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With the 20-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks approaching, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that directed the release of some documents related to the incident. The executive order directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other agencies to start a review of documents and requires Attorney General Merrick Garland to release declassified information in the coming months. “We must never forget the enduring pain of the families and loved ones of the 2,977 innocent people who were killed during the worst terrorist attack on America in our history. For them, it was not only a national...

Imagine you’re a normal person. The year is 2016. Rightly or wrongly, you believe most of what you see in the media. You believe polls are broadly reflective of public opinion. You believe doctors and scientists are trustworthy and independent. You’re a decent, reasonable person who follows the rules and trusts the authorities. Imagine your shock, then, when Brexit, which you were assured couldn’t happen because it was a fringe movement led by racists for racists, happens. The polls, which widely predicted it wouldn’t happen, were wrong. The experts and pundits who told you day after day that it wouldn’t...

In his Wednesday general audience, the pontiff appealed on World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation to work together for our shared home. He also announced a coming joint message on the environmental crisis with Patriarch Bartholomew and Anglican Primate Welby.Vatican City (AsiaNews) – Pope Francis held his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall today, focusing on his catechesis on the Apostle Paul's Letter to the Galatians. In his address, the pontiff asked: “How do we live our faith? Are we attached to the precious treasure, to the beauty of the newness of Christ, or do...

A man armed with a gun is accused of holding a baby as he fired at three women during a road-rage shooting in Ohio, police say. The bizarre scene unfolded after two women crashed their vehicles in Cincinnati on Wednesday. A 54-year-old woman said she and another driver were involved in the minor collision that didn’t cause any damage and “words were exchanged” afterward, according to police. “I’m gonna go get my man,” the 54-year-old recalled the other woman telling her, police said. “You better go get yours.” About half an hour later, 31-year-old Ladon Penn arrived and walked...

Jeffrey Smith, 51, of Fairfield Township, has been on a ventilator at UC West Chester Hospital for 34 days battling COVID-19. While the father of three fights for his life, his wife, Julie Smith, has taken the battle to court. At the center of it all, the controversial drug, Ivermectin. "I know from personal experience in a number of cases that people have gone home from the hospital after Ivermectin when they were told -- the family was told -- that you should consider pulling life support," said Ralph Lorigo, Julie Smith's attorney. "No one advocates that you go to...

President Joe Biden (D) said on Friday, Sept. 3, that he does not believe life begins at conception - contradicting his previous statements on when life begins. Biden answered a reporter’s question on abortion on Friday, after addressing the August jobs numbers at the White House. “I respect those who believe life begins at the moment of conception,” Biden said. “I don’t agree, but I respect that. I’m not going to impose that on people.” Biden’s declaration that he does not believe life begins at conception is contrary to what he has stated in the past. At the 2012 vice...

From Inauguration Day to her official portrait by Amy Sherald (on view as part of our special exhibition The Obama Portraits Tour), First Lady Michelle Obama powerfully expressed the values and vision of the Obama White House through her sartorial choices. Explore the former First Lady’s culture-shifting style with image strategist Meredith Koop—who has been Michelle Obama’s stylist since 2010, in the White House and for subsequent appearances—and fashion historian Kimberly M. Jenkins, Assistant Professor of Fashion Studies, Ryerson University, and principal researcher for The Fashion and Race Database. The two discuss some of Michelle Obama’s key looks, starting with...

U.S. authorities are now investigating the cases of so-called "child brides" among the Afghans who fled Afghanistan in the past few weeks and are now in U.S. custody both inside the U.S. and in facilities abroad. CBS News has learned that "several" Afghan women and girls who were evacuated to facilities in the United Arab Emirates have told officials that their families forced them into marriage outside of the Kabul airport so that they could be eligible for evacuation. A senior State Department official said authorities are taking the claims seriously and investigating.

Liberal Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera confessed in his own memoir to engaging in rampant workplace sex, and actress Bette Midler has accused Rivera of groping her. (Snip) Here is the passage from Geraldo Rivera’s 1991 autobiography Exposing Myself in which Rivera describes his tryst with the married wife of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who also happens to be the mother of current Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau

An account by a father of a wounded Marine says Joe Biden tried to visit his son last night but Biden was not welcomed by the family. So far that appears to be the only report on Biden’s visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The White House has been silent on the visit with no photos released, accounts of visits or even reports of Biden awarding Purple Hearts. Background on the man’s wounded son followed by his comments on Biden’s attempt to visit last night:

Dr. Jonathan Reiner reacts to President Donald Trump telling the Wall Street Journal that he "probably won't" get a Covid-19 vaccine booster.

Yang Jiechi, China’s top diplomat, was among the officials who held talks on climate change with US envoy John Kerry. Photo: XinhuaYang Jiechi, China’s top diplomat, was among the officials who held talks on climate change with US envoy John Kerry. Photo: Xinhua Yang Jiechi, China’s top diplomat, was among the officials who held talks on climate change with US envoy John Kerry. Photo: Xinhua Beijing has rebuffed American calls to make more public pledges on climate change before a UN climate summit in November, insisting it should follow its own plan rather than bowing to US pressure, according to...

[Catholic Caucus] New Papal Interview Contains Revealing Remarks on Traditionis CustodesIn a lengthy new interview with COPE, a Spanish radio station, Pope Francis fields questions on a wide range of topics,[1] including his Apostolic Letter Traditionis Custodes (July 16, 2021) that effectively abolished Benedict XVI’s Summorum Pontificum (July 7, 2007) and severely restricts access to the Traditional Latin Mass for priests and laity alike.During the interview, conducted sometime this past weekend (Aug. 28-29) according to COPE’s summary, journalist and broadcaster Carlos Herrera inquired (Spanish audio available here, 22:13 and following):“I don’t know if Pope Francis is a man who likes...

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Another Portland, Ore., official quits after laboring to defend the indefensible. Some intolerable events simply cannot be spun, even by the most talented of message massagers. A recent Journal editorial summed up the mayor’s appalling message to his community: Anarchy is tolerable as long as you’re merely shooting at each other. Photos obtained by The New York Times show him sitting with about a dozen people — almost all unmasked — testing the limits of the strict new mask rules. Who can blame them? For more than a year Portland’s mayor has been asking citizens to accept both limits on...

After the August jobs report significantly missed expectations, President Joe Biden said Friday he would have liked to see better numbers. But he said his economic agenda will help the nation get there — particularly, his plans to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations. "We are going to deliver these investments without raising taxes one cent on anyone making less than $400,000 a year," Biden said during remarks after the jobs report was released. "How are we going to do that? We're going to do it by leveling the playing field." "The superwealthy are still going to be able...

A Raisin in the Sun is a 1961 drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Roy Glenn, and Louis Gossett Jr. (in his film debut), and adapted from the 1959 play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry. It follows a black family that wants a better life away from the city.Atheist scene from "A Raisin in the Sun" (1961)

Attention Trump voters and all those who would like to participate in an easy Peaceful Protest against the Pretend President Joe Biden. Buy and send a Mike Lindell My Pillow and have it delivered to the white house. That would send quite a message. Imagine millions of pillows on the white house steps ! Not kidding.

President Joe Biden’s penchant for embellishment and falsehood has not slowed in his old age. The president told yet another one of his self-aggrandizing whoppers this week, claiming he spent time at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh after an antisemitic terrorist attack in October 2018 left 11 worshipers dead. “I remember spending time at the, you know, going to the, you know, the Tree of Life Synagogue, speaking with the — just, it just is amazing these things are happening, happening in America,” Biden said Thursday in a meeting with Jewish leaders. The synagogue’s executive director told the...