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Spain has formally ruled out buying US-made F-35 fighter jets, opting instead to expand its fleet of Eurofighter Typhoons and invest in the Franco-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS). The move reflects both strategic and political divergence from Washington, especially amid renewed pressure from Donald Trump over NATO spending. .. Why the F-35 lost out Spain’s pivot is part of a wider rethink in Europe. The F-35 programme, long plagued by soaring costs, software delays, and mechanical issues, is losing ground. Recent operational mishaps, including a British F-35B grounded in India and a US Navy crash in California, haven’t helped....

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins has been indicted on federal extortion charges tied to the purchase of an equity stake in a Boston cannabis company. Tompkins, 67, was charged with two counts of Extortion Under Color of Official Right by a federal grand jury. He was arrested Thursday morning in the Southern District of Florida, the Department of Justice says. “Mr. Tompkins is a sitting Sheriff, responsible for over 1,000 employees, who was elected by the good people of Suffolk County. Today, he is alleged to have extorted an executive from a cannabis company, using his official position as...

VIDEODemocrats, such as Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy love to lecture about the EVILS of Gerrymandering. Meanwhile they piously ignore the OBVIOUS about how their own states, such as Connecticut with ALL FIVE congressional districts conveniently BLUE, are Gerrymandered. Keep this in mind while watching Murphy deliver his sanctimonious lecture on the subject of Gerrymandering.

The U.S. Air Force’s plan to procure “at least 100” B-21 Raider stealth bombers is dangerously insufficient for an era of simultaneous great-power competition with Russia and China. Credible deterrent and the ability to fight a protracted, two-theater war requires a much larger fleet, in the range of 200 to 400 aircraft.

I have heard a lot of discussion about the potential ramifications of the One Big Beautiful Bill over the last few weeks. I bet you have, too. Here’s something I’d wager you haven’t heard much about: of about 340 million Americans, 83 million are on Medicaid. That’s one-fourth of us. Forty percent of American children are on Medicaid. Forty percent! Try to wrap your head around those figures. One in four of us has his healthcare paid for by the other three, who are also paying for their own healthcare. Two of every five children in the country have been...

@RepMTG Nuclear-armed Israel is not hurting, and they've already proven that they are more than capable of not only defending themselves, but annihilating their enemies to the point of genocide. The reason why AIPAC is attacking me is because I dared to tell the truth. We’re $37 TRILLION in debt. I’m fighting for America’s future generations. AMERICA ONLY now.

A federal judge abused his authority in pursuing contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials for removing alleged Venezuelan gang members from the United States in violation of a court order, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was split 2-1, with two Trump appointees in the majority and an Obama appointee dissenting. The decision overturns Washington-based Chief Judge James Boasberg's finding of probable cause that officials could be held in criminal contempt.

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee police chase ended with a fiery crash that killed the teen driver and sent two officers to the hospital on Wednesday night, Aug. 6. Police chase, car crash and fire The backstory: It started just after 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Milwaukee police said officers tried to pull over a car for driving recklessly near Hopkins and Hampton. MPD said there was also a warrant because the car was connected to a felony. Police said the teen driver took off, sparking a chase. It ended a little more than a mile away near 19th and Hampton when...

The juxtaposition could not have been more jarring. I opened TikTok only to be presented with a clip of provocateur Candace Owens ranting to Tucker Carlson about her growing hatred for Israel and its demonic behavior. I closed that app, only to open X and be greeted with this headline: Hamas Forces Emaciated Israeli Hostage To Dig His Own Grave Hamas force starved Israeli hostage to dig his own GRAVE. “What I’m doing now is digging my own grave. Everyday my body becomes weaker and weaker.”Evyatar David appeared skeletal in a newly released video as he was forced to dig...

In Georgia, the zip code you’re born in may determine whether you survive an HIV diagnosis. That’s not a metaphor. That’s the reality playing out across the Southern United States, where stigma clings tighter than sweat in August, and access to testing still depends too often on who you know, how much you make, or how terrified you are of being seen at the clinic.

A teacher whom an Indiana school district fired over his religious beliefs opposing radical transgender ideology will be allowed to take the district to court. The 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in John Kluge’s favor and reversed a previous district court ruling in a win for First Amendment rights. Brownsburg Community School Corporation fired Kluge, a music teacher, for refusing to use pronouns based on a student’s alleged gender identity instead of biological sex. Kluge cited his religious beliefs, which Brownsburg did not accept as an excuse. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), whose attorneys were defending Kluge, was thrilled...

The Department of Justice convened a grand jury to investigate New York Attorney General Letitia James, marking an escalation in President Donald Trump's fight with New York's top prosecutor. The investigation is being run out of Albany, New York, and focused on possible deprivation of rights allegations, two well-placed sources familiar with the probe told Fox News Digital. The investigation is in an early stage, but Fox News Digital has learned that James's office received subpoenas for documents this week, including for information related to her civil fraud lawsuit against Trump. James, a Democrat who was elected attorney general in...

Remember that infamous Bill Clinton and Loretta Lynch meeting where they met on a tarmac and held up air traffic so they could chat inside one of the planes? And then later claimed they were just chatting about golf and grandkids? Remember this? New Documents Reveal FBI’s Cover Up In Clinton-Lynch Meeting! https://welovetrump.com/2017/12/30/new-documents-reveal-fbis-cover-up-in-clinton-lynch-meeting/ For years we suspected we knew what they were really talking about, but we never had proof. Now we do. And our suspicions were spot on, of course. Glenn Beck did an excellent job of breaking it all down and explaining how new documents found in the...

Democrat Texas Judge Lina Hidalgo derailed a meeting Thursday at the Harris County Commissioners Court over a failed tax hike, encouraging children to descend on the courtroom to ask commissioners how they planned to vote. A tax increase proposal, supported by Hidalgo, was brought forward Thursday to fund certain child care and education training programs previously covered by COVID-era funding, according to Houston Public Media. During the meeting, Commissioner Tom Ramsey was seen in footage from KHOU11’s YouTube page saying he would vote no to put forward the proposal on the next ballot, casting doubt on the county’s budget being...

Earlier this week the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) uploaded to YouTube the video of a panel discussion from its annual Socialism Conference, held in Chicago over Independence Day weekend. For those who hear the term democratic socialism and picture happy Scandinavians living their best lives instead of being chewed up in a capitalist rat race, it’s worth noting that the discussion featured open calls for the abolition of the nuclear family in the United States. No surprise there. The DSA is not a separate political party but aligns with far Left Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (until they determined she...

Taiwan has a “far more robust” claim to statehood than Palestine does, former British prime minister Boris Johnson said during a conference in Taipei, Taiwan, according to a Tuesday report by British outlet The Telegraph…. “Never in the wildest dreams of former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, can he have believed – when he and his colleagues instigated the horror of October 7, 2023 – that only 22 months later the United Kingdom itself would be so craven and pathetic as to fall for Hamas propaganda and to turn against Israel,” Johnson wrote in his column in the UK outlet Daily...

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The Airbus A400M Atlas isn't your typical passenger plane An unusual-looking military aircraft has been flying over California this past month, baffling spectators who say they witnessed it from the ground in the Bay Area. According to Flightradar24 records, the aircraft, an Airbus A400M Atlas, is part of the United Kingdom’s air force and has been flying out of Oceanside, Blythe and Yuma airports for the past several days. Two weeks ago, several people said they saw an A400 flying low by Morro Bay, while another said it passed over Cupertino. This strategic military aircraft isn’t your typical passenger plane,...

Daily Readings from the USCCB“What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life?” Matthew 16:26Would you like to “gain the whole world?” Many people daydream about becoming exceptionally rich and being able to purchase everything they ever wanted. Others dream of doing heroic acts that thrust them into the public spotlight and lead to public admiration. Still, others dream of having great power in this world and being a person of great importance. Though none of these are bad in and of themselves,...

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