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On Wednesday, after a closed-door meeting with American officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen held a press conference. His remarks sounded cautiously optimistic. Denmark will join a high-level working group to discuss Greenland's future after talks at the White House with senior Trump administration officials. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told a press conference Wednesday that the closed-door meeting, attended by Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was a "frank but also constructive" discussion and an opportunity to "challenge the narrative presented by...

"[God] made known the mystery of His will according to His kind intention which He purposed in [Christ] with a view to an administration suitable to the fulness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things upon the earth" (Eph. 1:9-10). God is intimately involved in the flow of human history and is directing its course toward a specific, predetermined climax. For centuries men of various philosophical schools have debated the cause, course, and climax of human history. Some deny God and therefore deny any divine involvement in history....

The explosion of the budget deficit was one of the most worrisome things that happened post-Covid. While inflation peaked in 2022, the deficit kept getting worse because of the “fiscal doom loop” caused by bloated spending and higher interest rates. At this time last year things were still looking extremely grim. The deficit was stuck around $2.1 trillion on a rolling 12-month basis, or 7.3% of GDP--the largest non-emergency deficit we’ve ever had. And the10-year Treasury yield was stuck above 4.7%, worsening the situation daily. Now, though, we are experiencing a dramatic improvement. The latest numbers which we got yesterday...

Today, in things aliens would be perplexed by if they invaded, Sen. Josh Hawley fought a five-minute battle over whether men can get pregnant. During a hearing on Capitol Hill, he had to repeatedly press a supposed "expert" witness on the subject, and I haven't seen filibustering like this since Democrats tried to stop the Civil Rights Act. Apparently, it's just a complete mystery. Unsolvable by the best attempts of science. CLICK ABOVE ARTICLE LINK FOR THE VIDEO Sen. Josh Hawley: "Can men get pregnant?" Dr. Nisha Verma: "I'm not really sure what the goal of the question is." Hawley:...

There's a report of another shooting involving ICE in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to Fox News' Bill Melugin: BREAKING: I’m told by four law enforcement sources there has been another ICE involved shooting in Minneapolis tonight. I’m told ICE was making contact with a target who then allegedly assaulted an officer with a shovel or swung a shovel, shots were fired, and the suspect ran back to a house. No info yet on if anyone was actually shot - just that shots were fired. Very preliminary info - more as we get it.Melugin later confirmed that the man was shot, was...

The video is a reaction/commentary piece analyzing a recent CNBC interview clip featuring Joe Kernen interviewing Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Key points covered: Warren criticizes Donald Trump for allegedly trying to exert political control over the Federal Reserve (e.g., threatening to fire Chair Jerome Powell and demanding influence over interest rates). She argues the Fed must remain independent and base decisions purely on economic data like inflation and unemployment, rather than political pressure, to avoid short-term boosts that harm long-term stability. The CNBC host (Kernen) and the video's narrator push back, accusing Warren of hypocrisy. They point out that during...

A Venezuelan national was shot after attacking a federal law enforcement officer with a shovel, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday. According to a DHS statement to Fox News, the Venezuelan national was reportedly subject to a “target traffic stop” by federal agents. The illegal alien then attempted to evade capture using his vehicle before crashing into a parked car. The individual then attempted to flee on foot. An agent managed to apprehend the individual during the ensuing chase. The Venezuelan national then began resisting arrest and “violently assault[ed]” the arresting officer. Two more individuals then exited a...

CHICAGO — The Obama Presidential Center has opened the application process to fill 150 full-time positions in anticipation of the campus opening later this year in the Jackson Park neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. Available positions span multiple departments, including custodial, security officer, facility management, visitor engagement, visitor services, curatorial assistant, grounds keeping and others. The Obama Foundation offers competitive wages and benefits. The foundation is prioritizing the hiring of Chicago residents. To help identify and recruit local residents for the new roles, the foundation has launched a partnership with four community-based organizations, including Cara Collective, North Lawndale Employment Network,...

A man from Calico Rock has been arrested on a rape charge in Jonesboro. Twenty-nine-year-old Terry Nicholas Mitchell was arrested last week and booked into the Craighead County Jail on the class Y felony. According to the probable cause affidavit from the Jonesboro Police Department, detectives met with the victim at the hospital who said she had been communicating with Mitchell for about three weeks after meeting him online. She had been traveling near Calico Rock Dec. 20 and invited Mitchell to go back to Jonesboro with her. That night Mitchell asked to sleep in the victim’s bed, which she...

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from withholding $80 million to administer Minnesota's food stamp program while the state reviews the eligibility of 100,000 households amid claims ​of widespread fraud.

Conversation Walter Curt @wcdispatch Okay @DataRepublican , and I did some general numbers on the SomaliFraud cash going through Minneapolis airport. According to reports, over 2 years, they moved roughly $700MM through the airport. That means (if they used $100 bills) they moved 7.7 metric tons of cash, and keep in mind, this is just what was flagged over the past 2 years. Couple notes on that number: That would essentially mean that the Somalis were taking a $1 million dollar duffle bag through the airport — EVERY SINGLE DAY — for two years. Further, we can assume that this...

A transportation service that pays for people’s rides to medical appointments is among the Medicaid-funded programs facing new scrutiny for its vulnerability to fraud, with some in the industry saying they have been raising red flags for years. The program, known as nonemergency medical transportation, provides tens of thousands of rides per year across the state and has, over the years, prompted scrutiny from legislative auditors and was a focus of a massive Medicaid fraud investigation. Now it’s the topic of a new video released Jan. 14 from conservative influencer Nick Shirley, whose previous video alleging widespread fraud at Somali-owned...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO): "Can men get pregnant?" Dr. Nisha Verma: "I'm not really sure what the goal of the question is." Hawley: "The goal is just to establish a biological reality. You said just a moment ago that science and evidence should control, not politics. So, let's test that. Can men get pregnant?" Dr. Verma: "I take care of people with many identities...I'm also someone here to represent the complex experiences of my patients. I don't think polarized language or questions serve that goal..." Hawley: "It is not polarizing to say that there is a scientific difference between men...

Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed in front of her wife during an ICE protest in Minneapolis on January 7... At the time, Trump took to Truth Social to put the blame squarely on Renee... Renee’s former father‑in‑law told NBC that he always had a good relationship with her and remembered her as “outgoing” and “a real good person.” ... “I’m not blaming anybody,” Macklin said. “I mean, the ICE agent, you know, at first I didn‘t see the footage where... he was actually being rammed. I mean, I‘ve seen the bumper of the car hitting his legs....

Robyn has made it very clear that she does not like tech billionaire and Tesla founder, Elon Musk: Not now, and not ever. The ‘Dancing on My Own’ singer recently appeared on Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ Las Culturistas podcast. In the video uploaded on January 14th, Robyn turns her attention to Musk. “I always hated him,” Robyn told the hosts. “Way before it was cool to hate him.” She went on, “There was a time when it wasn’t cool to hate him — people didn’t think about him that much, at least.” Robyn added, “For me, I started hating...

🚨 LMFAO! DHS agents just listened to some middle-aged white liberal woman rant, and then responded to her with “thank you for calling the ICE hotline! Please call again!” Which sent her into a shrieking RAGE 🤣 I could watch these all day 😂🔥

Reading David Mamet’s new book of essays, The Disenlightenment: Politics, Horror, and Entertainment, I was reminded of how loosely jointed and shape-shifting an essay can be... Mamet, whose political conversion to conservatism was announced in 2008, has turned full-on MAGA. He believes the United States is in decline but remains hopeful, saying, "Trump is a hero, and his heirs will, God willing, increase the longevity of the American Experiment." What’s behind our political sickness, according to Mamet, if I read him correctly, is a compound of human failings. First, there is the mendacity of politicians whom he compares to the...

A revolutionary solid state battery was publicized globally in January of 2026, but not shown in person. If the announcement is true, the world will be dramatically changed. We interviewed the co-founder of Donut Labs, which made the announcement: • Donut Labs and Verge Motorcycles In Depth ... We dug up as much information as we could, including a few bit we haven't seen anywhere else. We found a billionaire and some intellectual property which could explain the amazing properties of this battery. Heck, we even take a guess at a specific battery chemistry and manufacturing method which might fit...

Eva Vlaardingerbroek @EvaVlaar · 13h Holy sh*t.I’ve been banned from traveling to the UK. They revoked my ETA. "Your presence in the UK is not considered to be conductive to the public to the public good."3 days after posting this about Starmer.

Ice agent was attacked with a shovel and shot at the protestor.