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It's a massive undertaking, and expectations are high. The size of the budget, breadth, depth and scope of the study are rarely seen in scientific studies...The National Institutes of Health also plans to launch clinical trials on potential treatments in coming months.

A detailed list of the destroyed and captured vehicles and equipment of both sides can be seen below. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available

Illegal invaders planned a July 4 terror attack with assault weapons. Why isn't this big news? Why aren't the nation's socialist media all over a potential mass shooting with "assault weapons" like the attack in Highland Park on July 4? Richmond police chief Gerald Smith revealed in a news conference Wednesday that two "non–U.S. citizens" were planning a mass shooting at a Fourth of July celebration in Richmond. The attack was thwarted on July 1 when Richmond police received a tip from a citizen. The police chief stated that a heroic citizen overheard the planning for the attack, which was...

The U.S. Supreme Court may have overturned Roe v. Wade, but abortion has not been completely eliminated — not if leftists in corporate America have anything to say about it, at least. Abortion TravelFollowing the collapse of Roe, many businesses reportedly announced funding for abortion-related travel expenses, in a major victory for leftists pushing corporate America to adopt woke environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. ESGs provide a smokescreen for left-wing bigwigs in C-suites to force radical leftist politics on shareholders, according to former McDonald’s CEO Edward Rensi. Utah State Treasurer Marlo Oaks called ESG “the greatest threat to our...

The crisis in Ukraine has brought relations between Moscow and the West to lows unseen since the highest highs of the Cold War, with the US and its allies slapping thousands of new sanctions on Russia, and rushing tens of billions of military and economic aid to Kiev. The collective West ignored Russian attempts at dialogue, but succeeded in starting a war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. “Our proposals to create a system of equal security in Europe were rejected, initiatives on joint work on the problem of missile defense were rejected, warnings about the unacceptability of NATO expansion,...

As if mourning that abortion is no longer the law of the land wasn’t grisly enough, many in the media have spread outlandish and false claims that women will now be jailed for suffering miscarriages and stillbirths. MSNBC’s Joy Reid proudly took up the standard on Wednesday night’s episode of The ReidOut, where she used a trio of exceptional cases to fearmonger about the Handmaid’s Tale-esque rule under which American women are supposedly about to live. Reid began by citing a piece from BuzzFeed News, “Back in April, even before the toppling of Roe, a Texas woman had been charged...

Doctors have issued a warning that not only is it entirely possible to overdose on vitamin D, it's also incredibly dangerous, after a man in the UK was hospitalized as a result of taking almost 400 times the daily recommended vitamin D. While studies have hinted at the benefits of healthy levels of vitamin D throughout the pandemic, the reality is that 'hypervitaminosis D', or vitamin D intoxication, is on the rise. And it's not something to be taken lightly. "Globally, there is a growing trend of hypervitaminosis D, a clinical condition characterized by elevated serum vitamin D3 levels," the...

An organization representing thousands of pro-life obstetricians and gynecologists released polling showing that most U.S. voters oppose Roe v. Wade and other radical abortion measures when properly informed. The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) held a virtual conference call on Wednesday to share new polling data, especially in light of the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe. The organization says the decision “has led to an onslaught of troubling misinformation and alarmism stoked by the pro-abortion left, including by some medical professionals.” AAPLOG physicians are already allegedly seeing patients who are “confused and scared” because of...

President Biden made sure to emphasize that the action he was about to take was extraordinary. In late March, as the price of gasoline spiked, his administration threw open the spigot of the National Strategic Petroleum Reserve and began releasing a million barrels a day to, in the president’s telling, “provide a historic amount of supply” until domestic production could ramp back up.

Cafes and restaurants are open and largely busy. It was in one of the latter that I met a senior Ukrainian government official who had contacted me, expressing approval for something I had said in the international media"You know, don't you, that this time next year, a Russian soldier could be sitting right where you are," he said after a brusque introduction. "We are losing this war." He is right. There were the great victories at Kyiv, Chernihiv and Kharkhiv. But with setbacks in Donetsk and Luhansk, the appalling realization is sinking in that this is likely to be a...

The Bible In Paintings 2 ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE ASSYRIANS vs. KING HEZEKIAH 2nd KINGS CHAPTERS 18-19 In the third year of Hoshea king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.) 1 "Hezekiah Removes the Bronze Serpent" 2...

There is no doubt that the US economy is slowing, thanks in part to The Federal Reserve’s sudden crusade to slow inflation (caused by … The Federal Reserve and Federal spending). My favorite chart is US Average Hourly Earnings YoY. It peaked in March at 5.6% and has been slowing to 5.1% in June. BUT historically high inflation has caused REAL US Average Hourly Earnings YoY to decline to -3.25%. The good news? 372k jobs were added in June. The bad news? It was lower than jobs added in May (390k) showing a slowing trend. Unemployment remained at 3.6%. Labor...

(AP Photo/Olivier Matthys) As we reported, former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, 67, was shot in the back during a campaign speech in Nara, Japan ahead of the coming upper house elections. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital. The shooter didn’t flee and was captured at the scene. He has been identified as Tetsuya Yamagami, a local man in his forties, who appears to have assassinated the former prime minister with what looks like a homemade weapon. The shooting occurred about 11:30 a.m. local time in Nara, 10:30 p.m. on the East coast in Washington, D.C. As we’ve...

The National Education Association is seeking to change the word “mother” to be more inclusive to the LGBTQIA+ community. Fox News reported the resolution would change the word to “birthing parent.” The proposed resolution stated, “Using this contract language, members need not worry about how a Board of Education/solicitor defines ‘maternity leave,’ ‘mother,’ and/or ‘father’; the language is an inclusive reflection of how LGBTQIA+ members build families.” The outlet noted the resolution, NBI 63, was not brought to a vote. The news of the resolution sparked criticism on Twitter. Nicole Neily of Parents Defending Education told Fox News that “normal...

Donald Trump has declared that Shinzo Abe's killer must be dealt with 'swiftly and harshly' as world figures voiced their shock over the former Japanese PM's death today. Trump said his assassination is 'Really BAD NEWS FOR THE WORLD!' after Japan's longest serving PM was shot to death while delivering a campaign speech in the city of Nara in western Japan. Trump crowned Abe a 'unifier like no other [...] who loved and cherished his magnificent country. Abe will be 'greatly missed' according to the former president who called him a 'true friend of mine'. Tributes from more world leaders...

As Biden’s border crisis continues, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) encountered a record-breaking number of illegal migrants in May, wreaking havoc on the southern border. According to CBP, “In total, there were 239,416 encounters along the southwest land border in May, a 2 percent increase compared to April.” Illegal migrants are flooding into the country in waves, and the current trends place the U.S. on track for more than 2 million arrests before the end of the federal fiscal year in September. CBP has currently logged more than 1.7 million arrests so far.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump publicly honored ex-Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday morning, saluting their long friendship in the hours leading up to the late leader’s death.Trump described his shock at the shooting which later claimed Abe’s life, as Breitbart News reported.“Absolutely devastating news that former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, a truly great man and leader, has been shot, and is in very serious condition,” Trump said in a statement.“He was a true friend of mine and, much more importantly, America. This is a tremendous blow to the wonderful people of Japan, who loved and admired...

German energy supply giant Uniper said Friday it is asking the government for a bailout amid a growing natural gas crunch due to the war in Ukraine. Uniper, which is Germany's biggest importer of Russian gas, said in a statement that its board has applied to the government for “stabilization measures.” The move could see the government pump billions of euros (dollars) into Uniper to keep the company afloat. Germany's Cabinet had approved a plan preparing for such measures earlier this week.

Far be it for us to tell President Pudding Pop how to do his job but you’d THINK the assassination of the former Japanese Prime Minister would garner at least a tweet from him or the White House, even though gosh golly and gee, it’s so HARD being president 24 hours a day. He must need his nappy. Although let’s be honest, whatever he tweets, writes, or says won’t be from him anyway, why not just get it out the door? We suppose the interns doing all of this need their shut-eye too. People are less than impressed (as usual):...

A Texas cancer survivor who suffered three miscarriages was banned from aborting a longed-for pregnancy in her home state on discovering the fetus was too disabled to survive. Kailee DeSpain, 28, and her husband were forced to make a 10 hour trip to New Mexico in February after a 16 week scan revealed their son Finley had an unsurvivable condition called triploidy. Carrying the pregnancy to full-term would have put DeSpain at risk of potentially fatal complications, but Texas's so-called heartbeat abortion bill bans almost all abortions except for those vaguely defined as 'medical emergencies.' DeSpain was told hers did...