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Teenagers will be banned from certain social media platforms and have their daily usage curbed under sweeping reforms to be announced by Sir Keir Starmer on Sunday. The ban will go further than the one imposed by Australia in December by targeting technology deemed harmful to children, including chatbots and certain features on gaming apps. Under-16s in Australia have been banned from using ten platforms: TikTok, Instagram, Threads, Facebook, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Twitch and Kick. It is understood that the UK will follow suit by raising the minimum age on social media to 16, from the average of 13,...

Concern is mounting that taxpayers could be left holding the bag if the Obama Presidential Center runs into financial trouble, as the foundation behind it has yet to establish a promised $470 million safety net to guard against a public bailout. The scrutiny comes as a Fox News Digital investigation found multiple contractors and subcontractors claiming losses ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions on the project, with some alleging they remain locked in payment disputes and face financial ruin just days before the center's grand opening. Under its agreement with the city, the Obama Foundation pledged to...

Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods had zero patience for media games Thursday when a reporter tried to hijack a press conference about a major child predator sting to ask about an unrelated Florida Highway Patrol lawsuit.

The World Cup soccer matches, held in various American cities, are providing not only economic opportunities but, for at least some Europeans, cultural revelations. There’s substantial truth to the old saw that Europeans will never forgive us for saving them in WWII. We’re the unsophisticated, arrogant, ugly Americans they love to disparage and hate. Americans, and particularly the southern variety, are nearly beneath contempt, though our dollars aren’t. But for at least one German soccer fan traveling across the South, America and Americans have been a pleasant surprise. He has been tweeting his surprise and delight, and it’s a useful...

Anonymity and obscurity are two of the most powerful elements in my prophetic ministry. Being “nobody” helps keep the heart of my message centered where it belongs—on Jesus Christ and His soon return. I can hardly save anyone, but Jesus Christ has saved the souls of untold millions across the globe. One of my favorite people in the modern world is Elon Musk. I’d love to spend some time talking with him. I often talk with Grok, one of his creations, about him, and those conversations are always interesting. But when I look at the great and wonderful things he’s...

Voltaire’s purported remark about “common sense” not being so “common” has no greater application than modern Democrats and their philosophies. The 18th-century French philosopher Voltaire is to have once remarked, “Common sense is not so common” when assessing the lack of logic and basic reasoning prevalent in France during the Age of Enlightenment. He certainly had a knack for distilling his views of humanity in that era. The dominant questions confronting society in that time were markedly different than those which the U.S. currently faces, but his stark observation can still be applied to a distinct segment of American society...

Wishing President Trump Happy Birthday!

Barbara Boyd argues that Mike Pompeo’s June 8 X post praising former MI6 chief Alex Younger amounts to a confession that, within weeks of being named CIA director in late 2016, he coordinated closely with British intelligence—linking this partnership to the origins of Russiagate, which she cites The Guardian as attributing to British spies who fed claims to John Brennan. She highlights Richard Moore’s remarks about deep CIA–MI6 integration, points to Pompeo’s appointment of Gina Haspel and his praise of Brennan, and claims key documents were withheld until resurfaced by Tulsi Gabbard. Boyd says Pompeo and Mnuchin discussed invoking the...

Talking points went out and lemmings-like Democrats proved to all that they know nothing about wealth creation. All they have is their greed for other people's money. Once upon a time, Americans celebrated success. Some still do. After developing reusable rockets, planning a trip to Mars, launching more satellites than anyone in history, and rescuing stranded American astronauts from outer space, Elon Musk launched an IPO of his SpaceX company, and a lot of people decided to invest in the new stock. That made the man who laid out the capital and took all the risks, Elon Musk, a trillionaire....

Karmelo Anthony, the Texas man convicted of stabbing a star athlete to death at a high school track meet, is asking the court to appoint a free public defender for his appeal, despite his family raising more than a half million dollars in funds for his legal fees. ... In the days following his conviction, Anthony filed a notice of appeal of the guilty verdict and requested a court-appointed public defender, claiming that he is a "penniless, destitute and indigent person" that is "too poor to employ counsel," according to court documents ... The request from Anthony comes after a...

A sheriff's deputy has been fired after allegedly shooting an unarmed Texas freshman dead in his car. Brazoria County deputy Kevin Tippit was sacked this week following an investigation into the death of John Mendoza Jr, 18, on June 1. Protests erupted at Texas State University after it was claimed that Tippit fired at the student following a routine traffic stop near Lake Jackson, around 55 miles south of Houston. Police said Tippit tried to pull Mendoza over when he left a park, but the freshman allegedly tried to flee the scene and led the deputy on a mile-long pursuit....

The New York Knicks are NBA champions. In a Game 5 of the NBA Finals Saturday night that looked much like the previous four, the San Antonio Spurs took a double-digit lead in the first quarter. But like in three of the previous four games, the Knicks rallied — this time from a 16-point deficit — to secure a 94-90 Game 5 win and a 4-1 series victory in the NBA Finals. Jalen Brunson led the way with a legacy-securing 45-point effort as New York’s only reliable source of offense on a night in which both teams struggled from the...

While most news reports have focused trivially on Elon Musk’s status as the first trillionaire resulting from SpaceX’s successful initial public offering (IPO) last week, the real story of that IPO has to do with SpaceX itself and how that company’s extremely bright future is going to change human history. Let me run some numbers.

Girl said she pulled hatchet and knife after male migrant pushed her and told her, ‘Come here sexy. I will show you how to have a good time’. Migrant attempted to accuse girls of racism, saying they called him an 'f****** migrant,' which the court rejected and said was warranted due to his behavior. A court in Scotland this week convicted two migrants of attacking a group of girls last August, prompting one of the girls to brandish a hatchet and a dagger to ward off the attackers in a video that went viral.At the time, the 12-year-old girl in...

If Roseanne proved that the left will stop at nothing to pull a sitcom star off the air over political views, Tim Allen continues to demonstrate that it’s possible to avoid that fate. Not only has he enjoyed recent success as the lead in “Shifting Gears,” he’s also been at the center of talks about a reboot of his classic series “Home Improvement.” That project has been stalled lately, though, and the right-leaning funnyman addressed the issue for fans who are looking forward to new episodes of the ‘90s sitcom. As the Daily Wire reported: “They keep talking about how...

The Hernando County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help in locating the person who donated a real human skull to the Jericho Ministries Thrift Store in Brooksville, Florida, last month. Corporal Michael Terry said that while the Sheriff's Department is looking for answers, it does not suspect criminal activity, telling the Hernando Sun, Nothing criminal in nature. We just want to ensure the people who donated realized it was a real skull, not a prop. [We're] thinking it might have been passed down by a family member. Even with that caveat, I don't think the person who donated...

A federal judge appointed by Barack Obama is facing calls for impeachment after an investigation found she engaged in sexual activity with a high-ranking Atlanta police officer inside her courthouse chambers during business hours, loud enough for her law clerks to hear through the walls on multiple occasions. U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross of the Northern District of Georgia has been accused of carrying on an extramarital affair with Atlanta Police Deputy Chief Kelley Collier. . . The investigation also found that she attended a partisan political event, which violated judicial conduct rules.

Recent high-profile sentencing controversies involving young black perpetrators of murder have stirred reflexive activist voices, predictably mobilized around narratives like “systemic racism.” They argue that historical injustices, residual biases, and broader societal inequities should temper justice for individual offenders. Even if we grant, for the sake of argument, that such disparities exist and exert some lingering influence, this line of reasoning collapses under scrutiny of both the data on violent offenses and the foundational logic of individual justice. Excusing or mitigating murder on racial grounds is not compassionate; it is corrosive to the rule of law and, crucially, lethal to...

The Karmelo Anthony Fallout Is Taking a Dangerous Turn! "you comparing what happened with Carmelo Anthony and the Medcast to a bank robbery?" Which is what happens in this street interview with a random youtuber. Low IQ

Two suspects were arrested at Camp Pendleton on Thursday after an unauthorized entry to the Marine base. After abandoning their vehicle, they fled on foot, which prompted a six-hour manhunt. According to the NCIS, the situation began when the two suspects entered the base, trying to avoid local law enforcement. It was reported that they abandoned the vehicle and were on foot. Authorities enacted a temporary shelter-in-place order to keep everyone on base safe. KTLA 5 Reported: A shelter-in-place order at Camp Pendleton was lifted after two suspects who breached the Marine base during a law enforcement pursuit were arrested...