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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday, celebrating with fist pumps to a cheering crowd and posing for photos with his two floral wreath-adorned head teammates, Hercules and Polar. Holmes was first to the finish line in the Gold Rush town of Nome on the Bering Sea coast. The race began March 3 in Fairbanks after a lack of snow forced changes to the route and starting point. That made the normally 1,000-mile race a staggering 1,129 miles across the Alaska wilderness. Holmes finished in 10 days,...

A documentary film released this weekend in more than 100 movie theatres across America explores the processes by which antisemitism exploded across university campuses, in street demonstrations and on social media following the Hamas-led atrocities in Israel on October 7, 2023. It shows how throughout this vast uprising, Hamas have been celebrated as freedom fighters rather than terrorists. The film’s director, Wendy Sachs, has also noted that this tsunami of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish hatred wasn’t a spontaneous eruption of feeling. It was orchestrated. The Hamas narrative of murderous lies has been embedded into campuses by the vicious anti-Israel group, Students...

Gurpreet Singh was handcuffed, his legs shackled and a chain tied around his waist. He was led on to the tarmac in Texas by US Border Patrol, towards a waiting C-17 military transport aircraft. It was 3 February and, after a months-long journey, he realised his dream of living in America was over. He was being deported back to India. "It felt like the ground was slipping away from underneath my feet," he said. Gurpreet, 39, was one of thousands of Indians in recent years to have spent their life savings and crossed continents to enter the US illegally through...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday issued a blistering statement on how senators should handle a government funding vote that, without naming him, dinged Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).“Democratic senators should listen to the women,” Pelosi said. “Appropriations leaders Rosa DeLauro [D-Conn.] and Patty Murray [D-Wash.] have eloquently presented the case that we must have a better choice: a four-week funding extension to keep government open and negotiate a bipartisan agreement.”“America has experienced a Trump shutdown before – but this damaging legislation only makes matters worse. Democrats must not buy into this false choice. We must fight...

VIDEOChuck Schumer CAVED and is voting FOR the Republican funding bill thus ENRAGING much of the looney left Democrat base. And that base include the Bluesky Bolsheviks and, as you can see in this video, their hate for Chuck now knows no bounds.

Consumer sentiment fell sharply in March, with Democrats’ expectations for the economy hitting an all-time low, according to the University of Michigan’s latest consumer sentiment survey, highlighting an unprecedented partisan divide in economic outlook. The survey’s headline index dropped to 57.9, down from 64.7 in February, reaching its lowest level since November 2022. While sentiment declined across income levels and age groups, Democrats saw the sharpest deterioration, with their expectations index plunging to 28.2—a level lower than during the 2008 financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, or Donald Trump’s first term. By contrast, Republican expectations remained high at 95.7, marking a...

US President Donald Trump has praised talks held with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the US-proposed ceasefire deal in Ukraine as "good and productive". This comes after Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff met in Moscow on Thursday evening, during which they exchanged information and shared the US's "cautious optimism" over a peace process, the Kremlin confirmed. Trump's Truth Social post on Friday said the talks provided "a very good chance that this horrible, bloody war can finally come to an end". Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, however, maintained that Putin's response so far shows Russia wants to continue the war...

"In order to effectively implement the call of the US president, an appropriate order is needed from the leadership of Ukraine to its military units to lay down their weapons and surrender," the Russian leader saidNOVO-OGARYOVO, March 14. /TASS/. The Kiev regime must order its forces to surrender to implement US President Donald Trump's call to "spare" the Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region, said President Vladimir Putin, opening an operational meeting with permanent members of the Security Council. "In order to effectively implement the call of the US president, an appropriate order is needed from the military and political...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The Trump Administration agenda was stopped in its tracks this week after a federal judge appointed himself the new President of the United States. "There's nothing we can do," said legal experts. "He's a federal judge." Sources confirmed that Judge Mortimer Dithers of the Northern District of California granted himself all the powers of the executive branch in an emergency move to stop Trump. "Last night, the Constitution appeared to me in a dream and told me to do this," said Judge Dithers. "You can't argue with that. Also, my word is on this is law...

Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York went off on members of her own party Thursday amid a looming government shutdown, saying, "American people, whether they are Republicans, independents, Democrats, are up in arms about Elon Musk and the actual gutting of federal agencies across the board." snip AOC: It is almost unthinkable why Senate Democrats would vote to to hand the few pieces of leverage that we have away for free when we've been sent here to protect social security, protect medicaid, and protect medicare

Surprising Detail, Twist In Gene Hackman's Will Revealed By Jason Hall March 14, 2025 Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa Portrait Photo: Getty Images Legendary actor Gene Hackman's children were reportedly left out of his will, TMZ reports. Hackman, 95, made his wife, Betsy Arakawa, the sole beneficiary of his fortune in 1995, leaving out his son Christopher and daughters Leslie and Elizabeth. Arakawa, 65, who is suspected to have died one week before her husband, had also reportedly listed Hackman as the sole beneficiary in her own will and documents allegedly show that her savings would be donated to charity...

FBI Director Kash Patel has broken his silence regarding the swatting incidents targeting major conservative figures across the country. As The Gateway Pundit reported, several conservative figures including Nick Sortor, Gunther Eagleman, and Shawn Farash have been swatted over the last couple of days. Catturd and Gunther’s brother Mike were also swatted this morning. This is the fourth time Catturd has been a victim of this left-wing terrorism. This comes after Infowars journalist Jamie White was brutally murdered in Austin earlier this week while another journalist from the organization got swatted twice. Independent Journalist Breanna Morello notes there have been...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wasted no time in reacting to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s acceptance of a proposed 30-day ceasefire, calling it a “manipulative” move aimed at stalling rather than ending the war. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that he is open to a U.S.-backed proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine. However, his agreement came with a key stipulation—direct discussions with President Donald Trump. It can be recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled to Washington in 2023 in public and privately through intermediaries that he was ready to open to a ceasefire in Ukraine. Putin’s proposal was...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wasted no time in reacting to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s acceptance of a proposed 30-day ceasefire, calling it a “manipulative” move aimed at stalling rather than ending the war.Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that he is open to a U.S.-backed proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine. However, his agreement came with a key stipulation—direct discussions with President Donald Trump.It can be recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled to Washington in 2023 in public and privately through intermediaries that he was ready to open to a ceasefire in Ukraine. Putin’s proposal was to freeze...

A passenger walked up to a gate agent at Washington Dulles airport United Airlines gate D12 – apparently planning to board while the previous flight was deplaning – saying things like “who wants it first?” and then punched the agent hard enough to knock him down.

Bondi announces an ARREST has been made for throwing a Molotov cocktail into a Tesla showroom “They’re looking at up to 20 YEARS in prison.”“If you're gonna touch a Tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out, because we're coming after you.” CHARGE THEM WITH TERRORlSM!

Gunmen have targeted a Tesla dealership in Tigard, Oregon, repeatedly this week, with the latest incident occurring on Thursday. Although the perpetrators fired more than a dozen shots in the latest incident, no one was hurt. The Associated Press reports that in the early hours of Thursday morning, the Tigard Police Department reported that more than a dozen shots were fired at a Tesla dealership in the Portland suburb, causing extensive damage to vehicles and showroom windows. This incident marks the second shooting at the location within a week, with a similar attack occurring on March 6. Fortunately, no injuries...

The Never-Ending War crowd wants you to believe three things at once: *NATO expansion deters aggression—and won’t provoke retaliation. *Giving Ukraine de facto NATO security guarantees will protect it—but won’t require American blood and treasure if war breaks out. *Russia will accept NATO troops or bases in Ukraine—but won’t view that as an existential threat. Their bombast contradicts each of these premises. The war hawks argue that Putin has never complied with any agreement—that he is a liar, a thug, and a geopolitical predator. Yet, they insist that American troops must be a necessary component of any agreement. What exactly...

A man feared for his life when his rescue dog attacked him in a horrifying 45-minute ordeal, leaving him with no choice but to strangle the animal. Matt Porter was left with horrific injuries, including losing the use of one hand, following the unexpected and brutal attack. While shaving, Matt's Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Karma, suddenly lunged at him, biting him over 70 times on both arms. Fearing he would bleed to death after realising he couldn't use either hand, he was forced to use his forearms to end her life. Before losing consciousness due to blood loss, he managed to...

Russia and Belarus can form a joint parliament if they are ready. This was stated by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, speaking at the plenary session of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation. The idea of ​​creating a parliament of the union state was rejected in early 2023. Meanwhile, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Russia and Belarus has been operating since 1996, which includes 36 deputies from each country, the newspaper "Parliamentskaya Gazeta" reminds. "The Belarusian-Russian integration process must be made irreversible," Lukashenko believes. Discussing the prospects of Belarus joining Russia, Lukashenko noted: "We must move...