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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) joined Tucker Carlson to break the news tonight that DNC law firm Perkins Coie has an “FBI workspace” in its DC offices. And Attorney Michael Sussmann is in charge of this FBI workspace. Rep. Matt Gaetz: “The Democrat Party’s law firm, the law firm that received $42 million from the Democratic Party has this co-located workspace that they operate in concert with the FBI. Why in the world would that be the case? Why would Christopher Wray allow this to continue? Then you would also have to ask yourself why in the last 12 months was...

Adults will be able to possess small amounts of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA Adults in British Columbia will be allowed to possess small amounts of some illicit drugs starting next year, the federal government announced Tuesday--a move that marks a dramatic shift in Canada's drug policy. The federal government says Canadians 18 years of age and older will be able to possess up to a cumulative 2.5 grams of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA within British Columbia. The announcement is a response to a request from the province for an exemption from the law criminalizing drug possession. The first-of-its-kind-exemption will...

Melania Trump couldn’t help but tease a potential return to the White House. The former first lady hinted at the possibility of moving back into 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. as her husband, Donald Trump, continues to hint at a potential 2024 run for office. “Never say never,” she said on “Fox & Friends Weekend” on Sunday. The former FLOTUS said the pair “achieved a lot in four years,” and lamented “biased” treatment during their time in office. Speaking to host Pete Hogseth, Melania said she enjoyed her time living in the capital from 2017 until 2021. “I like Washington, DC. I...

Jill Biden isn’t dialed into contemporary slang. The first lady has spoken candidly about her 45-year marriage to Joe Biden in an intimate new interview — but appears oblivious to the obscene meaning of one activity she says she partakes in with the president, 79. Jill, 70, told Harper’s Bazaar Monday that she and her hubby hash out their “occasional” fights via text message, describing the act as “fexting.” But while the Bidens might think the slang term is a cute amalgamation of the words “fighting” and “texting,” Urban Dictionary defines the word as a crude colloquialism that actually means...

Who knew that LA lifeguards—who work in the sun, ocean surf, and golden sands of California— could reap such unbelievable financial reward? It’s time we put Baywatch on pay watch. In 2019, we found top-paid lifeguards made up to $392,000. Unfortunately, today, the pay and benefits are even more lucrative. Daniel Douglas was the most highly paid and earned $510,283, an increase from $442,712 in 2020. As the “lifeguard captain,” he out-earned 1,000 of his peers: salary ($150,054), perks ($28,661), benefits ($85,508), and a whopping $246,060 in overtime pay. The second highest paid, lifeguard chief Fernando Boiteux, pulled down $463,517...

New Hampshire Republicans have launched a “Censure Sununu” petition after the governor vetoed the Republican legislature’s redistricting maps. If successful, the petition would publicly condemn Republican Gov. Chris Sununu (R) for vetoing redistricting maps, making anti-Trump statements, and generating anti-free speech restrictions around abortion clinics.

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in his sermon after the Divine Liturgy at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy touched upon the issue of so-called “burnout”. – A bishop once related to me that a certain priest had complained of a burnout. I said: either you ought to send him to a monastery for hard work, or else have him defrocked. Christian Orthodox clergy cannot burn out: they can only burn for Christ. Those who complain of a “pastoral burnout”, plainly speaking, have no idea of what the priestly vocation is all about, what the purpose of their study...

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On World No Tobacco Day Pope Francis notes that health is a God-given gift and invites all men and women to take good care of it. World No Tobacco Day, marked annually on 31 May, is part of a global campaign that aims to raise public awareness about the damage the use of tobacco wreaks on our health and about the many ways in which it threatens the environment we live in. Pope Francis has joined his voice to the campaign saying that “The culture of life is a heritage that we Christians must share with everyone.” His words came...

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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday that the United States is planning on “cooperation” between its National Guard and Taiwan’s military amid mounting threats from communist China.Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks at a rank conferral ceremony for military officials from the Army, Navy and Air Force, at the defence ministry in Taipei, Taiwan, on Dec. 28, 2021. (Annabelle Chih/Reuters)The announcement comes as China, which wants to claim the self-ruled island as its own, has stepped up its military harassment of Taiwan in recent years. Last week, China’s military organized military drills in the sea and air spaces surrounding Taiwan,...

A Vatican-approved Chinese bishop remains in detention more than one year after his arrest for allegedly violating the communist country's repressive regulations on religious affairs. Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu of Xinxiang was arrested May 21, 2021, reported ucanews.com. A day earlier, police arrested 10 priests and an unknown number of seminarians from a Catholic seminary in the diocese that was set up in an abandoned factory building. About a year ago, authorities in Xinxiang shut down Catholic schools and kindergartens in line with a government ban on education by religious groups. All those arrested were accused of violating China's regulations...

Shanghai's two-month lockdown has taken its toll on Chinese migrant workers, who are planning to leave at the first opportunity. In this final part of a two-part series on the trend of reverse migration, CNA's Low Minmin speaks with an analyst who says the trend is likely to stay until Shanghai's economy is back on track.

Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson expressed his willingness for a “conversation” on raising the minimum age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to 21 and “AR-15-style weapons” amid fresh talks on gun reform following a deadly mass shooting in Texas last week. Hutchinson told CNN’s John Berman on Tuesday that he supported an ongoing bipartisan dialogue between a group of U.S. senators to potentially draft new gun control legislation. Hutchinson said one area the bipartisan congressional group should look at is “the AR-15-style weapons,” and whether the minimum age to purchase one should be raised.

The United States will provide Ukraine with more advanced rocket systems and munitions, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday. The commander in chief wrote in a New York Times op-ed that his administration would provide the weapons that “will enable them to more precisely strike key targets on the battlefield in Ukraine.”

Bishop Bätzing added that Pope Francis ‘disappoints’ him since the Pope is not enacting enough change in the Church.(LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German Bishop’s Conference (DBK), has demanded that Catholic Church teaching on homosexuality and the role of women “must be changed.” Bätzing made the comments in a May 22 interview which dealt extensively with his desire for change in the Church, along with his disappointment at Pope Francis for not ushering in enough change. Meanwhile Bishop Bätzing is forging ahead with radical attempted changes to Church teaching in Germany via the Synodal Way, looking to...

Rep. Liz Cheney, the Wyoming Republican who is now fighting for her political life after taking on former President Donald Trump and his GOP allies, may need Democrats and independents to survive an increasingly difficult primary battle. Ms. Cheney’s bid for a fourth term could be cut short in August, when she faces two Republican opponents in an Aug. 16 primary. A new poll of GOP primary voters, commissioned by the conservative Club For Growth, found Ms. Cheney trailing Republican opponent Harriet Hageman by a staggering 30 points. The poll showed Mrs. Hageman with 56% of the vote, Ms. Cheney...

“To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion” (Proverbs 1:4).

It should be all over in about one week, but David McCormick’s U.S. Senate campaign showed signs Tuesday of fighting vigorously to the end for a full and accurate recount of the primary contest between he and self-declared “presumptive nominee” Dr. Mehmet Oz. Recount results are supposed to be made public no later than June 8. The eventual winner will take on Democratic Party nominee and sitting Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in the general election for the right to succeed U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., who is not seeking re-election. By day’s end Tuesday, Oz, the former heart surgeon-turned-daytime television...

A shooting at a New Orleans university campus left one person dead and two others wounded, police reported on Tuesday. One female died from gunshot wounds while two males were injured following a shooting on the campus of Xavier University of Louisiana, which is a historically Black Catholic university. New Orleans police reported that officials responded to Xavier University’s convocation center after gun shots were heard in the parking lot just before noon local time. A high school graduation had just finished.