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In the final days of the Obama presidency — while Americans were focused on inaugurating a new president and turning the page on a divisive era — President Barack Obama signed a quiet but sweeping executive order that many now see as a ticking time bomb planted in the heart of our Intelligence Community. On January 3, 2017, just 17 days before Donald Trump’s inauguration, Obama signed a modification to Executive Order 12333, authorizing the National Security Agency (NSA) to share raw signals intelligence (SIGINT) with all 16 other intelligence agencies — including the FBI, the CIA, and even obscure...

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The Talk ShowsSept 28th, 2025 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.); Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.); Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.); Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio); Former Turncoat Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb (not the famous baseball legend). FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: guest-anchored by Martha MacCallum: Vice President of the Unites States JD Vance; Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Panel: Charles Gasparino, Andy McCarthy and Jessica Turdloaf.MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-ND); Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer...

“We’re just going to pursue excellence … that’s how you win a space race and that’s just how you move our countries forward. More importantly, that’s how you create an environment where you might encourage others to collaborate,” Glover, 49, the mission pilot, said.

It went around, and now it's coming around. To my mind the two biggest stories of the week for their domestic impact are Senator Chuck Schumer’s threatened government shutdown and the indictment of former FBI head James Comey. Neither of them bodes well for the Democrats, whose favorability ratings are already scraping bottom. Both revolve around the magic date September 30, that is, this Tuesday. If the Congress does not pass a continuing resolution this Tuesday, the government will shut down. Schumer insists that he won’t vote for a stopgap bill, something centrists in his party like Senator Jeanne Shaheen...

“‘For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life’” (John 3:16). There are no words in human language that can adequately express the magnitude of God’s saving gift to the world. Even the apostle Paul refused to try, declaring this gift to be “indescribable” (2 Cor. 9:15). The Father “gave His only begotten Son”—His unique, one-of-a-kind Son. He is the one of whom He declared, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased” (Matt. 3:17); the one whom He “loves . ....

A major shift in trucking safety rules is underway and it could change how California truck accident cases are fought and won. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have announced an emergency CDL new law restricting who can hold a commercial driver’s license (CDL) if they are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. These changes came after multiple deadly crashes and a federal audit that found California issued thousands of licenses in violation of safety standards. For anyone hurt in a truck crash, this isn’t just a policy update. It’s new legal...

Zohran Mamdani was not asking for an endorsement. This seemed wise. Because Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was not offering. But sitting last year, at Mr. Mamdani’s request, at a kebab house in Queens — where he shared that he would like to be mayor of New York City — the nominal very-long-shot hoped that the national very-big-shot might at least think well of the idea. “It all started in a similar way that my race had started,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez recalled at a joint rally many months later. “We don’t have an entire political establishment behind us. But we know that running is...

Located between Ukraine and the EU member Romania, Moldova has received increased international media coverage since Russia's full-scale war invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. In addition to coverage of pro-EU and pro-Russia parties battling for parliamentary control, there has been increased international reporting on the internationally unrecognized Kremlin-aligned Republic of Transnistria in eastern Moldova. Meaning "land beyond the Dniester," the name Transnistria refers to the area along the eastern lower reaches of the Dniester River. At the end of the 18th century, the region it was annexed by the Russian Empire. During the Soviet era, Transnistria was initially...

Giuliani who was the person to recruit Comey as Assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of New York, calls him one of the people who have done the most damage to federal law enforcement ever out there. Gives accounts of the wars waged on him, including seizing his bank accounts etc by the Biden regime, Fani Willis essentially because he was Trump's lead lawyer.

A prosecutor's statement was filed this morning against the terrorist who carried out the stabbing attack at the hotel in Kibbutz Tsuba. One of his victims was seriously injured and the other moderately injured. During his interrogation, he admitted that he stabbed them "because they were Jews."

It is no longer the 19th century, and so British recognition of a Palestinian state, let alone that of Canada and Australia, means absolutely nothing. Contrary to arguments that Israel “occupies” Gaza, the would-be state has never been a stand-alone entity. Control over disputed territories passed from the Ottomans to the British to the Jordanians and Egyptians. It is telling that neither Jordan nor Egypt recognized the West Bank and Gaza as a Palestinian state. Most Palestinians came from outside the region, as early 20th-century censuses show. If Canberra, Ottawa, and London — the Axis of Pandering — wish to...

European officials are uneasily digesting U.S. President Donald Trump's speech at the United Nations this week, where he blasted the world body and attacked Europe’s immigration policies, energy transition and commitment to climate action. Unlike his last appearance in 2020, when China dominated his speech, his European allies were the focus of some of his harshest criticism, getting mentioned twice as often as Beijing. "Immigration and their suicidal energy ideas will be the death of Western Europe," Trump told the assembly. "Illegal aliens are pouring into Europe.” The speech dismayed many in Europe - and left some bemused - -...

Teachers across the country are still being fired for celebrating charlie kirk's death.

Newsdump Alert: Gaza War Continues Dozens More Killed, 21 Point US Gaza Plan Is Leaked Out That Will Not Expel Gaza's Population And Create Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue... Newsdump Update More Drone Sightings In Denmark... Here again another attempt at media excellence your host winner of the American History Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution back in 1978 I was the 4.0 student in that area. Historically American Presidents have laid down the law to Israeli Prime Ministers on certain occasions... They may get somewhere on Gaza but the intentions of Mr. Netanyahu made very clear at the UN yesterday...

Recent excavations near the Turkish village of Kayalipinar, which has been identified as the ancient Hittite settlement of Samuha, unearthed 56 cuneiform tablets and 22 seal impressions that have provided new insight into Late Bronze Age political structures and religious rituals, according to a Türkiye Today report. Several of the clay tablets contain information concerning bird divination, a practice in which priests were consulted and would make prophecies based on the behavior and flight patterns of birds. The texts record inquiries that were made to these interpreters, called lumushen, regarding the fates of royal heirs such as the crown princes...

The Methodist Church has responded to the wave of anti-immigration sentiment that has swept the UK, releasing a new song it hopes will quell the rising tensions. Britain has been rocked in recent months with protests against the government’s lackadaisical and unsustainable immigration policies, along with a failure to act against illegal immigration, resulting in men like Tommy Robinson leading nearly 150,000 people to protest in the Unite the Kingdom rally earlier this month. The Methodist Church of Britain, a progressive denomination that long ago ceased being a prophetic voice in the country, announced on their website that they have...

Georgetown University students have been left fearing for their lives after flyers reading 'Hey fascist! Catch!' appeared across campus, after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The John Brown Gun Club, a recognized 'far-left' group named after militant abolitionist John Brown, hung dozens of bright red posters across the private Washington, D.C. campus on Wednesday, according to Fox News. One of the posters read: 'We protect us. Do something more than symbolic resistance.' But the second flyer ignited widespread unease, boldly displaying the phrase 'Hey fascist! Catch!' with the statement, 'The only political group that celebrates when Nazis die' beneath it....

France may have a new Prime Minister but officially it does not have a cabinet. Sebastien Lecornu delayed appointment of cabinet ministers for more than two weeks leaving the outgoing ministers serving with limited powers. Many powers left to judicial-administrative parts of the government. Yesterday Mr. Lecornu saying he will have a cabinet... President Emmanuel Macron speaking to the UN General Assembly and recognizing the State of Palestine. Macron also calling for release... "I see an American President who is mobilized, who says 'I want the Nobel Peace Prize'. The Nobel Peace Prize is only possible if you stop this...

An active shooter situation has been reported in Southport, North Carolina, according to social media posts. Local residents are being advised to steer clear of the area as law enforcement investigates. Claims on Facebook suggest that multiple individuals have been injured, with one post reporting the sighting of six ambulances and a significant police presence. The city of Southport disclosed on Facebook that there were reports of an active shooter at the Southport Yacht Basin. "There is an unknown number of injuries. Avoid the area and remain in your homes. Please report any suspicious activity immediately to 911," the post...