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Dozens of migrants are thought to have died after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean off the coast of Tunisia. At least 50 people died in the incident, with 16 survivors, the UN's International Organization for Migration says. But Tunisian state media report that 70 migrants drowned about 74km (46 miles) off Sfax, south of the capital Tunis. Tunisian officials reportedly believe the ship set off from Zuwara in Libya.

Huma Abedin, a top aide to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, had a simple three letter response upon learning that her boss’s private email server had been the target of a hacking attempt – “OMG.” The revelation comes amidst the release of 277 pages of FBI files concerning Clinton. One email in the document drop shows Abedin responding to IT professional Justin Cooper who explained that he had to shut down the supposedly secure server on January 9th, 2011, because “someone was trying to hack us.” “I had to shut down the server,” Cooper wrote. “Someone was trying to hack...

For more than two years, the Democrats have used every dirty trick possible to take down President Trump — but their desperate all-out obstruction campaign has only managed to strengthen his support.Based on these results, perhaps the Democrats should continue to just be themselves.According to a new Gallup poll, President Trump’s approval rating just hit an all-time high of 46 percent, even higher than President Obama’s approval at the same point in his presidency.While the success of Trump’s America First policy agenda has undoubtedly played a major role in strengthening his support, the juvenile antics of congressional Democrats have...

We are LIVE at our pro-life rally against bullying, calling for the resignation of Brian Sims and for the end of abortion. https://www.facebook.com/events/857522957927221/permalink/858325634513620/

“I’m unwilling to recuse myself, because I don’t think legally there is any reason,” Martin said. “Because of tremendous amount of public interest in this case— and I am not unmindful that there are people in the public that believe my being on this case somehow taints the proceedings… I’m going to transfer the case.” Retired appeals court judge Sheila O’Brien’s request to have still another judge— one from outside Cook County— appointed to hear her case, and her petition for a special prosecutor, will remain unanswered until the next hearing in the case, set for May 17.

Americans’ wages need to grow faster, says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Jobs “are not producing the wages that people need to meet their needs,” Pelosi said at a Washington Post event. She continued: And people still feel scarred by what happened in 2008 when their home [mortages] were underwater, their pensions were at risk, they were living off their savings, their children’s education [was] in doubt. So there’s still that concern and 40 percent of the American people — you’ve seen the figures over and over again – cannot withstand a $500 unforeseen cost — whether it is a [broken]...

The Trump administration is hiking duties on $200 billion worth of Chinese products from 10% to 25%. It had been hoped that a resolution could be reached by the two sides prior to a midnight deadline for the tariff hike, but no deal materialized. ================================================================= President Donald Trump raised the stakes in his trade conflict with China as the U.S. increased tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods on Friday. Despite the escalation in the trade war, the Shanghai Composite rose 3% and the Shenzhen soared 4%. U.S. stock futures were down only slightly Friday after a volatile week stemming...

Jim Fowler who with his friend Marlin Perkins co-hosted "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom," died Wednesday, according to the official website for the show. He was 89 and died at his home in Connecticut. I'll always remember Marlin Perkins droning on from somewhere safe like a helicopter while Jim was trying to wrestle some 15 ft snarling alligator in a mud pit.

REVEALED: Nxivm members presented Hillary Clinton with illegal campaign donation at event in hopes of 'obtaining political influence to further their agenda' Nxivm members exceeded campaign donation limits back in 2007 when they gave thousands to Hillary Clinton according to a court filing Raniere and his co-defendants reportedly gave money that was reimbursed by Nancy Salzman and Clare Bronfman Al Franken, Claire McKaskill, Ken Salazar and Tammy Duckworth also received donations from Nxivm according to records obtained by DailyMail.com Records obtained by DailyMail.com also show that the group gave $10,000 to the Democratic Committee of South Carolina as well when...

Two jets from different eras, with different missions, strengths, and weaknesses, face off in a battle for today’s funds. The F-35 Lightning has been the Air Force’s sole new fighter program since 2009, when the F-22 Raptor program was prematurely terminated. While behind schedule, the program has been a top Air Force priority for more than a decade and until recently, was expected to remain USAF’s only fighter program until a future capability, still undefined, comes online. Now the F-35 faces a new challenge from an old jet design, a variant of the F-15 Strike Eagle; an airplane from an...

Approximately four of five people persecuted for their religious beliefs are Christians, according to an interim report prepared for the British government.The Rt. Rev. Philip Mounstephen, Anglican bishop of Truro, which is located in the United Kingdom, prepared an interim report focused on persecuted Christians, delivering it to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office last Friday.According to the lengthy interim report, 80 percent of persecuted believers around the world are Christians, with Bishop Mounstephen labeling it “an inconvenient truth.”In footnote number 344, Mounstephen explained that while the statistic derives from 10-year-old research by the International Society for Human Rights, it remains...

NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is really stretching that “ripped from the headlines” mindset with its latest episode. Not only does SVU maintain the media lie about the Covington Catholic kids (this time with Jewish students), the show also manages to play defense for Rep. Ilhan Omar (with a Muslim councilwoman standing in for "Native American elder" Nathan Phillips). Who knew you could fit so much intersectional dishonesty into one hour? The May 9 episode “Assumptions” opens with two Jewish teenage boys running from a vandalized synagogue where we find Muslim Councilwoman Nahla Nasar (Nazneen Contractor) has been...

President Donald Trump's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned both the UK and the European Union against helping Iran, according to reports.Pompeo's warning comes following Washington's efforts to bring Tehran’s oil exports to zero. But the UK and EU’s joint policy towards the country could be putting them on a collision course with the US, according to Pompeo.

Early this week, British tax expert Maya Forstater was fired over tweets in which she disagreed with transgender identity, saying that "men cannot change into women." In the days since, she raised more than £60,000 to cover legal fees for an appeal.Forstater, who was a senior researcher at the London office of the think tank Centre for Global Development, is believed to be the first person in England to lose her job for disagreeing with transgender identity, The Sunday Times reported. The tax expert expressed support for people struggling with gender dysphoria (the persistent condition of identifying with the gender opposite...

Italy's Fincantieri Marine Group's entrant into the FFG(X) is one of the most promising in the field of five contenders as it is based on the successful and modern Fregata Europea Multi-Missione (FREMM)—or European Multi-Mission Frigate in English—that will serve a number of multi-national users, already including NATO allies France and Italy. While we know what the existing ships look like in their various configurations, which includes anti-submarine, general purpose, and air defense variants with various other customizations based on the user's demands, we haven't really seen what a U.S. version would look like in tangible form, that is until...

The grand battle of the Trade Avengers in Washington really isn't that important in the grand scheme of things. What matters is the implosion of America's technological predominance, exemplified by the Trump administration's strategic humiliation over Fifth Generation (5G) mobile broadband. In 1258 the Mongols appeared before the gates of Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Dynasty. Caliph Al-Musta'sim assumed that the capital's 12-foot-thick walls would protect the city against lightly-armed Mongol horsemen, but the Mongols brought with them a thousand Chinese siege engineers. The Chinese mercenaries breached the walls within three weeks and the Mongols killed most of the...

On Thursday, Attorney General William Barr cracked a joke about the Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee voting yesterday to hold him in contempt. The attorney general made the comment during his remarks at a farewell ceremony for Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein at the Justice Department. Turning to his outgoing No. 2 official, Barr said, "You like records. This must be a record of attorney general being proposed for contempt within 100 days of taking office.” The comment drew laughs from the audience.Barr was joined by other top law enforcement officials in the Trump administration, including former Attorney General Jeff...

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) revealed on Friday that the House is considering revisiting its "inherent contempt" powers that would allow it to fine members of the Trump administration who fail to answer its subpoenas.  That really doesn't necessarily change in an impeachment proceeding where they can fight us likewise but there is another remedy that I think we really need to consider that maybe even quicker than an impeachment proceeding or the court proceeding and that is reviving Congress' inherent power of contempt, something we utilize up until the 1930s where we in effect do our own...

If you’ve missed the traditional comity of Congresses long past, the Associated Press has some good news for you. Apparently, Democrats and Republicans can still work together for the common good … their common good, that is. A new bipartisan effort has begun to allow cost-of-living increases to Congressional pay, and the only thing it requires is that none of us notice.Mum’s the word! Some senior House lawmakers, frustrated by a decade of frozen congressional salaries, are quietly exploring whether to accept an annual pay raise that they’ve shunned since Barack Obama was first president.It’s a longshot at best,...

Anti-gun activists and politicians who said they were staging a “vigil” at a Colorado school to honor STEM Highlands Ranch student Kendrick Castillo, 18, who died in a shooting this week, turned it into an anti-gun rally. They’ve apologized to the students, whose grief was exploited in pursuit of a political agenda. But a civil rights organization says that should be just the beginning. “Wednesday’s vigil was supposed to honor the heroic sacrifice of 18-year-old Kendrick Castillo and to support other students who were injured, and give students a chance to speak from their hearts,” said Alan Gottlieb, chairman of...