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...1.6 billion Windows users -- most of whom are affected by its decision to terminate critical Secure Boot certificates for the first time since 2011. April's various Windows updates included new status updates and refreshed certificates for all eligible PCs. Check yours now.Microsoft says that following these changes to Windows Update, the security app will "show whether devices have received these updates, their current status, and whether action is needed" under Device Security... This escalates to a "red (critical)" warning in 10 days, affecting all PCs where action is needed.The original Secure Boot certificates start expiring in June, by which...

Donald Trump has now survived more known assassination attempts than any other U.S. president after Saturday’s shooting in Washington. The gunman arrested at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is at least the sixth person apprehended while trying to kill Trump since 2016, a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis of media reports and court records found. The number of attempts is higher if counting plots foiled in their early stages, including those by Iran, ISIS terrorists and a Wisconsin cultist. Barack Obama is a close second with five known attempts. Violent actors have made attempts on U.S. presidents’ lives as early...

The Iran war didn’t just break Tehran—it shattered old alliances, exposed Europe’s weakness, checked China and Russia, and accelerated an American-led geopolitical realignment. No one ever quite knows the nature of the aftermath of any war in the Middle East. The current effort to disarm and neuter the Iranian theocracy is no exception. But contrary to European and American left-wing consensus, the ripples of the Iran war are already remaking the postwar world as we knew it—and in ways that are all bad. For more than half a century, OPEC has terrorized the industrial world with threats of oil shortages...

WD-40 didn’t patent the formula because secrecy was worth more than protection. The most famous can in America is built on a recipe almost nobody is allowed to see. Everybody wants the formula, and WD-40 still won’t cough it up. BRIEFING Jett here. Every garage in America has at least one dented old can of WD-40 sitting on a shelf, right? It's usually next to some rusty screwdriver, a mystery screw, and a suspicious roll of duct tape that’s been there since the Clinton administration. But here’s the wild part: almost nobody on earth knows what’s actually inside the can...

The Supreme Court on Monday night granted a request to immediately finalize its opinion in Louisiana v. Callais, in which it struck down that state’s congressional map, to allow Louisiana to draw a new map in time for the 2026 elections. That map is expected to favor Republicans, who currently hold four of the state’s six seats in the U.S. House of Representatives but could pick up one or even two more under a revised map. The court’s decision drew sharp criticism from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the lone dissenter. Jackson argued that the court’s ruling “has spawned chaos in...

"The names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him" (Matt. 10:2-4). Unity in the Spirit is the key to a church’s overall effectiveness. Unity is a crucial element in the life of the church—especially among its leadership. A unified church can accomplish great things for Christ, but disunity can cripple or destroy it. Even...

A shadow has lifted over American democracy. For generations, government-mandated racial prejudice quietly diluted the voting power of American whites, the very group that forms the overwhelming core of the Republican electorate. On April 29, the Supreme Court finally ended this systemic discrimination in its ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. The decision strikes down race-based congressional maps that artificially boost minority districts at the expense of equal representation. The judgment applies to state and local districts, too. It restores a simple truth: districts must reflect population realities, not engineered outcomes designed to weaken one race’s electoral voice. This is no...

Dell Technologies is the latest company to announce it is redomesticating its legal headquarters to Texas. “The proposed redomestication would align Dell Technologies’ state of incorporation with its roots and long-standing center of operations,” Dell Technologies said in a statement. Michael Dell founded the company in Austin, Texas, in 1984. “From my dorm room at the University of Texas in 1984 to our headquarters today in Round Rock, Texas has given Dell what every great company needs to grow — extraordinary talent, world-class research universities, and a business environment that lets us build for the long term,” Dell Technologies chairman...

sequence is really doing inside human beings. Only by recognizing that SARS-CoV-2 and its derivatives are running a misplaced bat reproductive hibernation maintenance program, complete with amyloid plugs, torpor metabolism, immune tolerance, and persistent IFN-gamma orchestration, can we develop mitigation strategies and treatments that actually match the underlying pathology instead of fighting the wrong battle. Until that biological reality is acknowledged, we will continue to apply mismatched solutions to a system that was never designed to run in our species.

Kamala Harris has weighed in on the LA mayor’s race and issued endorsements in several other contests — but refused to back a gubernatorial candidate. The former VP, who now lives in Malibu, endorsed incumbent Karen Bass for mayor of the second-largest city in the US. “She has my full support for re-election,” the Democrat said. The two have known each other for more than two decades and were once rumored rivals for the vice presidency when Joe Biden pledged to select a woman as his running mate in 2020. Bass, who is serving her first term, was sworn in...

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GARLAND, Texas - Garland police say a driver shot a man who was trying to carjack him in a parking lot. The incident was captured on surveillance. Police say the man tried to steal several vehicles by force yesterday afternoon, before trying this one near Highway 66 and Dairy Road. What we know: A majority of the family members were inside the car when a carjacker tried to steal it. The carjacker was shot and killed by the father during a struggle captured on video. Surveillance video shows a man attacking and trying to carjack a family of eight in...

Generation Z is increasingly identifying with the Roman Catholic Church, moving away from the "spiritual but not religious" label that defined previous years. This conversion boom is being fueled by a search for moral order and ancient traditions, as reported by Fox News. Data from the Barna Group indicates that Gen Z Christians are now attending church more frequently than Millennials, Gen X, and Baby Boomers. This shift, once considered a temporary post-pandemic fluke, has evolved into a significant cultural movement. In 2025, the typical Gen Z churchgoer attended services nearly two weekends a month. This figure represents the...

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A nationwide commemorative assembly marking the 150th anniversary of the April Uprising of 1876 was held at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, under the patronage of Vice President Iliana Yotova. Earlier in the day, a memorial service for the heroes who gave their lives for Bulgaria’s freedom was held at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky. The service was led by Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil, concelebrated by Bishop Gerasim of Melnik, Bishop Ioan of Branitsa, and clergy from the capital. Among those attending were Vice President Yotova, Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov, members of the academic community, politicians, and public figures....

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Communist and socialist groups called for a "revolution" at a May Day rally in Minneapolis Friday, highlighting the growing influence of far-left organizations at an event traditionally centered on workers’ rights. Some of those demonstrators denounced capitalism and pushed for the seizure of private property and the means of production, marking a shift in tone from past May Day rallies that primarily focused on labor issues. Protesters on the ground outlined a range of demands, including rent caps tied to income, a reduced work week and the redistribution of wealth from billionaires. The rally, which drew well...

The Trump administration attacked a judge for releasing an accused murderer, but it withheld existence of the foreign warrant. A federal judge said Monday that the Trump administration had put her security at risk by posting a “patently false” allegation that she knowingly released an ICE detainee with an international warrant for murder. Justice Department attorney Kevin Bolan profusely apologized to Rhode Island-based U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose for the press release posted last week by the Department of Homeland Security, which Bolan acknowledged “simply was not true.” Bolan said that he didn’t tell the judge about the foreign arrest...

JUST IN: Judge Zia Faruqui has *apologized* to Cole Allen, the man who is accused of trying to kill President Trump, for how he has been treated in jail. Fox News' Larry Kudlow was heard ripping the judge on Fox. "The judge apologized to this guy? ... [He would've] shot at the President and we're apologizing to this guy?" These judges are absolutely insane and belong in prison.

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🚨 JUST IN: The red southern state of SOUTH CAROLINA just came out in support of President Trump's push to redistrict before the 2026 midtermsLFG! Time for South Carolina to ELIMINATE Clyburn (D)'s District 6, which is a racial gerrymanderThe Attorney General of SC says the General Assembly "has the LEGAL AUTHORITY" to now redrawMake it happen! 🇺🇸