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Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine WASHINGTON—Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, a decision that sparked panic in Kyiv and confusion inside the Trump administration, U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter said.Both Musk and President Trump have expressed anger at Ukraine for attacking Russian diesel refineries in recent weeks, which the president blames for high energy prices. Last week, Musk capped the speeds at which Ukrainian hardware could stay connected to the satellite-based network, the people said, rendering some offensive drones and interceptor drones virtually useless.Musk and Trump...

SpaceX reported a sharp beat for the third quarter of 2026, with earnings per share of $0.35 versus analyst expectations of $0.13 and revenue of $14.58 billion versus a forecast of $12.87 billion. The company also said net income reached $4.4 billion, reversing a $1.1 billion loss a year earlier, while adjusted EBITDA climbed to $8.8 billion. Shares rose 6.63% in after-hours trading to $157.59 after closing the regular session at $147.79, suggesting investors welcomed both the profit surprise and the company’s faster-than-expected growth. Key Takeaways SpaceX posted a large earnings beat, with EPS more than doubling Wall Street’s forecast....

A 4-year-old boy died after being attacked by a dog on Sunday afternoon in Louisa County. On Sunday, Oct. 18, just after 4:40 p.m., deputies with the Louisa County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 1500 block of Jefferson Highway for reports of a dog attack. As deputies were responding to the incident, the caller informed them that the dog was attacking a young child. Once on scene, deputies found a 4-year-old boy suffering from serious injuries while the dog continued to bite him. According to officials, the deputies were forced to put the dog down in order to stop the...

HEADLINES: Reds are turning out in early voting; Paris is burning; Omar pulling a Talcumpowder and hiding The News of Today is the History of Tomorrow NOTE: With the successful concert over, this will be a potpourri of stories over the last 8 days. Glad to once again, finally, hang up the sticks. Or whatever you do with drumsticks. Anyway, now that I'm back we'll do a Tues/Thurs/Sat schedule for the news and Larry's Commentary this week.

5 years ago I saw this for the first time. I was luckily outside the city without any lights....I still vividly remember it. It was so beautiful

The media and other Democrats claim they care deeply about women's rights and privacy, freedom of speech, freedom of choice, and claim they are against discrimination. Their actions and policies show that these stances are just talking points. They have intentionally discriminated against and blocked freedom for years. Democrats support DEI policies which intentionally discriminate based on race and sex. These policies have nothing to do with merit. Democrats have supported colleges as they have intentionally discriminated against who they accept based on race. Anyone who race norms test results to benefit one race over another is intentionally discriminating. Democrats...

A viral video showing a Portland, Oregon high school football player attacking a rival performing a patriotic act prior to their game last Friday is speaking outrage across the country. As The Daily Mail reported, video footage has emerged showing the moment Grant football players run onto the field behind a teammate who was waving a large American flag prior their game against rivals Jefferson High School before an ugly scene unfolds. As one will see in the video, a Jefferson player races toward the flag-bearer and levels him. This causes the Grant player to fall to the ground. Grant...

There have been many favorable reviews of the newly released documentary, You Can See Everything, about the Theranos scandal featuring its founder Elizabeth Holmes as she was about to enter prison for fraud. Because of the era we live in it was almost inevitable that among those reviews at least one would feature Donald Trump as the villain despite the fact that he had absolutely nothing to do with the Theranos scandal. In a piece which could have been titled You Can See TDS, Atlantic magazine's Idrees Kahloon absurdly fantasized Trump as the Theranos villain on Sunday which gives a...

China's ‌military said on Tuesday it had sent forces to watch a U.S. warship that "illegally" entered waters around a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. China views almost all of the ‌busy waterway as its own territory, despite ​overlapping claims by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam, with recent tension most pronounced ⁠between Beijing and Manila. The Chinese military's Southern Theatre ​Commmand said the Charleston "illegally intruded" into waters adjacent to ⁠Sabina Shoal in the Spratly Islands without Chinese government approval in the early hours of Tuesday. "The US action infringes upon China's ‌sovereign rights and interests,...

Marco Rubio just. SHUT DOWN attacks on Trump for negotiating with Russia and China: “People need to grow up when it comes to foreign policy a little bit.” “I think the world is a safer place when the leaders of the most powerful nuclear arsenals in the world are at least communicating with one another.” Diplomacy between nuclear superpowers isn’t a weakness. It’s a necessity. x.com/StateDept/stat…

Explanation: This is an unusual rainbow. For one thing, the rainbow is not complete, appearing only in a sunlit fan -- but that by itself is not very unusual. What is most unusual is the fake location of the Sun. The Sun appears to be toward the front, just below those hills -- but it is not. That is not how rainbows work. Rainbows involve a backward reflection from falling rain, so that the Sun must really be behind you. In this case, gaps between clouds near the setting Sun allowed rays to cross the entire sky and appear to...

Staying quiet is riskier than speaking up, Ukrainian officials say, as President Trump goes further than ever in prioritizing Russia’s interests.Ukraine has been here before with President Trump. But this time, as the American leader plays down Russian violence and makes it harder for Kyiv to respond, Ukrainian leaders have taken a different tack. They have punched back.A senior Ukrainian official likened it to a last chance to sound an alarm as a tsunami approaches. Even before the latest blowup with Mr. Trump, things were looking difficult for Ukraine. Daily strikes were ravaging its energy infrastructure and economy. Ukrainian air...

French President Emmanuel Macron pressed ahead with a trip to the Arabian Gulf as violent riots rocked France, fueling fresh criticism of his leadership as his government struggled to contain the unrest. What began weeks earlier as purportedly student-led demonstrations over classroom conditions escalated into widespread riots involving a range of political and ideological factions across France over the weekend. Images and videos posted to social media on Saturday and Sunday showed groups of men waving foreign flags while engaging in acts of destruction on the streets of France's major cities. A Fox News Digital investigation found that communist organizations,...

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PARIS — The nation of France has thrown its support behind the American conservative movement, graciously spending the past week filming a massive campaign ad for the Republican Party. With midterms just over two weeks away, the entire nation of France took it upon itself to film a sprawling attack ad, demonstrating with incredible realism the dangers of voting Democrat. "Wow. Thanks, France," said Republican Senate candidate Jon Husted. "This must have cost billions of dollars to film. We really didn't expect this level of support from the French. Honestly, you didn't have to go so far as burning...

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert told Republican lawmakers that former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are ineligible to play in the league because they are "both men," responding to a congressional inquiry without supplying the definition of "women" that lawmakers had requested. "With respect to your questions regarding eligibility, only women are eligible to play in the WNBA and the individuals you cite in your letter are both men," Engelbert wrote in the Oct. 16 response. The letter, which is dated Oct. 16, was provided to OutKick by the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), which represents Freedom. The...

Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York, is giving roughly $80 million to help Democrats in the midterms as the flood of spending in the sprint to Election Day begins to come into focus. The first of two campaign finance filing deadlines this week will also provide a look at the Trump political operation’s big spending to help Republicans battle significant headwinds in midterm races. Mr. Bloomberg is particularly focused on ensuring a sizable Democratic majority in the House of Representatives, the chamber that Democrats are most hopeful of flipping. We already know some details about what...

Jessica Valenti, the abortion industry’s ever-reliable cheerleader, was positively giddy yesterday. On October 14, she breathlessly unveiled a new University of Pittsburgh study on her Abortion, Every Day Substack, claiming that Americans will happily vote for abortion ballot measures even when they contain no limits on how late in pregnancy an abortion may occur. Apparently, we’re supposed to believe that voters have suddenly abandoned their longstanding opposition to late abortions. Not for a minute. The study, “Is the Viability Limit Necessary to Win Back Abortion Rights?: An Empirical Study,” comes from University of Pittsburgh researchers Greer Donley, Dana Loll, and...

Halloween is more than just a great opportunity to score Snickers bars from your kids' baskets. It's also the chance to deck out your lawn in a way that strikes terror into the hearts of any liberal who walks by! Here are 10 decorations you can put up to scare the living daylights out of your liberal neighbors: 1. Clarence Thomas inflatable: Simply plug him in and enjoy the shrieks of horror. 2. Biology textbook: Opened to the chapter that covers human genders... terrifying. 3. Graph showing minimal impact of climate change: Noooo! 4. Giant U.S. Constitution: With a spotlight...

On Mondays, it is a habit of mine to retrace examples of both the best and the worst in human behavior. I will happily write about the best later today. First, however, an example of the depths to which the human heart can sink. Now, to be sure, the willingness of pro-abortionists to say almost anything is not news to pro-lifers. But looking back, a 776-word-long New York Times op-ed by Susan Heath was unusually cavalier/ blunt/heartless, even by their lowly standards. Thinking about the “attacks on a woman’s right to choose,” Heath told her readers, “It wasn’t always like...