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Former President Donald Trump told Iowans Monday night that he is the only candidate who could “prevent World War III” as the war between Russia and Ukraine rages on.“Standing before you today, I am the only candidate who can make this promise: I will prevent World War III,” he said, speaking in Davenport.PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Standing before you today, I am the only candidate who can make this promise: I will prevent World War III." pic.twitter.com/pmN1Grgc4l— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) March 14, 2023Trump pledged to have a deal reached between Russia and Ukraine as president-elect before his term even starts if...

Former White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC Jen Psaki told late-night host Stephen Colbert that she’d never be asked to do what Fox News hosts did in the blockbuster Dominion filings because “MSNBC has a very high standard of what is factual.” Psaki has not been shy about ripping Fox News over conduct revealed in the blockbuster filings by Dominion Voting Systems, which is suing Fox News for defamation and seeking $1.6 billion in damages. During an appearance on Monday night’s edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote her new MSNBC show Inside With Jen Psaki,...

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) pushed back on President Joe Biden blaming the rollback of some financial regulations — which Gottheimer voted for — for the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse by stating that the regulators “should have caught” problems with SVB.Host Jake Tapper asked, “So, today, President Biden placed some of the blame on this move by President Trump and Republicans in Congress to roll back some of the financial regulations in 2018. I think it was some of the Dodd-Frank regulations. You just heard Mark Zandi say that that change, that weakening...

A Romanian court on Tuesday (Mar 14) denied social media personality Andrew Tate's request to be released on bail from police custody pending a criminal investigation into alleged sex trafficking. Tate, his brother Tristan and two Romanian female suspects have been under police detention since Dec 29 as prosecutors investigate them for suspected human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, accusations they have denied. The Bucharest court said Tate’s request to have police custody replaced with a restricted release on bail was "inadmissible in principle".

The Florida governor, who joined Donald Trump in declaring that defending Ukraine from Russia was not a vital interest, drew swift condemnations from establishment Republicans.Declaring this week that defending Ukraine against Russia’s invasion was not a vital interest for the United States, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida cemented a Republican shift away from hawkish foreign policy that has played out over the past decade and accelerated with Donald J. Trump’s political rise.Mr. Trump and Mr. DeSantis — whose combined support makes up more than 75 percent of Republican primary voters in the nascent 2024 presidential contest — are now largely...

Eph. 1:16-18 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, 16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. And we know that...

The Ides of March—a day of murder that forever changed history ​The assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C still resonates as a day of infamy. Here's how the plot unfolded.Julius Caesar's bloody assassination on March 15, 44 B.C., forever marked March 15, or the Ides of March, as a day of infamy. It has fascinated scholars and writers ever since. For ancient Romans living before that event, however, an ides was merely one of several common calendar terms used to mark monthly lunar events. The ides simply marked the appearance of the full moon. But Romans would soon learn...

It was not until a parking employee noticed the smell that he called police. A parking employee discovered the woman’s body in the car in the short-term parking area of the Terminal 1 garage on Nov. 1, 2022, documents said. Short-term passenger parking is intended for stays at the airport of three hours or less, the airport’s website said. The woman entered the garage on Oct. 8 and died by suicide, a report said. The total time her body lay there, 23 days, is more than 500 hours over that 3-hour limit. The area is also a row away from...

Few parts in the history of Hollywood have been as good as Michael Corleone. As the initially reluctant replacement for his father in The Godfather trilogy, Corleone’s transformation into a sinister power-hungry mob boss is one of the most intriguing character arcs in film history. Al Pacino himself isn’t ignorant of the effect that the film had on his career, as he explained to The New York Times back in 2022 to celebrate the film’s 50th anniversary. “I’m here because I did The Godfather,” Pacino explained during his interview. “For an actor, that’s like winning the lottery. When it comes...

In ancient Roman times, people may have feared the "restless dead," according to the discovery of a cremation tomb sprinkled with intentionally bent nails and sealed not only with two dozen bricks but also a layer of plaster, a new study finds. The unusual grave, found at the site of Sagalassos(opens in new tab) in southwestern Turkey and dating to A.D. 100-150, had 41 bent and twisted nails scattered along the edges of its cremation pyre, 24 bricks that had been meticulously placed on the still-smoldering pyre, and a layer of lime plaster on top of that. The individual —...

The four-day workweek bill is back, but will it garner enough support from lawmakers this time around? Democratic Congressman Mark Takano of California has reintroduced the 32-Hour Workweek Act. The legislation aims to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and reduce the standard workweek from five days to four days, with no change to employee pay. Rep. Takano says it's a necessary culture shift that would give American workers more time for family, leisure and education. "Workers across the nation are collectively reimagining their relationship to labor — and our laws need to follow suit,” Takano said. “We have...

Students at Wellesley College, a top liberal arts school that has only accepted women for the past 150 years, are set to vote Tuesday on whether transgender and nonbinary applicants should be allowed to apply. The private Massachusetts college, which boasts on its website about being a place for “women who will make a difference in the world,” is holding the referendum after some students flagged concerns about the current admission policy. Wellesley — whose alumnae include Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright — at the moment only accepts students who “live and consistently identify” as women. The referendum, which is...

Batya Ungar-Sargon and Robby Soave react to Jane Fonda's comment on "The View" calling for the murder of pro-life politicians.

His historical books were turned in 15 episodes that were produced by David L. Wolper, starred the likes of Patrick Swayze and Kirstie Alley and aired on ABC in 1985, '86 and 94. 1:27PM John Jakes, the celebrated author known for his historical North and South trilogy that sold 10 million copies and became three ABC miniseries in the 1980s and ’90s, has died. He was 90. Jakes died Saturday in Sarasota, Florida, his lawyer and literary agent Frank R. Curtis announced. Jakes, who during his career wrote more than 80 books, which sold more than 120 million copies worldwide,...

From Australia to the US, Sweden and India, scream therapy seems to be gaining ground with women. But the concept first advanced in 1970 by American psychologist Arthur Janov has left experts unimpressedA new therapeutic practice seems to be gaining popularity among women – ritual raging. Also known as scream therapy or primal therapy, everyone from students in Sweden to celebrities such as Kim Kardashian have given it a go. But what is it? And how does it work? Let’s take a closer look: Origin of concept, gaining popularity with women As per Inverse.com, the concept was first advanced by...

On Tenth Anniversary, Pope Francis Faces Increasing Opposition...The pope’s endless off-the-cuff comments and in-flight interviews have blurred the line between official magisterial declarations and mere unreflective papal spitballing, leaving many wondering how seriously they are to take the pope’s verbal musings. These unedited comments have also resulted in fairly frequent unintended offense, such as when Francis called women theologians “the strawberries on the cake,” when he told large families they needn’t “breed like rabbits,” or when he asserted that the “cruelest” soldiers in Ukraine are not ethnic Russians but outsiders like “the Chechens” and “the Buryati” who fight on Russian...

Green Day were on the verge of something big in the early 2000s—they just didn’t know it yet. After making a fan flop album with 2000’s Warning, the follow-up was set to be a return to the old-school pop punk sound reminiscent of the days of Dookie. Although they had a good album in the can, everything changed when the master tapes were stolen. During the original sessions for what was to become Cigarettes and Valentines, Green Day had two choices: either rerecord what they had already recorded or start again from scratch. After figuring out what to do, producer...

The British actor Tilda Swinton has stated that she will not wear a Covid face mask on the set of her new film. Working on a new movie in Ireland, Swinton said of her experience at SXSW Film and TV Festival: “I’m about to shoot a picture in Ireland, and I was told to wear a mask at all times, and I’m not”. Having contracted the virus several times, Swinton continued, stating: “I’m sure this is being recorded. I’ve had Covid-19 multiple times, so I’m full of antibodies and very healthy”. Most recently lending her voice to the recent ‘Best...

Few comedy actors can claim to have had such an impact on the world as the late Robin Williams. He began his career as a stand-up comedian and became well-revered for his improvisational and impressional skills through the 1970s. Williams’ work throughout the 1980s saw him traverse to the big screen as he scooped up accolades left, right and centre for his acting talents. Williams is remembered as a comedy actor, but just as quickly as he could make us laugh, he could make us cry. Towards the late 1980s and early ’90s, his acting roles began to take on...

Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday that its fighter jets did not come into contact with a U.S. drone that crashed into the Black Sea earlier, claiming instead that the drone crashed due to "sharp maneuvering". "The Russian fighters did not use their onboard weapons, did not come into contact with the UAV and returned safely to their home airfield," the defence ministry said.