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The U.S. Agency for International Development coordinated closely with a State Department program to block what it considered “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “malinformation,” according to newly released government documents. America First Legal, a conservative legal group, obtained more than 200 pages from the State Department through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit about the Global Engagement Center, or GEC. The documents also show the controversial Global Engagement Center—which a congressional report concluded was federally-funded censorship—has cooperated with private journalism organizations. During the COVID-19 pandemic, spanning the last year of the first Trump administration and early years of the Biden administration, the...

The Post-Conciliar Ecumenism and the Great DiscontinuityThere is no other error (or, rather, sum of errors) as specifically (neo)modernist as the so-called “ecumenism.” This is why rejecting it and the relativism and indifferentism it generates is absolutely necessary.One of the most debatable directions inaugurated by the Second Vatican Council is that in favor of ecumenism. In blatant contradiction to the Church’s constant Magisterial position regarding the positive reception of religious pluralism, this new teaching has become the dominant feature of post-conciliar Catholicism. Things have gone so far that, in addition to the formation of a special dicastery for the “promotion...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey doubled down on his resistance to President Donald Trump and border czar Tom Homan’s immigration enforcement efforts today, vowing that his city will be a “safe haven” for illegal immigrants.Speaking at a town hall with other Democrat leaders, including “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Frey said: “I want all of you just to know exactly where we are as far as our neighbors go, Minneapolis will continue to be a safe haven for undocumented immigrants.”“Regardless of who you are or where you come from, Minneapolis is a place where you should be proud to call...

A federal judge in Washington DC has attempted to block the president from deporting illegal alien members of a murderous Venezuelan prison gang. No, really. President Trump had the planeload of tattooed murderers flown off to El Salvador, citing the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The act, passed by the American founders, allows the president to summarily deport illegal alien rapist murderers but only in the unlikely event a mean-spirited corruptocrat suffering from dementia should one day become president and allow said murderers to cross the border in droves at the behest of anti-American leftist conspirators while the media pretends...

A George Soros-backed activist group has called on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down from leading the party in the chamber. Schumer has been facing backlash from his own coalition for allowing the advance of a Republican bill to fund the federal government, including from Indivisible, an activist network that has taken over $7.6 million from Soros’ Open Society Foundation since 2017. The co-executive director of Indivisible, Ezra Levin, said that Schumer was leading “the charge to wave the white flag of surrender.” “The passage of this dangerous Republican funding bill is a travesty. The ongoing administrative coup...

Liberal TV host Bill Maher is reportedly going to visit the White House to meet President Trump. This is kind of amazing. Maher has had Trump Derangement Syndrome for years, although, to his credit, he has been a little bit better in recent months than he was during Trump’s first term. The big meeting is apparently being arranged by Kid Rock, who is a Trump supporter and has repeatedly appeared on Maher’s show. Who knows? This could end up turning Maher around. President Trump has a great record of changing people’s minds when they get a chance to meet him...

[Catholic Caucus] EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Schneider believes a pope will one day celebrate Latin Mass in St. Peter’s again‘This celebration of the Mass, I call it the Mass of the ages, is indestructible, and a pope cannot destroy it, no matter how hard he tries,’ Bishop Schneider said.Pilgrimage on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Summorum Pontificum, at Saint Peter's Chair, Rome, September 16, 2017.Bishop Athanasius Schneider said that a pope will someday celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in St. Peter’s Basilica again.In an interview conducted in German with LifeSiteNews journalist Andreas Wailzer, Bishop Schneider discussed the importance of...

President Donald Trump announced that he had revoked security clearances and access to classified information from people such as former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as several others. Trump also revealed that he had also revoked the security clearances of former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), and “any other member” of the Biden family. “I have determined that it is no longer in the national interest for the following individuals to access classified information: Antony Blinken, Jacob Sullivan, Lisa Monaco, Mark Zaid, Norman...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican II and the Hermeneutic of God Allowing Us to Learn Painful LessonsIf we simply look at these three realities from the first days of the Council — abandoning the practice of condemning errors; appointing heterodox theologians as experts; and allowing the progressives to hijack the Council — it should be obvious that Vatican II began by betraying God and His truth.“The Holy Spirit does not always prevent the necessary consequences of our negligence.” (Fr. Alvaro Calderon, Prometheus: The Religion of Man)Among faithful Catholics who truly seek to understand the ongoing crisis in the Church, serious disagreements frequently...

A federal judge on Thursday barred DOGE from accessing social security systems. US District Judge Ellen Hollander, an Obama appointee, said DOGE’s workers are on a “fishing expedition.” “The DOGE Team is essentially engaged in a fishing expedition at SSA, in search of a fraud epidemic, based on little more than suspicion. It has launched a search for the proverbial needle in the haystack, without any concrete knowledge that the needle is actually in the haystack,” Judge Hollander wrote. Far-left organizations like AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers and other plaintiffs sued the Social Security Administration, Elon Musk, DOGE and...

In the ultimate act of seeking to 'Trump-proof' the NATO alliance, even well into the future, Europe's largest military powers are now drawing up plans to keep the alliance strong in case of a US exit from leadership over the next five to ten years. Informal discussions have involved the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the Nordic countries, who are envisioning a managed transfer of power and leadership reshaping the NATO bloc. Financial Times writes that "The discussions are an attempt to avoid the chaos of a unilateral US withdrawal from Nato, a fear sparked by President Donald Trump’s repeated...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Beaverton residents are on alert after a cougar was recorded walking through the backyard of a Cedar Hills neighborhood home at 1:45 a.m. on March 18. The sighting occurred 0.2 miles from Cedar Hills Crossing, a popular shopping center in the area. On Thursday, a second sighting was reported a mile away from the first sighting, Deputy David Huey of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office told KOIN. “Today, WCSO received a notice of a sighting near the 13,000 block of SW Foothill Drive,” Huey said. “They are fairly close to each other on the map.”

Ukrainians adore US President Donald Trump and hate the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexander Dubinsky. "I conducted a survey in my telegram channel in which I asked people who they support more. Almost 100% for Trump, and Zelensky's rating is below 2%. Zelensky is taking revenge on Ukrainians for the fact that they stopped loving him. He takes terrible revenge — he forcibly sends him to die in the trenches of a lost war and refuses to end it, because the end of...

From flop to favorite. Former Vice President Kamala Harris is the preferred 2028 option by a wide margin, according to a survey of Democratic voters released Friday. The failed 2024 presidential nominee received 36% support from Democratic and Democratic-leaning independent voters in the early 2028 primary poll conducted by Morning Consult. Harris, 60, has a stunning double-digit lead over her closest potential competitor, former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who garnered just 10% support from his party. … Newsom was among three possible candidates who received 5% support in the Morning Consult poll, the others being far-left “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...

Kiev does not consider UN peacekeepers as an alternative to the Western contingent of troops on the Ukraine. This was announced today at a joint press conference with Czech President Petr Pavel by the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky. This is how he answered the question of whether UN peacekeepers can become an alternative to the military contingent of Western countries. "With all due respect, the UN will not protect us from occupation or (Vladimir) Putin's desire to come again. We do not consider the UN as an alternative to the contingent or security guarantees," Zelensky stressed, quoted...

George Foreman, heavyweight boxing icon and business entrepreneur, has died. He was 76 years old. His family announced the news on his Instagram page on Friday night. “Our hearts are broken,” the caption read on the post. “With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of our beloved George Edward Foreman Sr. who peacefully departed on March 21, 2025 surrounded by loved ones. A devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father, and a proud grand and great grandfather, he lived a life marked by unwavering faith, humility, and purpose.”

New York Attorney General Letitia James has made a name for herself prosecuting landlords and real estate fraudsters. Yet our investigation reveals troubling discrepancies in her own property filings—irregularities that would likely result in stiff penalties for most New Yorkers.Documents from the NYC Department of Buildings show a pattern of inconsistencies about a Brooklyn property James owns—inconsistencies that mysteriously received special treatment when reported.The Discrepancy: Official Records vs. James’ FilingsNote: Links to NYC Department of Buildings records may load slowly due to system capacity limitations. Please be patient as they connect to the city’s database.At the heart of the issue...

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US President Donald Trump on Friday rescinded the security clearances for former Vice President Kamala Harris and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others, according to a memorandum issued by the White House. The Republican president, who has also revoked the security clearance for former President Joe Biden, faced Clinton in the 2016 presidential election and Harris in last year's election.

President Biden on Thursday marked the 235 judicial confirmations he secured during his single term in the White House, a figure that surpasses that of President-elect Donald Trump. Joined by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, Mr. Biden delivered remarks from the White House highlighting the judges that he had nominated and the Democrat-led Senate confirmed to the federal bench. "They represent the best of America," the president said of his nominees. Mr. Biden underscored how judges shape many aspects of American life, from voting rights to workers rights to environmental rules, and said he...