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WASHINGTON — The leaders of three Republican House committees threatened Monday to hold Democratic fundraising powerhouse ActBlue in contempt of Congress after the firm refused to turn over more than 400 documents, citing attorney-client privilege. A letter from House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) gave ActBlue until Friday to provide the messages, including statements by two members of its legal team indicating the fundraiser was not being forthcoming about overseas donations that were illegally funneled to Democratic campaigns. “These documents reportedly contain evidence that ActBlue accepted...

MANILA, Philippines — Two students armed with hand guns opened fire in a high school in the central Philippines on Monday, killing three fellow students and wounding another seven, police said. The suspects, aged 14 and 15, were arrested. The suspects and the victims were students of the San Jose National High School in Tacloban city, where the mid-morning shooting happened, regional police chief Brig. Gen. Jason Capoy said. An investigation was underway to determine the cause of the shooting in the government-run school, which has more than 1,500 students. Capoy said that the suspects, who were close friends, said...

US President Donald Trump congratulates Abelardo De La Espriella, a nationalist lawyer who has been elected president of Colombia according to a near-complete but not yet official count. Trump adds that he looks forward to working together to build a powerful relationship between the two countries. The US leader had backed De La Espriella, who has also pledged to renew diplomatic ties with Israel and open an embassy in Jerusalem.

"A 12-year-old boy was killed when a suspect opened fire during a "brawl" that happened in Nashville's theater district on Sunday night. Damarion Morehead was shot in the head when a fight involving "six to seven" people broke out at the intersection of Representative John Lewis Way and Deaderick Street, which is right next to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Morehead was later pronounced dead at the hospital..... The Metro Nashville Police Department arrested 24-year-old Devin Orr, who is the suspected shooter. Investigators were able to examine video from the incident. In a statement, the Metro Nashville Police Department said,...

A Texas judge who was disciplined for declining to officiate same-sex weddings because of her religious beliefs has secured a legal victory, receiving a $10,000 settlement and more than $630,000 in attorneys' fees as similar litigation involving judges across the state continues. First Liberty Institute announced Friday that a Travis County district court awarded the settlement to Judge Dianne Hensley, a Waco-based judge, who was sanctioned by the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct after declining to perform same-sex weddings. The court's ruling, issued June 16, not only awarded Hensley the maximum compensatory damages allowed under the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration...

A fugitive accused of helping mastermind a $3.7 billion Medicare fraud scheme — one of the largest in U.S. history — is in American custody after authorities tracked him down in Turkey and flew him back to the U.S. to face charges, the FBI announced Monday. Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi was recently detained by Turkish authorities after he fled the U.S. in May 2025, the FBI said. The FBI's Critical Incident Response Group flew out to Turkey and transported Hilmi to the U.S. on Friday through a foreign transfer of custody operation. FBI Director Kash Patel hailed the operation as a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The algae from the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool surged ahead of former Vice President Kamala Harris in polls for the Democratic Party's 2028 presidential nomination. The news came over the weekend after many Democrats expressed approval of the green sludge covering much of the newly renovated reflecting pond in front of the national monument. Many said they thought the ooze adequately reflected their values and political objectives over other potential candidates like Harris. "I like that stuff," Democratic voter Kelsey Waters said. "I'd vote for it in a heartbeat. It knows how to stand up to Republicans,...

California Democrats have gone full crazy. Never go full crazy. Most residents of the state are Democrats because sane people have fled to red states, or are trying to figure out how they can flee and how soon. It’s often said California leads the nation in bold, new trends, and they’re certainly ahead in Democrat lunacy. Assembly Bill 1967 is moving through the California Legislature. It would allow children of any age to initiate state dependency proceedings against their own parents. Divorce their parents.

Explanation: Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. The first hint of our Sun's future was discovered inadvertently in 1764. At that time, Charles Messier was compiling a list of diffuse objects not to be confused with comets. The 27th object on Messier's list, now known as M27 or the Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula, one of the brightest planetary nebulas on the sky and visible with binoculars toward the constellation of the Fox (Vulpecula). It takes light about 1000 years to reach us from M27, featured here in colors enhanced by red for hydrogen and...

The Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose case shocked New York City and changed the way parents watched over their kids. The justices, by a 6-3 vote, granted an appeal from New York prosecutors who had urged them to undo a federal appeals court decision that overturned the verdict. The three liberal justices dissented. Prosecutors had been preparing to try the man, Pedro Hernandez, for a third time. His first trial ended in a mistrial. The unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed...

Here we go again. For years, I’ve used keyboard macros. I set one up in February so that when I press +K, it magically types out “Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.” That macro didn’t last long, though, because he’s well… dead. I need one that types out “On [insert date here], a federal judge threw out [or issued a temporary injunction on] Trump's xxyy policy.” In Monday’s edition, U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz, a George W. Bush appointee, tossed Justice Department grand jury subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, state Attorney General Keith Ellison, and some of their associates. The...

A federal judge on Monday quashed grand jury subpoenas issued to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and other Minnesota officials. US District Judge Patrick Schiltz, a George W. Bush appointee said the subpoenas were retaliatory. The Justice Department in January issued subpoenas to Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and other far-left Minnesota officials. The DOJ previously launched a criminal investigation into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and far-left Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for interfering with ICE operations. According to CBS News, the investigation centered around public statements made by Walz and Frey....

LONDON — In a stunning fall from power, one of the world's foremost Muslim leaders was forced to resign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Keir Starmer, a preeminent voice for Islam on the world stage over the past several years, announced his resignation this morning after losing the support of several powerful mosques. "It is time for someone else to lead the intifada," said Starmer, standing outside the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street. "I have had the great privilege these past few years of heading up the Muslim takeover of England, glory to Allah. You know,...

Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson says he's "out" of the Republican Party moving forward, arguing the GOP no longer reflects his views.

The sheer amount of roughly one million illegal migrants in Spain seeking amnesty could lead to a “collapse” of the nation’s basic services such as housing, education, or security, experts warned. Spain is presently in the final weeks of a widely-criticized mass amnesty process launched by the government of socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez that aims to grant half a million illegal migrants with “legal” residence status, work permits, and other benefits. Despite the initial “half a million” estimates stated by Spanish officials in January, officials recently acknowledged that over 900,000 amnesty requests had been submitted by migrants, confirming estimates...

Police were called to Jets quarterback Geno Smith‘s home in Davie., Fla., on Sunday over an alleged battery, Edward Lewis of the California Post reports. In a video posted on Instagram, a woman named “Kristen” alleged that Smith “beat my [expletive].” She also accused Smith of running outside and attacking her, breaking her computer and stealing money from her car. The footage of her video includes Smith arguing with her and telling someone on the phone, “She just called the police.” The end of the 85-second clip shows Smith speaking with three police officers, though no one was taken into...

Montreal police say three people are dead after a shooting in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood: a police officer, a civilian and a suspect. Police say they were shot at by a lone suspect after being called to 6939 Décarie Boulevard. The emergency alert issued earlier in connection with an armed and dangerous suspect has been lifted.

CONSTITUTIONAL PATRIO@ConstitustionX·4h🚨 JUSTICE STRIKES AGAIN! 🚨The FBI just HUNTED DOWN Herbert Leon Kimble — the #2 kingpin on their brand new “Most Wanted Fraudsters” list — and dragged him back from the Philippines in handcuffs!This crook allegedly masterminded a $1.2 BILLION Medicare fraud empire using a sophisticated call center scam that stole from American taxpayers and patients.Fugitive no more.TWO arrests from the list in just THREE weeks.The White House Anti-Fraud Task Force is delivering. Big fraudsters are running scared.Massive W for @FBIDirectorKash and @DAGToddBlanche Who’s next? #FraudBusters #DrainTheSwamp #JusticeServed #MAGA6/22/2026TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~Reporter 1: ...second most wanted fraudster allegedly behind, listen to...

Detail from a portrait of an elderly Thomas Jefferson as painted by Thomas Sulley, 1821. In a previous post, I examined some of the speculation about George Washington's death, and the curious legend that he had died having confessed himself to a Catholic priest. That has gone on to be the most popular post on this blog, garnering over 15,000 views to date. In the case of death of Thomas Jefferson, there is considerably less cause for speculation. For one thing, Jefferson had been a Unitarian/Deist from his youth, and a consistent critic of Catholic beliefs and practices well into...

Carbon nanotubes, essentially sheets of carbon atoms rolled into microscopic tubes, are exceptional light absorbers. The problem is that they are notoriously difficult to keep evenly distributed in a liquid coating mixture; they tend to clump, separate, and settle over time. To solve this, the team used a high-energy milling process to grind the carbon black and carbon nanotubes together in water along with dispersing agents. An accelerated stability test put the mixture through centrifuge forces more than 2,000 times the pull of gravity over seven hours, with only minimal separation, a strong indicator of shelf-stable industrial viability. Because carbon...