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“Ijust want what’s best for you.” My parents said that to me countless times when I questioned a decision they made on my behalf. Most parents say some version of that. Even though as children we may not understand why our parents did something, we could trust that our parents were in fact doing what was best for us and were trying to put us first. But Nikole Hannah-Jones’ daughter cannot say the same. For, as Hannah-Jones herself writes in a New York Times op-ed, she “had not chosen [her daughter]” nor had she given her “what she needed to...

A rare form of sudden and potentially permanent vision loss is becoming the latest safety question surrounding blockbuster GLP-1 drugs, with patients filing lawsuits in the U.S. even as regulators overseas have already added warnings. The condition is called nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION. It occurs when blood flow to the optic nerve is reduced, potentially causing abrupt vision loss that can be permanent.The complication appears to be extremely rare. The bigger issue is that researchers still disagree over whether drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy actually cause it.That uncertainty is now moving from medical journals into courtrooms...

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) said President Trump’s MAGA movement is “eating itself” after conservative commentator Tucker Carlson praised the progressive while tearing into his GOP opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers. El-Sayed was asked Monday about Carlson’s comments on the race earlier this month, when the former Fox News host said he “wouldn’t vote for Mike Rogers at gunpoint” and propped up El-Sayed’s “Trumpian” campaign.

Join together with Fellow FREEPERS to Pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.'And this is the Confidence that we have in Him, that, if we Ask Anything According to His Will, He Heareth us.' 1 John 5:14Religion Forum Threads Labeled [Prayer] are Closed to Debate of Any Kind.Psalm 62:7In God is my Salvation and my Glory, the Rock of my Strength; in God is my Trust.

President Trump hailed the United Kingdom as a country bursting with potential that could be realised if only it had good leadership, as he sat beside its new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, in New York on Tuesday. Recently installed Prime Minister and long-time Trump critic Andy Burnham met President Donald Trump in person for the first time on Tuesday, as the two men held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. President Trump defaulted to his usual posture towards British leaders with whom he has little, politically, in common, offering kind compliments, yet...

Federal investigators are accusing University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) officials of illegally discriminating against white and Asian applicants, giving black candidates almost 13 times better odds of admission than white students with similar qualifications in 2025, the California Post has learned.

Ukraine is ready for an energy ceasefire with Russia. Kyiv will refrain from striking enemy energy facilities if Moscow does not attack Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this while speaking to journalists following his meeting with US President Donald Trump. "We spoke about an energy ceasefire. I don't want to go into details," the head of state said. According to the president, Washington will convey Ukraine's proposal on an energy ceasefire to Moscow.... Zelenskyy said that Ukraine would stop striking Russian energy facilities if Russia does not attack Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate whether Donald Trump Jr. used his proximity to the presidency for financial benefit, after his recent wedding party was partially bankrolled by a Russian oligarch. In a letter sent Tuesday, Curtis called on the committee to subpoena Trump Jr. over his business dealings, relationships with foreign individuals and entities, gifts or other benefits he has received and any instances in which his relationship to President Donald Trump, a Republican, “was invoked or understood to provide value.” Curtis called for the same scrutiny...

Artificial intelligence, the super technology with humanlike capabilities, will be referred to by the United States as “super intelligence,” President Donald Trump said Tuesday. Trump made the announcement during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly after he and the White House polled the public on X and Truth Social about potential alternative names. “From this point forward, ⁠all ⁠of United ⁠States documents, ​and hopefully the world’s, will ​be ⁠changed to use the much more accurate term ‘super’ as ⁠opposed to ‘artificial.’ So it’s super ⁠intelligence,” Trump said.

Matt Van Swol@mattvanswol·6h#BREAKING: An employee for Flock told a reporter that if he wants privacy, he can "opt out of society."So that reporter filmed a Flock worker installing a Flock cam on a public road next to his house......so Flock called 3 POLICE OFFICERS to pull over THE REPORTER for following themYep, you read that right... the surveillance camera company called the cops because someone was surveilling them install surveillance.The reporter's name is Brendan Keefe.He's a national investigative reporter who has been digging into Flock and police abuse of its surveillance network since January.Flock happened to be upgrading a camera...

Many of us have them in our homes and at offices — but a neuroscientist warns that one household staple may be a major threat to our health. Glen Jeffery, a professor of neuroscience at University College London, is sounding the alarm about what he calls a “clear and present public health emergency” that no one seems to be talking about. He has gone so far as to compare the item to asbestos — once widely used in building materials before people realized it can cause issues like mesothelioma and lung cancer. The health threat? Energy-efficient light-emitting diode bulbs, which...

Thousands of anti-regime protesters gathered outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan on Tuesday to demand an end to Iran’s execution of political prisoners and to establish a free democracy in the country. The demonstration, led by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), called for world leaders at the UN General Assembly to act and force the Islamic republic to end the latest surge in executions, with at least 100 political prisoners currently on death row. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the NCRI, slammed the presence of Iranian leaders, including President Masoud Pezeshkian, at the UN meeting as she...

Britain may have to increase its Channel deal payments to France to nearly £1bn because it is such a big draw for migrants, the head of an inquiry has warned. Sébastien Huyghe, the chairman of a French parliamentary commission into Channel agreements, said that if the small boats crisis continued, France could demand an increase to the current £662m three-year deal to "more than €1bn" (£930m) – a rise of 40 per cent. He admitted that he was "not sure" the UK would agree to such an increase in funding, but he maintained it bore "significant responsibility" for the current...

The Fall of Man (Theodore Poulakis, 1692)At 96 years of age, Thomas Sowell is one of the most formidable minds in contemporary American thought. Without any desire to bask in the media spotlight, he personifies integrity as a scholar, a luminary whose body of work combines empirical rigor, historical breadth, and an unyielding commitment to human dignity irrespective of race. His insistence on true meritocracy—judging individuals by their capacities and achievements rather than by collective grievances or engineered outcomes—marks him as a rational defender of the individual against the sentimental collectivism that has come to dominate elite discourse. Sowell’s philosophy...

Two University of Mississippi students were found dead Monday in separate incidents – and packaged kratom was found at both scenes, authorities said. The probe into the mysterious deaths is being led by the Lafayette County Metro Narcotics team, who said Tuesday the cases are not believed to be connected. “Law enforcement is currently conducting two separate death investigations. At this time, we have no confirmed evidence indicating that the two deaths are connected,” the agency said. Kratom, a herbal substance that acts as a stimulant in small doses and an opioid-like sedative in higher amounts, was found in both...

Nikole Hannah-Jones recently wrote the following in the New York Times:Original: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/magazine/ny-public-schools-black-students-segregation.htmlArchive: https://archive.ph/yXJHfIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.By Nikole Hannah-JonesSeptember 20, 2026“Did you know my school was bad like this when you decided to put me here?” she asked.My hands tightened on the steering wheel as I worked to keep my face neutral, buying a few moments to gather my thoughts.By dismissal time,...

Trump on Iran: I have a big decision to make. Will a deal be made with Iran that lets them rebuild and create a far greater country than it ever was before, maybe one of the greatest in the Middle East or even the world? Or do I annihilate the Islamic Republic and do it quickly, never giving them a chance to kill and destroy people and countries again? Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness for generations? But I believe we’ll make a deal right after the election, because...

With less than two months until Election Day, a new poll in the race for California governor shows Democratic candidate Xavier Becerra's significant lead over Republican Steve Hilton widening. A new Public Policy Institute of California poll released this week shows that Becerra is at 60%, while Hilton is at 38%. Becerra has increased his lead over Hilton by four percentage points compared to the PPIC poll that was released one month ago. The findings in the latest poll are based on a survey of 1,745 Californians. The survey was conducted between Sept. 4 and Sept. 10. "Becerra managed to...

TAKAICHI: "I'd like to cover a lot of agenda items [with Trump]. Why don't we ask the press to leave the room?" TRUMP: "Well, YOU HEARD HER!" 🤣🇯🇵🇺🇸 Trump's meeting is now KICKING OFF with Takaichi, behind closed doors You can tell they have a GREAT alliance. She wants to accomplish great things for both Japan and America