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The U.S. administration has decided to focus its foreign policy on the Western Hemisphere by creating new strategic alliances. In this context, President Donald Trump will host the "Shield of the Americas" summit on March 7 in Miami, Florida. This event will bring together Latin American leaders who share an ideological affinity, marking a remarkable political shift in the region. Washington's approach seeks to consolidate a bloc that defends common interests and traditional values in the face of external pressures. The National Security Strategy 2026 outlines a plan for identifying and working closely with "ideologically trusted partners." This tactic is...

If you’ve got some frozen Asian food in your freezer, you may want to double check it. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a “Class I” recall of Ajinomoto Foods North America products that had been sold across the country under various labels. In total, an eye-watering 36,987,575 pounds of frozen foods are being recalled. The USDA noted that “various ready-to-eat (RTE) and NRTE chicken and pork fried rice, ramen, and shu mai dumpling products” are included in this recall. Of note, this is an expansion of an already-existing Ajinomoto recall. The expanded recall now includes products made...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Faced with the threat of their total annihilation, the Islamic Republic of Iran reportedly contacted the White House on Thursday to ask if they could "please have Joe Biden back." White House officials confirmed that Mojtaba Khamenei, the new Supreme Leader of Iran, dialed the White House switchboard demanding to speak to whoever was in charge of picking the president so he could see about getting Joe Biden back in the Oval Office. "He is, uh, a great leader. We will listen to him," Khamenei reportedly said of the former president. "You put him back in...

Olbermann continued a pattern of controversial social media postsFormer ESPN broadcaster Keith Olbermann once again incited backlash on social media Wednesday after he called late legendary college football coach Lou Holtz a "legendary scumbag" in an X post on the day Holtz was announced dead. "Legendary scumbag, yes," Olbermann wrote in response to a clip of Holtz criticizing former President Joe Biden in 2020 for supporting abortion rights. Olbermann received scathing criticism in response to his post on X. SNIP One user echoed that sentiment, writing to Olbermann, "You're the real scumbag here. Lou Holtz had more class, integrity, and...

The story you heard first — that President Donald Trump fired Kristi Noem over a $220 million ad campaign — isn't wrong, exactly. But it's incomplete. The ad spending lit the fuse; an eight-word question that Noem refused to answer in plain English plunged the detonator.Here's what really pushed Trump to fire her.It was previously reported that the breaking point for Trump was when Noem testified on Tuesday that he had personally approved $220 million in Homeland Security advertising, including a cinematic spot of her riding a horse in front of Mount Rushmore with a voiceover that said, "From President...

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic is preparing to fight a Pentagon designation labeling it as a supply-chain security risk, even as CEO Dario Amodei issued a groveling apology

Currently, while what’s happening in Iran is not a “declared” war, we are engaged in the first truly modern, balls-to-the-wall war we’ve been in maybe since WWII. It’s useful to contemplate why the next few days and weeks may change an international stalemate that’s been in place for the better part of 75 years, and how it could change everything from now on. One of the most fascinating things to see is the realignment of once-allied Middle Eastern nations and actual geopolitical enemies. The first important thing to note is that, under Trump, winning is back in favor, although not...

Following his primary loss to Steve Toth, Texas Congressman Dan Crenshaw is now looking for a new career path. The Babylon Bee has heard through the Washington grapevine that Crenshaw has cast an eye toward one of the following potential jobs: 1. Monocle model: They reportedly only get paid half as much as models for eyeglasses, though. 2. Stockbroker: His years of success and killer portfolio speak for themselves. 3. Circus act as "The Man with Incredibly Poor Depth Perception": Just don't mix it with knife-throwing. 4. Major League Baseball umpire: He'll fit right in. 5. Full-time telescope operator: Need...

Private sector employment increased by 63,000 jobs in February and pay was up 4.5 percent year-over-year according to the February ADP National Employment Report® produced by ADP Research in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab ("Stanford Lab"). The ADP National Employment Report is an independent measure of the labor market based on the anonymized weekly payroll data of more than 26 million private-sector employees in the United States. ADP's Pay Insights captures over 15 million individual pay change observations each month. Together, the jobs report and pay insights use ADP's fine-grained data to provide a representative and high-frequency picture...

Last night, San Francisco’s mayor, Daniel Lurie, was attacked by two men while being driven through the Tenderloin district. According to a report from an ABC News outlet, the confrontation arose after a group of people blocked the SUV that Lurie was being driven in; at one point Lurie himself exited the vehicle to engage the individuals on the street, but quickly scuttled back behind the safety of his security detail when the confrontation turned physical. Classic.AdvertisementClearly the men were bums, based on the handcuffed man’s appearance:San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie attacked while being driven through the Tenderloin. This post...

For the first time in history, an international team of scientists and divers explores the depths of Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake. This documentary follows a high-stakes archaeological mission into a world of legends, uncovering pre-Columbian artifacts submerged for millennia. Join us as we reveal the hidden history of an underwater heritage and rewrite the story of ancient South American civilizations. Lake Titicaca's Sunken Civilization: The First Archeological Mission | 52:33 Show Me the World and History & Civilisations | 11,601 views | February 18, 2026

A newly resurfaced video is raising eyebrows across conservative circles after comments from Sen. Markwayne Mullin, President Trump’s latest pick to head the Department of Homeland Security after removing Kristi Noem, praising and even hugging Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd, the officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt.Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran and Trump supporter, was gunned down in cold blood on January 6, 2021, while peacefully protesting.She was unarmed, posing no threat, yet Byrd fired a single shot that ended her life as she attempted to climb through a broken window in the Capitol.But according to Mullin,...

In PBS's "The American Experience," a documentary falsely claimed Black soldiers liberated Buchenwald and Dachau. After conducting "an intensive examination of Army records Chris Ruddy authoritatively documented that the Black soldiers of the 761st Tank and 183rd Combat Engineers battalions did not free either Buchenwald or Dachau. Jesse Jackson, the unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988, was a leading campaigner for the infamous film. Ruddy forced PBS to yank the odious work of racial and religious agitprop from the public airwaves.

President Donald J. Trump visits a WhatABurger in Corpus Christi, Texas on Friday, February 27, 2026.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A Tickfaw woman was arrested Sunday after officers said she drove away from a local laundromat, leaving her 8-year-old child behind alone. Jeanette Edmonds, 43, was booked on one count of Cruelty to Juveniles, one count of Child Desertion, and one count of Criminal Abandonment following the March 1, 2026, incident. Ponchatoula Police Department officers responded at 2:07 p.m. Sunday to a call of an abandoned child at a local laundromat after a citizen witnessed Edmonds drive away in her vehicle, leaving the child behind. The child was safely picked up from the Police Department by...

An arsenal of US stealth bombers is expected to soon reach UK military bases as President Trump warned Iran that “the big one” could be imminent. American B-2 stealth bombers were slated to land at air bases at Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands and RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire after the British government initially rejected the Trump administration’s request to carry out strikes from the bases, according to reports. But Prime Minister Keir Starmer later reversed course, allowing the US fleet to use UK runways within “a matter of days,” the Telegraph reported Wednesday. “When we say more to come,...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A woman who was arrested by the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation accused of defrauding an insurance company out of thousands of dollars is an employee for the State Senate. Spokeswoman Julie Baxter declined to comment on her status - only saying, “this is an internal personnel matter.” Sarai Stansberry was arrested in New Orleans. Sarai Stansberry and Rhashiedi Porter are both facing charges as part of the investigation by the Attorney General’s Office. The investigation began after agents with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation received a criminal referral from the Louisiana Department of Insurance regarding...

Iran is reportedly delaying naming a successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader killed over the weekend in U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, for security concerns as Israel has asserted that it will target whoever is instated, while President Donald Trump has doubled down on wanting to influence the selection. The New York Times reported, citing two unnamed Iranian officials, that while Khamenei’s second-eldest son, 56-year-old Mojtaba Khamenei, has emerged as the strongest contender to take Tehran’s top job, no one has been named out of fear that they will be targeted.

Dozens of Democrats have voted against a nonbinding resolution in the House that reaffirms Iran as the "largest state sponsor of terrorism." The resolution, put forward by Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., passed by a 372-53 vote on Thursday, with all those voting no being Democrats. Two Democrats also voted present. Among those who voted against the measure were all the members of the "Squad," such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.

WHITE LAKE, Mich. (FOX 2) - More details came out in court Thursday after a White Lake Township man shot and killed a burglar he caught breaking into his garage last year. Dayton Knapton, 24, is charged with manslaughter, assault with intent to murder, and several weapons offenses for the shooting last summer that killed a 17-year-old. Video was shown in court on Thursday of what appeared to be Knapton opening fire on several burglars - shooting as they ran away. The backstory: Police said Knapton spotted seven people entering his detached garage in the 9000 block of Mandon Drive...