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Today’s inflation report brought more welcome news that prices are down and wages are up — and that progress will be supercharged with President Donald J. Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent told Congress how the One Big Beautiful Bill — the largest tax cut in history — will boost that progress for middle-class Americans and the private sector without fueling inflation:“The One Big Beautiful Bill will raise take-home pay between $7,800 and $13,300 for the average family of four. It will increase wages between $6,100 to $11,600 for the average worker.” (Watch)“Not only does the...

Polish MEP Grzegorz Braun destroys LGBT-themed exhibition in ParliamentVideo footage shows Catholic politician Grzegorz Braun tearing down pro-LGBT materials in the Polish Parliament building, after which he was banned from the Sejm by the Speaker.Polish Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Grzegorz Braun has destroyed a pro-LGBT exhibition in the Polish Parliament.In a video that went viral online, Braun is seen removing pro-LGBT display boards from their stands and bending them in half by stepping on them.The exhibition was displayed on Wednesday in the Sejm, Poland’s lower House of Parliament.Szymon Holownia, the Speaker of the Sejm, announced on X that...

America is beating inflation as President Donald J. Trump leads the country into the new Golden Age with lower costs, higher pay, and economic opportunity for all.Here’s what you need to know from the latest Consumer Price Index:In May, inflation came in lighter than expected for yet another month.Since President Trump took office, inflation has come in below economists’ expectations every single month.Core inflation held steady and remains at the lowest level since March 2021.Under President Trump, core inflation has tracked at just 2.0% on an annual basis — levels not seen since the first Trump Administration, when prices were...

Air India Dreamliner Crash SurvivorThe British national, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, was returning to the UK with his brother Ajay Kumar Rakesh, 45, who was in a different row inside the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner An Indian-origin British national survived the Air India plane crash in Gujarat's Ahmedabad today, officials have said. Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik told news agency ANI that the survivor was found in seat No. 11A. He has been admitted to a hospital. The British national, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, was returning to the UK with his brother Ajay Kumar Rakesh, 45, who was in a different...

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), in a contentious exchange during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing Thursday, slammed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) over recent crimes in the state committed by migrants living in the country illegally. Stefanik invoked an executive order immigration signed by Hochul, along with a number of recent crimes committed by those who were in the country without authorization, including the burning of a woman on the New York City subway last year. “This is Kathy Hochul’s New York. It’s one of the many reasons why you’re hemorrhaging support from hardworking New York families,”...

Seems Trump is crawfishing on immigration as he said maybe we need to allow them to stay and overlook their legal status...

UPDATE: The guy he took down was pulling a gun from inside his pants. The gun went flying when he was hit. We didn't notice until it was pointed out. Watch the gun slide across the ground. This guy saved a cop's life—if not more.

Unlike California, Florida is unquestionably a law-and-order state, thanks in no small part to the leadership of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), Attorneys General past and present, and the countless police departments and sheriffs' offices across the Sunshine State who put the safety and security of their local communities ahead of political correctness and woke. On Thursday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier held a press conference to discuss immigration enforcement in light of what Americans have seen unfold in the Golden State, and elsewhere, with the lunatics effectively running the asylum in Los Angeles County until President Trump sent in the...

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. — A 9-year-old girl was snorkeling in Boca Grande, Florida, when she became the victim of a shark attack. Leah Lendel was about four feet from her mother when the incident happened, WBBH reported. The attack happened on Wednesday around noon, USA Today reported. Nadia Lendel said that Leah submerged to snorkel, then came up and screamed. That’s when she saw her daughter’s arm covered in blood, her hand mostly torn off at the wrist. Nadia Lendel was holding her two toddlers and she tried to take them to shore so she would be able to help...

Social media influencers have been roasted for their eerily similar responses to the LA riots and immigration raids. Anti-ICE protests have swept the nation since agents first conducted raids in Los Angeles on Friday, sparking viral clashes between officers in riot gear and protesters who set vehicles on fire. Critics blasted the dozens of young Americans who posted messages shamming those who have not spoken out against the issue and called others who support Donald Trump or ICE 'bad people.' Critics blasted the dozens of young Americans who posted messages shamming those who have not spoken out against the issue...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Governor Ned Lamont Thursday announced $18.8 million in state grants will go toward the assessment and remediation of 23 blighted properties.The properties represent 227 acres of contaminated land across 19 municipalities, according to Lamont’s office.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Will Cain Show,” former Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz stated that he would put the estimated population of illegal immigrants in the U.S. as “much higher than 20 million people.”Host Will Cain asked, “I’ve seen varying figures. The one that’s always quoted is something like 20 million illegal immigrants in the United States. … Do you have any sense, how big is the population of illegal immigrants in the United States?” Ortiz answered, “I would estimate it’s much higher than 20 million people. When you think about, just even over the last...

The Oklahoma City Fire Department responded to the incident on Northwest 137th Street Tuesday evening, where everyone left the house safely and no injuries were reported. "There were several of these lithium-ion batteries charging on a worktable on the garage … there was roughly 20 that was charging,” said Scott Douglas, with the Oklahoma City Fire Department. Douglas explained that these batteries were used to power remote control planes and racecars, but they can also be found throughout homes, powering everything from toys to cellphones to vacuum cleaners. He noted that fires caused by these batteries are becoming routine.

TYLER, Texas — The Tyler Police Department released body camera footage showing the moment a police officer’s gun discharged during a struggle with a suspect, KLTV reported. According to the department, officers responded to a reported theft at a Dollar General on May 11. Two suspects fled the scene on foot. One was detained without incident. The second allegedly refused to comply with commands and continued trying to flee. An arrest affidavit states that the suspect twisted away from the officer’s grasp and began to run before tripping. A struggle ensued on the ground in which she allegedly thrashed and...

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US reticence about a potential Israeli strike on Iran is misguided, shaped by an over-reliance on the lessons learned from the quagmires in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is analogous to how fears of another Vietnam almost prevented the successful 1991 Operation Desert Storm, which ultimately enabled new peace opportunities like the Madrid Conference.

Are we approaching a peak in the price of gold? According to several mainstream economists, we are indeed. But, they’re DEAD wrong and today I’ll show you why. See, their argument relies on the inflation-adjusted price of gold. In January of 1980, the price of gold reached a local peak near $850 per ounce. According to official U.S. inflation statistics, $850 in January of 1980 would be equivalent to $3,504 today. In the 45 years since then, gold has increased in value by nearly 300% to $3,346. That’s getting close to the “official” inflation-adjusted 1980 price of $3,504. So are...

White House envoy Steve Witkoff privately warned top Senate Republicans last week that Iran could unleash a mass casualty response if Israel bombs their nuclear facilities, according to a U.S. official and a source with direct knowledge. -snip- Last Thursday, Witkoff held a closed-door briefing on Iran with a group of Republican senators. Among them were Sens. Risch (R-Idaho), Graham (R-S.C.), Barasso (R-Wyo.), and Ricketts (R-Nebr.), the source with knowledge said. Witkoff told the Senators that military strikes by Israel are on the table if no agreement is reached. He then brought up Iran's ballistic missile capabilities. The U.S. is...

In June 2009, a broken limestone mug was discovered by archaeologists in the rubble of a Jewish home on Mount Zion. The house had been destroyed in 70 C.E. when the Romans leveled Jerusalem and the Temple to stomp home the message of their victory over the unmanageable Jews.Ostensibly typical of tableware in Jewish homes of the Second Temple period, this mug was unlike any other ever found, Professor Shimon Gibson of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte reports in the recent issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, just out.Limestone dishes began to emerge in about the year 40 B.C.E.,...

Alarming trend: 50,000 children in Germany are living with homosexual ‘couples’(LifeSiteNews) — 50,000 children in Germany are living with homosexual “couples,” showing an alarming increase over the last decade.In 2024, there were 208,000 homosexual households in Germany, and 31,000 of these had children under the age of 18 living with them, according to the German Federal Statistical Office.A total of 50,000 children are growing up in these so-called “rainbow families.” Seventy percent of these households consist of two lesbians (two “mothers”), while the other 30 percent are homosexual men (two “fathers”), according to a report by the German Tagespost.In 2016,...