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The United States has burned through thousands of missiles since the Iran war began on Feb. 28, diminishing the armaments needed in a potential future conflict with China tied to its tensions with Taiwan.The U.S. military has used 1,100 long-range stealth cruise missiles — nearly all of the total number left in Washington’s stockpile — and fired off more than 1,000 Tomahawk cruise missiles, The New York Times reported. The U.S. only produces roughly 100 Tomahawks a year, meaning under current production, it could take 10 years to replace.In addition, in less than eight weeks American forces have spent more...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April, an interpretation that would allow the White House to avoid the need to seek congressional approval. The statement furthers an argument laid out by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during testimony in the Senate earlier Thursday, when he said the ceasefire effectively paused the war. Under that rationale, the administration has not yet met the requirement mandated by a 1973 law to seek formal approval from Congress for military action that extends beyond 60 days. A...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. Prayer For America I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before Me in the gap on behalf...

NATO is considering ⁠ending ⁠its recent practice of holding annual summits, six sources ⁠told Reuters, a move that could avoid a potentially tense encounter with U.S. President Donald Trump in his ​final year in office. Trump's administration has engaged repeatedly in scathing criticism of many of the U.S.-led defence alliance's 31 other members, most recently ‌berating some for not providing more assistance to U.S. military operations against Iran.

A groundbreaking Harvard study has found that AI systems outperformed human doctors in high-pressure emergency medicine triage, diagnosing more accurately in the potentially life and death moments when people are first rushed to hospital. The results were described by independent experts as showing “a genuine step forward” in the clinical reasoning of AIs and came as part of trials that tested the responses of hundreds of doctors against an AI. The authors said the results, published in the journal Science, showed large language models (LLMs) “have eclipsed most benchmarks of clinical reasoning”. One experiment focused on 76 patients who arrived...

WILLIAMSPORT — The township in Lycoming County that is embroiled in controversy with the developer of a Bass Pro Outpost store is looking for a new solicitor. Joseph F. Orso III resigned Wednesday after three weeks citing irreconcilable differences regarding legal strategy in the development case at the site of the old Lycoming Mall. The township and its supervisors are under court order to sign a subdivision plan needed by Famvest, a State College developer, to proceed with its plans for a Bass Pro on the site of a former Best Buy. Famvest is consolidating two parcels it owns to...

In a major move to address the growing issue of birth tourism, Republican Sen. Rand Paul is introducing a constitutional amendment that would end birthright citizenship. His amendment would grant birthright citizenship only to children born in our nation with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen. Sen. Paul shared the full text of the resolution in a post on X: I am introducing a Constitutional Amendment to end Birthright Citizenship. Under current interpretations of American law, anyone born on American soil automatically becomes a U.S. citizen, regardless of whether the parent was here legally or not. This...

A Republican strategist is helping Americans coordinate small-dollar donations to help pro-American candidates win primary races against pro-amnesty establishment candidates. “The problem a lot of grassroots candidates face is they never get the necessary funds to actually get their message heard by people,” said strategist Ryan Girdusky, who has founded Homeland PAC. He told Breitbart News: When they do [get the funds], they can succeed, especially if it’s about immigration, like Dave Brat did [in 2014 Virginia]. So, by working on and making sure these messages can get out and spending [funds] on behalf of these candidates, I think we...

Police said Wednesday they had arrested a Jewish man suspected of assaulting a French nun in Jerusalem the previous day, saying they had a zero-tolerance policy on attacks against religious figures. “The suspect, a 36-year-old male, was identified and subsequently arrested by police,” the force said in a statement, adding it viewed with “utmost severity” any violent act “driven by potentially racist motives and directed toward members of the clergy.” The suspect was arrested on Tuesday, the same day as the attack. On Thursday, police released footage of the assault, which showed the suspect running up from behind the nun...

Missing State Senate candidate from western Oklahoma found dead A candidate for State Senate has been found dead, his campaign said in a news release. April 30, 2026 Addison Kliewer, Special Projects Producer/Digital Editor Barry Christian, a candidate for Senate District 38, disappeared on Tuesday. He was found dead on Thursday, according to a news release from his campaign. Investigators on scene near Erick, Oklahoma The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation confirmed that investigators were on the scene near Highway 30, just south of the town of Erick. OSBI confirmed to KOCO that a truck matching the one belonging to...

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A Biden-appointed federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the release of a Dominican illegal alien who is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice for murder in his home country. The criminal illegal alien, Bryan Rafael Gomez, was arrested by ICE Boston in Worcester, Massachusetts on April 4th. He had just been picked up locally for domestic abuse when a background check revealed Dominican authorities issued a criminal arrest warrant against him for homicide in 2023. He is also the subject of an active Interpol Red Notice, an international arrest warrant for murder. Gomez was detained at an ICE...

A Republican-backed initiative has cleared the signature threshold for the November election. Critics say the measure could make it harder for people to vote. A Republican-backed proposal in California to create new voter identification requirements and citizenship audits is set to appear on the ballot in November, part of a nationwide G.O.P. push to tighten voting laws. The proposal would require voters to bring identification to the polls and provide an ID number when voting by mail. It would also require local officials to regularly check voter rolls to help ensure that only U.S. citizens are registered. The effort in...

Congress mandated in 2021 that all new cars include "advanced impaired driving prevention technology" by 2027. The tech includes infrared cameras that track your eyes, pupil dilation, and driving behavior. NHTSA missed its deadline to finalize rules because no current system meets the required 99.9% accuracy—even that level would strand tens of millions of sober drivers per year. NHTSA admitted in March 2026 that no system meets the legal requirement for reliable operation. The agency stated current detection technology shows "unacceptable error rates," particularly around legal alcohol limits. Here's the math that stopped NHTSA cold: Americans drive about 3 trillion...

🚨 BREAKING — IT'S OFFICIAL: Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has SUSPENDED US House primaries until JULY following the Supreme Court ruling race-based districts are UNCONSTITUTIONAL Louisiana will now RE-DRAW their Congressional map, which could eliminate ALL Democrat districts before the 2026 election LET'S GO!

A starving baby sea lion that was found last month waddling down the middle of a street in Silicon Valley has made a full recovery, rescuers announced Thursday. The California sea lion pup was found on Bordeaux Drive in Sunnyvale, next to the Google campus, according to the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. The young pinniped was named “Bordeaux” based on where he was rescued. Bordeaux, the California sea lion pup rescued in Sunnyvale, was released back to the wild after recovery. (Photo: Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety) Bordeaux was skinny and starving, rescuers said, and was taken to The...

A Vallejo man suspected of vandalizing memorials that honored fallen first responders and veterans in Solano County was arrested, the sheriff's office said on Thursday. The vandalism and theft of bronze stars and plaques from sites in Fairfield and Vallejo sparked outrage and an investigation by authorities.

Many European countries are in a pickle of their own making: they’ve allowed unfettered immigration (often by people who despise their Western values), they’ve gone all in on green energy despite the fact that it’s not ready for prime time, and they’ve embraced woke politics even more than some of the wide-eyed leftists in our own country. But the small northwestern Euro country of Belgium (population 11.8 million) is waking up to the unfortunate fact that a lot of what’s going on isn’t doing them any favors. They can do all the windmills and solar farms they want, but if...

The missiles and bombs may have stopped, at least for the moment, but the war between the US and Iran continues. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed, the US sanctions remain in place, and the fundamental issues separating the combatants remain unresolved. The bilateral negotiations have gone nowhere, and the two sides remain far apart. This stalemate has puzzled observers since it’s not hard to see the outlines of a deal. For Iran, the minimum acceptable goal is regime survival. For the US, it is the end of the Iranian nuclear program, which poses an existential threat to America’s regional...