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Key Points A U.S. ban on imports of various Canadian goods, including many alcoholic beverages and dairy products, came into force on Tuesday. President Trump said he expects Ottawa to capitulate in the countries’ trade dispute, as Canadian officials insist they will not sign a deal that is bad for the country. Officials from both sides continue to engage in discussions over tariffs, which are hurting many small businesses. ==================================================================== The White House banned imports of some Canadian vehicles, dairy and alcohol products on Tuesday, as officials sent mixed signals on the prospect of a trade deal. The long list...

Florida Democratic Senate nominee Angie Nixon raised more than $270,000 in tax-exempt funds in 2024 through a charity she said would support Cafe Resistance, her black power-themed bookstore and coffee shop. But Nixon ultimately placed the store under her for-profit LLC, failed to file the IRS disclosure that would detail how the charity spent its money, and reported to the state of Florida that $214,000 went toward unexplained “other” expenses, the Free Beacon’s Andrew Kerr and Thomas Catenacci report. The missing Form 990 was due in November 2025 and would have provided a thorough accounting of the charity’s spending and...

Russia was behind an arson attack on an Estonian defence company in the capital Tallinn last month, authorities say. Prime Minister Kristen Michal said the attack on Milrem Robotics - which supplies Ukraine with unmanned military vehicles - was ordered by Russian special services, but gave no details. Moscow has been accused of launching sabotage attacks in a number of Nato countries that have been helping Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022. Russia denies such allegations and has been quick to reject the Estonian accusation, too. But EU countries have rushed to Estonia's...

Consumer confidence plunged in September, falling well below expectations as investors face a wave of headwinds. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 81.9 from the previous month's reading of 88.6, which was revised down from 89.4, per Conference Board data published Tuesday. Economists had been looking for a sharply higher reading of 89.

Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her husband Bryon Noem just months after the Daily Mail exposed his crossdressing online porn fetish. Court documents filed by Noem back in April state that basis for the divorce is 'irreconcilable differences.' This is a developing story...

President Donald Trump on Monday called for Axios to "withdraw" a "hoax" story that reported he offered sanctions relief and frozen funds to Iran. Trump issued the denial on Truth Social after Axios reported, citing U.S. officials, that he was willing to provide Iran economic relief in return for "concrete" concessions involving Tehran's nuclear program. "Axios just released a story that 'Trump' offered Sanctions Relief and Frozen Funds to Iran. This is untrue. I offered them NOTHING!" Trump wrote. "Axios' story, like most others, is a HOAX, used only for purposes of satisfying their Trump Derangement Syndrome," he added. "They...

The Protect College Sports Act, a bill aiming to rein in what its supporters call a "Wild West" era of college athletics, cleared its most significant hurdle yet on Monday when the Senate passed it by a bipartisan vote of 77-22. The bill would grant the NCAA a limited antitrust exemption in order to restore its five-year eligibility rule and transfer limits. The legislation would also codify the regulation of name, image and likeness deals that have transformed college athletics in recent years by allowing athletes to be paid — some of them as much as millions of dollars per...

The job market is booming for young people – but not those with college degrees. Are employers finally coming to realize that colleges these days mainly produce coddled, know-nothing, whiny, entitled brats? A recent analysis from Burning Glass Institute found that unemployment among those 22-34 years old without a college degree is lower than it’s been in decades, but those with college diplomas are having a much harder time finding work than before.

Russian agents are posting ads online, preying on the vulnerable to fight for them, and sadly, people are falling for it. The money doesn't outweigh the risks. Russia is running out of troops and as a result has resorted to recruiting Americans to fight on the front lines by offering them an incentive of a $27,000 signing bonus. The Kremlin has reportedly duped 18 Americans into fighting on their behalf against Ukraine and according to insiders, it’s a suicide mission.

The FBI is offering a $1 million reward that leads to the capture of the newest member of their Most Wanted Fugitives list, who is allegedly part of an organized crime group with ties to Southern California. During a news conference on Monday, FBI officials provided new information on Satinderjeet Singh, who is also known as Goldy Brar among other aliases. They said that he is wanted for "his alleged involvement in the Lawrence Bishnoi Organized Crime Group," which has allegedly engaged in "a variety of violent acts in Southern California, and across the United States and Canada." Singh is...

Tax-exempt nonprofits linked to foreign governments, including an adversary and state sponsor of terrorism, are actively intervening in critical U.S. elections in apparent violation of federal tax law. These organizations endorse candidates and campaign for them openly—from the pulpit, in some cases framing voting for a preferred candidate as a religious obligation—and they do it to advance an Islamist agenda opposed to the democratic values they exploit. A prime example is Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat. Most recently, over Labor Day weekend 2026, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) [EIN: 31-1054012] let El-Sayed’s campaign staff wave...

Republicans risk repeating 1992 by failing to counter economic pessimism with the facts about strong growth, falling inflation, rising incomes, and a recovering economy. Remembering the False Gloom and Doom of the 1992 Elections—and the Upcoming Midterms In 1992, Bill Clinton won the presidential election partly on the basis of his campaign’s false accusation that George H. W. Bush had overseen “the worst economic performance since the Great Depression.” Or so claimed Clinton’s running mate Al Gore. James Carville, chief campaign adviser to Clinton/Gore, amplified that message with the constant refrain: “It’s the economy, stupid.” That strategy worked for three...

Gordon Johncock, whose stirring drive late in the 1982 Indianapolis 500 earned him a second victory in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” died of natural causes Sept. 28 at his home in South Branch, Michigan. He was 90. Born Aug. 5, 1936, in Hastings, Michigan, the longtime resident of the state was the INDYCAR SERIES national champion in 1976 and won 25 races in the series. Yet, Johncock was known for winning both memorable and forgettable “500s,” each time driving for Patrick Racing. Johncock’s duel with Rick Mears in the closing laps of the 1982 race was the most thrilling...

WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two since-dismissed federal criminal cases against Donald Trump, told Senators on Tuesday that he would not be silenced “by continued threats of prosecution” over his handling of the investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the lead-up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Smith appeared before Senate Judiciary Committee amid the Justice Department’s push to target law enforcement officials involved with Smith’s investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results as well as the probe into his handling of classified documents after...

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Lindsay Clancy returned to court Tuesday for a hearing that could help decide whether she will face a second trial for killing her three young children. It was Clancy’s first return to the courthouse since her initial trial ended Sept. 4 with a deadlocked jury. A judge declared a mistrial with the jury split 11 to 1 in favor of acquitting Clancy of murder charges. Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, never disputed that she killed the children, but her attorney said she had a rare condition called postpartum psychosis and was delusional and not...

The Democrats’ charge that 1992 saw the worst recession in 60 years was absurd(it worked). (The 1973 and 1981 recessions were far worse than the 1990–91 recession.) The 2025 poverty rate hit an all-time low of 10.2 percent. Median household income also hit a record high of $87,460. The brilliant Bush campaign strategist Lee Atwater, who virtually destroyed the Dukakis campaign in 1988 died in 1991 at the age of 40 from a brain tumor.

The Trump administration's recent effort to bring the law down on Rep. Ilhan Omar could go as far as seeking to strip the Minnesota congresswoman of her citizenship for alleged immigration fraud. But a criminal investigation is unlikely to yield the results the president wants, according to a former federal prosecutor. Michael Wildes, an immigration attorney, told Fox News Digital that investigators face a "very high bar" to build a case against Omar after White House border czar Tom Homan confirmed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is conducting a "criminal" investigation against the progressive "Squad" member. It all stems...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Two children who are accused of beating a 5-year-old girl began their trial Monday morning, more than a year after the girl’s mother found her injured in a field. “I literally saw the worst thing ever,” Antavia Kennibrew, the girl’s mother, said in an interview with 19 News in 2025. The trial for the girl, now 11, started Monday in the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court. Prosecution painting a disturbing picture of the attack. “The girl’s clothes were taken off. She was strangled with her own shirt, the 5-year-old.” said the prosecution The 9-year-old boy took a...

The California Supreme Court did not try the Riverside count. On September 24, it decided who holds the paper. In Cervantes v. Bianco, S295866, Chief Justice Guerrero, for a unanimous court, held that Sheriff Chad Bianco’s seizure of the voted ballots from the November 2025 special election was unlawful under Elections Code section 15551. The court applied the pre-amendment version of the statute, while noting that SB 1418, effective September 19, 2026, made the provision “at least as protective of ballots as preexisting law was” [emphasis added]. The packages go back to Registrar Art Tinoco “forthwith.” The writ supersedes the...