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To help Democrats, Biden’s Department of Justice brought the hammer down on Peter Navarro for engaging in conduct that was not even remotely criminal. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has released a series of emails from 2022 showing the FBI attempted to crush a member of the first Trump administration for refusing to bow to the Jan. 6 Committee’s unlawful demands. Grassley explains the emails in an April 29 letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel. “My office has obtained Biden administration emails regarding the investigation and later prosecution of Peter Navarro,” Grassley wrote....

The minerals deal was enough to entice President Donald Trump to cave, siding with Kiev and permitting the first US sale of military equipment to Ukraine since taking office. Trump has been extremely critical of Zelensky since the war began, consistently warning Zelensky that he has blood on his hands and must end the war. Congress approved a $50 million defense package to Ukraine through direct commercial sales (DCS). Trump is a businessman first and foremost—the mineral deal had to be approved before he would approve of any aid package. The United States now has preferential rights to extract minerals...

When Charles Read went to renew his passport, he got a notification that there was a warrant out for his arrest. A woman named Katherine Jensen told police that Read (an ex boyfriend from 20 years ago) had kicked in her door and choked her out, trying to steal the keys to her truck, and when he was unsuccessful, he fled on foot. VIDEO AT LINK............. At first Charles Read thought someone was pulling his leg, but you can understand why he didn't notice -- because he's been paralyzed from the waist down for 25 years. But when Read tried...

President Donald Trump on Friday said he is "taking away" Harvard's tax exempt status. "It's what they deserve,” he said in a Truth Social post. The decision will likely face legal challenges. Harvard’s president has said revoking the university's tax-exempt status would be unlawful and endanger "our ability to carry out our educational mission." Trump previously called for Harvard to lose its tax exempt status after the university said it would not comply with the administration's series of demands, including actions on antisemitism and the use of DEI on campus.

Reform UK has beaten the Conservatives in Staffordshire's local elections and secured the votes needed to claim control of the county council.

~A headline from Scotland's Daily Record: Three masked children held captive in 'house of horrors' since Covid pandemic So who was holding them captive? Well, that would be their German dad and American mom. Where was this house of horrors? In the couple's second home, in the Spanish town of Fitoria, on the outskirts of Oviedo, capital of the Principality of Asturias. It's a spacious property with commanding views over the metropolis [see picture above] in a neighbourhood where such agreeable accommodations can set you back a million euros. Nevertheless, a lady became concerned when she heard children's voices coming...

Key Points: -With a slowdown and a job market flooded with talent, younger workers are turning to an unlikely source to help them with the competition: their parents. -One in four Gen Zers have brought a parent to a job interview over the past year, according to a new survey of nearly 1,500 Gen Zers by ResumeTemplates.com. -Roughly one-quarter have had their parents submit job applications on their behalf. College graduations are in full swing and so are job interviews for Gen Z candidates. But with a slowdown in hiring by many companies and a job market flooded with certain...

Is the U.S. actually better than Canada? Whether you're Team Moose or Team Bald Eagle, this video will prove to you once and for all that the USA undeniably trumps our neighbors to the north. Sorry, Canadians.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged "bias" in the broadcasters' reporting. The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies "to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS" and further requires that they work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organizations. The White House, in a social media posting announcing the signing, said the outlets "receive millions from taxpayers to spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as ‘news.'" It's the latest move by Trump and his administration to...

Employers in the United States added 177,000 workers to their payrolls in April, the Department of Labor said Friday, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2 percent, defying predictions of labor market sluggishness following President Trump’s announcement of tariffs. Economists had been expecting 130,000 jobs and an unemployment rate unchanged at 4.2 percent. The prior month’s jobs figure was revised down to 185,000 from 228,000

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) told a Daily Caller News Foundation reporter to “f*** off” after asking her a question about Democrats traveling to El Salvador to advocate on behalf of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. “I think you should f*** off,” Omar responded to the question. “You should f*** off,” she emphasized. “Who should?” reporter Myles Morell asked. “You!” she answered.

I used to play the guitar but broke my wrist, ruptured a tendon, other life events, and quit. I kept the gear (2 Gibsons, a Fender and a Martin, with amps.) I'm relearning, but from a different tact. I formerly simply learned songs without realizing any principles or theory. Now I'm starting by learning scales. Am pentatonic, for starters. Question: I know this scale works with songs written in Am, but I also read that the Am pentatonic scale also works in A major. The only difference is the root note. Am I understanding this correctly?

President Donald Trump late Thursday announced plans to designate May 8 as World War II "Victory Day" in the United States, which coincides with the "Victory in Europe Day" that has been celebrated in most of Europe since the Germans surrendered in 1945. -snip- "We won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance, but we never celebrate anything," the president wrote. "That’s because we don’t have leaders anymore, that know how to do so! We are going to start celebrating our victories again!"

An airfield belonging to Russian forces in occupied Crimea has been left in flames after a devastating Ukrainian drone strike, according to reports. Footage shared online purportedly shows the fire at Kacha airfield following a huge round of strikes from Kyiv's forces. Reports suggest Ukraine launched a massive aerial bombardment overnight on the Ukrainian peninsula, which has been occupied by Russian forces since 2014 and illegally annexed by Moscow. Loud explosions were heard near the Saky airfield in Novofedorivka, as well as at the Belbek air base near Sevastopol. A missile base in the Hvardiiske area was also reported to...

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller told reporters during a briefing Thursday morning: "You all choose to live in condos or homes or houses as far away from these kinds of gang bangers as you possibly can... And yet you, with your coverage, are trying to force innocent Americans to have these people as their neighbors." STEPHEN MILLER: We talk about due process. The Biden administration made the decision to give extensive due process to two Tren de Aragua terrorists who were apprehended at the border just a couple of years ago. Two gentlemen from Venezuela, members of...

Felipe Hoyos Foronda was arrested before he could board a flight at JFK. Felipe Hoyos Foronda, 37, reportedly told authorities he “panicked” after a woman died during a botched plastic surgery procedure he was unlicensed to perform in the United States. “I panicked, I went straight to the airport. I booked the flight while I was driving,” he allegedly told detectives as he was arrested moments away from boarding a flight at JFK airport to Florida en route to Colombia. Queens Assistant District Attorney Gregory Lasak Jr. told the courts on Monday that Foronda attempted to flee the country “so...

On Thursday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) reacted to President Donald Trump’s announcement of secondary sanctions on purchasers of Iranian oil by stating that he generally supports pressuring the regime and “there is bipartisan support for increasing pressure to get Iran to the table, to try and get back into a more comprehensive deal, one that doesn’t have sunsets, one that includes some of their secondary support for terrorist proxies in the region, particularly, including the Houthis and their ballistic missile program.” Co-host Kailey Leinz asked, “Well, and as we consider the issues your committee...

2 May 2025 Saint Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor on Friday of the 2nd week of EastertideSt Athanasius Shrine in St Mark Cathedral, Cairo, EgyptReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingActs 5:34-42They were glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation for the sake of the nameOne member of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee called Gamaliel, who was a doctor of the Law and respected by the whole people, stood up and asked to have the apostles taken outside for a time. Then he addressed the Sanhedrin, ‘Men...

Beyond the financial damage imposed by woke is the negative effect on the performance of corporations and governments in the U.S. as well as the country as a whole. Let’s separate the facts from the fiction with respect to the damage caused by wokism. Woke, which includes ESG, DEI, climate change, and other wasteful, misguided and discriminatory initiatives, has caused billions and probably trillions of dollars in damages in the U.S. Woke is a creation of the Marxist Left. After failing to gain traction through labor in the U.S. over many years, the Marxist Left turned to the issue of...

Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the country's federal office for the protection of the constitution. "The ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding of the people prevailing within the party is incompatible with the free democratic order," the domestic intelligence agency said in a statement. The AfD came second in federal elections in February, winning a record 152 seats in the 630-seat parliament with 20.8% of the vote. The parliament, or Bundestag, will hold a vote next week to confirm conservative leader Friedrich Merz as chancellor, heading a coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats. The...