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Former President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to a dog rescue fundraiser in Palm Beach on Friday. “I didn’t exactly prepare for this, but I was walking and I hear everybody screaming and I said, wow what’s going on,” Trump said.

Montgomery, Alabama – On Friday, February 23, 2021, Tawasaki Leonorda Williams, a 35-year-old from Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 75 months in prison for possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Sandra J. Stewart. In addition to his prison sentence, Williams was ordered to serve three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. The sentence comes after Williams pleaded guilty to the charges in November of 2020. According to court documents, on February 21, 2020, officers...

A dual U.S.-Mexican citizen pleaded guilty today to willfully engaging in financial dealings with Mexican companies that had been identified as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). According to court documents, Jessica Johanna Oseguera Gonzalez, 34, of Guadalajara, Mexico, violated the criminal penalties of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (the Kingpin Act) by engaging in property transactions with six Mexican businesses that OFAC previously designated to be “specially designated narcotics traffickers.” These six businesses were so designated because they provided material support to the Mexican drug trafficking organization...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday designated five Chinese companies as posing a threat to national security under a 2019 law aimed at protecting U.S. communications networks.

Many of the world's greatest musicians remain highly respected even in death. The world often mourns the loss of the artist and the songs that the artist never got to write. If you go looking through your iTunes or Spotify libraries, you will likely find dozens of those dead musicians. You'll probably want to bring back more than a few, even if it's just so that they can write one more song. In the whirlwind world of music, numerous rock stars die before their prime. Their untimely demises pose a difficult question, one that needs an answer. We asked you,...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Just a day after Texas rolled back COVID-19 restrictions, including those mandating face coverings in public, a woman's arrest has emerged stemming from her refusal to wear a mask. Body camera footage released by Galveston police shows officers confronting the woman inside a Bank of America branch on Central City Boulevard. Advertisement The footage, taken on Thursday, begins with an officer being directed by a bank manager to the woman. The officer encounters the woman who expresses frustration over being told to wear a mask, invoking the state's lifted mandate. However, the officer is heard reminding...

This is a 24 minute video presenting facts and arguments that will likely be used by the defense during the trial. I encourage you to watch the entire video: https://centaurfilmworks.com/ It focuses on the body cams used by the police officers, as well as a surveillance camera and the toxicology report. It puts together a compelling argument that the police officers were not responsible for the death.

Will Hollywood Require COVID-19 Vaccinations for Workers Illustration by Zohar Lazar Illustration by Zohar Lazar With vaccines expected to arrive for all U.S. adults by the end of May, the entertainment industry may need to devise new guidelines for on-set and workplace safety as challenges loom. If, a year ago, there had been a guarantee that by March 2021 there would be three COVID19 vaccines being administered to millions daily, Hollywood would have been overjoyed. When cinemas started closing stateside and film and TV studios told workers to stay home, few allowed themselves to think of this moment, much less...

Hillary Clinton is the latest public figure to weigh in on Oprah’s interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Clinton shared her thoughts on the treatment of the couple by family members and the British tabloids. “I found it so heart-rending to watch,” she said, adding it was “heartbreaking” that Meghan wasn’t accepted by not just by “the permanent bureaucracy that surrounds the royal family, but by the media in the UK.” Clinton continued, “You know I’ve had my time in the box with the British tabloids, as anybody who is in the public eye has had. And their cruelty...

For Valentine’s Day, a journey into the life of this beloved standard written for the 1937 Broadway show Babes in Arms Rickie Lee Jones, “My Funny Valentine” If there is a better and more lasting song for this holiday, none are more famous or beloved. It was written by Richard Rodgers—one of the greatest melodists of his generation—and his first songwriting partner, the legendary lyricist Lorenz “Larry” Hart. Created in 1937 for the show Babes in Arms, it’s a standard of the greatest multitude, with 1073 known recordings at this moment, and included on thousands of different albums. There’s a...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday that she was open to a “scenario” in which the Democrat-run House of Representatives would overturn a close Republican win in Iowa’s second congressional district. Pelosi, addressing reporters during her weekly press conference, was asked whether she could “see a scenario” in which Democrats would unseat Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), who won by six votes, and replace her with Democrat Rita Hart. As Breitbart News reported Wednesday, the Committee on House Administration voted along party lines to continue an inquiry into the congressional race — even though Miller-Meeks had been found...

Jews furious at Vatican silence on exclusion from Abraham's birthplaceNASSIRIYA, Iraq (ChurchMilitant.com) - Jewish leaders are slamming Pope Francis' silence on Iraq's anti-Semitic policies after it emerged that the Iraqi government blocked Jews from attending the pontiff's interfaith service at the birthplace of Abraham. A delegation of Jews was unable to attend the "Abrahamic" event even though the Vatican had invited the representatives to be present because "the Iraqi government stymied efforts for any Jews to travel to Iraq," the Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. Multiple Jewish sources confirmed to Church Militant the veracity of the Jerusalem Post's report explaining that...

Four Ohio abortion activists are facing charges after they disrupted a pro-life Catholic Mass and shouted “grossly abusive language” in front of young children in January. The Columbus Dispatch reports three of the abortion activists were charged with misdemeanors and a fourth was charged with criminal damage as well as misdemeanors for their actions at the St. Joseph Cathedral Downtown in Columbus. On Jan. 22, Ohio police had to forcibly remove the abortion activists from the cathedral after they disrupted the Respect Life Mass, which is held annually on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade to pray for an end...

President Joe Biden issued an executive order authorizing free transgender surgery for all military personnel—both active duty and retired veterans. The surgery and follow-up lifelong hormone treatments can cost as much as $200,000 per patient. Biden called his action "both necessary from an equity standpoint and an augmentation of the unity my administration is determined to impose on this country." Press Secretary Jen Psaki rebuffed both critics' contentions that it is not the taxpayers' responsibility to fund this sort of elective surgery and questions about whether it detracts from the mission the armed forces are supposed to fulfill. "Historically, eunuchs...

Well, it's been a year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic. To commemorate the anniversary, President Joe Biden stayed awake long enough to give an approximately 25 minute speech, though, in a shock to no one, didn't take questions. On the surface, Biden and his supporters surely saw it as an attempt to exude hope to the American people. Key word, "an attempt." The idea of "unity" and "coming together" were mentioned throughout. If I had a nickel for every time I heard the phrase "unity," only to experience the opposite, I'd be a...

DUBLIN (CNS) — Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, head of the Vatican’s evangelization congregation, has expressed concern over the “hijacking” of religion by populist leaders who sow division and exploit the anger of those who feel excluded. Speaking after he delivered the 2021 Trócaire/St. Patrick’s College Maynooth annual Lenten lecture March 9 on “Caring for the Human Family and our Common Home,” the Filipino prelate warned, “There is a growing sense in the world today of divisiveness, and unfortunately religion is being used to further division; sometimes even within the same religious affiliation you have divisions.” Referring to the recent rise...

I knew Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman was pro-gun — I’ve told you as much — but, damn! Hoffman recently sent a letter to Sarasota’s Brady Bunch chapter refusing their request for a meeting — and then he told them why. Enjoy! Dear Mr. McLain and Ms. Rescigno, Thank you for your recent request to meet. I am very familiar with the bradyunited.org 12- point platform and I have fundamental differences regarding nearly every objective of Brady. I am a member of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, the 2nd Amendment Foundation, in addition to...

Earlier today we published the shocking story about Joshua James and his family. Joshua James was arrested this week and is being charged in connection to the violent events of January 6th in Washington D.C. Joshua James is an Iraq War veteran. He was wounded in a bomb blast in Iraq. And Joshua is being held by the FBI without bail. Joshua is the breadwinner in his family. He receives retirement pay from the military. He has three young children including a 3-year-old. ...... Snip...... Earlier today we asked readers to please donate to this suffering family. And you answered...

...New presidents often take the opportunity to pass a so-called skinny budget as their own personal amendment to the ongoing fiscal year’s budget. Without a confirmed OMB chief, there will be no Biden skinny budget. Here we are approaching the Ides of March and the most important job in the White House is held by an acting director, Shalanda Young....many Capitol Hill Democrats what Young for the top job–except Biden is looking around for someone else. The longer it takes Biden to get an OMB director, the longer it takes to get his reins on the federal government.... All of...

Washington D.C., Mar 8, 2021 / 05:00 pm MT (CNA).- The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a former college student to pursue a remedy against school officials who restricted when and where he could evangelize on campus. In Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, the court ruled 8-1 that Chike Uzuegbunam, who was restricted from evangelizing on a public college campus, could sue school officials for nominal damages due to an alleged violation of his free speech. Justice Clarence Thomas authored the majority opinion, while Chief Justice John Roberts was the lone dissenter. “To demonstrate standing, the plaintiff must not only establish an...