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The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) crackdown has been very noticeable under Donald Trump’s second term. Naturally with an immigrant population of 15.8% of the total population there has been massive pushback in the US against the deportations. One such person in this crusade has been Angelica Vargas. Not only does she track ICE movementsin her area, but has also set up a GoFundMe page seeking help…

A new study reveals that fragmented sleep causes cellular damage to the brain's blood vessels, providing further evidence to suggest that sleep disruption predisposes the brain to dementia. The research is the first to offer cellular and molecular evidence that sleep disruption directly causes damage to brain blood vessels and blood flow. "We found that individuals who had more fragmented sleep, such as sleeping restlessly and waking up a lot at night, had a change in their balance of pericytes—a brain blood vessel cell that plays an important role in regulating brain blood flow and the entry and exit of...

NEW DELHI, Aug 2 (Reuters) - India will keep purchasing oil from Russia despite U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of penalties, two Indian government sources told Reuters on Saturday, not wishing to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter. On top of a new 25% tariff on India's exports to the U.S., Trump indicated in a Truth Social post last month that India would face additional penalties for purchases of Russian arms and oil. On Friday, Trump told reporters he had heard that India would no longer be buying oil from Russia.But the sources said there would be...

President Trump plans to build a $200 million ballroom off the East Wing “long before” the end of his term in 2029.Experts on historic preservation are raising concerns over the feasibility of President Trump’s plans to complete large-scale renovations to the White House by the end of his term, and whether the project can be done while respecting the historic nature of the building.Mr. Trump unveiled plans on Thursday to construct a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot state ballroom off the East Wing to be completed “long before” the end of his term in 2029. The project would be one of the...

This was written in October of 2015. I met the Messiah in 1983, and since then, my life has never been the same. It hasn’t been all wonderful. There were hurts and pain, but the difference was that I knew that the Lord was with me through everything. He became my life, and His Word, my sustenance. I had been taught in synagogue to be very proud of my heritage as a Jew, but it meant nothing to me back then. Actually, the constant anti-Semitic remarks by kids in my neighborhood and school, fist fights in the street over being...

With the second Trump term, reestablishing the rule of law is underway, but its universal realization is uncertain. Federal anti-discrimination law is clear enough, but hasn’t been enforced, or has been bizarrely interpreted to not only allow men pretending to be women to participate in women’s sports, but to suggest that was the intention of those writing such laws. Other laws have been warped not only to allow the surgical mutilation of gender confused children, but to force taxpayers to pay for the procedures and to entirely abrogate parent’s rights to direct the upbringing of their children. Kamala Harris ran...

We are living in amazing times. A great day is coming, and it looks like we can see it approaching. Jesus talked about it. He said there hasn’t been anything like it since the beginning of the world, no, nor ever shall be (Matt. 24:21). The prophet Jeremiah talked about it. He said, “Alas! For the day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble: but he shall be saved out of it” (Jer. 30:7). The prophet Zephaniah saw it. He said, “The great day of the Lord is near, it is...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies said they had uncovered a major graft scheme involving inflated military procurement contracts, just two days after Ukraine’s parliament voted to restore the agencies’ independence.In a joint statement published Saturday on social media, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said the suspects had taken bribes in a scheme that used state funds to buy drones and other military equipment at inflated prices.“The essence of the scheme was to conclude state contracts with supplier companies at deliberately inflated prices,” the statement said, adding that offenders had received kickbacks...

At the twilight of the Roman republic, few figures loom larger -- or cast darker shadows -- then Lucas Cornelius Sulla. Born into a once proud but impoverished family Sulla's journey from obscurity to unmatched power is one of the most tumultuous, ruthless, and consequential sagas in Roman history. His life traverses a landscape of war, betrayal, political manipulation, and personal ambition- all set against the backdrop of a crumbling Republic and the rising intentions that would ultimately birth an Empire.This episode doesn't just recount Sulla's meteoric rise; it explores the deeper currents that carried him forward in the...

The Carbon Dioxide Endangerment Finding, first enacted in 2009, rested on claims that rising levels of CO2 posed a dire threat to public health and welfare...By removing the Endangerment Finding, the EPA is signaling a long-overdue return to rational, evidence-based policy.

A new term is spreading: MEGAFIRE. Blazes so massive, they generate their own weather systems. This one sparked by “lightning” on July 4th, now over 112,000 acres scorched after tripling in size in just 3 days. It’s producing 40 mph winds, lightning, and storm clouds FROM the fire itself. How is that even possible? MEGAFIRES making weather. Earthquakes. Floods. Tsunamis. All hitting in sync, all over the globe. This isn’t just a bad year. It’s engineered chaos. HAARP. Geoengineering. Full-scale weather modification. Why does it feel like every natural force is breaking at once?

Russian lawmaker Viktor Vodolatsky responded to President Donald Trump's decision to move two U.S. nuclear submarines to "appropriate regions" near Russia by saying that Moscow can count on far more submarines than Washington. "There are significantly more of our [nuclear] submarines in the world's oceans, [and they] have the strongest, most powerful weapons," Vodolatsky, who is also first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, told Russia's government-controlled news agency TASS. "This is why, let [Trump's] two boats float, they have been at gunpoint for a long time,"...

Summary Trump's firing of BLS head sparks concerns over data integrity Critics call for Congress to investigate McEntarfer's removal BofA CEO calls for more reliable data Senator accuses Trump of weaponizing statistics agency WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Top White House economic advisers on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, pushing back against criticism that Trump's action could undermine confidence in official U.S. economic data. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CBS that Trump had "real concerns" about the data, while Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, said the...

The Supreme Court just handed Trump the nuclear key: the authority to fire entrenched Deep State agents embedded across federal agencies. For the first time in 90 years, the President can dismantle the bureaucratic dictatorship that’s hijacked our Republic. FOR 90 YEARS, THE PRESIDENCY WAS A PRISON.. Since 1935, unelected operatives hid inside “independent” agencies like the FTC, SEC, and CPSC. These ideological soldiers wrote regulations like laws. Enforced them like tyrants. And they couldn’t be fired—not even by the President. Until now. THE COURT SWINGS THE HAMMER – TRUMP TAKES THE SWORD.. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court...

The recent Free Iran World Summit in Italy was repeatedly interrupted by chants from the packed crowd including, “Bound by the blood of the fallen, we remain unyielding to the end.” But with escalating tensions in the Middle East, Western sentiment appears to be shifting toward groups like the National Council of Resistance of Iran that call for overthrowing of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The chants at last week's summit – repeated not only by members of the Iranian diaspora on hand at Rome’s Palazzo dei Congressi but also via video link by many hundreds more at Ashraf-3, the...

nker was found under a home in Torteval, Guernsey - Shaun Tullier A couple have discovered a Nazi bunker underneath their house. Shaun and Carrie Tullier bought their home in Torteval, Guernsey, four years ago and were tipped off by someone who used to live in the house about a wartime building being underneath it. After digging up their driveway, they eventually managed to unearth the bunker and now have plans to turn it into a games room and gym, although they will keep the original features. The bunker dates back to when Hitler’s forces occupied the Channel Islands from...

After Texas Republicans unveiled a new congressional map favoring the GOP at President Donald Trump’s request, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett revealed that, based on the redrawn district lines, she no longer lives in her own district. “I currently don’t live in the [Congressional District] 30 that they created…that’s not where I live now,” Crockett shared in a video reacting to the new map. The very outspoken and popular Democrat said state Republicans created the map kerfuffle despite asking her and other incumbent members of Congress where they live. “They are supposed to take that into consideration, and these are some...

In 1984, the Chairman of the Board reunited with Quincy Jones to record a memorable capstone to a remarkable career.Frank Sinatra didn’t appear troubled by superstition when he arrived at New York’s A&R Studios on Friday the 13th, in April 1984 to begin work on his 57th album, L.A. Is My Lady. The project reunited him with record producer Quincy Jones, then basking in acclaim for his work on Thriller, Michael Jackson’s history-making blockbuster album. “The Voice” and “The Dude” had worked together in the studio before, on the 1964 LP It Might As Well Be Swing. After that, the...

Stephen Miller was on “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo to talk about the corruption of the Russia collusion hoax and its impact on the United States. “The Russia collusion hoax against President Trump remains the single greatest hoax and the greatest assault on our democracy in the history of this country. There’s no comparison, there is no parallel to anything else. It was a coup, and I’m using that term literally. It was a coup to overthrow a democratically elected government,” Miller said. Miller said that the information shared by DNI Tulsi Gabbard showed that the hoax intention...

Iza leaned down into her board, slicing through the surf at Linda Mar Beach, the cheers from spectators filling the air. Moments before running aground, she leaped off the board and gave a shake. Iza, a 5-year-old French bulldog, was one of more than a dozen canine competitors who traveled to Pacifica from as far as Brazil to participate in Saturday’s annual World Dog Surfing Championships with their humans. Dogs surfed alone and in tandem with their humans, in roiling waves that one human compared to a washing machine. Thousands of spectators filled the beach, braving fog and 55-degree air,...