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Iran claims that three of its pilots who disappeared after their aircraft were shot down during the war nearly six months ago are alive and being held by Qatar, prompting Tehran to call for international intervention and their immediate release. According to reports published Saturday, a senior Iranian armed forces official said the three pilots were captured by Qatari forces after the Su-24 aircraft they were flying were shot down during fighting in March. The claim represents a dramatic change in Iran’s account of the pilots’ fate. For months, Tehran said it did not know what had happened to the...

The Talk Shows Aug 16th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Kentucky democrat Gov. Andy Beshear; Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.); Pennsylvania democrat State Rep. Christopher Rabb; Chief Pollster of CBS News Anthony Salvanto. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Attorney General Todd Blanche; American criminal defense lawyer Donna Rotunno; Charles Payne, American financial journalist, television host, market analyst, and author; Founder of OutKick and conservative political commentator Clay Travis. Panel: Mary Katharine Ham, Josh Kraushaar, Reince Priebus and Juan Williams. MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen...

Every August, the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Georgia is accompanied by familiar reflections about missed warning signs, intelligence failures, and a supposedly unexpected turning point in European security. The language has become so standardized that it obscures a far more uncomfortable reality. Georgia did not reveal a new Russia. It exposed a Russia that had been behaving consistently for nearly two decades while much of the West continued searching for evidence that Moscow had fundamentally changed after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Describing the failure to recognize this trajectory as a collection of mistakes understates what actually occurred....

This video reports on a significant legal development regarding U.S. immigration policy. Here is a summary of the key events and topics covered: Ending TPS for Somali Nationals: Legal Victory: U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs lifted a stay that had previously blocked the Trump administration's move to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Somali nationals (0:06–0:24). Impact: This decision enables the Department of Homeland Security to proceed with ending these protections, potentially affecting thousands of individuals who lack other legal status (0:27–0:40). Administration's Argument: The administration argued that conditions in Somalia have improved sufficiently to no longer warrant humanitarian protection...

The man arrested for wildly disrupting a Sabbath service at a Midtown synagogue while assaulting two people told cops after he was apprehended, “F–k the Jews,” according to police. Police have filed hate crime charges against Larry Montes, 46, who attacked a congregant and a security guard as he went berserk and charged down the aisle at Central Synagogue, disrupting the sanctity of a peaceful Sabbath service, officials said Saturday. “Do you know who I am?” Montes ranted as he punched a 63-year-old woman and headbutted a 65-year-old security guard as he was being escorted out of the house of...

The Seattle City Council unanimously approved an amendment to its budget on Wednesday that would reallocate $300,000 to fund resources for members of the trans community from across the country who wish to move to Seattle. A leading Seattle Democrat argued for the amendment, claiming there is an “ongoing crisis and displacement of queer, transgender, and gender non-conforming people.” “This amendment responds to the ongoing crisis and displacement of queer, transgender, and gender non-conforming people that are seeking refuge from hostile jurisdictions from across the country,” Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck said at the Finance, Native Communities, and Tribal Governments Committee...

The House of Representatives’ socialist “Squad” could soon start looking more like a platoon. With a wave of far-left candidates winning recent Democratic primaries across the country, the radical group is certain to expand — and wield far greater influence — after the November elections, critics say. The Squad will likely go from seven current members to 14. Two virtually guaranteed additions after the midterms are, like “Squad” founder AOC, from the Big Apple. Claire Valdez — who vowed to implement nationwide rent control if elected to Congress — easily won the primary in June for New York’s 7th House...

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed will spend Labor Day weekend alongside a Jew-hating Pakistani cleric who has promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories and admitted to forcing his 13-year-old niece into marriage. El-Sayed is scheduled to speak at the Islamic Society of North America's (ISNA) 63rd annual convention, held in Detroit from Sept. 4-7. El-Sayed, whose father-in-law is a founding member of the ISNA—which is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood—will speak Sept. 5 on the oddly titled panel, "Cultivating God Awareness in a Turmoiled America," according to an itinerary. The convention features a rogues' gallery of notorious Muslim figures who've engaged in...

CHICAGO -- Joshua Báez spent five years working toward his first Major League at-bat. He needed one pitch to make it unforgettable. Then, somehow, he kept going. Báez homered on the first pitch he saw in the Majors, homered again in his second at-bat and then stepped to the plate in the sixth inning and did something nobody in Major League history had ever done. He homered again. Three at-bats. Three home runs. One historic introduction. Báez became the first player in MLB history to hit three home runs in his debut, going 3-for-4 with five RBIs while powering the...

Merchandise promoting the left-wing terror group Antifa were given out for free at Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico’s latest rally, according to Current Revolt. Some of the stickers and buttons read “Anti Fascist Social Club” and “Auntifa,” while others printed the word “Antifa” onto a graphic. Additional merchandise portrayed President Donald Trump as Marie Antoniette, the Queen Consort of France who was executed during the French Revolution, while another ominously read “He’s on the List.” A final sticker read “It’s Okay to Punch Nazis,” sparking reminders to the language used on Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson’s ammunition that conservatives have...

MISSAUKEE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Detectives from the Michigan State Police worked through the night processing three active crime scenes following the shooting deaths of six individuals, including the suspect discovered in Missaukee County Friday. Investigators said they are continuing to work to find a possible motive for the shootings and have identified the five victims by age and gender but have yet to find a connection between them. Michigan State police said at 11:40 a.m. on Friday, troopers were dispatched to a home on South LaChance Road in Lake Township for a report of a person who had been...

The Early Genocide Propaganda Accusation: Gaza, November 2023, and the Construction of a Twisted Narrative Only weeks after Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, false accusations of so called "genocide" was already pushed by Arab anti-Israel groups. The speed with which the term entered public discourse is significant. By November 7, only one month after the Hamas massacre and the beginning of Israel's military campaign, three Palestinian so-called "human-rights" organizations—Al Mezan, Al-Haq, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)—were already describing the situation as an imminent genocide. Their joint statement called for an immediate end to what they...

Graham Platner just had an SS Nazi tattoo. Abdul El-Sayed will appear at an event with an imam who praised the Holocaust. I previously mentioned that Chuck Ross at the Free Beacon had reported that Abdul Mohammed El-Sayed will appear at an ISNA conference where one of the speakers will be Imam Tariq Masood who “admitted in a sermon that he forced his 13-year-old niece into marriage, and advised his followers to do the same with their young female relatives. Masood also said it was a husband’s decision whether or not his wife can go to college or must remain...

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Iran announced that it has executed Shahram Sadeghi, who was convicted of running over seven police officers during a wave of anti-regime protests. The execution was carried out following a ruling by a court in the city of Karaj. .....

Daily Readings from the USCCBTwentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time“It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.” She said, “Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the table of their masters.” Then Jesus said to her in reply, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” Matthew 15:26–28Imagine the Son of God referring to you as a dog. For most people, that would be deeply offensive. So why would Jesus do such a thing? He did so, in part, to...

The lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance’s $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery could chase away a key source of funds for California’s Democratic Party — namely, the deep-pocketed executives who run Big Media, The Post has learned. Most of the workers in this ecosystem — the directors, screenwriters, stagehands and the reporters at the companies that combine entertainment with news gathering (like Warner, Paramount, Disney and Comcast), you name it — far outnumber the honchos and are reliable Democrats. But the real money for financing campaigns — and Dem coffers on the national level as well — comes from...

"On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) argued that “democratic socialists are people who believe in a market economy, they believe in capitalism, but they believe in regulations as well.” And “we’re not going to be bullied by their characterization of maintaining a safety net for Americans and calling it Communism, no.”Moore said, “Republicans are very disappointed that David Crowley won that election, because they had planned their entire campaign around characterizing Francesca Hong as a Communist, as a democratic — as a socialist and really conjuring up fear among people who have come to...

On Friday France's Constitutional Council upheld the new assisted death law and ruled against the social media ban law for those under the age of 15... The Russian interference narrative synonymous with some recent US elections is front and center in France's presidential election now six months away. At a Monday campaign stop one of the leading centrist presidential candidates and one of Emmanuel Macron's prime minister Gabriel Attal driving home that message. He said the government reporting linking online criticism of himself and other candidates to Russia is proof that Russia has a favorites in the 2027 Presidential Election...