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The fatal shooting of a young Democratic Party aide named Seth Rich early in the morning of July 10, 2016, brought incalculable loss to his parents. Within days, Joel and Mary Rich then had to endure an unimaginable, additional blow: the eruption of a cottage industry of conspiracy theories and outright lies around their son's life and death. Police in Washington, D.C., never identified his killer, and there was a vacuum of reliable information. Hot takes, destructive speculation and false claims about Seth rocketed around the internet and found a warm embrace on many Fox News shows. "We're just beside...

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday against allowing states to defend a change in immigration law by former President Donald Trump that would impose limits on the amount of immigrants allowed in the country who would rely on government benefits. Republicans sought in the case Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco to uphold a rule by Trump, and rejected by President Joe Biden, that would expand the definition of 'public charge' to deny migrants entry into the country if they would primarily depend on the government for their income. While the rule never took effect, the 6-3 conservative majority...

I scrolled through the mugshots of each of the 31 members of the white supremacist group who were arrested in Idaho last weekend after authorities found them packed in the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear on.

A Cuban man charged in a $4.2 million Medicare fraud scheme is being held as a flight risk after officials said he tried to flee the U.S. on a Jet Ski. Court records show that a federal judge in Miami ordered 54-year-old Ernesto Cruz Graveran to be detained pending trial Monday.

The Bloomberg Opinion Editorial Board had a bit of a red pill moment on how bad the inflation crisis actually is, but didn’t lay any blame at the feet of President Joe Biden and the Federal Reserve. In an editorial headlined, “The Fed Has a Narrow Path Between Inflation and Recession,” the editorial board sounded alarm bells that “the Fed’s prospects for curbing inflation while avoiding recession are fast receding.” The board conceded that the “some analysts” who hoped the “worst was over” were “mistaken,” as ”prices continue to rise quite broadly, and in an extraordinarily tight labor market they’re...

The number of abortions in the United States has increased, reversing what had been a three-decade decline, according to a new report. The uptick began in 2017, and as of 2020, one in five pregnancies, or 20.6 percent, ended in abortion, according to the report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights. In 2017, 18.4 percent of pregnancies ended in abortion. The institute, which collects data by contacting every known abortion provider in the country, reported that the number of abortions increased to 930,160 in 2020, from 862,320 in 2017. The number increased in every region...

A deadly pandemic with mysterious origins: It might sound like a modern headline, but scientists have spent centuries debating the source of the Black Death that devastated the medieval world. Not anymore, according to researchers who say they have pinpointed the source of the plague to a region of Kyrgyzstan, after analyzing DNA from remains at an ancient burial site. "We managed to actually put to rest all those centuries-old controversies about the origins of the Black Death," said Philip Slavin, a historian and part of the team whose work was published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The Black Death...

Connecticut’s Department of Revenue Services this week announced a coming tax hike on diesel fuel, resulting in a nine cent increase. The current tax in the state is 40.1 cents on diesel fuel, but it will increase to 49.2 cents per gallon in about two weeks, beginning July 1.

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RICHMOND, VA—Cigarette maker Marlboro has announced that they have added puberty blockers to cigarettes to make them legal for kids."Now that our smooth Marlboro cigarettes can block puberty, 13 and 14-year-old kids should be able to use them legally, without parental consent," said a spokesperson for the company.Cited as "lung-affirming care," the cigarette manufacturer's decision to supplement their products with puberty blockers has caused progressives to praise Marlboro as a true advocate for children's health."Well, if these things have puberty blockers in them, they must be good for kids," said Pediatrician Dr. Ima G. Reumer, who specializes in non-invasive, gender-affirming...

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday it was providing an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine to fight Russia, a package that includes shipments of additional howitzers, ammunition and coastal defense systems. The latest weapons package comes as Ukraine's military is burning through its Soviet-era ammunition, while Ukrainian officials have pleaded with the West to send additional heavy weaponry as the war with Russia girds on. Western intelligence and military officials believe the war is at a critical stage that could determine the long-term outcome of the conflict, while Russia has amassed a significant artillery advantage around two...

Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) declared Tuesday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that former President Donald Trump “is going into a season of legal reckoning.” Anchor Lawrence O’Donnell said, “The evidence since your case was filed has developed very much in your favor. Including much of what we heard in the January 6 committee from people who actually attack the Capital, saying on video that Donald Trump sent them there to do that. That is your essence of your lawsuit.”

WASHINGTON. June 15 (Interfax) - United States President Joe Biden has said that he has informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over the phone that the U.S. is providing another $1 billion in security assistance for Kyiv, the White House said on Wednesday. "I informed President Zelensky that the United States is providing another $1 billion in security assistance for Ukraine," Biden said in a statement. This assistance includes "additional artillery and coastal defense weapons, as well as ammunition for the artillery and advanced rocket systems," he said.

What Separates the Men from the Boys. Jesus, who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross despising the shame and is now set down at the right hand of the throne of God. Jesus told us He loved us; He broke open his heart to heal the brokenhearted and He took the sickness of sin so we can be healthy and whole. He went down into death so we can die only as all men from the womb to the tomb. We will be raised to eternal life when our names are recorded in the book...

Sometimes I wonder if The Federal Reserve Board of Governors pays attention to economic news. For example, the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow forecast for Q2 was released today at -0.002%. So what does The Fed do? They raised their target rate by 75 basis points to 1.75%. Apparently, The Fed has chosen to fight inflation rather than help the economy. The Fed has chosen poorly.

"I thought He was a Woman" - Virginia Tech football player Virginia Tech linebacker Isimemen Etute was found not guilty on second-degree murder charges (More below)

When Arash* e-mailed me recently that he had escaped Afghanistan, I assumed he finally got a U.S. visa to get to safety. I was wrong. He took his family and newborn baby to Pakistan to escape the Taliban that has been hunting him for his work at the U.S. Embassy. Arash had to leave Afghanistan, but now he is stuck waiting for the American government to rescue him from the squalor of a Pakistan refugee camp. He sent me the photos of their housing that you see in this story. Arash escaped Afghanistan by road on the Torkham Border by...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday hiked interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point, its most aggressive move yet to try to control inflation, as it squeezes the U.S. economy.

The Federal Reserve’s missteps in waiting too long to tackle the greatest run-up in prices in four decades has shaken trust across markets and the American public that it is up to the task of curbing inflation.On the eve of a high-stakes Fed policy announcement, investors, economists and policymakers were on edge over how sharply the Fed would raise interest rates to deal with inflation, which hit a new peak in May.Financial market volatility and losses deepened on Tuesday, fueled by fears that the Fed continues to misjudge inflation and will come down too hard on the economy, prompting a...