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@charliekirk11 This is what leadership looks like. President Trump flanked by Zelenskyy: “I learned a lot, but I think I haven't changed from the standpoint that we both want to see this end and we both want to see a fair deal made. It's got to be fair and I think that will happen ... This is a war that should have never happened.”

Anyone who’s tried to rent an apartment in New York City knows that it’s highly competitive and highly priced, and the latest data suggests this market is showing no signs of letting up. In August 2024, the median asking rent for apartments in four New York City boroughs — Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Brooklyn — was $3,425, a $76 increase from a year ago. The Big Apple’s median rent price is nearly double the national median of $1,753; it is one of the only major cities where rents are still rising. “In contrast to the overall declining trend seen...

One of America's LARGEST gas station chains is gearing up to close over 1,000 locations nationwide between 2024 and 2025. Yes, you read that right—over 1,000! But don’t worry, they’re not just pulling the plug and leaving us high and dry. This move is part of a massive shift as the company pivots toward the future of transportation. Who’s behind this gas station shakeup? WHO’S CLOSING SHOP? Shell, the oil and gas giant we all know, is planning to close a significant number of its gas stations, with California, Utah, and Nevada set to feel the impact. California alone has...

CHARLEROI, Pa. — I ran my fingers over the words etched in the cornerstone of this granite building, probably once a bank or an insurer or something similarly solid and impressive: CHARLEROI OFFICE. Even more than the grander (and more dilapidated) neoclassical banks on the same block, this detail stuck with me from my visit this week. Charleroi was once the kind of place where an institution would open a satellite office and proudly carve it in granite, with the expectation it would be that kind of place forever. --snip-- Mr. Zelinsky is adamant that he and his team have...

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced another executive order on gun control, this time to regarding “red flag laws.” During his remarks, we saw a president who was truly not all there as he ranted and raved against the Second Amendment, telling lies not only about gun control, but his political opponents as well. Earlier this month, the AP posted a headline claiming that Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) referred to school shootings as "fact of life." It was so egregious the outlet was forced to delete it, but the narrative persisted. Biden repeated it on Thursday, three weeks later, though...

Russia on Tuesday condemned Israel’s continuing attacks on Lebanon, stressing that indiscriminate attacks on civilians are unacceptable. "Indiscriminate Israeli strikes on residential areas under the pretext that Hezbollah weapons are being stored there led to massive civilian casualties and significant destruction of civilian infrastructure," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement. Citing the Lebanese Health Ministry, Zakharova said that at least 492 people, including around 150 women and children, were killed by Israel’s "armed aggression" on Monday. "The number of wounded exceeded 1,600 people. On the morning of Sept. 24, after another attack by Israeli military aircraft in...

The FAA is reportedly struggling to modernize its aging air traffic control (ATC) systems, putting the safety and efficiency of the national airspace at risk, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). TechSpot reports that the GAO report reveals that 37 percent of the FAA’s ATC systems are unsustainable, while another 39 percent are potentially unsustainable due to factors such as lack of parts and funding shortfalls. Alarmingly, 58 of the 105 unsustainable and potentially unsustainable systems are critical to the safety and efficiency of the national airspace. Despite the urgent need for modernization, the FAA...

he Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been ordered to address how fluoride in water could risk children's intellectual development. Edward Chen, a U.S. District judge in San Francisco, California, said on Tuesday that although it is unclear if the amount of fluoride typically added to water is causing lower IQ (intelligence quotient) levels in kids, there is increasing research that it could be an unreasonable risk. Chen ruled that the EPA must take steps to lower that potential risk, but did not clarify what the process would look like. In August, the National Toxicology Program, part of the Department of...

The U.S. Navy has big plans for modernizing existing major end items. The maritime branch is excited about the next-generation DDG(X) destroyer and the F/A-XX next-generation fighter jet. Now, the SSN(X) futuristic submarine that will replace the Virginia-class boats is experiencing delays. The SSN(X) may not come to fruition until the early 2040s, which is hard to fathom. Who knows what the U.S. military will look like in two decades?

Graphics experts have recreated the face of a pharaoh who founded the Valley of the Kings and rewrote history in ancient Egypt. Amenhotep I - the second ruler of Egypt's 18th Dynasty - is thought to have died 3,500 years ago at around age 35 before being painstakingly preserved through mummification. He was the first to be buried in the Valley of the Kings - the resting site of almost all the Pharaohs of the 18th, 19th and 20th dynasties.

China's long-anticipated Xi'an H-20 stealth bomber remains shrouded in mystery, with no official unveiling in sight. Despite state media hints and promises of its debut, the aircraft will not be showcased at Airshow China 2023.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and other “progressive” Democrats have introduced legislation to restore U.S. funding to the terror-linked United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) despite the fact that several of its employees participated in the Hamas terror attack against Israel on October 7. The legislation, called the “UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act of 2024,” is almost certain to fail, meaning it is only a symbolic gesture, but a bizarre one. Then-President Donald Trump cut funding to UNRWA in 2018 amid concerns that it encourages conflict, because it indoctrinates Palestinian children to hate Israel and Jews, and perpetuates the idea...

A video showing a Metropolitan Police officer allegedly telling a group of Nigerian women not to call police on their husbands but to “manage it", is now being investigated after resurfacing six years later on social media. The clip filmed inside Divine Restoration International Church in Camberwell in 2018 shows a police staff member addressing a group of mainly women as three officers stand beside, sparking outrage from abuse charities. In the video, which the Mirror has seen, the officer can be heard speaking in Yoruba - a Nigerian language, as well as English, while he stands at a pulpit...

Vice-presidential nominee JD Vance has a go-to explanation for his evolution from outspoken critic to impassioned defender of Donald Trump: He says he was converted by Trump’s achievements in the White House... “I’m sympathetic to the idea that there’s a lot of long-term economic damage being done. But it’s always draped in this bizarre desire to pretend the virus itself isn’t a problem,” he wrote in May 2020.... “Trump has just so thoroughly failed to deliver on his economic populism (excepting a disjointed China policy),” Vance wrote in February 2020. In the direct messages — sent during Trump’s final year...

[Catholic Caucus] Prof. de Mattei's defence of Francis' legitimacy fails—here's whyOn 25th September 2024, Voice of the Family published an article by the historian Professor Roberto de Mattei, entitled “On the problem of the heretical pope.”This article defends Francis’ claim to the papacy, which de Mattei argues continues to be legitimate in spite of the three heretical comments made recently about false religions.1For reasons discussed elsewhere, these comments arguably constitute apostasy.In my opinion, writing in defence of Francis’ claim at this point is a serious misuse of time and energy. Nonetheless, in this piece, we shall analyse de Mattei’s article...

Nearly 6 in 10 Democrats say they would base their vote solely on how a candidate votes on abortion, a YouGov poll found. When asked, “Would you vote for or against a candidate just on the basis of their position on the abortion issue?” 58 percent of Democrat respondents said “yes.” Over a quarter (26 percent) said “no” and 17 percent are “not sure.” In contrast, 43 percent of independents and 58 percent of Republicans say they would not vote for or against a candidate just on the basis of their abortion position, the survey found. Thirty-one percent of independents...

Ivory Package 1 (Natural History Museum Denmark) Credit: Mikkel Høegh A new genetic analysis of ivory artifacts from across Europe suggests that early Norse hunters ventured far into North American waters and likely interacted with indigenous North Americans as early as 985 CE, or over 500 years before Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of the Americas. The scientists behind the potential historical discovery’s genetic and isotopic analysis show that the ivory was harvested from the tusks of Walruses that lived in the North Atlantic waters off of present-day Canada. Their study also found that the long distances and extreme weather that Norse...

'They slaughtered, raped and buried us alive': Syrians praise blows to Hezbollah.

On Friday, a letter sent to Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX) by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) revealed that nearly half a million convicted criminals have been released into the United States as of July 2024. The letter comes as Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to visit the US-Mexico border in Douglas, Arizona According to the document, the ICE director confirmed that over 425,000 known convicted criminals have been caught at the southern border and released by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into America. Among that figure are over 13,000 illegal immigrants convicted of homicide, over 15,000 for sexual...

American security officials are still tracking Iranian plots to kill Donald Trump and other high-profile figures, according to the nation's top law enforcement officer. Attorney General Merrick Garland delivered an update on Friday about Tehran's efforts to disrupt the 2024 election, as charges against three members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (I.R.G.C.) were revealed. 'There are few actors in this world that pose as grave a threat to the national security of the United States as does Iran, state sponsor of terrorism,' he said.