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Any truth that, along with the ballroom, Trump is building an office in the East Wing (called the 'Square Office' as it'll be square like the ballroom) so he can have an 'office for life' at the White House? Just something I heard...

Unlimited L's @unlimited_ls NEW: The 15-year-old who killed a 19-year-old tobacco store clerk and told guards he was going to piss on the victim’s grave has been sentenced Barack Williams will spend over a decade in prison for his role in killing Caden Martin in West Virginia Prosecutors say he acted as a lookout while Bre’juan Williams-Hampton, 14, robbed the store and sh*t Martin Barack Williams will be eligible for parole after serving at least 15 years Because of his age, he was not eligible for life without parole Williams-Hampton pleaded guilty in September 2024 to one count of first-degree...

ST. GEORGE, Utah — The transgender lover of Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer has seemingly vanished from his hometown six weeks after the political assassination that shook the country. Lance Twiggs, 22, has been on the down-low since his boyfriend Tyler Robinson allegedly shot the Turning Point USA co-founder dead and then sent Twiggs a string of text messages confessing to the slaying, according to feds. Twiggs has steered clear of his $1,800-per-month love nest on the outskirts of the isolated desert oasis of St. George. Authorities previously said that he is cooperating with authorities, but Twiggs has refused to speak...

Several illegal Indian migrant workers who were recently deported from the US have recounted their ordeal to BBC Punjabi, describing humiliation, debt and shattered dreams. At least 54 men, who had entered the US through the "donkey route" - often used by traffickers to facilitate illegal crossings - landed in the country's capital Delhi on Sunday. -snip- Of the 54 deportees who returned on Sunday, BBC Punjabi met 15 men in Haryana's Kaithal district who say they are now uncertain about their future. Harjinder Singh, a farmer who had spent 3.5m rupees (£29,653; $39,624) to go to the US four...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Admitting he came close to putting a position player on the mound for the first time in World Series history, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said a month ago he never would have believed he’d face that decision. “I would have thought I was under the influence of something, for sure,” he said. A day after the Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Freddie Freeman’s 18th-inning home run off Brendon Little to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Series, both managers said Tuesday they were getting close to having to send a...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom invoked biblical teachings while criticizing Republican leadership and the Trump administration for the federal government shutdown’s impact on food assistance, arguing that Scripture commands care for the hungry and that Washington is failing that moral test. Speaking Tuesday in Sacramento alongside state Attorney General Rob Bonta and Health and Human Services Secretary Kim Johnson, Newsom cited teachings from Matthew, Isaiah, Luke and Proverbs as evidence that feeding the poor is "core and central to what it is to align to God’s will." "It’s not a suggestion in the Old [and] the New Testament," Newsom said. "These...

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The Landlady's Tale By SWORDMAKER copyright 2000Preface The following story was told to me by the woman who rented my parents their first home in California when they moved to Sacramento in 1939. A devout Catholic (so much so that although she had been divorced by her husband, she did not consider the divorce valid and did not remarry until her husband died many years later) the landlady swore on her Bible, in front of my sister and me after she told us the story, that it was absolutely true. She was quite serious about it.In the 1970s, I personally...

BREAKING - The young Scottish girl, who was forced to brandish a knife and an axe to defend herself and her sister against a Romanian migrant and was arrested, has been vindicated after a Romanian grooming gang was jailed for sexually abusing women across Dundee.

JPMorgan just opened their $3 billion state-of-the art headquarters in New York - but some have slammed the global company for its ominous office design. The colossal tower will serve 10,000 employees at America's largest bank, and as per a press release, was designed with a focus on sustainability and wellbeing. It even boasts some outdoor space - but critics have deemed it 'dystopian' in design. Some people took issue with the trading floor of the new building after Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO, Michael Dell, shared a snap of the area and posted it to X, formerly known as...

The ax is falling on Amazon corporate offices. The Seattle-based retail giant confirmed it will cut approximately 14,000 corporate jobs, and employees will begin receiving layoff notices starting Tuesday, Amazon announced. It’s unclear how many of those jobs will be lost in Washington state. Puget Sound Business Journal reporter Nick Pasion, who covers big tech, says the Amazon workers he’s talked to report that their managers are being tight-lipped, but “They are feeling a palpable sense of fear within the company, just concerned that they might be impacted. Some of their friends might be impacted.” And that’s not a baseless...

CNN has had to admit that the Republicans have gained popularity while breaking down polling data regarding the shutdown. Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten says the shutdown, which was supposed to hurt the GOP, has actually helped the party's brand. The polls come amid the federal government shutdown, which began on October 1 and is quickly approaching the one-month mark. Citing the Generic Congressional Ballot, which shows that the Democrats are less favourable than at the same time during Trump's first term. Enten goes on to say the Democrats are in their "worst" position in 20 years and that the...

SUGAR LAND, Texas -- Former NFL running back Adrian Peterson remained jailed on Monday after being arrested a day earlier in a Houston suburb on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon, according to authorities. Peterson was taken into custody Sunday morning by the Sugar Land Police Department, said agency spokeswoman Alicia Alaniz. It's the second DWI arrest in seven months for the 2012 NFL MVP and three-time league rushing champion. Alaniz declined to provide additional information about the circumstances surrounding Peterson's arrest in Sugar Land, which is located just southwest of Houston. Peterson remained in the...

After highly successful visits to Malaysia and Japan, President Trump now arrives in South Korea, where he will have crucial trade talks with President Xi of China among other things.

More than 2 1/2 years ago, I wrote about the prostitution problem in San Francisco. Neighbors of one particular street, Capp St., were complaining about a sudden uptick of business on their block that was making it difficult to sleep at night.

The percentage of Americans who believe the Democratic Party is “out of touch” has increased by double-digits over the last decade, with 70% indicating the party is disconnected from the issues that matter to voters. The Democratic Party is perceived as being overly-focused on “Protecting the rights of undocumented immigrants” and “Protecting the rights of LGBTQ+ Americans” – alienating voters who care more about secure borders and crime reduction, a survey released Monday by Welcome, a center-left group, found. “To win elections, Democrats need to make the following changes. First, we need to focus more on the issues voters do...

A federal judge on Tuesday evening said Los Angeles-based US Attorney Bill Essayli has been in the role unlawfully and disqualified him. President Trump chose California Republican Assemblyman Bill Essayli to serve as the acting US attorney for the Central District of California earlier this year. Bill Essayli is a staunch Trump supporter who has been aggressively investigating and prosecuting illegal aliens and criminals. US District Judge Michael Seabright, a George W. Bush appointee, said Essayli has been unlawfully serving since July. Judge Seabright did not dismiss Essayli’s indictments because they were signed by other attorneys for the government. The...

In the early, early morning Tuesday, in the aftermath of Game 3, Blue Jays manager John Schneider was quick to remind reporters that the defending champion Dodgers “didn’t win the World Series, they won a game.”

[Catholic Caucus] Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage triples as FSSP runs out of HostsThousands of pilgrims travelled to Rome for the annual Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage from Friday 24 October to Sunday 26 October, celebrating the Traditional Latin Mass under the aegis of the Pope in the heart of the Catholic Church.This year, the ancient rite of the Mass, in its pontifical form, was once again permitted to be celebrated in Saint Peter’s Basilica on Saturday 25 October, at the Altar of the Chair, after a two-year hiatus.With re-established permission from Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke presided over and celebrated the...