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Par AFP Par Etienne BALMER © 2026 AFP "On a montré que la folie pouvait mener à de grandes choses": depuis bientôt un quart de siècle, une poignée d'artisans et de bénévoles construisent dans le Nord une réplique grandeur nature d'un grand vaisseau de la marine de guerre de Louis XIV.Plantée à côté d'un supermarché et d'un concessionnaire automobile le long d'une route près de Dunkerque, une gigantesque coque en bois apparaît soudain, comme la carcasse d'un monstre marin.Sur la poupe figure le nom du futur navire: le Jean-Bart, du nom d'un célèbre corsaire dunkerquois contemporain du Roi-Soleil.Un tel vaisseau de ligne "de premier rang", c'est-à-dire capable d'emporter plus de 80 canons, c'était "le porte-avions du XVIIe siècle", compare Jean-Edouard Cardin, 36 ans, le directeur du site.Ce sera "le plus grand voilier en bois" navigable au monde, avec sa coque longue de 57 mètres et large de 15, entièrement fabriquée avec du chêne de forêts des Hauts-de-France gérées durablement, assure-t-il.Bien qu'elle s'élève déjà à plus de six mètres, la coque dépasse à peine sa ligne de flottaison: "Il reste encore le double à monter en hauteur", précise M. Cardin. Un chantier sans fin Ensuite il y aura "tous ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Paul NOLP © 2026 AFP L'équipe de France, privée de son atout N.1 Arthur Fils (11e mondial), a "un beau défi à relever" pour une place en phase finale de Coupe Davis face au Canada de Felix Auger-Aliassime (5e), dans sa ville de Québec vendredi et samedi.Fils a préféré déclarer forfait par "prudence" pour préserver son corps après son élimination au premier tour de l'US Open.Son absence néanmoins n'est pas rédhibitoire, et ce face-à-face est plus indécis qu'il n'y paraît.Derrière Auger-Aliassime, quart-de-finaliste de Roland-Garros et Wimbledon cette année, qui sera logiquement favori de ses deux simples, les Bleus disposent des armes pour s'imposer dans une rencontre au meilleur des cinq matches, avec deux simples vendredi, le double et au moins un simple samedi.L'équipe de France possède en effet dans ses rangs trois membres du Top 50: Arthur Rinderknech (32e), Luca Van Assche (42e) et Quentin Halys (49e), Benjamin Bonzi étant 97e.Et en double, elle peut compter sur Pierre-Hugues Herbert (29e mondial de la discipline).En face, le second joueur de simples canadien, en l'absence de l'autre moteur de sa sélection Gabriel Diallo (ex 33e mondial aujourd'hui 125e), devrait être vraisemblablement Liam Draxl, seulement 205e mondial.Le capitaine canadien ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Le "Classique" entre Marseille et le Paris SG, dimanche, attirera tous les regards en conclusion d'une cinquième journée de Ligue 1 animée par le déplacement de Lens, en plein remous, à Monaco vendredi, et le duel entre Lyon et Rennes samedi.Pour une fois, la plus belle affiche du championnat de France ne se jouera pas dans les hauteurs de la Ligue 1 entre l'OM (13e, 3 points) et le PSG (8e, 5 pts), tous deux auteurs de démarrages poussifs.Paris a dû attendre le week-end dernier pour remporter, non sans souffrir, son premier succès sur la scène nationale, à Brest 1-0 au terme d'un match qui n'a pas plu à son entraîneur Luis Enrique, et qui nécessite donc une confirmation.En face, l'Olympique de Marseille est dans une situation plus critique avec trois défaites de suite qui concrétisent les doutes nés d'un été sans la moindre recrue à cause d'une situation financière délicate.C'est donc au pire moment que son rival parisien se présente au stade Vélodrome, certes pas en pleine possession de ses moyens, mais avec des joueurs capables de se sublimer lors des grands rendez-vous, comme en a encore témoigné la démonstration face au ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Christophe BELLEUDI © 2026 AFP Loin d'animer le mercato comme Balogun, Camara, Pogba ou Abline, le jeune Allemand Paris Brunner, inattendue vedette de l'été monégasque déjà auteur de cinq buts cette saison mais aussi d'une célébration polémique à Strasbourg, attirera tous les regards lors de la réception de Lens vendredi (20h45).Certes, il ne fait pas partie des 44 joueurs que Jürgen Klopp a appelé pour son premier stage comme sélectionneur allemand, mais Brunner, 20 ans, ex-champion du monde et d'Europe U17 n'a pas été oublié: il poursuit son évolution avec les Espoirs.C'est normal tant son talent explose. Double buteur contre l'OM, il l'a aussi été à l'aller et au retour contre Zabrze en barrage de la Ligue Conférence, et a encore exécuté une frappe exceptionnelle samedi dernier à Strasbourg (1-1), dont la célébration, mimant un tranchage de gorge envers les supporters alsaciens, pourrait toutefois lui valoir une suspension.Certes dès la fin du match, il s'est justifié, évoquant des insultes envers sa famille et un trop plein d'émotion sur sa célébration "sans vouloir être irrespectueux". Il s'est aussi excusé sur les réseaux sociaux, appuyé par son club. Mais la commission nationale de l'éthique et son président Frédéric ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP Par Keyvan NARAGHI, Leo HUISMAN © 2026 AFP Zinédine Zidane entre dans le vif du sujet en divulguant vendredi sa première liste de joueurs depuis sa nomination à la tête de l'équipe de France fin juillet, l'occasion pour l'icône du football tricolore d'imprimer d'ores et déjà sa marque avec la promotion de plusieurs nouveaux visages. Après avoir officialisé son staff en début de semaine, les choses sérieuses commencent pour l'ancien N.10 et capitaine des Bleus dont les choix sont forcément très attendus après la fin de l'ère Didier Deschamps, qui s'est étirée durant 14 ans.Deux mois après la frustrante élimination en demi-finales du Mondial-2026, qui a mis un terme au long règne de son prédécesseur, "Zizou" aura pour mission immédiate de lancer parfaitement ses hommes en Ligue des nations avec pas moins de quatre matches au programme, en Turquie et en Belgique, les 25 et 28 septembre, contre l'Italie et la Belgique, les 2 et 5 octobre au Stade de France.C'est donc un long rassemblement de deux semaines qui va débuter lundi au Centre national du football à Clairefontaine (Yvelines), une configuration idéale pour permettre à Zidane de se fondre plus tranquillement dans ses nouveaux habits, même ... Continue Reading »

Russia’s Arctic projects may offer India new opportunities in critical minerals, LNG, shipbuilding and Arctic-linked trade corridors Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The largest newly formed crater ever discovered in the solar system has been found on the Moon, according to NASA Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

NATO military chiefs are meeting in Copenhagen, as Europe pays the price for the bloc’s preparations for war with Russia Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

A man who sprayed vinegar on US Representative Ilhan Omar has been sentenced to 14 months in prison Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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New sanctions highlight Israel's isolation, yet analysts say they won't sway voters before October's elections. Continue Reading »

Families in Sanaa brace for higher food and transport costs after first fuel price increase in four years. Continue Reading »

Officials blame disease outbreak for deaths as survivor suggests they suffocated. Continue Reading »

Oman’s Sohar port is becoming a popular spot for ship-to-ship oil transfers amid continued Hormuz blockade. Continue Reading »

United Russia won more than two-thirds of the Duma's seats in the 2021 election and is poised to dominate the body again Continue Reading »

Col. A., a veteran fighter pilot and former Ramat David Air Base commander, says civilian-risk assessments are built into every stage of strike planning and disputes the documentary’s claim that an attack was approved despite an estimated toll of 500 civilians Continue Reading »

Police say the 24-year-old Nablus resident was driving a stolen car when he struck a cyclist near Herzliya beach; officers arrested him at the scene and found an ignition computer, hammer and window-smashing tools inside the vehicle after the crash Continue Reading »

Trump says Tehran wants to make a deal to end the war and claims direct contact; US again bars Abbas from New York as Axios reports Trump will meet Gulf leaders on postwar plans Continue Reading »

Yom Kippur’s empty roads can be deceptive: crashes still occur, especially before and after the fast as traffic patterns shift rapidly, with many victims children and teens Continue Reading »

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles says she is cancer-free after six months of breast cancer treatment, thanking her doctors and Trump for his 'unwavering support' Continue Reading »

A new sanctions bill is meant to pressure President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine. But President Trump is doubling down on a different approach: offering enticements to Russia. Continue Reading »

The attorney general’s campaign politicking for Republicans adds to the degradation of post-Watergate values at the Justice Department. Continue Reading »

The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.” Continue Reading »

President Lee Jae Myung’s comments followed President Trump’s repeated demand for “a little hand” from South Korea, a decades-old American ally. Continue Reading »

U.S. intelligence agencies have warned in internal reports that China could acquire or steal U.S. warplane technology if F-35 jets are sent to Saudi Arabia. Continue Reading »

The Chinese upstart says it has trained high-performing AI models cheaply, without using the most advanced chips. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek, SoFi and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek is called “amazing and impressive” despite working with less-advanced chips. Continue Reading »

The LinkedIn co-founder is starting Manas AI with “The Emperor of All Maladies” author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Continue Reading »

Apps can add flexibility and freshness to your routine. Just try not to get injured. Continue Reading »

Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave after a deadlock over hostage releases was broken. Continue Reading »

Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in. Continue Reading »

Some of the women were held alone for extended periods and spent eight months in tunnels, an Israeli medical official said. Continue Reading »

The alliance mounted its first coordinated response to a suspected sabotage campaign against critical infrastructure after another cable was severed in the Baltic Sea. Continue Reading »

Residents of Goma reported gunfire and shelling after rebels overran Congolese troops. U.N. officials estimated that more than one million displaced people were now inside the city. Continue Reading »

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Democratic consultants are warning their candidates in some key races not to lean into AI regulations out of fear that powerful tech groups could spend heavily against them. Continue Reading »

The meeting with New York-based Sid Rosenberg comes as Vance tries to court skeptical Jewish Republicans ahead of a likely 2028 run. Continue Reading »

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Ousted board members say a contractor has already been selected for the project. Continue Reading »

Some GOP lawmakers indicated they were relieved to see Fed Chair Kevin Warsh willing to buck President Donald Trump. Continue Reading »

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was the sole member of the Senate Democratic caucus who did not sign the letter. Continue Reading »

The event comes as public polling shows Collins trailing Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in the high-profile, battleground Senate race. Continue Reading »

The House left town this week without leaders doling out any public punishments to Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Jared Golden. Continue Reading »

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President Donald Trump called a proposal for Canada to join the EU as an associate member a “hostile act.” Continue Reading »

A person familiar with the call described the conversation as “so-so” and said that it “created a bit of noise.” Continue Reading »

It’s been a week since the expiration date for Salvadorans came and went with neither an extension nor a termination, nor any indication of when an announcement might come. Continue Reading »

Republicans hoped the convention would give the GOP a joint message to ride into the midterms. Continue Reading »

He used new investors' money to pay for his personal travel on private jets and luxury hotel stays. Continue Reading »

Siddharth Jawahar was sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to repay $31 million in restitution to investors he defrauded from 2016 to 2023. Continue Reading »

Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was identified in federal court as one of at least 64 victims of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme, according to a local news report. Continue Reading »

The effects of the U.S.-led war on Iran are about to intensify in the form of huge jumps in the prices of gasoline and diesel, analysts predict. And despite the Trump administration's assurances, a new and potentially even more economically damaging phase of the war may be about to begin. The national average price for regular gasoline stood at $4.44 on Thursday, according to AAA, with a range of $6.09 in California to $3.92 in Indiana. That's still below the all-time national record of $5.02 in June 2022. But diesel, which has a big influence on trucking and retail prices, has continued to hit records, with the national average at $6.40 on Thursday. In California, diesel is averaging $8.35. Continue Reading »

President Trump referred to surging gas prices as a small "price to pay" for the U.S. war in Iran while speaking to a crowd of supporters Wednesday in North Carolina. "It's a very inexpensive price to pay for what we've done. Remember that. It's a little more. Frankly, even if it was a lot more," Trump said at a rally for GOP Senate nominee Michael Whatley in Gastonia. Continue Reading »

President Trump is on the receiving end of some sticker shock. Detractors of the president have slapped decals faulting Trump for high gasoline prices on pumps across the country as the war with Iran grinds on. The stickers, which feature Trump pointing at the price window alongside the caption "I did that!" are identical to labels that mocked his predecessor, Joe Biden, as inflation hit four-decade highs in the summer of 2022. Continue Reading »

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In what would be a seismic shift, the Trump administration is quietly moving to strip a core protection of the Endangered Species Act, according to an internal memo obtained by The New York Times. Under a new interpretation of the law's language outlined in the memo, the accidental killing or injury of an animal would no longer be considered illegal; only actions specifically intending to target an animal would. Continue Reading »

"Hmmmm.... I've done a lot of horrible things lately. What is another evil, cruel, nonsensical idea? Ya know, one that would have irreversible generational consequences?" That's how University of Alberta professor Timothy Caulfield responded to The New York Times' Wednesday reporting that President Donald Trump's administration "is quietly moving to strip a core protection" of the Endangered Species Act (ESA), according to an internal memo obtained by the newspaper. Continue Reading »

The Trump administration is considering making it so the accidental killing or injuring of an endangered animal would no longer be considered illegal, The New York Times reported. Such an interpretation would gut the Endangered Species Act, since it would no longer hold companies and people accountable for the deaths of endangered animals. Continue Reading »

Of 312 votes cast on Tuesday, 285 were for leaving, 26 against and one ballot was spoiled, meaning ther was about 91 per cent in favour, on a turnout of roughly 90 per cent of adults. Parish council vice-chair Susannah Parden declared: "We are Piddington the village that roars." Chairman Tim McNally said the result was "an example of democracy in operation" and that the village would henceforth be known as the "Principality of Piddington". Continue Reading »

As political campaigns enter the post-Labor Day sprint, most polling is telling a clear story: Democrats are poised for a very strong midterm election. Yesterday, two pollsters released surveys reinforcing this story, one from the New York Times/Siena College and the other from YouGov. Both showed Democrats with large leads in the generic congressional ballot. Voters trust them more than Republicans to handle issues including immigration and the economy. The polling also showed that Republicans may be feeling deflated and less likely to turn out, which could imperil GOP candidates everywhere. Continue Reading »

Capping months of sometimes contentious discussion over how to best approach the project, Lackawanna County commissioners awarded a contract Wednesday for a data center health impact study and could have the final report in hand by Christmas. The pending assessment by Massachusetts-based EmPower Analytics Group will attempt to quantify the potential cumulative impacts of controversial data centers, power plants and related infrastructure proposed in the county on air quality and public health. The firm is behind a similar but more limited scope study of the proposed Wildcat Ridge Data Center Campus in Archbald. Continue Reading »

Paramount Skydance Chairman and CEO David Ellison is exploring a potential California exit as the studio battles a multistate challenge to its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Politico reported late Wednesday that the studio is seeking roughly 400,000 square feet of office space in Nashville, signaling that its relocation is in the works. We have reported in the last few days and last month of Paramount's plan to exit the left-wing state (read here & here). Continue Reading »

A sweeping Russia sanctions bill overcame opposition in the House on Wednesday, after many Democrats expressed concern that it would expand President Trump's tariff authorities. The House passed the bill in a 262 to 159 vote on the final day that the lower chamber is in session before lawmakers leave Washington until after Election Day. Some 58 Democrats voted in favor of the bill, while seven Republicans voted in opposition. Continue Reading »

Netanyahu Calls To Strip Citizenship Of Those Who 'Defame' Israeli Army Via Middle East Eye Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the stripping of citizenship from those who "defame" the Israeli army. His comments reflect anger from the Israeli government over the documentary NAZA, which featured soldiers testifying to the commission of war crimes in Gaza. Netanyahu said he would introduce two bills to Israel's parliament in a video posted on social media. "NAZA" Directors Rachel Szor, left, and Yuval Abraham, via Associated Press "The first would revoke the citizenship of anyone who defames [Israeli army] soldiers, and the second would hit them in the pocket by increasing twentyfold the amount in damages for which they can be sued for defamation," Netanyahu said. "We will hit them both in the pocket and in citizenship, because they have no place among us." Israeli ministers have already called for NAZA directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor to lose their citizenship over the film. On Monday, Culture Minister Miki Zohar called the film “despicable” and said its winning of the Special Jury Prize at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on Saturday was “shocking”. “The creators’ burning self-hatred, and ... Continue Reading »

China's "Dogfighting" Satellites Come Into Focus As US Confirms Space Weapons The United States has publicly acknowledged that it already has weapons in orbit, adding a new dimension to a military competition increasingly defined by highly maneuverable satellites - and what they could be used for. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink revealed the space weapons in a Monday disclosure at the Air & Space Forces Association's annual conference.  Among other threats, China's 'dogfighting' satellites have caught the attention of US officials.  In March of last year, Gen. Michael Guetlein, then the Space Force's vice chief of space operations, described five Chinese objects conducting coordinated maneuvers in low Earth orbit. The service subsequently identified three Shiyan-24C satellites and two Shijian-6 05A/B objects. He said they were "Dogfighting" (not that they had exchanged fire).  More recent activity includes a Chinese spaceplane releasing a small satellite in June. The object looped around another Chinese satellite before moving back toward the spaceplane, according to LeoLabs tracking data reported by Reuters on September 2. That investigation also examined Chinese research into spacecraft pursuit and capture, while noting that the United States operates its own secretive uncrewed spaceplane.  What changed this week ... Continue Reading »

NASA Chief Says Critical For US To Win Space Race With China Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told members of the Air Force and Space Force that communist China will land on the moon, and it's imperative that the United States return to the lunar surface first. "You are witnessing a very energized NASA, and we will need to be, as we are in the midst of a very real second space race," he said during his keynote address to the Air and Space Forces Association's annual conference on Sept. 15. "China will accomplish what the Soviets never could." He told the Airmen and Guardians that communist China has demonstrated rocket reusability and developed a plan to land their astronauts - called taikonauts - with just two rocket launches, while NASA will need at least four to do the same. China also seeks to build a nuclear-powered moon base on the lunar south pole with the Russians. "History has shown they could even be early, and we could easily be late," he said. "Success in this endeavor will be measured in months, not years." The China National Space ... Continue Reading »

Stanford Scientists Create Mice With Half-Human Brains Scientists at Stanford University have created mice whose brains are largely built from human cells, a shocking, first-of-its-kind experiment that is raising serious questions about how far researchers should be allowed to go. In a study published Wednesday in Nature, Stanford neuroscientist Sergiu Pașca said the development represents the most extensive integration of human neural tissue into an animal ever achieved. The researchers started by genetically engineering mice so that most of the cells meant to form the cortex and hippocampus died off early in development. Those regions normally account for roughly half of a mouse's brain. The animals survived as other parts of the brain picked up the slack, though they were more forgetful and slightly clumsy. Then scientists filled the empty space with human brain organoids, tiny clusters of neurons grown from reprogrammed human skin cells. Newborn mice received several injections totaling a few hundred thousand human cells. Within two to three months, the human tissue had grown nearly fivefold, filling more than 90% of the vacant cortex and reaching about four million human neurons. The grafts hooked into the mouse's blood supply, fired ... Continue Reading »

Task Force Arrests 12 In $10 Million Daycare Fraud Scheme In San Diego Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, A dozen operators of allegedly fake daycare sites in Southern California were arrested last week on suspicion of stealing an estimated $10 million in funding, Justice Department officials announced on Sept. 15. On Sept. 10, federal agents swarmed the San Diego-area homes listed as daycares by the operators and arrested the suspects, six males and six females. Nine of the defendants entered the United States as refugees or asylum seekers from Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Iraq, according to court records. Eleven have since become naturalized citizens, according to Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald of the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division. "There were no children. There were no daycares. These daycares were fake and the taxpayers were paying for all of it," McDonald said during a news conference. Each defendant was charged with one federal count of wire fraud in Operation Cradle to Grift. If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a $500,000 fine. Some defendants are also charged with money laundering, according to the Department ... Continue Reading »

Waste Of The Day: Medicare Paid For Wrong Organs Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Medicare spent an estimated $380 million acquiring human organs that were either transplanted into patients without Medicare or never transplanted at all, according to a new Department of Health and Human Services inspector general audit. Key facts: Medicare reimburses hospitals for removing kidneys, hearts, lungs and other organs from donors after they die. Federal law says Medicare should only bear those costs when the organ is used in a Medicare-covered transplant. But decades-old Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services guidance tells hospitals to assume that any organ they send to a transplant center will eventually go to a Medicare patient - without checking whether that actually happens. Auditors sampled 180 cases of organs that hospitals reported as Medicare-eligible from 2017 to 2022. Fifty-five were not used in Medicare-covered transplants, even though Medicare paid $2.8 million for them. Of those, 43 went to patients whose transplants were not covered by Medicare. Another 11 were discarded or used for research. One supposed organ donor was still alive. Based on the sample, the inspector general estimated Medicare spent $379.9 million on organs not ... Continue Reading »

Lockheed Fast-Tracks Secretive AIM-260 Missile As Pentagon Pushes To Expand Production Lockheed Martin has signed a framework agreement with the Pentagon to accelerate production and delivery of the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile, bringing a closely guarded air-to-air weapons program further into public view. The announcement Thursday sets the foundation for a multiyear procurement contract, which remains subject to congressional approval. The company says the missile offers greater range and effectiveness than existing air-to-air weapons and is compatible with aircraft including the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II. It did not disclose a production target, delivery schedule, contract value or precise performance specifications. The announcement establishes a commitment to expand production, not a publicly measurable timetable for doing so. Reuters reported that the program is intended to address increasingly capable Chinese long-range air threats, including those associated with the J-20 fighter. Although the weapon has spent years under tight secrecy, Thursday was not its first public appearance: images emerged in May. The production push also comes amid broader pressure on American and allied missile inventories following the Iran conflict. That context makes two separate questions important: what the missile can do, and ... Continue Reading »

USC, UCLA Study: 2028 Olympics Could Uproot 1000s Of 'Unhoused' People Authored by College Fix Staff via The College Fix, Even if they're relocated it 'can still carry serious consequences'... According to a recent study by researchers at USC and UCLA, Los Angeles' hosting of the 2028 Summer Olympics could result in the "displacement" of thousands of "unhoused" individuals. As reported by the Daily Trojan, Los Angeles county estimates that security perimeters established by the U.S. Secret Service will lead to approximately 1,600 "unsheltered" people not having access to where they currently reside. The study from the two southern California universities puts the figure closer to almost four times that number. Benjamin Henwood, a USC social policy and health professor and director of its Center for Homelessness, Housing and Health Equity Research, said "It's closer to 6,000 people. I don't know how [county officials] came up with their numbers, so they might be looking at something a little different or more specific." Henwood also is a curator at Home 2028, an "independent research hub" which studies how the homeless will be affected by the Olympics, according to the Trojan. During the last Summer Olympics held in ... Continue Reading »

Blue States With Strong Teachers' Unions Are Terrible At Literacy Reforms A 2026 analysis from the Progressive Policy Institute found a strong negative correlation between the political power of state teachers' unions and states' adoption of evidence-based early literacy policies. PPI Director of Education Policy Rachel Canter conducted the analysis, comparing union-strength rankings from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute against literacy-policy data from the ExcelinEd education advocacy group. At least eight of the ten states with the worst student literacy scores lean Democratic and have politically powerful teachers' unions. Only five of the worst ten are Republican, and one is a swing state. Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Canter explained that PPI sorts states by which party holds the legislature and the governor's mansion, and that the gap tracks union power more closely than it tracks party. The stronger the teachers unions, the fewer early literacy reforms states have adopted. Blue states average just 9 of 18 key literacy policies, compared with 13.5 in red and purple states. Children’s ability to read should come BEFORE union power. pic.twitter.com/mSLhEahRrY — Stephen Moore (@StephenMoore) September 14, 2026 Fordham's June ranking put California, Massachusetts, and New Jersey ... Continue Reading »

USDA Says Crackdown On SNAP Fraud Prevented $5.8 Billion In Taxpayer Losses Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced nearly $6 billion in total savings tied to efforts to eliminate fraud in the government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). A 'We Accept Food Stamps' sign hangs in the window of a grocery store in Miami, Fla., on October 31, 2025. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Rollins outlined the wins in a Sept. 15 post to X, saying that $5.8 billion in taxpayer losses have been prevented by the anti-fraud initiatives implemented during President Donald Trump's second term. This was done through the shutdown of nearly 1,840 illegal SNAP devices that processed Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards and the disqualification of 5,335 fraudulent retailers. "Those who defraud SNAP are stealing from taxpayers and taking resources away from Americans who genuinely need assistance," Rollins said. "We have zero tolerance for this abuse, and we will continue pursuing bad actors and protecting the integrity of the program." There are several ways an ineligible person can be counted in SNAP, including illegal immigrants being certified in error or by fraud, and deceased household members ... Continue Reading »

An Eerily Quiet Summer Of No Riots. Is Bessent's NGO Crackdown Working? As summer enters its final days, attention turns to why early-year anti-ICE protests and riots in Minneapolis did not develop into a sustained nationwide wave of unrest comparable to the 2020 BLM riots. Those demonstrations created a potential flashpoint, but protests failed to spread like wildfire across left-wing-controlled cities - in what could have only been a 2020 redux of the "Summer of Love" Marxist revolution. Operation Metro Surge deployed thousands of ICE/CBP and federal officers to the Twin Cities starting in late 2025. Confrontation began as left-wing groups used activists to mount pressure campaigns against federal officers pursuing illegal-alien criminals. This resulted in two fatal shootings of U.S. citizens: Renee Nicole Macklin Good on 7 January and Alex Pretti on 24 January.  What immediately followed were protests/riots, and left-wing groups certainly had their "George Floyd" catalyst for full mobilization, with protest infrastructure moved into the region. But by spring and into summer, whatever spark that movement had completely faded into the abyss.  Not even Neville Roy Singham, the Shanghai-based Marxist tech financier who funds U.S. NGOs and works with ... Continue Reading »

DOJ Sues San Jose, Alleging $1,600 Firearm Fee Is Unconstitutional Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the City of San Jose, California, alleging that its nearly $1,600 firearm licensing fee infringes the Second Amendment right to carry firearms for self-defense. The fee has risen by about $300 over three fiscal years to $1,591. "San Jose is a national outlier when it comes to burdening the exercise of fundamental rights. Its fees are abusive and violate the Second Amendment," the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in the Sept. 16 lawsuit. The DOJ asked the court to issue permanent injunctive relief that would prevent defendants from imposing any "abusive licensing fees." The San Jose Police Department is also a defendant in the case. "The City's law enforcement officers are charged with enforcing its abusive licensing scheme and are doing so. Such law enforcement misconduct is unlawful," the DOJ added. In Washington, the nation's capital, a concealed carry license costs $75, while in New York, a handgun license costs $340. In Boston, the nonrenewable processing fee for a license to carry is $100. And in Philadelphia, a ... Continue Reading »

IRGC Announces Attack On Another Tanker In Hormuz, As Trump Mulls 'Annihilate Them Or Not' Decision Update(1755ET): While the White House has signaled it wishes to see 'quiet' in the Strait of Hormuz and de-escalation when it comes to Iran, it doesn't seem heavily sanctioned-Tehran is yet willing to see it that way. Another foreign vessel has reportedly been hit, via Sepha News: IRGC says Togolese-flagged tanker 'Trend' was hit and stopped after a fire, while it stated the tanker violated Hormuz rules and that the US instigated the transit. Below is a machine translation of the IRGC statement that was released on Telegram: Last night, the offending tanker Trend, flying the flag of Togo, attempted an illegal passage through the Strait of Hormuz under the instigation and deception of the child-killing U.S. military; it was struck and came to a halt after a fire broke out on board. The IRGC Navy warns once again that illegal passage through the Strait of Hormuz will result in nothing other than the destruction of the offending vessel. President Trump has still insisted the US can negotiate with the Iranians at any time, and that they are "begging" ... Continue Reading »

Judge Refers Soros-Backed Philly DA For Criminal Probe Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A federal judge has referred George Soros-backed Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to the U.S. Attorney's Office for a possible criminal investigation, after finding that the city's top prosecutor and a senior deputy may have tried to mislead a court, pressure staff into a false story, and protect their own reputations while working to undo a murder conviction. U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond, a George W. Bush appointee, removed Krasner and Conviction Integrity Unit chief Matthew Stiegler from the case and sent the matter to federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. No charges have been filed. The referral itself is still a thunderclap: a sitting big-city DA, installed with Soros money and celebrated as a "reformer," now sits under a judge's finding that the conduct may amount to perjury, false statements, obstruction of justice and conspiracy. ? BOMBSHELL: A judge has formally referred George Soros-linked left-wing Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner for a DOJ CRIMINAL PROBE Krasner allegedly pushed prosecutors to LIE and make FALSE STATEMENTS, and might involve criminal conspiracy charges ? There was support to... pic.twitter.com/CunHqvg01g — ... Continue Reading »

Pakistan's Defense Chief Says Time Has Come To Implement Mecca Pact The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement was signed on August 7, 2026 - coming amid the Iran war and fight for control of the Strait of Hormuz, which is what made the timing of an agreement modeled on NATO's Article 5 'collective defense' between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey so curious. It immediately begged the question, will Riyadh's Mecca pact allies intervene on its behalf? ...Given the kingdom's soil has been attacked by Iranians, Houthis, and even Iraqi paramilitaries of late Riyadh has been generally calling for more urgent support from its allies, with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman even recently appealing for President Trump to help militarily in Yemen, but the White House appears to have shrugged it off, not wanting to escalate the Iran conflict and Hormuz crisis into a full regional war and operation. Has the time come for Pakistan to step up further in support of its Saudi ally? Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif thinks so.  Defense Minister Khawaja Asif During an interview with Pakistani TV channel Geo News, Asif affirmed that his country remains committed to defending the kingdom, ... Continue Reading »

189 Children Found, Over 12,000 Arrested In Memphis Task Force Operations Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, A law enforcement initiative in Memphis, Tennessee, has resulted in 189 missing children being found and the arrest of 12,747 individuals over the past year, with overall crime expected to hit a 25-year low, the White House said on Tuesday. Members of the U.S. Army National Guard listen as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Memphis Safe Task Force roundtable in Memphis, Tenn., on March 23, 2026. Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images Arrests made by the Memphis Safe Task Force, a multi-agency initiative established by presidential memorandum in September 2025, include 1,408 known gang members, as well as 1,363 people apprehended for narcotics offenses, 1,276 for firearms violations, 131 for homicide, and 125 for sex offenses, the White House said on the task force's first anniversary. One of the individuals arrested through the task force's efforts is a 19-year-old who was indicted on May 24 for child-related sex crime charges, including raping a minor, according to a June 10 statement from the U.S. Marshals Service. In January, the Marshals Service also announced the recovery of ... Continue Reading »

From Climate Doom To AI Apocalypse: New Crisis, Same Fear Playbook As we pointed out last week, the narrative around AI as an existential threat to humanity merely seems like a coordinated information operation that pairs perfectly with resurrecting a stalled bipartisan AI safety bill on Capitol Hill. The flurry of doomerist headlines from AI bosses warning of humanity's end if AI is not regulated reminds us of a similar information operation around climate change: humanity was nearing its end if the West didn't buy more solar panels from China, tax the working class into submission, eliminate stable fossil fuel power generation from the grid, ban Taylor Swift's private jet, stop cows from farting and, of course, our favorite, ban gas stoves.  Yet here we are today. The climate crisis fearmongering narrative has run its course in corporate media, and Democrats looted taxpayers through the Inflation Reduction Act to fund their climate pet projects. The narrative timeline, as reflected in Bloomberg's story count, shows that "climate crisis" has taken a backseat in the news cycle, and now it's all about "AI safety" to stop these bots from ending humanity. Again, this appears to ... Continue Reading »

Dragged Off Her Own Porch: York College Students Beaten After Five 911 Calls - And A National Pattern Of Youth Street Mobs On the 300 block of West Jackson Street in York, Pennsylvania, a group of York College students sat on their off-campus porch eating tacos last Friday night. They had already called 911 over illegal street racing that was underway. A group of mostly black teens - "townies" the students called them - grew into a pack. After a car smashed into a parked vehicle near a firehouse, the crowd migrated onto the students' grass, when the young white women asked them to get off the property. The mob then rushed the porch. Video obtained by FOX43 shows a blonde student being dragged and beaten. Witnesses told WGAL that 8 to 12 girls grabbed one student by the hair, punched and kicked her, and dragged her from the porch into the street. In a written account provided to FOX43, a second student described being ripped off the porch by her hair, dragged to a stop sign, and jumped by roughly a dozen people at once while a larger crowd of perhaps 25 to ... Continue Reading »

What If AGI Is Already Here, And It's Made Of... Children? Authored by Pascio (@IAmPascio) via X (and blog is here), The superintelligence, the singularity, AGI, whatever you call it, the one we're so scared of is, ironically, also the one we most likely won't see coming. This essay is going to probably be a pretty hot take, but the idea I'm about to share with you is going to blow your mind. Stick with me as we jump into the rabbit hole together. Before we do, let me back what I'm about to share up with current news that are floating around. Like Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei saying an "AI swarm could take over the entire internet". I think you have an idea what I'm hinting at when I say "children". Right? RIGHT?!?!? BREAKING: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says "we must slow down" AI development Within 6-12 months, he warns a misaligned AI swarm could take over "the entire internet" through a botnet and cause hundreds of billions in damage even people building AI think it's moving too fast — WallStreetBets (@wallstreetbets) September 12, 2026 In 1936, a famous British math guy named Alan Turing wrote a pretty important paper about a ... Continue Reading »

Judge Details Restrictions On Google Ads Business, Declines Breakup Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on Sept. 16 unsealed the opinion she issued Sept. 2 requiring Google to open its advertising tools to competitors, share auction data with publishers, and accept a six-year monitor - without selling its ad exchange or publisher ad server. Virginia-based U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema issued a short order on Sept. 2 rejecting a breakup of the ad-buying and ad-selling software Google owns and accepting most of the proposed restrictions on Google's conduct. She kept the accompanying 106-page opinion sealed so both sides could flag confidential business information and seek redactions. In the end, neither side asked for redactions, so on Sept. 16 she authorized unsealing. Forcing Google to sell its AdX ad exchange or its publisher ad server is "neither realistic nor needed," Brinkema said in the opinion. The new operating rules "will be sufficient to effectively pry open to competition the ad tech markets that were injured by Google's unlawful conduct, and prevent Google from reverting to anticompetitive conduct in these markets," she said. In the ruling in the antitrust lawsuit known ... Continue Reading »