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In yet another story that demonstrates just how deeply illegal-alien criminals or their allies have penetrated the U.S. military, a federal judge sentenced a third soldier to prison for human trafficking. Enrique Jauregui, 26, will go to prison for almost three years and pay a hefty fine for his crimes. Two co-defendants were sentenced in May. All were stationed at Fort Hood in Texas. The sentencing follows the arrest in April of 114 illegal aliens at an unlawful nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where soldiers from nearby Fort Carson provided security. Human SmugglingJauregui “organized a smuggling event in 2024, recruiting...

President Donald Trump issued a message Thursday that Iran has “within the next two weeks” to negotiate with the United States. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt read a statement from Trump on Iran at the top of the press briefing a day after he said he “may” or “may not” order a strike on nuclear sit“Regarding the situation in Iran, I know there has been a lot of speculation amongst all of you in the media regarding the president’s decision-making and whether or not the United States will be directly involved,” she said. “In light of that news, I...

What happens in California (or any other Democrat-run state) doesn’t stay in California (or any other Democrat-run state), and here is yet another example, from an article published yesterday at Breitbart News:‘Authorities in a recent cargo theft bust recovered more than $1.6M in stolen electronics recovered from a tractor-trailer owned by someone whose CDL stated their first name was ‘No Name Given’ and their last name was ‘Diamond,’’ reported Overdrive.The haul was actually stolen from the Dallas airport, but the three suspects, two of whom are illegal aliens, were only apprehended in Flagstaff, Arizona as the thieves were on their...

Explanation: Gorgeous spiral galaxy NGC 3521 is a mere 35 million light-years away, toward the northern springtime constellation Leo. Relatively bright in planet Earth's sky, NGC 3521 is easily visible in small telescopes but often overlooked by amateur imagers in favor of other Leo spiral galaxies, like M66 and M65. It's hard to overlook in this colorful cosmic portrait though. Spanning some 50,000 light-years the galaxy sports characteristic patchy, irregular spiral arms laced with dust, pink star forming regions, and clusters of young, blue stars. The deep image also finds NGC 3521 embedded in fainter, gigantic, bubble-like shells. The shells...

SummaryRevolutionary Guards say missiles targeted industrial areas in IsraelWhile Trump keeps world guessing, special envoy Witkoff has spoken to Iranian foreign ministerIran warns against 'third party' joining conflictTEL AVIV/DUBAI, June 19 (Reuters) - Israel bombed nuclear targets in Iran on Thursday and Iran fired missiles and drones at Israel after hitting an Israeli hospital overnight, as a week-old air war escalated with no sign yet of an exit strategy from either side.Following the strike that damaged the Soroka medical centre in Israel's southern city of Beersheba, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tehran's "tyrants" would pay the "full price".The Reuters Daily...

I despise marijuana. For that reason, I’m very glad when seemingly reputable studies back up my visceral sense that marijuana is a terrible drug that destroys people’s lives and, along the way, destroys American society. First, I went to ChatGPT for it to sum up the obvious, which is that a drug that alters people’s temporal and spatial perception makes them lousy drivers:

Russian hardliners are pushing President Vladimir Putin to formally declare war on Ukraine, saying his "special military operation" against the neighboring country is not enough, particularly after Ukraine's surprise attack on Moscow's air bases. "Like every thinking patriot, I took it as a personal tragedy," one Russian official commented about the Ukrainians' "Operation Spider Web" attacks, with another high-ranking official describing the mood in the Kremlin as "shock and outrage," reports The Telegraph on Wednesday. The conflict, now in its fourth year after Russia invaded Ukraine, has never been officially declared as a war, despite the loss of property and...

A former Coast Guard Lieutenant and Antifa sharpshooter arrested and charged for threatening to kill President Trump has been released from prison and ordered home detention. According to an affidavit, Pete Stinson posted the threats against President Trump to X and BlueSky between 2020 and 2025. Stinson used a series of code names for Trump including “the orange,” “orange mf,” “orange thug,” “Krasnov,” “tfg,” “one ear,” or an orange emoji. Stinson’s most recent threat against President Trump was posted last week.

“Shots fired!” shouted Gen Michael Kurilla moments before charging towards the sound of gunfire to save two junior officers.Weaving through the rubble-strewn alleyways of war-torn Mosul, Iraq, the then-lieutenant colonel was pursuing a group of terrorist suspects when three more shots rang out.Taking bullets to the arm and both legs, one snapping his femur in half, he “performed a judo roll” and carried on firing his rifle, witnesses say. As the gunfire continued, he covered his troops and reeled off orders while bleeding on the concrete floor.Nearly 20 years later, Gen Kurilla, who was awarded a Bronze Star for valour...

🔥 Giorgia Meloni just gave Macron the eye roll of the century at the G7. You can’t fake that kind of disgust — she’s FED UP with globalist clowns like him. This is what happens when a real leader shows up in a room full of puppets. The world needs more Melonis — and another Trump.

EXCLUSIVE: A Biden-era decision could potentially keep a convicted murderer from being deported from the United States, at least while a key legal battle plays out in court. Fox News rode along with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations in Los Angeles, the center of recent anti-ICE civil unrest, and the agency arrested Salvadoran national Alexander Alfredo Palacios Guevara, who not only has the murder conviction, but also two counts of attempted murder dating back to 1994, an HSI source said. The man told Fox News, "I have CAT, I have CAT," which turned out to be a...

According to the latest Fox News poll, conducted between June 13-16 among 1,003 registered voters, 73 percent think Iran poses a real threat to the U.S., a 13-point increase from six years ago. That includes a majority of Democrats (69 percent), Republicans (82 percent), and Independents (62 percent), and those numbers are up since 2019 (by 12, 17, and 4 points respectively), says Fox News. The latest J.L. Partners poll, conducted between June 16-17 among 1,039 registered voters, shows similar levels of support. According to the poll, Americans overwhelmingly see Iran as a serious threat: 73 percent say Iran having...

The head of the federal agency responsible for overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac called Wednesday for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to resign if the central bank did not cut rates that day. In a Wednesday post on social media, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte accused Powell of refusing to do his job by not cutting interest rates at President Trump’s request. Both the Fed and FHFA are independent federal agencies charged with overseeing critically important parts of the U.S. financial system. Congress designed those agencies to be immune from the political pressures exhibited by both...

The researchers, from the cybersecurity firm Cybernews, initially found a database containing 184 million records sitting unprotected on a web server last month. However, as they delved deeper, they realized that this was just one of many unsecured databases full of private information. Further investigation revealed an additional 29 datasets, each containing tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records. In total, the researchers uncovered a staggering 16 billion records, making this one of the biggest stolen login discoveries of all time. What sets this breach apart from others is the freshness and organization of the data. The researchers emphasized...

"Former Congressman Gaetz says that if the world is concerned about secret nuclear weapons programs in the Middle East, it should start with Israel. Gaetz suggests that if Israel wants Iran to denuclearize, Israel should denuclearize as well." ...

I’ll keep this short and sweet so I can get this out faster to you. As headline says, 16,000,000,000 passwords have been leaked. Most likely the biggest password leak in history. It would probably be a good idea to change your passwords. If you have Google, maybe start there and change your Google password, since a lot of people have numerous saved passwords to bank accounts, social media accounts, email, etc, all under Google. Forbes: Update, June 19, 2025: This story, originally published on June 18, has been updated with comments from the founders of Keeper Security regarding the 16...

President Donald Trump blasted Fox News Thursday after the network released a new poll showing that just over half of Americans approve of his handling of border security. The survey found that a 53% majority approve of Trump's handling of the southern border, while 46% disapprove. On immigration, 46% approve of the president's policies, while 53% disapprove, according to the poll. "The Crooked FoxNews Polls got the Election WRONG, I won by much more than they said I would, and have been biased against me for years," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. "They are always wrong and negative....

As US President Donald Trump mulls striking Iran's nuclear facilities, one of America's "doomsday planes" made a flight to Joint Base Andrews in Washington on Tuesday night. According to the New York Post, the E-4B Nightwatch - a plane designed to protect the Secretary of Defence and other national security officials and keep the government operating in the time of nuclear war - was spotted by flight trackers. The aircraft departed from Bossier City, Louisiana, on Tuesday evening and landed in Maryland around 4 hours later, after a long, winding route. What is a "doomsday plane"? A "doomsday plane" is...

A recent Oregon Court of Appeals ruling blew a gaping hole in the state police crime lab’s long-standing technique of matching a suspect’s gun to shell casings left behind at a crime scene. The court found that a forensic examiner relied on “subjective judgment” based on training and experience – not objective scientific methodology – when linking shell casings in a 2018 Portland shooting to a Taurus handgun.The decision threatens an untold number of similar prosecutions across that state that have relied on ballistic comparisons. It already has left prosecutors scrambling to adjust trial tactics while defense attorneys hope the...

The Social Security program is nine years away from insolvency, the Social Security Board of Trustees said Wednesday. This forecast moved up one year since 2024’s annual report, which projected the program to deplete its funding by 2035. Now that projection date is set at 2034. Medicare’s hospital trust fund will fall short in 2033, when it will only be able to cover 89% of scheduled benefits. This date moved up three years since last year’s report, according to the Medicare Board of Trustees. “As in prior years, we found that the Social Security and Medicare programs both continue to...