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WASHINGTON — A new survey conducted by a coalition of suppliers for US Navy aircraft carriers reports most vendors are facing increased challenges with inflation, material availability and workforce management. The Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base Coalition survey [PDF], conducted in early November 2023 and published this week, received 150 voluntary responses. ACIBC is a trade association representing about 2,000 vendors across the country who make up the supply chain shipbuilder and prime contractor HII relies on to construct aircraft carriers at its Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard in Virginia. Lisa Papini, ACIBC’s chairwoman, told Breaking Defense the results from the survey...

President Biden went on the radio to claim that "Republicans are trying to ban books from school libraries. Freedom to read is fundamental to both education and democracy. The idea that kids can be told that they can't read certain books is a Nazi tactic. This is the United States of America for God's sake. Everyone should be free to read whatever he wants." The kind of books targeted by Republicans are Gender Queer and All Boys Are Blue. These books contain overtly sexual themes and pornographic imagery. Maia Kobabe, the non-binary author of Gender Queer, agrees that the book...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump's effort to march to the Republican presidential nomination faces perhaps its greatest challenge on Tuesday when voters in New Hampshire hold the first-in-the-nation primary. With Ron DeSantis ending his 2024 campaign and endorsing Trump on Sunday, the primary becomes the first one-on-one matchup between Trump and Nikki Haley. The former president enters the contest emboldened by his record-setting performance in last week's Iowa caucuses. But New Hampshire has a more moderate political tradition and primary rules that allow unaffiliated voters to participate in the race. Trump-backed MAGA candidates have struggled here in recent years.

"For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries." "But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer." "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator." ☰ John 20 (Other versions) 1 The first day...

President Biden on Monday mourned the loss of two Navy SEALs who are presumed dead after they went missing off the coast of Somalia earlier this month during a special covert mission to seize Iranian missile parts bound for Yemen. Biden said in a statement that the presumed deaths of the two SEALs were a “profound loss for our country.” “These SEALs represented the very best of our country, pledging their lives to protect their fellow Americans,” Biden said. “Our hearts go out to the family members, loved ones, friends, and shipmates who are grieving for these two brave Americans

It’s official: 2024 belongs to the cicadas. This spring, two different broods of cicadas — one that lives on a 13-year cycle and the other that lives on a 17-year cycle — will emerge at the same time from underground in a rare, synchronized event that last occurred in 1803. Billions of the winged insects will make an appearance across the Midwest and the Southeast, beginning in some places in late April, for a raucous mating ritual that tends to inspire fascination and annoyance in equal measure. This year’s dual emergence is a once-in-a-lifetime event. While any given 13-year brood...

In a recent interaction on Twitter Space, Gorka, a former deputy assistant and counterterrorism advisor to President Donald Trump, provided some tantalizing clues about the potential VP pick: a male former New York politician who is currently campaigning with Trump.

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Pope Francis defends restrictions on Latin Mass – ‘Read the motu proprio’In new comments to LifeSiteNews, Pope Francis said that his reasons for suppressing the Traditional Latin Mass are all contained within his 2021 document 'Traditionis Custodes.'In new comments to LifeSiteNews, Pope Francis said that his reasons for suppressing the Traditional Latin Mass are all contained within his 2021 document 'Traditionis Custodes.' The motu proprio in question is the July 2021 text Traditionis Custodes, by which Francis ushered in sweeping restrictions on the traditional liturgy – also known as the Latin Mass, or the Extraordinary Form –...

President Ronald Reagan had been slowly chipping away at affirmative action since taking office in 1981, but it was six months into his second term that his administration saw its chance to deal it a decisive blow. Reagan and his Cabinet viewed his resounding electoral victory against Walter Mondale in 1984 as a mandate to end the Lyndon B. Johnson-era policy requiring all government contractors to take “affirmative action” to end discrimination at their firms. By the mid-’80s, that meant some of the country’s largest companies — such as General Motors, IBM and Merck — had implemented robust affirmative action...

Sadly, it's starting to sound like something 'stinks' in the land of Community Notes. To be fair, we've been waiting for someone (or a group of someones) to figure out how to game and manipulate Community Notes just like they did with Twitter's original algorithm. The question now though is, will Elon Musk do anything to fix it? Old Twitter just let it go ... Take a look at this: Let’s talk about community notes. FYI, I’m a community notes contributor. What I am seeing is a direct attempt to silence, censor, de-prioritise, de-monetise, isolate & cast doubt against anyone...

Russia's parliament is considering new legislation which would give the state the power to seize the property of people convicted for defamation of the armed forces or for calling publicly for actions that undermine state security. -snip- The move has drawn comparisons with the witch hunts of the 1930s under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin with their 'enemy of the state' rhetoric, and could affect thousands of Russians who have spoken out against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The speaker of the State Duma lower house of parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, has dubbed the new bill...

In its second half-hour, today's Morning Joe eventually got around to the DeSantis news--and did so with a nasty smirk. Katty Kay kicked things off. You might imagine that BBCer Kay represents the more refined wing of the liberal media. But there she was with a mocking laugh as she suggested to Charlie Sykes that they do a DeSantis post-mortem, "before we consign him to oblivion and forget his name." Scarborough took it from there. His theme was that Trump is "Fat Elvis," the "sweaty Fat Elvis" of 1977, and that's what his fans want. Thus, they were not going...

Reporter (at southern border): "Where are you from?" Middle Eastern illegal migrant: "Soon you will know who I am. Believe me. You will see." He adds: "Believe me...I'm much bigger than that. You're not smart enough to know who I am, but soon you're going to know who I am".

DWAC, which is buying Trump Media, has seen sizable momentum alongside recent GOP primary developments Former President Donald Trump's continued momentum during primary season has translated to a sizable recent boost for the special-purpose acquisition company that's planning to buy the media company that runs his Truth Social platform. Shares of Digital World Acquisition Co. (DWAC) were up more than 25% in Monday morning activity, putting them on track to extend their win streak to a sixth session. The stock is on pace to rise 96% over the six-session run if current gains carry through to the close. DWAC's stock...

A federal judge in New Hampshire ruled against an effort to block former President Donald Trump from the state’s ballots, coming just before the state holds its first Republican primary election. The ruling, posted by Republican lawyer and former California GOP Chairwoman Harmeet Dhillon, was handed down by U.S. District Judge Samantha D. Elliott against long-shot Republican presidential candidate John Anthony Castro, a Texas resident who filed similarly rejected cases in other states. In his petition, the judge noted that Mr. Castro brought a “nearly identical” claim in New Hampshire as his petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, alleging that...

MSNBC political commentator Chris Matthews said Monday on “Morning Joe” that people who believed former President Donald Trump were “crazy.” Matthews said, “Well, you’ve got 200 people who have already plead guilty to felony charges for January 6th at the U.S. Capitol. That’s real business. These people can face up to 18 to 20 years in prison. I think the law is coming after Donald Trump and it’s going to get him. I think it’s the same system that’s worked for those 700 people altogether, for either felony or misdemeanor charges that plead guilty to because January 6th.” He continued,...

VIDEOBritish YouTuber Brendan Kavanaugh has a channel in which he livestreams himself playing Boogie Woogie music on public pianos at various locations. A few days ago, Brendan was merrily playing a piano at a shopping area when he was interrupted by a group from Communist China. The CCP handler of the group then informed Mr. Kavanaugh that he is not permitted to broadcast his video because the CCP group could be seen among the many bystanders watching him play in a public area. What you see here is the resulting confrontation which basically pitted a totalitarian thug against a free...

A New York-bound Virgin Atlantic flight was canceled just moments before takeoff last week when an alarmed passenger said he spotted several screws missing from the plane’s wing. British traveler Phil Hardy, 41, was onboard Flight VS127 at Manchester Airport in the UK on Jan. 15 when he noticed the four missing fasteners during a safety briefing for passengers and decided to alert the cabin crew. “I’m a good flyer, but my partner was not loving the information I was telling her and starting to panic, and I was trying to put her mind at rest as much as I...

Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer 🚨🚨 ANALYSIS OF THE ASSASSINATION THREAT AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP BY ALEX SOROS, SON OF DEMOCRAT PARTY MEGA DONOR GEORGE SOROS🚨🚨 . @AlexanderSoros is the son of @georgesoros . His post tonight is a direct threat of violence against President Trump. If you look closely at the photo in the @TheAtlantic article Alex Soros posted tonight, there is a call for assassination embedded in the pictures. Not only does one of the pictures have a single bullet hole through glass, and not only is $47 of cash seen, but there’s messaging conveyed through the arrangement of the money....

"It’s obvious that Pelosi’s Select Committee went to great lengths to prevent Americans from seeing certain documents produced in their investigation," Loudermilk said... Forensic investigators hired by a Republican-led committee recovered more than 100 encrypted files that the Democratic-led House Jan. 6 Select Committee deleted days before the GOP took over the House majority, according to a new report released Monday. House Administration Oversight Subcommittee Chair Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., sent a letter to former Select Committee Chair Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., demanding he provide answers and passwords for the data, which was deleted against House rules, according to Fox News Digital....