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As once-and-future President Donald J. Trump strode to the podium to deliver his victory speech after winning the 2024 presidential election, he made his exuberant followers a solemn vow: “I will govern by a simple motto: Promises made, promises kept.” President Trump, who made greater efforts to keep his campaign pledges as the 45th president than perhaps any modern president in decades, has vowed to protect children from irreversible surgeries, uproot extreme transgender ideology from government, enshrine parental rights, and end the weaponization of government against Christians and pro-life advocates. Here are some of President-Elect Donald Trump’s most important 2024...

The computer file is said to contain testimony from the woman who said she had sex with Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general, when she was 17.An unidentified hacker has gained access to a computer file shared in a secure link among lawyers whose clients have given damaging testimony related to Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman who is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to be attorney general, a person with knowledge of the activity said. The file of 24 exhibits is said to include sworn testimony by a woman who said that she had sex...

Former President Donald Trump is now president-elect, and some women are responding by hoarding abortion drugs. Women who are pro-abortion are using their social media platforms to tell others that they need to stock up on Plan B, the morning after pill, and other forms of so-called “emergency contraception” before Trump takes office in January. One user stated on TikTok that women should buy boxes of Plan B to keep “on deck until the next election.” A woman responded on X, stating, “[I]’m so seriously about to buy a box per paycheck until [I] can’t anymore.” According to The Washington...

[Catholic Caucus] Atlanta’s Archbishop Hartmayer Launches LGBTQ+ Commission to Improve UnderstandingThe Archdiocese of Atlanta has formed pastoral commission intended to “better listen to members” of the LGBTQ+ community, according to archdiocesan newspaper The Georgia Bulletin.The archdiocese’s Restorative Justice Ministry will coordinate the LGBTQ+ Pastoral Affairs Commission, saying the advisory commission will be “dedicated to better understanding the realities and pastoral needs of LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.”The Georgia Bulletin published articles about the initiative at the same time as the announcement, including an interview with the founder of a Catholic support group for the families of LGBTQ+ people.Archbishop...

The Board of Pensions is an agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) that provides a variety of health services to their churches, agencies, and affiliated employers through the Benefits Plan of the PCUSA including “medical, dental, vision, retirement, death and disability, and flexible spending accounts.” Founded in Philadelphia in 1717, it was initially named the Fund for Pious Uses but eventually transformed into the Board of Pensions as its services and offerings grew. It now serves approximately 65,000 denominational staff and their families, providing tailored and unrestricted benefits in terms of medical, dental, vision, etc One of these benefits that...

Canceled oral arguments in one case and a judge’s recusal in another have added to questions about the future of four state cases against Donald J. Trump and his allies.Election interference cases against President-elect Donald J. Trump and his allies are moving forward in Georgia and Arizona, but recent complications in each case have fueled speculation about whether the prosecutions are in more fragile shape than they were before Mr. Trump won the election.While nobody expects Mr. Trump himself to be tried while he is in office, dozens of his former aides and allies are still being prosecuted in at...

Formators Encourage Spanish Seminarians to Hindu IdolatrySeminarians from the south of Spain met last weekend in Ceuta to promote fraternity, including seminarians of the Neocatechumenal Way.InfoVaticana.com reports that the program of this meeting included a visit to the Sidi Embarek Mosque and to a Hindu center.The so-called visit to the Hindu center was not for cultural purposes, but during their prayer time.Inside the Hindu temple, especially those wearing clerical collar shirts, were asked to make circles with a candle, invoking Hindu deities.Most of the clergy complied, especially in front of Ganesha, a major Hindu idol. Among the idolaters was the...

A hacker gained access to witness testimony related to investigations into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned from Congress last week after President-elect Trump tapped him for attorney general, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday. The unidentified person, using the name “Altam Beezley,” downloaded the information on Monday afternoon, according to The New York Times, which was the first to report on the breach. The file contained 24 exhibits and is said to include testimony from a woman who said she had sex with Gaetz when she was 17, and testimony from another woman who said she witnessed the encounter,...

The alleged spree killer who fatally stabbed three people in Manhattan told cops in a chilling confession that he targeted his innocent victims because they were “alone” and “distracted,” law-enforcement sources revealed Tuesday. The revelation about the purported cold-blooded admission by Ramon Rivera, 51, came shortly before he shuffled into Manhattan Criminal Court for his arraignment on three counts of first-degree serial murder. The bearded, raggedy Rivera sat stone-faced as Assistant District Attorney Megan Joy recounted how he allegedly attacked three times — and “with no provocation” — in an hours-long frenzy Monday morning that stretched from the West Side...

SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV) -- The Monterey County DA's office announced Monday that 42-year-old Michael Ellison of Riverside was convicted of First-Degree Murder, FirstDegree Attempted Murder of a Peace Officer and First-Degree Attempted Murder for an incarcerated crime in 2018.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk didn’t hold back after watching Jaguar’s hallucinogenic relaunch commercial. The ad, meant to mark a new chapter for the iconic British automaker, had many viewers wondering if Jaguar was selling cars or auditioning for a spot in a high-fashion runway show. Musk’s dry humor shone through when he quipped on X (formerly Twitter), “Do you sell cars?”—a question that summed up the collective confusion. Jaguar isn’t just looking for a comeback; it’s aiming for a full-on reincarnation. Part of Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) ambitious Reimagine strategy, the plan includes ditching the old and embracing an entirely...

The Palestinian Authority continues to demonize President-Elect Donald Trump, since his reelection. A regular columnist for the PA’s official daily, who is also a former senior advisor to the former PA prime minister, defined Trump as “a racist… full of racism… an extremist.” However, he added that if “we act wisely and cleverly,” knowing Trump’s “mentality,” the PA could change him: Regular columnist for official PA daily Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul: “You know, [US President-Elect Donald] Trump is a racist president, he is full of racism and is an extremist” Official PA TV host: “And a populist.” Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul: “And...

Q: Okay. Totally separate topic, sure. Ukraine aid the President has said he's committed to getting about $7.1 billion in PDA to Ukraine before his administration ends. How do you get $7.1 billion off the shelf of the Pentagon's stockpiles in such a short time?DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY SINGH: It is a short time, but it's also, you know, just under 70 days. This department can do incredible work in that amount of time. The president made clear that, you know, he wants to spend every, you know, spend down the authority that Congress has allocated and authorized before he leaves...

Bluesky says it now has about 20 million users — and it's become a pretty lively site. It has lots of pundits and people talking about the election, but does it have enough regular people ? There's a hero we need: Pop Crave. Bluesky has seen explosive growth in the past few weeks, hitting 20 million users. Since the election it's gone from a sleepy niche app to a bustling destination that resembles pre-Muskian Twitter. It has a lot of Twitter refugees who, for various reasons, found a hostile user experience on X. There are plenty of obvious reasons for...

Leftists across the Washington, D.C., landscape are erupting in outrage, including at least one death threat on video, by a plan from a female lawmaker that would have men in Congress use restrooms and locker rooms designated for men. And not the facilities provided for women. The war has been sparked by the pending arrival of U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride, a Delaware Democrat, who was born Tim McBride but now styles himself as a woman. "Sarah McBride doesn't get a say in this," Mace said. "This is a biological man trying to force himself into women's spaces, and I'm not...

This is a live thread of launch of SpaceX Starship test flight #6.

President Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to strike inside Russia with long-range missiles supplied by the US has sparked a furious response in Russia. "Departing US president Joe Biden… has taken one of the most provocative, uncalculated decisions of his administration, which risks catastrophic consequences," declared the website of the Russian government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta on Monday morning. Russian MP Leonid Slutsky, head of the pro-Kremlin Liberal-Democratic Party, predicted that the decision would "inevitably lead to a serious escalation, threatening serious consequences". Russian senator Vladimir Dzhabarov called it "an unprecedented step towards World War Three". Anger, yes. But no real...

Minority Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said that the “mandate” that Republicans have been talking about following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory — and the victory of other Republicans, taking the Senate and maintaining the House majority — “doesn’t exist.” Jeffries made the remark during a press conference alongside other Democrat leaders on Tuesday, telling reporters that he has been looking for the “massive mandate” his Republican colleagues have been touting, but he has not been able to find it, despite the GOP emerging victorious on Election Day. “Despite the claims of some of my Republican colleagues who have spent a...

I previously criticized the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) for selecting Todd Wolfson as its new president. Wolfson is a controversial voice within the teaching academy and immediately doubled down on the bias against conservatives and those calling for greater intellectual diversity. He is now decrying the election and publicly joining the resistance to the Trump Administration. Some of us have been writing for years about the decline in viewpoint diversity and the rise of an academic orthodoxy in higher education. It is one of the focuses of my new book, The Indispensable Right. Wolfson personifies the intolerance for...

A thousand miles from the austere buildings where Washington runs, Donald Trump’s transition team in his Mar-a-Lago resort has begun what a close ally calls a hostile takeover of the federal government.Since his victory, Trump has ignored many of the rules and practices intended to guide a seamless transfer of power and handover of the oversight of 2.2 million federal employees. Instead, the president-elect, who has pledged to fire thousands of civil servants and slash billions of dollars in spending, has so far almost fully cut out the government agencies his predecessors have relied on to take charge of the...