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WASHINGTON — The United States has obtained intelligence that the son and potential successor of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Hamza bin Laden, is dead, according to three U.S. officials. The officials would not provide details of where or when Hamza bin Laden died or if the U.S. played a role in his death. It is unclear if the U.S. has confirmed his death.

European civilisation is imbued with notions of Christian morality and the values of the Enlightenment. It is diverse, organic, syncretic and all-encompassing. After centuries of internecine warfare, the continent finally came to recognise that this religio-cultural homogeneity offered a foundation for peace and prosperity, and so expressions of Christian democracy began to develop which drew together the fractious and heterogeneous strands of national allegiance to forge a new progressive identity for the modern era. But that identity has been hijacked by an aggressive, coercive, supra-national secularism of categorical imperatives which gnaw at the threads of Europe’s carefully-woven patchwork of civilisations....

If you want to know another reason why the Democrat Left is desperately trying to paint POTUS Donald Trump and Republicans in general as blatant racists and bigots, the answer lies in data released by the Labor Department this week. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), ‘the 99 percent’ have gotten wage increases since the president took office in January 2017 and Republicans passed a massive tax reform bill 11 months later. Not only that but thanks to a vibrate economy and substantial jobs growth that led to what many believe is a fully-employed labor force, Americans are...

President Trump says his family has decided on a name for a horse the Mongolian government is gifting his son Barron. Trump told reporters he'll name the steed that will stay in the host nation 'Victory' as he welcomed Mongolian President Khaltmaa Battulga to the White House. 'Thank you very much for the horse,' Trump told him, suggesting he'd seen a picture of the 'beautiful' animal as he prepared to move the meeting to the Oval Office.

India's Parliament yesterday gave final passage to The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 (full text) (bill summary). The bill now goes to the President for his assent. The new law outlaws "triple talaq", the procedure under which a Muslim husband divorces his wife by uttering the word "talaq" three times to her.  The law makes talaq (including in written and electronic form) illegal and provides for a fine and up to three years in prison for anyone declaring talaq. It also allows award of child custody and subsistence to a wife against whom talaq has been invoked. The...

Mario Lopez issued an apology on Wednesday for comments he made during an interview last month in which he called it “dangerous” for parents to allow young children to choose their own gender identity. The actor told NBC News that his comments were "ignorant and insensitive" and added that he has "a deeper understanding of how hurtful they were.” “I have been and always will be an ardent supporter of the LGBTQ community, and I am going to use this opportunity to better educate myself," Lopez told NBC. "Moving forward I will be more informed and thoughtful." The "Extra" co-host...

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Major Fire Engulfs Oil Refinery in Houston, 37 Injured 22:47 31.07.2019(updated 22:51 31.07.2019) A fire broke out Wednesday at an ExxonMobil plant in Houston, Texas. Video footage from the scene showed a large plume of smoke coming from the oil refinery. ExxonMobil has urged local residents to shelter as a precaution, ABC News reported.

Turkey Threatens to Reignite European Migrant Crisis by Soeren Kern July 31, 2019 at 5:00 am https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/14624/turkey-threatens-migrant-crisis "We are facing the biggest wave of migration in history. If we open the floodgates, no European government will be able to survive for more than six months. We advise them not to try our patience." — Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu. "Turkey is fully committed to the objective of EU membership... The finalization of the Visa Liberalization Dialogue process which will allow our citizens to travel to the Schengen area without a visa, is our first priority." — Statement released by the...

RUSH: You know who didn’t get mentioned last night? Robert J. Mueller III. The Mueller report? Not a syllable was mentioned of the Mueller report. Robert Mueller himself did not get mentioned. Now, don’t be disappointed. I mean, they’ve got plenty of video for campaign ads. But in the debate where candidates are trying to get the Democrat nomination, the number one issue as far as the Drive-Bys have been concerned the last 2-1/2 years, didn’t even make the debate. Bottom Falls Out of MSNBC Ratings After Mueller Fails to Put Trump in Jail Jul 31, 2019 RUSH: You know...

Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, Aida Rodriguez, and Ana Kasparian, hosts of "The Young Turks," break down the winners and losers of Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate from the progressive point of view. "[Sanders] was really strong, he was a fighter tonight, and Elizabeth warren with one great point after another," Uygur said. "Obviously looking at them together fighting off all the Republicans on the stage -- yes I know I said Republicans -- it made me think of, of course, the dream team. So tonight we begin to whisper of a dream that they're together. Obviously, we don't know what form...

Washington (CNN)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday celebrated the House passing the Pride Act, declaring the bill -- aimed at updating the tax code to provide equal treatment for same-sex married couples -- "long-overdue justice." "Discrimination has no place in our society or in our laws," Pelosi said in a news release. "In passing the PRIDE Act, Democrats are honoring our diversity and providing long-overdue justice to countless same-sex couples across the country who have been denied critical tax refunds because of who they are and who they love." The bill, which will now head to the Senate, would amend...

SAN ANTONIO - A 9-year-old boy is safe after police say he was kidnapped and almost trafficked to another city, but police were able to track him down just in time. Police spent the entire night tracking down the child until he was found inside a car at a local grocery store. Things ended around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday at an H-E-B on the South Side off Goliad Road and Southeast Military Drive. Police said the boy was kidnapped in the downtown area and authorities were immediately notified along with Homeland Security. San Antonio Police's ROPE officers followed several leads that...

Yekaterina Karaglanova Russian Instagram Influencer Body Found Stabbed, Stuffed In Suitcase 23:27 30.07.2019 Investigators believe the young woman could have been murdered out of jealousy. She had recently entered a new relationship and was planning to celebrate her birthday with a trip to The Netherlands. Yekaterina Karaglanova, a 24-year old Russian Instagram influencer, was found dead with her body stuffed into a suitcase in her Moscow apartment, Russian media reports say, citing police. The horrific discovery was made after Karaglanova’s parents, who could not reach her by phone for several days, contacted the landlord and entered the apartment, discovering her...

Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Britain on May 10, 1940. World War II would rage another year and a half before the entrance of Unite States. The situation in Europe was desperate, as two massive Nazi armies were driving back British, French, Dutch, Polish and Belgian troops to the English Channel, bottling them up in the port of Dunkirk. The Belgian army surrendered. If the British forces were destroyed, Britain would be forced to negotiate a surrender. For reasons still debated, Hitler approved an order on May 24 to halt for three days the advance of 800,000 Nazi troop,...

Pakistan Evacuates Chinese Nationals From Border Areas Amid ‘Unprecedented Escalation’ With India 18:33 31.07.2019(updated 22:00 31.07.2019) New Delhi (Sputnik): Amid unprecedented levels of firing and shelling across the border, Pakistan has evacuated all Chinese nationals engaged in civilian construction near the Line of Control (LoC) after shooting from the Indian side resulted in the deaths of two civilians with dozens reportedly injured. Citing officials, Pakistani media has reported that around 50 Chinese nationals were working on dam construction along the confluence of the Neelam and Jhelum rivers. Raja Shahid Mahmood, a local Pakistani official, said the decision to evacuate the...

How's this for an adjective for the Donald Trump economy: average. That word has scarcely been used to describe the president. But Friday's GDP revisions reveal a decidedly humdrum-looking economy. The second quarter notched 2.1% growth, down a point from the first quarter. The economy stumbled at the end of the year and the president's much-ballyhooed second-quarter 2018 tally of 4.2% was revised to 3.5%. But for the true picture, it's best to smooth it all out. Remember, the trend tells the story -- not a single data point. And that trend is a ten-year expansion averaging 2.3% annual growth....

RUSH: I had a sound bite yesterday and I didn’t get to it and I want to get it done now because it has nothing to do with the debate, but it’s tremendous. Monday night on Fox there was a fill-in host in there, Sandra Smith, and she was talking to a woman named Lynne Patton. Lynne Patton is the regional administrator for HUD, the department of Housing and Urban Development. She is in the Trump administration, and she is African-American, and she is also from the district represented by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The question: “The case is obviously being made...

Lawmaker Claims UFOs Might Pose 'Serious Security Risk', Probes US Navy About Encounters With ThemCC0 22:12 31.07.2019(updated 22:13 31.07.2019) The congressman noted that if the accounts of pilots who allegedly encountered UFOs are to be believed, these craft are capable of performing maneuvers that require “extreme advances in quantum mechanics, nuclear science, electromagnetics, and thermodynamics”. US Republican Rep. Mark Walker, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, has recently reached out to the US Navy, asking them to provide more information about the alleged UFO sightings reported by naval aviation pilots, Politico reports. According to the media outlet, Walker...

After more than two fruitless years accusing President Trump of collusion with Russia, some liberals apparently still consider that tactic a winning strategy -- when used to attack anyone even remotely connected to the Republican occupant of the White House. One example of that is the claim from MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and Kevin Poulsen of the liberal Daily Beast website since both have suggested the One America News Network -- which Trump has called his new favorite news outlet -- is a fountain of Russian propaganda. OANN has demanded retractions from Maddow and the Daily Beast with angry letters from...