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A United Nations agency expressed “profound concern” on Monday over the Biden administration’s updated asylum restrictions along the U.S-Mexico border. ...the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) condemned the move in a public statement and called on the White House to reconsider....Matthew Reynolds, UNHCR Representative to the U.S. and the Caribbean, stated. “The regulation severely curtails access to protection for people fleeing conflict, persecution, and violence...Limiting or blocking such access is a violation of international refugee law and the humanitarian principles...” Biden on Monday tweaked the threshold at which the partial asylum ban would be deactivated...deactivating the asylum restrictions...

@realDonaldTrump EVERYONE KNOWS I WOULD NOT SUPPORT A FEDERAL ABORTION BAN, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WOULD, IN FACT, VETO IT, BECAUSE IT IS UP TO THE STATES TO DECIDE BASED ON THE WILL OF THEIR VOTERS (THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE!). LIKE RONALD REAGAN BEFORE ME, I FULLY SUPPORT THE THREE EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE, INCEST, AND THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER. I DO NOT SUPPORT THE DEMOCRATS RADICAL POSITION OF LATE TERM ABORTION LIKE, AS AN EXAMPLE, IN THE 7TH, 8TH, OR 9TH MONTH OR, IN CASE THERE IS ANY QUESTION, THE POSSIBILITY OF EXECUTION OF THE BABY AFTER BIRTH....

Former President Donald Trump poked fun at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) for saying that he’s “become friends with school shooters.” In a post on Truth Social, Trump shared a photo of a Trump Vance 2024 sign with the words, “Not friends with school shooters.” Trump’s post came after Walz stated during the vice presidential debate with Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), that he had “become friends with school shooters.” As Breitbart News previously reported, Walz’s comments were made “while trying to explain why he flip-flopped his position against an ‘assault weapons’ ban and now supports such a ban.” When asked...

@FinanceLancelot This guy made $900,000 last year. The average port worker makes $147,000 with $35,000 in annual medical benefits. He says a 50% pay raise isn't good enough and doesn't care if their strike destroys regular Americans. Let that sink in.

The terror-sponsoring Iranian regime launched a major missile barrage at Israel today, but Israel is claiming that the evil regime killed only one man in Palestinian Authority-controlled Jericho.The state of Israel’s X(Twitter) account posted late on Oct. 1 U.S. time, “Warning: Graphic footage. Iran fired 181 ballistic missiles at Israel tonight. Only one person was killed: A Palestinian man in Jericho. We've said it once, and we'll say it again: the Iranian regime is dangerous, destructive, and one of the greatest threats to regional and world stability.” The video apparently showed footage of the Jericho casualty.There was a mass shooting...

On Tuesday, as reports were coming in of Iran's ballistic missiles hitting Israel, António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the anti-Israel United Nations, posted his demands for a ceasefire. "I condemn the broadening of the Middle East conflict with escalation after escalation," Guterres posted. "We absolutely need a ceasefire," he also insisted, as if we haven't already heard such a call from the UN so many times before. I condemn the broadening of the Middle East conflict with escalation after escalation.This must stop.We absolutely need a ceasefire.— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) October 1, 2024UN Secretary General calls for a CEASEFIRE during the...

The Lausanne Movement, founded in 1974, presents itself as a global evangelical network aimed at fulfilling the Great Commission. However, it has since evolved into a platform for globalist ideologies, aligning closely with organizations like the World Economic Forum. Prominent evangelical leaders within Lausanne, including false teachers such as Tim Keller, David Platt, and Rick Warren, push for social justice, wealth redistribution, and environmental activism. This movement subtly repackages Christianity to support a socialist agenda, undermining the true gospel in favor of worldly philosophies and a distorted social mission. The Lausanne Movement not only aligns with these globalist ideologies but...

Texas A&M University is discontinuing its LGBTQ+ minor due to low enrollment, following criticism of the program from Republican lawmakers over what they called “liberal indoctrination.”The Battalion, the school’s student newspaper, reported last week that the university is cutting 14 minors and 38 certificates following an internal review that deemed them “low-producing” programs.The university slashed programs that awarded “fewer than five degrees per academic year and fewer than 25 degrees in five years.”The description of the LGBTQ+ minor on the school’s website states that it “prepares students to examine the ways in which gender and sexuality are socially constructed and...

A recent broadcast weather segment on CBS News, Los Angeles, titled “Helene gaining strength from climate change effects,” features a staff meteorologist claiming that hurricane Helene was strengthened by climate change, and that indeed hurricanes in general are increasing in intensity and power. This is false. It is actually shocking how wrong CBS is with regards to what actual hurricane data show, which is that hurricanes are not getting more intense, frequent, or powerful. ....it is so appalling when the mainstream media takes advantage of peoples’ fear preceding dangerous storms, and their losses and misery following them, in order to...

As I write this, the vice presidential debate between Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is living up to the hype as Vance is wiping the floor with Walz, leaving him stammering and staring as though he can't remember anything from his script except "But Trump!"AdvertisementWalz at the VP debate: pic.twitter.com/0a2J79LmDS— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 2, 2024I think Walz is going to vote for Vance. 😂 #VPDebate2024 pic.twitter.com/3EfxGxBDKt— under construction! (@PHX_LC) October 2, 2024The best part of the night so far, in my opinion, was when the CBS News moderators tried to "fact check" Vance on the...

There are bad debates. Then there are massacres. Then there's what happened to Tim Walz as he imploded all over the stage during his debate with JD Vance. We've written about the problems Kamala Harris has had with speaking, but Walz was just an utter mess. AdvertisementIt started off badly, with Walz looking scared to death and like he didn't want to be there. Walz looks scared at the Presidential Debate - pic.twitter.com/p3jedg8dcP— Resist Times (@resistupdates) October 2, 2024Walz spoke about October 7 and that Hamas terrorists massacred Israelis, and took "prisoners." No, Tim, they took hostages. Not prisoners as...

Patients with primary thyroid cancer who receive radioactive iodine therapy have an elevated risk for melanoma and other nonkeratinocyte skin cancers when limiting the cancer site to the head and neck, according to a study. Shawheen J. Rezaei and colleagues characterized the risk for subsequent melanoma and other nonkeratinocyte skin cancers in patients with primary thyroid malignant neoplasms. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) were calculated to estimate the risk for subsequent cancer development. The researchers found that 45.5 percent of the 174,916 patients with primary thyroid cancer diagnosed from 2000 to 2019 had first-course treatment of some form of radiation. Following...

A new intervention which keeps lungs regularly expanding when using a heart-lung machine during heart valve surgery might protect lung function and exercise capacity in adult patients after the operation, a clinical trial has found. The research could benefit similar patients globally undergoing cardiac surgery. The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to find out if keeping the lungs regularly expanding, known as low frequency ventilation (LFV), during heart-lung machine in patients undergoing heart valve surgery could be linked to better postoperative lung function and exercise ability. The study also wanted to find out the feasibility and safety of...

The first weekend of the WNBA playoffs without rookie phenom Caitlin Clark were a bit quieter in terms of attention and viewership. After Clark drew a WNBA record 1.84 million viewers to her first playoff game against the Connecticut Sun on Sept. 22, while competing with an NFL Sunday, she followed it up with another record audience of 2.54 million viewers for Game 2. Clark and the Indiana Fever lost both those games, however, sending Clark home for the offseason. Now, the remaining teams contending for the WNBA title are the New York Liberty, the defending champion Las Vegas Aces...

In a study, researchers have explored the effects of circadian rhythm disruption on the lungs. They have found that nearly every cell in the body is keeping track of time. The circadian rhythm helps synchronize the body's organ systems and regulate the immune system. If one of them goes off beat, the repercussions can affect the whole group. Several factors influence circadian rhythm, including stress, physical activity and food intake; however, light and dark play the biggest role. Circadian rhythm disruption occurs when the body's internal clock is out of sync with the environment. It can be caused by sleep...

US politics the debate between the Vice-Presidential candidates... Credit ratings agency Standard and Poors lowering Israel's long-term credit rating from A+ to A... Late night attacks by Israeli warplanes in Lebanon... The recently appointed French Prime Minister Michel Barnier speaking about the need to cut spending... Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria hitting three jihadist bases... In the Ukraine War Russian troops advancing into the center of the town of Voehledar in the disputed Donetsk Region... Iran said it hit military targets in Israel...A Palestinian man killed in the Iranian missile attack... Dutch Party of Freedom leader Geert Wilders pushing for...

My dear fellow, in the grim scenario of all-out war between Israel and Iran, I'm afraid it is the common folk who would bear the brunt of such a dreadful conflagration. The civilian populations on both sides would suffer grievously from bombardments, economic devastation, and the myriad horrors that modern warfare inflicts upon the innocent. The streets of Tehran and Tel Aviv alike would be scarred by the ruthless logic of strategic warfare. Beyond the immediate combatants, the entire Middle East region would be engulfed in the firestorm of conflict. Neighboring nations would be drawn in, willingly or not, as...

Here we go… The far-left CBS hacks moderating the debate on Tuesday took time to “fact-check” JD Vance on the 20,000 Haitian migrants that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris flew into Springfield, Ohio in the past three years. Senator Vance then interrupted and corrected Margaret Brennan about the Biden plan to fly in illegals to American cities. That’s when CBS cut his mic! They wouldn’t let him speak!

Roughly 25,000 striking dockworkers at ports along the East and Gulf Coasts of the U.S. are rallying for higher pay and stronger guardrails around their jobs being automated out of existence. Members of the International Longshoremen's Association, or ILA, a union representing the dockworkers, walked off the job Tuesday for the first time in nearly 50 years as they push for "the kind of wages we deserve," ILA President Harold Daggett said in a social media post on Tuesday. Those wages, union officials argue, should factor in the torrid inflation that eroded dockworkers' paychecks under their now lapsed labor contract...

"Iranian forces have launched a massive strike on hundreds of ballistic missiles on the state of Israel. Currently, the first missiles are arriving and impacting Israeli soil, while many others are still on their way. The IAF and USAF are currently conducting interceptions over Syria and Jordan, the number of missiles is astonishing. Meanwhile Israel is preparing a counterattack to destroy Iranian nuclear and oil facilities key to the nation's existence. We will be gathering more information live as this unfolds."