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Kevin Warsh, the 56-year-old former Federal Reserve governor, was in the hot seat for his Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing and said his Fed would be independent from the White House. Warsh fielded questions on issues ranging from his views on monetary policy to his sprawling and complex personal finances to his ties to the Trump White House. He would become the wealthiest Fed chair if confirmed. Questions about the Fed’s long-cherished independence have dominated the discourse surrounding the central bank during President Donald Trump’s second term. Warsh gave a qualified endorsement of Fed independence — but noted he doesn’t...

Hezbollah Fires Rocket at Israeli Forces and UAV Toward Northern Israel. Hezbollah launched a rocket toward Israeli forces and dispatched a UAV toward northern Israel.

Houston Police Officers’ Union: “In no way does the HPOU or its leadership condone or tolerate racist behavior from any of our officers.”A Houston police officer has been relieved of duty after a video circulating on social media allegedly shows her making offensive, racist remarks, according to the Houston Police Department. Officer Ashley Gonzalez was sworn in in January 2024 and assigned to the South Gessner Patrol Division. She has been relieved of duty pending an investigation, an HPD source confirmed Tuesday morning. Gonzalez was identified as the speaker in a video of a racist rant that has gone viral...

On Tuesday’s CNN This Morning, Audie Cornish didn’t merely report the departure of three women in Trump’s cabinet—she raised the specter of sexism right out of the gate. Teasing the segment, Cornish asked: “Is there a different standard for women in the White House?” [See also, screencap.] From there, Cornish kept steering the discussion back to gender, suggesting that the departure of three women is "a trend." [snip] Let’s not forget Trump’s first term, when high-profile firings and forced exits fell overwhelmingly on male officials—including prominent figures like Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. So was...

Ashley St Clair's post on Benny Johnson was taken by many as an implication of him being gay as the former MAGA influencer warned she has evidence against him.Former MAGA influencer Ashley St Clair has taken to Instagram to publicly threaten pro-Trump commentator Benny Johnson, seemingly implying that he is gay after warning that she is ready to reveal damaging information about him. Ashley posted Instagram story with Benny's photo and multicolor flag with the song ‘gay’ playing. Many took it to be an implication of Johnson's sexuality. “Former MAGA influencer Ashley St. Clair just posted this moments ago...

Derek Dooley is trying to pull off a tricky balancing act as he campaigns for the U.S. Senate: run against Democrat Jon Ossoff while waging war on Washington itself. The former football coach sharpened that message with the launch of his first TV ad, timed to promote his campaign against U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter and Mike Collins just before early voting begins next week... “D.C. politicians focus on getting rich and famous, and never on who hired them, which is you,” Dooley says in the spot. “And as a football coach for 30 years, I can spot these ‘me first’...

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Carson Bender was set up at the base of a tree while hunting on private land near Nekoosa — about 100 miles north of Madison — when he turned around to find the fierce predator stalking him. The 19-year-old hunter quickly whipped out his phone to record the encounter as the bobcat slowly inched closer to him, video posted on his Instagram page shows. “I pan over with the phone, and the bobcat is just staring at me,” he told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. “I was like, uh-oh.” The cat locked in on Bender for a few tense moments — then,...

𝐓𝐔𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋 — 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒, 𝐏𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐇 𝐊𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐀, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘍𝘰𝘹. 𝘕𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸.” Tucker Carlson’s descent from conservative media star to conspiracy peddler is now complete: — Says he 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 get elected — His last guest praised 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐊𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐚 as better than America — Promoting the conspiracy that the Butler ass∗ssination attempt was 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 — Had a guest claim “𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭” — Candace Owens on the same trajectory — abandoned...

While the post did not identify the women, it included a photo of Bita Hemmati, a protester arrested during anti-regime demonstrations in January The regime accused Hemmati of multiple crimes, including using explosives and weapons, throwing objects such as concrete blocks, participating in protest gatherings, and disrupting national security, according to the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). Hemmati was arrested alongside her husband and two other men who lived in their apartment building, with all four sentenced to death for purported crimes against the regime. Also featured in the post were Diana Taherabadi, 16, and Mahboubeh Shabani,...

NEW YORK, NY — Former President Barack Obama and current New York City Mayor Zorhan Mamdani delighted preschool students this week by taking turns reading passages from the Communist Manifesto. "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles," Obama recited to the kids. "The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionising the instruments of production, and thereby the relations of production, and with them the whole relations of society. Right, kids?" The preschoolers looked on in admiration and slight confusion as the two politicians continued their reading, pausing only to make sure the kids were...

For decades, the Armenian American community has sought a simple action from the White House: Officially recognize the 1915 systematic annihilation of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as a genocide. It is an event that the Turkish government continues to deny. Although Congress moved to recognize the genocide in 2019 and a formal presidential acknowledgment was made in 2021, the current administration has spent the past year retreating into the linguistic fogginess of “great calamity” and “historical tragedy” to describe this dark chapter in world history... The administration’s conduct in the Iran war is under intense global scrutiny......

Austin Justice @AustinJustice Memphis was one of the most dangerous cities in America. It’s now becoming a model for how to fight crime when you have a terrible DA. From the peak: - Murders down 47% - Carjackings down 48% - Robberies down 51%. - Vehicle theft down 80%. What changed: 1. State troopers took over interstate patrol, freeing up local officers. 2. Police launched focused initiatives targeting fugitives, violent repeat offenders, and gang members. 3. National Guard, federal agents, and US Marshals came in and made 9,000+ arrests, including 400+ gang members. Plus 629 illegal firearms seized, 150 missing...

U.S. Fiscal Situation Continues to Deteriorate In just the past week, the debt and deficits of the United States took further blows as spending increases, falling revenues, and geopolitical hostilities tightened the funding vice. Distractions vs. Long-Term Trends Even if you're primarily a precious metal investor, you've likely been distracted by war headlines for the past few weeks. Over that same time, however, other long-term headlines have surfaced that will greatly impact gold and silver over time. You may have missed them, so, for this week's post, let's recap. Monthly Treasury Report – March Deficit Let's start with the latest...

WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - U.S. officials have informed some European counterparts that some previously contracted weapons deliveries are likely to be delayed ‌as the Iran war continues to draw on weapons stocks, five sources familiar with the matter said... Some of the weapons in question were purchased by European countries under the Foreign Military Sales program, or ⁠FMS, but have not yet been delivered, the sources added. Those deliveries will likely be delayed, U.S. officials told European officials in bilateral ​messages in recent days, the sources said.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna is still in her second term, but already on the cusp of becoming a national figure. She’s gone one-on-one with Joe Rogan. On live TV, she corrected Bill Maher about her “Cuban” ethnicity (“We’re Mexican. We’re not all the same, Bill.”) If you could buy stock in a politician’s future, Rep. Luna’s stock value would be soaring. You don’t have to be a genius to figure out why. If Jay Leno’s quip is accurate — and politics is “show business for ugly people” — then Mrs. Luna is preposterously overqualified. Not too many of her colleagues...

imo, There's no doubt in MY mind that Mamdani was selected to be the Mayor.After seeing two rabid Muslims singing a relatively Protestant church bus song together with some very enthusiastic (whom obviously KNEW the song, thus . . church/children Sunday School ..attendees) children, it appears that the radicals have invaded us and are stepping up their indoctrination the way they ALWAYS do . . . . they use our own ways and laws against us.The plan is to take over the Island of Manhattan and eventually make it a Caliphate / Islamic State. . . . . We are...

Coal-fired power plant retirements in the United States dropped to their lowest level in more than a decade in 2025, as operators delayed or canceled closures and federal officials stepped in to keep some facilities running to support grid reliability, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). New data released Monday by EIA shows that the U.S. electric power sector retired 2.6 gigawatts (GW) of coal capacity across four plants last year — the smallest annual total since 2010, and a figure below the 8.5 GW of retirements that had been planned at the start of the year. Instead,...

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson apologized on Monday for campaigning for President Donald Trump, declaring that he would be “tormented” by the decision “for a long time” to come. During an interview with his brother Buckley Carlson – a Republican Party operative who previously wrote speeches for Trump – Carlson expressed regret for having publicly supported the president, who has repeatedly attacked him in recent months.

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(4/21/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesExodus 33:1- 33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: 2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and...