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U.S. President Donald Trump's demands for a coalition to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz appeared to fall on deaf ears on Monday as allies Japan and Australia said they were not planning to send navy vessels to the Middle East to escort ships through the vital waterway.

'Real Time' Crowd Stunned as Bill Maher Gives His Unexpected Take on Iran | 1:06:14 The Rubin Report | 3.18M subscribers | 171,808 views | Streamed live on March 9, 2026

Scientists have recently discovered the underlying hidden magnetic order in the pseudogap phase of a quantum material. The peculiar phase exists immediately above the superconducting transition. The research team employed an ultracold-atom simulator. They were able to detect a hidden antiferromagnetic order even when the material lacked electrons. This is referred to as doping. This is a crucial phase in designing a novel superconductor at a higher temperature. The findings offer fresh insights into a long-standing problem related to superconductivity.Ultracold atoms reveal hidden magnetismAccording to the reports, to explore the nature of the pseudogap, the researchers employed a cold-atom simulator...

The Price At The Pump Is... The price at Sam's Club here in York on Saturday night 343.9 that's up from 273.9 since the start of the Iran War. The price rise 70 cents or 25.56 percent... Inflation Update: The one-gallon container of Hawaiian Punch at Walmart 3 dollars 22 cents up from 2 dollars 97 cents... I saw plenty of Lego boxes inside locked glass cases. Lego's popular everywhere even in Iran which put out this Lego-Themed war video it starts with Benjamin Netanyahu... Newsdump Alert: The Iran War Day 17 (Monday News)... In Russia when the media calls...

Daily Readings from the USCCB“Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.” The royal official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” Jesus said to him, “You may go; your son will live.” The man believed what Jesus said to him and left. John 4:48–50What is the most precious gift our Lord could give to you? If your spouse, child, or close friend were gravely ill, would a miracle be the gift you sought? If your financial situation were dire, would you ask for monetary assistance? If you were suffering from a chronic disease,...

President Trump threw his support behind Mark Levin amid the radio host’s bitter back-and-forth feud with podcaster Megyn Kelly. Trump praised Levin as a “truly Great American Patriot” who was “somewhat under siege by other people with far less Intellect, Capability, and Love for our Country,” in a Truth Social post late Sunday. Levin is “far smarter than those who criticize him but, above all, he is a man of Great Wisdom and Common Sense who truly loves our Country,” Trump wrote. Levin and Kelly traded personal attacks online over the weekend, in what has been a broader ongoing rift...

"Hallowed be Thy name" (Matt. 6:9). God is holy and deserves your highest respect and your humble obedience. To most people the word hallowed elicits thoughts of Halloween, ivy-covered walls, or starchy religious traditions. But those are all far from its biblical meaning. "Hallowed" in Matthew 6:9 translates a Greek word that means "holy." When Christ said, "Hallowed be Thy name," He was saying in effect, "May Your name be regarded as holy." When you hallow God's name, you set it apart from everything common and give Him the place He deserves in your life. Throughout Scripture, holiness is attributed...

Tucker Carlson is warning that the CIA has been spying on him and that he is under investigation for his admitted contacts with the Iranian regime. WOW — Tucker Carlson reveals he is facing a criminal referral by the federal government for "talking to people in Iran before the war"Tucker was in the White House multiple times lobbying President Trump against action there.Who were these "people in Iran" he was talking to — it is left unsaid in this video https://t.co/33xWuXGjue— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) March 15, 2026Hmm. This brings up a lot of interesting questions, not the least of which...

As we reported Friday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order authorizing the Energy Department to invoke the Defense Production Act, a 1950s Cold War-era law, to force the restart of a dormant offshore oil operation along the California coast.Oil prices have been volatile as the Iran conflict continues, and the Islamic Republic threatens the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the Middle Eastern waterway through which over 20 percent of the world's oil flows. According to the Santa Barbara News-Press, that oil could start flowing immediately:A federal order Friday directed Sable Offshore Corporation to restart its pipelines to transport oil from...

Five years ago, I blew the whistle on a school I loved. Did it make a difference? I taught high school English at an independent school in New Jersey for seven years. I loved the school’s focus on resilience and growth. I loved my colleagues, who challenged and nurtured our students, including my own children, who attended the school. And I felt lucky to be part of such a vibrant learning community. That all changed in 2014. A young dean, fresh from an education conference hosted by the National Association of Independent Schools, led the faculty in what we now...

ORLANDO, Fla. (WESH/CNN NEWSOURCE/WKRC) - A Florida judge sentenced a 70-year-old man to 37 years in prison Wednesday for a 2023 crash that killed four members of one family. Richard Ferguson was convicted in October 2025 of manslaughter after prosecutors said he allowed his unlicensed 15-year-old son to drive his car. Authorities said the teen, who did not have a permit, crashed into another vehicle, killing three children and their grandmother.

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican II Is NOT BindingStop Quibbling About ObedienceIn his Opening Speech to Vatican II on Oct. 11, 1962, John XXIII made it clear that Vatican II was about tone and not doctrine:[The Council must present] “the sacred patrimony of truth received from the Fathers [and] transmit that doctrine pure and integral, without any attenuation or distortion, which throughout twenty centuries, notwithstanding difficulties and constraints, has become the common patrimony of men.”From the looks of things, the Council failed. If Nostra Aetate isn’t an “attenuation or distortion” of truth handed down from the Apostles to the Fathers and, through...

Both Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pérez saw the checkered flag in ShanghaiEvery step along Cadillac’s Formula 1 journey has been a significant milestone for the team, and Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix was no exception. In just their second race on the grid, Cadillac saw both Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pérez take the checkered flag, with Bottas finishing in P13 and Pérez in P15. Problems for several other teams helped Cadillac on this day as three drivers — Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso, and Lance Stroll — did not finish the race while four more did not even get to start due...

A glaring vetting failure allowed anti-Israel radicals Sameerah Munshi and Carrie Prejean Boller to infiltrate President Trump’s White House Religious Liberty Commission, where Boller was rightfully removed for derailing an antisemitism hearing with anti-Zionist rhetoric and outdated tropes, prompting Munshi’s dramatic resignation in protest over that ouster and the U.S.-Israeli military action against Iran’s nuclear program. Anti-Israel activist and Carrie Prejean Boller ally Sameerah Munshi resigned from the White House Religious Liberty Commission. According to an announcement Munshi made on X on March 12, 2026, the self-described “Muslimah” and “Advocate” is resigning “over the injustice and atrocities of this administration...

The United States has defeated Canada on Olympic ice yet again to secure gold, this time in the Paralympic Games. After a 6-2 victory over Canada on Sunday, the U.S. took home gold in men’s Paralympics sled hockey. In doing so, they became the first country to ever win five consecutive Paralympic titles. They were also the first to sweep all three Paralympic and Olympic hockey events at a single tournament. Of course, the men’s and women’s ice hockey teams also won gold, doing so in overtime in both gold-medal games at the Milan Cortina Games last month. But this...

IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Efi Defrin was asked if striking the Basij would lead to calls for Iranian citizens to take to the streets. He responded: 'As a military, we have no goal to topple a regime. We are creating the conditions for the people to take their country. We struck the Basij forces that impose terror on the citizens. What the Iranian people will do – that depends on them.'

A former Texas substitute teacher and her boyfriend are now facing a combined 38 child sex crime charges, with their bonds set at nearly $9 million. Madison Paige Jones, a former substitute teacher in the Midlothian Independent School District, and her boyfriend Zackery Dondlinger were first arrested in December after Midlothian police launched an investigation into allegations involving a 5-year-old child who lived in Jones’ home. Jones’ bond was initially set at $90,000 and Dondlinger’s initially reported at $250,000, but after the additional charges were filed earlier this month, their bonds increased dramatically. Jones faces 13 counts of aggravated sexual...

Channel migrants have arrived in Britain seven days in a row for the first time this year. There were 309 arrivals who crossed from northern France aboard four dinghies on Monday, pushing the total number of arrivals since Labour came to power past the 68,000 mark. It means 1,200 migrants have reached British soil over seven days. Until then the longest stretch of consecutive arrivals this year had been three days in mid-January. The total number of arrivals under Labour now stands at 68,123. Of those, 3,409 have come since the start of this year. On Monday, two of the...

Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD 348 PM EDT Sun Mar 15 2026 Valid 00Z Mon Mar 16 2026 - 00Z Wed Mar 18 2026 ...A major winter storm will bring widespread blizzard conditions across the Northern Plains, upper Midwest and upper Great Lakes today along with widespread high winds through the mid-section of the country... ...Severe thunderstorms likely to sweep across the Midwest and Mid-South today, and then through the entire eastern U.S. with the highest threat across the Mid-Atlantic on Monday...