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With their eyes on Texas, a massive new migrant caravan is underway in southern Mexico. It’s the largest of 2022 and—thanks in part to Mexican government accommodations—it might soon be the biggest one on record. Many previous caravans have crumbled in sometimes-violent confrontations with National Guard troops, or upon reaching internal checkpoints where migrants are prevented from crossing Mexican state borders for lack of visas. However, caravan organizer Luis Villigran told Fox News the Mexican government has committed to start issuing 1,000 temporary work visas a day to the migrants he’s leading northward. That will certainly ease migrants’ progress. At...

Democrats in the Massachusetts House voted Wednesday to override a veto by Gov. Charlie Baker (R) that blocked legislation providing driver’s licenses to illegal aliens. As Breitbart News reported last month, Baker vetoed the legislation that would allow tens of thousands of illegal aliens in the state to obtain driver’s licenses. Baker said he vetoed the plan because it “significantly increases the risk that noncitizens will be registered to vote.”

At a moment global humanitarian and hunger relief groups are warning of a “catastrophe” for already vulnerable populations particularly in Africa and the Middle East which rely heavily on Ukrainian and Black Sea region grain exports, the United Nations has said it will likely take “months” to de-mine Ukraine’s ports. The war-torn country is the fourth biggest exporter of grain in the world. Hundreds of merchant vessels had been stranded in the war’s opening months at Ukrainian ports following the Russian invasion, and still nearly 100 remain stuck along with their crews. This week a special advisor on maritime security...

At the start of the pandemic, professor of Wellbeing Economics at the London School of Economics and co-author of the book “The Great COVID Panic” Dr. Paul Frijters, saw that governments’ response to COVID-19 did not match the level of lethality of the virus and decided to develop a method to quantify the harm government COVID policies would have on people’s well-being. Frijters’s analytical models revealed that the harm from policies, including lockdowns, would be colossal compared to any benefits. “I could calculate what kind of ballpark figure the mental health crisis would look like, and then I lay that...

At least one person has died in a fiery accident involving eight semis and three passenger cars on Interstate-30 in Arkansas. Arkansas Department of Transportation says there are multiple drivers injured, but have not specified how many or the extent of their injuries. Arkansas State police said there were 'fatalities.' The eastbound lanes of I-30 remain closed and backed up for miles approaching the carnage. Traffic is moving on slowly in the westbound lanes, and traffic is being diverted off the highway. Arkansas DOT is distributing food and water to drivers stranded on the interstate, and authorities are turning traffic...

Biden took no questions from reporters before embarking on his fraught ascension of the Air Force One stairs. He also did not stop to speak to the press as he departed the White House Wednesday morning. The president, 79, previously appeared to lose his balance navigating Air Force One’s steps last month as he traveled to Illinois. In March 2021, Biden fell repeatedly on the steps. The White House blamed that episode on windy weather at the airport.

The newest Taco Bell location is giving fans a new way to "Live Más." On June 7, Taco Bell Defy officially opened its doors and drive-thru lanes for a futuristic dining experience. The cutting-edge restaurant is located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and has some unique features to improve the drive-thru experience. A video shared on Taco Bell's Instagram shows one of the most innovative designs: the vertical lift feature. This food delivery technology, which the narrator in the Instagram video unofficially calls the "food tube," transports food from the kitchen directly to customers through a chute. The new location also...

On the cusp of nonstop, around-the-clock (primetime!) coverage of the Jan. 6 committee hearings, a couple of domestic terrorists are actually getting their day in court, and it is informative to see how Merrick Garland’s Justice Department is handling their prosecution. Recall Garland’s breathless declaration, during his confirmation hearings, that “150 years after the Department’s founding, battling extremist attacks on our democratic institutions also remains central to its mission.” Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman were arrested in the “mostly peaceful” protests following George Floyd’s murder. The two lawyers handed out Molotov cocktails to the crowd, and Rahman tossed one into...

On Tuesday, June 7, voters went to the polls in California, and produced a surprising result. San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was overthrown in a rare, successful recall election. Ask the typical American voter what inspires his dislike for politicians, and he is likely to say he’s turned off by their dishonesty, their platitudes, their failure to keep campaign promises (they’re not necessarily right about this, but these are the answers one gets). That wasn’t the case here. Chesa Boudin, son of the Weather Underground, ran for District Attorney on a clear political platform: throwing open the prison gates,...

The House passed a sweeping gun package on Wednesday in response to last month’s mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y. and Uvalde, Texas, which killed more than 30 people and reignited the push for firearm legislation on Capitol Hill. The package, dubbed the Protecting Our Kids Act, passed in a 223-204 vote. One Republican did not vote. Two Democrats, Reps. Jared Golden (Maine) and Kurt Schrader (Ore.), bucked the party in opposing the measure. Five Republicans — Reps. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.), Anthony Gonzalez (Ohio), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Chris Jacobs (N.Y.) and Fred Upton (Mich.) — supported it.

Joe Biden and his team at the White house have sent a dark signal on how important they believe is the attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh early this morning. Biden has not issued a formal statement, nor have any comments condemning the attempted assassination been posted to the White House or POTUS Twitter accounts as of this writing. Instead Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates emailed a statement to reporters at Fox News and the Daily Wire while at the same time Bates spent time online denying that the Biden administration encouraged the recent protests at conservative justices’...

An unusually large gathering of U.S. Air Force aircraft off the coast of Mexico's Baja Peninsula caught our eye on flight tracking software Monday night. The exact purpose of these flights, which included a B-1B bomber, an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning And Control System radar aircraft, and a mixture of KC-707, K-135R, KC-10A, and KC-46A aerial refueling tankers, are unclear. However, this is an area where the U.S. Navy often conducts exercises, including complex pre-deployment workups for carrier and amphibious strike groups. You can get an idea of what that type of activity usually looks like in this past piece...

Retired four-star Marine Gen. John Allen, is on administrative leave from his role as president of the Brookings Institute D.C. think tank after the FBI seized his electronic data on suspicion of lying to investigators and withholding evidence about his role in secretly lobbying for the government of Qatar. As a general, he commanded all U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in the Obama administration. The court records, which were unsealed Tuesday, are the latest public evidence showing the FBI and Justice Department are conducting a large-scale investigation into the stateside influence of wealthy Arab nations including Qatar, Saudi Arabia...

<p>A Florida man grabbed his wife’s car and chased after three armed suspects accused of stealing his vehicle, according to a report.</p><p>Driving a Dodge Caravan, Edgar Diaz arrived in a parking lot off Commander Drive in Orlando when he was approached by three armed suspects, police told FOX 35.</p>

Another US billionaire in the oil/gas industry (or in commodity markets) blamed the Biden administration’s energy policies for soaring fuel costs and said it would magnify the current crisis.John Arnold, former Enron trader and hedge fund manager, known as the “king of natural gas,” unleashed a tweetstorm Tuesday directed at Biden for the worsening supply outlook that sent natgas futures to 13-year highs. US Natgas supplies are trending below a 5-year mean. Source: Houston-based energy firm Criterion ResearchHe said the federal government should invoke the Defense Production Act to spur increased production, or prices could rise even more and cause...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called out President Biden, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Democrats Wednesday while urging the House to approve legislation boosting protection for Supreme Court justices “before the sun sets today” after an armed man was arrested outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Maryland home. “This is where we are … an assassination attempt against a sitting justice or something close to it,” McConnell said on the Senate floor. “This is exactly the kind of event that many worried that the unhinged, reckless, apocalyptic rhetoric from prominent figures ​t​oward the court​, ​going back many months, and...

Pro-abortion protesters are planning to protest at the homes of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts Wednesday evening in the wake of an assassination attempt on Kavanaugh by an armed man who told police he traveled from California to kill Kavanaugh. The man got out of a taxi in front of Kavanaugh’s Maryland home after 1 a.m. Wednesday but walked away when he was spotted by U.S. Marshals. He was arrested after he called 911 and said he was armed and planned to kill Kavanaugh but was also suicidal. The announcement for protests at homes of...

Explanation: What are those unusual streaks? Some images of planet Earth show clear bright streaks that follow the paths of ships. Known as ship tracks, these low and narrow bands are caused by the ship's engine exhaust. Water vapor condenses around small bits of exhaust known as aerosols, which soon grow into floating water drops that efficiently reflect sunlight. Ship tracks were first discovered in 1965 in Earth images taken by NASA's TIROS satellites. Multiple ship tracks are visible across the featured image that was captured in 2009 over the Pacific Ocean by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite....

A former professor at the University of South Florida is suing the university’s Board of Trustees for over $100,000 in damages, alleging bias and discrimination. Andrew Bugajski (pictured), who worked for the College of Nursing, stated that Usha Menon, dean and senior associate vice president for USF Health, discriminated against him with derisive identity-based comments and “hostility.” As a result, he “suffered damage to his professional and personal reputations,” “mental anguish,” and lost income, according to documents filed in Hillsborough County court. Bugajski said he was “forced to resign” in May 2021 after nearly three years’ employment at the university...

Kremlin Declares “Land Bridge” Complete From Western Russia To Donbas To CrimeaRussia’s military has declared that its desired strategic “land bridge” connecting Russian national territory with the Donbas and Crimea is complete, according to statements given to CNN senior national security correspondent Alex Marquardt. The Tuesday Russian military statement said that “roads and rail lines between western Russia and Crimea are operational,” which marks that “the land bridge is complete.”“Conditions have been created for the resumption of full-fledged traffic between Russia, Donbas, Ukraine and Crimea on six railway sections,” Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. “Automobile communication has been opened from...