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Iran warned Thursday that it would “crush” key targets in the Middle East if U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to target the country’s infrastructure in the coming days are carried out. Trump said in a Tuesday evening interview with Fox News that U.S. forces would target key Iranian infrastructure next week if a diplomatic breakthrough is not achieved. “Next week it gets really bad for them because next week comes the power plants,” he said. “Next week comes the bridges. We’re going to knock out all their power plants. We’re going to knock out all their bridges unless they get...

Roy Cooper is in trouble. He was popular and unbeatable, but then a Democratic firm, had him only four points ahead of Republican Michael Whatley. His favorability ratings are nearly underwater. People are learning about his relentless support of illegal aliens who have killed American citizens. Democratic survey takers say there’s a path to victory for Republicans in this race, which was largely seen as a Democratic pickup. Republicans, this race is winnable. Send cash to Whatley now.

Student violence in many of our nation’s schools is out of control. An Education Week teacher survey, whose results were released in March, found that 35 percent of respondents said classroom behavior was “a lot worse” than last year. It’s not just children fighting with each other; teachers are often on the receiving end of assaults. Examples of student violence against teachers are common. In southern California, as reported by the Long Beach Post in June, a Carver Elementary School teacher left school with “major purple marks” after students hit, pinched, bit, and scratched her. In an explosive moment, one...

US Attorney Pirro @USAttyPirro·16h John Rogers spent years secretly funneling sensitive Federal Reserve information to Chinese spies, then looked investigators in the eye and lied about it. And when that wasn’t enough, he lied again under oath at trial. Federal Reserve employees entrusted with America’s most sensitive economic information cannot sell out their country and their colleagues for personal gain and then expect to hide behind a single word. U.S. Attorney DC @USAO_DC John Harold Rogers, 64, a former senior adviser for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB), was sentenced today in to 38 months in federal prison in...

A family of 18 from Gaza has won the right to come to Britain after launching a human rights challenge in the British courts. The landmark case was brought after a Gazan-born mother-of-three - who came to the UK as a refugee and is now a British citizen – was refused permission to bring her extended family into this country. Her relatives – both parents; a brother, his wife and four children; a sister and four children; and another sister, her husband and three children – won a legal challenge on human rights grounds. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood then attempted...

Vice President JD Vance ruled out on Wednesday the possibility of the United States conducting a ground invasion of Iran as hostilities with the Middle Eastern country resume.The vice president said that if there is going to be regime change in Iran, then it would have to come from the Iranian people and not outside forces like the United States. “If the Iranian people want to rise up and change their government, that’s up to them,” Vance said during an appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “But we’re not going to send 150,000 ground troops in order to accomplish a...

The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early Thursday, hitting targets further north and into the Tehran area, as the Islamic Republic expanded its attacks on US allies in the region and vowed to “resist until the end.” US strikes reached into areas around Iran’s capital, Tehran, for the first time in the latest round of violence, showing a widening set of targets for the Americans. Iranian state media also reported American attacks in the northern Semnan province, home to Iran’s ballistic missile production and space program. Other strikes were reported in the provinces of Hamedan, Hormozgan, Khuzestan, Lorestan,...

[9 hours and change to go!] LIVE Countdown To Launch Coverage of SpaceX's 13th Starship Flight Test; the second flight of Starship v3 and from Pad B. SpaceX Starship Flight 13 Countdown To Launch | Live feed The Launch Pad | 360 watching now July 16, 2026 | Started streaming 21 hours ago

All businesses and other institutions in Ghana must now use a biometric app scanner to check national identity cards under new rules aimed at strengthening security and curbing fraud. Until now many of them have just visually checked or photocopied the card for their records, which has made it possible for criminals to impersonate someone. All Ghanaian citizens and foreign residents in the country must carry a plastic biometric national ID known as the "Ghana Card". Introduced over the last decade, the Ghana Card has become central to daily life in the West African nation and is needed to access...

(The Epoch Times)—With midterms just months away, President Donald Trump is poised to speak to the nation about elections. Trump is scheduled to address the nation on the subject on July 16 at 9 p.m. ET. Although he has held off on offering details, Trump confirmed to reporters on July 14 that his address will concern voter integrity and related issues. “Our country has to shape up,” the president said in the Oval Office during an appearance with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaid. “Without free and fair elections, you don’t have a country.” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told...

Layout of convergent assault on our national election infrastructure. A newly released 799-page report titled “An Attack Upon U.S Critical Infrastructure” details the 2020 election corruption and beyond. It provides a list of 18 prioritized and recommended election investigations, along with 8 search warrants. Entities named include Runbeck Election Services, Elections Group LLC, The Office of Georgia SOS, Tyler Technologies, Associated Press, and many others. All assertions in the report are drawn from forensic analyses, sworn legislative testimony, court filings, IG investigations, vendor invoices, open-source intelligence, government communications obtained through litigation and FOIA, and more. Recommended Search Warrants by title,...

Lupita Nyong’o calls Homer’s 'The Odyssey' sexist, but the ancient epic’s women tell a far different story. Acclaimed British filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s (The Dark Knight, Oppenheimer) newest film, The Odyssey, opens this week in the United States. But controversy has already surrounded Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s 2,700-year-old epic poem about Odysseus’s 10-year struggle to return home after the Achaian victory in the decade-long Trojan War. Some of the film’s actresses have suggested that Nolan is offering a more feminist—and long-overdue—take on the ancient poem. Actress Lupita Nyong’o, in particular, has criticized Homer’s purported sexism. Perhaps her misreading of Homer stems...

An Arizona In-N-Out Burger turned into an unexpected fight club after a physical altercation broke out inside the fast food location, with video capturing one man being knocked to the floor by a single punch as customers scrambled to get out of the way.

16 July 2026 Thursday of week 15 in Ordinary TimeNewport News, VirginiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 26:7-9,12,16-19'Awake and exult, all you who lie in the dust'The path of the upright man is straight,you smooth the way of the upright.Following the path of your judgements,we hoped in you, O Lord,your name, your memory are all my soul desires.At night my soul longs for youand my spirit in me seeks for you;when your judgements appear on earththe inhabitants of the world learn the meaning of integrity.O Lord, you are giving us peace,since you treat usas our deeds deserve.Distressed,...

Hal Williams has died at the age of 91. During the ‘70s, Williams was a regular TV presence, appearing on shows like Sanford and Son and The Waltons. In 1985, he was cast on the sitcom 227. A representative for Williams told Deadline that the actor died on the morning on Wednesday, July 15, at his home in Rancho Mirage, California.

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (7/16/26)[Prayer]Personalities1 Samuel 14:34-52 34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. 35 And Saul built an altar unto the Lord: the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord. 36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines...

Many Western governments will eventually collapse because they do not serve the interests of their peoples. As a quick thought experiment, ask yourself what policy matters the governments of Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union consider most important. Based on what I hear from the speeches of Western politicians and what I see from Western mainstream media publications, I would include these issues near the top of any list: (1) fighting “climate change”; (2) encouraging the mass immigration of foreign nationals; (3) replacing Western civilization with “multiculturalism”; (4) branding national self-interest as “fascism”; (5) demonizing “white supremacy” while...

Two new studies examining gray wolves in California paint a complex picture of life on California’s ranching landscapes: wolves eat cattle more than anything else and the presence of the predators causes significant stress among livestock. ... wolves from the Lassen and Harvey packs in northeastern California were primarily eating cattle. They collected scat samples during the summer months of 2022 and 2023 and found 72% of wolf scat contained cattle DNA. .... Wolves are a state and federally recognized endangered species. The first confirmed wolf entered California in 2011, following a nearly 100-year absence. The California Department of Fish...

ARCOLA, Texas — The mayor of a small Texas town is facing several felonies, according to Fort Bend County court records. Mayor Fred A. Burton, 68, is charged with two counts of illegal voting, one count of misuse of official information, one count of fraud and one count of tampering with government records, all of which are felonies. He was arrested Tuesday night, according to the Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office. In the illegal voting charges, Burton is accused of telling at least three people to vote in a runoff election while knowing they weren't eligible to do so....

In ruby-red Louisiana, a disturbing power play exposed how far a rusting Democratic machine will reach to undermine lawful state government. From the isolated blue stronghold of Orleans Parish, which is New Orleans itself, local officials defied the state legislature. They basically claimed home rule trumped all, then indicted Attorney General Liz Murrill, a Republican, for the “crime” of enforcing Louisiana law. This was no routine dispute. It was illegal retaliation from a shrinking political island desperate to reclaim influence it lost at the ballot box. The situation is wheels within wheels. Within wheels. Orleans Parish long maintained separate civil...