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(LifeSiteNews) — The Bible says nothing about abortion and homosexual “marriage,” according to a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate. James Talarico is currently running to be the nominee for the 2026 Senate race in Texas. Currently the seat is held by Republican John Cornyn. Talarico is a state representative. “The Bible doesn’t mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick,” Talarico’s campaign account posted, along with a video of him making similar remarks in a bland chapel of some sort. “The closest thing we have to...

Katie Wilson is officially Seattle’s Mayor, after being sworn in on Friday and also officially entered a hot-button national debate. “I had the honor of being noticed by the President of the United States who called me a very, very liberal slash communist mayor. It's nice. It's nice to feel seen,” she joked in front of a room of enthusiastic supporters during her speech at Seattle City Hall. But she wasn’t joking, when just hours before, her official campaign account posted on X that “I stand with the Somali childcare providers who have experienced targeted harassment and condemn the surveillance...

(LifeSiteNews) — An Ohio woman force-fed abortion pills by her ex-boyfriend cannot sue him for wrongful death of her child and other damages unless she surrenders her anonymity, a judge has ruled. Last month, a grand jury indicted Dr. Hassan Abbas of University of Toledo Medical Center on six felony charges related to allegedly force-feeding his pregnant girlfriend abortion drugs. He allegedly ordered mifepristone and misoprostol under his estranged wife’s name, then crushed them and attempted to force them into her mouth last December, taking away her phone when she tried to call 911. Upon learning of the allegations, the...

A Maine judge's court order prevented a mother from taking her own daughter to Christmas church services. Now the Maine Supreme Judicial Court is set to weigh in on whether the lower court overstepped its limits when it barred Emily Bickford from reading the Bible to her 12-year-old daughter or taking her to church for over a year. The state's high court heard oral arguments last month in the case of Bickford v. Bradeen — a battle between judicial authority and parental rights. Liberty Counsel, a faith-based non-profit legal group, is representing Bickford. She is challenging a December 2024 custody...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday unapologetically stood by his first-day move to revoke his predecessor Eric Adams’ executive order changing the definition of antisemitism. Mamdani, in a long-winded response, effectively brushed off the brewing backlash from Jewish groups by insisting the city under his watch will aggressively fight hate and “protect Jewish New Yorkers.” “I was proud yesterday to sign a number of executive orders that will give my administration a clean slate to get to work on delivering a new era for New Yorkers, one where they can envision living an affordable and dignified life,” he said when asked...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) called for House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-KY) to launch a congressional investigation into President Donald Trump’s health on Friday. Jeffries appeared in an interview with independent journalist Aaron Parnas, who noted that Comer has initiated investigations into former President Joe Biden’s fitness for office and Autopen use. Parnas then asked whether Democrats might launch a probe into Trump’s health if they win big in the midterms. “I don’t believe that this is something that should wait until the American people give Democrats the majority in the aftermath of the November election later...

Alex Jones escalated his battle against fellow conspiracy theorist and MAGA influencer Candace Owens this week, telling her, “I want your war,” and accusing her followers of threatening and doxxing him. Jones publicly broke with Owens earlier in the month and accused her of making easily refutable accusations related to the murder of Charlie Kirk. Jones promised last week to continue his battle against Owens, saying, “Everything she says and does, I’m gonna rip it to pieces.” Over the weekend, Jones ramped up his rhetoric, raging, “I remember saying to them, I said, I got to investigate her now, I’ve...

MAGA Inc., a super PAC created to support Donald Trump in the 2024 election, has over $294 million in cash on hand it can use to boost Republican candidates and influence the 2026 mid-term elections, according to records on file with the Federal Election Commission Breaking Business Trump’s MAGA Inc. Super PAC Has $300 Million Cash War Chest For Midterms ByMary Whitfill Roeloffs,Forbes Staff. Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture. Follow Author Jan 02, 2026, 03:28pm EST MAGA Inc., a super PAC created to support Donald Trump in the 2024 election, has over $294 million...

Representative Tom Emmer, a Minnesota Republican, defended Somali immigrants to his constituents during a 2015 town hall, according to an episode of the podcast This American Life. Emmer said on X on Sunday that he is calling for “the denaturalization and deportation of every Somali engaged in fraud in Minnesota.” At the 2015 event, Emmer said, according to the podcast: “I'm going to tell you, the Somalis, according to the measurements that have been used over time, are some of the fastest-assimilating populations that we've had." Emmer also said, “If you're asking me how I feel about immigrant populations who...

A possible new treatment for impaired brain blood flow and related dementias is on the horizon. Research by scientists provides novel insights into the mechanisms that regulate brain blood flow and highlights a potential therapeutic strategy to correct vascular dysfunction. Their preclinical findings suggest that adding a missing phospholipid back into a person's circulatory system could restore normal brain blood flow and reduce symptoms of dementia. Alzheimer's disease and related dementias affect 50 million people around the world and numbers are rising, placing immense burdens on families and health care systems. Research in the Harraz lab focused on the control...

[Catholic Caucus] Catholics in Leo’s former diocese urge him to reverse ‘scandalous’ rejection of Co-Redemptrix titleMore than 100 Catholics in Peru wrote to Pope Leo denouncing a ‘harmful’ and ‘truly scandalous’ Vatican document that attacks Our Lady’s titles of ‘Co-Redemptrix’ and ‘Mediatrix of All Graces.’Catholics in Pope Leo XIV’s former diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, are petitioning him to “reconsider” what they condemn as a “truly scandalous” and “harmful” document issued by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) that opposes the Marian titles of “Co-Redemptrix” and “Mediatrix of All Graces.”The petition includes the signatures of more than...

Minnesota child care centers at the center of widespread fraud allegations fueled by a viral video were operating as expected when visited by investigators, the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families said in a news release Friday. “Children were present at all sites except for one – that site, was not yet open for families for the day when inspectors arrived,” the agency said. The agency gathered evidence and initiated further review, noting the investigation into four centers was ongoing, the report stated. The report comes days after YouTube content creator Nick Shirley, who has created anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim...

Since the fall in Genesis 3, when Adam and Eve disobeyed the Lord’s one command, God has been on a mission to redeem what has fallen. The Lord has been fighting ever since the fall to win us back to Him. Through the Scriptures God has revealed to us His blueprint on how He intends to fulfill His ultimate plan of redemption for all creation. The book of Genesis defines early on how God plans to redeem all that has fallen. To redeem all that has been lost God chose a man, Abraham, who would be a father to a...

Friday 2 January 2026 Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Doctors on 2 January St. Basil the Great Byzantine Catholic Church. Miami Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 John 2:22-28The anointing he gave you teaches you everythingThe man who denies that Jesus is the Christ –he is the liar,he is Antichrist;and he is denying the Father as well as the Son,because no one who has the Father can deny the Son,and to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father as well.Keep alive in...

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) filed a class action lawsuit Thursday on behalf of federal workers over the government’s ending of insurance coverage for sex change hormones and procedures

🚨🇺🇸 SISTERS MAKE $774K A YEAR BABYSITTING EACH OTHER’S KIDS ON TAXPAYER DIME IN WASHINGTON Two sisters in Washington figured out how to turn childcare into a full-time payday. All they had to do was babysit each other’s kids and call it a business. They both signed up as in-home daycare providers. Then, each claimed the other as their client. The state pays up to $33 an hour per child. So one watches 4 kids, the other watches 4, and suddenly they’re pulling in nearly $387K each. All funded by the public. Calling this anything other than legalized fraud is...

Democrats like crime and fraud, especially when the criminals and fraudsters are from the party's preferred demographic groups. There's no other way to explain it, because Democrats are fighting very hard to protect Somali fraudsters in Minnesota, Washington, and elsewhere while enacting pro-crime, pro-criminal policies like cashless bail and other "criminal justice reform" legislation. In Minnesota, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty has said the investigations and fraud allegations are "far-right propaganda" and vowed prosecutions. In Washington, Attorney General Nick Brown also threatened independent journalists, writing on X, "My office has received outreach from members of the Somali community after reports...

Two complementary studies reveal how an insufficient supply of energy in macrophages, key immune cells in artery walls, drives the progression of atherosclerosis—and how this knowledge could lead to better diagnostics and future therapies. Atherosclerosis—the buildup of fatty plaques inside arteries—is the leading cause of heart attacks and strokes worldwide. Although the role of cholesterol in plaque formation has long been a focus, scientists increasingly recognize that the immune system plays a decisive role in determining whether plaques remain stable or become unstable and thus prone to rupture, which can lead to heart attacks or strokes. In two newly published...

Fancy escaping to a remote Greek island with free accommodation? A dream opportunity has emerged for cat lovers who have some time to spare and truly want to make a difference. The snug island of Syros - located in the centre of the Aegean Sea and 70 miles from the port of Piraeus - is home to around 3,000 stray felines. Since the 1990s, charities such as Syros Cats have been working on managing population numbers, sterilisation and providing care to the cats. The organisation is now welcoming 'fit, mature, healthy and independent' volunteers who would like to help with...

In a troubling trend, police in Minnesota, Ohio, Florida, Arizona, and Louisiana have arrested a number of church leaders in separate cases for failing to report alleged child abuse. The wave of cases, which have arisen in the last month, raises questions about church and ministry accountability and their legal and moral obligations to protect children in their care, specifically by alerting civil authorities when leaders suspect abuse. This basic duty has been a fixture of American law for well over half a century. Since 1967, every state has enacted some form of mandatory child-abuse reporting law. But in nearly...