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What's the latest federal agency drawing the scrutiny of the Trump administration for inefficiency, expense, and administrative bloat? It's the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a federal bureaucracy long infamous for intruding into Americans' lives and making it more difficult and expensive to do business. The EPA's own administrator, Lee Zeldin, says the agency is overdue for reform. If he's open to suggestions, people who have been working on the problem for years have good ideas to offer. "Under the previous administration, EPA's buildings stood largely empty, with headquarters attendance peaking at just over one-third occupancy as the record high attendance...

SummaryUS Catholic church faces divisions over immigration, climate change and cultural issuesPope Leo faces early pushback from some conservative political leadersSome experts believe Leo could ultimately be a uniting forceMay 9 (Reuters) - As Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, he spoke a few words in English. It was a reminder - if anyone needed one - that a baseball fan who hails from Chicago was now leader of the Roman Catholic Church.For American Catholics, the elevation of Robert Prevost to the papacy was a shock, a cause for celebration and...

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth and final part in a series of investigative reports on the African Development Foundation, which gained notoriety for resisting a review by the Department of Government Efficiency. Check out part one, part two, and part three. A small, USAID-like federal agency called the African Development Foundation refused to hire white people, and treated white employees who did slip through so poorly that one soiled herself because she was afraid to leave her desk to use the bathroom, employees told The Daily Wire. The agency violated so many rules and laws that its general counsel...

Europe threw its support on Friday behind a special tribunal to prosecute President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, a show of unity on a day when Moscow marks its "victory day". At a meeting in Ukraine's western city of Lviv, ministers from almost 20 European nations gave their political sign-off to the tribunal, welcoming the completion of the technical work required to set it up. The tribunal will be set up within the framework of the Council of Europe, the continent's leading human rights watchdog that was formed after World War...

The Rebecca Bennett campaign tells Fox News Digital the criticism shows she is a 'threat' to win the seat.. A Democrat running for Congress in New Jersey who has been positioning herself as a moderate to unseat the sitting Republican in a pro-Trump district, has deleted several social media posts promoting progressive candidates and causes. Democrat Rebecca Bennett, who is running in the Democratic primary to unseat GOP Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, is a Navy veteran and current member of the Air National Guard who has been labeled by local media as a "moderate"...

Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver (woman in the red jacket) physically attacked ICE agents at Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday. Democrat members of Congress and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka went to ‘inspect’ the Delaney Hall detention facility in New Jersey when all hell broke loose. In February, ICE announced it was expanding detention capacity with the Delaney Hall facility. “This detention center is the first to open under the new administration,” said acting ICE Director Caleb Vitello in February. “The location near an international airport streamlines logistics, and helps facilitate the timely processing of individuals in...

Brown University has cracked down on the Brown Spectator, a right-leaning student newspaper, hitting the paper with charges of trademark violations just weeks after a Spectator board member created a website exposing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) officials. Associate Dean Kirsten Wolfe charged the Spectator with "violating Brown's 'Name Use, Trademark, and Licensing Policy' for having the word 'Brown' in the name of our independent non-profit and our website domain," Brown sophomore Alex Shieh, a reporter and board member for the Spectator, told Fox News on Thursday. On Wednesday, the board members sat for a disciplinary hearing over the charges....

Recently, I learned of two phenomena: that people today actually publish books almost entirely written by artificial intelligence and that AI programs, rather than admitting ignorance, may sometimes “hallucinate” a plausible sounding answer. I’ve now experienced both. My journey into Münchhausen’s AI Syndrome began with my own very flawed human memory. Many years ago I read a short science fiction story in an old anthology that is now long lost. It made a deep impression on me, but I’m unable to recall the title or author. Suddenly the thought struck me, perhaps Elon Musk’s synthetic AI brainchild Grok could collate...

Newark Mayor and New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka has been arrested at New Jersey's Delaney Hall ICE detention center, where he had been protesting its opening with Democratic members of Congress.

Cynthia Elliott and her husband moved into their home 22 years ago to help care for his father-in-law and manage the family home. They raised six children in this home and have worked hard. They endured hardship after hardship, including her husband’s battle with cancer and his resulting disability. They are still homeschooling the youngest children, and Cindy picks up sewing work to help pay the bills. Then came January 6th. Their son, James Elliott, was arrested and imprisoned by the DOJ for his involvement at the Capitol — a day when thousands of Americans exercised their constitutional rights and...

At least six of the Columbia students arrested for storming a Columbia University library on Wednesday are repeat offenders, including one student who demanded humanitarian aid from university, a Washington Free Beacon review found. They had already been arrested and disciplined for their involvement in earlier campus building raids or in last spring's encampments. Of the 81 total arrests, at least 44 are Columbia students, while at least 13 attend the university’s sister school, Barnard College. Also arrested was one Barnard faculty member, Eva-Quenby Johnson, as well as two students at another Columbia affiliate, Union Theological Seminary. The masked mob...

Police confirm that the body of a newborn baby boy was discovered along the Klang River. Brickfields OCPD Asst Comm Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood stated that the body was found near a restaurant at Taman Puchong Utama. "A witness at the scene reported that the body was seen stuck near a rock along the river near the restaurant. The witness then contacted the police via MERS 999," he said when contacted on Friday (May 9). A team from the Fire and Rescue Department retrieved the body. Investigations revealed that the male infant still had his umbilical cord attached. ACP Ku...

American men’s interest magazine Esquire has been honored with its first-ever Pulitzer Prize for the publication of an article mourning the death of a “transgender” mayor who had been posting photos of local women to porn sites. The now-deceased Smiths station Mayor, F.L. “Bubba” Copeland committed suicide in late 2023 after a damning expose was released by 1819 News which published the sick details of his secret online “transgender” double-life — one that included penning erotic fantasies of murdering a local woman. Announcing the reception of the prestigious award on May 5, Esquire described their article, written by Mark Warren,...

Without mentioning his name, liberal Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took a veiled shot at President Trump on Thursday evening. During remarks at an event for the American Bar Association in DC, Sotomayor told lawyers in attendance to stand up and fight against unprecedented attacks. “Our job is to stand up for people who can’t do it themselves. And our job is to be the champion of lost causes,” Sotomayor said referring to Trump’s executive actions against Deep State law firms. “But right now, we can’t lose the battles we are facing. And we need trained and passionate and committed...

Pirro in Power: The Left Can’t Even Right Now May 9, 2025

Reduxx has learned that a trans-identified male high school student has been quietly participating in girls sports, earning accolades intended for young female athletes. Charlie Rothenberger, who now goes by “Marissa,” was transitioned by his parents at an extremely early age and is now drawing ire from his female teammates as more are becoming aware that he is biologically male. Rothenberger is a 17-year-old student at Champlin Park High School in Champlin, Minnesota. He currently plays as a starting pitcher for his girl’s high school fastpitch team, where he has been credited with helping the school dominate softball competitions. Earlier...

WASHINGTON — Senior adviser and assistant to the president Steve Witkoff told Breitbart News exclusively that the government of Iran has told him that the Iranians have agreed they do not want a nuclear weapon. Witkoff, who made the explosive revelation in an exclusive long-form on-camera interview with Breitbart News on Thursday at the White House, is leading negotiations for President Donald Trump with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Witkoff is expected to meet with the Iranians, possibly as soon as this weekend, for a fourth round of talks in Oman, after two previous discussions in Iran and another in...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said a 10% baseline tariff will remain in place after a trade deal that was announced with the United Kingdom on Thursday. "The president is committed to the 10% baseline tariff, not just for the United Kingdom, but for his trade negotiations with all other countries as well," Leavitt said at a Friday press briefing at the White House. "The president is determined to continue with that 10% baseline tariff. I just spoke to him about it earlier." The agreement between the U.K. and the U.S. will open the British market to American beef,...

Bill Gates pledged on Thursday (May 8) to give away $200 billion (S$260 billion) via his charitable foundation by 2045 and lashed out at Elon Musk, accusing the world's richest man of "killing the world's poorest children" through huge cuts to the US foreign aid budget. The 69-year-old billionaire co-founder of Microsoft said he was speeding up his plans to divest almost all of his fortune and would close the foundation on Dec 31, 2045, years earlier than previously planned. Gates said he believed the money would help achieve several of his goals, such as eradicating diseases like polio and...

Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer I don’t work for President Trump. I don’t decide who works for him. I don’t tell him what to do and never said I do. I am an opposition researcher and investigative journalist. I simply make recommendations and show receipts. Why are people so threatened by that? 1:54 PM · May 9, 2025