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The Dubrovnik Times reports that an archaeological team from the Dubrovnik Museums recently uncovered 4,000 years of human occupation in the Crno Jezero ("Black Lake") Cave. The 780-foot-long cavern snakes its way 300 feet underground near the village of Ponikve on the Pelješac peninsula. The excavations highlighted the different ways that local peoples used the cave from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. During the second millennium b.c., the cave was mostly used for temporary or seasonal housing, especially during periods of conflict or inclement weather. From the ninth to the sixth century b.c., the space was transformed into...

An appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids. The decision halts a ruling from a lower court judge who found Trump acted illegally when he activated the soldiers over opposition from California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The deployment was the first by a president of a state National Guard without the governor’s permission since 1965. In its decision, a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously concluded it was likely Trump lawfully exercised his authority in federalizing control of...

Donald Trump has delayed a decision on whether to join Israeli attacks on Iran as Sir Keir Starmer continues to urge restraint in the Middle East. The US president said he was still hopeful of reaching a negotiated solution with Tehran and would decide on military action within two weeks, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday. Quoting a message from the president, Ms Leavitt said: “Based on the fact that there is a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision on...

Whether they’re doing it on purpose or out of just plain ineptitude, Illinois’ political leaders have been slowly destroying this state. More recently, they’ve moved into overdrive.What we’re talking about is all the wealth the state is giving up by pushing out wealthier taxpayers and inviting less wealthy people in. Not to mention the flood of illegal immigrants that have been “welcomed” to Illinois, many fully dependent on the state.Not only is Illinois a net loser of people to other states, but the people leaving Illinois make far more than the people coming into Illinois, making things even worse.The taxpayers...

Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said her office has seized more than $225.3 million in cryptocurrency linked to a sprawling international fraud and money laundering network responsible for defrauding hundreds of victims through online investment scams.Pirro announced at a June 18 news conference in Washington that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has filed a civil forfeiture complaint in federal court.The action targets the proceeds of a vast international fraud operation with ties to organized crime syndicates and human trafficking networks operating out of scam compounds in Southeast Asia.The $225.3 million seizure,...

The Adams administration has inked a nearly $1 billion no-bid contract with the hotel industry for emergency shelter space — despite boasting that the migrant crisis is tapering off, The Post has learned. Taxpayers are on the hook for the $929.1 million reupped with the Hotel Association of New York City Foundation as the total city population still includes a whopping 86,000 people, including homeless individuals and asylum seekers. “These hotel units will be used by social services vendors to house emergency shelter clients who have entered the [Department of Homeless Services] shelter system,” the agency said in a notice...

"Bunker buster" bombs are not all the same, even if they all share the same name. Israel can deploy "bunker buster" bombs, but only of the 2000 lb variety. These can be very useful to strike some buried targets, particularly tunnels and certain reinforced bunkers. But the technology dates back to the 1970s, and already by 1990, the defensive capability of bunkers had outstripped the ability of existing weapons to reliably destroy them. That's why, during the buildup to the Gulf War, a new bunker buster was developed in a rush project, resulting in the laser-guided GBU-28, which was deployed...

Leavitt says US and Iranian officials have engaged in six rounds of direct and indirect negotiations so far After a week of intense speculation about whether President Donald Trump will launch a strike on Iran in support of Israel’s efforts to eliminate the country’s nuclear weapons program, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced there is a "substantial chance" for renewed negotiations. This comes as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is reportedly scheduled to meet with European leaders in Geneva Friday. Speaking with reporters in the White House press briefing room Thursday, Leavitt confirmed U.S. and Iranian officials have engaged...

All Three Parts of Recent Douglas Horne Interview on the JFK AssassinationInterview by Jeff Crudele (host of JFK THE ENDURING SECRET)Here are the links to parts 1, 2, and 3 of the video podcast:PART ONE: https://youtu.be/o3ROcXBwcsg PART TWO: https://youtu.be/S48IGGXeVd0 PART THREE: https://youtu.be/l_Pn4Tbzjqo Douglas Horne’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DouglasHorneJFKAssassination

Latino voters who supported Donald Trump in 2024 largely back his border security efforts but show clear divisions over deportation policies—providing real-world evidence of a phenomenon that's been hiding in plain sight across recent polling data.The focus group findings from Syracuse University's 2025 Deciders series involving 13 swing-state Latino Trump voters, as reported by NBC News, illustrate what happens when pollsters actually separate "border security" from "immigration policy"—two fundamentally different issues that major media outlets continue treating as interchangeable.The Numbers Tell Two Different StoriesRecent polling consistently shows Americans distinguish between stopping illegal border crossings and managing people already in the...

Detransitioner Chloe Cole landed a final blow to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) after she threw an absolute hissy fit over the recent United States Supreme Court transgender ruling for kids.On Wednesday, SCOTUS upheld Tennessee's law barring "gender-affirming care" (including irreversible mutilation) for so-called "transgender" minors, which specifically rejected claims that "transgender" people are part of a protected class. Warren lost her ever-loving leftist mind and falsely claimed on X that "Trans kids suffer when they don't get medically necessary care. This is a brazen political decision by the Supreme Court. My heart is with trans kids and their loved ones....

There are unofficial reports that Israeli strikes hit Tehran’s Lavizan area where Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is believed to be hiding. Ariel Oseran reported on the reported explosions in the Lavizan area. Local reports of multiple Israeli precision strikes targeting the Lavizan neighborhood in Tehran. pic.twitter.com/UrRRbxtZBW — Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران (@ariel_oseran) June 19, 2025 Some unofficial Twitter accounts claim Israeli strikes hit Tehran’s Lavizan area, where Khamenei’s bunker is believed to be. No confirmation of his death yet.#IranVsIsrael #IranIsraelWar #Tehran #Khamenei #Israel #Iran pic.twitter.com/3QXMgMERLq — Ashish Pandey (@aspandey07) June 20, 2025 Explosions were heard at the Imam Hussein University...

A federal appeals court on Thursday extended its block of a judge's order that directed President Trump to return control of California's National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom. The unanimous order from a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is a victory for the president and allows for the continued deployment of roughly 4,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles, where they have been protecting federal property and U.S. immigration agents during enforcement operations.

Toll from Tehran’s terrorism and proxy attacks are a serious factors in Trump’s decision on whether to support or even join the Israeli war effort. Three years after 19 Americans died in a bombing at a Saudi Arabian apartment complex, then-President Bill Clinton sent a cable that told Iran’s president a secret that the 42nd president wasn’t even willing to tell the American public: U.S. intelligence had ample evidence that Tehran was behind the deadly Khobar Towers terror attack. “Message to President Khatami from President Clinton: The United States Government has received credible evidence that members of the Iranian Revolutionary...

Divine union – yes, such is the dignity to which man is permitted to aspire, and to this aspiration God has responded, even here below, by an invention which is all of Heaven.A great solemnity has this day risen upon our Earth: a Feast both to God and men, for it is the Feast of Christ the Mediator who is present in the sacred Host that God may be given to man, and man to God. Divine union – yes, such is the dignity to which man is permitted to aspire, and to this aspiration, God has responded, even here...

A man was arrested and charged with the alleged human trafficking of a 16-year-old girl in Orange County. The suspect was identified as Donald Newton, 46, of Las Vegas, according to the Anaheim Police Department. On May 30, police received a call reporting a teen girl who was being held against her will by an armed suspect.

The Senate Judiciary Committee brought in three witnesses to testify on Joe Biden’s mental and health decline on Wednesday. Former White House Press Secretary under Trump 1.0, Sean Spicer, former DOJ official under Trump, Theodore Wold, and University of Virginia law professor John Harrison testified in a Senate hearing. Theodore Wold said Biden’s autopen was deployed day 5 of his presidency. Wold said there is no evidence to suggest that Joe Biden authorized use of the autopen. WATCH: Oh my goodness… did you see this today? Do you see where all of this is going? The Autopen might just nullify...

The Environment in the Middle East and Globally Would Shift What follows is a potential new reality IF Israel achieves total victory, the Iranian regime collapses, and a new pro-western Iranian leader emerges (all very achievable under the current conditions). The geopolitical strategic environment in the Middle East and globally would shift. With this new reality, comes a new set of conditions the Trump administration must consider. The following are those considerations: 1. Israel is fighting a vicious and incredibly radicalized regime. They are after the psychotic leadership, not the people of Iran who have desperately been wanting their freedom...

[H/T bitt]In what experts are calling the largest data breach ever recorded, researchers have confirmed the exposure of a staggering 16 billion password leaks, affecting platforms including Apple, Facebook, Google, Telegram, GitHub, VPN services, and even government portals. This unprecedented breach is believed to be the result of multiple infostealer malware campaigns operating at a massive scale throughout 2025. If the recently reported 184 million credential leak was alarming, this latest development represents a full-scale cybersecurity disaster that demands immediate action.What Happened? Understanding the 16 Billion Credential LeakAccording to an ongoing investigation by cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews, led by analyst...

If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably not an ostrich. If a leftist group cited by the FBI puts Christian nonprofits on a “hate map” and says Christian moral theology is evidence of “hate,” it’s probably anti-Christian—even if it swears to high heaven that’s not true. [snip]