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Pope Leo visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church to a Muslim place of worship during his four-day visit to Turkey. The first U.S. pope bowed slightly before entering the mosque and was led on a tour of the expansive complex, able to hold 10,000 worshippers, by its imam and the mufti of Istanbul. Leo, walking in white socks, smiled during the 20-minute visit and joked with one of his guides, the mosque's lead muezzin - the official...

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday he is "very concerned" about the apparently inaccurate information received by the West Midlands Police that led to the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending the Europa League match against Aston Villa. "I'm very concerned and troubled by what we're seeing in terms of the intelligence reporting," he told The Jewish Chronicle. "I think we need to get to the bottom of that to find out exactly what happened, and that's the immediate next step." "I think it's not just one police force. We need to look consistently across to see...

President Trump is shutting down Venezuelan airspace “in its entirety” amid a surge in drug trafficking from the South American nation, he announced Saturday morning. “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Trump wrote in a morning Truth Social post. “Thank you for your attention to this matter!” The measure comes just two days after the president said he would begin bombing land-based drug trafficking targets. “The land is easier, but that’s going to start very soon,” Trump told reporters. The US has been...

Fani Willis has a new budgetary problemAll the defendants whose cases were dismissed yesterday are legally entitled to “reasonable attorney’s fees” to be paid by Fani Willis’ officeSo the Fulton taxpayers are now on the hook for several million more dollar https://t.co/egU9MSegej— Phil Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) November 27, 2025==============================================================

There’s a particular kind of innocence in believing that generosity will be recognized for what it is. A nation opens its doors, offers a warm meal, provides a safe bed, and assumes the visitor understands the privilege. For decades, America set out the banquet, refilled the bowls, and quietly told itself that this time, surely, the guests would take only what they needed. But people who are constantly fed start to forget who stocked the pantry. They come back with friends. Then relatives. Then demands. And the hosts, too polite to object, keep ladling stew while pretending not to notice...

Ukraine releases videos of their naval drones striking 2 Russian shadow fleet oil tankers off the Turkish Black Sea coast

New Jersey governor-elect Mikie Sherrill (D.) turned to former energy secretary Jennifer Granholm, an architect of Biden-era green energy policies—which polls show are unpopular with Garden State voters—to co-chair her transition team’s energy task force. The governor-elect’s energy team is a quasi-reunion of Biden administration alumni—in addition to Granholm, former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) member Allison Clements will serve as its other co-chair. It’s a signal that although Sherrill ran to the middle on energy issues during her gubernatorial campaign, she is prepared to govern as a climate hawk. Granholm and Clements have a long history of supporting far-left...

How One Delivery Demand Exposed the Game. Show Me the Bars: The 400 Million Ounce Call. Silver’s Moment of Truth: When the Screen Went Dark and 400 Million Ounces Knocked The moment the screen went dark, every silver trader on the planet knew something had snapped. Silver futures had been grinding higher for months, each dip devoured faster than the last, but that night the tape stopped behaving like a market and started behaving like an escape attempt. Asian buying bled into London, London bled into New York pre-market, and the chart turned into a near-vertical line as bids chased...

Folks in the post-war generation born between 1946 and 1964 are now sixty or older. Scanning social media, it’s hard to miss the anger building against Baby Boomers. Those born after them are increasingly placing the blame for their woes on the unrelenting greed of the Baby Boomer generation. They believe that the Boomers had the sheer luck to be born when America was in its ascendency, and so they accumulated all the wealth, and now they are determined to take it all with them to the grave, not sharing a penny with the generations which came after. [DISCLAIMER: This...

President Trump is shutting down Venezuelan airspace “in its entirety” amid a surge in drug trafficking from the South American nation, he announced Saturday morning. “To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. Trump wrote in a morning Truth Social post. “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Kitco News) - Central bank gold purchases and investment demand have been two key factors driving gold prices to record highs this year, but one investment firm is looking at another segment of the gold market that is starting to attract significant attention. For years, many analysts have expected tokenized gold to be the next evolution in the precious metals space, and it appears its time has come, as Tether Limited, the leader in cryptocurrency stablecoins, has become a major player in the sector. Fahad Tariq and Andrew Moss, equity analysts at Jefferies, recently published a report on Tether’s growing...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(11/29/25)[Prayer]The Scriptures in Handel’s “Messiah”Psalm 22:7-87 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.Holy Bible, The King James Version________________________

The City Council’s far-left majority is pushing the Big Apple into a “communist dystopia” with Stalinesque legislation designed to control how private property is sold — and penalizing owners $30,000 if they resist. The “Community Opportunity for Purchase Act,” or COPA, forces sellers to let “community land trusts” and other nonprofits providing affordable housing make first offers to buy residential buildings with at least three units once they’re on the market – and then match competing private-sector offers. The bill, sponsored by Brooklyn Councilwoman Sandy Nurse, was introduced in May 2024 and has gained steam in recent months after Democratic...

Three people were wounded during a shooting inside a California mall on Black Friday as shoppers barricaded themselves inside stores and fled for safety during the “complete chaos.” The shooting began outside a Macy’s store at the Westfield Valley Fair Mall in Santa Clara at around 5:40 p.m, according to KRON4. The victims – a 16-year-old girl, a man, and a woman – were found at the scene and rushed to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. The shooting was described as an “isolated incident,” and there was no active threat to the public, the San Jose Police...

The former top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday told The Post he is headed to the frontlines — hours after he submitted his resignation from the position in the wake of a raid on his home by Kyiv’s national anti-corruption bureau. “I’m going to the front and am prepared for any reprisals,” Andriy Yermak told The Post in an impassioned text message Friday night. “I am an honest and decent person.” He then apologized if he no longer answers calls. He did not say when or how he intended to go to the frontlines of the war...

After years of explosive growth fueled by hype, exclusivity, and social media buzz, the U.S. sneaker market is facing a sharp downturn. Analysts and resellers alike are calling it a “crash,” as resale prices plummet and demand cools amid changing economic conditions and shifting consumer priorities. This crash is hitting New Jersey retailers and resellers hard as high priced shoes are now competing with high energy bills, high medical insurance rates and increases in costs of living in New Jersey. It’s only expected that the least necessary luxury items are taking a hit. What’s Behind the Collapse Oversaturation: Major brands...

Most people heading into their retirement years already know the usual advice: eat fruits and vegetables, choose lean proteins, and go easy on sugar and salt. But there’s another layer to nutrition that’s often overlooked — lesser-known foods packed with compounds that support healthy aging in surprisingly powerful ways. These aren’t exotic items you have to special-order from across the globe. Many are now available in standard grocery stores or online, and they can bring variety, flavor, and longevity-boosting benefits to your daily routine.

“‘Behold, My Servant whom I have chosen; My Beloved in whom My soul is well-pleased’” (Matthew 12:18). Jesus Christ is God’s ultimate Servant, the one and only Son chosen by the Father to die for fallen sinners. The divine commendation here is a modified quotation of Isaiah 42:1–4, one of the most beautiful descriptions of our Lord anywhere in the Bible. The Father’s choice of Jesus to be His Servant was decisive and irrevocable—Christ was the one and only person perfectly qualified for the work of redemption. As the perfect choice of God, Jesus is also completely pleasing in His...

Democrats and academia—I know: what’s the difference?—excel at several things. Among them are election fraud, whataboutism, hating America and Americans, embracing America’s enemies and warping language. It is the latter that allows them to define the terms of any debate, and often, to win it. That’s perhaps their most common social science tactic, where they have long invented terms like “gun violence,” and even argued that “silence is violence.” If you don’t agree with their lunatic positions, even if you say nothing about them, you’re somehow engaging in violence. Nothing but full-throated praise for their moral and intellectual superiority will...

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., former chair of the Democratic National Committee, suggested Friday that President Donald Trump is to blame for the death of a member of the National Guard. Multiple left-wing commentators argued that the ambush-style shooting of National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe Wednesday only happened because of Trump’s orders to station the National Guard in US cities. On Friday, as the nation was still reeling from the shooting, CNN host Sara Sidner spoke to Schultz about the tragic incident. The shooting, Schultz said, “begs the question, would an individual have flown across the...