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Despite intense pressure from Brussels’ foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, the nationalist leaders of Slovakia and Serbia are resolutely standing their ground, opting to honor their historical ties with Russia rather than yield to the petty whims of unelected and increasingly irrelevant EU bureaucrats.Both Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić have confirmed that, regardless of any backlash that they may face from globalists leading the EU, they will be attending Moscow’s Victory Day celebrations on May 9, marking a major symbolic break from the European Union’s official stance.Fico, known for his nationalist, left-populist politics and strong...

One of the biggest spice companies in the world is adapting to political pressures.Key Points: -Spice brand McCormick & Company announced in an earnings call that it is increasing efforts to reformulate products, as the United States Department of Health and Human Services targets food additives and dyes. Several states have already banned a number of food dyes and additives, and the Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of Red Dye No. 3. -McCormick & Company may develop new products that align with health-focused food trends, like functional ingredients and high protein content. -United States Secretary of Health...

The Daily Caller visited two Virginia properties tied to fraud claims against NY AG Letitia James. Shocker. She doesn’t live at either one. Yet they’re listed as her residence. She’s cooked. 🚨WATCH🚨: The Daily Caller News Foundation visited two southern Virginia properties at the center of fraud and misconduct claims made against Tish James and found that she does NOT appear to be a resident of either home. Does Tish James Live In Her Two Houses 500 Miles From Albany? We Knocked On Doors To Find Out.NORFOLK, Virginia — The Daily Caller News Foundation visited two southern Virginia properties at...

*PepsiCo has come under scrutiny after scaling back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts, a move that reflects a broader trend among major U.S. companies. Earlier this year, the company announced it would eliminate DEI workforce representation goals and phase out its five-year DEI plan, replacing it with a new “Inclusion for Growth” strategy, The Street reports. PepsiCo said it would broaden its supplier base to support all small businesses, stop conducting surveys focused on single demographic categories, and evaluate sponsorships based on their impact on overall business growth. This change follows President Donald Trump’s executive order banning federal...

Move described as ‘a collective decision’ follows reports that Roger Daltrey was unhappy with ‘drums going boom, boom, boom’ at recent gig.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Thursday moved forward with sweeping layoffs at the agency as the Trump administration looks to remake the consumer enforcement agency. A source familiar with the process told FOX Business that more than 1,500 workers at the CFPB will receive reduction-in-force notices. The layoffs are across the CFPB's core functions, including supervision of financial institutions and its enforcement arm. Following the job cuts, the CFPB will have a little more than 200 remaining personnel to carry out the agency's regulatory activities. The Wall Street Journal reported that on Wednesday, a letter was sent to...

Credit: WFAA screenshot Some individuals are so narcissistic and devoid of basic human empathy that a special place in Hell should await them in the afterlife. Karmelo Anthony’s family qualifies, especially what happened at a press conference earlier today in Dallas. As TGP readers know, 16-year-old track and football star Austin Metcalf was brutally stabbed to death earlier this month during a championship track meet at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas. Metcalf, a junior at Frisco Memorial High School, was attacked in broad daylight by 17-year-old Karmelo Anthony of rival school Frisco Centennial around 10 a.m. after the youth became...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) has endorsed Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s (D-MD) trip to El Salvador to ensure that an accused MS-13 gang member illegal alien is “brought back home to Maryland” after he was deported in March. Instead of doing the job his constituents elected him to do in Washington, DC, the left-wing senator has taken time off to go on a trip to El Salvador “to discuss the release” of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who illegally entered the United States and lived in Maryland until his arrest by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE): Van Hollen claims...

Officials at the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) are facing scrutiny for refusing to release public records related to allegations of significant wrongdoing that led to $800,000 in taxpayer-funded settlements. LAist, a local news outlet, has been denied access to documents detailing wrongful termination and whistleblower retaliation claims filed by two former executives who departed the agency in 2024. The two executives are Kristina Dixon, former chief financial and administration officer, and Emily Vaughn Henry, former data and IT director. Their terminations occurred during Va Lecia Adams Kellum’s first year as LAHSA’s chief executive. LAist initiated its request for...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Gen. Keith Kellogg kicked off high-stakes talks in France Thursday with European and Ukrainian officials — marking the first time that both envoys were at the negotiation table to discuss an end to the war. The trio met with French President Emmanuel Macron as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff Andrii Yermak, senior administration officials told The Post. The State Department had announced Wednesday that Rubio and Witkoff would make the trip to France, but gave a vague description of the visit in a...

Grammy-nominated musician and former OneRepublic bassist Tim Myers is making the leap from the stage to the political arena with a high-profile challenge to long-serving Republican Rep. Ken Calvert in California’s 41st Congressional District. Myers, a Corona native turned music industry entrepreneur, announced his candidacy Thursday in a video posted on Instagram, setting the stage for one of the most closely watched House races in the 2026 election cycle. “Ken Calvert has been in Washington for 30 years, and all he’s done is make himself millions,” Myers says in the campaign video, filmed in a recording studio. “The status quo...

DENVER (KDVR) — A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Denver International Airport on Sunday after what appears to be a rare wildlife strike — potentially involving a rabbit. While wildlife strikes are relatively common at U.S. airports, more than 20,000 were reported last year, according to Federal Aviation Administration data, only four involved rabbits. One of those incidents occurred at DIA

'Freedom of speech, is that right wing? None of it feels right wing to me,' Dillon said during his sit-down interview with Fox News DigitalComedian Tim Dillon pushed back on the claim that comedians have undergone a "rightward shift" in recent years and questioned why core American values, such as free speech, are being rebranded as "right-wing." In a sit-down interview with Fox News Digital, Dillon was asked about the perceived shift to the right in comedians' political views, with figures such as Joe Rogan endorsing President Donald Trump in the last election. Dillon took issue with the observation, arguing...

America’s Hidden TransformationExecutive SummaryWhat if the America you pledge allegiance to isn’t the one running the show? This investigation examines how America’s governance system fundamentally transformed since 1871 through a documented pattern of legal, financial, and administrative changes. The evidence reveals a gradual shift from constitutional principles toward corporate-style management structures – not through a single event, but through an accumulation of incremental changes spanning generations that have quietly restructured the relationship between citizens and government.This analysis prioritizes primary sources, identifies patterns across multiple domains rather than isolated events, and examines timeline correlations – particularly noting how crises often preceded...

People seem to always have beef with vegans — and scientists say they’ve figured out why. A new study published in the journal Food Quality and Preference found that your typical carnivore’s hatred of vegans might simply be due to envy. Researchers from University of Vaasa in Finland wanted to understand why a plant-based diet and the use of meat substitutes are still so frowned upon in Europe. “The consumption of meat and meat substitutes is a highly charged social phenomenon,” Roosa-Maaria Malila, an author of the study, said in a statement. “According to our research, consumers who prefer plant-based...

A paraplegic man formerly living in NYCHA housing now has a swanky apartment and allegedly bought a Mercedes thanks to cash from settlements in lawsuits that defendants claim amount to a citywide “shakedown.” Wheelchair-bound Jocelyn Pierre has filed 113 federal lawsuits against restaurants, pharmacies, clothing stores and even a charity in Brooklyn and Manhattan since 2018 for their alleged failures to provide handicap access to their establishments. In each case, he cites the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), according to the filings reviewed by The Post. Once the lawsuits are filed, his lawyers move in and offer to settle...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As controversy swirls over the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Democrat politicians have joined together to call for an individual court hearing for everyone on earth to prove that they aren't American citizens. According to Democrats, every human on planet Earth has the right to an individual court hearing following due process to prove that they aren't American citizens. "There's no way for us to know that all people on Earth aren't Americans if they don't have access to a fair American trial, which in this case means an individual court hearing with a sympathetic federal judge,"...

A famously meat-free New York City politician secretly devoured a succulent steak inside the ultra-private upper-level room of Midtown’s beloved Benjamin Steakhouse Prime. “That means our steak is so good that even vegetarians cannot refuse,” restaurant owner Benjamin Prelvukaj said while taking Page Six on an exclusive tour of his storied Manhattan establishments. “I saw with my own eyes,” Prelvujak added of the elected official cheating on his supposed herbivorous habits. While the identity of the politico was not confirmed, some New York-area politicians who maintain a vegetarian or vegan diet include New York Sen. Brian Kavanagh, New Jersey Sen....

Easter is a time for hope. Normally, that hope is a solely theological one. However this year, the pollsters have joined in the message of Resurrection with some cold, hard data. Far from being dead, extensive polling by the Bible Society suggests that Christianity is experiencing the beginnings of a quiet revival, especially among younger worshippers. Sixteen per cent of 18-24-year olds say they are monthly churchgoers, up from 4 per cent in 2018. Though this rise is concentrated among young men, both sexes are attending at higher rates. Even factoring in migration from more religious countries, churchgoing is increasing...

Election denier and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell continues to refuse to pay more than $50,000 in sanctions he has been ordered to pay to voting software company Smartmatic over "frivolous" election claims. "I'm in ruins," a teary Lindell said through a Zoom screen in a motion hearing in the U.S. District Court in Washington on Wednesday, pleading to Judge Carl Nichols to allow him to wait until after the final judgement comes out to make any payment in the case, which he has already lost. Last month, Smartmatic filed a motion to hold Lindell in contempt, alleging the MyPillow CEO...