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Abdul El-Sayed's Senate campaign is in full-blown panic mode after an undercover O'Keefe Media Group video caught one of its field organizers claiming the candidate takes overseas donations. The video dropped on Monday. By the end of the day, the Michigan Democrat Party had confirmed that the organizer who spilled the beans about the campaign’s illegal donations, Abdoul Beckwith, has been fired. No investigation, no review, no waiting to see how the story played out. Party officials cut him loose almost immediately, and the El-Sayed campaign rushed out a statement calling his comments "untrue," "wildly misinformed," and "not reflective of...

NASA fired up an RS-25 rocket engine at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi on Oct. 21, 2026. It was a hot-fire test of developmental RS-25 engine No. 10001. The test was planned to last 500 seconds (8 minutes, 20 seconds), with the engine reaching up to 111% of its rated power level. The firing is part of ongoing testing to support NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which will carry astronauts toward the moon on future Artemis missions. Four RS-25 engines power the core stage of each SLS rocket. Credit: NASA | edited by Space.com Hot Fire! NASA Tests Powerful...

The United States began their U-17 Women’s World Cup campaign on Monday with a record-setting 17-0 win over Samoa the biggest win at any age level in World Cup history. The result surpassed the previous record for margin at an 11-a-side World Cup, a 16-0 win by Morocco against New Caledonia in the 2025 U-17 men’s World Cup. Ten players scored for the US, and forward Maddie DiMaria led with six goals in Salé, Morocco. “I wasn’t aware [we were breaking a record], but I’m super proud of this group and it’s nice that they have something like that behind...

When Collins interrupted again, attempting to press him further on whether the waiver of sanctions is an “exchange for Hubbard’s release,” Trump fired back, “You don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re a dummy. You’re a low IQ person. You’re a dummy, and you work for CNN.” (SNIP)Trump then received the exact same question from an ABC’s Karen Travers, and he said, “Are you a stupid person? Who do you work for?”After she responded ABC, Trump said, “You’re a stupid person, and by the way, your network is the worst of all.”

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s team confirmed late Tuesday that it produced a controversial advertisement featuring the estranged mother of Amy Acton, and the campaign said it will spend $4 million to promote it despite facing bipartisan rebuke for dredging up the painful childhood of his Democratic opponent in Ohio’s governor’s race. Ramaswamy’s campaign initially issued a statement that did not address whether he was responsible for the ad or knew who produced it. In the earlier statement, Luck said Acton “has some serious problems with the truth that the public needs to be aware of.” Casey Putsch, a...

Bukele announces that El Salvador is launching a military operation in Haiti against the gangs.The goal is to free 4 Salvadoran citizens kidnapped by the Haitian gangs. Bukele threatens that El Salvador will eradicate the Haitian gangs if they hurt the kidnapped men:“To the gang leaders and gang members holding our four compatriots hostage in Haiti:Our kidnapped men are not combatants. They are aviation technicians who are part of our mission in Haiti, within the framework of an international mission. Our mission consists only of pilots and technical personnel, whose primary job is to carry out medical evacuations and save...

Today, I have a chance to Break 50 with the Amish. Amish country was truly something special. Huge shoutout to Honey Brook Golf Club for hosting us!

Pastor Adam Hamilton, who is running for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat, is facing scrutiny for a resurfaced church podcast in which he said Christians don't have to believe in the virgin birth of Jesus. Hamilton, an author and pastor at Resurrection church, a United Methodist multi-site congregation based in Leawood, Kansas, is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in the November midterms. The online publication Protestia posted a video clip on X Monday showing Hamilton answering submitted questions in the Dec. 17, 2024, episode of his podcast, “Making Sense of Faith,” titled “Ask Adam ANYTHING! (Christmas Edition).” Hamilton...

Federal authorities this week teased a “separate batch” of 17,000 potential noncitizen voters in their federal court challenge to California’s handling of alleged voter fraud.In response, Los Angeles County officials questioned the accuracy of the government’s earlier list of 20,000 alleged noncitizen voters — saying a preliminary review of a subset of those voters found evidence that nearly 40% were born in the U.S.The claims came in filings shedding new light on the unprecedented Homeland Security inquiry into California’s voter rolls just weeks before the Nov. 3 election.On Monday, Nicolas Bartell, a Homeland Security official, wrote in a sworn affidavit...

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WASHINGTON — “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar demonstrated “countless signals of deception” in her video message to supporters asking for donations, a body language expert assessed. Omar’s (D-Minn.) video message posted late Tuesday marked the first time she addressed the public on camera since the raid of her DC home last week and the revelation of a probe into her citizenship status by the feds. “It’s a nervous smile, and her eyes are not smiling, so it’s not genuine,” Florida-based body language expert Lillian Glass told The Post about Omar’s appearance in the video. “The lips curve downward; the raising [of...

(RNS) — Officially, abortion is still a top policy priority for many religious leaders. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops calls preventing abortion its “preeminent priority,” and prominent conservative evangelicals continue to mobilize their voters around the issue. But as Idaho, Missouri, Nevada and Virginia prepare to vote on abortion-related measures in the midterm elections, polling suggests it is less of a priority for voters than in other recent election cycles. According to an October poll by Pew Research Center, significantly fewer registered voters from every religious group surveyed said abortion was “very important” in deciding who to vote for...

A newly posted video on the verified Shawn Ryan Clips channel highlights Father Chad Ripperger's comments about displeasure among some Vatican personnel, following the announcement of his one-year pause from public speaking and interviews.The video is titled "Exorcist Reveals Why Powerful Church Leaders Want Him Gone."The excerpt comes from Ryan's interview with the Catholic priest and exorcist published March 5, more than seven months before the Archdiocese of Denver announced the pause Monday.The clip presents earlier comments and does not establish why Denver Archbishop James R. Golka requested the pause.What Ripperger said about his workRipperger told Ryan that he did...

A New York City native became an ISIS bride at just 18 — and is now the first woman to face trial in the US as an alleged member of the ruthless terror group. Halima Salman, now 27, has been painted by Brooklyn federal prosecutors as an ISIS-trained machine gun-toting wannabe killer, showing footage of the young woman wielding an AK-47 assault rifle in her terrorist husband’s Syria home. “The evidence shows that the defendant received training from a violent, brutal, terrorist organization, an organization responsible for violent attacks all over the world,” Assistant US Attorney Amanda Shami told the...

Archdiocese offers Buddhism course in preparation for 2027 World Youth Day The Archdiocese of Milan is promoting a five-part course on Buddhism before World Youth Day 2027 in South Korea while failing to mention Jesus Christ or Catholic teaching.The Archdiocese of Milan launched an official five-part course on Buddhism as preparation for World Youth Day while failing to mention Jesus Christ or Catholic doctrine a single time.On October 21, as reported by the Italian daily newspaper La Verità, details emerged regarding an official initiative organized by the Youth Ministry of the Archdiocese of Milan and the “Carlo Maria Martini Center”...

(RNS) — The pastor of one of the nation’s largest churches announced Sunday (Oct 18.) that he plans to resign early next year. Andy Stanley, the 68-year-old pastor of North Point Community Church, a non-denominational church based in Alpharetta, Georgia, told worshippers he would step down as the congregation’s pastor and no longer be a church employee when he turns 69 in May 2027. He said it was important to him to leave that role when things were going well, rather than in a crisis. “For somebody in my position, there are really only three exit options open to me,”...

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — Kissimmee Mayor Jackie Espinosa was arrested Wednesday morning, according to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. Espinosa faces charges of grand theft and an organized scheme to defraud. Uthmeier announced the arrest in a social media post. According to Osceola County Jail records, Espinosa was booked into custody and is currently being held without bond on both charges. AG Uthmeier speaks Uthmeier and other officials gathered for a news conference on Wednesday afternoon, where they accused her of enriching herself. "If you are going to abuse your office, if you are going to abuse the public trust...

North Korea has released a fresh batch of apparent “proof of life” photos showing Kim Jong Un inspecting shoes and women’s clothing — after wild rumors swept social media claiming the dictator had died from a brain hemorrhage. The images, published by North Korean state media on Monday, show a seemingly animated Kim examining children’s footwear, gesturing toward officials and inspecting women’s coats at a garment and footwear exhibition. The photos surfaced just hours after sensational claims circulated online that the 42-year-old leader had suffered a massive brain hemorrhage, fallen into a coma and died after being rushed to Beijing...

[Catholic Caucus] New Vatican official renews calls for female deacons Sister Mary Barron has committed to her prior activism for ordaining women, despite the Church clearly reserving Orders for men.A new senior Vatican official has reaffirmed her previous push for female deacons, saying that women “hear the call to priesthood”. On October 8, Sister Mary Barron OLA was named by Pope Leo to become the adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization and president of the Pontifical Mission Societies. A native of Ireland, Sr. Mary spent some years in Nigeria and Tanzania with her missionary Congregation of the Sisters of...

In a recent appearance on Steve Bannon’s War Room on Tuesday, Tiffany Justice discussed Pennsylvania mail-in/return ballot numbers. Tiffany is a Senior Advisor for Citizens Alliance and also co-founded Moms for Liberty. She is a very smart and eloquent speaker, someone you listen to whenever you see her on a show you like. Tiffany had good news for Republicans from Pennsylvania: Tiffany Justice: "The GOP returns are already higher than at this point in 2022. So, the GOP share of returned ballots has reached 25%. As of August 19th, 2022, it was just 20%. So things are looking really good...