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A blue-ribbon commission has recommended new names for nine Army bases named after Confederate leaders, including Fort Bragg, which will be recommended to be renamed Fort Liberty, the panel disclosed Tuesday. The panel has recommended that another eight Army bases be renamed for a diverse group of individuals with ties to the Army. ABC News was first to report the full list of recommended names by the Congressional Naming Commission created by Congress to suggest name changes by 2023 for U.S. military installations named after Confederate generals and leaders. Congress and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin must approve the nine naming...

Hyundai Motor America (005380.KS) will recall 281,000 vehicles in North America over seat-belt pretensioners that could explode and project metal fragments, causing injuries. The recall, which comes after three injury reports, covers some 2019-2022 Accent, 2021-2023 Elantra, and 2021-2022 Elantra hybrid vehicles. In the event of a crash, front driver or passenger-side seat-belt pretensioners could explode upon deployment. Dealers will secure seat-belt pretensioners with a cap. Seat-belt pretensioners are part of the a system that locks the seatbelt in place during a crash to provide additional protection to occupants. This recall expands and replaces four earlier recalls. All Accent, Elantra,...

Is it just me, or has the world become insufferably complicated? I mean, set aside the wars, pandemics, crime, corruption, violence, and general deterioration of every sector of humanity, and just ponder the increasingly nuanced details of living in the 21st century. Just think about your own day-to-day interactions and how maddeningly complexified everything has become. Remember when graduating from high school was considered a success? Or when getting your Bachelor's Degree was a success? How about when a Master's degree really set you apart? Or when doctorate degrees were reserved for actual doctors? Now, on top of your Master's...

More than a dozen gunmen shot dead 11 people — including eight women — at a Mexican hotel and its two bars in a massacre being linked to cartel warfare, according to authorities and reports. The coordinated attacks in the central Mexican city of Celaya saw more than 50 shots fired in an ambush that lasted less than a minute, witnesses told local TV station Telemundo 20. Some of the estimated 15 hooded gunmen also lobbed Molotov cocktails in the bars, with one of the establishments badly burned. Disturbing photos on social media showed women heaped in pools of blood...

FBI agent Curtis Heide testified in court Tuesday that he is currently the subject of an internal investigation into allegations that he withheld key evidence from an application to surveil a figure in the bureau’s probe into former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. FBI agent Curtis Heide testified in court Tuesday that he is currently the subject of an internal investigation into allegations that he withheld key evidence from an application to surveil a figure in the bureau’s probe into former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. Mr. Heide took the stand in U.S. District Court in Washington in the criminal...

Another Mistake FBI agent Curtis Heide was asked by prosecutors about a communication drafted by him and fellow agent Allison Sands on Sept. 23, 2016, that stated “the DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE provided the FBI with a white paper that was produced by an anonymous third party.” FBI agent Curtis Heide was asked by prosecutors about a communication drafted by him and fellow agent Allison Sands on Sept. 23, 2016, that stated “the DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE provided the FBI with a white paper that was produced by an anonymous third party.” “That’s a mistake in our paperwork,” Heide said of the...

President Biden on Tuesday spoke with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to offer federal assistance in the aftermath of a school shooting that left 14 children dead. Biden phoned Abbott while en route back to Washington, D.C., to Asia, where he had been since Friday. Biden offered the governor “any and all assistance he needs in the wake of the horrific shooting in Uvalde, TX,” White House communications director Kate Bedingfield tweeted.

llinois Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger has made a prediction about the people he claims are desiring another civil war in the United States. On Monday morning, Kinzinger took to social media to call out "civil war" advocates, saying that a scan of their Twitter feeds could provide an indication on how long they would potentially last in an actual battle. "If you find a 'civil war' chickenhawk, look at their feed. It Will be filled with anger over gas prices, masks, and vaccines. If that makes them uncomfortable, there is no way they would last a war. So don't let...

Pelosi pushes back on archbishop who denies her CommunionWASHINGTON, D.C. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed back Tuesday on the decision by San Francisco’s Catholic archbishop to deny her Communion over her support of abortion, saying she respects that people have opposing views but not when they impose them on others.The California Democrat says she comes from a large family with many members who oppose abortion. “I respect people’s views about that. But I don’t respect us foisting it onto others.” Pelosi added, “Our archbishop has been vehemently against LGBTQ rights. In fact he led the way in an initiative...

A federal appeals court in Richmond on Tuesday cleared the way for a legal effort that seeks to disqualify Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s (R-N.C.) candidacy for office due to his alleged role in the Jan. 6 insurrection by supporters of former President Trump.

Joe Biden will address the nation on the deadly Texas school shooting upon his return to the White House from Japan Tuesday evening, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced. The speech is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. EDT. “President Biden has been briefed on the horrific news of the elementary school shooting in Texas and will continue to be briefed regularly as information becomes available…His prayers are with the families impacted by this awful event, and he will speak this evening when he arrives back at the White House.”

Over the past several years an unceasing tide of progressive ideas on race, gender, and identity has washed over us from our entertainment and corporate worlds. It has seemed at times that companies would do or say anything to avoid the ire of wokesters who were always lurking to call them out. But in recent days, this seems to be changing. Netflix, which has been floundering financially, recently made big cuts, including to many of its diversity programs. Imbram X. Kendi’s ‘Anti-Racist Baby’ project got the ax, for example. As did several smaller projects focused on the black, Latino and...

President Biden is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday directing federal law enforcement agencies to rethink and revise their policies for use of force and create a national registry to track law enforcement officers whose positions are terminated due to misconduct. Biden plans to sign the order on the two-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, according to the New York Times. Some of Floyd's family members and law enforcement officials will reportedly be present at the signing. In addition to the registry and revision of use-of-force guidelines, Biden's order...

On May 24 pray for the Church in Hong Kong and Cardinal Zen 2022 Statement by Cardinal Bo concerning His Eminence Cardinal Joseph ZenAs President of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences, and following the arrest on 11 May of my brother Cardinal and fellow Salesian, Cardinal Joseph Zen, I wish to express my profound concern about the situation for human rights and threats to religious freedom in Hong Kong. I call on Catholics and the wider Christian community around the world to pray for Hong Kong, and I urge the international community to continue to monitor the situation...

Pope calls for fraternity ‘among ourselves and with creation’Pope Francis on Saturday praised participants in an international conference on protecting biodiversity, saying their commitment “strengthens the urgent and responsible dialogue on the future of the planet.”The Holy Father said the theme of the conference – “Nature in Mind: A New Culture of Nature for the Protection of Biodiversity” – calls to mind the wonder of St Bonaventure, who “invites us to discover the Transcendent through the beauty of nature.”God, human beings, and creationThe Pope went on to say that as we can see God in nature, so human beings are...

Akey GOP senator who helped unravel the false Russia collusion narrative declared Tuesday that new evidence introduced by Special Counsel John Durham in a criminal trial shows the FBI engaged in misconduct to carry out a "political vendetta" against Donald Trump. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, gave his speech on the Senate floor on the same day that an FBI agent admitted during the trial of former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann that he is under criminal investigation by Durham. It was the first admission that current FBI officials face potential criminal liability. Previously, a former FBI lawyer admitted falsifying evidence...

MSNBC contributor Donny Deutsch said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Democrats needed to make replacement theory racism an issue in the midterms. Anchor Nicolle Wallace said, “It’s an incredible opportunity for Democrats because I haven’t seen any of these candidates on the Republican side have to face questions about where they stand on the leaked Supreme Court opinion. If it leads to statewide bans on abortion that exclude the exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother, you’re at about an 80% issue for Democrats. When you talk about whether or not we should have faith in free and...

So just to be safe. No raves for me in Europe. Definitely no sex with monkeys, at least for two weeks. You got to flatten that curve. And it is it is shaped like a banana. Get it out of my system. We're going to be covering a lot of monkeypox. And as far as we know, it's not spreading here. I think. So nearly 70% think the economy is fairly or very bad and 56% disapprove of how Biden is doing his job. And if the election were held today, he'd be in bed at noon. All right. Fair...

The Michigan Bureau of Elections has ruled that five GOP candidates running to unseat Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are not eligible for the state's August primary because of faulty signatures on their campaign petitions. The agency says the petitions in question include signatures from people paid to sign their names and the names of the deceased — a finding at least one campaign disputes. Released Monday night, the bureau's report alleged that 18 petition circulators hired by GOP frontrunner James Craig, Detroit's former police chief, submitted 10,000 invalid signatures. Businessman Perry Johnson also fell below the minimum verified signature threshold...

At least 14 children are dead, as well as a teacher and the suspected gunman after a Texas elementary school shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott said. The suspect is 18-year-old Uvalde, Texas, resident Salvador Ramos, Abbott told reporters at a press conference. It is believed the suspect was killed by responding law enforcement. Officers said Ramos acted alone in his alleged rampage at Uvalde Elementary School, which has students in 2nd through 4th grade. The shooting occurred during Uvalde School District's last week in session before the summer break, authorities said. Ramos was a student at Uvalde High School and killed...