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Tuesday on CNN’s “News Central,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) said she has been told there are more allegations about Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner coming after a woman accused him of sexual assault. When asked if Platner should drop out of the race, Dingell said, “Yes I do. I’m one of the people that was disturbed by the reports a couple of months ago.” Dingell said, “I’m going to not give you names because the people that I have a great deal of respect for as well, but they have said to me, you were right, your gut was...

President Donald Trump has landed in Ankara, Türkiye, for the NATO Summit 2026 aboard the new Air Force One. Watch the dramatic arrival as world leaders gather for one of NATO's most consequential meetings.

Rupert Lowe is a British politician who has served as the member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth since 2024 and the leader of Restore Britain.

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on Tuesday ordered the Department of Homeland Security to restore key features of its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system, including SSN-search and bulk-upload capabilities that states use to verify citizenship and immigration status for voter rolls. U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell II ruled that DHS breached a court-approved settlement agreement with Florida and other states by disabling the features following a conflicting decision from a judge in Washington, D.C. Wetherell expressly disagreed with that ruling, concluding the features do not violate federal law. In June, U.S. District Judge Sparkle L....

Disgraced Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner could end his campaign Wednesday, sources told CNN. Citing a source “close to the campaign,” CNN reported the scandal-scarred Platner was set to meet with advisor Morris Katz Wednesday. He would announce any exit from the race via a video — but the message had not been taped as of Wednesday morning, CNN reported. “This could – and should – end today. We’ll see if it does,” the campaign source told CNN. The report comes as a top Maine Democrat claimed Platner and his team were “trying to put their thumb on the scale”...

An American left-wing activist moved from New York City to Killarney, Ireland, five years ago, and now she’s dead. The woman’s name was Jamey Carney. She was a single mother of a thirteen-year-old and fit the typical stereotype of a white liberal woman from Manhattan. She hated ICE, loved Palestine, and moved to Europe, where she began a relationship with a migrant man. Jamey was found dead in her bed, hidden under a duvet by her teenage child. The migrant man she was involved with is nowhere to be found. Police officials are looking for him, and reports online suggest...

[Translated from Dutch] We fell off our seats when we received the following video. It turns out to be a video of Kunstencentrum KAAP from Bruges and Ostend. That arts center ‘deserves’ 68% of its turnover by simply reaching out its hand to the Flemish Government, which then invests 2 million euros every year. With that 2 million euros, KAAP organizes, really, you hold on, “decolonizing” dance projects. You will see an example of such a ‘decolonizing’ dance in annex. Have we become collectively mad or what? No, but really, seriously, the Flemish Government is losing! There is money short,...

The Case for America takes on one of the most contested legal battles in modern American history - the true story of January 6th. Host Treniss Evans is joined by attorney Roger Roots and retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Raiklin to dismantle what they call a five-year government narrative built on the word "insurrection." Roots argues the DOJ systematically overcharged and over-sentenced J6 defendants with felony charges unprecedented in American history, while filing a sweeping 90-plus-page civil complaint on behalf of hundreds of Jers. Raiklin says the statute of limitations on that testimony expires in just three weeks, and he's...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. A federal judge fined her $5,000 and cited her otherwise law-abiding life in issuing the sentence. “I think this is a situation where an otherwise good person, upset by immigration policies in this country, made a bad decision in the moment,” U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman said. Dugan, 67, was convicted of felony obstruction in December. Her lawyers argued during her trial that President Donald Trump’s administration sought to “crush”...

Tlaib, Concerned that their Party's shift toward socialism might not appeal to normal Americans, ten members of the US House of Representatives and three candidates aspiring to win seats in the House have signed a "Promise to America Pledge." The Pledge includes a call for "an economy that rewards hard work, lowers costs, and expands opportunity, secure borders, orderly immigration, safe communities, competent government, free speech, and pride in America." Democratic socialist firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) scoffed at the pledge, calling it "a surrender to the MAGA Republican agenda. Real Democrats want an economy that guarantees a living...

Pope Leo’s newspaper publishes article claiming ‘there is no devil,’ original sin in Book of GenesisL'Osservatore Romano published an article by theologian Marinella Perroni claiming Genesis contains no devil and no original sin, arguing that tradition exegesis ‘is reduced to sex.’A new essay in the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano examining the Book of Genesis argues that the narrative does not deal primarily with the devil and original sin, in contrast with the traditional interpretation.On July 4, L’Osservatore Romano – the official newspaper of the Holy See – published an article by Italian theologian Marinella Perroni, according to whom in the...

The coach of the Egyptian national team was visibly seething as fans waved around an Israeli flag after his team’s 3-2 loss to Argentina. Egypt maintained a 2-0 lead up until the 79th minute of Tuesday’s FIFA World Cup match. Argentina then went on a tear that began with a Cristian Romero goal assisted by Lionel Messi. Just a few minutes later, Messi scored the equalizer. Then, in stoppage time, Enzo Fernandez scored on a header to complete the stunning comeback win. As the Egyptian team was walking off the pitch, coach Hossam Hassan noticed a pair of Argentina fans...

The criticism of WNBA officiating has now reached Capitol Hill. Just days after Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark publicly called on the league to do a better job protecting its players, a group of Republican lawmakers is demanding answers from WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert. In a letter led by Rep. August Pfluger, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, and co-signed by a dozen members of Congress — including lawmakers from Indiana — the group argued that the WNBA has failed to adequately protect its biggest star from repeated unnecessary physical play. "Caitlin Clark is transforming women's sports," the letter began....

You might not remember Joe from Fox News, but he was a regular for a while. He might’ve disappeared from the airways, but he’s still working hard for President Trump and the American people. Joseph diGenova spent decades inside the web of federal law enforcement. He was a Reagan-era US attorney, and now he’s the prosecutor leading one of the most important investigations in US history. NBC News: Joe diGenova, a former Trump campaign lawyer who backed President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, will head up a Florida-based federal investigation into former federal officials who investigated...

Iran’s terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) claimed on Wednesday that they had targeted 85 allegedly “American military facilities,” in reality launching sweeping bombing campaigns against neighbors Kuwait and Bahrain. The IRGC’s aggression follows Iran bombing various vessels attempting to navigate the Strait of Hormuz, reportedly ships linked to Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian regime’s attacks prompted U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) to resume targeted strikes on Iran’s terrorist infrastructure to protect free navigation in the strait, which the IRGC used as its reasoning for bombing Kuwait and Bahrain. The IRGC’s statement, as shared by the Iranian government’s Islamic Republic...

President Donald Trump appeared to confuse Iran with Japan during a jaw-dropping verbal slip at the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday, telling reporters that the “Islamic Republic of Japan” had fired more than 100 missiles at a U.S. aircraft carrier as he touted the effectiveness of Patriot missile defense systems.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered an investigation into a Texas hospital Tuesday after it confirmed to Fox News that it advertised Spanish-language "Birth Packages in South Texas" on billboards in Mexico promoting childbirth services to pregnant foreign nationals near the U.S.-Mexico border. Mission Regional Medical Center confirmed to Fox News that it was responsible for the advertising campaign, which promoted deliveries starting at $3,950 for a natural birth and $5,525 for a C-section, and directed viewers to a website, havemybabyinTEXAS.com, which has since been taken offline. The billboards also displayed a telephone number beginning with "001," the country code used...

The town where I grew up is a small suburb of Philadelphia called Lafayette Hill. As a kid, I was only vaguely aware that the town was something of a historic site, mostly thanks to the General Lafayette Inn, a old-time watering hole that has perched at the curve of Germantown Pike since the 1730s. Situated a mere ten miles as the crow flies from Valley Forge, the area near the town was the site of an abortive attempt by British General Howe to bring the Continental Army to battle by cutting off a contingent sent to reconnoiter an area...

What if Pope Leo spoke to the new SSPX bishops the way he spoke to the Anglican archbishop?Here's how Pope Leo XIV's letter of congratulations to Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally would sound addressed to the new SSPX bishops instead. The following is the original letter written by Pope Leo XIV to Dame Sarah Mullally on the occasion of her installation as the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury. The text has been adapted by crossing out certain words and phrases from the original and replacing them (shown in bold) with new wording, so that the letter now addresses the four newly...

A student pilot was forced to land her plane alone after her instructor 'jumped' from the aircraft during their flight in Argentina. The 22-year-old had been training with her instructor, Leandro Bertazzo, 42, in a Cessna C-150 when he evacuated the aircraft. Although investigators are looking into the reasons behind his sudden death, the student, who is believed to have a pilot's licence but few flying hours under her belt, has claimed he opened the plane's window and jumped. Despite watching Mr Bertazzo plunge to his death, she still managed to land the Cessna C-150 safely and unaided at Coronel...