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Taxpayer-funded NGOs are still helping illegal aliens cross over the US border. Footage captured by Real Muckraker showed the Red Cross and MedGlobal giving illegal aliens advice and equipment for crossing the dangerous Darien Gap jungle into Panama en route to the US. Rather than helping keep migrants safe, the Red Cross is encouraging them to cross the dangerous Darien Gap jungle to push their open borders agenda. “A Red Cross psychologist gave our undercover journalist advice, such as to bring 5 days of food for the jungle, and showed our reporter common entry points into the Darién Gap,” the...

Explanation: From a garden on planet Earth, 38 hours of exposure with a camera and small telescope produced this cosmic photo of the M81 galaxy group. In fact, the group's dominant galaxy M81 is near the center of the frame sporting grand spiral arms and a bright yellow core. Also known as Bode's galaxy, M81 itself spans some 100,000 light-years. Near the top is cigar-shaped irregular galaxy M82. The pair have been locked in gravitational combat for a billion years. Gravity from each galaxy has profoundly affected the other during a series of cosmic close encounters. Their last go-round lasted...

Thrifty Big Apple shoppers were rushing to stock up on the basics Wednesday after President Trump’s sweeping reciprocal tariffs briefly went into effect — before he then announced a 90-day pause. “Pray to God that we all survive,” said Angelia Gonzalez, a 48-year-old mother who was filling her cart at the East Harlem Costco. “I feel some kind of way. I mean, I have a family.” Gonzalez travelled across town from her longtime home in West Harlem to stock up at the wholesaler over fears that prices will soon skyrocket from Trump’s massive “reciprocal” tariffs, which went into effect at...

Two American Airlines jet have had a minor collision on the runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - just three months after a deadly crash near there. The Federal Aviation Administration said the wingtip of one aircraft struck another on Thursday afternoon. At least two members of Congress were aboard one of the jets. Nick LaLota, a New York Republican, said no-one was hurt when the wing of their stationary plane was "bumped" by another jet. He said his colleague, Grace Meng, a New York Democrat, was handing out grapes to passengers on the plane. The Federal Aviation Administration...

The first teaser trailer for the new The Naked Gun movie dropped last weekend. The reboot of the 1988 film will replace Leslie Nielsen, who passed away in 2010, with Liam Neeson as the film’s lead. The trailer shares a comedic identity with the original franchise as both are a spoof of the action movie genre. Some have resisted the new film, claiming that Leslie Nielsen’s iconic performance can’t be matched, even by a talented actor such as Neeson. TRAILER AT LINK.................... Others have attacked the film for being another reboot, amidst a surplus of low-quality, tiresome remakes such as...

House Republicans for a second time passed a stand-alone bill that would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and impose voter roll purge requirements on states. The legislation — formally titled the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act — passed in a 220-208 vote. Four Democrats — Reps. Ed Case (Hawaii), Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.) — voted with all Republicans in favor. It’s already illegal for those who are not U.S. citizens to vote in federal elections, and has been since 1996. But proponents of the bill have argued it...

In a jaw-dropping moment during a high-level Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, United States Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard dropped a bombshell: there is now evidence that electronic voting machines have been tampered with to manipulate election outcomes in the United States. Gabbard gave a detailed update on her sweeping investigations into the politicization of intelligence and election interference. Her statement confirmed what many conservatives have long suspected — that the very foundations of America’s electoral system have been compromised. “I’ve got a long list of things that we’re investigating. We have the best going after this, election integrity being...

"Huge: A powerful climate alliance of the World Economic Forum, major companies, the UN, and banks is "at an end". "Bill Gates is giving up on climate change...Breakthrough Energy, a joint venture between Bill Gates and a handful of other billionaires... is slashing much of its policy staff." NASA GISS funding "terminated"?: "New NASA Chief Will Wind Down Climate Alarm Shop". Delicious straight talk from U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin: "we are driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion". Wonderful straight talk from U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright: “𝑁𝑒𝑡 𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑏𝑦 2050 𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒"; he suggests climate...

Ana Navarro told her co-hosts Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that President Donald Trump “should be in a padded room.” Navarro said, “Look, you know, if they’re saying that this was all strategic, then he is a sadist because what kind of government leader puts his people through this kind of distress and sadness and anxiety for a week just for giggles? His supporters always say that he plays fourth-dimensional chess. I think he should be in a padded room playing with his own drool.” She continued, “The things he does are just simply lunacy, and we’re not out of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who had refused to advance trillions of dollars in tax breaks without deeper spending cuts. Johnson stood with Senate Majority Leader John Thune early in the morning at the Capitol to shore up President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” and they committed to seeking at least $1.5 trillion in cuts to federal programs and services. The speaker had abruptly halted voting Wednesday night. “I told you not to doubt us,” Johnson, R-La., said afterward.

On the exact 100th anniversary of the publication date of “The Great Gatsby,” the Library of Congress is producing a full reading of the novel, livestreamed from our Thomas Jefferson building on Capitol Hill. Be an old sport and join us in-person or online to experience this classic American novel which entered the public domain in 2021.

During his Senate confirmation hearing, Joe Kent, Trump’s pick for director of the National Counterterrorism Center, dropped a bombshell. Kent, who is a former Green Beret, stated in no uncertain terms that Trump’s intelligence community is actively investigating the FBI’s possible role in orchestrating the chaos on January 6th.Yep—he said it out loud.And this wasn’t just some wild claim made on social media or on a random podcast. This was a nominee, under oath, during a Senate hearing, all but confirming that the “fedsurrection” theory—that the FBI actually helped incite and direct the melee at the Capitol—is being taken very...

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announces files on the assassinations of RFK and MLK Jr. will be "ready to release here within the next few days" 12:33 PM · Apr 10, 2025

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING: HHS RFK Jr announces by September we will know EXACTLY what caused the EXTREME Autism Epidemic in the US. 12:50 PM · Apr 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell in March amid cheaper gasoline and used motor vehicles, but the benign inflation reading is unlikely to be sustained after President Donald Trump doubled down on tariffs on imported Chinese goods. The first monthly decline in prices in nearly five years, reported by the Labor Department on Thursday, also suggested softening demand amid heightened recession fears due to tariffs, and led financial markets to anticipate the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates by 100 basis points this year.

The euro has what the dollar just gave away: trust. So it is high time for Europe to begin issuing joint debt — or Eurobonds, in bubble-speak. Advocates have long made their case plain: Eurobonds would not only finance European rearmament — or, in Mediterranean, “readiness” — they would give investors a safe haven for long-term investments as the world rearranges its trade furniture. The last few weeks can only have strengthened their case. Yesterday, the US genius-in-chief realised that his GPT-crafted penguin-tariffs may not have been the killer 5D chess move his yes-men first made them out to be....

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In a close victory, House GOP members barely passed a budget resolution which will allow them to begin unlocking President Donald Trump’s agenda package. In a 216-214 vote on Thursday, the measure passed. The vote was made tighter as two Republicans, Representatives Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.), voted against it. However, Conservatives still face an uphill battle to get the 47th president’s marquee agenda to become a reality due to major differences on spending. “We want to make sure we’re delivering on our shared goals in the budget resolution process,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters Thursday...

The Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) releases the Consumer Price Index for February [DATA HERE], reflecting a drop in the year-over-year inflation rate to the lowest level in four years.The rate of inflation dropped significantly due to lower gasoline (-6.3%) and fuel prices, which directly impacts every middle-class worker. The ripple effects (transportation, warehousing, etc.) from lowered gasoline prices is not yet embedded in the cost of goods, that should start to surface next month.[BLS Table A][…] Consumer prices were up 2.4% in March from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday, cooler than February’s gain of 2.8%...

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said on Thursday China was now isolated and other U.S. trading partners were lining up to make deals following President Donald Trump's stunning reversal of his tariff decision.Trump said on Wednesday he would temporarily lower the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries while further ramping up pressure on China."Time is not China's friend as every U.S. corporation with a supply chain based in China is seeking to move it to countries that are likely to make favorable tariff deals with the United States," Ackman said in a post on X.