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President Trump publicly cast doubt Monday on the need for a bipartisan sanctions bill meant to ratchet up economic pressure on Russia to end its bloody war on Ukraine. “I’m not sure we need it,” Trump quipped during an Oval Office meeting with NATO boss Mark Rutte. “It could be very useful, we will have to see.” The Senate bill, co-sponsored by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), would put 500% tariffs on purchasers of Russian energy — including uranium, gas, and oil. “The 500[% figure] is sort of meaningless after a while because at a certain point...

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Lara Trump says the Trump administration Will Release more Epstein Evidence and Will Have More Transparency. She says that President Trump Hears the Base on this Issue and knows how "Important" it is and Trump will "set things right." "There needs to be more transparency. I think that will happen. I know this is important to the President. He is frustrated." "He is going to want to set things right. I believe there will be more coming and anything they are able to release they will try to get out. They hear it and understand it." "To anyone worked...

Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, where some of the nation's nuclear arsenal is stored and the bombers capable of delivering it are stationed, is facing a threat the military may not be equipped to defeat. Squirrels. Yes, squirrels. Minot AFB is under siege by thousands of Richardson Ground Squirrels, a.k.a. "Dakrats." The ground squirrels have been a problem for the base for years, mostly because the base tries to keep the animal's natural predators out. The foxes, coyotes, and badgers stay outside the fence, while the Air Force's BASH team scares off the hawks and eagles to minimize...

A man has been federally charged for allegedly aiming and pointing a laser at a police helicopter during a protest in Los Angeles in June. Dominic Rios, 21, was arrested on July 7 following a federal criminal complaint filed on June 27. The complaint claims that on June 10, while a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter was flying over a protest in downtown LA, Rios aimed and pointed a green laser at it. The FBI said the helicopter pilot and flight officer were able to identify the person using the laser, who was later identified as Rios. The officers in...

Shotgun pellets and bullets that contain lead are to be banned for almost all uses, ministers have said, in a long-awaited announcement welcomed by wildlife groups. < snip > The change to the law, announced by the environment minister Emma Hardy, will outlaw shotgun pellets containing more than 1% lead, and bullets that have more than 3%.

President Donald Trump has finally lost patience with Vladimir Putin. Having promised a “major” announcement on Russia, Trump has now confirmed that the US will dramatically increase weapons supplies to Europe for use in Ukraine and threatened 100 per cent secondary tariffs on Russia’s trade partners. Trump would only provide Russia with an off-ramp if Putin agreed to a ceasefire in Ukraine within 50 days.

Archaeologists working at the Magna Roman Fort in northern England have made a series of huge discoveries, in the very literal sense. Recent excavations at the ancient Roman fortification have unearthed several examples of gigantic shoes, with one representing what could be among the largest examples of historic footwear ever found. The unusual discoveries are offering researchers fresh new insights into the diversity of the people who worked along Hadrian’s Wall close to 2,000 years ago. A Gigantic Discovery The discoveries are among the latest that have made their way into the Vindolanda Charitable Trust’s remarkable collection, with similar examples...

Democrats in Congress have begun to celebrate parts of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” — a measure they voted against. Reps. Sharice Davids (D-KS) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) issued a joint press release last week touting a provision tucked into the legislation that locked in $625 million for World Cup security. While the pair heralded a bipartisan push to secure funds geared toward safety across the 11 host cities in the United States for the 2026 tournament — in particular Kansas City, which has a metropolitan area that spans both their districts — they left out any mention of the...

ICE agents were forced to raid a walmart after a fugitive they were attempting to arrest fled inside one the companies superstores. People in Walmart were upset to see the bust even though the man ran from police just weeks before. ICE also hit an apartment complex and renters complain how distressing it is to see illegals get busted. More protesters attacking ICE agents. Civil rights attorney complain about ICE agents wearing masks even though agents have too in order to prevent being doxxed.

Eddy Burns -- Walks in Scotland, with a little Scottish history, some rambling, and a few Scottish pies. The Old Closes of Edinburgh's Royal Mile | 22:26 Ed Explores Scotland | 15.5K subscribers | 5,897 views | July 12, 2025

The promise of a green manufacturing boom, fueled by generous subsidies and ambitious climate policies, is unraveling across the United States and beyond. So-called “ghost factories”—abandoned or stalled clean-energy projects—are becoming a stark symbol of the challenges facing the green energy sector. From Arizona to Massachusetts, once-celebrated plans for battery plants, wind turbine factories, and solar component facilities are being scrapped or delayed, raising serious questions about the sustainability of Net Zero ambitions, the risk of deindustrialization, and the potential for fiscal collapse in green markets.

Five years ago, COVID was all we could think about. Today, we’d rather forget about lockdowns, testing queues and social distancing. But the virus that sparked the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, is still circulating. Most people who get COVID today will experience only a mild illness. But some people are still at risk of severe illness[1] and are more likely to be hospitalised with COVID. This includes older people, those who are immunocompromised by conditions such as cancer, and people with other health conditions such as diabetes. Outcomes also tend to be more severe in those who experience social inequities such as...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Burke: Fatima message warns of ‘practical apostasy of our time’'The message speaks about the practical apostasy of our time that is the going away from Christ by so many in the Church and the violence and death which are its fruit,' said Cardinal Burke.The message of Fatima relates to the “practical apostasy of our time,” Cardinal Raymond Burke said this weekend. Offering Mass on Sunday to mark the 108th anniversary of the third apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, Cardinal Burke homilized about the importance of the First Saturday devotions and the import of the message of...

Frustrated that prominent Democrats have not fought harder, former President Barack Obama said in a speech that his party’s leaders needed to step up.Former President Barack Obama has a stern critique for members of his party: Too many have been cowed into silence.In private remarks to party donors on Friday night, Mr. Obama scolded Democrats for failing to speak out against President Trump and his policies, suggesting they were shrinking from the challenge out of fear of retribution.“It’s going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions. And it’s going to...

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump to resume efforts to dismantle the Department of Education in an apparent 6-3 vote along ideological lines, lifting a judge’s order to reinstate employees terminated in mass layoffs. The administration’s victory enables the president to move closer to fulfilling of one of his major campaign promises to oversee the elimination of the the Education Department, which was created in the 1970s. The majority did not explain their reasoning, as is typical in emergency decisions. The court’s three Democratic-appointed justices publicly dissented, calling their colleagues’ ruling “indefensible.” “It hands the Executive the power...

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to move forward with plans that could lead to the shutdown of the Department of Education. Despite objections from the court's liberal justices, the court granted a stay that lifts a lower court’s injunction blocking mass layoffs at the agency. The legal challenges came from two fronts: a group of school districts and education unions, and a coalition of 21 Democratic-led states. Both argued that the mass terminations left the department unable to carry out key federal obligations, including administering student aid, supporting special education services and enforcing civil rights protections....

President Trump suggested Monday that first lady Melania may have helped convince him to ramp up military aid to Ukraine. As he explained his decision to get tough on Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump said his wife was one of the people who directly pointed out to him that Putin always backs out of his promises following their phone calls over a peace deal. “I go home, I tell the first lady, ‘You know, I spoke to Vladimir today. We had a wonderful conversation.’ She said, ‘Oh, really? another city was just hit,'” he said, recounting one of their recent...

Despite having called Bitcoin BTC +0.59% an "immature asset class" that is inappropriate for long-term investors, Vanguard Group has become the largest shareholder in Strategy, according to a report from Bloomberg. Through its funds, the $10-trillion money manager owns 20 million Strategy shares or 8% of the outstanding common stock, according to a Bloomberg chart. Vanguard most likely passed Capital Group Cos. to become the top shareholder of Strategy shares during the fourth quarter, the report said. Strategy (ticker MSTR), formerly known as MicroStrategy, has become a proxy bet for Bitcoin as the company's chief business proposition has been acquiring...

Thousands of businesses and households are waiting to connect to the Dutch grid, forcing network operators to ration power in an early indicator of what other European countries are likely to suffer as the speed of electrification increases. . . . The Netherlands is among the countries in Europe to have moved fastest to electrify critical parts of the economy after it in 2023 ended production at its giant onshore gasfield, Groningen.