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In an address to Iranian citizens Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told them that "we have repelled the aggressors who treacherously tried to take our land from us. Though many of our heroic military leaders lost their lives in the conflict the nation as a whole has survived the bombings. I have successfully eluded assassination." "Our victory was achieved in only 12 days," he added. "The Zionist little Satan hit us with everything they had, but was forced to retreat without accomplishing their goal of dislodging me from my post or causing our people to lose faith in the eventual triumph of...

The Oscar winner claimed that she recently had dinner with New Jersey Democrat Sen. Cory Booker, who described the Trump administration a creating “chaos, corruption and cruelty.” “I thought,” she told the AP, “‘That kind of sums him (Trump) up.'”

A pregnant woman is making a heartfelt plea to bring her husband home before the birth of their baby. Gennadiy Glushchuk, a Christian pastor in Los Angeles, was detained two weeks ago by ICE agents in downtown during a routine immigration check-in. Gennadiy was born in the former Soviet Union and is not a US Citizen. He moved to the US in 1995 at the age of 10 and grew up in the Hollywood area with his mom. Gennadiy is a local pastor, husband, and father of two, with a third on the way. But he has a past… he...

Most of Donald Trump’s supporters aren’t buying Big Tech’s attempts to suck up to the president, according to nationwide poll results exclusively obtained by The Post. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other Big Tech bosses have launched a charm offensive since Trump won the White House – flocking to his January inauguration, making trips to the Oval Office and scrapping fact-checking operations that had been accused of anti-conservative censorship. However, 54% of Trump voters – and 70% of voters overall – believe the moves are part of a cynical ploy to sway the president to embrace Big Tech policy positions,...

The dismissals were the first time that prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases and were past their probationary period of federal employment had been fired by the Justice Department. ... At least three federal prosecutors who worked on cases against Jan. 6 rioters were fired Friday by the Justice Department, according to more than half a dozen current and former officials familiar with the dismissals. ... they were “removed from federal service effective immediately.” ... The Trump administration in late January fired probationary federal prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases and prosecutors who worked on former special counsel...

Oleksiy Goncharenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, tells the European Parliament the simple truth in the clearest way possible! Video is in English and 2 minutes long.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called the negotiations with the United States "complex" when he responded to the announcement of US President Donald Trump to terminate all trade talks with Canada with potential new tariffs. "We'll continue to conduct these complex negotiations in the best interest of Canadians," Carney said to local media. "It's a negotiation." Trump announced Friday that the United States would terminate all trade talks with Canada due to Canada's digital services tax on US tech companies, Xinhua news agency reported. Canada's digital services tax on American technology companies is a direct and blatant attack on the...

No Copilot, no ads, no bloat, no AI — and seven extra years of official support. It sounds too good to be true, but there's a reason most haven't heard of it. Microsoft won't advertise it, and you're highly unlikely to stumble across it by accident, but there's a version of Windows 10 that drops the ads, the AI, and will be officially supported for years to come — long after most are forced to upgrade to Windows 11. For those unaware, Windows 10 is due to be retired by Microsoft on October 14, 2025. Beyond this date, the operating...

"They have to proclaim Israel...their faith and loyalty in Israel...Wait a minute what about our own country..."...Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene... In Israel late tonight Jewish settlers on a rampage in a Palestinian... Russian air defenses taking down... The US Senate turning down a resolution to prevent future military action... In the US Senate this weekend a vote on the massive federal spending plan... At the White House a peace agreement signed ending the conflict...mineral rich eastern region of Congo... US President Donald Trump expressing hope... In Budapest, Hungary preparations for the Pride March tomorrow in spite of a ban... President...

According to a statement released by The College of William & Mary, recent archaeological work revealed the foundations of the eighteenth-century Williamsburg Bray School, one of the most historic buildings on the college's early campus. In operation from 1760 to 1765, the school was one of the oldest known institutions in North America dedicated to the education of free and enslaved Black children. The discovery was originally made by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation but is currently being investigated by the W&M Center for Archaeological Research. Archaeologists uncovered a previously undocumented cellar filled with centuries of artifacts dating from the eighteenth...

President Donald Trump heaped praise on Sen. John Fetterman, singling him out as the “most sensible” Democratic senator. Trump made the remark during a press conference Friday, in which he assailed Democrats in the Senate for not backing his so-called “big, beautiful bill.” “It’ll be interesting to see if we get any Democrat votes,” the president said. “If I were a Democrat, I would. Maybe Fetterman, because he seems to be the most sensible one lately.” The praise comes just days after new polling showed Fetterman with more popularity among PA Republicans than his own party. The poll showed 45%...

The California governor says that the news outlet had used deceptive edits to claim that the governor had lied in saying that Trump had not called him about deploying National Guard troops during the L.A. protests. Logo text Gavin Newsom is suing Fox News for defamation over its coverage of a phone call the California Gov. had with President Donald Trump. In the suit, filed Friday, Newsom says that Fox News had used deceptive edits to claim that the governor had lied in saying that Trump had not called him about deploying National Guard troops during the L.A. protests. He...

Socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants to hike property taxes for “richer and whiter neighborhoods” in an eyebrow-raising proposal The soak-the-rich proposal is buried in Mamdani’s campaign platform that calls to fix the city’s notoriously skewed property tax system, in which ritzy brownstones are hit at lower rates than homes and rentals in lower-income neighborhoods. “Shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoods,” the proposal reads. Democrats and many Republicans have long pushed to fix the out-of-whack system that ends up hitting poorer, often largely...

1969 film adaptation of Shirley Jackson's classic horror short story.Click hereNo doubt that Old Man Warner is praying he doesn't win again.

Anadolu Agency reports that excavations at the site of Olympos in the current-day region of Antalya revealed new evidence that attests to the site's early Christian history. Inside a building known as Church No. 1, the team uncovered mosaic floors featuring geometric patterns, floral motifs, and Greek inscriptions, some of which bear the names of individuals who are believed to be among the church's early benefactors. "These finds confirm Olympos as one of the richest ancient cities in the Lycia region in terms of mosaic flooring," said excavation director Gökçen Kurtuluş Öztaşkın. Another inscription near the structure's entrance reads, "Only...

Marius Borg Høiby is the the eldest son of Norway’s crown princessOslo police on Friday announced charges against Marius Borg Høiby, the eldest son of Norway's crown princess, on multiple counts, including rape, sexual assault and bodily harm, after a months-long investigation of a case that involved a "double-digit" number of alleged victims. Høiby, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson of the heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon, has been under scrutiny since he was repeatedly arrested in 2024 amid allegations of rape and on preliminary charges of bodily harm and criminal damage. Oslo Police attorney Andreas...

"Russian forces launched a new offensive into Sumy Oblast, charging across open fields with the expectation of minimal resistance. But what they encountered was a carefully planned Ukrainian trap. Drawn far from their defensive lines and exposed in the open, Russian units were hit hard by a sudden Ukrainian counterstrike. Artillery, drones, and precision infantry movements devastated the attackers. Ukrainian forces quickly overran Russian command posts, shattered frontline cohesion, and forced dozens of Russian soldiers to surrender."

Members of the European Parliament, a Christian legal agency, and other experts convened to discuss the dangers of the Digital Services Act (DSA), a European Union law nicknamed by some as the “Digital Surveillance Act.” Co-hosted by ADF International and European Parliament members Stephen Bartulica and Virginie Joron, the “The Digital Services Act and Threats to Freedom of Expression” conference was held May 21 in Brussels, Belgium, after the U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor voiced concern about the law’s effect on free speech. The DSA took effect in February 2024. The law mandates that search engines and...

Don’t Sell Off Our American Birthright By Johnny Morris and Collin O’Mara June 27, 2025 America's public lands embody a revolutionary promise. Rejecting the European model that reserved the best lands and wildlife for the crown, our nation established that our majestic natural treasures⁶ would be the birthright of every American. These lands are not only central to our identity—the places we hunt, fish, and recreate across generations—they also serve as the foundation of America’s outdoor recreation economy, which supports more than five million jobs and contributes mightily to our US economy. A recent proposal in the Senate’s budget reconciliation...