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On June 17, President Donald J. Trump announced a framework agreement with Iran that extends a shaky ceasefire for another 60 days, lifts the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports and the Strait of Hormuz, and lets oil exports resume.The deal entails Iran starting to dilute some highly enriched uranium stockpiles. It also features limited sanctions waivers from Uncle Sam. Bigger disputes like the full Iranian nuclear program’s fate and the Islamist theocracy’s ballistic missiles were pushed into that two-month negotiating window.

Nearly six months ago, President Donald Trump led a bold operation to remove Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, giving the South American nation of roughly 30 million people its first real chance at democracy in a generation. But while the opening created by Maduro’s ouster is real, Venezuela remains precariously perched between a democratic revival and an airbrushed version of the old regime. Critics of the Trump administration have argued that the operation to remove Maduro was haphazard, risky, or half-baked. But that criticism misses the most important point. Before January 3, Venezuela had no real path forward. Maduro remained in...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(6/21/26)[Prayer]PersonalitiesRuth 2:1- 17 2 And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. 3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who...

Lori Price successfully defended herself from a black bear attack in Alaska. Her dog was severely wounded by the bear. Then the bear came after her. She used a 9mm Glock 43 to defend herself. Joe Allgood interviewed her for In Depth Alaska (video link). On Sunday, June 7, 2026, Lori Price was hunting for mushrooms near Skilak Lake. Skilak Lake is south of Highway 1 on the Kenai Peninsula, about 20 miles east of Soldotna, Alaska. She was almost ready to go home. She had two dogs with her, a chocolate lab, Willis and Chaos her German short-hair. The...

On July 10, 2025, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a home in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, killing a man identified as Ahmed Abu Eisha. According to reports, Abu Eisha had been a journalist for Palestine Today, a television channel affiliated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, citing a colleague, Abu Eisha was killed shortly after returning home from “covering events” at a hospital in Deir al-Balah. Abu Eisha was “polite, calm, and kind; someone who avoided conflict,” wrote CPJ, quoting the colleague. It noted his hard work pursuing stories...

I think that the Democratic powers that be thought that James Talarico had a better chance against the Republicans in the general election for the Senate seat from Texas than did Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX-30). However, they may have deluded themselves with that thought, as the problematic statements and issues in Talarico's past have come tumbling out. The Democrats are trying desperately to repaint Talarico as "not a leftist" and "clarifying" his past statements. That's generally a bad look; then he looks inauthentic as well. They also have another problem -- they don't appear to have Crockett on board to...

U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody leads Democrat Alex Vindman in Florida’s U.S. Senate race, according to a new poll released by the Associated Industries of Florida (AIF) Center for Political Strategy. The survey found Moody, the AIF-endorsed candidate, with 47% support among likely general election voters, compared with 40% for Vindman. Fourteen percent of respondents were undecided. The poll also found Moody’s support to be firmer than Vindman’s. While Vindman drew support from 40% of respondents overall, 29% said they were “definitely” voting for him. By comparison, 35% of voters said they were definitely backing Moody. AIF said Moody leads in...

22 June 2026 Monday of week 12 in Ordinary Time St Albans Cathedral, England Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Kings 17:5-8,13-15,18There was none left, but the tribe of Judah onlyThe king of Assyria invaded the whole country and, coming to Samaria, laid siege to it for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah on the Habor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. This happened because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their...

Alan Greenspan, the professional economist who presided over the Federal Reserve during nearly two decades of boom and bust, died on Monday. He was 100 years old. Dubbed "The Maestro" for deftly navigating the multi-pronged crises that buffeted the world's largest economy, Greenspan was a clarinet student who once aspired to become a professional musician. After graduating from college, the New York City native worked on Wall Street before briefly entering government service — and eventually ascended to the helm of one of the world's most powerful policy positions. Once the late Paul Volcker vacated the Fed chairmanship in 1987,...

Podcaster and former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino has said, "Republicans may not be the answer to all of your problems, but the Democrats are most certainly the cause of most of them." He has also said, "Most Republicans in Congress are really Democrats, but no Democrats are really Republicans." These two statements explain a great deal. Consider some of the biggest issues we face today. A short list would include tens of millions of unvetted illegal aliens, unprecedented financial fraud, stolen elections, a failed educational system, a biased media, and corrupt judges and prosecutors. Yes, Republicans had a hand...

Colombia, a country rife with cartel violence, drug kingpins, and political assassinations picked their new leader on Sunday. By early evening, Conservative outsider Abelardo de la Espriella was announced the winner over cartel lackey and Marxist sympathizer Gustavo Petro. Espriella is a Trump supporter and holds a dual citizenship with the US. Colombia has an estimated 52,694,952 people according to latest estimates. Even Colombia, with all of its domestic challenges is able to count ballots in ONE DAY! Meanwhile, in California, the communists are still harvesting and counting ballots. California allegedly has a population of 39.6 million but who really...

Ontario Proud @ontarioisproud VIDEO AT LINK............... This tourist from Ecuador said he expected Canada to be a first world country. But when he got to Toronto, he was SHOCKED at all the drugs and homelessness. The average Canadian is 8 TIMES RICHER than the average Ecuadorian. Yet apparently it's still nicer in Quito.

A simple website flaw exposed members, political profiles, login tokens, and dating data from Peter Thiel ‘s secretive Dialog network. Dialog, a private invitation-only organization cofounded in 2006 by billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, has spent two decades refusing to disclose its membership. That position became harder to maintain last week when Swiss hacktivist maia arson crimew, known for exposing the US government’s No Fly List, found an open directory embedded in the source code of dialog.org that was visible to anyone who viewed the page. WIRED independently verified the contents and obtained the registration list for Dialog’s 2026 retreat,...

The Iranian threat will continue until the nature of Shi'ite religious extremism is recognized. Much of the celebration surrounding the latest agreement with Iran pigeonholes a fundamental issue -- one that, if left unaddressed, will ultimately render any agreement temporary at best and meaningless at worst. The problem is not simply Iran's nuclear capabilities. Nor is it the wording of any diplomatic arrangement. The problem is the belief system that guides the ruling clerical regime itself. Before proceeding, it is worth acknowledging what has already been accomplished. President Trump deserves considerable credit for applying pressure on Iran, weakening its ability...

Starmer’s political career has been almost Shakespearean in its trajectory: a mere 11 years to enter parliament, lead Labour to an election win e and then, inside the final two years, throw it all away. No modern prime minister has looked so well-suited to the job on paper and been so fundamentally inept in practice. “Starmer didn’t know what he was doing in three ways,” “Firstly, he never worked out what the job was – what does the prime minister do? Secondly, he never knew what he wanted to do, above all not on economic policy. And thirdly, he didn’t...

The provost of Seattle University snatched a Palestinian flag from a graduating Muslim student just as she was about to unfold it at her commencement ceremony. Shane Martin suddenly grabbed the tricolor from Sumeyya Osman at last month’s ceremony, video shared by CAIR Washington shows – and she later claimed he was being aggressive. Martin grabbed the flag trying to hide it out of shot before the pair wrestled over it and posed for a picture. Then the provost held onto the student’s arm as he ushered her off the stage. Osman then brandished the flag as she made her...

Three unidentified people, reportedly Afghan nationals, carried out a deadly attack on Masjid and Imambargah Baqeeatullah in Pakistan’s Karachi on late Sunday evening (June 21). The incident took place in Karachi’s Defence Phase Five. The entire incident was caught on camera, and dramatic visuals also surfaced online. According to reports, the people involved in the attack were driving a Suzuki pickup truck. In the video, it could be seen that a speeding truck entered the mosque, creating panic among the people present inside the religious place. According to reports, at least 30 people were injured in the attack. The injured...

Anglican Church in North America acting archbishop Julian Dobbs (left) and leader of the Anglican Catholic Reformed Church Bishop Derek Jones (right).The interim head of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) has filed a defamation suit against the leader of the breakaway Anglican Reformed Catholic Church. Bishop Julian Dobbs, who was appointed acting archbishop of the ACNA in November while Archbishop Steve Wood is under investigation, says accusations he misappropriated $47,862 are false and malicious. Dobbs submitted evidence to the U.S. federal court in Northern Alabama showing the disputed sum is actually $3,750. The money was put into...

We've seen a variety of Democrats make ridiculous remarks since Elon Musk became a trillionaire following the initial public offering (IPO) of his company, SpaceX. They all seemed to think this was the time to talk about how much the government should grab from Elon and/or billionaires to redistribute to those who didn't earn it, and punish success. The Democratic nominee for the Senate from Maine, the scandal-plagued Graham Platner, even said that they should make sure that Musk was the "last trillionaire." California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said we needed to "democratize the economy." There was Democrat Rep. Ro...

The Episcopal Church headquarters building in Midtown Manhattan. (Photo by Zbig Jedrus Photography) The Episcopal Church, once the spiritual home of America’s founders, presidents and other members of the elite, announced Wednesday that it wants to sell or lease its 12-story New York City headquarters, a sign of the shrinking of mainline Protestantism and institutional religion in the United States as well as the way religious groups are radically reshaping their commercial footprint in the 21st century. The denomination — the U.S. branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion — announced after a meeting of its executive council that the...