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Iranian media reported that a commander of a special unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was killed in strikes on Wednesday. They said Mohammad Ali Fathalizadeh, commander of the Fatehin special unit, was among those killed. No further details were immediately available. The Fatehin unit is part of the IRGC and its members receive advanced military training and have previously been deployed in conflicts such as Syria.

Hours before the Passover holiday on Wednesday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir issued an unusual letter to government officials, warning of a growing manpower crisis and calling on lawmakers to “fulfill your responsibility” by advancing urgent legislation to support both regular and reserve soldiers. “The central challenge we face in the current campaign is the expansion of IDF missions,” Zamir wrote, pointing to the need to defend border communities while proactively eliminating threats. He stressed that the military must be able to operate with “initiative and offensiveness” across multiple fronts. Zamir warned that a decision to shorten mandatory...

With the State Board of Education set to consider changes to Texas’ public school curriculum on social studies, Muslim activists are...planning to push for more inclusion of Islamic history and dogma.

There’s a lot of money in crises and if you’re wondering where that money went, ask the folks profiting from the crisis. The open borders invasion was bad news for a lot of people, but good news for some. Now there’s bad news to go with the good news. Federal prosecutors are investigating whether a New York City Council member and her sister, an aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, accepted bribes or kickbacks in connection with the appropriation of city funds to a migrant shelter provider in a warrant that seeks evidence of possible criminal violations involving Councilmember Farah Louis,...

The gov't debt will kill this Republic unless the drunken-sailor spending by Congress stops. The best chance to stop it: perhaps the line-item veto. The debt is now over $37 trillion dollars! To put that into perspective, suppose each dollar is a second in time. Then: $1 million = 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes, 40 seconds $1 billion = 31 years, 8 months, 18 days, 1 hour, 46 minutes, 40 seconds $1 trillion = 31,688 years, 8 months, 18 days, 1 hour, 46 minutes, 40 seconds Congress MUST stop spending.

Adult dancers say they have "absolutely" seen an increase in their military and defense clients. Here's what that might mean. Sex workers have long been bellwethers for major shifts in the economy — and they’re also more in touch with military action than your average civilian. Even if you’ve managed to avoid the news and aren’t aware of the Trump administration’s war with Iran and the skyrocketing gas prices accompanying it, erotic dancers and sex workers are paying attention and noticing a shift. HuffPost spoke with members of the sex worker community about what they’re seeing right now and what...

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote on X that all she heard from President Donald Trump's address to the nation on Wednesday night "was WAR WAR WAR." "I wanted so much for President Trump to put America First. That’s what I believed he would do. All I heard from his speech tonight was WAR WAR WAR," Greene wrote. "Nothing to lower the cost of living for Americans. Nothing to reduce our near $40 trillion in debt. Nothing to save Social Security, which goes bankrupt in just a few years. Nothing to lower the cost of insurance. Nothing to address jobs...

What’s more treacherous and treasonous than wishing your own country gets defeated in war, especially by a bunch of goat-molesting seventh-century pagan savages whose primitive mindset is matched only by their grotesque perversions? Well, the disgusting perversions part is merely a collateral reason why members of America’s donkey party seem to have such an affinity for Iran’s rulers – the mullahs, with their bizarre bestiality and grotesque handmaiden dogma, and the San Francisco Democrats, with their furry-friendly gender-spazz grossness, collectively share the worst figurative collective browser in the history of ever. Yet, it’s more than their joint commitment to degeneracy...

George Washington University estimates that students returning to campus will pay close to $100,000 in total costs this upcoming school year alone. All undergraduate students attending George Washington University (GW) for the 2026–27 academic year will pay $72,000 in tuition, a 3% increase from the previous year, the Washington, D.C.-based school announced in a Friday press release. The total estimated price tag balloons to $98,165 for returning resident students and $95,155 for new students living on campus when all costs are accounted for, the school’s student newspaper

Oil surged 10% Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump warned of further military aggression against Iran in the next two to three weeks, dampening hopes for an imminent de-escalation in the conflict. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures for May were up 10% at $110.21 a barrel as of 8:13 a.m. ET. June futures for international benchmark Brent crude rose 8% to $109.25 per barrel. Trump in his speech attributed the increase in oil prices to the “Iranian regime launching deranged terror attacks against commercial oil tankers and neighboring countries that have nothing to do with the conflict.” He said...

This seminar ended at 5 pm yesterday. Key Bank is supposed to be putting an active link at the Source URL some 24-48 hours later. I about fell of my chair when one of their four member team of experts explained why he felt NATO was reluctant, even resistant to contributing any support for reopening the Strait of Hormuz:There is a fear that Iran and its proxies will retaliate by sending more refugees over its borders.

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville condemned President Donald Trump, gloating on Tuesday that he, his children and his children’s spouses will face investigations after the midterms. Carville warned Trump that he is in for a world of hurt after the Republican Party faced what many expect to be a defeat in the upcoming midterms. Carville, in his trademark southern style, said that it would feel politically like getting "punched in the mouth by Mike Tyson." "Let’s talk about your future, your post-November future," Carville said, anticipating widespread defeat of Trump and the GOP. "The Democrats are going to investigate you...

It is estimated that at least one and a half million Americans took part in one of 3,000 events that took place this weekend. With a raspy and rather agitating voice, Bruce Springsteen seems to have resurrected the voice of Bob Dylan from the sixties. It’s hard to understand how you can make a folk song out of the resistance to a president. Up to now, we thought the most standard way was to vote against him. Springsteen has apparently found another way. Following that act, we see Reverend Al Sharpton and actor Robert De Niro walking in together holding...

Genesis 12:1-3 King James Version 12 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. Once again Trump shows the world how to be bold and not...

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The grandson of the inventor of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, who has publicly criticized The Hershey Company for tinkering with the classic formula in its spinoff products, appears to have gotten some sweet revenge. The candy company has announced that it will return to using “classic milk and dark chocolate recipes” in all its Reese’s and Hershey’s products by 2027. "If this is true, the people who deserve the credit are the loyal fans who were alarmed by what Hershey was doing," Brad Reese told NBC News on Wednesday. "But I am seeing a lot of red flags here....

NATO endures on American backing while many allies demand U.S. action abroad but withhold it when asked, exposing a widening gap between rhetoric and responsibility. NATO members are not legally required to join any member’s military operations that are not formally sanctioned by the alliance or not aimed at protecting the homelands of the membership. But they often do just that. Some NATO members joined the Americans in Afghanistan and Iraq on the theory that, in the post-9/11 environment, the Taliban and Saddam Hussein were dangers to all Western security. They followed the precedent set by America’s 1999 intervention in...

Mmm dd, 2026 TITLE St. Mary of Egypt Church in Roswell (Atlanta), GAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).These are the readings for the morning Chrism Mass.These are the readings for the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper.These are the readings for the morning Chrism Mass.First readingIsaiah 61:1-3,6,8-9The Lord has anointed meThe spirit of the Lord has been given to me,for the Lord has anointed me.He has sent me to bring good news to the poor,to bind up hearts that are broken;to proclaim liberty to captives,freedom to those in prison;to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord,a day...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(4/2/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesExodus 9:8-17 8 And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. 10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and...

Officials in Philadelphia have dismantled a massive drug ring operating out of a sham coffee shop, run largely by longtime, senior figures in the criminal world, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Sunday. The sweeping takedown, dubbed "Operation Cocaine and Coffee," was launched and primarily targeted a storefront known as Cumberland Coffee and Snacks, where authorities say the second floor was used to cook and package crack cocaine for street-level distribution. At least 17 suspected members of the operation were arrested, many described by officials as well past middle age and deeply entrenched in the drug trade. Authorities said the...