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Democratic efforts to revamp the Supreme Court gained momentum Thursday as an influential center-left think tank released a plan to limit justices’ terms and misconduct. Third Way’s proposal, shared first with POLITICO, highlights growing unity across the ideological spectrum in the Democratic Party for significant changes to the high court as Americans’ trust in the institution hovers at historic lows. The group says it also wants to inject ideas to overhaul the court — including legislation to set an 18-year term limit and an enforceable ethics code — into the party’s conversations leading up to the 2028 presidential race. “This...

The economic damage from Russian strikes, resulting in lost sales, disrupted workdays and logistical snarls, is in the billions of dollars. The war of attrition between Russia and Ukraine is expanding to encompass both countries’ economies. Military targeting officers are operating as economists in reverse. Increasingly, the objectives of missile and drone strikes are declining output, lost jobs and logistical bottlenecks. Ukrainian officials are calling the current Russian campaign “total war” for its focus on economic impact, rather than on narrower goals like battlefield gains or infrastructure damage. While Moscow has targeted commercial assets throughout the war, its assaults have...

Lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s move to cancel $810 million in congressionally approved spending are piling up in courtrooms throughout the country as states and groups that receive federal dollars fight to keep the cash flowing. In the final hours before the fiscal year ended late Wednesday, a half-dozen states went to federal court to challenge Trump’s latest use of a controversial “pocket rescission.” A group that helps students from migrant families go to college also filed suit, trying to preserve about $25 million in education funding Trump is seeking to claw back. At least one federal judge so far...

This video, presented by Black Conservative Perspective, critiques the prevailing media narrative of an inevitable "Blue Wave" in the upcoming elections, arguing that internal Democratic Party divisions and surprising polling data suggest a much more competitive landscape. Key Takeaways: Challenging the Narrative: The creator disputes the idea that the GOP is facing a collapse, pointing to tight Senate races in traditionally blue states like Minnesota (where Peggy Flanagan and Michele Tafoya are effectively tied) and internal tensions within the Democratic Party in Texas and Michigan (0:00 - 3:51). Polling Skepticism: Citing CNN data, the video explores the history of poll...

Explanation: Have you ever seen the full moon rise? This colorful image was photographed last weekend in Sicily, just outside the town of Nicosia, in Italy. It is a composite photograph that shows the Moon rising as the sky turns darker. Lower clouds are reflecting the colors of antitwilight, while ash and gas from Mount Etna are seen higher in the background. The pink band lower in the sky is called the Belt of Venus. During a full moon, the Moon and the Sun are in opposition in the sky: the moon rises as the sun sets. The lunar phase...

A Texas woman allegedly took a child to a pedophile doctor to have sex with in exchange for prescription meds. Alicia Evonne Sanchez, 37, was busted Wednesday and accused of taking the youngster — only described as a child under the age of 14 — to be abused by Kenneth Haygood, 56, at his doctor’s office in Tyler, KLTV reported. Sanchez, also known as Alicia Evonne Seguin, took the child to Haygood at least 10 times — and stayed in the room while the abuse took place, according to the report. The child would cry and beg for Haygood to...

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been placed in solitary confinement following an NBC News report on his VIP lifestyle inside prison, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. The disgraced hip hop mogul arrived at the Fort Dix federal prison in New Jersey in October after he was sentenced to 50 months behind bars for transporting people across state lines for sexual encounters. Since then, he has spent thousands of dollars a month to bring his high-end lifestyle to the low-security prison, NBC News reported Tuesday in a story based on interviews with four men who spent time in...

Hezbollah terrorists in Yemen received $157 million worth of weapons in 2024, most of it given freely by Iran, according to a new report from the Israeli nonprofit Center for Research of Terror Financing (CENTEF). The report, titled "Hezbollah Financial Statements," relied on open-source data as well as known valuations of Hezbollah's military assets, according to the Jerusalem Post. The report found that Hezbollah spent just $28 million on procuring weapons, and those were limited to small arms, ammunition, drone components, dual-use equipment and equipment obtained through its international procurement networks. Meanwhile, CENTEF said Iran provided roughly $129 million worth...

The City of Malibu has delayed the next phase of its upcoming speed camera program after more than 100,000 speeding violations were recorded in less than 10 days, officials announced Thursday. The program’s warning period was scheduled to begin in late September but has been pushed back to November as the city continues its traffic study and evaluation of existing speed limits in eastern Malibu, specifically in Carbon Canyon and Tuna Canyon. ... The cameras that have been installed are collecting preliminary information on speeding activity as the city assesses existing conditions. Drivers may see a camera flash when a...

Under President Donald Trump, some immigrants have been denied bond hearings and spent months in detention while awaiting removal proceedings. The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would review the legality of the Trump administration’s novel policy of denying bond hearings to immigrants swept up in its immigration crackdown. The case is one of the first the high court has accepted since its summer recess ended, and it promises to be among the most consequential of the term that officially begins next week. Without the opportunity to request a bond hearing, some immigrants arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is adamant that he will remain in charge of upper chamber Democrats following next month’s midterms — and has issued an inflammatory warning that Republicans could attempt to “steal the election.” “I am running for re-election for leader,” Schumer insisted to Politico in an interview published Wednesday. “Period.” “It’s 50-50. We’re right on the edge of winning. Two things could have us lose. One, they steal the election,” Schumer told Semafor in a separate interview, also published Wednesday. “The second thing is money. They have obscene amounts of money,” he continued. “All we need is...

Police are asking the public for help in identifying a woman they say intentionally ran over and killed a puppy with her vehicle in Orange County. The Santa Ana Police Department’s Animal Services team responded to the 900 block of West Park Lane on Sept. 8 after receiving a report of a deceased black-and-white male pit bull mix that appeared to have been run over. “A nearby resident reported seeing a minivan parked near the location and believed the female driver intentionally ran over the puppy,” police said.

What looks like coordinated muslim riots across France. I bet they feel good about their tolerance and inclusiveness which has not been reciprocated.

France’s high-school protest movement erupted into another day of fires, assaults, and mass arrests on October 1, forcing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to convene an emergency meeting as violence spread across several major cities. Fire rises from attacked schools across Bordeaux as the riots by second and third-generation migrants continue spreading across France pic.twitter.com/VgtMF8lM57 — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 1, 2026 The disorder has become a political test over public authority, immigration, and assimilation, with Jordan Bardella and the National Rally arguing that France is confronting the accumulated consequences of weakened state authority and years of failed integration. 🇫🇷🔴 BREAKING:...

Leo XIV embraces ‘profound change’ in Church’s stance on false religionsLeo XIV’s ‘A Journey of Hope’ rejects the Church’s historic approach to religious error as ‘defensive’ and ‘insular’ while advancing a ‘new paradigm’ of interreligious dialogue.The Vatican has recently published a “commemorative document” to mark 60 years since the “promulgation” of Nostra Aetate, the Second Vatican Council’s “Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions.”The text contains errors regarding:The nature of religion,The sources of revelation,The theological virtue of faith,The incarnation of Our Lord,The relation of the old and new covenants,The duties of the state toward the true religion,The...

Revisionist historian went to DOJ headquarters to present his case that former president, his associates weren’t treated fairly WASHINGTON—For nearly two years, the Justice Department has made it a priority to investigate people who previously investigated President Trump. Now it is reaching back in history to consider whether prosecutors mistreated an earlier Republican president: Richard Nixon.The department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the famed Watergate break-in committed misconduct, according to people familiar with the matter, more than half a century after that scandal led to Nixon’s resignation. AdvertisementGeoff Shepard, a former Nixon aide turned Watergate historian...

In a 6-3 ruling, the US Supreme Court ruled that the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database can be used by states to identify non-citizens on their voter rolls. The unsigned majority opinion said "the claims made by the voters who challenged the use of SAVE lack merit. All of the claimants have IDs that can be used to get ballots they can cast. Using SAVE is an option that states may use if they wish to exclude non-citizens from their voter rolls. Their is no statutory mandate for prohibiting use of this option." Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson disagreed,...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth unveiled a new military training program in partnership with several universities aimed at growing the number of “patriotic” officers. The War Department is establishing America’s Corps of Cadets Monday, partnering with several universities to expand available officer training programs, according to a memo to Pentagon leadership obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller. The program will include Louisiana State University (LSU), Liberty University, Tuskegee University, Mississippi State University (MSU), and Hillsdale College. Notably, LSU was founded as a military school in 1853, known as the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy. Each member school...

A Utah man's side-by-side — and prosthetic leg — were rescued from thick mud in Palisades Reservoir on Monday by Alpine firefighters. "He was beached on top of his side-by-side with one leg," said Alpine Fire Chief Mike Vogt. The Alpine Fire District rescued a man whose side-by-side — and prosthetic leg — were trapped in the thick mud of Palisades Reservoir on Monday. Alpine Fire Chief Mike Vogt said they received a direct call from a Utah man who had been camping in the area and got stuck while riding his side-by-side.

NEW: RFK Jr. says Medicare spending on wound care patches exploded from $200 million in 2019 to $14 billion last year: "It's all stolen." Bad actors billed Medicare billions by slapping the most expensive skin grafts on elderly and dying patients who didn't need them. "The doctors who prescribed them would get 6% of the sales cost. And so, they were incentivized to prescribe more expensive products. In Europe, they spend 35 cents a cubic inch. We were spending $135, and that went up to $2,000 a cubic inch." "So 2019, we were paying $200 million. Last year we spent...