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"If you are a narco-terrorist smuggling drugs in our hemisphere, we will treat you like we treat Al-Qaeda," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the U.S. military overnight struck a Tren de Aragua drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean, killing six "narco-terrorists." "At the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO), trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean Sea," Hegseth posted on X. "The vessel was known by our intelligence to be involved in illicit...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As demo and construction continued on the highly publicized construction project to build a new White House ballroom, a new report said President Donald Trump had already made his 73rd trip to Home Depot since the start of the renovation. Seeking to complete the project without going over budget, Trump arrived at the local Home Depot with yet another list of materials and tools needed, marking his 12th trip of the day and his 73rd of the last three days. "Forgot to get some of this stuff when I was here this morning," Trump told reporters as...

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday night that the Justice Department has opened investigations into Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot over sustained efforts to dox and obstruct federal immigration agents. While speaking with Fox News, host Jesse Watters asked about recent comments from former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who announced a new project aimed at “unmasking” U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents nationwide. “We want to create a centralized archive of all the purported criminal actions of ICE and CBP agents,” Lightfoot said of her new website while...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) pledged to support his colleague Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) as he faces a Trump-backed primary challenge in 2026. In an interview with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns for “The Conversation,” Paul said threats lobbed at Massie from President Donald Trump and others close to the president should raise alarms for any lawmaker, and vowed to help his Kentucky colleague maintain his seat. “Thomas Massie is going to win,” Paul said. “I’m going to help him. I’m going to be with him every step of the way.”

President Donald Trump's project to construct a new grand ballroom at the White House has been grabbing all the headlines, but have you heard about all the amazing features it's going to include? The Babylon Bee has obtained an exclusive list of things being added to the ballroom: 1. 25-foot ceilings to accommodate Barron: He'll finally be able to stand up straight. 2. Diet Coke fountain: A true sign of luxurious opulence. 3. Ball pit: For the kids, and any administration officials who want to cut loose. 4. UFC octagon: Nothing caps off a beautiful state dinner like watching two...

Key Points The consumer price index showed a 0.3% increase on the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 3%, both lower than expected. Excluding food and energy, core CPI showed a 0.2% monthly gain and an annual rate also at 3%, also less than forecasts. The BLS released the data specifically because the Social Security Administration uses it as a benchmark for cost-of living adjustments in benefit checks. Otherwise, the federal government has suspended all data compilation. ==================================================================== Prices that people pay for a variety of goods and services rose less than expected in September, according to a Bureau...

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Gavin Newsom's California gave 62,000 CDL PERMITS to illegal aliens and migrants to drive commercial vehicles. This is an outrage. "The federal audit found California issued 62,000 CDLs drivers who entered illegally, who do not have a permanent legal status, as required by the feds." "California sanctuary laws prohibit asking applicants their immigration status...Governor Newsom said there's not a problem." Gavin Newsom is DERELICT. This is endangering millions of Americans, DAILY. VIDEO AT LINK.....................

SNIP “This historic project will transform a natural cove on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore into a refuge 100 times larger than Marineland’s tanks,” wrote Animal Justice. “The whales will be able to swim in real ocean water, feel the rhythms of tides and seasons, and explore a natural environment while still receiving the human care they need to survive.” Canada banned whale and dolphin captivity in 2019, which was a roundly approved of move, unless you’re one of those callous types who thinks that — and I quote from an email I received after writing this — “Animals are wild...

Daily Readings from the USCCB“Why do you not judge for yourselves what is right? If you are to go with your opponent before a magistrate, make an effort to settle the matter on the way; otherwise your opponent will turn you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the constable, and the constable throw you into prison. I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny.” Luke 12:57–59The Church Fathers offer many different interpretations of this passage. Among them, Saint Bede says that our “opponent” can be seen as...

Veteran CNN broadcaster Christiane Amanpour has revealed that she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer for the third time. Amanpour, 67, revealed her diagnosis on the Changing the Ovarian Cancer Story podcast on Thursday, but said it is 'being very well managed'. 'I obviously had all of the relevant organs removed, but it came back a couple times in a lymph node,' she told host Hannah Vaughan Jones. Amanpour's oncologist explained that she has a rare type of ovarian cancer that makes up less than 10 per cent of cases. 'Most women, by the time they get a diagnosis, might...

Club for Growth President David McIntosh said the powerful free-market PAC is undecided on whether it will support Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) as he faces a Trump-backed challenger — despite its previous strong support for the incumbent. “I don’t really understand what Thomas has been doing recently, you know, siding with the Democrats all the time,”

The new editor-in-chief of CBS News wants Fox News anchor Bret Baier to helm the channel's flagship evening news program, network sources have revealed. Bari Weiss floated The Special Report star's name along with several others during high-level talks meant to find a fresh face for the broadcaster after Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson stepped in for Norah O'Donnell in January, insiders told Status. Ratings for CBS Evening News have dropped from 4.8 million to 4.1million since. Weiss, 41, has begun 'quietly canvassing' the industry as a result, sources said. The news comes after Weiss was minted as CBS News'...

President Trump’s construction of a grand ballroom attached to the White House — starting with the demolition of part of the East Wing this week — will not be the first time a president has left a lasting mark on the people’s house. Presidents from Teddy Roosevelt to Barack Obama have remade parts of the building to their liking. And Harry Truman oversaw a major modernization of the White House, built in 1792.

Chelsea Clinton is so concerned about Trump making improvements to the White House (that we're not paying for) that she ran to lefty rag USA TODAY to write a preening op-ed about how much better she and her family were to the White House. Or something. Sure, her dad had an inappropriate relationship in the Oval Office (notice we didn't say 'banging an intern,' we've matured), and her mom stole silver and furniture BUT she always knew it wasn't HER HOUSE. Ouch. Our sides. Uh huh. Blah blah blah. Me me me. Talk about sanctimonious drivol. Still, with less than...

It’s finally started to really hit home. At our store, we placed a regular order for replacement change last week, and we got NO PENNIES in. I took some bills and went to the next door bank, and they said they’ve gotten fewer pennies in than usual, and could only give me a limited amount. So the PENNY, which we’ve all taken for granted all our lives, is really finally going to become a collector’s item, as they’re really following through on their promise to do away with it. In a way, it makes sense (no pun). It costs more...

China’s Sinicization of Religion DeepensThe Sino-Vatican deal continues to empower the CCP to subjugate Catholicism in China under Marxist ideology.On September 29, 2025, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Xi Jinping demanded that the pace of Sinicization of religions—that of bringing them in line with the principles of Maoism, which sought the total eradication of religion through the destruction of thousands of houses of worship and the imprisonment, torture, and murder of religious leaders and laypersons—be stepped up. The “Red Emperor” explicitly demanded an “acceleration” of this process, describing it as essential to promote “religious meekness, ethnic harmony,...

Just information. The SSA website has an announcement at the bottom of the page. lol

A top deputy to American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten has been accused of “fostering a culture of anti-semitism that alienates Jewish members” by a key Republican senator. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), the head of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, noted in a Thursday letter to Weingarten obtained by The Post that AFT vice president Todd Wolfson hosted a “Scholasticide in Palestine” webinar in March that characterized anti-Israel protests on college campuses — which have included harassment and intimidation of Jewish students and faculty — as “antigenocide speech.”[T]he Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Academic Engagement Network (AEN), Hillel...

Chelsea Clinton has chided President Donald Trump for renovating the exterior of the White House, lamenting he demeans its stature by his actions – the same building where her father demeaned himself and the nation in his scandalous Oval Office dealings with intern Monica Lewinsky.

I have a niche hobby of looking at church websites. I consider myself a super sleuth, combing through church websites to figure out their theology and politics. Though I am not especially religious anymore, there is nothing I love more than uncovering secret, conservative evangelicals. Church Clarity. It was also born of necessity. I’ve lived in Boston for over a decade where you must be able to read between the lines on a church’s website or social media as more conservative churches try to fly under the radar in this notoriously secular city. As a scholar of religion, I’ve also...