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Rep. Ilhan Omar has retained Amy Jeffress, former personal attorney to President Joe Biden, to represent her in a federal investigation concerning her immigration history and financial disclosures. Joshua Matz, also from the same firm, will join her legal team. This development follows renewed attention to a deleted 2013 social media post, which has raised questions about her family name. Omar has not been charged and denies any wrongdoing. A seven-page letter to the Justice Department On October 16, Jeffress and Matz sent a letter requesting the return of Omar’s passport, electronics, and other seized property, as well as preservation...

A Somali-born public school official who invaded the State of Maine years ago now wants to impose his culture on the state's natives. As The Maine Wire reported on Wednesday, the Portland Public Schools Policy Committee held a meeting on October 14 that focused on the school district's newly proposed policy on animals in schools. As currently drafted, the policy states as follows: school administration must sign off on the animals, service animals must be certified, and domestic animals must be restrained. But Abdullahi Ahmed, the Somali-born Muslim assistant superintendent for student, family, and community partnerships at Portland Public Schools,...

In my post several days ago on October 18, I recounted the story of how ignorant Chinese Communist Party ideologues in the late 1950s convinced themselves that they knew how to achieve limitless agricultural production by just ordering each community to produce large, arbitrary amounts of food. Do you want to double grain production? Then just plant twice as many seeds in the same acreage! The ideologues had no idea how agriculture actually worked in the real world. Within a couple of years, there was widespread famine, probably the largest in world history. Tens of millions died horrible deaths of...

"From childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus" (2 Tim. 3:15). Planting and nurturing the seed of God’s Word in a child’s mind can produce an abundant spiritual harvest. Not long ago I met with a group of Christian leaders to consider several candidates for a significant ministry position. During our meeting it dawned on me that each candidate's father was a prominent pastor. Each candidate had grown up in a family that daily taught and exemplified biblical truth. That illustrates...

CUPERTINO is a David vs. Goliath legal drama set in the heart of Silicon Valley. A lawyer (Mike Colter) is cheated out of his stock options by his former employer, a tech start-up. Refusing to back down, he joins forces with another recently fired attorney (Rachel Keller) to represent those taken advantage of by the tech elite and help them fight back in a high-stakes battle against the Goliaths controlling Silicon Valley.

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Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a spirit; she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect. When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said, “Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.” He laid his hands on her, and she at once stood up straight and glorified God. Luke 13:11–13Eighteen years is a long time to have suffered under the bondage of satan. This healing took place on the Sabbath day in a synagogue while Jesus was...

Some statistics are not just illuminating, they are downright shocking. Here’s one. At the University of Texas at Austin, one of America’s top universities, only 300 students graduated with a major in the humanities. That would be a big number if UT graduated 1,200 students, but it actually graduates about 12,000. The percentage of humanities major is 0.025 percent. It rounds to zero. That dismal statistic is replicated at universities across the country. While Texas certainly likes to think of itself as unique, in this case, it’s not. At every university, big and small, fewer and fewer students are studying...

Bill Maher just called Trump a “badass”—and his explanation may surprise you. In this clip, Maher discusses falling crime rates, Trump’s approach to crime and immigration, surveillance, the social safety net, deportations, and the idea that a tougher presidential posture could be sending a message to criminals. But does Trump’s aggressive style actually have an effect on crime? And can you acknowledge results while still disagreeing with the methods? Maher makes a surprising case for why Trump may be influencing public safety while also criticizing some of his immigration policies. Is this an unexpected shift in the political debate? Watch...

Thousands of Lula's supporters have spilled out onto the streets of São Paulo, celebrating his win - here are the latest pictures from the scene.Lula has been addressing his supporters in São Paulo and thanking them for their support, which he said made it possible for him to recover from his defeat in the first round of the election to go on to win in the run-off.

Well, this is breaking news, and I wanted you all to know what's going on, as the votes in Brazil's presidential runoff may not be counted before I pass out tonight. The Brazilian Supreme Court has granted President Lula's request to keep polling places open for an additional two hours this evening.

A 2026 survey from Accredited Debt Relief and Money.com found that 78% of Americans with debt blame inflation and rising prices for at least part of their financial difficulties. Meanwhile, 68% pointed to housing costs, and the same percentage acknowledged that their own spending or borrowing decisions contributed to their debt. The findings suggest that while Americans across generations are struggling with debt, their financial pressures differ considerably depending on their age. America’s Debt Problem Is GrowingAccording to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, total U.S. household debt reached $18.77 trillion in the second quarter of 2026, an increase...

The Pentagon is preparing U.S. military bases to keep operating for at least 90 days without outside support as it prepares for the possibility of a major war that could cripple power grids, disrupt supply chains and threaten critical infrastructure on American soil. The new requirement is part of FORTRESS, a broader military initiative aimed at ensuring American forces can continue fighting even if the civilian systems they depend on are disrupted, according to documents reviewed by Fox News Digital. "We don't want to rely on standard civilian municipal infrastructure to run our national defense. We just simply can't. It's...

The American economy is showing remarkable resilience despite persistent inflation, high interest rates, and geopolitical uncertainty. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta estimates that the economy grew at a 3.5% annualized rate during the third quarter of 2026, well above what many economists once considered sustainable. Yet there is a growing disconnect between the economy’s impressive performance and the financial reality facing everyday Americans. Economic Growth Continues to Beat ExpectationsEconomists had expected the U.S. economy to slow as higher energy prices, tariffs, and rising borrowing costs weighed on consumers and businesses. Instead, consumer spending has remained resilient, companies have continued...

[snip] This is an illustrative historical reconstruction: architectural details, scales and historical urban extents are approximate, and population figures are estimates. This one took a very long time to make. The scene was far too big for my own computer, so I spent several hundred dollars renting GPUs to render it. Thank you so much for watching! If you enjoyed it, a like and a subscribe would mean a lot to me. [/snip] Constantinople - 3D Timelapse - 680 BC to AD 1453 | 8:34 How Cities Grew | 2.21K subscribers | 521,011 views | October 15, 2026

If if can happen there, is can happen anywhere. The Pacific coast province of British Columbia elected a majority Conservative government to the provincial legislature, for the first time since 1928. This is as if California suddenly went Republican. The CBC reports, 5 reasons why Lorne Doerkson is the next premier of British Columbia: Eby’s snap election gamble backfired, while the B.C. Conservative leader projected normalcy. “Normalcy.” David Eby, the head of the governing New Democratic Party (NDP), held only a 47-44 majority in the legislature, with two vacancies. He was having trouble getting his program approved, so he called...

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You can just feel the love oozing out of almost every sentence in a Politico story about an opposition research dirt digger. The party? Democrat of course. Anyone who is familiar with the over-the-top biases of Politico would know there is no way Politico would ever express love and admiration for a Republican opposition researcher. The recipient of all this Politico love is one Tyson Brody whose name is heroically invoked in a Friday wet kiss by Kathy Gilsinan, "Kansas Was Supposed to Be Easy for Republicans. Then Tyson Brody Moved Back Home."

Let’s talk about this COMPLETE AND TOTAL LOSER, Bill Maher. He’s got a Low Rated Show on equally Low Rated HBO, which was once, long ago, a Network of Quality and Excitement — But that’s all gone. It’s not “HOT” anymore! Maher’s friend and business associate, Chuck LaBella, was also a friend of mine, worked on The Top Hit Show, The Apprentice, as a “gofer” and, because of the success of that show, Number One and Top Rated on many weeks, with the Finale’ being among the Top Shows of the Year, he was automatically and quickly brought up through...