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The mother of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new woke renters’ rights honcho — who’s dubbed homeownership “a weapon of white supremacy” — is a professor at a prestigious college and owns a beautiful Nashville home worth $1.6 million. Celia Applegate — whose daughter, Cea Weaver is the director of Mamdani’s Office to Protect Tenants — teaches German studies at Vanderbilt University and owns a pricey classic Craftsman home just south of the main strip in Nashville, Tennessee. Applegate bought the property with her partner, David Blackbourn, in July 2012 for $814,000 and real estate websites now list the pad’s value at...

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Weeks after the Trump Media and Technology Group announced a merger with nuclear power company TAE Technologies, the new organization has unveiled plans for a fusion plant in the US — aiming to make it the biggest power generation site in the world. On Tuesday morning, the company unveiled criteria for selecting the building site of the new project. CEO Devin Nunes tells me they are accepting applications from state and local governments — much like Amazon HQ did — and will make a decision within weeks, with construction to begin later this year. And Nunes is clear about one...

Michael Reagan, the son of former President Ronald Reagan, has died, his family announced on Tuesday. He died on Sunday in Los Angeles while surrounded by his family, according to a statement from the Reagan family. He was 80 years old. "Michael was and will always remain a beloved husband, father, and grandpa," the family said. "Our hearts are deeply broken as we grieve the loss of a man who meant so much to all who knew and loved him." Michael Reagan, one of the former president's five children, was a conservative political commentator and nationally syndicated radio talk show...

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ATOKA, Tenn. - A tiny and innocent life was saved recently, thanks to a box outside a Mid-South fire station and a parent who decided to use it. Fire officials said that someone over the weekend surrendered an infant at a Safe Haven Baby Box at Atoka Fire Station No. 1 in the Tennessee town about 25 miles northeast of Memphis. The boxes allow mothers of newborns to safely and legally give away their babies without being prosecuted. "What happened over the course of this weekend is exactly why we have this box," Atoka Fire Chief Bill Scott said. "It...

If you’ve watched an episode of “Saved by the Bell,“ “Cheers,“ or “Seinfeld,“ you’re probably well aware that a diner, restaurant, or bar can feel like a second home for patrons. As guests become regulars, they might even become a second family of sorts, to the staff. However, not every diner is delightful enough to cultivate that close connection with the chefs, servers, and hosts. Even though most folks are pleasant to host, restaurant pros admit that a select few can feel more like foe than family, and it might be due to something they hadn’t even realized is a...

On January 3, 2026, a United States force of military personnel, assisting United States law enforcement, captured and took into custody Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro. Maduro had taken control of the government of Venezuela and illegitimately refused to transfer power after losing the last election. An indictment against Maduro had been issued by a New York grand jury in 2020, accusing the Maduros of conspiracy to transport and sell illegal drugs into the United States.Because the United States does not recognize the Maduro regime as the legitimate government of Venezuela and because of the indictment against...

The State of Colorado must pay $5.4 million in attorneys’ fees to Becket following the state’s unconstitutional effort to outlaw abortion pill reversal. Becket represented Bella Health and Wellness, a Denver-area Catholic pro-life healthcare clinic, defending them against Colorado’s attempt to make it illegal for doctors and nurses to help women who take the first abortion pill but then decide to continue their pregnancies. A federal court found that Colorado’s attempt to ban abortion pill reversal violated the First Amendment. A federal law now requires the state to pay attorneys’ fees and court costs. “At least 18 moms who received...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers this week that President Donald Trump wants to acquire Greenland through a purchase rather than military action, as the administration revisits a long-standing proposal that has triggered sharp pushback from European allies and renewed debate over U.S. strategy in the Arctic. Rubio delivered the remarks during a closed-door briefing on Monday with members of the armed services and foreign policy committees in both chambers of Congress, according to U.S. officials. The briefing was focused primarily on Venezuela, but lawmakers raised questions about Trump's intentions toward Greenland after recent comments by the president and...

Pardoned January 6 defendants and others gathered in Washington DC on Tuesday to mark the 5-year anniversary of the Capitol protest. More than 1,500 January 6ers – many nonviolent, first time offenders – were charged by Joe Biden’s DOJ with Merrick Garland at the helm. Biden’s DOJ hunted down MAGA grandmothers and other non-violent offenders and threw them in the DC gulag. President Trump granted blanket clemency to all of the January 6 defendants shortly after he was sworn into office last January. On Tuesday, the January 6 defendants waved American flags as they marched to the Capitol. The marchers...

A pair of illegal aliens from India, both given Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs) by the sanctuary state of California, are accused of smuggling more than 300 pounds of cocaine across the state of Indiana in their semi-truck. On January 4, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents lodged detainers against 25-year-old illegal alien Gurpreet Singh and 30-year-old illegal alien Jasveer Singh, both from India, after they were arrested in Putnam County, Indiana, on charges of narcotics trafficking. According to local police, Singh and Singh had more than 300 pounds of cocaine concealed in the sleeper berth of the semi-truck that they...

The 26-year-old man who is the suspect in the vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s Cincinnati home on Monday demanded law enforcement call him “Julia” and has a prior criminal record and mental health issues, Fox News reported, citing federal sources. The suspect, William DeFoor, was booked in jail on Monday and is facing charges for vandalism, obstruction of official business, criminal damaging or endangering, and criminal trespass after allegedly wielding a hammer and smashing several windows at Vance’s home. The vice president and his family were not at the residence at the time of the incident. FBI sources told...

In states where property taxes and homeowners insurance costs are rising the fastest, there has been a spike in the number of people who are delinquent on their mortgages, according to real estate analytics firm Cotality. And an increase in escrow payments may be one of the biggest risks homeowners face in 2026, Cotality warns. The firm says that escalating escrow costs are reshaping the financial reality of homeownership across the U.S., undermining the predictability once promised by fixed mortgage payments. "Growing escrow payments can absolutely price would-be homeowners out of buying a home, especially in states where escrow payments...

“I felt like I had lost before I started the next part of my career,” Peter Frampton says of the blowout success of his 1976 album, Frampton Comes Alive! “Before there was nothing to compete with. Now, I felt, ‘I’m competing with Peter Frampton.’” In a new interview with Billboard, the guitar icon reflects on his smash live album, which turns 50 this year. The two-album set was recorded during the 1975 tour for his fourth solo album, Frampton. At the time, he was still struggling for success following his time with English hard rockers Humble Pie. Frampton Comes Alive!...

Texas is now the first state in the U.S. to eliminate American Bar Association oversight of its law schools, ending the state's 42-year-long reliance on the national organization. The Texas Supreme Court issued an order Tuesday finalizing a tentative September opinion, asserting the ABA should "no longer have the final say" on which law school graduates can take the bar exam — a requirement to becoming a licensed lawyer in each state. … The change means law school graduates who want to practice in Texas are no longer required to attend an ABA-accredited school. The power to approve those law...

God “chose us in [Christ] before the foundation of the world” (Eph. 1:4). A true sense of identity comes from knowing that God Himself personally selected you to be His child. Many people in our society are on a seemingly endless and often frantic quest for personal identity and self-worth. Identity crises are common at almost every age level. Superficial love and fractured relationships are but symptoms of our failure to resolve the fundamental issues of who we are, why we exist, and where we're going. Sadly, most people will live and die without ever understanding God's purpose for their...

Sanctioned vessel reportedly under NATO surveillance as Russia asks US to halt pursuit A Venezuela-linked oil tanker operating in the so-called "dark fleet" painted a Russian flag on its hull, changed its name, and reflagged to Russia in an apparent bid to evade the U.S. Coast Guard, according to reports. The vessel has since been spotted off Ireland, with the U.S., U.K., France and Ireland reportedly conducting aerial surveillance after it escaped U.S. interception in December, The Times reported. Meanwhile, Russia has reportedly since deployed a submarine and naval assets to escort the tanker to its own waters, the Wall...

Iran? Russia? China? Senate Dems? The Maduros themselves? (Naah. Too obvious.)Iran certainly qualifies for the medal round here. The loss of their footprint in Venezuela would disrupt one of the regime's last sources of hard currency via its proxy in Hezbollah, not to mention their ability to influence and terrorize the Western Hemisphere. However, the loss of that link would not in itself become an existential issue for the regime, even though it certainly contributes to its current existential crises. The biggest loser actually exists much closer to home, according to the Wall Street Journal:The capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás...

As I wrote yesterday, the 'international law' smokescreen being used to obscure the righteousness of Trump's capture of Venezuela's phony president, Nicholas Maduro, is a bunch of hooey. International law is a convenient fiction. It is the name we give to agreements and norms that can be enforced by the will of powerful states, which, in most cases, agree to be bound by a set of rules to reduce violence and friction in a system that would otherwise be anarchic. But these rules are "law" in name only, since enforcing laws requires a sovereign with the ability and willingness to...