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CNN, Most Americans oppose Congress authorizing additional funding to support Ukraine in its war with Russia, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, as the public splits over whether the US has already done enough to assist Ukraine. Overall, 55% say the US Congress should not authorize additional funding to support Ukraine vs. 45% who say Congress should authorize such funding. And 51% say that the US has already done enough to help Ukraine while 48% say it should do more. A poll conducted in the early days of the Russian invasion in late February 2022 found 62%...

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida said that claims about the 2020 election being stolen were false, directly contradicting a central argument of former President Donald J. Trump and his supporters. The comments went further than Mr. DeSantis typically goes when asked about Mr. Trump’s defeat. The governor has often tried to hedge, refusing to acknowledge that the election was fairly conducted. In his response on Friday, Mr. DeSantis did not mention Mr. Trump by name — saying merely that such theories were “unsubstantiated.” But the implication was clear. “All those theories that were put out did not prove to be...

'I do not hold the police accountable for this at all — I hold our city accountable for defunding the police,' says injured radiologist. A medical doctor in Portland, Oregon, announced she’s switching her political affiliation from Democrat to Republican following a random unprovoked attack by a homeless person which she blames on the city’s progressive liberal policies. Grisly photos show the extent of radiologist Mary Costantino’s injuries last Friday after she was knocked unconscious from a vicious assault by a homeless perpetrator who struck her with a metal water bottle while she and a friend walked down a sidewalk...

Social media influencer Andrew Tate has been released from house arrest in Romania Friday as he awaits trial on rape and human trafficking charges. The Bucharest Court of Appeals in the eastern European country’s capital ruled that it "replaces the house arrest measure with that of judicial control for a period of 60 days from August 4 until October 2," according to Reuters. Under the new measures, Tate, his brother Tristan and two Romanian women who have been indicted on the charges can leave their homes, but not Bucharest and the surrounding Ilfov County, the news agency reports, adding that...

"Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. "When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are." "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not...

Inquiring minds want to know why Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is divorcing his current wife who is known or alleged to be a real female. Some have speculated that there is another woman in the queue. Inside information contradicts that speculation. Information provided from an anonymous source, who must remain unnamed because they are not authorized to release this information, stated that Trudeau will come out on Monday as a black Hispanic female to be known as Justina Castro-Trudeau with they/them pronouns. Justina is predicted to govern without change with the exception of strict criminal enforcement of the they/them pronoun...

Could Taylor Swift’s mega-tour have fans seeing red on their next COVID test? There has been some cautious optimism among public health officials that this summer might be the first during which California doesn’t experience a major coronavirus wave — and there’s no evidence at this point that one is on the way. But California is not in the clear or out of the woods just yet. Transmission does appear to be on the upswing, and there’s no denying the virus’ enduring power to spread, particularly in crowded settings. And crowded hardly begins to describe Swift’s concerts, let alone the...

Russia's most prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny says that he expects to see his prison sentence extended by nearly two decades on Friday (Aug 4) when a court delivers its verdict on a battery of new charges against him. Who is he and how did he get to this point? OPPOSITION LEADER Navalny, 47, is by far the best known figure in Russia's splintered opposition, with supporters casting him as a Nelson Mandela-style figure who will one day be freed from jail to lead the country. The Kremlin has tried to portray him as politically irrelevant, and President Vladimir Putin...

COVID-19 cases are once again on the rise in the U.S., with data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing virus-related hospital admissions, positive test rates, and wastewater indicators trending upward. The virus has ebbed and flowed repeatedly since 2020—but this time is unique, since it’s the first notable uptick in spread since the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) officially ended in May, bringing to a close a variety of pandemic-era policies and programs. While much of the advice around COVID-19 stays the same, the post-PHE landscape does look a bit different. Here’s what to do...

A certain presidential candidate has been very popular lately. He appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast. House Republicans invited him to testify before Congress on censorship. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, also a Republican, has suggested that if he becomes president, he might nominate him to lead the Food and Drug Administration or Centers for Disease Control. GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he’d consider him to be his running mate. The only problem? This candidate is running in the Democratic primary.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Friday and became the second Republican presidential candidate to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the capital, Kyiv. Christie met with Zelenskyy in the country's presidential palace after touring villages that have become battlefields since Russia invaded last year. During the meeting, he reiterated his support for continued U.S. aid to Ukraine and said the purpose of his visit was "so I could see it for myself" and report back to the American people what the allied country's needs are. "I feel the cruelty, and you feel...

It's Time to Get Rid of 'Woke,' Race and Equity Experts Say (Can only be linked to, per FR rules0

ROME: A group of young German tourists posing for pictures to post on social media have been accused of toppling a valuable statue at a villa in northern Italy, the villa's manager said on Thursday (Aug 3). Two of the group climbed into a fountain to hug the work "Domina" by the artist Enrico Butti and another pushed it with a stick before the 1.7m statue crashed to the ground, Bruno Golferini, the manager of Villa Alceo in the town of Viggiu, said. Golferini said he had lodged a complaint with the local police against all 17 German tourists who...

Social media users are sharing pictures of burgers without tomatoesFast food chain McDonald's has stopped using tomato in its food preparations at most of the stores in northern and eastern parts of the country citing the non-availability of quality products, amid the price of the commodity surging up to Rs 200 per kg. McDonald's India - North and East said it is constrained to "hold tomatoes for the time being" and is trying to resolve this issue by employing sustainable agriculture practices. "Due to seasonal crop issues arising out of farm fields in a few regions, there are not enough...

During an interview with Milwaukee’s TMJ4 News on Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris answered a question on demands for protections for the unborn at the point of viability while still allowing some abortion by stating that “the government should not be telling women what to do with their bodies.” TMJ4 Chief Political Reporter Charles Benson asked, “Wisconsin has an 1849 abortion ban law in place after the Supreme Court decision was reached on Roe v. Wade. Prior to that, it was a 20-week ban on abortion. So, my question for you is, what is your position on protecting reproductive rights...

Maj and Emma, two self-proclaimed climate activists, took part in a duo protest at the National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, this past week, involving a Monet painting. The activists decided to smear red paint onto a piece titled The Artist’s Garden at Giverny. This renowned painting from 1900, which is currently exhibited as part of the “The Garden – Six Centuries of Art and Nature” exhibition at the National Museum, showcases a vibrant landscape featuring pink and purple irises. The painting was loaned to the museum from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, where it has been held since 1983. However,...

Explanation: A Full Moon rose as the Sun set on August 1. Near perigee, the closest point in its almost moonthly orbit, the brighter than average lunar disk illuminated night skies around planet Earth as the second supermoon of 2023. Seen here above Ragusa, Sicily, cloud banks cast diverging shadows through the supermoonlit skies, creating dramatic lunar crepuscular rays. The next Full Moon in 2023 will also shine on an August night. Rising as the Sun sets on August 30/31, this second Full Moon in a month is known as a Blue Moon. Blue moons occur only once every 2...

Oregon and Washington appear on the verge of joining the Big Ten. The programs, both charter members of the Pac-12 dating back to 1915, informed Pac-12 presidents Friday that they plan to accept an invitation from the Big Ten once extended, according to Yahoo Sports. The Big Ten is preparing to make those formal offers later Friday, according to multiple reports. Oregon and Washington would be the third and fourth Pac-12 schools joining the Big Ten ahead of the 2024-25 season with USC and UCLA previously announcing their planned departures last summer. The Big Ten would then stand as an...

A riot has broken out at New York City's Union Square sparked by YouTubers Kai Cenat and Fanum handing out free Playstation 5s.

A former chief of Russian space agency Roscosmos has voiced doubt over the authenticity of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing.“About 10 years ago, when I worked in the government, I sent an official request to Roscosmos to provide me with documentary evidence of the Americans' stay on the moon,” Dmitry Rogozin said in a statement on Telegram on Sunday.Rogozin said that he was “embarrassed” about the return of Soviet cosmonauts from space expeditions barely able to stand on their feet and undergoing long recoveries, while US astronauts crawled out of their lunar ships, in his words, “like cucumbers from...