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[Catholic Caucus] A Letter from a Priest of Jesus Christ to the Faithful of the Diocese of Charlotte: "A house built on the sand of deceit cannot endure the buffeting winds of truth."A faithful priest who must remain anonymous has sent this letter to the faithful of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, who are attached to the Traditional Latin Mass.He requested us to have it published here as well.Dear TLM Faithful of the Diocese of Charlotte,You may not know me, but I am well-acquainted with your diocese and the challenges you face, as I regularly speak with your priests...

Uefa is expected to avoid trying to block Israel from World Cup qualifying as the European governing body considers measures against the country’s football association. Under plans being worked out by Uefa that are expected to be voted on by its executive committee (exco) this week, the Guardian understands Israel would be banned only from competitions that Uefa directly controls. That means the Israel men’s and women’s national teams would be excluded from the Nations League and Maccabi Tel Aviv would be removed from the Europa League this season. The World Cup, however, is a Fifa competition, for which Uefa...

Two voters lacked standing and, additionally, failed to show how Blacks were weakened by maps for the North Carolina Senate, a federal judge has ruled. “Plaintiffs ignore the progress that North Carolina has made over the past 60 years and seek to use Section 2 to sort voters by race in order to squeeze one more Democratic Senate district into the map,” wrote Judge James Dever of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. The ruling in Rodney D. Pierce and Moses Matthews v. The North Carolina State Board of Elections, et al. says racial gerrymandering...

On the first day of a federal government shutdown, New York City is finding out how expensive its commitment to leftist principles of "diversity, equity, and inclusion" is going to be under President Donald Trump's administration. Russ Vought, the White House Office of Management and Budget director, took to social media on Wednesday to announce the administration has frozen federal funding for two major transportation projects in the Big Apple. And even in New York City, $18 billion is a lot of money. Russ Vought (on X) @russvought Roughly $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects have been put...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech to top generals was supposed to serve as a rallying cry for military exceptionalism — but it didn’t land that way with many of the people it was targeting. Numerous defense officials — who watched senior brass scramble to Washington and then sit through a partisan speech from President Donald Trump and a return to old-school military standards by Hegseth — were left wondering why the event had occurred at all. “More like a press conference than briefing the generals,” said one defense official, who, like others, was granted anonymity due to fears of retribution....

Louisiana spends less per student than most of the country, yet its fourth graders are outperforming peers in nearly every other state. New data from the Urban Institute ranks Louisiana second in the nation for reading when adjusted for race and income, despite per-pupil spending of just $13,800 – thousands of dollars less than what some states spend. Spending data is sourced from the World Population Review. By comparison, Vermont spends $33,000 per student but ranks 46th, and Connecticut spends $25,000 yet lands at 13th. Other small, high-spending states like Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Alaska all exceed $20,000 per...

This police officer with the Leon County (Florida) Sheriff's Office is so paranoid, that he sees a guy (Robert) parked at a gas pump, with a gas pump in his hand, trying to pump some gas, and he immediately thinks it's something else in his hand. He gets scared. He pulls into the gas station, gets out of his police cruiser and draws down on the guy, shouting at him.

Keir Starmer has opened another front in his war on Reform by blaming Brexit for the Channel migrant crisis - saying the UK is being assailed by 'Farage boats'. The PM made the claim about the impact of cutting ties with the EU as he scrambled to claw back Nigel Farage's huge poll lead. But he also went into retreat after brutal barbs in his Labour conference speech, stressing the Reform leader is not a racist. The PM described Mr Farage as 'formidable' as he denied that the swipes put safety at risk. With Labour facing meltdown in the polls,...

A Washington, D.C., police sergeant is on administrative leave after authorities say he crashed a car into a federal vehicle during a traffic stop and was found with unregistered weapons. Police Sergeant Montez Clark, 27, and two others were arrested Monday night after Clark allegedly tried to flee from federal agents patrolling on behalf of President Donald Trump’s Make DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force, according to court records and a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation. A DC police sergeant is accused of crashing a car into a federal vehicle during a traffic stop...

And the hate continues for Caitlin Clark. The Minnesota Lynx were recently eliminated from the WNBA postseason after the franchise suffered defeat against the Phoenix Mercury in the semifinals. Phoenix will now square off against the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA Finals. Napheesa Collier, a forward for Minnesota, sent shockwaves across the league Tuesday in her exit interview, which is part of the year-end responsibilities for the Lynx. When speaking about the WNBA itself, Collier was positive regarding its future, however, she’s not a fan of the league’s hierarchy. And she was specifically talking about commissioner Cathy Engelbert. Collier...

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Youth-led demonstrators clashed with police and blocked the highway over the weekend in some of Morocco ’s largest anti-government protests in years, denouncing what they called the government’s misplaced priorities. Hundreds of young Moroccans took to the streets of at least 11 cities across the North African nation, denouncing corruption and blasting the government for pouring money into international sporting events while neglecting health and education. They drew a direct link between the country’s struggling health care system and its investments in the lead-up to the 2030 FIFA World Cup, shouting slogans including, “Stadiums are here,...

Pope Leo XIV has hit out at those who minimise the "increasingly evident" impact of rising temperatures in his first major statement on climate change. Reiterating the words of his predecessor Pope Francis, the new pontiff lambasted critics who "ridicule those who speak of global warming". The Pope's remarks, at a speech in Castel Gondolfo near Rome, will be seen as an implied criticism of US President Donald Trump, who last month called climate change a "con". Pope Leo also called for greater action from citizens the world over on climate change, saying there was no room for indifference or...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Chip Roy said Wednesday they plan to investigate a university’s decision to block a Turning Point USA event. Their comments came in response to reports that Texas Christian University denied the student chapter’s request to host an on-campus event featuring detransitioner Chloe Cole. “This doesn’t look like free speech to me,” Paxton wrote on X Wednesday morning. “I’m going to look into this.” “My friend … [Chloe Cole] testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee,” Roy, R-Texas, wrote. “Expect an inquiry as to why she’s not welcomed by you … ” Cole,...

At a time when most people use keyboards to write, does handwriting really matter? Yes, say Indian courts, if the writer is a doctor. Jokes around the notoriously bad handwriting of many doctors that can only be deciphered by pharmacists are common in India, as around the world. But the latest order emphasising the importance of clear handwriting came recently from the Punjab and Haryana High Court which said that "legible medical prescription is a fundamental right" as it can make a difference between life and death. The court order came in a case that had nothing to do with...

JERUSALEM-Prime Minister Menahem Begin said Monday that Israel is providing training, supplies and artilery support to Christian militiamen in south Lebanon. It is Israel's duty"to prevent what he called an attempt at "genocide" by Palestinian forces in Lebanon. Begin blasted France for failing to intervene on behalf of Christian villagers and soldiers who have been under earch all Issues siege in south Lebanon for months. He said that "Christian France, the patron of the Maronite Christians for ages. had sold them down the river" to carry favor with the Arab oil-producing countries who support the Palestinians. IT HAS BEEN known...

In response to a new emergency rule issued by the Trump administration, the Texas Department of Public Safety suspended issuing certain commercial driver licenses. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy took emergency action to drastically restrict who is eligible for a non-domiciled commercial learner’s permit (CLPs) and CDL. The action was taken in response to an ongoing nationwide audit by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), which identified “a catastrophic pattern of states issuing licenses illegally to foreign drivers.” As of Friday, “non-citizens will not be eligible for a non-domiciled CDL,” Duffy said, unless they have a verified employment-based visa and...

Federal government labor unions sued Tuesday to block the Trump administration from conducting mass layoffs during the potential upcoming government shutdown. Employees are usually temporarily furloughed during a shutdown, except for exempted workers, and receive back pay after a shutdown ends. But Trump and the White House budget office have suggested permanent firings could be on the table if government funding expires at midnight. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, alleges the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) misinterpreted federal law governing shutdowns when it issued a memo suggesting agencies should “use this opportunity” to consider layoffs...

Law enforcement is investigating how 250 ballots ended up in a Maine resident's Amazon package, the secretary of state's office said Wednesday. “We are aware of the serious allegations that packages of ballots were received by a private citizen. Law enforcement is investigating the matter,” the office told WABI. The news outlet did not report which law enforcement agency that is. The alleged discovery comes just weeks before Question 1, a voter ID citizens referendum, is expected to appear on the Maine ballot. The news stories are unclear whether the question appears on the apparently blank ballots.

As the federal government hurtled toward a shutdown Tuesday, two labor unions representing federal workers sued the Trump administration over its threats to conduct mass layoffs while the government is closed. The unions allege in the lawsuit that the Office of Management and Budget and its director, Russell Vought, broke the law by directing federal agencies to prepare “reduction in force” plans for a potential shutdown. The lawsuit also names the Office of Personnel Management, along with its director, Scott Kupor, for issuing instructions that federal employees may work during the shutdown in order to carry out the mass layoffs....

What was meant to be a simple hop from London Luton to Alicante turned into a mid-air episode of Lads Behaving Badly, when a stag party went a little too far with their in-flight celebrations. The Ryanair flight was forced to make an unscheduled stop in Toulouse after the group’s antics escalated from “rowdy but amusing” to “someone call the police, please”. According to fellow passenger Tania Nichols, the fun started long before the wheels left the runway. “They were already swapping seats, making noise and ignoring the safety rules. It was like herding cats in the cabin,” she told...