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U.S. — Newly declassified intelligence files revealed that every politician, government official, and political candidate except Donald Trump colluded with Russia in 2016. The scandal reportedly took news media and D.C. insiders by complete surprise. "Wow, it looks like everything was exactly the opposite of what we were all told," said one surprised American citizen. "Who could've imagined they'd lie to us like this? It doesn't seem like something they'd do." The documents indicated that several key figures, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, James Comey, James Clapper, John Kerry, Joe Biden, Ash Carter, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Jeh...

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Revealed. Secret Hamas Menu Reveals Shocking Underground Reality. IDF Arabic Spokesman shares photos of Hamas operatives dining underground while Gazans face food shortages. IDF Arabic Spokesman Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee released new images Thursday evening showing Hamas operatives deep inside Gaza tunnels enjoying abundant meals - raising questions about the contrast between the terror group’s conditions and the dire food crisis affecting Gaza’s civilian population.

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I feel like "radioactive wasp nest" is the sort of goofy pitch that movie producers reject immediately and without hesitation. Except this time, it's real. Via CBS: Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone. Employees who routinely check radiation levels at the Savannah River Site near Aiken found a wasp nest on July 3 on a post near tanks where liquid nuclear waste is stored, according to a report from the U.S. Department of...

New secular study finds Vatican II triggered a decline in Catholic Mass attendance worldwideA newly published secular study found that Vatican II “triggered a decline” in worldwide Catholic Mass attendance relative to religious service attendance of other religions, including Protestant Christianity.By examining the religious service attendance rates for 66 countries as far back as 1920, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) found that “compared to other countries, Catholic countries experienced a steady decline in the monthly adult religious service attendance rate starting immediately after Vatican II” in 1965, the final year of the council.Catholic countries were defined as those...

A Navy pilot is safe after an F-35C fighter jet went down near Naval Air Station Lemoore in Southern California, causing a fiery crash and prompting a response from CAL Fire. NAS Lemoore said "an aviation incident on the operations side of the installation" took place at around 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The jet crashed in a field near the intersection of South Dickenson Avenue and West Cadillac Ave and burst into flames, a California Highway Patrol report stated. placeholder "We can confirm the pilot successfully ejected and is safe. There are no additional affected personnel," NAS Lemoore confirmed via...

The White House announced plans to construct a 90,000-square-foot ballroom that will cost approximately $200 million. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said construction will begin in September. “President Trump, and other patriot donors, have generously committed to donating the funds necessary to build this approximately $200 million dollar structure. The United States Secret Service will provide the necessary security enhancements and modifications,” the White House said in a release. 🚨Just in: The White House has announced plans to construct a new 90,000 sq. ft. ballroom, with construction set to begin in September. The $200 million project will be fully...

Republicans are increasingly bullish they can whittle away at the Voting Rights Act (VRA) as Democrats renew a long-shot effort to broaden the landmark law that turns 60 next week. The Supreme Court could become the arbiter of Republicans’ efforts, with a major Louisiana redistricting battle set for rehearing next term and other battles bubbling up in the lower courts. The conservative-majority high court has already eviscerated significant parts of the VRA, but the new legal fronts could reshape decades-long precedent of legal battles over political power. “There are clouds around, and a lot of them are circling the Supreme...

On Wednesday, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll ordered West Point to terminate the employment of President Biden’s recently hired censorship czar. The revelation came following a now unavailable Tuesday announcement from the academy that Jen Easterly, the former director of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), would be serving as the new Robert F. McDermott Distinguished Chair within the school’s Department of Social Sciences. Easterly graduated from West Point in 1990. “A Homecoming Worth Celebrating,” West Point Dean Shane Reeves wrote in a now unavailable X post congratulating Easterly. “Welcome home!” ... Easterly led CISA from July 2021 to January...

Donald Trump won the 2024 election with a mandate on illegal immigration. He promised to shut down the previous administration's border crisis and to oversee mass deportations that target millions of new unlawful arrivals. He has largely achieved the first part of that pledge, with illegal crossings absolutely plummeting to a mere trickle. Border Patrol agents now have so few illegal immigrants to interdict that some of them have been detailed to assist with interior enforcement actions many miles from the border. The newly-signed 'Big Beautiful Law' contains enforcement resources and provisions that will help entrench this progress in a...

Over 10 years, Trump has forged an incredible and undeniable record.Despite Democrats’ hopes, the Epstein files saga won’t separate Trump from his base. Trump’s supporters have stuck with him through far worse over the last 10 years. Not only have they “stuck,” they have increased in number and intensity. Only Democrats’ delusions — and desperate need — lead them to believe Trump’s supporters won’t “stick” now.The Jeffrey Epstein files are perfect headline fodder: salacious scandal involving famous men and underage girls. Epstein’s suspicious suicide in jail prevented all the dirty laundry from getting washed in public.How much more dirty laundry...

A Canadian psychologist had her license revoked after she had sex with one of her clients and gave others illicit drugs. Tatiana Zdyb, of London, Ontario, lost her license on Wednesday after the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario found her guilty of professional misconduct. Zdyb had sex with a patient whom she saw from November 2017 to September 2022. The unidentified man began therapy with her on November 14, 2017, and the pair entered into an intimate relationship around the time their sessions were coming to an end. The pair are still together, as of March 2025,...

The Department of Transportation has released a long-secret list of its most overdue and over-budget projects, revealing billions of dollars in taxpayer money committed to projects that can’t seem to get across the finish line.The list includes an interstate redesign in Columbus, Ohio, which is running nearly 20 years behind schedule and double the initial cost, and California’s much-maligned high-speed rail, whose costs have tripled.Maryland’s Purple Line light rail also made the list, at double the initial cost and at least six years behind schedule.Those and the other projects, 15 in total, account for more than $12 billion in federal...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that India's purchases of Russian oil are helping to sustain Moscow's war efforts in Ukraine and it is "most certainly a point of irritation" in New Delhi’s relationship with Washington, although not the only point of irritation. In an interview with Fox Radio, Rubio claimed that the US President is frustrated with the fact that India continues to buy oil from Russia despite having so many other oil vendors available and helping to fund Russia's war effort against Ukraine. -snip- One of the biggest points of contradiction that has stopped India...

SACRAMENTO — Texas real estate agent Tara Jarrett opened the online class with a prayer, bowing her head and closing her eyes.“Dear Heavenly Father,” she began. “I ask that you would just speak to me and through me as I deliver this detailed message tonight.”What followed was a lesson on revenge.Jarrett walked the attendees, logged in from California and other states, through the process of filing liens to punish public officials, such as politicians and judges, who they alleged aren’t upholding their oaths of office. Those liens are recorded in state Uniform Commercial Code databases, public filings intended to alert...

The president clamors for the Fed to lower interest rates because it serves his wild spending.No one likes to be told no, especially Donald Trump. To refuse the president is to invite a battle that he will pursue to the bitter end. So the Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday to leave interest rates unchanged, at 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent, was hardly a routine vote. It was a loud no from the majority of voting members — including the president’s designated nemesis, Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell — to Trump’s demand that “interest rates have to come down.”The retributive president...

The official cause of death for WWE Legend Hulk Hogan has been released. As the New York Post reported, The Pinellas County Forensic Science Center announced that Hogan died from acute myocardial infarction, which occurs when the blood flow to the heart muscle suddenly becomes blocked. The New York Post also obtained documents showing that Hogan had a history of an irregular and rapid heart rate. He also had a history of cancer called leukemia CLL. This cancer affects white blood cells called lymphocytes. This is the first time it has been revealed that Hogan had battled cancer. As The...

The agency asked five climate skeptics to write a report criticizing the consensus on global warming. Scientists are pointing out its errors.Sea level rise is not accelerating. More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will be good for plant growth. The computer models used to predict global warming tend to exaggerate future temperature increases.These arguments, routinely made by people who reject the scientific consensus on climate change, were included in an unusual report released by the Energy Department on Tuesday. The report, which is meant to support the Trump administration’s sweeping efforts to roll back climate regulations, contends that the mainstream...

Explanation: A long time ago in a galaxy 50 million light-years away, a star exploded. Light from that supernova was first detected by telescopes on planet Earth on July 14th though, and the extragalactic transient is now known to astronomers as supernova 2025rbs. Presently the brightest supernova in planet Earth's sky, 2025rbs is a Type Ia supernova, likely caused by the thermonuclear detonation of a white dwarf star that accreted material from a companion in a binary star system. Type Ia supernovae are used as standard candles to establish the distance scale of the universe. The host galaxy of 2025rbs...