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Exhausted by the stresses and strains of modern life, Thomas Thwaites decided to forgo home comforts and test if the grass really was greener elsewhere - by living as a goat in Switzerland. Having applied for a university grant to study goat psychology, Thomas tracked down a goatherd in the village of Wolfenschiessen in Switzerland which was prepared to take him in for a few days while the animals grazed on their summer pasture. Then came the challenge of living as a goat, which meant being able to walk on all fours and digest grass. The researcher enlisted the help...

War Room’s Steve Bannon discussed combating the cartels with potential paramilitary operations. President Trump had designated the cartels a terrorist organization for their drug smuggling and human trafficking operations. Todd Bensman (the previous day) was telling Bannon that the cartels had the human smuggling part of their operation stopped since President Trump sealed the border. He explained that fentanyl and other drugs was mostly what they had left to profit off of. “The only thing they have left now is fentanyl and drugs,” Bensman said. “I think things are gonna go kinetic. I have a source that is a really...

The once-iconic Boy Scouts of America has officially changed its name on its 115th anniversary. This renaming, effective Saturday, marks a sad day for traditional American values, as the organization succumbs to the pressures of political correctness and gender ideology, while also attempting to distance itself from its troubled past marred by a torrent of sexual abuse claims and subsequent bankruptcy. The Gateway Pundit reported that the organization was nearly bankrupt after a series of woke decisions, including changing its policies to allow gay leaders and allowing girls to join. Those decisions had a major impact on the organization’s bottom...

Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the Trump administration’s actions directed toward USAID was an “American retreat.” Kim said, “People see diplomacy as important, and it is essential in pairing with our military. We have their pillars when it comes to foreign policy. We have defense, policy and diplomacy. This is not charity. This is about our national security. In fact, someone who said that exact line is Marco Rubio when he was a senator. There’s a reason why USAID is at the Ronald Reagan building because Ronald Reagan was a strong supporter of...

Elon Musk has revealed what could be the largest financial scandal in American history. Musk has exposed the Treasury Department’s lax oversight, revealing that over $100 billion annually is being funneled to individuals without traceable Social Security Numbers (SSNs) or identification numbers. Even more alarming, Musk shared that Treasury staffers estimate at least half of these payments—approximately $50 billion per year or $1 billion per week—to be unequivocally fraudulent.

God’s Restoration Through Righteous Leadership: A Call to Repentance and Renewal This makes for a good Sunday sermon, for it is a reflection on a profound truth seen throughout the Bible: that God, in His sovereignty, raises up leaders who restore His laws and lead His people back to righteousness. Throughout Scripture, we see a pattern of God's intervention in times of spiritual decline and national crisis. When His people stray from His commands or fall into the consequences of their own sinful choices, God does not leave them abandoned. Instead, He sends leaders—kings, prophets, and deliverers—to bring them back...

The Wall Street Journal reports that the consumer confidence that accompanied President Donald Trump’s entry into office has eroded. The University of Michigan’s February report on consumer sentiment found that it fell by 5 percent, from 71.1 percent in January to 67.8 percent this month. Americans now expect inflation this year will be 4.3 percent, a 1 percent increase from last month. Morning Consult also found that consumer optimism is quickly fading. Consumers are worried about volatile decisions around sweeping executive orders and potential tariffs. Early polling data from Trump’s first days in office showed that the speed of the...

Iranian ‘supreme leader’ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled out any negotiations with the United States on any important issues for the foreseeable future during remarks on Friday, warning his underlings in Tehran that attempting diplomacy with Washington was “dishonorable.” “Some people pretend that if we sit at the negotiating table, some problem will be solved, but the fact that we must understand correctly is that negotiating with the US has no effect on solving the country’s problems,” Khamenei declared, speaking at an event with the Iranian Air Force to mark the anniversary of the jihadist revolution in 1979. The “supreme leader”...

A female solo traveller has revealed the one destination she will never visit again. Sharing to over one million viewers on TikTok, @whereismalikah revealed how she was ‘treated like dirt by other black people in Saint Kitts.’ Introducing the video, she said: ‘You guys love to ask me what the most racist places I’ve been to are, how the racism is in different countries especially since I have lived in and travelled to a lot of countries.

"They are just so cute and cuddly," the 36-year-old software specialist from Surrey says. "There is something so irresistible about their happy little faces!" Amanda is one of a rising number of adults buying toys for themselves. And it's not just Jellycats, it's also the likes of Lego plastic bricks and Sonny Angels dolls filling up TikTok feeds as people post videos of their latest purchases. One in five toys and games is now bought by over-18s for themselves, according to toy industry research group Circana. The research found buying collectibles had positive mental health benefits that helped adults cope...

Employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed to cease “all supervision and examination activity” and “all stakeholder engagement,” effectively stopping the agency’s operations, in an email from the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought, on Saturday evening. Mr. Vought, who was confirmed this week to lead the Office of Management and Budget, was on Friday named acting director of the consumer protection bureau, the federal government’s financial industry watchdog. In his email to staff on Saturday, he reaffirmed earlier instructions from the previous acting director, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who ordered last week that...

The UK government has demanded that Apple creates a backdoor in its encrypted cloud service, in a confrontation that challenges the US tech firm's avowed stance on protecting user privacy.The Washington Post reported on Friday that the Home Office had issued a "technical capability notice" under the Investigatory Powers Act (IPA), which requires companies to assist law enforcement in providing evidence.The demand, issued last month, relates to Apple's Advanced Data Protection (ADP) service, which heavily encrypts personal data uploaded and stored remotely in Apple's cloud servers, according to the Post, which said this was a "blanket" request that applied to...

Researchers in China have developed; a new type of humanoid robot that can walk and run over a variety of terrains — reaching speeds of about 4.5 miles per hour (7.2 kilometers per hour). Moving and walking has always been a challenge for bipedal robots, as operating on two legs is an inherently unstable process. We walk by essentially allowing ourselves to fall forwards before catching ourselves with our other leg, then repeating the action. However, developers have struggled to replicate this type of movement in programming for robots, as it runs contrary to the need for the robot to...

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Brandon Z. Miller, 25, presided over a crew that bought more than 100 guns, some used in a murderous South Side street war, federal prosecutors say. He also was sentenced in military court to 30 months in prison for a sexual assault and was accused of plotting to steal COVID-19 pandemic relief money. ... { skipping to last paragraph } ... More than a dozen reputed members of a South Side alliance of gangs have been charged with illegally buying guns from Miller and his crew. Four of them — Blaise Smith, Raheem Johnson, Bryant Larkin and Terrell Mitchell —...

HARRISBURG — In his annual budget address, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro urged the divided Pennsylvania legislature to pass a measure that would seal eviction records for potentially hundreds of thousands of people. In 2024 alone, more than 115,000 tenants in Pennsylvania faced eviction filings. And while most filings end with rulings in favor of landlords, housing advocates told Spotlight PA that about a quarter do not, and some are never even adjudicated. Regardless of the outcome, that original eviction filing stays in a tenant’s public records indefinitely and can negatively impact their ability to find a place to live. Often,...

White house Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt did not take kindly to a nasty Democrat congressman mocking her Christian beliefs and gave a perfect response that illustrates her true character... During an interview with the New York Post on Saturday, Leavitt swatted aside Min’s vile post with disdain. “I think it’s pitiful for an elected member of Congress to say that about a woman who he’s never even met,” she told The Post Saturday.

On February 9, the players, coaches and owners of either the Philadelphia Eagles or Kansas City Chiefs will win a coveted Super Bowl ring. The rings, which are understood to cost between $30,000 (£24,000) and $50,000 (£40,000), are widely considered to be one of the most iconic and beautiful awards in sport today. Few people are more familiar with the gleaming pieces of jewellery than New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who watched his iconic side win six Super Bowls. Yet, the multi-billionaire only has five rings, as Russian president Vladimir Putin has the other one. Kraft, 83, visited Russia...

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that President Donald Trump is “using” DEI as a way of “ripping out entire aspects of our government.” Host Dana Bash said, “President Trump and Elon Musk are, as you know, taking sweeping steps to reverse DEI initiatives across the United States. The president says he’s actually protecting civil rights and making society, quote, colorblind and merit-based. Your response?” Booker said, “This is stunning to me, especially because they’re they’re really charging this word DEI as if it’s something that undermines the ability for the government to hire...

Elon Musk called for the impeachment of an Obama-era federal judge who ruled that President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency can't access personal and financial data stored at the Treasury Department. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer's order issued early Saturday morning restricted access to Treasury Department payment systems and other data to "all political appointees, special government employees, and government employees detailed from an agency outside the Treasury Department." Trump appointed Musk to head advisory DOGE, which has been tasked with finding ways to streamline government and reduce spending. Engelmayer's ruling temporarily prevents DOGE from doing some work...