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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Sunday urged the EU to end its association agreement with Israel. In an escalation of his criticism against Israel, he said during a rally in Andalusia that “a government that violates international law or the principles of the EU cannot be its partner.” Spain will formally propose the termination of the agreement at a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Tuesday in Luxembourg. Sánchez has emerged as one of Israel’s most vocal critics in the EU. He accused Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of committing genocide in Gaza and denounced the joint U.S.-Israel strikes...

President Donald Trump once again threatened to strike core Iranian infrastructure, including power plants and bridges, in a lengthy Truth Social post on Sunday morning. The post comes after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) reneged on a previous agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz and fired on multiple civilian vessels over the weekend. “Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz — A Total Violation of our Ceasefire Agreement! Many of them were aimed at a French Ship, and a Freighter from the United Kingdom. That wasn’t nice, was it?” the president wrote. Trump once...

Militaries around the world spend countless hours training, developing policies, and implementing best operational security practices, so imagine the size of the egg on the face of the Dutch navy when journalists managed to track one of its warships for less than the cost of some hagelslag and a coffee. The security snafu was reported by Dutch regional broadcaster Omroep Gelderland. In a Thursday report, Omroep Gelderland journalist Just Vervaart said the broadcaster was able to track HNLMS Evertsen, a Dutch air-defense frigate deployed to help protect France’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle against missile threats, by mailing a Bluetooth...

Pope Leo preaches the gospel, as he should, and that will inevitably mean he offers his opinions on the moral issues of the day. The President–and the entire administration–work to apply those moral principles in a messy world. He will be in our prayers, and I hope that we'll be in his.

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. America’s birth rate has fallen again, extending a decadeslong decline that has reshaped the country’s demographic future. The latest data confirm what has been evident for years: People are having fewer children and, if they have them at all, later. Analysts have pointed to a familiar list of explanations — the rising cost of housing,...

A witness said she was awoken by the sounds of her neighbors yelling outside her home just after 8 a.m. Video showed a large group of neighbors standing outside watching the scene unfold. The balloon reportedly ran out of fuel and was forced to make an emergency landing right in the backyard of Hunter and Jenna Perrin’s home. The basket, which narrowly avoided fences and trees before landing on a small lawn, was filled with around a dozen people who were unharmed and seen waving at the couple as they incredulously filmed the interaction.

Minor Prophets Scroll from the Cave of Horrors | 13:40Daily Dose of Septuagint | 3.49K subscribers | 862 views | April 18, 2026

On April 19, 1775, the opening shots of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord—later immortalized as “the shot heard around the world”—gave way, almost immediately, to something more consequential than a single day’s fighting. As British regulars retreated into Boston under constant fire from colonial militia, the countryside did not simply quiet. Instead, it closed in. What began as a running battle hardened into a siege—an improvised but determined effort by New England militias to isolate British forces inside the city and challenge imperial authority in a sustained way.Boston, already a focal point of imperial tension, now became...

Okay. It's Friday. Let's end on an absolutely hilarious note. Emmanuel Macron. This twee, tiny tyrant has spent the better part of two days LARPing as if he were someone from a country that meant something a long, long time ago, royally entertaining an equally ineffectual non-entity as himself, all while playing Age of Empires for the cameras at his fancy office. With hugs, kisses, and much clasping of hands, the two main co-conspirators got together to try to take over the world, much as Pinky and the Brain used to do every Saturday. Considering they would have as much...

Blastoff! Blue Origin launches reused New Glenn rocket for 1st time, nails landing | 13:38 VideoFromSpace | 2.11M subscribers | 9,063 views | April 19, 2026

Students attending Fairfax County Public Schools, the largest school district in northern Virginia, have the most days off and the fewest five-day school weeks of any other school system in the nation.

A 19-year-old Indiana man is accused of fatally beating a 71-year-old man inside his home, binding the victim and leaving him to die — and after his arrest, allegedly telling police: “I’m done like fried chicken.” Cameion Brown was taken into custody and charged with one count each of murder and auto theft in the slaying of Darryl Miller, court records show.

A glamorous Iranian businesswoman with a US green card was arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport for allegedly trafficking arms on behalf of Tehran. Shamim Mafi, 44, of Woodland Hills, was taken into custody on Saturday night and charged with brokering deals for Iranian drones, bombs, and millions of rounds of ammunition bound for Sudan, according to the office of the US Attorney for the Central District of California. Mafi posted glam pics of herself traveling the world — including posing in front of a $100,000 Mercedes-Benz roadster.

Now that damning details about the 2019 Trump impeachment have underlined that the sanctified whistleblower for the President Trump phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in reality a partisan hack, most mainstream news outlets have been reluctant to report on it due to strong evidence that the impeachment was based on a fraud.It's a highly embarrassing story for CNN, so they tried to massage it, skipping the most important details in their Thursday story cherry-picked by Zachary Cohen, Evan Perez, and Sean Lyngaas in "DNI Tulsi Gabbard sends criminal referral over Trump’s 2019 impeachment to Justice Department."

snip The film is the middle picture in a trilogy that began in 1968 with If.... and would conclude in 1982 with Britannia Hospital. All three films are centered around a character named Mick Travis, played by Malcolm McDowell, and share a cast of actors who, in O Lucky Man!, play multiple roles. But the Mick in all three films is not the same person as much as a type – student rebel in one picture, ambitious young man in another, cynical media professional in the third. The character grew as McDowell's skill as an actor and onscreen persona developed...

[Video at Link] Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas argued that the principles of the Declaration of Independence should be lived, not treated as abstract, intellectualized theories during a lecture this week at the University of Texas, Austin. "Even those who support them too often talk about them as if they were academic playthings. They overcomplicate them, take the spirit out of them, and discuss them in a way that puts us to sleep," he said. "But the principles of the Declaration of Independence, as I encountered them, are a way of life. They are not an abstract theory that you...

The coastal city of Fujisawa in Japan has become the epicenter of a heated national debate. In a series of videos that have since gone viral on social media, thousands of residents took to the streets this week to protest the construction of the city’s first mosque. The demonstration wasn’t just a small neighbourhood gathering. The video, shared by @MeghUpdates showed a massive display of public anxiety. Protesters were seen chanting against the project, raising placards, and voicing concerns that the proposed structure—reportedly much larger than nearby historic Shinto shrines—is an “act of provocation" against Japanese heritage.

Vice President JD Vance publicly thanked Pope Leo XIV after the Pope helped play down reports of a split between Mr. Vance and President Donald Trump over the Iran conflict, a move Vance called “grateful.” This brief exchange matters because it cooled public drama and kept Republican leaders focused on a cohesive approach to a tense international situation. The moment is being framed by Republicans as an example of discipline and message control when geopolitics demand steady hands. Vance’s expression of thanks is a clear signal to Republican voters and allies that unity at the top matters more than headlines....

To help illustrate how ridiculous that is, let me introduce you to Malikica Azizi. Malikica here is an 18-year-old resident of Tyrron. She was recently arrested for protesting the IRGC. And not only was she given the death sentence, but because she's a virgin and under Islam, virgins go straight to heaven, no questions asked. The night before she is executed, she will be raped. That is so the Islamic government can ensure that she goes to hell.

Patriots Day April 19, 1775 the tensions were rising around Boston. soon to boil over into revolution as the United States came into the world... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k6zq_Y_IzA