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DISPATCH FROM SECRETARY STANTON. HARRISBURGH, Penn., Friday, May 8. The following dispatch from the Secretary of War has just been received by Gov. CURTIN: WASHINGTON, May 8, 1863. To the Governor of Pennsylvania: The President and the General-in-Chief have just returned from the Army of the Potomac. The principal operations of Gen. HOOKER failed, but there has been no serious disaster to the organization and efficiency of the army. It is now occupying its former position on the Rappahannock, having recrossed the river without any loss in the movement. Not more than one-third of Gen. HOOKER's force was engaged. Gen....

Heiroklian (India) (AFP) – The road to Heiroklian is smooth and freshly laid, with a sign proclaiming it part of an Indian government development initiative. But ethnic violence has reduced the village itself to little more than smouldering ashes. Sanatomba picked through the ruins of his sister's home in the northeastern state of Manipur, trying to salvage anything of value, but could only recover a traditional stool. "This used to be my sister's kitchen," the 20-year-old says. "That was her room and she kept her TV there, the fridge there, the almirah (cupboard) for clothes there. But now everything she...

Turkeys were talking on the first two days of the hunt, responding to calls issued from a well-camouflaged blind. None were coming in close enough to be within shotgun range or to be visible. It was the last day for the six-year-old to hunt, Sunday morning on April 23, 2023. He was going back home, a hundred miles away, after church. There were a few hours from dawn to getting ready for church. Church started at 10:00 a.m.The frost was thick on the roofs of the vehicles parked in the drive in front of the 50-year-old house. This correspondent wished...

Joe Biden's predicament has become so dire that Morning Joe can no longer sweep it under the rug. Monday's show thus devoted a long segment to discussing the unavoidable truth: that Democrats are "panicked" and "scared to death" about Biden. They're confronting a double whammy: Biden's lowest approval rating since becoming president, and even more alarming, a new poll showing him losing to Donald Trump in a head-to-head match-up by six points.Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

The twelve apostles included "Simon, who is called Peter" (Matt. 10:2). Peter learned five lessons that every believer must also learn. We have seen that God uses our experiences to mold us into more effective Christians and leaders. Using Peter as our example, let's briefly look at five lessons we can learn from our experiences: submission, restraint, humility, sacrifice, and love. Leaders tend to be confident and aggressive, so they must learn to submit to authority. Jesus illustrated that by telling Peter to go fishing and look for a coin in the mouth of the first fish he caught (Matt....

The New Testament is the story of stories, and it starts off all wrong. Most adventure stories begin with the wondrous “Once upon a time”, but Matthew starts his book with a genealogy. Why in the world would he do that? The greatest story ever told starts like a phone book with a long list of unpronounceable names. This is important, though. What makes this list amazing is that some names belong to people who had sketchy pasts. One of these names is Rahab from the Old Testament book of Joshua whose act of saving Hebrew spies got her inducted...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday told his country’s traditional Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square that the West’s “untamed ambitions, arrogance and impunity” are driving “a real war” against Russia, while the Kremlin’s forces fired another cruise missile barrage at Ukraine. “Today civilization is once again at a decisive turning point,” Putin said at the annual commemorations celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. “A real war has been unleashed against our Motherland.” Putin’s remarks came just hours after the Kremlin’s forces fired its latest barrage of cruise missiles at Ukraine, which Russia invaded more...

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A far-right faction that has gained clout in the Georgia GOP wants to give the state party new powers to block candidates from qualifying to run as Republicans if they’re deemed to be insufficiently conservative or a “traitor” to the party. The rule change is being championed by leaders of the Georgia Republican Assembly, a conservative faction that has vilified Gov. Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other Republicans who rejected Donald Trump’s demands to overturn his election defeat. Under the proposed rule change, the Georgia GOP convention could vote to prevent a political candidate from qualifying to...

The editorial board of the conservative, Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal has urged its readers to take heed of William Barr’s recent warning about Donald Trump, and the former attorney general’s caution about what would happen if the former president won a second term in the White House. Barr last week described Trump’s first term as a “horror show. He predicted Trump would fail to deliver on conservative policies, even if he did win the 2024 election. The Journal wholeheartedly agreed. “The rebuttal from the Trump establishment will be to cite his first term, but that record supports Mr. Barr’s...

Dispute has arisen between Department of Homeland Security and the union representing Border Patrol Agents after it announced an op in El Paso Late Monday night the agency announced that ICE would be conducting targeted enforcement operation in El Paso, Texas Op coincides with surge of thousands of migrants crossing the southern border - but those who crossed illegally will now have time to get make a getaway The Border Patrol Union has laid into Homeland Security for telling migrants and smugglers where and when it'll 'conduct targeted enforcement' - two days before Title 42 expires. The dispute broke out...

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Will technology stop at transgenderism? No. Western populations are being conditioned — ‘groomed’ — to more easily accept transhumanism via the booming transgender industry.

Katherine Sasser announced her plan to resign from the Columbia School Board on Monday evening. Sasser said her resignation stemmed from her family’s decision to move from Missouri. She shared Monday — and in a February board meeting — that her family has been targeted by legislation attacking LGBTQ+ and transgender youth. “As a family we have made the difficult but necessary decision that Missouri is no longer a safe state for us,” Sasser said. Her voice quavered as she thanked the district administration, the board, teachers, friends and family.

“One can truly know the measure of a society by how it treats its prisoners”It is here that 687 of your loyal subjects are held, supporting the United Kingdom’s record as the nation with the largest prison population in Western Europe. As your noble government has recently declared, your kingdom is currently undergoing “the biggest expansion of prison places in over a century”, with its ambitious projections showing an increase of the prison population from 82,000 to 106,000 within the next four years. Quite the legacy, indeed.As a political prisoner, held at Your Majesty’s pleasure on behalf of an embarrassed...

WASHINGTON—House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), along with lawmakers from the panel, will hold a press conference on Wednesday, May 10 at 9:00 a.m. ET to provide an update on the investigation into the Biden family’s influence peddling to enrich themselves and announce next investigative actions. WHEN: Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. ET Background: The Oversight Committee is investigating the Biden family’s influence peddling enterprise to determine if the Biden family has been targeted by foreign actors, if President Biden is compromised, and if there is a national security threat. The Committee has already...

Today is the 65th anniversary of the release of the Hitchcock classic “Vertigo”. Today my head is spinning. Living in a nascent police state which used to be more democratic will do that to you. Vertigo. Today, I went on trial in Victoria. I had proudly sought prayer and spiritual communion with a Warthaurong man at an Anglican cathedral last year. Police removed me from that prayer and physically assaulted me when I protested loudly to them at being removed from my prayer at the entrance to a crowded cathedral. At this morning's hearing, I angrily told the magistrate that...

SAN ANTONIO – Proposition A was defeated by a large margin of 28-72 Saturday night. The measure was the biggest turnout driver this election: more people voted on the contentious proposal than in the San Antonio mayor’s race. Called the “San Antonio Justice Charter” by supporters, Prop A would have decriminalized marijuana possession and abortion, expanded the city’s expanded cite-and-release program, created a new “justice director” position, and embedded bans on choke holds and no-knock warrants in the city charter. The cite-and-release expansion proved to be the most controversial element, with opponents arguing it would increase crime. The proposition would...