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Donald Trump has demanded that Europe release emergency diesel reserves or risk being cut off from US supplies. Britain joined crisis talks with European allies on Thursday after the US president threatened to choke off diesel exports to France and Germany. Mr Trump is frustrated with the two EU powers, believing they have not met earlier pledges to release emergency oil and petrol supplies. His administration is calling for tens of millions of barrels of fuel to be unlocked to lower pump prices for motorists. A White House official said it was "in Europe's best interest to work with the...

Tony Romo is out at CBS Sports after his wild DUI arrest in Wisconsin. “CBS Sports and Tony Romo have mutually agreed to part ways,” a CBS spokesperson said. BREAKING: CBS Sports and Tony Romo are parting ways after nine years together, following his July OWI arrest in Milwaukee. “CBS Sports and Tony Romo have mutually agreed to part ways,” a CBS spokesperson said, thanking the former Cowboys quarterback for his contributions and… pic.twitter.com/ofTSFijB71 — Fox News (@FoxNews) October 2, 2026 As TGP reported, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was arrested for driving under the influence in Wisconsin in...

(Washington, D.C.) – Judicial Watch announced that it received 249 pages of new Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) records through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit concerning Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman who attempted to assassinate then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at a July 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The records include photos taken of the Pittsburgh area by Crooks using a drone, cell phone evidence that shows that Crooks received fundraising appeals for Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), a package delivery from Hong Kong, and an unusual chat thread between Crooks and an unidentified person. Judicial Watch filed its...

As Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico is now publicly discussing a long-term romantic relationship that he previously kept private, questions are emerging about when the relationship began and whether it overlapped with his girlfriend’s employment in his legislative office. Recently, Talarico revealed that he has been dating the same woman for roughly four years. Based on public records, social media posts, and legislative employment histories, that woman has been identified as Brianna Menard, a former top aide who worked in Talarico’s office before later becoming a lobbyist for the Texas Medical Association. Legislative employment records show Menard served in...

The United States on Thursday told its European allies, particularly Germany and France, to "immediately" release their strategic reserves of diesel to help lower the soaring price of the refined fuel. It comes a day after President Donald Trump floated the possibility of banning US diesel exports to stem the rise in prices. At an emergency meeting of the European Union's energy task force on Friday, an EU spokesperson said the bloc "fully rejects" the ban threat, saying it would "undermine ... trust in the US." Average US diesel prices have surged over 70% to $6.39 per US gallon (€1.50...

Since 1987, followers of Jesus have gathered in public witness on the first Sunday of October, in prayerful repentance over the sin of abortion in our cities and in the Church. FIND A CHAIN Search for a local Life Chain near you and join them to stand in prayer this fall. (On link)

A photograph of Pope Leo XIV blessing Marie-Garance, a 10-year-old girl in a blue dress who has multiple disabilities, went viral after the pope encountered her in Paris Sept. 26. A police officer lifted the girl into his arms as the pope passed in the popemobile along the Champs-Elysees before Mass at Place de la Concorde. Agence France Press photographer Ludovic Marin captured the moment the pope leaned toward Marie-Garance, took her hand and met her eyes. Her adoptive mother, Clotilde Noël, told OSV News the blessing represented vulnerable people who are often set aside because they are different. Following...

Sunny Hostin, co-host of ABC's "The View," boasted that she "was the holdout juror in the 1991 trial of Daniel Rakowitz, the Butcher of Tompkins Square Park. The other eleven jurors wanted to convict him. He killed Monika Beerle, cut her up into pieces, made a soup that he ate and also fed to the homeless. I convinced the rest of the jury that his act of charity toward the homeless showed he wasn't really a bad person. We all then agreed that he should be found not guilty by reason of insanity." The problem with Hostin's boast is that...

Explanation: What does it take to image hundreds of nebulas? Today’s image contains the entire Sharpless Catalog of H II Regions, totaling 313 objects. Zoom in and explore! You may spot fan favorites like the Eagle (Sh2-49), Heart (Sh2-190), and Orion (Sh2-281) Nebulas. Despite its name, this catalog contains more than the glow of ionized hydrogen that makes up H II regions. There are planetary nebulas (the Medusa Nebula, Sh2-274) and supernova remnants (the Spaghetti Nebula, Sh2-240) as well. Astrophotographer Bing Xin traversed the dark skies of Eastern China and Inner Mongolia to catch them all. Narrowband filters that primarily...

Move was made to help bring down the soaring price of diesel and other fuels PARIS—The Group of Seven major economies agreed to release 100 million barrels of crude oil and fuel from their emergency stocks and not to restrict exports, aiming to bring down the soaring price of diesel and other fuels.On his Truth Social platform, President Trump said European nations agreed “to release a massive amount of their heavily stocked Diesel Oil. The process will begin immediately.” The G-7 statement said the reserve release would happen over four months.The announcement would seem to end the threat of a...

Israeli filmmakers launch counter-documentary to rebut ‘NAZA’. The counter-project, titled NAZA: The Real Story, dropped with English subtitles this week in a bid to immediately intercept the global narrative. By Maariv. October 2, 2026. Three Israeli creators have released a documentary designed to directly counter and discredit NAZA, the controversial, Venice Film Festival award-winning film that alleges systematic Israeli military misconduct in Gaza. The counter-project, titled NAZA: The Real Story, dropped this week with English subtitles in an effort to immediately shape the global narrative. Directed by Lt. Col. Roi Danino, Hagai Gutman, and Ariel Averbuch, the documentary positions itself...

I play senior softball and an individual who played on one of the teams in our league has joined our every day pick-up ball group.He is totally deaf but I believe he can read lips. It's hard for everyone to understand what he is communicating to us so he tries to make it simple and rudimentary.So, I've decided to try to learn ASL in an attempt to be able to converse with him on a level he can understand. I would appreciate any advice from anyone who has experience in ASL in dealing with anyone they know is deaf.

At National Right to Life News Today, we post article after article, story after story about the invidious “abortion pill,” alternatively labeled “chemical abortion,” or the preferred [to the Abortion Industry] “medication abortion.” Whatever it’s called, it is lethal to the developing unborn child and incredibly painful to the mother, even deadly. Naturally, Planned Parenthood stands at the front of the line, proudly announcing this “service” to abortion-prone women. I remember once writing about how I’d run across a tribute–although tribute is understating the gratitude–to Planned Parenthood: ”Biggest thank you ever to Planned Parenthood–my abortion.” The young woman tells us...

Untold War Stories@UntoldWarFacts·6hAn American pilot spent almost 16 months inside a German POW camp.Then he escaped.He found a German Fw 190, climbed inside a fighter he had never flown before and stole it.Then he flew it to freedom.Somehow, that wasn't even the most remarkable part of his flying career.This is the story of Bob Hoover..🧵1/6 Untold War Stories@UntoldWarFacts·6h🧵 2/6Bob Hoover was born in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1922. As a young man he worked at a grocery store to help pay for flying lessons at Berry Field. He taught himself aerobatics and eventually entered the Army through the Tennessee National Guard.During...

Australian aviation expert Byron Bailey cut off during an interview on News24 after pointing out a religious motive behind the Flydubai attack. Israel National News. Published: Oct 2, 2026, 6:47 PM (GMT+3) Captain Byron Bailey, an Australian aviation expert, was interviewed on local channel News24 about the attempted terror attack on the Flydubai flight which was making its way to Tel Aviv. However, when Bailey explained that he was not surprised by the incident and explained that the core of the issue is the fact that Islam calls for the death of all Jews, the interviewer abruptly cut him off....

President Donald Trump warned on Thursday that Iran would face a “very hard” response if investigators determine that Tehran was behind the apparent attempt to crash an Israel-bound flydubai flight. Asked by a reporter at the White House whether he had been briefed on possible Iranian links to the Omani co-pilot who stabbed the captain of Flight FZ1073, Trump said, “I would say the answer, based on what I’m hearing, is yes, but we’re working on it right now.”

A senior Emirati official on Friday described the attack aboard flydubai Flight FZ1073 as a “dangerous terrorist act” that could have ended in catastrophe. Dr. Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, made the comments in a post on X, marking the first public characterization of the incident as terrorism by a senior Emirati official. “The Indian flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar deserves every appreciation,” Gargash wrote. “In confronting a dangerous terrorist act and a potential catastrophe, he embodied the meaning of courage and responsibility. His professionalism and moral sense in the darkest...

When asked about the racial dynamics of the incident, Conley confirmed that the eight suspects are Black and the victim is white, but noted investigators have uncovered no evidence pointing to a hate crime.

Republicans are moving up to $10 million from North Carolina’s Senate race and putting it toward shoring up deep-red Kansas, The Post has learned, while the main Trump-backing super PAC and the official Senate GOP campaign arm are done spending in the Tar Heel State. The Senate Leadership Fund, aligned with Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), initially set aside $71 million to elevate North Carolina GOP nominee Michael Whatley — but is now cutting its losses after shelling out just $30 million, according to sources familiar with the super PAC’s thinking. One of those sources suggested that at least $8.2...

The old joke that “whoever said marriage is a 50-50 proposition didn’t know the half of it,” takes on a whole new meaning in a culture flirting with “polyamory.”... Most important in the drive to normalize polyamory is the Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell decision. By legalizing same-sex “marriage” nationwide, the male/female distinction was treated as irrelevant for marriage, which opened the door to additional relational arrangements. In his dissent, Chief Justice John Roberts even questioned whether the arguments for same-sex marriage would justify “people who find fulfillment in polyamorous relationships.” The answer is unfortunately “yes.”