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Trump greeted with huge cheers from ecstatic crowd as he attends NCAA wrestling championships President Donald Trump was hailed with massive cheers in Philadelphia Saturday, as he attended the NCAA Men’s Division I Wrestling Championship. The crowd rose to its feet and heartily applauded Trump as he entered the Wells Fargo Arena and stood on the event floor for about a minute waving to the onlookers. Broadcaster ESPN even interrupted an interview with national champion Carter Starocci to cut to the president’s grand entrance.

In a coordinated effort by the U.S. Marshal Service (USMS) Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force (SERFTF), USMS Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Chicago Police Department, a high-ranking member of the Venezuelan street gang Tren De Aragua (TDA) was arrested yesterday in Cobb County, Georgia.Ricardo Gonzales, 32, had an arrest warrant from the Chicago Police Department for kidnapping and is wanted on probable cause for two counts of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder. These charges stem from an incident on January 28 where Gonzalez is accused of kidnapping three female victims and...

The long-awaited Blaze Star could erupt as a visible nova on March 27, 2025, lighting up the night sky in a once-in-a-lifetime cosmic show. ============================================================================== For the first time in nearly a century, Earth’s night sky may soon be lit up by one of nature’s rarest celestial events: a nova visible to the unaided eye. At the heart of this cosmic countdown is the Blaze Star, or T Coronae Borealis—a binary star system nestled within the elegant arc of the Northern Crown. After decades of quiet buildup, astronomers believe it could erupt any night now. If it does, stargazers around...

President Donald Trump endorsed conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel on Friday during early voting and ahead of the highly consequential election on April 1. “WISCONSIN: There is a very important Election for State Supreme Court on April 1st, and Early Voting is now underway,” Trump said in a post to Truth Social. He went on: Brad Schimel is running against Radical Left Liberal Susan Crawford, who has repeatedly given child molesters, rapists, women beaters, and domestic abusers “light” sentences. She is the handpicked voice of the Leftists who are out to destroy your State, and our Country —...

This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Joy: "You can't make Canada the 51st state without going to war with them. And let me explain how that worked out the last time we tried to go to war with Canada. They burned the White House to the ground in 1814! And won the war! Canada beat us in the War of 1812! They probably like their chances against us. We're not going to beat them in a war because we have never been able to do that."

The IRS is nearing a data-sharing agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would allow immigration officials to use tax data to support the Trump administration's deportation agenda, two sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. After weeks of negotiations, administration officials are close to reaching an agreement that would enable ICE officials to submit names and addresses of suspected immigrants lacking legal status for the IRS to check against its confidential databases. Section 6103 of the federal tax code requires the IRS to keep individual taxpayer information confidential with certain limited exceptions, which includes law enforcement agencies...

The hybrid version of paneer made by the University of Copenhagen researchers. (Credit: University of Copenhagen) In a nutshell * Researchers have developed hybrid protein gels combining dairy (casein) and plant (pea protein) to create a more sustainable, cheese-like product with a texture similar to traditional paneer. * Replacing part of the milk protein with pea protein not only reduces environmental impact but also increases product yield, offering food manufacturers more efficient use of ingredients. * Hybrid cheeses provide a middle ground for flexitarians—those who want to reduce animal products without eliminating them—by maintaining the familiar taste and texture of...

A child who died in a Texas hospital after developing pneumonia following a measles infection died as a result of “medical error” — including failure to administer the correct antibiotic in time, according to a medical expert who reviewed the child’s medical records. Children’s Health Defense (CHD) obtained the medical records from the family of the 6-year-old girl. The parents said they wanted people to know what happened to their daughter so it wouldn’t happen to other children. Dr. Pierre Kory, who has extensive experience in pulmonary and critical care medicine, analyzed the records and said ... "this case was...

DOGE leader Elon Musk has announced he will be suing former Democrat Jamaal Bowman for his claims that the SpaceX boss is a “Nazi” during an appearance on CNN. Bowman appeared on CNN’s Newsnight to parrot the false left-wing media narrative that there is an organic groundswell against the Republican Party due to DOGE cuts. He then made a series of slanderous claims against Musk and the supposed opposition to DOGE, despite polling data showing massive support for the initiative. “This shows again, the American people do not trust Elon Musk and Elon Musk is incompetent in his position,” the...

While Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has recently been exposed as having snuck millions of taxpayer dollars to his wife’s climate-focused non-profit, millions of which ended up in her, and thus his, pocket through salary payments, the allegations of such behavior had surrounded him for months beforehand. In fact, one particularly poignant post called out his behavior in late-September of 2024 in response to an ad of his in which he decried the very sort of behavior in which he has engaged. As background, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) called out Sen. Whitehouse for the alleged corruption involving...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has some advice for the federal judge who is preventing the imminently sensible Defense Department policy based on President Trump's Executive Order 14183 (Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness – The White House) that the military can no longer recruit transgenders and that transgenders are not eligible for retention in the military. Maybe, mused Hegesth on the X social media platform, "Since 'Judge' Reyes is now a top military planner, she/they can report to Fort Benning at 0600 to instruct our Army Rangers on how to execute High Value Target Raids…after that," he continued, "Commander Reyes...

The comment came after Walz apparently didn’t realize his own pension plan owns Tesla stock. “I have to be careful about being a smartass. I was making a joke. These people have no sense of humor.” This guy is the biggest moron ever nominated as VP. Truly impressive.

President Donald Trump was hailed with massive cheers in Philadelphia Saturday, as he attended the NCAA Men’s Division I Wrestling Championship. The crowd rose to its feet and heartily applauded Trump as he entered the Wells Fargo Arena and stood on the event floor for about a minute waving to the onlookers. Broadcaster ESPN even interrupted an interview with national champion Carter Starocci to cut to the president’s grand entrance.

The liberal media is ready to pounce on anything to discredit the Trump administration’s goal of securing our border and enforcing our immigration laws. They are dying for bodies to pile up because they’re psychopaths. We already have Nelson Mandela 2.0 in Mahmoud Khalil, a supporter of Hamas. Badar Khan Suri was the next story, a Georgetown University scholar who faces deportation because of familial ties to Hamas—his father-in-law is a political adviser to the terror group. These things come in threes, so here’s the story of a French scientist who was denied entry after his phone had anti-Trump texts....

but they couldn't even figure out how to accept it. Today, I met with @elonmusk and the DOGE team, and we got this done in the same day. Other states should follow Florida in supporting DOGE's efforts!

[Catholic Caucus] Catholic laity grow in number as priests and seminarians continue declineThe trends of recent years have been repeated, with growth especially found in Africa while Europe stagnates.Seminarians at Oscott Catholic College in Birmingham, England, November 9, 2013.The number of Catholics globally has increased but priests and seminarians continue to decline, according to the latest figures released by the Vatican.Catholics now number 1.406 billion globally, according to the Vatican. The figures form part of the annual statistics on the state of the Church, and cover the time period from 2022 to the end of 2023.The trends of recent years...

Boston’s Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu is taking heat from local leaders for doubling down on liberal sanctuary city laws, and insisting “we stand with immigrants.” Wu has previously stated that Boston will not cooperate with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations — which she reiterated during her State of the City address Wednesday night. “No one tells Boston how to take care of our own, not kings, and not presidents who think they are kings. Boston was born facing down bullies,” she said in her speech. “You belong here,” she told immigrants. Wu’s speech outraged conservative local leaders who oppose...

A fire broke out at Disney's Epcot theme park in Orlando, Florida on Saturday afternoon sending crowds fleeing in panic. Thick black smoke could be seen billowing into the sky backstage at the park's French Pavilion. Authorities say the incident happened when a walk-in cooler suddenly caught fire and led to the evacuation of the 'Remy's Ratatouille Adventure' ride. The fire took place during Spring Break, one of the busiest few weeks of the year. Disney say the fire was extinguished shortly afterwards but social media has several videos showing smoke rising into the sky. Authorities said no one was...

In a recent Christian Post column, Dr. Richard Land wrote about an upcoming Supreme Court case concerning the fate of a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma known as St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. Alliance Defending Freedom, the organization I work for, represents the Oklahoma agency that approved the school’s participation in the state’s charter school program. Dr. Land “pray[s] the court rules against St. Isidore.” But his take on the case is deeply misguided.The Supreme Court has been clear in three cases over the last eight years that when a state creates a generally available public program and...

Over a dozen Christian leaders prayed with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office this week, with one saying that the assassination attempt last summer has caused the president to embrace faith groups even more than he did in his first term. Led by White House Faith Office Senior Advisor Paula White-Cain, Trump's longtime spiritual advisor, the faith leaders met with Trump on Wednesday. Pictures from the event show several faith leaders placing their hands on Trump in prayer around the president. Attendees included, among others, the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Pastor Robert Jeffress...