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The Los Angeles Dodgers caved to community pressure and committed $1 million in financial aid to migrant families impacted by ICE raids in the city. The MLB franchise announced the donation Friday — just one day after the reigning World Series Champs crowed about turning ICE agents away from the stadium parking lot over bogus claims of an attempted gameday immigration bust. “What’s happening in Los Angeles has reverberated among thousands upon thousands of people, and we have heard the calls for us to take a leading role on behalf of those affected,” Stan Kasten, President and CEO of the...

Since 1992, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned the world that Iran was on the verge of going nuclear. In June 2025, with Operation Rising Lion, he finally acted, launching the very war he’d been preparing for over three decades.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been vocal about the perceived threat of Iran’s nuclear program since the early 1990s, consistently framing it as an existential danger to Israel and advocating for military action to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.Below is a detailed timeline and analysis of how long Netanyahu has been pushing for strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities:Timeline...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Save the Latin Mass’ rally planned at Detroit cathedral following crackdownFaithful Catholics will gather for a “Save the Latin Mass” rally on Saturday, June 28 outside the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit, Michigan.The prayerful protest follows a decision by Archbishop Edward Weisenburger to ban the Latin Mass at all but four churches in the archdiocese.Weisenburger has also prohibited ad orientem liturgies, even though nothing in Traditionis Custodes or any Vatican II or subsequent documents forbid the priest facing the altar during Mass.READ: Detroit archbishop shuts down most Latin Masses, bans ad orientem worshipSaturday’s rally will...

He bit more than the bullet. A Russian soldier on the frontlines in Ukraine murdered his comrade and ate the corpse to survive the grim wartime conditions — only to end up dying anyway, Kyiv’s military intelligence reported. A call between two Russian soldiers who shared the jaw-dropping story of the cannibalistic ‘Brelok’, who killed his countryman ‘Foma’, was allegedly intercepted by Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence, according to the Kyiv Post. **SNIP** The ghoulish cannibal was found dead, according to the report. Russia has recruited hardened criminals — including murderers and convicted cannibals — to bolster its ranks during...

Surrounded by metal fences topped with barbed wire, much of the nuclear weapons facility at Aldermaston in Berkshire looks frozen in time from the 1950s rather than ready for war in the 21st century. But a renewed focus on the importance of the UK's nuclear deterrent means the government is giving much of its nuclear infrastructure a facelift as it races to build a new warhead by the 2030s when the old stock goes out of service. Sky News was among a group of news organisations given rare access to the largest of Britain's nuclear weapons locations run by AWE....

A new four-drug combination is highly effective and safe in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, according to dats. The randomized, multi-center trial tests the effects of adding the targeted drug daratumumab to the standard three-part therapy regimen, called KRd (carfilzomib, lenalidomide and dexamethasone). The new clinical trial has its roots in the MANHATTAN trial. In that, newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients were also treated with daratumumab added to KRd, a combination called DKRd. The results of the MANHATTAN trial were "spectacular," said Landgren. Sensitive methods to assess for minimal residual disease (MRD) showed that 71% of patients had no...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom threw on a pair of sunglasses and sipped wine at a ritzy charity event at his sun-drenched vineyard earlier this month – just as chaotic, anti-ICE protests kicked off in Los Angeles. The luxe event dubbed “Vineyard Vibes” was held at the Odette Estate Winery in Napa Valley to raise money for the PlumpJack Foundation, founded by Newsom’s sister, on the afternoon of June 7. One witness was appalled that the Democrat was casually enjoying a glass of vino in a V-neck T-shirt and baseball cap the day after his City of Angels started spiraling into...

ANew Jersey family trying to save their 175-year-old farm from being seized by a local government are getting support from the Trump administration.The Cranbury city government announced its intention to seize the 21-acre farm through eminent domain in order to build low-income apartments, but the Henry family is resisting. On Tuesday, Agriculture Sec. Brooke Rollins said the power of the federal government would intercede in the case on the side of the family."On the phone with Andy Henry of Highland Ranch in Cranbury, NJ. The city govt has approved seizing his 175-year-old family farm via eminent domain for affordable housing...

Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer 🚨 RINO Senator @SenThomTillis Thom Tillis’s Anti-Litigation Finance Bill Threatens American Justice, Favors Woke Corporations, Big Tech, and Big Pharma🚨 Senator Thom Tillis’s “Tackling Predatory Litigation Funding Act” S. 1821) is raising alarms among Americans for its potential to hand massive corporations a shield from accountability while leaving everyday Americans defenseless. The legislation, which imposes a punishing 41% tax on litigation finance, is being slammed as a betrayal of the America First agenda, threatening the ability of hardworking citizens to challenge the elite globalist machine through litigation. Litigation finance is a critical weapon for the little guy—empowering...

About two years ago, Sonar21 released an article detailing how the Biden Administration tapped the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to reduce oil prices and bolster the faltering economy, a move aimed at gaining political advantage during the 2022 midterm elections. Biden released approximately 260 million barrels rapidly, potentially damaging the aging salt caverns through deformation and shrinkage. In 2000, the SPR office estimated that the facilities had a remaining life span of twenty-five years, assuming routine maintenance. Assuming refiling the SPR at three million barrels a month, it would take a staggering seven years to replace the 260 million barrels....

Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) says he was deliberately run off the road Thursday morning in what he described as a politically motivated, anti-Israel assault. The Ohio congressman, one of only two Jewish Republicans in Congress, called the incident a “targeted attack.” Miller posted a video message on X shortly after the incident, detailing what happened and condemning the act of politically driven violence: The deranged hatred in this country has gotten out of control. Today I was run off the road in Rocky River, and the life of me and my family was threatened by a person who proceeded to...

CORNELIUS, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) – A woman in North Carolina said she helped a dog who was trapped inside a hot car on a 90-degree day, but a responding police officer told her she had “no right” to do so. Suzanne Vella said on June 7, she saw a dog panting inside a hot car that was parked in a shopping center parking lot. She immediately knew she had to do something. Vella said she called 911 and looked in the area for the dog’s owner, but after not finding them, she opened the car door – which was unlocked...

The targeted IDF strikes on nine nuclear scientists last Friday, named Operation Narnia, saw the scientists all killed simultaneously while sleeping in their homes, Channel 12 reported on Thursday night.Israel launched Operation "Rising Lion" last Friday, marking a powerful opening strike in its war against Iran. The operation successfully eliminated many senior figures in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and key individuals involved in Iran’s nuclear program.Operation Narnia, a name that reflects the operation’s improbable nature, like something out of a fantasy tale rather than a real-world event. Throughout the operation, Israeli intelligence officials categorized Iran’s nuclear scientists into...

PIUSA, Estonia — As part of a large-scale security and modernization campaign sparked by the invasion of Ukraine, the Estonian government is moving to set up and deploy a “drone wall” across its entire eastern border with Russia by the end of 2027. This massive, in-the-works fortification will include a combination of surveillance assets, multilayer sensors, countermeasure platforms, and uncrewed systems that can take out hostile enemy drones across the roughly 183-mile border, which also marks a major boundary shared between Russia and the NATO alliance. Members of Estonia’s Police and Border Guard Board briefed DefenseScoop and others participating in...

Vice President JD Vance warned Democrat governors that if they allow rioters to “burn great American cities to the ground,” the Trump administration would “send federal law enforcement in to protect the people.” While speaking from Los Angeles, Vance explained that the “good news” was that the rioting in Los Angeles had “gotten a lot better.” Vance added that he had “heard from everybody” that the soldiers and U.S. Marines who had been deployed to quell the violence of the Los Angeles riots were “still very much a necessary part” of what was happening. Vance also criticized California Gov. Gavin...

Have you wondered why the story of the Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter has suddenly vanished from the news? Now we have a pretty good idea why. Boelter, who murdered State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband while also shooting State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, unleashed terror that sparked a massive manhunt before his capture late Sunday. Initial media coverage was rife with speculation, with left-leaning outlets eager to cast Boelter as a MAGA Republican, hastily blaming the GOP and even President Donald Trump for inciting his shooting spree. Yet the letter found in Boelter’s abandoned vehicle tells a...

Britain has enraged China by sailing one of its warships through the Taiwan Strait. HMS Spey, a Royal Navy patrol vessel, sailed through the waterway – which flows between China and Taiwan, and over which Beijing claims sovereignty – on Wednesday. Taiwan hailed the patrol, the first by a British naval vessel since 2021, as the UK defending freedom of navigation of the Strait in the face of increased Chinese aggression in the region. A Navy spokesman said the long-planned deployment “took place in full compliance with international law”. But China’s People’s Liberation Army accused the Navy of trying to...

Nadine Arslanian Menendez is requesting a new trial due to the “blatant violation of her Sixth Amendment right to counsel of her choice,” according to documents filed by her attorneys in federal court. Menendez, the wife and co-defendant of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, was found guilty in April on 15 counts of bribery and fraud charges. Arslanian Menendez's attorneys are arguing that because of one of the superseding indictments during the ongoing case, prosecutors created a potential conflict between her and her attorney at the time, David Schertler. According to the filing, prosecutors said during hearings that they intended...

An Army in-flight system that can detect when a pilot is incapacitated and get the aircraft back to base has passed a key test, giving the service a boost in its quest to develop autonomous technology. The May test flight at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., paired a medical monitoring device similar to an EKG with an autopilot system in a UH-60 Black Hawk, an Army statement said. A team from the service’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center used an armband to pick up medical distress from a pilot and safely return the Black Hawk to Felker Army...

Foreign media are now required to obtain prior military censorship approval before filming missile impact and crash sites. Foreign photographers will no longer be allowed to film at the scenes of missile strikes in Israel without prior written approval from military censors, under new directives issued by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi. ...