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Embattled FBI director Kash Patel has denied under oath allegations of excessive drinking and unexplained absences on the job, dismissing them as “baseless” during a fiery congressional hearing. Patel sought to push back as Democrats challenged him over the “extremely alarming” reports, which ran in the Atlantic, which they argued would a mount to a “gross dereliction” of duty. The FBI director has sued the magazine, and the author of a story it published, filing a defamation lawsuit in US district court for the District of Columbia that seeks $250m in damages. “It’s a total farce. I don’t even know...

Explanation: Today’s composite image features something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue! Comet R3 PanSTARRS, streaking across the right of the image, likely originated from the Oort Cloud, meaning it is an old Solar System relic from billions of years ago. It’s bright extended ion tail glows blue as the gas escaping the comet’s core is ionized by sunlight. Astronomers are fascinated by comets for all sorts of reasons: comet compositions are untouched time capsules containing the building blocks of Solar System planets; comets may have delivered water to the young Earth; the behavior of cometary tails shed...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has identified more than 10,000 cases of potential fraud associated with a program that allows foreign students to extend their stay in the United States after graduating from college, ICE acting Director Todd Lyons told reporters Tuesday. At a press conference with officials from ICE and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Lyons outlined some of the findings of an agency investigation into fraud associated with the Optional Practical Training program. OPT allows foreign nationals who enter the United States on a student visa to work in the U.S. for 12, or in some cases 24, months....

Angelina Jolie is saying goodbye to her Los Angeles abode. The Oscar-winning actress has officially listed her California compound, formerly owned by filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille, for $29.85 million... The home was first conceived by architect B. Cooper Corbett in 1913 and was later acquired by DeMille in 1916... Jolie sparked rumors that she was considering leaving L.A. after an August 2024 interview with The Hollywood Reporter in which the actress and director said she is only there “because I have to be here from a divorce.”... However, once her twins turn 18 on July 12, 2026, Jolie said she's...

There’s an old joke about people who do CrossFit, and it goes something like this: “How do you know when someone does CrossFit? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you!” If you’ve ever encountered an enthusiastic CrossFitter, you know why this joke is so humorous. It seems that all they can talk about is CrossFit and how it has changed their lives. And to a certain extent it has. It has allowed them to train their bodies to maximum effectiveness. The interesting part is that CrossFit’s success is less about some revolutionary training regimen and more about the positive vision it casts...

President Donald Trump’s upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is drawing renewed attention to concerns that Chinese electric vehicles entering North America through Canada could pose national security risks inside the United States. Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang joined FOX Business’ Maria Bartiromo on "Mornings with Maria" to discuss tensions surrounding China’s trade practices, energy policy and Beijing’s growing EV footprint ahead of the high-stakes Beijing meeting. The discussion comes as lawmakers push legislation aimed at blocking Chinese electric vehicles from entering the U.S. market, citing concerns over surveillance technology and connected-vehicle systems capable of collecting sensitive data.

WHITE HOUSE CONFESSIONS: President Trump’s Special Assistant on the White House Domestic Policy Council Admits Advisors Make Decisions Based on What “Feels Like a Good Idea,” Says “There’s No Cost-Benefit,” Reveals WH Staff Independently Shape Domestic Policy Based on Their Own Interpretation of What Trump “Would Want” — as Executive Office Budget Manager Spills, “We Have To Get Rid of Trump.” “In theory, everything should sort of come from the president…But it might come from the level below him [Trump] where they’re like, ‘I think I know the president well enough to say what he would say on this.’” “There's...

Thieves stealing from a vending machine don't realize that they're being charged for everything they're taking. The hotel's got cameras all over the place. There's a camera right there in the corner. This thing's got cameras all over the place. and it's telling you in pictures. So even if you're illiterate or an Egyptian, you can see what the hell is going on here.

Appearing on MSNBC to talk to Lawfare ally Nicole Wallace, wife of New York Times narrative engineer Michael Schmidt – the guy who received leaks from FBI Director James Comey via Daniel Richman, former CIA Director John Brennan notes there are “legions” of operatives still embedded within the DOJ, FBI and CIA who are working against President Donald Trump. This is not a surprise as we have noted the Trump administration continues to take apart the tentacles of Lawfare and Intelligence operatives in Main Justice, various U.S. Attorney offices, FBI Headquarters, FBI field offices and various Intelligence Community silos. Marco...

LMFAO!! Trump just went off on a reporter! "You're a STUPID person, and you happen to be!" REPORTER: "You promised to bring inflation down. It's now at its highest level in three years. Are your policies not working? What's happening?" TRUMP: "If you go back to just before the war, for the last three months, inflation was at 1.7%. Now, we had a choice. Let these LUNATICS have a nuclear weapon. If you want to do that, then you're a STUPID person, and you happen to be!"

Burns, who led the dedication ceremony, posted on X the same night: “Let me say this plainly: this is not a golden calf.” The golden calf is an idol described in the Old Testament’s book of Exodus, whose construction by the Israelites enraged Moses upon his return from receiving the Ten Commandments. Idol worship is expressly forbidden under the Commandments. “This statue is not about worship. It is about honor,” Burns wrote... When that statement drew continued skepticism, Burns followed up on Friday… “Let me be very clear. We worship the Lord Jesus Christ and Him alone. Honor is not...

Embedded short video of terrorist getting 86d. The IDF on Tuesday evening released unusual footage from a daring operation carried out last week by the Golani Reconnaissance Unit and the Egoz Unit beyond the Litani River. The footage shows a Hezbollah terrorist emerging from a tunnel shaft armed with a weapon - and being immediately eliminated by soldiers waiting in ambush above ground. The operation, which was revealed earlier today, is considered one of the most significant since the beginning of the ground maneuver, as the forces crossed the strategic “Litani Line" and operated on the outskirts of the village...

The Democrats have not been sending their best people for a long time, but at least they can avoid the errors an elementary school child makes. Not disgraced Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, however. As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Virginia Supreme Court overturned the Democrat Party’s rigged gerrymandering referendum last week in a 4-3 decision, ruling the entire sleazy process to sneak it onto the ballot was unconstitutional from the start. This was the latest devastating blow to radical Democrats’ blatant attempt to rewrite Virginia’s congressional maps mid-decade and hand themselves a super-majority in the U.S. House by turning...

Ted Turner helps a biologist release a couple of wolves on his Ladder Ranch, New Mexico, property in 1998.Over the course of his long life, media mogul and philanthropist Ted Turner bought vast stretches of land in Colorado, New Mexico, Montana and Nebraska and managed them for conservation. That work is expected to continue, even after Turner’s death on May 6 at age 87. One of the Turner family’s largest properties, the 363,000-acre Armendaris Ranch in south-central New Mexico, is shielded from development by the nation’s second-largest permanent conservation easement. According to a statement on Turner Enterprises’ website, the rest...

X-Files Hantavirus Plot Chris Carter told us 20 years ago

Two convicted Chinese spies helped Arcadia’s former mayor become a successful SoCal politician — who secretly took orders from Beijing. Yaoning “Mike” Sun and John Chen helped Eileen Wang win office and secretly reported back to their masters in the People’s Republic of China, according to court documents. Sun took orders from Chen as he served as the campaign manager and business partner of Wang in her successful 2022 run for Arcadia City Council. When Wang won her seat, Chen told Sun to send a report to their PRC masters calling Wang a “new political star.” Wang would “go against...

Either NPR is so high on its own ego that it believes it can get support from George Soros-backed groups for its lefty spin-jobs without anybody noticing or it’s so obtuse that it thinks nobody with a skeptical mind will even take the time to look. NPR immigration correspondent Sergio Martínez-Beltrán came out with a dense, 1498-word pro-illegal immigration sob story May 5 attacking the Trump administration for daring to enforce immigration law in Minnesota. “Minneapolis grapples with the impact of Trump's largest immigration crackdown yet,” read Martinez-Beltran’s narrative-twisting headline. He didn’t even bother to wait past the first paragraph...

Today I’m excited to be joined by Nora Bussigny — French investigative journalist and author of the very interesting book Les Nouveaux Antisémites. “The New Antisemites: Investigation by an Infiltrator in the Far-Left Ranks”. After going undercover for over a year inside France’s and, Brazil and Columbia University, most radical pro-Palestinian activist networks, where she posed as a pro-Palestinian activist, — from Palestine rallies to faculty blockades and closed Telegram groups — Nora emerged with a gripping, first-hand account of how anti-Zionism has become the new glue binding far-left, Islamist, and intersectional circles. Her book has become one of the...

In this interview clip, author and journalist Ralph Pezzullo discusses the core claims from his book Stolen Elections with host Danny Jones. Pezzullo outlines an election-fraud investigation that he says originated from DEA-linked whistleblowers (referred to as Gary and Martine) who were probing the Venezuelan Cartel de los Soles—a criminal organization tied to the Chávez/Maduro regime involved in drug trafficking and money laundering.13 The narrative begins with sources inside the cartel revealing details of a voting software system allegedly developed for Hugo Chávez to rig the 2004 Venezuelan referendum. This system, according to the claims, evolved into technology linked to...

A Virginia school district has come under fire again after a student was allegedly caught taking photos of classmates in the bathroom. A student believed to be transgender is reportedly being investigated at Freedom High School in the Loudoun County Public School District (LCPSD) for videotaping and photographing over 40 classmates in the bathrooms, according to local ABC affiliate WJLA. Sources told WJLA that the issue has reportedly been occurring for three years. The outlet reported that Principal Tania Brown sent an email to parents notifying them of the incident at the end of April. Brown added in the email...