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The iconic denim brand Levi Strauss has warned that growing international backlash against President Donald Trump could negatively affect its sales and those of other U.S. companies. In a recent filing with the United Kingdom's national business registry, the California-based company noted the risk of "rising anti-Americanism as a consequence of the Trump tariffs and governmental policies." Levi's warned that this could increasingly push consumers in the U.K. away from American goods and toward non-American alternatives.

A split three-judge panel has rejected President Donald Trump’s appeal that he can activate special deportation rules when the nation is being damaged by mass migration organized by foreign governments.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Wednesday criticized the Trump administration’s decision to take a 10% stake in embattled chipmaker Intel , calling the investment “a step towards socialism.” Intel announced last month that the U.S. government made an $8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock, purchasing 433.3 million shares at a price of $20.47 per share, giving it a 10% stake in the company. Intel noted that the price the government paid was a discount to the current market price. Paul said government ownership is “a bad idea.” “It’s always a mistake to say, ’Well we have this one bad...

The New York Magazine''s Intelligencer section certainly knows its liberal readers as one that lately, along with many others of the their fellow liberals, is suddenly very very interested in the health of President Donald Trump. Not out of any sympathetic concern for his health but out of a ghoulish fascination that could remove him from performing his presidential duties which is currently a sick fascination among the "When It Happens" cult at TikTok. They don't come right out and specifically state what they hope happens (to Trump) but any sentient observer knows exactly what they are talking about despite...

On Sept 3, Beijing hosted one of its biggest military parades in years. Xi Jinping watched from Tiananmen Square as long-range missiles, hypersonic weapons, and unmanned systems rolled past in a choreographed display of force, accompanied by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un. The message was unmistakable: China is positioning itself to shift the global balance of power in its favor — and has the will and means to field a military that can deliver not just quantitative, but qualitative, superiority over the United States.

A COVID wave is washing over California, with the state seeing continued increases in the number of newly confirmed cases and hospitalizations as some officials urged the public to take greater precautions. The extent of the recent increases has prompted some county-level health officials to recommend that residents once again consider wearing masks in indoor public settings, at least until transmission has declined. California currently has "high" coronavirus levels in sewage, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And increases are being seen across the Golden State, from Los Angeles County to the San Francisco Bay Area...

Six AfD politicians have reportedly died before the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia. According to POLITICO, in addition to the four deaths previously reported by the AfD, two candidates from the reserve list have also died. The state deputy chairman announced that an investigation into the cases has been launched. AfD state deputy chairman Kay Gottschalk, however, believes there is not yet any reason to assume this is anything other than a coincidence. Another federal deputy chairman, Stephan Brandner, is skeptical that this is a coincidence. Brandner, an AfD member of parliament, said, “From my perspective, this is a statistically...

A Tunisian Muslim immigrant living in France went on a stabbing spree after learning he was being evicted from his hotel for not paying. The 35-year-old migrant was living in the port city of Marseille, but on Tuesday he found himself without housing, prompting a violent rampage that ended only when police shot him after he injured five people via stabbing, according to JFeed. The man possessed two large knives and an iron bar. It was initially reported that he attacked the hotel manager and his son before running onto the street and injuring three more people, while yelling "Allahu...

Mail-in ballots and Space Command: Why Colorado elections may have led to Trump’s decision by: Heather Willard Posted: Sep 2, 2025 DENVER (KDVR) — On Sept. 2, President Donald Trump announced that the headquarters of Space Command will move from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama. The President said Colorado’s mail-in ballot system “played a big factor” in moving Space Command, shortly after his short-lived assertions to ban mail-in ballots last month. Trump noted Tuesday that he won Alabama by about 47 points and said voting records didn’t influence his decision. Trump lost Colorado to Harris by about 11 points. “I...

Vitamin D supplements could help protect the caps on our chromosomes that slow aging, sparking hopes the sunshine vitamin might keep us healthier for longer, a recent study suggests. The researchers discovered that taking 2,000 IU (international units, a standard measure for vitamins) of vitamin D daily helped maintain telomeres – the tiny structures that act like plastic caps on shoelaces, protecting our DNA from damage every time cells divide. Telomeres sit at the end of each of our 46 chromosomes, shortening every time a cell copies itself. When they become too short, cells can no longer divide and eventually...

VIDEOI call them Hopium Ghouls. The liberals who hope that something "happens" to President Trump that makes him incapable of remaining in office. At TikTok there is a whole cult of "When It Happens" whose sick lives revolves around you-know-what. Here is one of the many Hopium Ghouls who by her own words reveals just how deranged she is while hoping beyond hope that the President being briefly away from the cameras during Labor Day weekend would mean something ominous. Oh, and this leftist cult is not limited to just random online nutcases. As you can see from the Bonus...

A luxury yacht worth nearly $1 million plunged into the waters off the shore of Turkey just 15 minutes after its maiden voyage as panicked passengers and crew jumped overboard. Dramatic amateur video shows the vessel, named Dolce Vento, ease into the waters off the coast of Zonguldak in northern Turkey’s Eregli district Tuesday before lurching to one side and slowly sinking into the depths. It was the first time the approximately 85-foot boat, worth around $940,000, was launched after being delivered to its owner from Istanbul. The owner, captain and two crew members jumped overboard and safely swam to...

"Massie and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) previously joined forces with Ro Khanna on a discharge petition aimed at compelling a full House vote on releasing classified Jeffrey Epstein files. Khanna said that 12 Democrats and 12 Republicans have signed onto the petition."

A shooting game between two friends in Texas has taken a tragic turn, with one dead and the other arrested for his murder. Sean O'Donnell, 37, and Aaron Prout, 34, were taking turns shooting at each other with a rifle while wearing a kevlar helmet inside a Houston home on August 17. The game unfolded at a home on Pennington Hills Drive in the northern outskirts of the city, but it went horribly wrong when O'Donnell allegedly fatally shot Prout, an English military veteran. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said deputies were called to the home and 'found an adult...

Linehan, who is known for British sitcom "Father Ted" was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Monday. LONDON, England – Graham Linehan, cocreator of the British TV sitcom Father Ted, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Monday. Linehan, 57, is known for his controversial posts about transgender people. Police did not name Linehan, but confirmed the arrest of a man at the airport on suspicion of inciting violence on the social media platform X. Linehan has gained attention for his posts about trans women, some of which involved threats of violence. He is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday for...

Speaking in China at the end of a visit there, Putin said that he perceived "a certain light at the end of the tunnel" given what he said were sincere efforts by the United States to find a settlement to Europe's biggest land war since World War Two. "It seems to me that if common sense prevails, it will be possible to agree on an acceptable solution to end this conflict. That is my assumption," he told reporters in Beijing. "Especially since we can see the mood of the current U.S. administration under President Trump, and we see not just...

After last week's mass shooting in Minnesota, which killed two children and injured more than a dozen others, Connecticut lawmakers are once again calling for tighter gun control laws. As of Sept. 1, there have been 292 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, according to the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive. They define a mass shooting as four or more people being injured or killed, besides the shooter. On Tuesday, state Sen. Richard Blumenthal held a press conference calling for an assault weapons ban and safe gun storage laws. He was joined by advocacy groups Hartford Communities...

Russian leader says Trump asked him to meet with Zelenskyy at August meeting in Alaska…..

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal McElroy asks Vatican to laicize whistleblower priest claiming DC sex abuse cover-upFr. Michael Briese says Cdl. McElroy never refuted his allegations of abuse cover-ups, instead threatening laicization unless he removed blog posts exposing DC clergy scandals. Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington, D.C., is seeking to laicize Father Michael Briese, a whistleblower archdiocesan priest, for refusing to take down blog posts detailing allegations that two priests who remain in good standing with the archdiocese, Father Adam Park and Father Carter Griffin, had sexually abused seminarians as well as allegations of a cover-up of the allegations by both McElroy...

The Georgetown Islamic Center has rapidly grown from living-room prayers into a multimillion-dollar complex of schools, seminaries, businesses, and landholdings — presenting itself as a self-contained society that insulates children through sharia-based education, expands via sharia financing and closely brokered land purchases, and positions itself as a blueprint for parallel Islamic institutions across Texas and beyond.