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The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement is a wild card ahead of this year’s midterm elections. President Trump and parts of the Republican Party have aligned his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement with MAHA and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., hoping to boost GOP prospects. MAHA helped give Trump an important ally in Kennedy, a longtime Democrat before he endorsed Trump and joined his administration. That gave Republicans access to a new group of voters, which could be key to helping lift the party in a year where Trump’s ratings are underwater. Trump’s overall...

Nigel Farage has insisted Reform UK will not become the Conservative Party 2.0 following the defection of former senior Tory Robert Jenrick. Writing in the Telegraph, external, the party's leader said Reform "is not a rescue charity for every panicky Tory MP" and any potential defectors would have to be prepared to admit publicly that the previous Conservative government "broke the country". Reform's deputy leader Richard Tice told the BBC that Jenrick was "a great new asset" who brought ministerial experience. However, with around 20 former Conservative MPs joining the party in recent months, critics have argued Reform is becoming...

"You have ten minutes to cry,” came the officer’s curt command to the couple as he revealed the corpse of their twentysomething daughter, gunned down in the historic streets of Isfahan. After searching morgues and hospitals for days when she didn’t come home from the demonstrations, they paid 700 million tomans (£3,700) in so-called “bullet money” demanded by the security forces and were driven five hours to another town where her body had been thrown into an old grave. excerpt- Yesterday, for the first time, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, admitted that “several thousands” have been killed...But The Sunday Times...

– In the narrow, sun-baked streets of Mogadishu, faith is a secret kept behind locked doors and whispered prayers. The city hums with the clatter of market stalls and the wail of distant sirens, but inside dimly lit homes, Christians gather in silence, clutching Bibles that must never be seen. Last year, an article about the underground Christian community there captured the attention of millions online, with some moved to prayer and others to outrage. The article, “Serving the Hidden Church in Somalia,” was originally published in May. It received the usual responses on our Facebook, Instagram, and X accounts...

Affluent, white, female, urban liberals, the “AWFULs,” seem to be everywhere in recent years. Whether it be protesting for “pro-choice,” wearing “pussy hats,” or hurling insults and garbage at federal law enforcement, their numbers appear to be rising. This is, figuratively and literally, a scary sight. Many of these — ahem — ladies do not have children, whether by their choice, others' choice, or abortion. But they are quite nurturing of crime and willing — indeed eager — to nurse evil. They appear far more willing to protect sloth, license, indigence, and crime than an innocent baby or child. I’m...

The Talk Shows Jan 18th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem; Sen. Mark Warner (Deep State-Va.); Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio); Minneapolis democrat insurectionist Mayor Jacob Frey; CBS pollster Anthony Salvanto with new polling. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Sen. John Cornyn (RINO-Texas); Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.); Deputy US Attorney General Todd Blanche. Panel: Matt Gorman, Mary Katharine Ham, Marie Harf and Josh Kraushaar.MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent; Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Tim CoKaine (D-Va.)....

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(1/18/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesGenesis 12:9-208 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord. 9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. 10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. 11 And it came to...

The Rev. Franklin Graham issued an urgent call to prayer, encouraging Americans to come together at noon on January 14 to collectively seek God — a move he believes is essential for a nation he believes has turned its back on the Lord. "Our nation is falling so far from God and His truth," Graham told CBN News. The Samaritan's Purse CEO cited as evidence confusion he observed this week at the Supreme Court, where justices are currently weighing whether states can preclude biological men from participating in women's sports. Graham said 10 years ago such an argument wouldn't have...

New York City socialists are mustering an army of more than 4,000 anti-ICE activists to form “rapid response” battalions and obstruct the feds in an expected imminent crackdown on illegal migrants in the Big Apple. Mayor Mamdani’s comrades with the DSA outlined the mission Thursday at a monthly meeting of their Immigrant Justice Working Group in the swanky Midtown digs of the Chinese Communist Party-linked People’s Forum, where photos of communist idols Fidel Castro and Che Guevara decorate the walls. “As we’ve seen in other cities, we still do anticipate a big wave of federal immigration enforcement,” a DSA leader...

Events in Europe, the Middle East, and here are moving so quickly, it seems that decades of deceit, corruption, and just plain stupidity are nearing their end sooner than we could have imagined. Here’s a sample of the tremors this week which promise to undo the near past. IranCredible reports indicate 23,000 civilians have been murdered by the mullahs’ forces, and videos (again made public due to the extraordinary efforts of Elon Musk’s teams to work around the mullah's blackouts) reveal incredible brutality. Corpses with catheters and heart monitors still attached support accounts of persons being snatched from hospitals and...

BREAKING: Another FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive has been captured. Alejandro Rosales Castillo - a Ten Most Wanted Fugitive since 2017 - was arrested in Mexico on Friday. He has been wanted on charges for the 2016 murder of his former coworker, 23 year old “Sandy” Ly Le in Charlotte, North Carolina - and will remain in custody pending extradition back to NC. Incredible work @FBICharlotte, and thank you to so many partners who delivered - the government of Mexico, Legat Mexico, State Dept, HSI, US Secret Service, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, and more. This is the FIFTH Ten Most Wanted Fugutive...

A TikTok video recently caused a stir on social media. Posted by user @filimonovadrian, it presents a surprising social experiment that questions our perception of others. The premise is simple: to observe whether a small change can cause a noticeable difference in the attitudes of passersby (especially men).In this experiment, a young woman is filmed with a hidden camera while walking with cardboard boxes. She deliberately drops them to simulate a situation where she might need help. The video is in two parts: In the first part, the woman is wearing jogging pants, a simple and comfortable outfit often...

NUUK, Greenland — Native Greenlander Amarok Petersen was 27 years old when she learned the gut-wrenching truth about why she couldn’t have children — and that Denmark was to blame. Suffering from severe uterine problems, a medical doctor discovered an IUD birth control device in her body that she didn’t know she had. Danish doctors had implanted it when she was just 13 as part of a population control program for thousands of native Greenlandic girls and women.

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A Massachusetts woman is suing the town of Hopkinton, alleging officials negligently approved a criminal immigrant with a history of workplace sexual violence to operate a business where he later assaulted the plaintiff when she was 16 years old. The lawsuit, transferred to federal court Jan. 5, names Greek national Petros "Peter" Sismanis, who is in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. According to court documents, Sismanis was convicted in June 2025 for the 2023 sexual assault of the plaintiff while she worked at Hillers Pizza. The complaint also notes that Sismanis was previously accused in 1998 of rape, indecent...

🚨 TEXAS! The US just discovered 1.6 BILLION untapped barrels of oil in Texas + 28.3 TRILLION cubic feet of natural gas ready to be extracted!

Hunter Biden’s former girlfriend and the mother of his 7-year-old daughter has called for the disgraced former first son to be “incarcerated” over his “antics” in failing to hold up his end of their child support deal. Lunden Roberts urged an Arkansas judge Tuesday to reopen the long-running case between the former lovers and arrest the felonious 55-year-old until he complies with the agreement they settled on in 2023, according to court records viewed by The Post. “Incarcerate him in the Independence County Detention Center as a civil penalty until he purges his contempt by complying with this court’s orders,”...

Minneapolis is witnessing unprecedented chaos as streets turn into a battle zone following the latest ICE enforcement operations. Residents report clashes between federal agents and the local community, with live updates showing protests, barricades, and multiple law enforcement responses. This comes just days after the controversial shooting of Renee Nicole Good, which sparked nationwide outrage. The situation escalated quickly as federal agents engaged in high-tension operations, leading to confrontations that left residents and bystanders in shock. Authorities are calling for calm, while community leaders demand transparency and accountability. The city now faces questions about public safety, federal jurisdiction, and use-of-force...

President Trump has moved to place more than 1,500 Army paratroopers on standby as chaotic anti-ICE protests sweep Minnesota. In the wake of violent clashes in Minneapolis between demonstrators and law enforcement, the White House has reportedly asked federal troops to stand at the ready. Defense officials revealed the plans to ABC News on Saturday, saying the active duty soldiers would be deployed from the 11th Airborne Division, which is based in Alaska. The base is reportedly one of the Army's premier infantry units positioned to help deter China, but Trump is set to move resources to crush protests that...

Summary EU ambassadors will hold an emergency meeting later after Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on allies who are against his proposed takeover of Greenland Trump says he plans to raise import taxes on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland A 10% tariff would apply from 1 February, and could later rise to 25%, the US president says UK PM Keir Starmer says Trump's threat is "completely wrong", while French President Emmanuel Macron calls it "unacceptable" Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen says the threat has "come as a surprise" as Danish...