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Certain brands of imported cookware are likely to leach “significant levels” of lead into food, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration said in a consumer warning Friday. Officials tested a number of cookware products made from aluminum, brass and aluminum alloys known as “Hindalium” and “Indalium” and determined that they may release lead into food during the cooking process, the FDA said. No level of lead is safe for human ingestion. Young children, women of childbearing age and mothers who are breastfeeding face the highest health risks in eating food tainted with the toxic metal, officials said. The FDA said...

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” MSNBC Senior Reporter Brandy Zadrozny said that there is left-wing extremist content online, “but not that much. It’s pretty hard. On the right, you can find it literally everywhere. It’s just overflowing.” But most of the shooters who came out of these spaces likely “aren’t huge fans of Donald Trump. They’re fans of nothing. They’re fans of extremism. They’re fans of burn it down.” Host Jacob Soboroff asked, “Do you see a common denominator, a common type of politics across or amongst all of these incidents, all of these shooters?” Zadrozny answered, “Yeah,...

Mila Joy @MilaLovesJoe This a**hole attempted to ruin a Charlie Kirk memorial and got bear sprayed for his trouble. And he cried like a little bitch.

Here’s what you need to know: 🔻 Armed Queers SLC is under investigation for possible foreknowledge of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. 🔻 Their leader, Ermiya Fanaeian, was recognized by a State Dept–affiliated NGO, Utah Global Diplomacy, as a recipient of the "7 for 17" Award for advancing the UN's 17 Goals 🔻 Utah Global Diplomacy has since scrubbed Fanaeian's presence from their website. Unknown when this purge happened. The receipts remain. Per the 990 form with Utah Global Diplomacy (EIN 876128308), the nonprofit is a partner with the US State Department to cultivate emerging leaders and diplomacy initiatives. In other words,...

The former light-welterweight and welterweight world champion was one of the most popular boxers in British history. News of Hatton’s death comes two months after he announced he would make a return to boxing in December.N British boxing legend Ricky Hatton has been found dead at his home in Hyde, Greater Manchester. The 46-year-old former light-welterweight and welterweight world champion was one of the most popular boxers in British history. His death is not being treated as suspicious, according to Greater Manchester Police."Officers were called by a member of the public to attend Bowlacre Road, Hyde, Tameside, at 6:45 am...

President Donald Trump signed a memo Monday establishing a task force in Memphis, Tennessee, that would mobilize the National Guard and other federal law enforcement agencies to crack down on crime, similar to steps taken in Washington, D.C.

Jaguar Land Rover’s suppliers have been warned that car production may not resume until November as the fallout from a devastating cyber attack grows. The company’s factory lines have already been paralysed for two weeks after hackers compromised its computer systems, a situation that has forced bosses to temporarily send thousands of plant workers home. But with the crisis now in its third week, senior insiders are understood to have told suppliers that production could be knocked out for another seven. One person briefed on the situation said senior JLR figures were divided on how long the shutdown would drag...

Is Great Britain on the brink of a Trump revolution? The president’s visit to the United Kingdom this week coincides with signs Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government is crumbling. Starmer’s own party increasingly thinks he has to go — and if Labour fares as poorly as polls presently suggest it will in local elections next May, Starmer will be out. If he even lasts that long: Scandals have taken out three of his key aides and allies already this month. The British right, meanwhile, is showing new signs of vigor. Up to 150,000 people flocked to London last weekend...

So .... thoughts on the question ... The REAL reason the President is deploying the National Guard in various cities is NOT necessarily to fight existing crime, but to get them into position for when the demonic alliance of Jihadists and "Trans-tifa" are unleashed by the nefarious players .... wishing to start a Hot Civil War in the streets?Kirk's murderer may have been more 'solo' than not. But, I have a sinking feeling he really was not a "lone" actor in all this ... and is a soldier of a bigger force.

This is the wrong kind of book cracking. Two rotten Florida boys allegedly caused over $50,000 in damages to their school library — and were turned in to police by their own moms, according to officials. The alleged bad seeds were identified as 12-year-old Felix Cohen Romero and 13-year-old Bentley Ryan Wehrly, who confessed to the outrageous vandalism of the Friendship Elementary library in Deltona, according to a Facebook post from the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. Chaotic bodycam footage posted to Facebook Sunday showed officers responding to a fire alarm at 1 a.m. — guns drawn as they stumbled through a...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier declared state residents are free to openly carry guns statewide after an appeals court decision that struck down Florida’s nearly 40-year-old ban. Uthmeier, a Republican appointed to the job earlier this year by Gov. Ron DeSantis who is running for the post in 2026, sent out a “guidance” memo Monday to law enforcement agencies and local prosecutors asserting the 1st District Court of Appeal ruling is in effect statewide. “Meaning that of last week, open carry is the law of the state,” Uthmeier wrote on his official X account in a post that included the...

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino told Newsmax on Monday that investigators have uncovered "significant developments" suggesting a broader network of people might have been involved in the assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk. Bongino told "Rob Schmitt Tonight" the bureau is working to determine whether online chatter that surfaced around the time of Kirk's murder indicates foreknowledge of the plot. He cautioned that investigators are still sorting out a timeline. "The only question is the timeline that other people knew about the incident," Bongino said. "Did they know before? Did they know afterward? … When you read some of the...

A group of GOP senators are working on legislation to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies with policy changes designed to win over conservatives, according to four people granted anonymity to disclose private discussions. This group has gotten “technical assistance” from the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the subsidies, according to two of the sources. The Obamacare subsidies are set to expire at the end of this year. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, an Alabama Republican running for governor, said in an interview Monday he was “part of that group that’s working on the wording to make sure we do it...

House Republican leaders are moving to again head off votes trying to cancel much of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff regime. A procedural measure Republicans on the Rules Committee advanced Monday night would extend until March 31 a block on efforts by Democrats and several Republicans to end the national emergencies underlying Trump’s sweeping tariffs — including on Mexico, Canada, Brazil and his “liberation day” levies from April. It would also block “resolutions of inquiry,” measures that can be used by the House to compel the release of information from the executive branch. The House is set to vote Tuesday...

Republicans argue that a deadly stabbing in North Carolina that gained national attention is a perfect illustration of why the Trump administration’s tough-on-crime agenda is necessary. But Sen. Thom Tillis doesn’t want Charlotte to be next on the list for a federalized crackdown. “We do have challenges, but there are far more major metropolitan areas that we could focus our attention before you go to Charlotte,” Tillis, the outgoing Republican senator, told reporters Tuesday in response to a question from NOTUS. “I hope that people don’t amplify this into something.” “I haven’t seen any evidence that they’re going to focus...

WASHINGTON — A standoff over how to prevent a government shutdown intensified Monday as President Donald Trump called on Republicans to write a funding bill on their own and cut Democrats out of the process. But any funding bill, including a stopgap to buy more time, requires 60 votes to pass the Senate, where Republicans control 53 seats and therefore need at least seven Democratic votes. Democratic leaders say Republicans are following Trump’s wishes and are refusing to negotiate, making a shutdown more likely. Congress has until 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 30 to find a solution or the government will...

President Trump on Monday urged Republicans in Congress to unite in support of a “clean” continuing resolution that would avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. “Congressional Republicans, including Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson, are working on a short term ‘CLEAN’ extension of Government Funding to stop Cryin’ Chuck Schumer from shutting down the Government,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “In times like these, Republicans have to stick TOGETHER to fight back against the Radical Left Democrat demands, and vote ‘YES!’ on both Votes needed to pass a Clean CR this week out of the...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Fort Leavenworth, KansasFort Leavenworth is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth, roughly 20 miles northwest of Kansas City. Built in 1827, it is the second oldest active United States Army post west of Washington, D.C., and the oldest permanent settlement in Kansas. Fort Leavenworth has been historically known as the "Intellectual Center of the Army."Today, the garrison supports the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) by managing and maintaining the home of the US Army Combined Arms Center (CAC). CAC's mission involves leader...

Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has defended the trial which saw his predecessor in office, Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for plotting a coup. In an opinion piece published in the New York Times, Lula dismissed the description by US President Donald Trump of the trial as a "witch hunt", saying that it was a "historic decision which safeguard's our institutions and the democratic rule of law". The Brazilian leader said he had written the essay to establish an open and frank dialogue with US President Donald Trump, who has imposed 50% tariffs...

No freebies for Kathy. Gov. Kathy Hochul seemingly got little-to-nothing in exchange for her bombshell endorsement Sunday of socialist mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani — except to appease the far-left in a desperate attempt to stave off a real primary challenge next year, insiders said. Hochul likely will have Mamdani’s endorsement in the Democratic primary, where she faces a challenge from her estranged Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, sources said. One Democratic operative called Hochul’s endorsement — which failed to sway some prominent Dem holdouts and took some business leaders by surprise — “inevitable” given the political calculus. “It’s a calculated political...