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Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the top US priority in the Iran war was keeping oil and gasoline prices low for Americans, with preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon ranking second.The remarks contrasted with President Donald Trump's repeated framing of the fight: that entering the war had the sole objective of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, even if that meant short-term economic sacrifices for Americans.Vance's comments also underscored the growing reality that the war now centers on control of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has forced to the top of the negotiating agenda. "I...

Marva Sadler, a longtime Whole Woman’s Health senior clinical director who became a key figure in the abortion provider’s expansion from Texas into New Mexico, says she has lost her job after 18 years and does not intend to return to the same line of work. Marva Sadler relocated to Albuquerque after Whole Woman’s Health closed its Texas abortion facilities and helped establish the organization’s New Mexico operation. In a recent public Facebook post, Sadler described losing her job as a “bad breakup,” writing: losing my job after 18 years really was harder than I wanted to admit.” Days later,...

Planned Parenthood just announced a $47 million budget for their midterm election blitz. The ACLU is spending $25 million specifically to push pro-abortion propaganda. And, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL) is spending $23.5 million. That’s nearly $100 million, all aimed at one goal: flipping the U.S. Senate for Chuck Schumer, his pals at the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America), and the Abortion Lobby this November. Last week we got proof their plan may be working. A new poll out of Texas shows Democrat James Talarico jumping to a 5-point lead over Attorney General Ken Paxton in the race for...

While many pro-lifers focus on preserving the Hyde Amendment to keep federal tax dollars from funding abortion, many Americans don’t realize that their state taxes are already funding it. A new report from Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) highlighted that 21 states are funding abortion through Medicaid. “Twenty-one states currently use their own funds to cover abortion services for Medicaid enrollees beyond the limits imposed by the federal Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding of abortions in cases other than pregnancies that result from rape, incest, or are a life threat,” reports KFF. Using state taxes to pay for abortions, this...

Billionaire heiress Elizabeth Simons is pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into the Democratic Party’s campaign to retake the House — even as she bankrolls the socialist causes and candidates that have Democrats’ establishment leaders increasingly on edge.Simons, who previously cut a $250,000 check to a super PAC backing Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has donated $354,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — the party’s chief House campaign arm — and thousands more to individual House candidates this election cycle. The donations, ironically, put Simons behind the same Democratic leadership forces trying to prevent the party’s increasingly powerful progressive wing from...

America's most powerful banker has made a huge bet on San Francisco by investing $200 million in Bay Area housing and opening a new headquarters there. JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon designated the region as a new corporate center for the bank this week, after pledging to fund hundreds of waterfront units in the city. Dimon praised the Golden City's booming economy and the stunning comeback it has made on public safety since the initiation of Mayor Daniel Lurie in January 2025. Speaking at the San Francisco Chase Center on Monday, Dimon said Lurie has been 'doing all the right...

Labour council in Cambridge has installed squat toilets said to be favoured by international visitors and are charging users £1 per visit. The public toilets - which include three 'squat-style flushing toilets' - on Silver Street, opposite Queens' College at the University of Cambridge, cost Cambridge City Council £1million to build. They replaced a 1980s block that was repeatedly flooded by the River Cam, which runs next to it. The council said the style of toilet was 'preferred by some international visitors'. Locals have since criticised the 'crazy' £1 charge to use the toilets, which opened last month. Heather Boyd,...

The Ukraine War raging on Friday night into Saturday a missile attack... The Spanish government moving to institute border checks for Italian visitors... A US general relieved of command... The former Secretary of the Air Force in the Biden Administration...losing his access to classified information... In Belgium a government committee preventing the takeover of a helicopter company...subsidiary of a Chinese company... The US Senate rushing to pass legislation before its recess... Spanish police making 78 arrests in connection with a smuggling operation... Two killed, one wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack... Frequent marijuana users showing up at emergency rooms more...

President Donald Trump said voters may be frustrated with congressional Republicans heading into the November midterm elections, but that anger does not extend to him as Democrats seek to regain control of one or both chambers of Congress. “They’re angry at Republicans,” Trump said in an interview with Punchbowl News that aired Friday. “But they’re not angry at me. "They’re not angry at me, but they are angry at Republicans.” Republicans are facing some headwinds in competitive House and Senate races, including concerns over affordability, energy prices, and the political fallout from the ongoing war with Iran, but the GOP...

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has donated $1.25 million to a campaign working to defeat a November pro-life ballot measure that would restore Missouri’s protections for unborn babies and reinstate limits on abortion. The contribution went to Stop the Ban, the PAC opposing Amendment 3. The group reported the donation Wednesday to the Missouri Ethics Commission and has now raised more than $6.5 million. Bloomberg previously gave $1 million in 2024 to Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, which successfully pushed the amendment that overturned the state’s laws protecting babies. Amendment 3, placed on the November 3 ballot by state...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - An arrest in a nearly 40-year-old cold case brings an Ozark family one step closer to justice. 22-year-old Ronna Bremer disappeared in 1988 from her home in Christian County. Ronna’s ex-husband is now behind bars as he is accused of killing her and their unborn child. After years of opening and closing the case, gathering evidence, going back over interviews, and even conducting new ones, Sheriff Brad Cole of the Christian County Sheriff’s Office says Joel’s arrest is a win for the family and everyone involved in the investigation. “What’s been going on for the last...

For eighteen centuries, Christianity never taught what most American evangelicals now believe about Israel.So where did it come from?In this video I (Olivia Swing) investigated the origins of Christian Zionism — the theology, the money, and the foreign influence operations actively targeting American churches right now. What I found was a paper trail hiding in plain sight, registered with the U.S. Department of Justice.

“I knew that in sharing my story, I would be judged for the decision I made. But I wanted to let other women facing the same difficult decision know that they weren’t alone.” In recent years, with abortion rights under attack in the United States and increasingly since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, stars including Kerry Washington, Chelsea Handler, Chrissy Teigen and Sally Field, have been candid about their personal experience with the medical procedure. Many have said they’ve wanted to open up about the fact in an effort to educate and create awareness for people around the...

The Sheriff’s office says the search was triggered to perform a wellness check for a missing person. In May 2025, a deputy with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office in Texas ran a query through Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system to look for a woman suspected of having a self-managed abortion, which is illegal in Texas. According to the documents obtained by 404 Media, the search log included phrases “had an abortion, search for female.” The query provided the officer with access to a network of 83,000 cameras used by 6,809 law enforcement networks, including states where abortions...

Two airlines cancelling flights to Israel...concern for possible escalation of the Iran War... Trump speaking at the rescheduled White House Correspondents Dinner...donning a "Trump 2028" hat... preliminary hearing in Los Angeles...14-year-old girl...texted about having an abortion... Wounded tonight in Russia's Belgorod Region...Ukrainian drone attack... New York Times publishing a story...Trump switched...using the new "Air Force One'... Wall Street Journal publishing a story claiming... Houthis in Yemen conducting retaliatory attacks on Saudi Arabia... In England the first test subject receiving an experimental vaccine...Ebola... United Nations member countries approving Volkur Turk...second four-year term as UN Human Rights Chief... The fight against wildfires...

A contracted employee of a federal immigration detention center...accused of shooting a protester... Seven killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Tambov Region... Israeli election polling...parties opposed...Netanyahu at 62 seats... death toll...double earthquakes...Venezuela now 5,069... CBS News reporting US casualties in the weeklong flareup of the Iran War... Only one conviction remains...sex offenses case involving Canadian billionaire businessman... In Norway an out-of-control fire burning more than 100 homes... Iran's state broadcaster reporting Iranian attacks on US military forces in three countries... 14 killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza... Taylor Farms recalling lettuce produced in central Mexico... Major US companies...

A kiosk worker at a Utah mall suffered a total of 15 knife wounds after being attacked over his religion, police said. During his shift at a West Valley City mall kiosk on July 13, Syed Sohail Uddin was approached by a stranger who intended to kill him simply because he is Muslim, authorities said. The attacker, identified as Peter Michael Larsen, 48, was arrested after stabbing the worker more than a dozen times. He now faces charges of attempted murder and carrying a prohibited weapon. The West Valley City Police Department said Larsen had a brief interaction with Uddin...

A Canadian woman living in New Jersey who allegedly slapped a teenage girl for wearing patriotic MAGA-branded clothing is set to be deported. Kaitlyn Tracey, 33, allegedly filmed herself confronting the teenager and her friends during Fourth of July celebrations on the Jersey Shore. According to court documents, the group of friends were walking on the boardwalk when Tracey berated them for wearing 'patriotic colored' sweatpants, before slapping one of the girls across her face and body, per NJ.com. The sweatpants were reportedly emblazoned with the words 'Trump' and 'ICE', sparking fury from the leftist. The victim was not injured...

A Catholic history teacher was summarily dismissed from her position after honestly answering students’ questions about her opposition to abortion during a lesson on the rise of Adolf Hitler. Sarah Morse, 66, an American-born teacher at Arbroath High School in Angus, Scotland, was fired on November 19, 2025, after pupils asked about life in the United States, including her views on abortion. Morse, a faithful Catholic, responded according to her religious beliefs. “I am a faithful Roman Catholic and I am against it,” she told the class. When questioned about abortion in cases of rape, she explained her belief that...

President Trump on Tuesday backed off his proposed 20% toll for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz in favor of investment deals that Persian Gulf states will ink with the US.Trump in a Truth Social post said the decision was “[b]ased on highly productive conversations with Middle East Leadership.” “Those Investments will be MASSIVE but, at the same time, extraordinarily good for them, and their future,” he added. Trump also claimed that exports of oil were “flowing like never before” thanks to recent US airstrikes on Iran, and “the Strait of Hormuz is open to All Ship traffic except...