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The United States has threatened to oppose Britain's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands if Andy Burnham does not increase defence spending, The Telegraph can reveal. The proposal is among measures being drawn up by senior defence officials at the Pentagon as an incentive to hit Nato's 5 per cent spending pledge. A senior US official told The Telegraph that Britain was likely to receive "special attention" in Washington's review of its allies' commitment to Nato, which will examine whether member nations have credible paths toward the target. Officials in Washington believe that while Britain has the potential to be a...

For more than a year, the National Park Service has been quietly working to fulfill an unprecedented directive from Trump officials: Parcel off a corner of Yosemite National Park to give to a private developer. National Park Service staff in California and Washington, D.C., are trying to arrange a land exchange between a Nevada-based company and the federal government, according to four people directly familiar with discussions, as well as agency documents reviewed by NOTUS. Since the spring of 2025, the Trump administration has been looking into ways it could cede a roughly quarter-mile strip of land inside Yosemite to...

Housing in New York City has become painfully unaffordable. In June 2026, renters paid an average of $5,408 for a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, while even the average studio reached $4,014. It isn't difficult to understand why young New Yorkers are frustrated, or why socialism is starting to sound appealing. Underneath that anger is a very real problem. Young New Yorkers aren't wrong for being frustrated. Housing has become unaffordable, and they are right to demand better solutions. But is socialism the answer? The Marxist Lens: Tenant vs. Landlord Before asking whether socialism can solve New York’s housing crisis, we...

The future of money is changing fast. 💳🌍 Around the world, countries are moving toward a cashless society, where digital money, online payments, and mobile wallets are replacing traditional paper cash. From Sweden and Norway to China and Nigeria, the shift to electronic payments is transforming economies and daily life. In this video, we explore: • Why cash is disappearing in many countries • How digital payments and mobile banking are taking over • The rise of a cashless world and what it means for the future of money If you’re curious about digital currency, cashless societies, online transactions, the...

This video (0:00 - 9:59) discusses reports that the Trump administration is leveraging an executive order signed on September 25, 2025—which focuses on countering domestic terrorism and political violence—to investigate the tax-exempt status of various organizations, most notably the Open Society Foundations founded by George Soros. Key points discussed: Targeting Nonprofits: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the IRS are reportedly reviewing whether organizations like the Open Society Foundations, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and CAIR are in violation of 501(c)(3) rules. If found in violation, these groups could potentially lose their tax-exempt status and be liable for millions in back...

President Trump announced Friday he would move to allow American farmers and ranchers to process their own food, hitting back against what he called the “monopoly” created by large processors. Trump noted in a post on Truth Social that farmers and ranchers “have always been a number one priority” for him, adding that he has heard they have had an issue with big processors. The president wrote, “There are, essentially, 4 of them, a very non competitive number, and they make life miserable for our wonderful Farmers and Ranchers, and I can’t let that happen, can I?” “So, in order...

Palestine Action has been declared a global terrorist organisation by the US. The protest group has been added to a list that includes Hamas, al-Qaeda and Islamic State, meaning supporters face a lifetime ban from entering the US. US officials said that by promoting its "acts of terrorism" on social media, Palestine Action encouraged others to copy its tactics overseas, including in America. It is the first known case of a British Left-wing activist group being subjected to US counter-terrorism sanctions. Under the new measures, Palestine Action's assets in the US, including bank accounts and property, are being frozen, and...

Anthony Fauci’s division at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provided cover for sensitive CIA research on bioterrorism threats, according to documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. An undated interagency agreement between the CIA and Fauci’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) appears to shed light on the origins of the institute’s involvement in biodefense. The CIA’s Biological Technology Center (BTC) initiated the collaboration on “forensic microbiology” on bioterrorism bugs for the intelligence community (IC). CIA funds would be used to leverage pre-existing civilian research efforts in a way that would benefit both CIA and NIH,...

New awards include ‘Allahu Akbar’ medals and Islamophobia awareness patches.Aug 28, 2026 Islamic lessons for four-year-olds. A mosque at Scouting’s historic headquarters. An inflatable minaret and “Allahu Akbar” medals at America’s National Jamboree. Behind the global movement: $87 million from Saudi Arabia. The Islamization of Scouting is no longer confined to Muslim-only troops.Across American and British Scouting, Islam is now appearing in national events, children’s activities, badges, recruitment plans, family programming and permanent infrastructure. At the same time, Saudi Arabia has placed an effective $87 million behind World Scouting’s flagship Messengers of Peace program—including a Saudi-supported operation inside America’s National...

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Polish Deputy Defense Minister Paweł Zalewski stated at NATO headquarters in Brussels that Warsaw does not want allied nuclear weapons stationed on its soil, according to Politico on August 27. This statement represents the most explicit position expressed by Polish authorities on the matter to date. Zalewski emphasized that while Poland intends to remain an active participant in NATO's collective nuclear deterrence framework, that role does not require physical deployment of nuclear warheads within Polish borders. “I would like to state clearly and openly: Poland does not want to have nuclear warheads on its territory. We want to participate in...

We are demanding that YouTube remove a music video which shows a Satanic ritual abortion. The video was uploaded by the Satanic Temple.The ritual abortion was carried out on Friday March 13 inside a bathroom at an unknown Hobby Lobby arts and crafts store. Hobby Lobby may have been targeted because of its evangelical Protestant ethos. According to a text contained in the video the ritual murder of the baby was carried out to “empower the patient against those with theocratic religious convictions.” They claim that: “the ritual wards off the effects of unjust persecution, which can cause one to...

This league has been around for 19 years and is in search of players. 1 player will make an 8 team league, 3 players will make a 10 team league. If interested, you must have a yahoo account. It is a live online draft on 9/5 at 5 p.m. Send mail to me with your yahoo email address and I'll send you an invite.

A federal judge in Houston has blocked Texas’ law prohibiting explicit sexual performances in front of children, finding it unconstitutional. Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is now blocked from enforcing the law, is appealing the district court decision to the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The law known as Senate Bill 12—dubbed a “drag show ban” by its detractors—regulates sexually oriented performances on public property and in the presence of minors. Section One of SB 12 prohibits a “person who controls the premises of a commercial enterprise” from “allow[ing] a sexually oriented performance to be presented on the premises...

A new Justice Department report reveals that FBI personnel opened investigations into two Catholic priests, conducted surveillance tied to the Richmond Catholic Memo, and continued revising the memo after headquarters ordered it deleted. The report reveals how an investigation into a violent extremist led to the surveillance of clergy affiliated with traditional Catholicism, though the FBI ultimately concluded the priests posed no national security threat. The report also sheds new light on internal disputes on the reliability of the Southern Poverty Law Center. “This Department of Justice will not tolerate a weaponized bureaucracy that chills First Amendment activity,” Attorney General...

U.S. — A popular dating app announced a new feature that would allow men to filter out women who support accused child murderer Lindsay Clancy. OkCupid developers announced the new addition to the app after men expressed a desire for a product that would allow them to be paired with women who don't empathize with a woman on trial for murdering her three young children. "It's a pretty simple concept, really," OkCupid spokesman Mark Sidwell explained. "There are a lot of men out there who would rather not waste their time with women who think the patriarchy is responsible...

For the roughly 15 million college undergraduates in the United States, the benefits of pursuing higher education include better employment prospects, greater social mobility, and even longer-lasting marriages. Research released last year, however, finds that at least one important life outcome — political ideology — is heavily dependent not merely on the decision to attend college, but also on the particular subjects students choose to study. The paper, authored by Israeli academics Yoav Goldstein and Matan Kolerman, used survey responses from nearly 500 American colleges and universities to isolate the political impact of students’ choice of college majors. Those who...

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy is asking the U.S. Departments of Justice, War, and the Treasury to investigate a planned Islamic community in Bexar County located about 30 minutes from a military installation. Roy (R–Austin) cited “ties to nefarious groups, questionable funding sources, and faith leaders espousing violent and terroristic rhetoric” as areas of concern. In the Wednesday letter, Roy mentions an August 14, 2026, report by the Rise Align Ignite Reclaim (RAIR) Foundation that called attention to the burgeoning community. The Northside Islamic Center of San Antonio (NICSA) describes itself as a “fostering environment that promotes spiritual and devotional growth...

A 35-year-old Venezuelan man who lived in Texas for years is now nearly 6,000 miles from his wife and 5-month-old American son after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported him to West Africa. Carlos Tellez Sanchez said he had never heard of Liberia until last week, when he found out he was being deported to the country that sits between Sierra Leone and Côte d'Ivoire just hours before his flight took off. He said he spent the 15-hour flight across the Atlantic in handcuffs, and is now stranded in a remote area of the West African nation. ... In December...

President Donald Trump assured the nation that the cost of groceries should drop just as soon as he renames a few more things "America." With affordability the top concern among likely voters, the administration has recommitted itself to naming even more things "America" in an effort to bring down prices. "Once everything is renamed 'America', the cost of groceries will fall like you won't believe," said Trump. "You're going to be so shocked, you'll go into the store and say, 'Wow. I didn't even know eggs could be so cheap. I didn't think it was possible.' People will be pinching...