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President Biden on Thursday signed a major disaster declaration for the state of Hawaii, freeing up additional federal funding as deadly fires have ravaged Maui and other areas. Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, certain loans to cover property losses and other programs for home and business owners, the White House said. Biden spoke earlier Thursday by phone with Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) about the wildfires, the White House said.

King of the Hill star Johnny Hardwick has died aged 59. The talented voice actor - who played Hank Hill's conspiracy theorist next door neighbor Dale Gribble on the iconic animated series in 258 episodes from 1997-2010 - was found dead at his home in Texas on Tuesday after police were called for a welfare check and found his body. Hardwick was pronounced dead at the scene with no foul play suspected - the cause of death is currently unknown, reports TMZ. Hardwick also served as a staff writer, story editor, and producer for the show, scoring four Prime Time...

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two migrants in recent days with significant convictions for sex-related crimes in the United States. In one incident, agents arrested a man with a conviction from Utah for sexual abuse of a child. In the second, agents arrested a migrant with a conviction for attempted rape in Georgia. On August 8, Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin tweeted a mugshot of a Mexican national arrested after crossing the border illegally on July 31. During a biometric background investigation, Tucson Station agents arrested Jose Roblero-Perez, a Mexican national, after learning he had a conviction...

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North Korea must make “full war preparations” to “overwhelmingly contain and destroy the enemy,” communist dictator Kim Jong-un demanded in a meeting of his top military leaders on Wednesday. The country’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported that Kim presided over the Central Military Commission meeting personally, ousting his chief of general staff, General Pak Su-il and replacing him with a deputy, Vice Marshal Ri Yong-gil. Pak was purged among several other “leading commanding officers,” which Rodong Sinmun did not name. Observers outside of North Korea have not indicated that the shake-up suggests any large-scale controversy or conflict between Kim and...

Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe said Wednesday on CNN’s “News Central” that former President Donald Trump’s “own rhetoric targeting” people “has an encouraging impact on people who are prone to violence.” Discussing an armed Utah man accused of making violent threats against President Joe Biden being killed by FBI agents Wednesday, anchor Kate Bolduan said, “He had been under investigation for months. They had been, you know, been to meet with him at least once before. And what do you think was, I’ll call it the last straw, but what led the FBI to execute this search warrant at...

As evidence of bribery and corruption by the Biden family continues to mount, Democrat lawmakers in the nation's capital have expressed heavy skepticism, saying they will need a lot more than just eyewitnesses, financial records, audio and video recordings, and admissions of guilt from parties involved for them to believe any of it. "Nah, I'm not buying it," said California Congressman Eric Swalwell. "If you're wanting me to believe President Biden and his family have been involved in a far-reaching money-for-favors scheme for years, you'll need to show me a lot more than rock-solid, irrefutable evidence. If the Biden family...

The authorities in the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region said they had to act because of "constant Russian shelling" in the area. They said local residents were being moved to "safe regions" of Ukraine.Russia says its troops have gained some ground in the area

Eucharist for a Dying King: Meet the Priest Who Cared for a British Monarch’s Soul... Charles Stuart was, however, a paradox. Despite being so drawn to Catholicism, he was also the ruler who looked the other way when the last Catholic martyr, the then-archbishop of Armagh, Oliver Plunkett, was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn for his alleged part in the fabricated “Popish Plot.” Nevertheless, as Charles’ own end drew near and his courtiers stood in his bedchamber and watched, his brother, the duke of York (later King James II) leaned over the dying monarch and whispered, asking if he...

Eric Metaxas used to be someone who, while not completely devoted to sound doctrine, his version of “mere Christianity” at least fell somewhere between the bounds of orthodoxy–even if grazing the very edge of it. In recent years, however, that can no longer be the case. Like Max Lucado, Metaxas has traded the gospel for politics like and like Francis Chan, for an extra-biblical experiential high. It started becoming clear that Metaxas had no real doctrinal standards when, in 2019, he affirmed the false gospel of well-known prosperity gospel heretic, Joel Osteen. During an interview with Osteen’s wife, Victoria, Metaxas...

A tech mogul who funds an elaborate Chinese propaganda network has donated extensively to progressive lawmakers, many of whom have opposed policies to scrutinize the Chinese Communist Party, federal disclosures show. Neville Roy Singham, the founder of a Chicago-based tech firm, has contributed $17,700 to Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D., Wash.) and thousands of dollars to Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Barbara Lee (Calif.), and Chuy Garcia (Ill.). Singham’s wife, Jodie Evans, the co-founder of far-left group Code Pink, similarly contributed $21,900 to Jayapal and organized a fundraiser for the lawmaker in 2018. Evans has also contributed to Rep. Cori Bush...

Nurses and other health care workers at MaineGeneral Health, one of Maine’s largest healthcare providers, were unceremoniously fired two years ago if they refused to take the experimental mRNA injections touted as COVID-19 preventatives. Some of those workers were even slapped with misconduct charges for refusing to comply with the mandate, many were later denied unemployment benefits, and no requests for religious exemptions were honored.

I don’t know whether Cap’n (Credit) Crunch is Fed Chair Powell or the big spender Boss (Tweed) Biden? Money supply growth fell again in June, remaining deep in negative territory after turning negative in November 2022 for the first time in twenty-eight years. June’s drop continues a steep downward trend from the unprecedented highs experienced during much of the past two years. And with M2 Money growth down for 8 consecutive months, bank credit down -0.2% YoY.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (FLV) – Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the suspension of State Attorney Monique Worrell from the ninth Judicial Circuit with Attorney General Ashley Moody and members of Florida’s law enforcement. “We had a duty to act – to protect the public from this dereliction of duty,” the governor said.

Brione Ramsey-Brooks hasn’t played a down for the TCU Horned Frogs yet, but he just might be their most famous player at the start of the new college football year. Ramsey-Brooks, standing at 6-feet-5-inches, and weighing 455 pounds, has been taking social media by storm with his shocking size and highlights from high school play that just seems unfair. Nicknamed "Big Bubba," the South Oak Cliff High School, Texas, recruit is set for his freshman season at TCU, where he hopes to compete for a spot on the offensive line. ~snip~ Ramsey-Brooks was rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports, ranking...

Fifteen-year-old Rasheed Banks Jr. was arrested Monday in connection with a July 12 attempted carjacking that resulted in the murder of 50-year-old Michael Salerno. Salerno was “gunned down” while trying to ward off three alleged carjackers, 6 ABC reported. All three alleged carjackers were male. CBS Philadelphia noted that Banks was arrested by U.S. Marshals. Phila. Police homicide fugitive Rasheed Banks Jr. has been arrested by the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force and @USMS_Philly in Camden, New Jersey. Banks was wanted for the July 12th carjacking and murder of a 50-year-old man at 12th and Porter in South...

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said Thursday he intends to subpoena members of the Biden family as his panel’s investigation of the president’s role in his son’s influence-peddling gathers pace. “This is always going to end with the Bidens coming in front of the committee,” Comer told Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria” program. “We are going to subpoena the family.” “We know that this is going to end up in court, when we subpoena the Bidens,” he added. “So we’re putting together a case and I think we’ve done that very well.” Comer did not divulge a...

In a move that should surprise no one, NYT columnist David ‘Drag-queen-story-hours-are-a- blessing- of liberty’ French and Russell ‘I-love-the-enneagram’ Moore are attending the Texas Tribune Platform Festival, a noxiously progressive paper that is hosting a series of events well-suited to the likes of these two. The former ERLC head and current Editor-in-chief of Christianity Today Astray will be interviewed by French on his upcoming book Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America”. The two will condescendingly commiserate on how “evangelicalism lost its way” without ever mentioning that they were both instrumental in throwing away the compass and burning...

Aug 8 (Reuters) - United Auto Workers (UAW) union President Shawn Fain angrily tossed contract proposals from Stellantis (STLAM.MI) in a trash can on Tuesday, citing numerous concessions that the Chrysler parent is seeking in labor talks. "Stellantis proposals are a slap in the face," Fain said during an online chat, disclosing the company is proposing cuts to health-care coverage, fewer vacation days for new hires, employer cuts to 401(k) contributions, and lifting a cap on the number of temporary employees. "Management has chosen to spit in our faces." Advertisement · Scroll to continue During the chat Fain tossed a...

“AS I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS VOTE more and more, what they were trying to do and the way they were trying to do it was just kind of creepy.”