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President Joe Biden has nominated former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank — the first time a credit card executive has been chosen for the spot. The nomination comes as Biden pitches himself as a defender of American consumers and an enemy of the banking industry. “Ajay is uniquely equipped to lead the World Bank at this critical moment in history,” Biden said in a statement on Thursday. “… he also has critical experience mobilizing public-private resources to tackle the most urgent challenges of our time, including climate change.” Banga’s nomination comes less than a month after...

While the residents of East Palestine, OH, are still dealing with the aftermath of an ecological disaster they had no part in creating, the political battle over the incident continues apace.Pete Buttigieg, who completely ignored the derailment for ten days, finally visited the small town on Thursday. That only came after Donald Trump made a trip to bring water and supplies, putting the Biden administration on the hot seat. Meanwhile, the blame game has started, with the White House claiming that it was Republicans who were responsible for a train accident…two years after Biden took office.But leave it to the...

Pfizer denied conducting gain-of-function research for the coronavirus virus in a letter to Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), Breitbart News has learned exclusively. Jackson, a physician and a member of the Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, sent a letter in January, which was exclusively obtained by Breitbart News’s Hannah Bleau, demanding answers on if Pfizer engaged in gain-of-function research by intentionally mutating the Chinese coronavirus. Pfizer responded to Jackson on February 23 with a letter signed by their vice president & COO of vaccine research, which was obtained by Breitbart News. In the letter, Pfizer strongly denied that the company would...

Congressional investigators have scored a major breakthrough by securing cooperation from Eric Schwerin, a close business associate of Hunter Biden who also had dealings with Joe Biden's business and tax affairs. "He is cooperating with us," House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) revealed Thursday evening on the "Just the News, No Noise" television show. "His attorneys and my counsel are communicating on a regular basis. Now, I feel confident that he's going to work with us, and provide us with the information that we have requested." Comer added: "I think that Schwerwin is going to be a...

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (Ohio) and other GOP panel members on Thursday are holding their latest public hearing on the souther border, entitled “The Biden Border Crisis.” This session is at the Yuma, Ariz., city hall, about five miles east of the Colorado River, which roughly follows a short leg of the Mexican border in Arizona’s southwest corner. This hearing, which no Democratic members will be attending, is one of several that various House committees are holding at the border. It follows a policy change from the Biden administration earlier this week narrowing eligibility for asylum claims based...

Sir Tony Baldry accuses The Most Rev Justin Welby of not offering ‘a fair representation of the facts’ over same-sex blessings debate The Archbishop of Canterbury misrepresented his “summons” by MPs, a former minister has claimed. Last week The Most Rev Justin Welby claimed that he was “threatened with parliamentary action” in an attempt to “force same-sex marriage” in the Church of England, following the institution’s historic vote to offer blessings for gay and lesbian couples and to apologise for its exclusion of LGBTQI+ people. Speaking to members of the Anglican Communion in Accra, Ghana, where he is still visiting,...

QUESTION: Marty; Why would Biden allow the billions he is sending to fill the pensions of government workers in Ukraine? ANSWER: This video has been going viral. However, this was from the beginning – of April 28th, 2022. The pensions are all the Ukrainian politicians – not the people. This is the kickback for destroying their own country. As long as they are being paid by the United States, they will allow this civil war to continue unabated. This money going to Ukraine is filling the pockets of Ukrainian politicians against their own people. This was not from Biden’s surprise...

The US military moving to increase its presence in Taiwan... It's now Friday in China where a 12-point plan for a settlement of the conflict in Ukraine has been published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry... A new warning from Russia tonight regarding the Transnistria Region Of Moldova. It's an ethnic Russian part of Moldova a nation sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania. Russia has a military contingent in the territory for peacekeeping purposes. Russia said earlier today that Ukraine is planning a false flag incident involving an invasion of Moldova by Ukrainian troops dressed as Russian military. Russia saying its military...

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has warned that any candidate in the forthcoming general elections with questionable character would not work for the common good of the electorate. The CBCN made the submission in a communiqué issued at the end of their 2023 first plenary meeting held at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria in Abuja. The document was co-signed by the President of CBCN, Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, and Secretary, Bishop Donatus Ogun. According to the Bishops, politicians with evil intentions could in no way possess a good intentions for the people and the development of the nation. The communique...

SeaWorld San Diego announced on Wednesday that the park would adopt a cashless policy. The theme park made the announcement on its website. Guests can use a physical credit or debit card, Google Pay or Apple Pay to complete transactions across the theme park. For guests that don’t have a physical card, SeaWorld will offer kiosks that will deposit cash onto a prepaid Visa card, a free service for guests. If park visitors have money left over on the card after their visit, they can still use the card anywhere Visa cards are accepted.

On February 8, the police “discovered” that the megachurch liquidated in 2019 continues to exist clandestinely.Beijing Shouwang Church (守望教会) refuses to die. One of the most famous house churches in China, the CCP believed it had put an end to its glorious story in 2019, when it had declared the church illegal and “liquidated” it. However, on February 8, 2023, the Haidian District police raided a rented venue where members of the Beijing Shouwang Church were gathering—illegally, from the point of view of the CCP. The police took the names of all these presents, and detained the pastor, Zhang Xiaofeng,...

Vladimir Putin says he is a religious man, a great supporter of the Russian Orthodox Church. If so, he may well go to bed each night, say his prayers, and ask God: “Why didn’t you put mountains in eastern Ukraine?” If God had built mountains in eastern Ukraine, then the great expanse of flatland that is the European Plain would not have been such inviting territory for the invaders who have attacked Russia from there repeatedly through history. As things stand, Putin, like Russian leaders before him, likely feels he has no choice but to at least try to control...

Hungary's conservative laws on gender may end up before the EU's top court(LifeSiteNews) — Hungary is on track for another clash with the European Union—and once again, the fight is over transgender ideology. In 2020, the Hungarian parliament passed a ban on changing one’s gender on identification, with the country’s Constitutional Court ruling the following year that the law does not apply retroactively, meaning that any person who applied to change their gender legally prior to May 29, 2020, were able to continue that process. Recently, however, the Constitutional Court upheld their previous ruling—and, implicitly, the ban—by rejecting a petitioner’s...

DUNDEE, Fla. (WFLA) – A 24-year-old man has been arrested after he was allegedly seen “peeping through the windows” at a motel, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. On Tuesday, a PCSO deputy was dispatched to the Economy Motor Lodge in Dundee around 5:49 p.m. after a “suspicious person” was reported at the motel. According to officials, a motel employee reported seeing a man walking around the hotel “peeping into room windows.” After arriving at the scene, the PCSO deputy was able to identify the suspicious person as 24-year-old Donte Clinton. When Clinton spoke with the deputy, he confirmed...

America is beginning to take the next election cycle a bit more seriously these days, as the Republican field begins to see its first competitors step up.President Trump was the first candidate to officially throw his hat in the ring way back in November 2022. Nikki Haley has begun her bid for the White House, and investment firm manager Vivek Ramaswamy has also recently jumped in the race.Republican voter enthusiasm at the moment seems to be pointing to a match-up that isn’t even a sure thing at this point – Donald Trump vs. Rick DeSantis. Even the left wing media...

Insanity. Chelsea Clinton has a new “children’s” book out as part of her “She Persisted” series. But instead of featuring a “she” that persisted, the book focuses on the trans Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine, a man. Levine has urged doctors to push puberty blockers and sex reassignment on children. And this is who is being suggested as appropriate reading material for children ages 6-9? Penguin Random House describes ABOUT SHE PERSISTED: RACHEL LEVINE: Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who...

The United States military is preparing for a possible increase of the number of troops in Taiwan amid worries that China is preparing to invade the territory they have long claimed as theirs.While Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine and is working on a possible arms deal with China, the Chinese are looking at upping their timetable for a Taiwan invasion, according to reports. As a result, the U.S. is getting ready to drastically increase its presence. Via the Wall Street Journal:The U.S. plans to deploy between 100 and 200 troops to the island in the coming months, up from...

The newest Republican presidential candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy, is officially on the campaign trail. His first stop was in New Hampshire on Feb. 22, where he answered several questions from the audience.

A sixth-grade teacher in Florida is being slammed after he posted a video showing white students bowing down to black students during a Black History Month skit. Parents and families of children at Howard Middle School in Orlando are now voicing their outrage over the teacher using the students as 'political props.' In the controversial video posted to TikTok, Ethan Hooper's students fan and feed three black classmates before bowing down to them in the skit

Pixar Chief Operating Officer Pete Doctor recently put the blame on moviegoers, or in this case, people who didn’t go see Lightyear for the film’s box office disaster. Lightyear only grossed $118.3 million at the domestic box office and $100.4 million internationally for a global gross of $218.7 million. The film’s reported production budget was $200 million meaning the film was a financial disaster for Pixar and The Walt Disney Company. Speaking with TheWrap, Doctor explained why he and Pixar believed the film performed terribly at the box office. He said, “We’ve done a lot of soul-searching about that because...