults were down 10%; sexual assaults were down...

Russian petrol prices are rising due to fiscal pressure, with the state taking up to 60% of the cost per litre in taxes and levies. Russia also operates a so-called damper mechanism that makes fuel prices largely independent of global oil prices but prevents them from falling. Yury Stankevich, deputy chairman of the State Duma's energy committee, previously proposed considering the possibility of introducing fuel subsidies for specific groups of Russian citizens following the same programme developed in Iran more than a decade ago. The parliamentarian said it is impossible to deny the social significance of fuel prices. The contrast...

The Cadillac F1 team is just months away from its 2026 season debut. And while the luxury marque already released a single rendering of what its race car will look like next year, that blue livery isn't representative of what will be seen on track. In fact, the Caddy's true colors are still under wraps, but fans won't have to wait much longer to see them - just until Super Bowl Sunday. Announced in a post on social media, the Cadillac F1 team will reveal its livery in an ad spot during the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 8th, 2026....

A homeowner in the Italian province of Rovigo used a firearm to defend himself from armed intruders in 2025. The precise date has not been published. The Italian Prime Minister, Georgia Meloni defended the reform of Italian defense law, which has protected the homeowner from having his name made public. The law protected the homeowner from an intense investigation as someone suspected of using lethal force in an illegitimate manner.During the Fascist regime of Mussolini, the Italian laws about self defense were made very restrictive. Controls on the ownership of firearms were tightened. Italy reformed its law on self defense...

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A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s ban on military service by individuals who identify as transgender or have gender dysphoria, staying a lower-court order that blocked War Secretary Pete Hegseth from enforcing the policy. The 2–1 decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sharply rebuked U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes, concluding that her ruling in March overrode military judgment and applied a standard of review the courts are not entitled to use when second-guessing force-readiness decisions.