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Russian shadow fleet tankers have sailed through the English Channel, defying Sir Keir Starmer, despite threats that British special forces would storm sanctioned ships in UK waters. At least six Russian vessels passed through the Strait of Dover unchallenged on Thursday, prompting the RAF to launch two Shadow R1 surveillance aircraft, which spent hours patrolling the Channel. The tankers also dared to sail past the Royal Navy's headquarters in Portsmouth, the Special Boat Service's HQ in Poole and Royal Marine bases. It came after another Downing Street U-turn on Wednesday, with the Prime Minister signing off on new powers granting...

An Israeli Air Force reservist is suspected of having used classified information to place bets on the Polymarket prediction site relating to Israel’s war with Iran last year, a Tel Aviv court revealed on Thursday. The defendant, who served as a major in the Air Force, was indicted alongside his alleged accomplice last month on severe security offenses, as well as bribery and obstruction of justice, on suspicion of having bet on the timing of Israel’s opening strikes that kicked off the 12-day war in June 2025. Authorities have not provided further information on the suspects’ identities or the nature...

I'm looking for good ideas on playing the guitar for beginners. Any suggestions? Starting to Play the Guitar: Chords and Notes 1. Start by learning the chords at the foot of the neck or open position. There are a limited number of chords – roughly about 12 -- but you can eventually play many songs just using these chords. 2. Get to know the names of the strings. 3. Start to play notes up the strings. The C scale is good. Start of the low E string and play the natural notes from E up to G on the high...

San Francisco's highly publicized problems with drug abuse, homelessness and violent crime are the result of misguided progressive laws and policies, Bill O'Reilly concludes in a new special report, "The Decline and Fall of San Francisco." The Decline and Fall of San Francisco: A Bill O'Reilly Special | On Balance | 43:09 NewsNation |2.62M subscribers | 5,272 views | March 28, 2026

Paula White-Cain urged attendees of her 2026 Unleashed Conference last week to give a “sacrificial seed” in support of the ministry of her friend Eddie James. The pastor of City of Destiny Church in Apopka, Florida, urged people to give out of obedience to God, and she tied their giving to spiritual breakthroughs. “How many of you want to help me with Eddie James? How many of you want to be a blessing?” she asked. “Because I’m telling you, there’s an anointing of release right now. I want $100,000 to come in. I want $100,000. There are 10 people that...

Amid the raging conflict in the Middle East, the astonishing events at Barksdale Air Force Base earlier this month have attracted only limited media attention. It is reported that swarms of unidentified drones repeatedly loitered over Barksdale between March 9 and 15, drawing no publicly known effective response from the military or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Barksdale is the headquarters of the Air Force’s Global Strike Command, which is responsible for the nation’s nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles and strategic bomber forces, including B2, B1, and B52 aircraft. The base is home to the 2nd Bomb Wing B52s and...

Bukele made a bet that security is the foundation layer. That everything, GDP, tourism, foreign investment, diaspora return, builds on top of safety. The numbers say he was right. The method will be debated for decades. In 2015, El Salvador had a murder rate of 106.3 per 100,000. The literal murder capital of the world. Six years of failed truces, 16 killings per day, entire neighborhoods paying monthly extortion to MS-13 just to keep their doors open. Today the murder rate is 1.9 per 100,000. That's a 98% drop. In 2025 it fell further to 1.36. In 2026 so far,...

A South African civic group called March and March held a rally in the city of Durban on Wednesday to call for tougher immigration laws and stronger border controls. The group was particularly critical of migrants from Nigeria, disparaging them as parasitic and prone to crime. The Vanguard of Nigeria said the March and March activists were joined by “several political parties, including ActionSA, and vigilante anti-migrant group Operation Dudula” in their call for mass deportation of foreign nationals, using language “widely condemned as xenophobic.” “If you are saying you can’t refuse [illegal aliens] healthcare for example, why must it...

Today, the White House launched its powerful new official mobile app — delivering President Donald J. Trump and his Administration directly to the American people like never before. This new app offers Americans a direct line to the White House — cutting through the noise with unfiltered, real-time updates straight from the source. With the official White House app, Americans can: Receive breaking news alerts on major announcements, executive actions, and other key priorities. Watch live streams of briefings, speeches, and historic moments as they happen. Dive into a dynamic media library packed with highlights. Stay connected on the latest...

Several years ago, I joined some friends on a trip to Mackinac Island, a place famous for its Victorian culture and ban on automobiles. After bicycling around the island, we decided to splurge and have tea at The Grand Hotel, which is as polished as its name sounds. Before trooping in for tea, however, we stopped in a nearby restroom to exchange our sports clothes for something a little classier, for the hotel requires its patrons to dress up before entering its domain. Such a change was a bit of a bother, but in the long run, it made me...

The bow and arrow were first used in western North America some 1,400 years ago, according to a statement released by PNAS Nexus. Briggs Buchanan of the University of Tulsa and his colleagues radiocarbon dated 136 weapons made of organic materials, which were recovered from glacial ice patches, dry caves, and rock shelters where they had been preserved. The researchers determined that the bow appeared in a single place, then spread rapidly across North America through cultural transmission networks. In northern British Columbia and Alberta, people adopted the bow and arrow, but continued to use the atlatl to throw darts...

I am re-running my stolen election pieces while the SAVE Act languishes in the Senate. The fact that it is not passed, indicates that both R and D are fully compromised. The Democrats are lost, but RINOs need primarying hard. They are like the politicians in Canada who won’t stop MAID. We need MAID up here because our health system is so overburdened we need people to die. And Fast. With voting, the only people who have made a difference are people on the ground, in the precincts that have fought this fight hard, since 2020. That we know this...

Canadian MPs passed radical Bill C-9 in a 186-137 vote, and conservatives are now calling on Christians to pray and ‘flood senators’ with phone calls and emails opposing the bill. OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — The majority of Canadian MPs have voted to pass a Liberal bill that will allow the criminalization of religious expression and belief when quoting parts of the Bible, including about homosexuality and gender.

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(3/28/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesExodus 6:28-30 28 And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, 29 That the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. 30 And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? The King James Version________________________

The parallels between American black ghettos and European no-go zones are obvious. In a relatively short period from 1940–1960, over 2.5 million blacks migrated to Northern cities from the predominately agrarian South. Their assimilation into mainstream society was arduous. It became a visible problem by the 1960s with unrest and rioting commonplace in black neighborhoods during summer months. It was against this backdrop of urban unrest and Vietnam war protest that the Canadian rock band, Guess Who, created the 1970 hit American Woman. The song’s iconic lyrics express the band’s rejection of the great temptress, America, with her seductive allure...

James Tolkan, who famously starred as Mr. Strickland in the Back to the Future franchise and as the stern Commander Tom "Stinger" Jardian in Top Gun, has died. He was 94. Tolkan died in Saranac Lake, N.Y., on Thursday, March 26, the late actor's management confirmed to PEOPLE. "I dearly, dearly loved Mr. Tolkan," a crew member who worked on Back to the Future tells PEOPLE of the late actor. "I saw him at the last convention he did this past October," the crew member tells PEOPLE. "Well, we sat next to each other, you know, meeting fans. He was...

U.S. Marines and paratroopers who could be sent into combat in Iran are conducting CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) safety drills at their bases in Europe and aboard ship as they sail to the Middle East. The National reported on Friday that advance units of paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division, flown from America to Europe to prepare for possible deployment in Iran, have been supplied with “detection systems, gas masks and protective ‘Mopp’ coveralls.” MOPP (Mission Oriented Protective Posture) suits are essentially hazmat suits for soldiers. MOPP alerts are issued in various levels requiring heavier amounts of protective...

As all eyes are glued to the happenings in the Middle East, this story flew under the radar for most of us. But in a lot of ways, the implications for our national security could be greater than what happens in the next few weeks in the Persian Gulf. Drone warfare has come to the United States—to the heart of our nuclear deterrent capabilities—and our defenses proved inadequate to stop sophisticated drones from interfering with wartime operations.

Progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal calls for reparations for illegal immigrants ‘traumatized’ by ICE Progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) is calling for illegal immigrants to be paid reparations over alleged trauma they sustained from the Trump administration’s crackdown and ICE operations across the US. Jayapal made the shocking revelation on Friday in front of a panel of “experts” during a hearing she hosted titled “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Attack on Children.” “We are going to have to have some form of reparation for the kids and the families that have been traumatized through all of this,” Jayapal said at the conclusion...

@spikedonline The factory that produces half of Britain’s salt could soon be killed by Net Zero. For the first time in history, England is set to be a net importer of the world’s most important mineral. This will be catastrophic for UK manufacturing, says Ruari McCallion