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A federal judge was adamant Monday that the Trump administration must give proper notice before renovating the East Potomac Golf Links, warning of “serious consequences” if it fails to do so. US District Judge Ana Reyes voiced concerns that the administration will follow the White House ballroom playbook and proceed with construction first and then deal with the legal fallout later. “Let’s just say, given some issues around the District recently, I would have a particular concern that we not act first and ask forgiveness later,” Reyes said during a Monday hearing, per the Washington Post. “Because that’s not going...

Vaccination gaps abroad do not remain localBoghuma K. Titanji, MD, MSc, DTM&H, PhD, is an assistant professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. I was born in Cameroon in the 1980s. Like millions of children in similar settings, survival into adulthood was not guaranteed. But the launch of Gavi at the turn of the century had a measurable effect on reducing child mortality across dozens of low-income countries. Over the last two decades, Gavi has supported the immunization of 1.2 billion children and prevented more than 20 million deaths through its work to address the persistent...

Despite the many advantages that a sound money standard would confer on ordinary savers, wage earners, and small business owners – from greater price stability to a check on inflationary erosion, to a closer alignment between savings and investment – such a regime has no shortage of powerful opponents. Chief among them is Wall Street, whose interests are deeply entwined with the flexibility and discretion afforded by fiat money. Indeed, contemporary Wall Street’s hostility to a sound money standard is structural. A monetary regime anchored to gold, or any similarly binding constraint, would not merely trim profits at the margins....

Pervy ex-congressman Eric Swalwell sent nude photos and videos of himself masturbating through Snapchat — all while he was married — as lurid details of his alleged creepy conduct continue to spill out. Swalwell, who was once crowned the “Snapchat King of Congress,” regularly slid into women’s DMs and shared unsolicited nudes with several — exchanges that initially seemed innocent but quickly veered into explicit territory. Swalwell’s attempted sexual conquests even included a 19-year-old waitress in Los Angeles who was “stunned” to receive a LinkedIn message from the powerful Democratic lawmakers, according to CNN. Another young congressional staffer said Swalwell...

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Dear friends, being May 4th, and if you can get past the title and read this full post, you will be truly amazed at what the Word of Almighty God has to say about His precious Word, which is established FOREVER (Psalm 119:89, 144, 152, 160, 138:2, John 17:17)! One of the things that I have been taught from the very beginning in helping children, adults, and people in general, how to learn a particular biblical truth, is to use what they mentally know by experience or association. I have found by using what people know that it is easy...

President Donald Trump gave ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl an exclusive phone interview on Monday — shortly after he accused Karl of lying about a previous phone call. “Jonathan Karl, of ABC Fake News, made a statement that I called him early in the morning, the day after the assassination attempt, to ask whether or not HE was OK,” Trump posted to X. “No, this was a hit on ME, not HIM, and I didn’t make such a call, why would I do that?” Trump wrote. “He called me, but I didn’t take his call — He just...

On what has become known as "Star Wars" Day – as in May the Fourth be with you – actor Mark Hamill who famously portrayed Luke Skywalker in the blockbuster film has teamed with Barack Obama in two videos promoting the opening of the former president's library which many have suggested looks like the Death Star from the movie franchise. In one video titled "Hear Me," Hamill is seen using the Force to communicate with Obama, with text reading: A short time from now on the South Side of Chicago … ."

Spirit Airlines has officially shut down permanently. But their sacrifice could potentially mean a better future. I will explain.

WASHINGTON (7News) — A man is injured after a shooting involving a U.S. Secret Service agent in Southwest DC, not far from the Washington Monument, according to the U.S. Secret Service and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). According to the Secret Service, plainclothes agents spotted a man near the White House carrying a firearm. Agents then went to make contact with the man, but he took off running. During the chase, investigators said the man opened fire on the Secret Service officers who then returned fire. The man was taken to the hospital, but officials did not provide details on his...

Former President Barack Obama has offered a rare and candid glimpse into his marriage - and it turns out Donald Trump is causing trouble at home. In a new interview with The New Yorker, Obama, 64, admitted that Michelle wants him to step back from public life so the couple can enjoy their later years together. The problem? He keeps getting pulled back into the politics of the day. The former commander-in-chief said Trump's return to the White House is the reason he cannot simply walk away, and that his inability to do so has become a source of friction...

Beijing's empire isn't built on factories, AI labs, or rare earths. It's built on a single nation the West spent two decades dismissing — Iran. And the day Tehran's regime falls, the entire architecture China assembled over thirty years folds inward like wet cardboard. In this deep dive, we expose the hidden financial, energy, and geographic dependencies binding Beijing to Tehran — from the secret yuan-settled oil deals and the petroyuan experiment, to the Belt and Road's only viable land corridor, to the $9–12 billion annual "shadow fleet" subsidy quietly underwriting Chinese export manufacturing. We examine why China cannot quietly...

https://x.com/hntrbrkmedia/status/2051271019978006686Hunterbrook@hntrbrkmedia·8hNEW: Europe’s biggest military IPO is combusting.Our months-long dive into the Czechoslovak Group — and the question of just how much ammunition it really produces.May 4, 2026ransomnote: a few seconds of the linked video TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~If anything happens to me it's probably going to be because of the military contractor we just exposed at Hunterbrook.They're known for producing 155 millimeter artillary.They're based in the Czech Republic.They have ties to Russia.And now they are arming Ukraine, though they are gauging the Ukrainian military. And they just went public a few months ago. The company was valued at $30 billion.But the thing...

"CENTCOM confirms Iran has NOT successfully struck ANY Navy ships this morning, despite claiming they’ve done so." —Eric Daugherty on X Project Freedom. Cute move! Notice that it’s not Operation Freedom. That would frame it as a military move. The President is tactically framing this as a humanitarian action. Mr. Trump has advised Congress as of May 1 that hostilities with Iran (Operation Epic Fury) are terminated, at the 60-day limit of the War Powers Resolution. Commercial ships from countries not involved in the Iran / US dispute will now get escorted safely through the Strait of Hormuz by US...

MS Now host and activist Al Sharpton condemned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday for doing an impersonation of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. Amid an ongoing redistricting battle, there has been another feud about political rhetoric and tone. Just days before an apparent assassination attempt on President Donald Trump's life, Jeffries warned DeSantis against redrawing the state’s congressional map, declaring, "We are in an era of maximum warfare. Everywhere, all the time." He has also challenged Republicans with similar rhetoric, declaring, "Our message to Florida Republicans is, ‘F around and find out.’" During a news conference amid the...

Reform UK has said it would open migrant detention centres for people awaiting deportation in areas that vote for the Green Party. The party had previously said it would build removal centres in remote areas of the country if elected, as part of plans to detain up to 24,000 people within 18 months. Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's home affairs spokesperson, said Green-controlled areas would be prioritised because of what he described as the party's support for "open borders". A Green Party spokesperson said it was a "disgusting idea" and accused Reform of "making abhorrent announcements in attempts to distract voters"...

The national retail average for a regular gallon of gas was $4.457 on Monday. That's a 1-cent increase from Sunday, according to the American Automobile Association, and 35 cents more than last Monday. At this time last year, a gallon of gas was $1.29 cheaper. The surging prices seemed to stabilize or even decrease for about two weeks, following a temporary ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran that has been indefinitely extended. However, the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route where roughly a fifth of the world's oil passes, has effectively remained closed or extremely limited to passage...

All around the world, “Star Wars” nerds are spending Monday celebrating the holiest day in the galaxy: May the Fourth. Stemming from a cheeky pun based on a bit of Jedi jargon (“May the force be with you”), the day has become an excuse to rally around the lore of what very well may be the greatest science-fiction series of all time (no disrespect to the “Star Trek” fans out there). If there’s a ground zero for the “Star Wars” universe (aside from Tatooine), it’s definitely the Bay Area. George Lucas originally moved here after graduating from film school at...

Two people have died and others are in life-threatening condition after a car was driven at “high speed” through a crowd in the city of Leipzig. Emergency services declared a mass casualty incident in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Monday afternoon after a car was driven “at high speed” through a pedestrianised city-centre area. Two people are confirmed dead and several more, likely dozens, are injured, two of them critically, after being struck by the driver’s vehicle. A suspect, said to be the driver, has been arrested. German daily newspaper Die Welt reports a police source stating the...

Bridgett Fertig@LightOnLiberty·May 2A Dominion contractor with two degrees, swore under oath in her affidavit after working 27 hours at Detroit's TCF Center that she witnessed MASSIVE amounts of clear election fraud involving late-night ballot dumps. She detailed how her manager, Nick Economagunas (part owner of Dominion), ordered her there instead of the Detroit elections building.She saw vans FULL of ballots arriving, photos of people carrying ballots out of a "Chicago warehouse," and at 4:30 AM, Mr. Baxter personally brought in boxes from the rear entrance.She stated each box holding approx 600 ballots, totaling around 50,000 ILLEGAL ballots dumped onto tables...