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Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to answer senators’ questions at a hearing Wednesday on the origins of Covid and the government’s handling of the pandemic, saying in prepared remarks that he would invoke his 5th Amendment right not to testify to avoid the possibility that Republicans could try to use his testimony to prosecute him for perjury. The surprise decision shook up the hearing, which was expected to be contentious given Fauci’s previous public clashes with Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky.

Back on the Menu? Why a Horrible Little Insect Could Jeopardize RFK Jr’s Quest to Heal America With Red MeatTens of thousands, probably hundreds of thousands, of Americans may now have a meat allergy.Back in January, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did something amazing, something I and many others had been hoping he would do. He turned the food pyramid on its head. Or, rather, he turned it the right way up—finally, at long last.“For decades Americans have grown sicker while healthcare costs have soared,” Kennedy told the assembled press at the White House.“The reason is clear: The hard truth is...

Flights to the United States have been cancelled from Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport on Wednesday morning due to an “odour from construction material” in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) area. As a result, the USCBP has temporarily suspended its operations. “Every effort is being made to resume operations as quickly as possible,” the Aéroport de Montréal (ADM) said. “Passengers are encouraged to check the status of their flight with their airline before travelling to the airport.” A spokesperson with the ADM confirmed to CTV News that the source of the smell has been found, but did not...

My moment of awakening, to the fact that the government lies to us and covers stuff up happened in the Flight 800 crash over Long Island Sound. It was July 17, 1996, and I took a Mental Health day from work. I was tuned to MSNBC. Back in those days, MSNBC had not yet become an asylum for the politically insane, and actually had decent coverage about Clinton's many foibles, to eventually cover his scandals and subsequent impeachment. Suddenly, Norah O'Donnell, who was working there at the time (and actually was a pretty decent journalist back then) cut into the...

General Motors has sparked outrage after sidelining more than 1,000 workers at its flagship Detroit assembly plant on Friday and announcing they'd be installing 50 new robots. The so-called 'cobots' were installed on the assembly line at GM's Factory Zero in Michigan as the automaker slashes costs amid weakening demand for its electric vehicles, according to reports. The robots now work alongside the remaining employees, helping attach vehicle body panels as cars move down the production line, AutoBlog reported. The move has drawn fierce criticism from United Auto Workers Local 22 President James Cotton, who rejected GM's assertion that the...

Prosecuting a young mother for her angry words seems poisonously symbolic. ast week, a Minnesota jury convicted Shiloh Hendrix of disorderly conduct for using a racial slur against a Somali man who was harassing and recording her. The “crime” occurred in a public park last year after Hendrix caught a Somali child stealing from her handbag. Hendrix had her hands full with her own toddler at the time, and her protective maternal instincts kicked in. Black Lives Matter (a domestic terror group that Democrats and Mitt Romney enthusiastically support, even after BLM caused more property damage during the 2020 George...

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Jul 28, 2026 Bodycam video shows former Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo arrested on July 23, 2026, in Milwaukee, Wisc., on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OWI).

Senator Rick Scott has introduced a bill that would charge employers a $10,000 fee for filing a claim to the Department of Labor (DOL) to sponsor a foreign worker for a green card, saying his proposal would give American citizens a “fair shot at the American Dream.” A “PERM,” short for the Program Electronic Review Management certification form, are what companies file to the DOL claiming that there are no “able, willing, qualified and available” Americans for a job, in order for them to hire non-citizens. According to immigration visa consultant firm Lighthouse HQ, getting a PERM is the “first...

29 July 2026 Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus on Wednesday of week 17 in Ordinary TimeSt. Lazarus Church of Bethany, near Jerusalem, Israel Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJeremiah 15:10,16-21They will not overcome you, because I am with you‘Woe is me, my mother, for you have borne meto be a man of strife and of dissension for all the land.I neither lend nor borrow,yet all of them curse me.‘When your words came, I devoured them:your word was my delightand the joy of my heart;for I...

“. . .there is no saving the Left. There is only saving America from them.” — Sasha Stone. The polycrisis of 2026 whirls like a demon-infested storm overcoming this human project of ours like a medieval panorama of the world’s end. Everything is fraught, tilting toward hazard, menace, ruin. Even under a summer sun, the mind sees only darkness everywhere it looks. Apocalypse now, it seems like. You almost can’t blame the doomers, the black pill-ers, lost in their transports of dread. But I tell you, we will get through this. Is it a surprise that the IRGC has a...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (7/29/26)[Prayer]Personalities1 Samuel 23:5-29 Saul Pursues David 7 Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, “God has delivered him into my hands, for David has imprisoned himself by entering a town with gates and bars.” 8 And Saul called up all his forces for battle, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men. 9 When David learned that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod.” 10 David said, “Lord, God of Israel, your servant has heard definitely that Saul plans...

The Democratic National Committee is a mess. They're so broke that they recently put their headquarters building up as collateral in order to get access to cash. States are openly threatening to defy their new primary schedule. The organization desperately needs new leadership. Enter longtime Democrat strategist James Carville. He recently named the person he wants to take over the DNC and his choice will blow your mind. It's David Hogg. Yes, really. The Hill reports: Carville: Hogg should take over ‘dysfunctional’ DNC Democratic political strategist James Carville on Sunday said David Hogg, former Democratic National Committee (DNC) vice chair,...

“Nixonmaxxing” — apparently this is a trendy new term in conservative circles. It refers to a rising level of interest in all things Nixon, particularly among younger conservatives. Philip Wegmann and Vera Bergengruen report on the phenomenon in the Wall Street Journal of July 18: The kids are “Nixonmaxxing.” More than half a century after Watergate, conservative youth are discovering the aesthetic, and adopting the attitude, of the late Richard Nixon. . . . Nixon is being recast as a forerunner of “America First” by a new generation of conservatives: a combative president loathed by the press and besieged by...

At least his Reddit history isn’t out there. Newly minted Maine Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson frantically deleted almost all of his past social media posts heaping praise on accused rapist Graham Platner, The Post has learned. Jackson, a former lumberjack and onetime Maine Senate president, had been a staunch backer of Platner up until a former girlfriend publicly accused the Marine veteran and dilettante oyster farmer of sexual assault earlier this month. In all, the 58-year-old Jackson appears to have scrubbed at least 20 posts boosting Platner before the allegations emerged, based on information from the Internet Archive’s Wayback...

Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark were not made available to answer postgame questions about a rally before the Indiana Fever's 105-95 win over the Seattle Storm on Tuesday night in support of Cunningham's recent comments about transgender athletes. A crowd of a few dozen gathered outside Climate Pledge Arena to both support Cunningham and promote statewide Initiatives 638 and 011, which would bar transgender students from participating in girls’ athletics at Washington schools. Cunningham voiced support for barring transgender girls and women from girls’ and women’s sports in an ESPN article published last week. Cunningham was booed by Storm fans...

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded a White House meeting Tuesday with both governments describing the talks as “positive and productive” and reaffirming their shared commitment to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, as the president weighs whether to continue negotiations with Tehran or authorize additional military action. Iran dominated the discussions, according to Israeli and White House officials, after Trump warned just hours before the meeting that the United States would strike Iran’s suspected Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility if Tehran refuses to reach an agreement over its nuclear program. Following the talks, Netanyahu called...

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"That the proof of your faith . . . may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ" (1 Pet. 1:7). Your future reward is directly related to your present service. The joy you experience after your faith has been tested and proven genuine is largely due to your present blessings and assurance of salvation. But there's a future aspect as well: the joy of anticipating the reward you'll receive from Jesus when you see Him face to face and hear "Well done, good and faithful servant! . . . Come and...

When Mayor Zohran Mamdani named the 18 members of his Advisory Committee on the Judiciary on July 22, he said "the committee will help ensure that our judicial system reflects the city it serves." Mamdani's chief legal counsel, Ramzi Kassem, said the new appointees to the committee offered "a truly representative cross-section" of the city's legal profession. But a coalition of the city's Jewish bar associations demanded Monday that the mayor fix what they said is an apparent failure to appoint a single Jewish member to the panel that is responsible for choosing judges in New York City.