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The Babylon Bee is taking New Mexico to court over a state law that requires warning labels on certain AI-generated political content, arguing the mandate threatens political satire by forcing comedians to explain the joke before readers can laugh. The Christian satire site filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against New Mexico officials, with backing from Alliance Defending Freedom, challenging provisions of House Bill 182, the 2024 law that amended the state’s Campaign Reporting Act to regulate what it calls “materially deceptive media.” The law requires covered political advertisements that use artificial intelligence to generate or manipulate images, video, or audio...

From sexting to rape, there is a disturbing uptick in sexual misconduct by public school teachers and other staff against students across the United States.The growing problem was recently highlighted by an audit of Chicago public schools where dozens of staff members ranging from teachers, administrators, and counselors, to security officers—even a sign language interpreter—were found guilty of committing a variety of sex crimes against students while in school.The audit was conducted by the Sexual Assault Unit of the Chicago school’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG).The OIG did not respond to inquiries by The Epoch Times about the audit’s...

Americans should not fear the past. I remember the first time I came across a “trigger warning.” I was on a university campus in the ‘90s, attending the first lecture of a new history professor. As I perused her course syllabus, I was impressed with the reading list and organization. Then I spotted an incongruous “warning” to women and African Americans suggesting that they might find some of the material offensive. At first, I thought it was an inappropriate joke. I asked someone about it, and I was informed that “trigger warnings” had become increasingly common in the classrooms of...

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A father-son fishing trip at Ridley Park Lake in Delaware County is now gaining national attention. 69 News Reporter Julianna Furfari spoke with Michael Coffey about his son's surprising catch. Coffey says his 8-year-old son Seamus is an avid fisher. The pair always goes to the same spot on Ridley Park Lake; this time they were using shrimp in an attempt to catch catfish.

A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown early Saturday. The shooting happened near the university’s Quad Annexes, and both campus police and Chesterfield County police are actively investigating. County police said officers discovered five people suffering from gunshot wounds outside campus dormitories when they arrived. The five victims were transported to hospitals, and one initially listed as having life-threatening injuries has been upgraded to critical condition, county police said. The other victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The university said in a statement that the shooting involves “multiple suspects.” The...

According to US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, an average of 9 million barrels of oil are passing through Hormuz daily, while between 5 million to 7 million barrels are reaching consumers through “newly upgraded pipelines and export facilities.” Many ships moving covertly through Hormuz with US Navy assistance, going uncounted by analysts who rely solely on open-source data. It also ignores the spectacular transformation of the oil export route that’s currently underway. The United Arab Emirates is fast-tracking a new west-east pipeline to Fujairah, which will allow exports to bypass Hormuz at minimal cost lies outside the strait. The Abu...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Idaho — What started with a lightning strike ended with the Tartar Fire burning more than 158,000 acres across Washington County. But some ranchers say the wildfire wasn't the only source of their losses. Kirk Chandler, who has lived on his family's ranch his entire life, says ranchers spent days working to protect their property as the Tartar Fire moved through the area. "If you're the third one to call or the second one to call for help, they're not available, and so you just have to take care of yourself," Chandler said. That meant protecting cattle, sheep...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (8/15/26)[Prayer]Personalities2 Samuel 4:1-29Ish-Bosheth Murdered 4 When Ish-Bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel became alarmed. 2 Now Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding bands. One was named Baanah and the other Rekab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite from the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin, 3 because the people of Beeroth fled to Gittaim and have resided there as foreigners to this day. 4 (Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in both...

How the WNBA became another battlefield in America’s culture war. merica has invented a new spectator sport, and unlike basketball, it requires no court, no referee, and no athletic ability. All it requires is a smartphone, a social media account, and the confidence to determine within seconds whether another person is defending civilization or destroying it. The arena changes every week. A university classroom. A corporate boardroom. A school board meeting. Now, apparently, it is a basketball court. Sophie Cunningham did not become a national talking point because of a jump shot. She became one because she stepped into the...

Friday on MS NOW’s “On the Line,” host Alicia Menendez said Democratic candidates have made Secretary of War Pete Hegseth “the new boogeyman on the campaign trail.” Menendez said, “Calls are growing for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to lose his job over horrific conditions facing our service members aboard the USS Lincoln. The aircraft carrier has set a modern day record for consecutive days at sea. It has been deployed for nearly nine months as part of President Trump’s war of choice with Iran. Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer says Hegseth must be fired immediately, and he is not alone....

Universities play—or should play—a critical role helping the next generation of teachers, legislators, judges, and voters understand how to live together in our constitutional republic. For many students, they represent the first opportunity to join with others to address a need or advocate for a cause, which is a freedom central to American liberty. But while the Supreme Court has mostly gotten free speech on campuses right, it has left freedom of association at risk. Congress should ensure that our taxpayer-funded public universities are modeling the constitutional values necessary to preserve the republic for the next 250 years. In 1831,...

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport said it is no longer considering adding foot-washing stations for Islamic travelers to its international terminal. Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatened to pull funding from DFW Airport, citing "illegal religious discrimination" at government-owned facilities. At least two ablution stations already exist on the post-security side of DFW’s international terminal. DALLAS - Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport says it will no longer consider adding more Islamic foot-washing stations after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to pull funding due to "illegal religious discrimination." What we know A DFW representative told Fox News Digital on Friday that airport officials had...

The Islamic-socialist political transformation Obama spent years helping to cultivate could finally be coming to pass. Here it is, the second half of 2026, and America is in the midst of a marked political shift. From the perspective of anyone with even a modicum of pattern recognition, it appears that the Islamic-socialist political transformation Obama spent years helping to cultivate could finally be coming to pass. The former president saunters around as if he’s retired from the day-to-day work of being the coolest ex-president. But as someone who has monitored his every word and deed since the first day he...

In the five years since the chaotic US withdrawal from Kabul and the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan has become home to one of the world’s worst human rights and humanitarian emergencies. Once central to US foreign policy, with American taxpayers footing a $2.3 trillion bill for its 20-year war there, Afghanistan and its people have largely slipped out of much of the world’s view, despite a convergence of man-made and natural crises that have pushed millions of children to starvation and stripped women and girls of their most fundamental rights. Humanitarian aid to Afghanistan – which is needed by...

FIRST ON FOX: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday directed a review of state grants to entities operating two major Texas airports over religious accommodations after Dallas Fort Worth International Airport said it would no longer move forward with a proposal to install Islamic washing stations. Abbott said the state will review grants to entities operating DFW and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston for possible revocation and denial of future funding. He also referred both airports to the U.S. Department of Transportation for investigation. "Government-owned airports cannot favor one religion over all others," Abbott wrote on X Friday. "DFW...

Transcript of the YouTube Short “This Will UNITE America. ” by Benny Johnson: [Woman speaking] I don’t know if you’ve noticed as of late there is an influx of Madaguchi people in my comment section. And guess what? I’m not going to let off the neck of a Somalian because if I see a Somalian, nine times out of 10 you are connected to fraud. You’re in Canada, you’re in the UK, you’re predominantly in Minneapolis. And what’s happening in Minneapolis right now? A bunch of scamming. You guys come to this country try to demean black Americans like we...

Scorching summer heat and prolonged drought have dramatically lowered the Tiber River in central Rome, revealing the long-submerged stone remains of a nearly 2,000-year-old bridge once known as Nero’s Bridge. According to a report from CNN, the rare sight has drawn locals and tourists to the riverbanks for a fleeting glimpse of the ancient structure that normally lies completely underwater. The Tiber’s flow, fed by tributaries from the northern Apennine Mountains, has dropped below 80 cubic meters per second—roughly half the seasonal average—according to Rome’s civil protection coordinator Giovanni Giganti.

The feds are probing a shadowy nonprofit’s $100 million anti-Israel “war chest” allegedly amassed by a glamorous ally of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a racecar-driving billionaire and a Texas private equity mogul, The Post has learned. The Department of Homeland Security is investigating a UK-based outfit known only as PFF, scrutinizing whether it illegally funneled donor funds to Al-Haq, a Palestinian group sanctioned by the US in September, sources said. Two sources with direct knowledge said federal agents are investigating more broadly whether the fund’s organizers employ opaque UK corporate entities to obscure cross-border financial flows. One insider said the “linchpin”...