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Massive protests have erupted outside the venue where the chief of a Hindu far-right paramilitary, instrumental in putting India’s ruling party in power, Mohan Bhagwat, addressed his supporters in New York. Bhagwat, who leads the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organisation widely regarded as the ideological parent of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), spoke at the event titled "Universal Oneness Celebration", organised by American Hindus for Engagement and Dialogue (AHEAD) at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. His appearance capped an international RSS tour that began August 25 and had already triggered significant backlash in the days leading...

While we were spared another one of those ironically dubbed, ”summers of love,” the lawfare war continues, and with some interesting developments. Summer’s almost over. Have you noticed how peaceful it has been compared to the last few years? This calm is particularly remarkable since ICE activity is at an all-time high and the mid-term elections are right around the corner. Dismantling USAID certainly put a crimp in these orchestrated demonstrations. But there was more behind the cutback, notes Jeff Childers at Flopping Aces. He credits Secretary Scott Bessent’s close examination of nonprofit organizations being used as conduits to move...

The Talk Shows Aug 30th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Richard “Danang Dick” Blumenthal (D-Conn.); Rep. John James (R-Mich.); David Becker, Executive Director and Founder of the Center for Election Innovation & Research; former Afghan general Haibatullah Alizai. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Former Obama Chief of Staff and Mayor of Chicago (D) Rahm Emanuel; Margaret Spellings, former Dubya Bush Secretary of Education. Panel: Clay Travis, Kristen Waggoner, Juan Williams and Roger Zakheim. MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Sen. Ted Cruz...

One allegedly helped abduct hostages on 7 October, while another is accused of holding civilians captive in Gaza. Three former UNRWA teachers accused of links to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, including alleged involvement in the 7 October attacks and the holding of hostages, are facing sanctions by the United States. The US Agency for International Development’s Office of Inspector General (USAID OIG) said it had provided evidence to the State Department recommending that three former employees be debarred from US government contracts and grants.

My New Song SONG DEVOTIONAL Key Scripture: Psalm 40:1–3 Beloved, every believer has a story and a song of Almighty God's amazing agape love, mercy, longsuffering, and grace to sing. Before there was a new song, there was a faithful God who lovingly heard our cry for deliverance, lifted us from the horrible pit, set our feet upon the Rock of His RIGHTEOUSNESS, and established our steps and ways for His Great Name's sake. David perfectly understood that his song was not something he created; rather, it was something that the Lord wrote and placed within his heart. Beloved, the...

A dog eating meat out of a street vendor’s bag before it was served to customers. Cockroaches crawling out of a food truck. Mice scurrying beside open salsa. Raw meat baking unrefrigerated in the heat. People urinating around cooking equipment. These are just a handful of the stomach-churning allegations listed in a staggering 662-page dossier of 9,746 public health complaints about street food vendors filed across Los Angeles County from 2023 until early 2026. The disgusting details, obtained by the California Post through a public records request, emerge as LA Mayor Karen Bass ordered the LAPD this week to stop...

Migrant crime is a “fake problem,” says Connecticut Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, a pro-migration leader in the Democrat Party. Murphy told a friendly audience in Connecticut on August 26: Nobody likes to hear this, but immigrants — first-generation immigrants — and undocumented immigrants both commit crimes at rates lower than natural-born Americans, than people that are born here in this country. So, if you want to live in a safe community, you are actually better off living in a community with people that just got to the United States of America. Migrants “can in fact lower the crime rate, but...

"Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. And the world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God abides forever" (1 John 2:15-17). If you love the world, you’re engaging in a love God hates. Satan, from the very beginning...

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The U.S. military, in conjunction with Ecuadorian officials, boarded and later sank a vessel on Friday allegedly used as a refueling station for drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to U.S. Southern Command. The vessel, which was in international waters near Ecuador, was allegedly used as a floating ship-to-ship refueling station for drug boats belonging to the Los Choneros organization. The ship was boarded by Marines and sailors from the USS San Antonio and cleared without incident, SOCOM said. The people taken off the boat were then taken to Ecuador, and the U.S. sank the boat with an...

BREAKING: President Trump is looking to REVOKE work authorizations for spouses of H-1Bs, which would instantly free up HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of jobs for AMERICANS, per BBG This is on TOP of the $100K+ fee for H-1B applicants. Now THAT’S MAGA 🇺🇸 H-4 EAD visas (H-1B spouses) basically gave mega corps a “buy one, get one free” deal. Not for long! P.S. H4-EAD visas were never created by statute anyway. They were created by Obama out of thin air. ----------------------------------------------------- Treasury Dept. Closes More Loopholes That Gave Illegal Aliens Your Tax Dollars https://thefederalist.com/2026/08/25/treasury-dept-closes-more-loopholes-that-gave-illegal-aliens-your-tax-dollars/ These new policies are crucial to the...

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center with NASA's $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A is scheduled for Sunday, August 30, 2026, at 7:26 a.m. EDT (1126 UTC). The Falcon Heavy's side boosters will return to land at Cape Canaveral just under eight minutes after launch. The rocket will take an easterly trajectory upon departure from Florida's Space Coast. Live commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson-Smith starting about 2 hours prior to launch. Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join...

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One of the world’s most-wanted drug traffickers owns an unsuspecting ranch in a Riverside County valley — and the federal government is trying to seize it. Juan Carlos Valencia Gonzalez, 41, of Santa Ana, is the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, nearly five months after his stepfather, Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, was killed during a Mexican military anti-drug operation. When Valencia was just a 26-year-old living in Orange County, he bought a ranch in Hemet, California, that was offered to him for just $250,000. The property sits in a ranching community surrounded by farmland and upscale homes, according...

Daily Readings from the USCCBTwenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time“Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” Matthew 16:23This scene likely unfolds in or near Caesarea Philippi, a Gentile region steeped in pagan worship. There, at the mouth of a cave long associated with the entrance to the netherworld—believed by some pagans to be the very gate of Hades—Jesus had just questioned His disciples: “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” and then more directly, “But who do you say that I am?” (cf....

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In a year as chaotic, violent, and economically destructive as this one has been, it is interesting that, to many Americans, the great villain of 2026 is turning out to be a traffic camera.But, indeed, we are seeing visceral, cross-partisan opposition to so-called Flock cameras—named after the leading manufacturer of these automated license plate readers—take hold in communities across the country. And that opposition is, to be sure, entirely legitimate.Flock’s camera networks are based on the idea that, while it would obviously be illegal and unconstitutional for law enforcement at any and all levels to put GPS trackers in everyone’s...

A recent report from Stanford reviewed the latest employment data and found that, so far, AI has not resulted in large scale job destruction. Meanwhile, new hiring data from the Economic Times reveals that AI is actively fueling unprecedented job creation, with AI skills now powering nearly two-thirds of new Global Capability Center hiring. Together, these recent dispatches from the front lines of the labor market point to a calming reality: the much-dreaded AI job apocalypse hasn't materialized as a sudden extinction event.The (sometimes buried) lede: AI is delivering real impact, and it is broadly changing the nature of work....