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President Trump announced Monday that the US will not attack any part of Iran’s power and energy infrastructure for five days after Washington and Tehran had engaged in “very good and productive talks” over the weekend about ending the three-week-old war. “I am please [sic] to report that the United States of America, and the country of Iran, have had, over the last two days, very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East,” Trump wrote, without elaborating. “Based on the tenor and tone of these in-depth, detailed and constructive conversations,...

On March 17, 2026, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, the court certified a settlement between the Attorney General of California and the plaintiffs in the case of Junior Sports Magazines Inc. et al., and Rob Bonta. The First and Second Amendments were big winners. From the Court Order: III. JUDICIAL DECLARATION IT IS HEREBY DECLARED that Section 22949.80, in its entirety, violates the First Amendment of the United States Constitution on its face and as applied to Plaintiffs.IV. PERMANENT INJUNCTIONIT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant shall be permanently enjoined from enforcing section 22949.80....

Some analysts say the economic effects of Operation Epic Fury in Iran could persist for years, even after the strikes end. Oil prices have climbed since Operation Epic Fury began, with WTI crude futures closing at $98.32 on Friday, up more than $30 from $67.02 on Feb. 27 — the day before the conflict with Iran began — according to Investing.com. “Productive capacity will be offline for an uncomfortably long time, meaning energy prices are likely to fall much slower than they rose,” Kyle Rodda, a senior analyst for the online trading platform Capital.com, told Axios, referring to an Israeli...

Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Monday that Moscow is "sending signals" to Washington about the danger of targeting the joint Russia-Iran Bushehr nuclear power plant. "Of course, corresponding signals are being transmitted to the American side," he told the reporters, noting that the US strikes pose "a very serious security threat" to the plant. Furthermore, he urged a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, claiming that the war should have ended "yesterday." Peskov confirmed that Russia is in constant dialogue with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding the Bushehr nuclear plant.

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The dollar was poised for a rebound on Monday as retaliatory threats escalated in the Middle East crisis, damping risk sentiment and boosting demand for haven assets. The greenback on Friday closed out its first weekly decline since the start of the war in Iran, as the effect of surging oil prices on inflation prompted central banks to turn hawkish. The Australian dollar slid in early trade as equity markets looked to open lower. Hopes for an off-ramp to hostilities in ‌the Gulf region dimmed ⁠over ⁠the weekend, with U.S. President Donald Trump threatening to strike Iran's electricity grid and...

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At least four woman were injured and a suspect was arrested after a mass stabbing in a Downtown Los Angeles restaurant. Los Angeles Fire officials responded to two locations in the 500 block of West 7th Street at 5:14 p.m Sunday, one of them being upscale “dinner and a show” restaurant Zaya. The street was closed and witnesses watched as a woman in her 30s was taken to hospital suffering lacerations to her wrist. Early reports say the stabbing happened after a fight broke out between the group of women. Four women between the ages of 26 and 37 were...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, rebuked President Donald Trump on Sunday and said he should keep his "reckless mouth shut" after the president called Democrats the "greatest enemy" in America. "Now with the death of Iran, the greatest enemy America has is the Radical Left, Highly Incompetent, Democratic Party! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT," the president wrote on Truth Social. CNN's Dana Bash asked Jeffries to react to the statement during Sunday's "State of the Union." "Donald Trump should keep his reckless mouth shut before he gets somebody killed," Jeffries said. Jeffries also spoke...

As tensions grow between the United States and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. Air Force has launched A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircrafts to target boats that are ambushing ships through the essential waterway. During a Pentagon briefing, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said, “The A-10 Warthog is now engaged across the southern flank, targeting fast-attack watercraft in the Strait of Hormuz.”

Cuba’s communist dictatorship may be living on borrowed time as the island’s power grid crumbles — but the Democratic Socialists of America is making “solidarity” with the regime its issue of the moment. On Friday, the DSA sent 20 of its members there as part of the lefty “Nuestra América Convoy,” aiming to “show the world that Cuba is under siege, but they are not alone.” They relaxed in luxury Havana hotels and rode in air-conditioned buses to meetings with Communist Party officials. A wrecked economy and a grim 67-year history of repression that’s made more than a million Cubans...

A new statue of Christopher Columbus went up on the White House grounds Sunday that was built using pieces from a monument to the Italian explorer that protesters destroyed six years ago. The 13-foot, one-ton replica of a Columbus statue toppled in Baltimore in 2020 – then dumped into the city’s inner harbor – was commissioned by the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations and is part of the White House’s celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. The statue has been placed outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Artists retrieved shards of marble belonging to the wrecked statue from...

A millionaire Silicon Valley titan has launched a bid for Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat — with the backing of a famous drag queen. Saikat Chakrabarti, 40, shared video of “Peaches Christ” endorsing him on social media on Friday after he announced his intention to run. In the footage, she says: “San Francisco has a rare opportunity right now. This congressional race will decide whether we keep accepting business as usual or whether we send someone to Washington willing to actually challenge the systems that created the crises we’re living through.” They laughed and smiled their way through the event, where...

Iran threatened Friday to start targeting tourist sites worldwide — just as spring break kicked off across the United States. Iranian military spokesman Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi blasted out the chilling warning on state TV as he vowed that popular tourism havens would no longer be safe for Tehran’s enemies. “From now on, based on the information we have about you, even parks, recreational areas, and tourist destinations anywhere in the world will no longer be safe for you,” the military official said. He stopped short of naming specific vacation destinations that could be in Iran’s line of fire. The threats,...

Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R) on Sunday said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was acting as if U.S. soldiers were “expendable cattle” following his comments about the possibility of losing servicemembers in battle. “I am deeply upset at the lack of respect for life Senator Lindsey Graham is displaying when talking about our troops. He is acting as if they are expendable cattle. This is unacceptable and dark. There were over 26,000 American casualties at Iwo Jima,” Luna wrote in a post on the social platform X, with a clip of Graham’s remarks on Fox News’s “Fox News Sunday.” During...

video run time = 00:01:00 Iran’s “Mosaic Defence Doctrine” is a unique military strategy developed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to survive large-scale attacks and continue fighting even if key leaders or command centres are destroyed. According to defence analysts and intelligence sources, the doctrine decentralises command across regional units, allowing military forces to operate independently if central control in Tehran is disrupted.

Daily Readings from the USCCB“Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” John 8:4–5Justice has to be fulfilled. God is perfectly Just. That is why, in the Old Testament, capital punishment was prescribed for serious sins. Sometimes the Old Testament can be difficult to understand, particularly in relation to capital punishment. The Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament, prescribes the death penalty for sins such as adultery, other sexual offenses, blasphemy, idolatry, gravely dishonoring parents, violations of...

An Air Canada Flight 8646 was involved in an incident at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night, according to initial reports. Authorities say the aircraft, carrying more than 100 passengers from Montreal-Trudeau International Airport, struck a fire truck while taxiing after landing. Emergency crews responded quickly to the scene. Initial reports indicated multiple injuries, though officials have not confirmed the extent or severity. The cause of the incident remains under investigation, and authorities have not released further details. SNIP

"Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" (Matt. 6:10). Praying for God’s will to be done on earth is an aggressive prayer. Many people assume that somehow everything that happens is God's will. But that's not true. Lives destroyed by murderous aggressors and families broken by adultery aren't God's will. Children and adults ravaged by abuse or crippled by disease aren't God's will. He uses sin and illness to accomplish His own purposes (Rom. 8:28), but they aren't His desire. Eventually God will destroy all evil and fulfill His will perfectly (Rev. 20:10-14), but that hasn't...