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The Department of the Interior announced a series of changes Tuesday for America the Beautiful passes, which cover entry and amenity fees at over 2,000 federally managed areas, including the country’s national parks. Among the differences visitors can expect beginning in 2026 are new digital passes, original artwork featuring President Donald Trump and “America-first” prices that will see international visitors paying steeper fares. A mockup of the new design does away with the traditional images of scenic vistas or species like bighorn sheep and instead shows Trump beside a painted rendering of George Washington — a bold choice that has...

He’s not Cuo-ing away! Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo isn’t packing his bags for Florida anytime soon — telling campaign donors he is sticking around as speculation swirls about another comeback attempt. “The campaign may be over, but our work is not. I’m not going anywhere,” Cuomo said in a letter to donors to his mayoral campaign and obtained by The Post — citing his commitment to fighting antisemitism and improving public safety. The letter echoes a string of recent messaging by Cuomo in only the few weeks since his Nov. 4 election loss – in which he’s teased the possibility...

One of the biggest mysteries surrounding Easter Island may finally be solved - as scientists pinpoint who built the iconic stone heads over 900 years ago. In the past, researchers assumed that the 12 to 80-ton statues would have required the combined efforts of hundreds of labourers to build and move. However, new archaeological evidence shows that the statues, known as moai, were not carved by a single powerful chiefdom. Instead, each moai was carved by a small clan or by an individual family, with as few as four to six people working on a single statue. Using a new...

A shark killed a woman and seriously wounded a man taking an early morning swim with her at a national park beach on Australia’s east coast Thursday, police said. Experts say a shark rarely attacks more than one person. The attack occurred at Crowdy Bay National Park, which is known for beach camping, fishing spots and hiking tracks 224 miles north of Sydney. Beaches in the area and to the north of the attack were closed to swimmers indefinitely, Police Chief Insp. Timothy Bayly said. Emergency services were called to Kylies Beach following reports that two people in their mid-20s...

One of the pornographic images that got the World’s Strongest Woman winner stripped of the 2025 title after showing in explicit detail that the American lifter was born male was revealed on Wednesday. Jammie Booker, 28 — who was disqualified Tuesday for not competing under the sex she was born with — was exposed when vulgar images from her past life as a hardcore porn star were circulated by online sleuths. One of the few suitable-for-work shots shows what critics described as the “biological male” clutching her chest and sticking out her tongue while sporting bright red lipstick. Booker’s porn...

Late on Wednesday night, CIA Director John Ratcliffe told Fox News Lakanwal had direct links to the CIA from his work alongside US Special Forces in Afghanistan. 'The Biden administration justified bringing the alleged shooter to the United States in September 2021 due to his prior work with the U.S. government, including CIA,' Ratcliffe admitted. A close relative of Lakanwal was blindsided by Wednesday's allegations, telling NBC the Afghan national worked alongside US Special Forces while serving in the Afghan Army for 10 years.

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rump is and always will be an entertainer: When he first saw their pictures he was going to name them Chuck and Nancy! But then he realized he'd never pardon turkeys by that name. Trump also had a JB Pritzker joke prepared, but he censored himself: Here's the turkey pardon: The comments:

Now this is America First: Yes, the National Park Service is going to start charging foreign tourists higher fees to visit certain parks across the United States, in apparent accordance with Trump's America First agenda. Foreigners don't contribute tax dollars to run the parks? Then they're going to pay extra to visit. The U.S. Interior Department said Tuesday the National Park Service is going to start charging the millions of international tourists who visit U.S. national parks each year $100 per person to enter some of the most popular sites, while leaving them out of fee-free days that will be...

A post from Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, identified one of the National Guard troops critically injured in an ambush attack on Wednesday as Andrew Wolfe. Two Guardsmen were attacked by a gunman while on patrol near the White House. Both of them were shot in the head in a targeted attack. "Our Applemen community is deeply saddened to learn that Musselman High School alumnus, Andrew Wolfe, was one of the National Guardsmen injured in the shooting in Washington, D.C. today," read a post on the Musselman High School Facebook page. "Andrew is currently in critical condition and...

The United States military may soon cut ties with Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts, amid claims that the youth organization "no longer supports the future of American boys." U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will soon look to sever ties between Scouting America and the military, according to an alleged draft memo that has not yet been sent, which National Public Radio reported on Tuesday. Hegseth reportedly said the group, which has had a relationship with the military for over a century, had become "genderless" and now "attack[s] boy-friendly spaces." "The organization once endorsed by President Theodore...

“He said to them, ‘What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.’ Then He said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand!’ He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other” (Matthew 12:11–13). One of the tragedies of Hinduism in India is its distorted disregard for human welfare. You should not...

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who reportedly entered the US in 2021 under then-President Joe Biden's 'Operation Allies Welcome' and later overstayed his visa, has become the focus of a possible act of international terrorism. A viral photo shows him almost naked as first responders load him into an ambulance after the attack. Investigators say he allegedly ambushed two National Guard members near the White House. The shooting left both guards critically injured, and with the motive still unknown, Lakanwal’s background and actions have drawn intense public and political scrutiny.

God's word is an expression of his wisdom, his knowledge. Before God speaks He has done all the computations, all the reasonings and they are in the word. So, as I receive his word I receive those thoughts, reasonings, computations. That's how you renew your mind to his word because his thoughts are in them so as you receive his word you receive his thoughts. That's what light is, it's his way of seeing things, his thoughts that's light. Ps 119:130 The entrance of thy word giveth light. It's his thinking, his way of seeing things. So, when his word...

The New York Times produced a detailed, data-driven report on President Trump showing signs of aging. The president, 79, responded by calling the female reporter who co-wrote the story “ugly.” Trump’s post to Truth Social on Wednesday came less than two weeks after he said “quiet, piggy” to another female reporter, which drew attention to his gendered insults and general brusqueness. The Times’ story analyzed Trump’s public schedules this year and those during his first term in office. Americans see Trump “less than they used to,” The Times found. He “has fewer public events on his schedule and is traveling...

"So your support is telling me to stay in there until I'm murdered and keep fighting the broken system that can't be fixed"...part of the stark message from retiring Congresswoman... A panel of federal judges in North Carolina ruling in favor... A drone attack in northern Iraq tonight targeting a natural gas complex...leading to power outages... Late tonight explosions in the Odessa Region of Ukraine... President Trump proposing extension of operations for 11 coal-fired power plants... Two West Virginia National Guard members shot in Washington DC... British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves introducing a budget that raises taxes... The...

Students attending American public schools are struggling. Test scores from the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), released this year, indicate that 33% of 8th graders—a greater percentage than ever before—are reading at the “below basic” level.Additionally, only 22% of high school seniors are proficient or above in math, down from 24% in 2019, and only 35% are proficient in reading—the lowest score since NAEP began in 1969—down from 37% in 2019. Also, a record-high percentage scored at “below basic” levels in both math and reading compared to all previous assessments.Parents across the country, especially in big cities, have...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business; End to Sex Slavery; Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14) I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to...

For nearly a century, America’s military strength has come largely through self-reliance. We not only made the ships, airplanes and tanks, our country supplied the parts and materials for these complex systems. But a lot has changed in recent times.Unfortunately, our military has increasingly relied on sourcing parts globally -- including from possibly unreliable places like China. It’s a disastrous side effect of globalization.For example, while modern jet engines may typically include between 30,000 and 50,000 parts, ensuring they are “China-free” has proven to be incredibly difficult. We’ve already seen deliveries of F-35s delayed over this issue, revealing that supply...

UPDATE 8:41 CST: President Trump just addressed the nation from Mar-A Lago🚨@POTUS: “I can report tonight that based on the best available information, the Department of Homeland Security is confident that the suspect in custody is a foreigner who entered our country from Afghanistan, a hellhole on earth. He was FLOWN IN by the Biden Administration in in September 2021, on those infamous flights that everybody was talking about.” pic.twitter.com/KjLVnwEt7f— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) November 27, 2025..."Nobody knew who was coming in, knew anything about it! And his status was extended by legislation signed by Biden”He said the suspect had...