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Pope Leo XIV is expected to accept Timothy Cardinal Dolan’s resignation this week — and will possibly name a bishop from the pontiff’s Illinois home state to lead the Archdiocese of New York, well-placed sources said. Dolan, who has served as archbishop since 2009, submitted his resignation in February after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75. Insiders said the Holy Father is now set to accept the resignation, and that he is considering naming Bishop Ron Hicks, of Joliet, Ill., near the pope’s Windy City hometown, to replace Dolan.

Nationals of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria also banned, plus 12 countries already on list; US was already reportedly rejecting Palestinians’ visa requests US President Donald Trump on Tuesday expanded a travel ban by barring Palestinian Authority passport holders from entering the United States, along with banning five other nationalities. In a social media post, a White House account said that Trump, who has long campaigned to restrict immigration, was acting “to protect the security of the United States.” The policy announced Tuesday will go into effect on January 1, 2026. In June, Trump had announced that...

PACIFIC, Wash. — Hundreds of neighbors in the King County city of Pacific were jolted out of bed early Tuesday as messages telling them to evacuate immediately blared through the area.“Water just started coming up. I was sleeping and next thing you know there’s all these sirens and cars and people outside,” said Johnny Sivilay, who lives on Third Avenue SE. “I came outside and my car was in water so I had to move it. People were breaking my fence trying to get to safety."

Vice President JD Vance was questioned about White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles calling Vance a conspiracy theorist.Vance embraces the conspiracy label, defines how accurate it is, then delivers a strong set of remarks in defense of Susie Wiles. WATCH: The overall remarks themselves are not terribly toxic to the White House, but the question of why a chief of staff would sit down for eleven interviews over 11 months with Vanity Fair remains rather curious.What exactly did Susie Wiles expect was going to happen with all those recorded interviews?

Ukraine and 34 other countries approved compensation body for damages from Russia's invasion. The plan would help finance the Ukraine government and its battlefield needs for the next two years. For Europe, it is a "matter of survival to show it deserves a place at the negotiating table", says FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert. It also comes at a time where public opinion regarding financial help to Ukraine starts to cool in certain European countries.

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Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appears to be embracing a feminist left-wing activist group with alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party in the final weeks of her House term.Greene on Wednesday met with members of Code Pink, whose co-founder Medea Benjamin praised the outgoing congresswoman as a “strong anti war voice” in Congress. Benjamin’s group took credit for crashing a D.C. dinner in September where protestors got within feet of President Donald Trump and shouted he “is the Hitler of our time.”“I’m America First and fully against funding foreign wars and support peace because that’s good for everyone...

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ruled out running for president in 2028 if Vice President JD Vance seeks the GOP nomination.“If JD Vance runs for president, he’s going to be our nominee, and I’ll be one of the first people to support him,” Rubio told author Chris Whipple in an interview published Tuesday by Vanity Fair.Rubio, 54, and Vance, 41, are widely viewed as the top two potential contenders to succeed term-limited President Trump on the Republican side.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter chokehold on the South American country’s economy. Trump’s escalation comes after U.S. forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, an unusual move that followed a buildup of military forces in the region. In a post on social media Tuesday night announcing the blockade, Trump alleged Venezuela was using oil to fund drug trafficking and other crimes and...

An entire generation of white men did exactly what they were told to do, only to watch the rules quietly change the moment they reached the starting line. Here's how DEI explicitly discriminated against an entire generation of young White Men. 00:00:00 DEI and the Lost Generation 00:07:05 The War Against White Men in American Media 00:18:38 Why DEI is Discriminatory 00:21:45 The Media Has Lost All Credibility 00:27:34 The War Against White Men in Academia 00:31:39 Discrimination Against White Men Was Deliberate 00:41:06 The War Against White Men in Hollywood 00:44:39 Why Is This Happening? 00:49:32 How Millennials and...

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has been plunged into a PR nightmare of her own making after she divulged stunning details about Donald Trump and his top team. Wiles, renowned in Washington for her tact, appears to have made an astonishing slip-up after she revealed that Trump has an 'alcoholic's personality'. In the wide-ranging interview with Vanity Fair, she branded JD Vance a 'conspiracy theorist', ripped into Pam Bondi over the botched release of the Epstein files, and described Elon Musk as a ketamine-dependent oddball. The intimate details were released over many months to journalist Chris Whipple who...

1:07 VIDEO AT LINK....... SHE WAS MORE THAN DOXXED, THIS GIRL CALLED HER EMPLOYER AND INFORMED THEM OF ALLL HER PAST DELIQUENCIES THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY TOTALLY UNAWARE OF......... GOOD JOB!...................

A local Bondi detective who joined the cops because he “hates crime” heroically exposed himself to danger and delivered the fatal gunshots that killed a terrorist on Sunday afternoon. Detective Senior Constable Cesar “Cess” Barraza fired at the two alleged terrorists from an estimated 40 metres away, as they held their position on top of the footbridge and fired upon the crowd of innocents. His shots are believed to have killed Sajid Akram, 50, and likely also severely wounded his son, Naveed Akram, 24. A veteran of 16 years experience in the NSW Police Force, Det Snr Constable Barraza was...

President Trump on Tuesday called for a "total and complete blockade" on all sanctioned oil tankers that enter or depart Venezuela, as the administration heaps pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at sea — and leaves the door open for land strikes. "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America," the president wrote on Truth Social. "It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the United States of America all of the Oil,...

A new report from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) says that although energy related emissions in Ireland have fallen by 16% since 2018, the country has not broken the link between economic growth and fossil fuel use in a meaningful way. The SEAI says Ireland needs to double down on decarbonization, especially in transport, which is still 93% powered by fossil fuels. Ireland is legally obliged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030. SEAI Energy in Ireland 2025 report notes total energy-related emissions have fallen to the lowest level in over 30 years. This has been...

SummaryThe video transcript features Alex Jones discussing a recent mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He describes the incident as involving a masked gunman dressed in black who entered a lecture hall during an economics exam review session, fired around 40 rounds, killed two students (one identified as Ella Cook, vice president of the Brown College Republicans), and injured nine others before escaping.The speaker repeatedly describes the shooter, based on limited surveillance images, as appearing to be a middle-aged, stocky white man with a possibly fake belly. He highlights delays in response: a 17-20 minute lag before...

Uniformed South African officials raid US refugee processing site, intimidate refugees (36 min video)

A truck driver in the country illegally has been released on a $100,000 bond after a fatal wreck in Washington late last week. 25-year-old Kamalpreet Singh, of Elk Grove, California was arrested on Thursday, December 11th after a crash on SR 167 in King County, Washington. He was released on $100,000 bond on Sunday, December 14th. According to Auburn Examiner, Singh crashed into the back of a Mazda sedan that was stopped just behind a Peterbilt on northbound SR 167 south of SR 18. The force of the impact crushed the Mazda between the two semi trucks, killing the motorist,...

Ella Cook vigil Vigil held for students killed at Brown University. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Ella Cook, of Mountain Brook, identified as a victim. ************************************************************************** The Mountain Brook woman who was killed in the Brown University shooting was the vice president of the school's Republican club and was likely targeted, according to multiple sources. Ella Cook was one of two shot and killed on Saturday while studying with a group of students. "We are devastated to learn of the loss of our Brown College Republicans Vice President, Ella Cook," the club's president, Martin Bertao, stated. "Ella was known for her bold,...

The mayor of Savannah, Georgia does not want to concern himself with a terrifying crime that happened on his watch and was sure to let a constituent know in no uncertain terms.As The Gateway Pundit reported last week, a white Georgia woman named Ashley Wasielewski sustained horrifying burns to her face, neck, and scalp after a black man emerged from the bushes at a Forsyth park in Savannah and dumped acid on her.The suspect, who is still at large, approached the victim from behind and poured the liquid chemical on her. According to police, the attacker was not known to...