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Just one week before President Trump’s inauguration, an alarming incident involving unauthorized drone activity over the White House has sparked security concerns. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) took to social media to share her firsthand account, revealing that her flight into Washington, D.C., had to be redirected as a result of the situation. “I just flew into DCA,” Greene posted. “Before landing, our pilot announced he had to fly in from another direction due to ‘unauthorized drone activity’ over the White House.” This incident occurred just hours after Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, in collaboration with district and federal authorities,...

Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass has faced a number of criticisms over her leadership amid the wildfires destroying large portions of the city. ** The move came after more than $17 million in cuts the previous year. If Bass did not want to spend money on fighting fires in a state which lives under a constant threat of such disasters, then the question of what the city funded instead must be raised. The budget resolution for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, which said on the front cover that the document was submitted by Bass herself before being modified and adopted...

[Catholic Caucus] Exposed: The modernist errors at the heart of Francis’ Dilexit NosIn this article, I will examine more closely the theological and philosophical underpinnings of Dilexit Nos. This analysis will help us to understand why Francis has transformed the traditional devotion to the Sacred Heart into the new devotion of the 'Social Heart.'Those who hear these audacious, these sacrilegious assertions, are simply shocked! And yet, Venerable Brethren, these are not merely the foolish babblings of infidels. There are priests too, who say these things openly; and they boast that they are going to reform the Church by these ravings!...

When a Canadian child was rushed to the hospital after nearly drowning, his parents say doctors threatened to take the child off life support and suggested harvesting his organs. “We had 14 days to prepare his funeral and say goodbye to him,” Nicolas Tétrault, the boy’s father and a former Montreal politician, told The Federalist in English, his second language. “They were promoting to harvest the organs and give them away.” Tétrault said his two-year-old son, Arthur, drowned in October. An ambulance took Arthur to a hospital where doctors resuscitated him, and he was later transferred to Montreal Children’s Hospital,...

‘These are warfighters. That’s who support[s] Pete,’ said Navy SEAL veteran Bill Brown.More than 100 former Navy SEALs, military veterans, and other supporters gathered in Washington, D.C. on Monday to back Pete Hegseth’s nomination as the next secretary of defense. The rally comes ahead of Hegseth’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.“These are warfighters. That’s who support[s] Pete. That’s who’s on this podium. These are men and women who put it on the line for our country. And they’re telling you the way it is,” former Navy SEAL Bill Brown said.Monday’s presser comes amid a series...

Renowned investigative journalist and O’Keefe Media Group founder James O’Keefe spoke to The Gateway Pundit on Sunday while he was in Washington, DC, exposing Deep State employees who gave up information on plans to sabotage President Trump’s incoming administration. O’Keefe gave a sneak peek into his upcoming video releases on the Deep State, saying he caught officials “elaborating on how the Deep State operates,” including people from “the administrative state, Pentagon, FBI, etc., all these agencies, executive branch agencies, Executive Office of the White House.” When asked why these people, especially those involved in intelligence or defense agencies, would spill...

EXCLUSIVE – President-elect Trump's nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, was described as an "incredibly talented, battle-proven leader," according to a copy of military evaluations obtained by Fox News Digital. Hegseth is set to face a Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday, where lawmakers are expected to grill the 44-year-old Army National Guard veteran and former Fox News host on his ability to lead the Department of Defense. A leading critic of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the military, Hegseth has been under scrutiny in recent weeks over his qualifications. Fox News obtained copies of past performance evaluations describing Hegseth's...

“ To recap: “unrestricted warfare” is a method of degrading the resources and morale of the enemy so thoroughly, bit by bit, that a shot need not be fired.”

President Joe Biden proposed underfunding Medicare Advantage during the last few weeks of his administration, which could have disastrous effects for American seniors. Last Friday, Biden’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a 2.23 percent increase for the increasingly popular Medicare option. The proposed rate increases are lower than the consumer price index’s (CPI) year-over-year trend for inflation, or 2.7 percent.

Former US House speaker says documented people, Dreamers, mothers and children must not be deported Newt Gingrich, the former US House speaker and presidential hopeful, said a section of his own Republican party was “rabid” over immigration and predicted Donald Trump’s suggestion that he could deport documented people as well as millions of undocumented people will not come to pass. “I’d be very surprised if you see any significant effort to change the game for people who are here legally,” Gingrich said, weeks before Trump’s return to the White House. “I just think there’s a very small faction of the...

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom asked legislative leaders Monday to approve at least $2.5 billion in response to the wildfires that have ravaged Los Angeles County — a move that expands the focus of the special session in California beyond strictly fighting President-elect Trump. The wildfire aid comes as Democrats at the state Capitol find themselves under mounting pressure to spend less time waging a national political battle against Trump as unprecedented blazes have left at least 25 dead and a trail of destruction in their own state. Newsom issued a proclamation that broadens the scope of the special session...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.This is the confidence we have in approaching God: That if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Religion Forum threads labeled *Prayer* are closed to debate of any kind.1 John 5:20 "And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true...

With the cost of raising a child to age 18 reaching well over $300,000, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the Best & Worst States to Raise a Family in 2025, as well as expert commentary, to highlight the states that are affordable, safe, well-educated and enjoyable for families to live in.WalletHub compared the 50 states across 50 key indicators of family-friendliness. Our data set includes factors like the median annual family income, housing affordability, health care quality, crime rate, and school quality.Best States for FamiliesWorst States for Families1. Massachusetts41. Arizona2. Minnesota42. South Carolina3. North Dakota43. Louisiana4....

The special agent in charge of the Secret Service's Washington, D.C., field Office said Monday there is a higher threat environment for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20 that in previous years and that there will be a more robust security plan. "What's different is we are in a higher threat environment," said Matt McCool at a news conference with Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and other officials, according to a video posted on X. The inauguration will be coming after D.C. had seen enhanced security measures following Congress' certification Jan. 6 of Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris...

Former Trump White House advisor turned MAGA-world podcaster, Steve Bannon, remained unconvinced on Monday that Mark Zuckerberg’s latest moves at Meta mean the CEO has actually bought into any of President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda or the MAGA movement. Zuckerberg raised eyebrows and grabbed headlines last week when he announced that Meta would do away with its fact-checking and phase in a “more comprehensive community note system” – as Elon Musk’s X has done. Zuckerberg also said Meta would move its “trust and safety and content moderation teams out of California, and our US-based content review is going to be based...

Over the course of the last few columns, I’ve talked about two big reasons why I’m bullish on 2025. The first is the productivity boom occurring in the U.S. (American workers are doing more with less.) The second is the pro-business policies of the incoming Donald Trump administration. (Tax cuts, deregulation, Opportunity Zones, and less government waste will ignite further economic growth and higher corporate profits.) Yet these reasons weren’t convincing for some readers. A few wrote to tell me it would take a lot more than that to change all the negative trends in this country. I can only...

LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - We have new details on the shooting death of a southern Kentucky man at the hands of London police. That warrant was for items stolen from property owned by the county’s judge-executive, David Westerfield. Now, audio reveals the call Judge Executive Westerfield made the next day to police. He called dispatch to ask about that stolen lawn equipment, and the deadly shooting was discussed. Police say man killed by officer pointed gun at them At one point, Westerfield raises concerns about police going to his property to speak with that homeless man, saying, “I don’t...

Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro revealed that two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers will be named USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82) and USS George W. Bush (CVN 83), marking the first time either former president has been honored with a naval vessel namesake.

Days after a devastating wildfire, residents of Pacific Palisades have started sifting through the ruins, and their memories.This weekend was supposed to be an ordinary one in Pacific Palisades. Boy Scout Troop 223 was planning a weekend camp-out at Malibu Creek. The local youth baseball tryouts were scheduled at Palisades Recreation Center’s Field of Dreams. Sunday morning was a time for the farmer’s market just off Sunset Boulevard, for picking over produce and grass-fed meat while kibitzing with neighbors. For as long as anyone here can remember, the Palisades have been a bucolic corner of Los Angeles, its houses dotting...

Rubin, widely regarded as the most courageous and intellectually dynamic opinion columnist in the history of American journalism, finally “resigned” from the Washington Post on Monday and launched a “pro-democracy” website, the Contrarian, on Substack. In a note announcing her alleged resignation, less than a week after the Post laid off roughly 100 employees in an effort to stop losing $77 million a year, Rubin accused the paper’s owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, of sabotaging journalism’s “sacred mission” of “defending, protecting and advancing democracy. The Contrarian is built on a premise some would describe as delusional. In Rubin’s view, the...