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For a country that over the last 25 years has come to associate religious scandal with the Catholic church, Julie Roys is here to tell us something: Other Christian churches also have their fair share of failings, whether involving sexual abuse, financial misconduct or some other hypocrisy running counter to Jesus’ teachings. The proof is Roys’ news web site called Roys Report that regularly publishes articles — many investigative in nature — on troubles in evangelical Christian congregations and organizations. “There are wonderful pastors out there,” Roys said. “But there are a lot of bad ones, too.” “It’s not just...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that there will be a “peaceful transfer of power” when new House members are set to join the lower chamber next year. “Of course, we’ll have a peaceful transfer of power, but it will not be transferring because we are going to keep the majority, and I’m going to be the Speaker of the House, and I will keep steady hands at the wheel, OK?” Johnson said, responding to MS NOW reporter Mychael Schnell in a clip she posted to the social platform X on Tuesday. “Look, you know my background. I’m a...

Democrats are brazenly promising to throw the door wide open to fraud if they win back control of Congress this November – yet the media has virtually ignored it. Earlier this month, House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries unveiled a “first 100 days” agenda that his party plans to implement come January to deliver on “affordability.” A central part of that agenda is reversing what Democrats call the Trump administration’s “Medicaid cuts” passed as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) last year. The New York Times has uncritically parroted this framing, describing the plan as a “shock-and-awe legislative sprint...

Oh look, the snowflakes are melting again. President Trump's planned 250-foot-tall arch would cast shadows on many graves and monuments in nearby Arlington National Cemetery, the @washingtonpost's 3-D analysis found. On some days, Trump's arch would even shade the grave and eternal flame of JFK. https://t.co/uWuEsJcpGW— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) October 27, 2026They made a 3D rendering!! TDS TO THE MAX. 🤡 Trump wants to build a big beautiful arch. And yes, that's making liberals mad for some reason. They even analyzed every single grave or monument that would be touched briefly by the shadow of the arch, then added up...

Beatrice Keul alleges Trump raped her at the Plaza Hotel in New York City in November 1993 House Democrats’ report details the allegations and examines Trump’s alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein The White House denies the allegations, saying they are untrue and Trump has been “fully exonerated” in connection with Epstein SNIP

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth ordered aides to fetch him a globe associated with legendary World War II General Dwight Eisenhower — and they broke it, The Washington Post reported Thursday. According to the Post, the large orb fell while being carried by untrained staff, resulting in the loss of a large chunk of the world near Antarctica. The Post reported that historic items are typically moved around the Pentagon premises by trained curators. However, Hegseth’s office had dispatched its own team. A Pentagon official told AFP in a statement that “an accident” had occurred. However, the statement referred to the...

Who edits this stuff? A rant from the New York Times editorial board compares the Trump administration to some of history’s worst dictatorships:The revocation of a political opponent’s citizenship has long been a tool of authoritarian repression.The Soviet Union stripped Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the dissident author, of his citizenship in 1974 and deported him to West Germany. Czechoslovakia revoked the citizenship of Milan Kundera, another celebrated author, in 1979. East Germany and Romania, under Communist rule, took similar steps against critics, as did Chile under Augusto Pinochet, Greece under its military dictatorship, Germany under Hitler and Italy under Mussolini. More recently,...

In a closely-watched Harrisburg-area Congressional race that is increasingly contentious, one of the candidates is now slinging an unsubstantiated allegation of public nudity at his opponent. Republican Congressman Scott Perry has begun airing an attack ad against his Democratic opponent, Janelle Stelson, featuring a claim that police were called to investigate Stelson for “exposing herself totally naked to a neighborhood child.” The accusation is uncorroborated, PennLive found, and relies on an alleged photo of Stelson in the nude that Perry’s campaign does not have — and which the neighbor who claims to have taken it won’t share. “This false accusation...

On Thursday's CNN This Morning, Mark McKinnon offered a snide suggestion about President Trump’s sexuality. Commenting on Trump’s habit of sizing up male physiques, McKinnon said: “Check Truth Social just to make sure he doesn’t have a Grindr account.”Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Soldiers and government officials say connections continued to fail if drones fly at high speeds KYIV—The Starlink system used by Ukraine’s military was suffering from low speeds limits early on Friday, despite President Trump saying that SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk had restored the service. Ukrainian drone units and government officials said connections with Starshield, a military-grade service using Starlink’s infrastructure, continued to fail in most of the country when drones flew faster than 161 kilometers an hour, equivalent to around 100 miles an hour.Some units had successfully tested drones at 200 kilometers an hour on Thursday, raising hopes that...

If Jesse Watters has his way, you’ll never have to hear about Fox News’ The Five discussing the WNBA ever again. Talk about a win-win. During Wednesday’s episode of the daily talk show, the panel discussed the latest chapter in the eye-rolling saga between former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom and the WNBA. Kanter has previously made headlines for claiming he should be allowed to play in the league as part of an anti-transgender athlete publicity stunt, even getting into a verbal altercation with a player before being removed from the arena. Earlier on Wednesday, Kanter said he received a...

"Bombshell documentary features firsthand accounts from three men alleging paid sexual encounters with the late senator, Lindsey Graham, and examines the contrast between his alleged private conduct and public opposition to LGBTQ+ rights. The CLOSETocracy is an investigative short documentary produced by Swamp Watch Studios and Tystnaden Films. TYT is an exclusive distribution partner." Video is 30 mins.

Lindsey Graham was routinely hiring male sex workers while handling extremely sensitive national security material. Including a minor, whose story is detailed here for the first time. Meanwhile, his sister Darline runs on his name while campaigning on anti-LGBT rhetoric.

We’re going to drop a bombshell documentary on @TheYoungTurks tomorrow morning called The Closetocracy. Which US Senator did we catch using male escorts?

President Donald Trump is handing American farmers an $8 billion lifeline as soaring diesel prices threaten to eat into harvest profits, leaving taxpayers to help cover rising agricultural costs. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) will distribute one-time payments through its new Harvest Fuel Relief Program to offset rising fuel expenses and other financial pressures during the 2026 harvest season, according to the agency. The announcement follows months of rising diesel prices fueled partly by disruptions to global oil supplies amid the ongoing conflict with Iran, Reuters reported. “This $8 billion dollar investment will help bring certainty to our farmers during...

Though Ossoff is the incumbent, the race remains close in a state that Donald Trump won by two points in 2024. Keeping tight seats is a top priority for Democrats in their bid to take control of the upper chamber come November.

Most Americans think Donald Trump is profiting off the presidency in unethical or illegal ways and is focused more on his wealth than helping people like them, a new AP-NORC poll finds... 6 in 10 U.S. adults believe he is either illegally profiting or doing something unethical but not illegal. Only about 2 in 10 think the Republican president is doing nothing wrong, while a similar share say they don’t know enough to say... ... Independents and Republicans are much less convinced than Democrats that Trump is breaking the law. Only about 3 in 10 independents and about 1 in...

President Donald Trump baselessly claimed on Tuesday that the July 2024 assassination attempt against him was a plot by Democrats, including then-President Joe Biden and FBI Director Chris Wray, to push him out of the election. The president posted on Truth Social that Biden's FBI "didn't do what they should have with respect to the Lunatic who shot me in Butler, PA," referring to gunman Thomas Crooks, who was 20 years old when he shot at Trump during a campaign rally, grazing his ear, killing a bystander and injuring two others before the Secret Service fatally shot him. Politics: Trump...

Millions of Americans spend decades preparing for retirement, only to discover one of the biggest expenses isn’t housing, travel, or taxes. It’s healthcare.A new estimate from Fidelity suggests that a 65-year-old retiring today should expect to spend $185,500 on healthcare throughout retirement. That’s a 7.5% increase from last year and the steepest annual jump in more than a decade.Even more concerning, more than half of Americans approaching retirement don’t realize Medicare leaves them responsible for thousands of dollars in costs.Retirement Healthcare Costs Just Hit a New HighAccording to Fidelity’s 25th Annual Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate, a typical 65-year-old retiring...

The Walt Disney Company has dramatically escalated its showdown with the Federal Communications Commission, accusing the agency of carrying out a politically motivated campaign on behalf of President Donald Trump that could strip broadcast licenses from some of Disney-owned network ABC’s biggest television stations. In a 109-page filing, Disney argued the federal agency’s actions amount to retaliation over the entertainment company’s programming, including criticism of the president by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and scrutiny surrounding Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. “The retaliation against ABC is a signal to every media company in the country: accommodate the Administration’s view of...