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DANA POINT, Calif. – EXCLUSIVE – Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel says that after winning an unprecedented in modern times fourth term as chair of the GOP, there won’t be a fifth term in her future. "This is my last term as chair. I'm saying it on Fox News. It's done," McDaniel declared Friday in an exclusive interview with Fox News. Minutes earlier, McDaniel won the support of 111 committee members who cast ballots in a secret ballot vote for chair, more than the majority of the 168 members needed to secure re-election. The vote took place on the...

Controversial Neoconservative US Diplomat Victoria Nuland, associated with the 2014 coup against Ukraine's Pro-Russian government, is traveling... The latest Twitter Files revelations involve Neoconservatives like writer Bill Kristol and former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Democrat insider John Podesta also... In Washington today Elon Musk meeting Biden Administration officials... US Politics Ronna McDaniel re-elected chair of the Republican National Committee... Trump talking education today saying he has a plan for "ultimate local control"... In Jerusalem tonight a terrorist attack with seven dead... The bodycam video from San Francisco in the incident involving Paul Pelosi... US authorities arresting three people accused...

The Memphis Police Department has released harrowing bodycam footage of five police officers fatally beating Tyre Nichols following a traffic stop for purported reckless driving. The video released on Friday night shows Nichols, 29, crying out for his mother multiple times during the brutal January 7 assault, which took place just a few blocks from his home. 'Mom! Mom!' screams Nichols as he is pinned to the ground by multiple officers, pepper sprayed in the face, kicked and punched in the head, and struck with a metal baton. The video shows police rained at least nine blows down on the...

The Biden administration administration's plan to send Ukraine a battalion of lethal Abrams tanks will be hampered by the production timeframe and the Pentagon's insistence that it does not have any in surplus, the Defense Department revealed Thursday. Unlike some of the high-tech weaponry the U.S. has been shipping to Ukraine as part of a multi-billion effort to deter Russia's invasion, the U.S. military does not 'have these tanks available in excess in our U.S. stocks,' deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh' told reporters. The means it could take months before the tanks, which President Biden called the most capable...

Oscar “El Blue” Ramirez and Ben Bergquam of Real America’s Voice update Steve Bannon on their trip from Venezuela to Panama as they highlight the dangers for illegal immigrants heading to the United States. Starting at about 3:15 in the video you can see footage of Ramirez and Berqguam being escorted across the Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama by a military patrol.

[Catholic Caucus] I FULLY SUPPORT YOU: Bishop Stands with Latin Mass CommunityNew from Remnant TV...If it’s true that it’s “the Mass that matters,” then obviously the more Traditional Latin Masses in the world today the better for everyone – Catholic or not. The Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota, has set an important precedent for every bishop in the world. He’s not a traditionalist but, the wake of Traditionis Custodes, he’s gone to bat for his traditional Catholic community.In this Special Edition of the Remnant Underground, Michael Matt speaks to those who are not necessarily traditional Catholics or who are new to...

Species of parasitic Cordyceps and Ophiocordyceps fungi are very real. Sir David Attenborough watches as one takes control of an ant: [video clip] That clip of zombie ants inspired "The Last of Us" There are some nasty bugs on there, but you'll be relieved to know that zombifying-Cordyceps do not feature. Candida auris is...a yeast-type fungus... But if it gets inside the body, it can invade the blood, nervous system and internal organs. "It's...now being found all over the world," says Dr Stone. The first documented case was in the ear of a patient at Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital in...

If you're a dog owner with your big day on the horizon, the following photos will inspire you to have your furry friend witness your nuptials.

A Metro Vancouver advocate plans to open a store selling MDMA, cocaine, and more this month to coincide with the province decriminalizing possession of several types of drugs.

He was killed after US special forces raided a remote mountainous cave complex hoping to capture him. "Al-Sudani was responsible for fostering the growing presence of ISIS in Africa," Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said. He also allegedly funded the group's activities globally, Mr Austin added. Analysts say the fact that US troops were sent under orders of President Joe Bidento kill or capture Sudani, rather than using a less risky drone strike, indicates his significance. Details about the nature of the operation have not been released, however the soldiers were drafted in via helicopter, according to the New York Times...

The Justice Department on Friday charged three Azerbaijani gangsters with plotting to murder a Brooklyn-based Iranian-American author and activist last year. The case stems from the July arrest of Khalid Mehdiyev, who was collared near Masih Alinejad’s home with an assault rifle after the beefy and bearded 24-year-old was filmed ringing Alinejad’s doorbell and lingering on her porch in a leafy part of the New York City borough. The other two men facing charges are 43-year-old Rafat “Rome” Amirov, a resident of Iran who was arrested on Jan. 26 in New York, and 38-year-old Polad “Haci Qaqa” Omarov, who was...

Former President Donald J. Trump on Thursday detailed his comprehensive education policy platform which aims to “restore power to American parents.” It includes plans to cut funding to schools and programs that push radical left-wing ideologies like “Critical Race Theory and gender ideology,” and keeping boys out girls’ sports.Trump unveiled his “plan to save American education” by noting that “[o]ur public schools have been taken over by the radical left maniacs.”NEW VIDEO: President Trump's Plan to Save American Education and Give Power Back to Parents pic.twitter.com/aizxaRXIM3— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 26, 2023First and foremost, Trump pledged to “cut federal...

Editors note: During Friday’s, 20 January 2023, press conference in London presenting the House of Bishops recommendations on the Living in Love and Faith process, the Archbishop of York, the Most Rev. Stephen Cottrell was asked by a reporter: “Do you think that gay sex in the context of a loving, committed lifelong relationship is a sin?” The Archbishop of York responded in part: ” … as I imagine this going forward if people who have entered into a same-sex civil marriage come to the church seeking one of these services of love and faith in the same way that...

No fewer than 39 Catholic priests were killed by gunmen in 2022, while 30 others were abducted. A report by SB Morgen Intelligence, SBM, which disclosed this, yesterday, also said 145 attacks on Catholic priests were recorded in the year under review. SBM Intelligence, a research organisation, compiles and analyses data about happenings in the country. According to the report, the North-Central was the worst hit with 12 killings, while the North-West recorded nine deaths. Similarly, it said the south-east and south-south recorded five deaths each, while the north-east and north-west had four deaths each. The report said of the...

Two female passengers were arrested at Miami International Airport after a fight with an airline worker, followed by a clash with cops that was caught on video. Cellphone footage that was provided to NBC 6 Miami by the news media site Only In Dade shows the two unruly women being pinned down Tuesday by police officers. One of the arrestees sporting bright pink hair is seen kicking her feet and trying to crawl away on her stomach while screaming “Get off of me!” at the top of her lungs. The other woman is lying face down on the floor with...

A fight between a group of middle school girls at Boston Latin Academy took place as city councilors have been debating whether police officers and metal detectors need to be in place in all of Boston's public schools. Four members of the Boston City Council have sent a letter to Superintendent Mary Skipper following Monday's brawl, in which a student was taken to a hospital after being attacked with a pair of scissors. "We really need to come together and address this before something really bad happens," said City Councilor Erin Murphy. Boston City Council President Ed Flynn, City Councilor...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A 36-year-old woman told police she fired a gun into the air because someone cut her off on the road, causing her to lose control and crash in West University Place. The incident happened at 4001 Bissonnet, but HPD did not give the exact date or time. According to police, Fawntavia Sallie was heading east on Bissonnet when another driver cut her off. She lost control and crashed into a brick-landscaping fixture. Authorities said Sallie told them she fired into the air three times because she was upset about the crash. No one was hit, police...

Father Nicolas Buttet, a former local Swiss lawmaker, lay Vatican employee, and philanthropist who founded the Fratérnité Eucharistein (Eucharistic Fraternity) in 1996 and led the community until 2020, has been forbidden to offer Mass, hear confessions, or have contact with the community, which operates in France and Switzerland. The priest, now 61, was a speaker at the International Eucharistic Congress in 2008 and has been interviewed repeatedly by Vatican Radio and Vatican News over the past decade (2013, 2017, 2019). A canonical visitation of the community found a “pyramidal, abusive, infantilizing system” whose “authoritarianism” was “reminiscent of that of a...

Memphis officials release pole camera video appearing to show multiple police officers beating Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop at an intersection near the home of Nichols’ mother.

Authorities on Friday evening released bodycam footage of five Memphis police officers beating motorist Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop. Five ex-Memphis police officers were charged with second-degree murder and kidnapping on Thursday in the death of a black motorist. The officers, Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr. and Justin Smith – were fired on Friday after the motorist, Tyre Nichols, died following a violent confrontation during a January 7 traffic stop. Video of the police officers beating Tyre Nichols was released Friday evening as Antifa and BLM incite riots. Memphis businesses have boarded up in...