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Elaine Ellinger’s article reveals why banning Sharia without defining religion is a legal fraud—and what must be done to stop the endless cycle of empty legislation. Randy Fine’s proposed U.S. legislation, H.R. 5512, titled: No Shari’a Act, promises to prohibit U.S. courts from enforcing any ruling “based in whole or in part” on Sharia if it violates constitutional rights.Hope is not strategy.The bill is well-intentioned but doomed. Remarkably, the bill never once defines the word “Shari’a” — leaving judges to guess what qualifies. Without that definition, and without fixing the deeper constitutional blind spot on what actually qualifies as a...

With the notable shift among Latino voters who supported Trump in 2024—drawn by mainstream media coverage of his promised tough stance on illegal immigration—now, as millions of Venezuelans worldwide, including immigrants in Miami and Nicaraguans, celebrate the sight of their despised dictator Maduro in handcuffs, this delivers a massive boost to Trump. It not only validates his hardline foreign policy but also strikes a blow against Iran's meddling influence in Latin America, weakening Tehran's key ally in the region and advancing U.S. interests.

"We must make America great again. We will start in November" Actor George Clooney reacted to US President Donald Trump's jibes a Clooney's acting ability as well as his political views... last Saturday's official journal proclaimed his French citizenship... A protest opposing US aggression in Venezuela materialized in Paris this evening. A banner displayed the colors of Venezuela's flag with the words... Meanwhile Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot saying the US action attacking Venezuela and capturing President Nicolas Maduro.... President Emmanuel Macron noting the end of a dictatorship in Venezuela endorsing a 'peaceful democratic' transition. He also spoke... Late tonight the...

President Trump told The Post in an exclusive interview that US troops won’t be stationed in Venezuela so long as ousted strongman Nicolás Maduro’s vice president, Delcy Rodriguez, “does what we want” in the aftermath of a daring US raid that captured Maduro. Trump made the clarification moments after a press conference where he said that “we are going to run the country” ahead of a democratic transition, introducing the prospect of a US occupation. Asked by The Post if “US troops [will] be on the ground helping run the country,” Trump said: “No, if Maduro’s vice president — if...

How great is this! A Venezuelan family learning about Nicolás Maduro's capture by reading his Truth Social post on their television! The radical left hates this!

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. 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 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (I John 5:14) Religion forum threads labeled (Prayer) are closed to debate of any kind.

Open carry is unquestionably part of our Nation’s history and tradition of ‘the right to keep and bear arms California lawmakers and governor Newsom were once again smacked down, this time by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which found that the state’s open-carry ban violates the Second Amendment right to “keep and bear arms.” This isn’t the first time California has received such a constitutional smack down. “Judge Lee, joined by Judge VanDyke, write a concurring opinion ‘to highlight how California has apparently resorted to subterfuge to deny its citizens their Second Amendment rights,” the Firearms Policy Coalition reported....

ARE YOU TOO BUSY FOR GOD? This means we must commit ourselves to hearing the Lord's voice. How else can we know and do the will of our Heavenly Father? It means that we have a particular commitment to the God-ordained transformation that needs to occur within us so that we may reflect the King of Glory's character. When we decide to be open to the Lord of Heaven, He transforms our lives, and we experience a quietness in our spirit, a confidence in our heart, a dogged determination in our mind, and an increasing faith in our soul....

With less than a year before the 2026 midterm elections, the already precarious balance of power in Congress will come down to a few, critical battleground races. In the Senate, where Republicans hold a 53-47 majority, Democrats would need to gain four seats to take control of the chamber while the GOP — who can count on Vice President Vance to break a tie — could stand to lose no more than three. In the traditionally more volatile House of Representatives, Democrats have a clear shot at gaining the majority, experts said. They have now seized a lead of 4...

Footage of Venezuelan President Maduro’s perp walk at Stewart Air National Guard Base

WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is hitting the brakes on $2.3 billion left in spending from the Biden administration’s electric school bus program — following backlash over New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s mandate and as the vehicles have been breaking down in the cold and failing to be produced in a timely manner to districts. Zeldin made the decision to review the taxpayer-funded program after $2.7 billion was already “frivolously wasted” under former President Joe Biden on thousands of electric buses, according to an agency spokesperson, working out to a price tag of roughly $318,452.45 per vehicle...

Residents of Staten Island have discussed renewed calls for secession from New York City after newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani visited the borough. Mamdani, 34, was sworn in as New York's youngest mayor in more than a century on New Year's Day - its first Muslim, South Asian, and African-born leader. He ran on a Democratic socialist platform that included raising the minimum wage to $30 by 2030, raising the city's corporate tax to 11.5 percent, city-run grocery stores, fare-free buses, and freezing rent on rent-stabilized apartments. Citizens and lawmakers of Staten Island, a staunch Republican enclave in the otherwise...

As of January 1, 2026, city workers in Portland, Oregon, can now clock out for up to 40 hours a year — without losing pay or benefits — to deal with immigration-related legal matters for themselves or for family members. Eligible employees may use this leave for activities such as:Obtaining legal support or meeting with immigration or criminal defense attorneys • Attending interviews or tests related to naturalization or citizenship • Appearing at state or federal criminal court proceedings • Deportation hearings • Matters involving “unlawful detention” related to immigration status. For the first 40 hours each year, this leave...

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“Britain and France on Saturday conducted an airstrike on an underground facility in the mountains north of Palmyra, Syria, which ISIS terrorists "likely" used to store weapons and explosives, the British Defense Ministry confirmed in a statement. Western aircraft have been conducting patrols to stop a resurgence of the terror group, the ministry noted. Our aircraft used Paveway IV guided bombs to target a number of access tunnels down to the facility," the ministry added, noting that initial indications are that the target was successfully engaged, and that no civilians were put at risk by the strikes.“

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Monday after the U.S. attacked Venezuela and deposed its long-serving autocratic President Nicolas Maduro, a move that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres views as setting "a dangerous precedent."Colombia, backed by Russia and China, requested the meeting of the 15-member council, diplomats said. The U.N. Security Council has met twice - in October and December - over the escalating tensions between the United States and Venezuela.U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Washington would run Venezuela "until such time as we can do a safe,...

Conclusions: Through a close examination of the Antioch incident and the Hagar‑Sarah allegory, we have traced Paul’s Jewish logic. He employs midrashic typology, scriptural allegory, and covenantal reasoning to demonstrate that the blessing promised to Abraham reaches the nations through faith in the singular “Seed,” Christ. The Law, a holy and good gift to Israel, functioned as a guardian until the Promise arrived. To require Gentiles to undergo proselyte conversion is, in Paul’s metaphor, to force them back into a state of minority and slavery—a temporary, supervised status from which Christ has set all believers free. Paul’s gospel thus affirms...

Far-left New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly pouted after the United States captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. U.S. forces snatched Maduro in a daring raid that was announced Saturday by President Donald Trump. “I was briefed this morning on the U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, as well as their planned imprisonment in federal custody here in New York City,” Mamdani posted on X. “Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law,” he claimed. “This blatant pursuit of regime change doesn’t just affect those...

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the administration’s decision not to brief senior congressional leaders ahead of the U.S. strike in Venezuela, arguing that advance notice would have jeopardized the operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. Speaking Saturday at a press conference carried by Newsmax, Rubio said the mission was "trigger-based," unfolding only when specific conditions were met after days of monitoring. He said it was not the type of operation that allowed for advance congressional notification, stressing that the action was fundamentally a law-enforcement mission, the arrest of "two indicted...

A daycare owner in Washington state has said that he is "flabbergasted" by the amount of money alleged Somali fraudsters in the daycare industry are getting in comparison to the subsidies his daycare and others in the industry usually receive on a normal basis. According to Center Square, the outlet went to a number of Washington-based daycare centers run by Somalis, and only one of the daycares had any children inside. “Anyone who's in the industry is, like, flabbergasted,” said daycare owner David McMullan. “How are they getting that money and we're not?” McMullan, who is also the chair of...