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The 23-year-old is charged with aggravated murder, a capital offence in Utah, and six other counts. Continue Reading »

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Burnham was offering "more government control, more taxes and more politicians", as he addressed MPs for the first time as PM. Continue Reading »

Higher borrowing costs have piled fresh pressure on Andy Burnham ahead of his first Budget. Continue Reading »

NHS emergency departments are seeing more cases of self-harm, eating disorders and emotional distress in young people. Continue Reading »

U.S. forces completed another wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday stateside, hitting multiple Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sites across the country. Continue Reading »

Bessent is leading the Trump administration's plan to choke off Iran's economy by threatening its business partners with secondary sanctions. Continue Reading »

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said "It's beneath their office' when asked about Trump Cabinet secretaries insulting his nation's military. Continue Reading »

Dell sees AI server revenue tripling in fiscal 2027. Six months ago, it was looking for the number to double. Continue Reading »

The U.S. House on Tuesday voted in favor of a short-term spending measure that would avoid a government shutdown until after November's midterm election. Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Le président ukrainien a prévenu mardi l'aviation civile et les partenaires de Kiev que les drones ukrainiens rendraient dangereux d'emprunter l'espace aérien russe, un avertissement que son homologue russe a qualifié de "terroriste"."L'Ukraine ne veut pas que des vies innocentes soient perdues. C'est pourquoi nous avertissons nos partenaires : les jours sûrs dans le ciel russe sont révolus", a déclaré Volodymyr Zelensky."Le ciel au-dessus de la Russie est actuellement pour les drones. Pas pour l'aviation civile. Tant que la guerre continue", a-t-il insisté, tout en précisant que si elle n'était pas visée "en soi", l'aviation civile n'avait "pas sa place dans un ciel infesté de drones".Kiev a intensifié ces derniers mois ses frappes en Russie et sur ses territoires occupés par Moscou, visant particulièrement des entrepôts logistiques et des sites pétroliers et portuaires."L'adversaire a commencé à mener des frappes contre nos infrastructures civiles, y compris des raffineries. Est-ce qu'elles ont fait des dégâts ? Oui. Et pourquoi ? Entre autres raisons, surtout parce qu'elles n'étaient pas protégées", a réagi le président russe Vladimir Poutine, lors d'une conférence de presse à l'issue du sommet de l'Organisation de coopération de Shanghai (OCS) au Kirghizstan.Il a ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP La Bourse de New York a terminé en baisse mardi sous le poids des inquiétudes économiques liées à la reprise des hostilités entre les Etats-Unis et l'Iran, qui fait grimper pétrole et taux d'intérêt.Le Dow Jones a cédé 0,79%, l'indice Nasdaq a perdu 1,03% et l'indice élargi a lâché 0,71%.Les Etats-Unis ont déclenché des frappes contre l'Iran pour la deuxième fois en quelques jours, et Téhéran a dit lancer une riposte "décisive", malgré une mise en garde de Donald Trump contre toute opération de représailles.Ces développements ont fait bondir les cours de l'or noir, le baril américain WTI s'affichant ainsi au-delà de 90 dollars pour la première fois depuis fin juillet.Cela fait l'affaire des compagnies pétrolières, Chevron (+2,38%), ExxonMobil (+2,24%) et ConocoPhillips (+2,84%) s'affichant proches de leurs plus hauts historiques.Mais plus généralement, l'heure est à l'inquiétude, notamment concernant la trajectoire de l'inflation, ce qui renchérit le coût de la dette car les prêteurs demandent une compensation plus élevée.Vers 20H25 GMT, le rendement à échéance dix ans des emprunts de l'Etat américain évoluait à environ 4,79%, au plus haut depuis janvier 2025 et le retour de Donald Trump à la Maison Blanche."Les taux d'intérêt ... Continue Reading »

Par Nadia Bouchenni avec AFP L'Allemagne a annoncé, mardi 1er septembre, des mesures de rétorsion contre la Russie, officiellement accusée d'avoir envoyé un drone explosif à l'aéroport de Leipzig début août, plateforme militaire clé pour l'armée allemande et l'Otan. L'Allemagne a annoncé, mardi 1er septembre, des mesures de rétorsion contre la Russie, officiellement accusée d'avoir envoyé un drone explosif à l'aéroport de Leipzig début août, plateforme militaire clé pour l'armée allemande et l'Otan.Le ministre allemand de l'Intérieur, Alexander Dobrindt, et son homologue des Affaires étrangères, Johann Wadephul, ont annoncé ce mardi 1er septembre une série de mesures de rétorsion contre la Russie, accusée d'avoir orchestré cette opération au drone explosif survenue début août à l'aéroport de Leipzig. “Dans l'ensemble, les enquêtes policières, les modes opératoires et les informations des services de renseignement démontrent une responsabilité russe dans la tentative d'attentat à l'aéroport de Leipzig”,  a déclaré Alexander Dobrindt.En représailles, Berlin va fermer le dernier consulat russe sur son territoire, situé ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Le pape Léon XIV a célébré mardi une messe spéciale pour l'environnement, invitant à "chérir la Terre" et dénonçant les destructions causées par la guerre.La messe a eu lieu dans les jardins de la résidence d'été des papes, à Castel Gandolfo, près de Rome."Mettons en mode silencieux les nombreux bruits générés par l'activité humaine pour nous permettre d'entendre la voix mélodieuse de la création", a déclaré le pape dans son homélie.Il a dit vouloir faire prendre conscience de "la responsabilité que nous portons à la fois personnellement et collectivement" dans la préservation de "l'harmonie originelle".Dans un message écrit, le pape a également exhorté à "chérir la Terre", évoquant en particulier le "cercle vicieux" des conflits armés et des dégâts environnementaux."Ces phénomènes ne sont pas indépendants, ils sont un même et unique appel à la guérison et à la paix, émanant d'un monde blessé", a-t-il écrit.Le pape Léon a régulièrement souligné la nécessité de protéger la nature.En novembre dernier, il avait appelé à des "actions concrètes" pour faire face au changement climatique et regretté que certains dirigeants manquent de volonté politique en ce sens.Il a suivi l'exemple de son prédécesseur François qui, en 2015 ... Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Patrick Bruel jette l'éponge : accusé de violences sexuelles par des dizaines de femmes et mis en examen pour viol, l'ex-idole des années 90 a renoncé mardi à la tournée qu'il devait entamer début octobre tout en continuant à clamer son innocence."Si j'ai voulu jusqu'ici maintenir (la tournée, NDLR), ce n'était ni un défi, ni une provocation", écrit sur Instagram le chanteur de 67 ans. "Mais je constate qu'aujourd'hui, cette tournée est devenue autre chose. Elle est devenue l'incarnation d'un débat qui la dépasse", ajoute-t-il, en faisant part de sa "décision d'annuler ces concerts".Depuis plusieurs semaines, des responsables politiques, des élus et des associations féministes appelaient le chanteur à renoncer à se produire sur scène alors que des dizaines de femmes l'accusent désormais d'agressions sexuelles.Plaintes et accusations s'accumulent depuis l'enquête de Mediapart parue en mars et fondée sur le témoignage de huit femmes couvrant une période allant de 1991 à 2019. A ce stade, Patrick Bruel a été mis en examen dans quatre dossiers, notamment pour viol et tentatives de viol, et a été ... Continue Reading »

Putin outlines battlefield gains, warns of intensified strikes on Ukraine and comments on contacts with Washington and tensions with Europe Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Sara Netanyahu’s claim that Yair Golan knew of the October 7 attack in advance has prompted him to threaten legal action Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has vowed to “close” Russian airspace by threatening “every airline” using it, with Moscow calling it terrorism Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

President Putin has said there can be no “negotiations with terrorists,” responding to Kiev’s threat against civilian aviation over Russia Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Ottawa and Tehran face different forms of pressure, but both reveal the same pattern: a declining hegemon lashing out as resistance grows Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

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Пиковым месяцем стал май, когда просмотры увеличились на 53% относительно мая 2025 года, а время просмотра - на 37%, сообщил заместитель гендиректора "Газпром-медиа холдинга", глава цифровых активов Сергей Косинский Continue Reading »

Иск принят к рассмотрению, предварительное заседание по делу назначили на 5 октября Continue Reading »

Двое взрослых отправились на 11 суток в Турцию за 2,27 млн рублей Continue Reading »

В красной зоне также находятся несколько регионов Украины Continue Reading »

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Juan Orlando Hernandez had been accused of money laundering and fraud as part of a government corruption scheme. Continue Reading »

The Republican House speaker defends the US-Israel war on Iran and praises Trump's 'steady hands at the wheel'. Continue Reading »

German intelligence has concluded that an explosive-laden drone was linked to Russia. Officials promise consequences. Continue Reading »

Officials say at least 63 others wounded in attack on city of Kuhestak, including women and children. Continue Reading »

UN watchdog says Syria 'failed to report nuclear material, facilities and activities' under Bashar al-Assad's rule. Continue Reading »

Threats to offshore gas fields, Red Sea shipping and Mediterranean trade have reportedly pushed Israel to expand its fleet and invest in unmanned surface vessels after years of treating the navy as a secondary force Continue Reading »

Investigators used decades-old intelligence, covert operations and the hunt for a specific Israeli tank to trace the missing IDF soldier, building on breakthroughs that led to the recovery of Zachary Baumel and Zvi Feldman Continue Reading »

Move reportedly being discussed in retaliation for European criticism of Israeli settlement policy; Dutch and Spanish representatives have already been removed from the US-led postwar coordination center Continue Reading »

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Nepal-Tibet border floods kill 160, with 403 missing, including 341 foreigners and one Israeli; a survivor says the waters swept away his wife; satellite data points to a glacier collapse after rapid snowmelt, possibly linked to climate change Continue Reading »

Iranian officials said the strikes caused significant damage, including killing four people and injuring several dozens at a wedding. Iran said it retaliated by firing on U.S. bases in the region. Continue Reading »

The Russian president promised continued retaliation against the Ukrainians and “full solidarity” with Iran. Continue Reading »

The New York Police Department made public the names of some of the people involved in a seemingly random knife attack on a crowded Manhattan street, but questions remained. Continue Reading »

Pamela Cisneros was killed by the police in Times Square after she stabbed two people, one fatally. Her father said she had stopped going with him to her mental health appointments. Continue Reading »

Officers who stood around a woman wielding two kitchen knives, and then opened fire without clearing the area, risked harming themselves or passers-by, the experts said. 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 »

Vice President JD Vance’s answer to a question about conservative pundit Tucker Carlson left some in the audience disappointed. Continue Reading »

Vice President JD Vance’s speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition leadership summit Monday was met with applause from the group’s leaders. Continue Reading »

The new ads will highlight Paxton’s record as attorney general and attack James Talarico as weak on China. Continue Reading »

New results from The POLITICO Poll show a 37 percent plurality of Americans say Democrats best represent the interests of the working class, while 30 percent say Republicans. Continue Reading »

The messy Senate race in Michigan has laid bare Republicans’ floundering support from the Arab American community, which boosted Donald Trump in 2024. Continue Reading »

Democratic leadership says they’ll refer two moderate members to their caucus’ rules panel after they helped Republicans open the House floor to business. Continue Reading »

Eight Democrats voted with all House Republicans to adopt the measure, which also calls for a voter ID crackdown. Continue Reading »

The vote puts a permanent stain on the outgoing North Carolina Republican. Continue Reading »

Trump aides are quietly seeking lawyers, receiving guidance on congressional inquiries and laying the legal groundwork for protecting communications with private advisers. Continue Reading »

Reps. Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez appeared to catch leaders of both parties by surprise. Continue Reading »

Seven GOP donors and fundraisers say they want to see MAGA Inc. spend more to boost Republican candidates. Continue Reading »

Just days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new “economic D-Day” to choke Iran, the U.S. carried out its first known attack on Iran since July. Continue Reading »

The General Services Administration is awarding contracts to install fresh lighting in the bowling alley – a decade after the agency yanked a contract to renovate the alley under President Barack Obama. Continue Reading »

The president took issue with Welker’s description of the “mixed results” of candidates who have received his endorsement this election cycle. Continue Reading »

Northern District of California Judge Noël Wise, an appointee of former President Joe Biden, sided with the Stanford Daily in its suit against Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Continue Reading »

China's supply chains are expanding globally, including in Hungary, Serbia, Morocco, Egypt, and Thailand. As these locations indicate, they are a response not only to U.S. but also to European tariffs on Chinese goods. Continue Reading »

Apple Maps Renames Lake Ontario 'Lake America' After Trump Order Read more about Apple Maps Renames Lake Ontario 'Lake America' After Trump Order Continue Reading »

The U.S. military completed a new wave of strikes Tuesday on targets in Iran as the conflict in the region stretches into its seventh month. Continue Reading »

President Trump said on Tuesday he would be nominating Hung Cao for Navy Secretary after the predecessor to the role stepped down in April. Continue Reading »

The U.S. Postal Service could "derail" the midterm election if it continues rushing out "untested" technology as part of President Trump's push to restrict mail-in voting, a newly released whistleblower report warns. Continue Reading »

Somalia's militant al Qaeda wing al-Shabaab and Yemen's Houthis have traditionally been divided along ideological lines. Continue Reading »

The U.S. Postal Service could "derail" midterm elections as it carries out the Trump administration's plans to limit mail-in voting, according to a whistleblower complaint. Continue Reading »

An anonymous whistleblower disclosure alleging that the Postal Service rushed a new ballot-verification system drew attention from Democrats on Tuesday, hours before a key deadline in the Trump administration's mail-in ballot executive order legal battle. Continue Reading »

An anonymous government employee whistleblower has come forward to Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, warning that a "rushed, chaotic and fundamentally flawed" effort by the U.S. Postal Service. Continue Reading »

Vice President JD Vance delivered a speech behind closed doors at the annual Republican Jewish Coalition leadership summit on Monday in an attempt to win over pro-Israel Republicans who are hesitant to support him for a possible 2028 presidential campaign. Vance addressed rising antisemitism to a room full of Republican Jews while deflecting criticism from his affiliation with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has been described as antisemitic for inviting Holocaust deniers on his show. This was most apparent in Carlson's wide-ranging interview with Nick Fuentes last year. Continue Reading »

Vice President JD Vance delivered closed-door remarks to Jewish Republicans in Las Vegas on Monday night, covering a range of topics, including the Michigan Senate race, the influence of podcasters and the U.S. relationship with Israel. In a room of roughly 1,000 attendees, Vance disparaged Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. He reaffirmed the U.S. relationship with Israel, but also warned of "growing suspicion" of Israel among Americans under the age of 40. He stopped short of disavowing former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has angered prominent Jewish Republicans by hosting Holocaust deniers on his podcast and criticizing Israel. Continue Reading »

When Vice President JD Vance's team was mulling whether to accept an invitation to speak to the Republican Jewish Coalition, intermediaries reached out to a few prominent Jewish donors for a gut check: What type of reception would he get, exactly? Many Jewish conservatives had major reservations about Mr. Vance, which had only escalated in recent months as Mr. Vance became the public face of the administration's diplomatic efforts with Iran, Israel's sworn enemy. So his appearance at the group's biannual conference in Las Vegas, where he would face one of the Republican factions most skeptical of him, his ambitions and associations, would be a risk. Continue Reading »

The Pentagon has secretly installed several conservative military veterans with large online followings in government roles, declining to disclose their assignments as they amplify Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's viewpoints and attack those who scrutinize the Trump administration, according to people familiar with the matter and corroborating material. Continue Reading »

How can you trust regime media reporters to report anything right when they can't even spell my name correctly? There's a second H in Schlichter, guys. By the time you read this compendium of crap, expect a stealth edit to have fixed the egregious error. Sure, my name is a little tough for those not fluent in Deutsch, but it's out there all over the place. After all, according to the Washington Post, I'm an important conservative influencer worthy of an exposé because I decided to continue to serve my country after retiring following 27 years in uniform. Of course, their spelling error isn't their only error; it's emblematic of their shoddy work in general. In fact, it's fair to say the entire ridiculous article is complete baloney. If I had any residual trust for the regime media — and I don't — this would've torpedoed it. It's a hit piece, but it hits like a girl. Continue Reading »

The United States and Venezuela have reached a preliminary agreement that establishes U.S. majority control over 17 Venezuelan oil fields holding an estimated 65 billion barrels of crude oil reserves. The deal extends for 25 years. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump is touting the deal to acquire a vast stake in Venezuela's oil reserves as a game-changing breakthrough that will drive down prices at the pump and begin to refill depleted emergency government oil inventories in the United States. Continue Reading »

President Trump on Friday said a U.S. deal with Venezuela to tap its oil reserves "will substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans, long into the future." With the average U.S. gas price still above $4 a gallon nationwide, American consumers may be wondering if help is on the way. Continue Reading »

The House on Tuesday voted to send a short-term extension of government funding to President Trump's desk, avoiding a politically risky shutdown on the eve of the midterm elections. The continuing resolution (CR), which funds the government through Dec. 11, passed the House on a 370-48 vote, with 19 Republicans and 29 Democrats voting in opposition. The Senate advanced the measure by a landslide last month. Continue Reading »

Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) quipped Monday that a company should build an AI data center near President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort after he said communities will be "backwards and poor" if they oppose the construction of such facilities. "How about we put one in Mar-a-Lago? I love that. Let's put a data center up in Mar-a-Lago, we'll see how backwards and poor he is in response to that," Ocasio-Cortez told MeidasTouch's Pablo Manríquez on Capitol Hill. The president said Monday that communities across the country pushing back on AI data centers will face negative economic consequences, adding the "only reason" they would not want the facilities "is if they want to end up being backwards and poor." Continue Reading »

This year's midterm elections will turn on many issues. The Iran war, tariffs, inflation. Immigration, taxes, health care. But there is another, potentially potent undercurrent in several key races that could determine control of Congress — what makes a real man? It's the latest example of tough-guy politics since Donald Trump brought his own version of masculinity to the trail more than a decade ago, belittling Republican rivals and defeating two Democratic women in his White House campaigns. Now many Democrats are trying to project their own manhood — or at least more confidently deflect conservatives' attacks — as they try to return to power. Continue Reading »

"Cartel Connections": 600 Pounds Of Cocaine Worth $10 Million Found In Queens Self-Storage Facility A routine-looking storage facility in Queens was allegedly holding something far more valuable than furniture and moving boxes, according to new reports from the New York Post and NBC New York. In fact, authorities say they uncovered nearly 600 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $10 million at a self-storage location in Long Island City, resulting in one of New York City’s most significant drug seizures in decades. The investigation led police to Nelson Salcedo, 35, of Englewood, New Jersey, who was arrested Aug. 26 as authorities say he was preparing to transport another load from the facility. Investigators found 19 cardboard boxes in and around his van containing 230 brick-like packages. Together, the suspected cocaine weighed approximately 586 pounds. Photo: NBC New York Initial testing identified the substance as cocaine, although additional laboratory analysis was still pending. Investigators believe the drugs were part of a much broader distribution network stretching between New Jersey and New York, with the DEA indicating that the supply chain ultimately has cartel connections. The NY post reported that the case developed from a separate narcotics investigation ... Continue Reading »

Feedstock Is Not Fuel: Why Venezuelan Crude Is No Near-Term Fix Authored by former CIA officer Larry Johnson My friend, Karl Miller, is out with a great piece that exposes Trump’s claims about Venezuelan oil as a massive case of gaslighting. I am summarizing his piece, which is titled,“Venezuela Oil: The Physical Barrel and the Capital Bill,” because it is not publicly available via a link. On August 27 2026, President Trump announced what he called the biggest oil deal in world history — a US-Venezuela agreement giving the United States majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan reserves, which he said would “substantially lower Gas Prices for all Americans.” The pitch landed with gasoline near $4.09 a gallon, about 27% higher than a year earlier and on track for the most expensive August on record, as a six-month Iran war and the Hormuz disruption kept a fifth of world supply under strain — and with the midterms two months away. Independent analysts noted the arithmetic fails on that timeline: the 30 to 50 million barrels Trump floated is less than half a day of global consumption, the 65 ... Continue Reading »

"Rich Dad Poor Dad" Author Robert Kiyosaki Claims He’s In $1.2 Billion In Debt Best-selling Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki said he owes a whopping $1.2 billion tied to his extensive real estate holdings, the New York Post reported. Kiyosaki made the admission during a wide-ranging interview on the "Get Rich Education" podcast. "So, I'm a billion two in debt," he said. "But I studied it since 1974... If you're going to learn to use debt, you'd better take some education." However, Kim Kiyosaki, the financial self-help guru's former wife, told Vanity Fair the figure was blown out of proportion. "We have a lot of apartment houses with our partners," Kim Kiyosaki said. "So technically, yes, we have all this debt." "He loves to say things that shock," she added. Vanity Fair reported that the pair's individual investments are held in separate limited liability companies, insulating them from one another if one runs into trouble. Robert Kiyosaki told the magazine the same structure is used to keep those investments apart. "If it all comes to hell, you can talk to my attorney," he said. "Firewalls - that's the way the rich play the game." John Poole, ... Continue Reading »

Solar Overtakes Coal As China's Largest Power Source Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Solar power has just become the single largest electricity capacity source in China, toppling coal in a landmark achievement of the Chinese renewable energy rollout. Solar power capacity in China stood at 1,286 gigawatts (GW) at the end of July, Chinese media cited the country's National Energy Administration as saying on Tuesday. Thus, solar capacity accounted for 31.5% of total installed power generation in China as of July 31. In July, Chinese authorities said that China would have more installed solar power capacity than coal-fired generation capacity as early as this quarter. As of the end of June, solar power capacity stood at 1,274 GW, just below the total coal-fired installed capacity of 1,275 GW. The solar capacity has now risen to 1,286 GW, exceeding coal as the single biggest electricity capacity. Official Chinese data showed earlier in July that the share of coal in China's electricity output fell in the first half of 2026 to below 50% for the first time on record, in a landmark achievement of the Chinese policy to boost non-fossil power sources. The share of coal averaged 49.7% ... Continue Reading »

California Let 400,000 Voters Register Without Providing Any ID On Monday, the Trump administration's top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles revealed that California's voter ID rules are so lax that nobody was checking whether voters were American citizens, with what he says is at least half a million voters on the rolls who never provided documentary proof of identification. The prosecutor, Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, made the case in an interview with Bill Melugin on Fox News. He said the state runs voter registration on the honor system, with no one in government confirming citizenship and the state accepting an applicant's word instead. Essayli's interview came in the wake of the arrest of Darwin Rivera Flores, a Honduran national, on charges of illegally registering to vote in California. Fox News co-anchor Bill Melugin walked through the case with Essayli. Rivera is a noncitizen born in Honduras, and prosecutors at the Department of Justice obtained the voter registration form he filed last year. On it, Rivera checked the box attesting he was a U.S. citizen born in the United States. He signed the form ... Continue Reading »

Hydrogen: Energy's Version Of Waiting For Godot Authored by James Varney via RealClearInvestigations, Elon Musk may consider hydrogen "mind-bogglingly stupid" as a power source for cars, but the derision of the world's most successful electric vehicle manufacturer has not stopped Washington from nursing dreams that hydrogen might become a big part of an envisioned clean new energy future. That dream came into focus three years ago at a time when the "climate crisis" dominated Washington's thinking. Praising the role hydrogen could play in a brave new energy world that was "sustainable and equitable," the United States had a plan and the money in place to set off something more than a mushroom cloud with the world's most plentiful element. The National Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap, released in June 2023, claimed the planned $9.5 billion in spending on various hydrogen projects would result in 100,000 jobs by 2030, while also reducing the economy's emissions by 10% by 2050. Now, however, the vision appears dormant in the Trump administration. The national plan may not be a flaming skeleton like the most infamous hydrogen project of the last century, the Hindenburg - a different administration ... Continue Reading »

"Escalation Trap": Robert Pape Blasts Bessent's "Economic D-Day" Targeting Iran University of Chicago professor Robert Pape tore into Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's so-called "Economic D-Day" campaign against Iran, branding it a dangerous "escalation trap" that history shows will not force Tehran to fold, and may instead drag the United States deeper into war. Appearing recently on the "Breaking Points" podcast, Pape, a longtime scholar of air power, blockades and sanctions, argued that Bessent is selling maximum economic pressure as an alternative to more fighting. "That's not what it is," Pape told "Breaking Points" co-host Saagar Enjeti. "What it's really going to lead to is another escalation trap. And if anything, if he in fact goes forward, it would be more military war." Pape said the measures have never on their own won a major war or toppled a government in a major conflict. The professor highlighted the British blockade of Germany in World War I and the U.S. blockade of Japan in World War II, both of which ended only after grinding ground campaigns and, in Japan's case, the atomic bombs." "Bessent is really not doing a good service to the world by ... Continue Reading »

Governor DeSantis Revokes Permits For Flock Cameras On Florida State Highways Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered the removal of all Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras from state highway right-of-ways, citing privacy, data, and systematic surveillance concerns. The Daily Caller reports that DeSantis ordered all Flock cameras to be removed from the "state highway system," including interstates such as I-10 and I-75, within 30 days, in a Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) memo on Monday. 🚨 JUST IN: Gov. Ron DeSantis' FDOT is hereby TAKING DOWN Flock cameras statewide over privacy concerns in state rights-of-way All existing permits for automated license plate readers, even installed by local law enforcement, in state highway rights-of-way — are REVOKED FDOT is… pic.twitter.com/H631aHoJhy — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 31, 2026 According to WCTV, the order specifically targets cameras on state-owned roads, including major interstates like I-10 and I-75 but does not automatically ban cameras operating on local city or county roads, nor does it impact devices installed on private or commercial properties. Local law enforcement agencies will have 30 days to remove the hardware and if they fail to comply, FDOT ... Continue Reading »

Chinese Student Charged With Lying To Border Agents Over Alleged Airport Photo Assignments From Beijing Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, A Chinese national studying at a Canadian university has been charged with lying to American officials to conceal that he took photographs at a Chicago airport cargo facility at the direction of a suspected Chinese official, according to a federal complaint filed in Detroit on Aug. 26. The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Zeng Weiheng, born in 2004, is charged with making false statements in a matter under federal jurisdiction. An undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, Zeng was issued a B1/B2 visitor visa in October 2022 and has entered the United States 24 times since then, according to an affidavit filed with the complaint by an FBI agent. He was arrested on Aug. 26. Authorities stopped Zeng for an initial screening on Aug. 23 at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Detroit, after linking his vehicle to a security incident at a FedEx cargo facility at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on April 21. That day, FedEx employees saw ... Continue Reading »

Chevron Nears Deal To Expand Venezuela Oil Operations Venezuela could soon become a much bigger part of Chevron’s global oil business, according to Bloomberg. The company is reportedly nearing an agreement to take control of operations at two large crude-producing areas in the country’s Carabobo region, adding access to substantial heavy-oil resources. The potential expansion comes as Washington seeks to attract more American capital to Venezuela’s energy sector and boost the country’s output. Chevron already has an established presence there through a partnership with state oil company PDVSA, making it the only major US producer currently active in Venezuela. Bloomberg reported that Chevron has also been discussing investment conditions with the government of acting President Delcy Rodríguez. Any new arrangement could improve the economics of committing additional capital to Venezuelan production. The expected deal is unrelated to separate talks involving possible direct US government participation in Venezuelan oil assets. Chevron has not publicly commented on the negotiations. The development marks a major shift in the US-Venezuela relationship after years of hostility. Washington imposed sweeping sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry during Nicolás Maduro’s rule, sharply limiting the country’s access to US markets and restricting American companies’ ... Continue Reading »

The State Is Coming For Your Roomba Authored by Thiago V. S. Coelho via The Mises Institute, The federal government has discovered another menace to the republic: the vacuum cleaner. In July, the Federal Communications Commission added foreign-produced "advanced robotic devices" to its Covered List, generally preventing new models from receiving the authorization needed to be imported, marketed, or sold in the United States. Although early headlines emphasized Chinese humanoid robots and mechanical dogs, Sean Hollister reported in The Verge that the rule also encompasses robotic vacuums, lawnmowers, delivery machines, and many warehouse robots. It potentially applies to almost any wireless, software-controlled ground robot weighing more than 4.4 pounds and capable of perceiving its surroundings. This is not yet a confiscation campaign. Americans may continue using their existing vacuums, and retailers may sell models that were previously authorized. The prohibition falls principally on future foreign-produced models unless their manufacturers secure conditional approval. Yet the distinction makes the policy more absurd, not less. According to the Federal Communications Commission's own fact sheet, the supposed security danger is serious enough to exclude new household products but not serious enough to affect previously purchased machines ... Continue Reading »

Trump Mentions Tapping The 'Older Stuff' While Dismissing Reports Of Missile Shortages The below Trump exchange with reporters in the Oval Office on Monday seems a tacit admission from the Commander-in-Chief that yes, the United States is running out of standoff munitions... Q: Several military leaders have reportedly told Hegseth that a prolonged, large-scale operation in Iran weakens our ability to confront threats elsewhere, including the homeland. Have you heard that? TRUMP: We're very respected. Nobody else would be crazy enough to do it... We have unlimited amounts of... older stuff. Q: Several military leaders have reportedly told Hegseth that a prolonged, large-scale operation in Iran weakens our ability to confront threats elsewhere, including the homeland. Have you heard that? TRUMP: We're very respected. Nobody else would be crazy enough to do it. We… pic.twitter.com/nBbjAXhxmn — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 31, 2026 The suggestion here is that the "older stuff" will of necessity be tapped in order to both support allies abroad and keep the 'homeland' safe from external threats. The White House has at this point been dealing with similar media inquiries for months. It has batted down such claims as a dwindling Pentagon missile ... Continue Reading »

Federal Judge Blocks New York From Enforcing $75 Billion Climate Superfund Law Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, A federal judge ruled on Monday that New York cannot enforce a 2024 state law that sought to impose an estimated $75 billion in charges on carbon-emitting companies for allegedly causing climate damage between 2000 and 2018. Chief U.S. District Judge Brenda Sannes in Syracuse, New York, sided with 22 Republican state attorneys general, as well as industry groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in finding the state measure preempted by federal law. The judge said the Clean Air Act, which gave the federal Environmental Protection Agency authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, did not authorize states to adopt emissions compensation schemes. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act into law in December 2024. It required about three dozen covered fossil-fuel companies to pay a combined $3 billion annually for 25 years, or $75 billion in total. The funds would have been earmarked for infrastructure work, including coastal wetlands, stormwater systems, roads, bridges, and responses to extreme weather. Sannes said enforcing the law risked upsetting the balance of ... Continue Reading »

"State Terrorism": Putin Blasts Zelensky After Wild Threat Of Drone Attacks To 'De Facto Close' Russian Airspace Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky just issued a crazy and unexpected threat which portends a major escalation in the war. Certainly it will provoke the Kremlin into even more uncontrolled escalation and massive strikes, such as has been (somewhat unusually) happening on Odesa port as well as the capital city of late. He has vowed moving forward to de facto close Russia's skies, and has put Russian airlines, insurers, and foreign governments on notice. Zelensky is in effect warning that airlines could be shot out of the sky - though he stopped short of voicing this directly. "Today we want to warn every airline that uses Russian airspace, every insurer, everyone who still uses key Russian airports - Russian skies are becoming completely dangerous,"Zelensky stated. Via Facebook/Sheremetyevo International Airport "Although the Russian authorities do not report this as it should, the Russian sky will de facto be closed," he added. As justification for the alarming announcement and threat, the Ukrainian leader pointed to the last several days of Moscow's heightened aerial assault on Ukraine which has left dozens ... Continue Reading »

Netanyahu Boasts Of Years-Long Effort To Convince US To Launch War Against Iran Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has boasted of his efforts to convince the US to launch a war against Iran, crediting his frequent appearances on US television networks and his "intimate knowledge" of US leaders. Netanyahu made the comments Sunday night on Israel’s Channel 14, and a clip of his appearance was posted on X by the account Clash Report, which Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi later shared. via Associated Press The Israeli leader said that he had been against Iran for "nearly 40 years" and that it took him a long time to get the Israeli security establishment and the US on board. "It took a long time to bring the US in," he said, according to Channel 14. "I was able to do this because I had close to a thousand hours on American television, influence in the United States, and intimate knowledge of all its leaders – both those who support us and those who do not." The New York Times reported in April that 17 days before the US and Israel launched the war on February 28, Netanyahu presented President ... Continue Reading »

Iran Targets Marine Barracks In Jordan, Sends Drones On Bahrain & Kuwait, After Trump's New Strikes Summary Explosions in Jordan reported amid initial Iranian retaliation, drones on Bahrain. Reports of fresh US strike wave on southern Iran, oil soars Bessent Says Hormuz Will Be "Worthless Piece of Water" In Two Years Iran offers conditional ceasefire: Pezeshkian says Iran will return to talks if the US honors prior commitments, which Tehran says it has violated. Tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz: Two supertankers struck exiting Hormuz, escalating energy-market risks. Oil prices surge: Brent crude rose above $92/barrel. Diesel supply squeezed: Refinery disruptions are driving diesel prices and margins sharply higher. Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by October 31? Yes 12% · No 89%View full market & trade on Polymarket *  *  * Iran Targets Marine Barracks in Jordan, Drones Sent on Bahrain, Kuwait Iranian state media is saying that the military retaliation is ongoing, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force announcing that it launched a heavy ballistic missile attack targeting the US Marine barracks at Camp Titin, located near the Gulf of Aqaba in Jordan - which is at a significant distance, in the country's far southwest corner. State media sources further detail: According ... Continue Reading »

'Daddy's Savings Account': Two More NYC-DSA Leaders Caught Living The Capitalist Dream A pair of New York City's leading Democratic Socialists live in Brooklyn apartments that would be pure fantasy for the working-class Americans they claim to champion, according to the New York Post, the latest installment in a running audit of the personal real estate of the organization that put Zohran Mamdani in Gracie Mansion. The report lands less than two weeks after the Post revealed that NYC-DSA co-chair Gustavo Gordillo, a Yale-trained sculptor who has billed himself as a "union electrician," lives in a $1.5 million Bed-Stuy townhouse bought and renovated by his parents' LLC, a disclosure that has since earned the property a Department of Buildings stop-work order and a $2,500 fine for permitless renovations. That makes it three for three among the group's top brass. First is Julie Swoope, who chairs the far-left group's steering committee and in 2021 purchased a one-bedroom co-op outright, just blocks from Prospect Park, for $510,000. The listing touted skyline views and "great closet space." Julie Swoope owns a $500,000 apartment in Brooklyn. canarymission.org Swoope's family background does little to reinforce a working-class narrative. ... Continue Reading »

Top US General Says No Plans To Deploy Troops To Polling Sites In November Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The U.S. military has no plans to send troops or other personnel to polling places during November's midterm elections, the top U.S. general has said. Gen. Dan Caine, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was responding to Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), who had asked him and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in an Aug. 18 letter to confirm they won't send troops to polls. Caine wrote in response that state and local officials retain responsibility for overseeing election administration and security. "The Joint Force has no plans to send Federal military personnel or Federalized members of the National Guard to polling places during the 2026 elections," Caine wrote. "Likewise, the Joint Force has no plans to use such personnel to seize ballots, voting machines, or other election-related material." Caine also said that he had not received, nor did he expect to receive, "any unlawful order" concerning the role of the Joint Force in the November midterm elections. In 2020, Gen. Mark Milley, then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, responded to a similar ... Continue Reading »

Trump Admin Urges SCOTUS To Step In On Military Trans Ban The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to uphold its ban on transgender troops serving in the military, appealing a lower court ruling that has, for now, blocked enforcement against service members already in uniform. Vin Testa waves a LGBTQ pride flag in front of the Supreme Court building on June 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. Getty Images The petition targets a June decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals finding the ban probably violates the constitutional rights of transgender troops already serving. The decision claimed that the ban "appears to be driven by the bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group: persons who identify as transgender." That ruling barred the Pentagon from enforcing the policy against those specific plaintiffs while their case works through the courts. The administration maintains the policy regulates a medical condition - gender dysphoria - rather than transgender status, and therefore needs only a rational connection to military readiness to survive review. The June ruling was 2-1 and split the baby: it blocked the Pentagon from discharging the currently serving plaintiffs while leaving the ... Continue Reading »

How Capitalism Reduces Poverty And Creates Wealth Authored by James T. Moodey via American Thinker, The word capitalism was coined in the 1700s. The definition was vague. It generally meant "private property traded freely" or "free markets." However, most non-totalitarian countries had free markets, and these countries in Europe and elsewhere were not particularly wealthy. Their rural people were paupers living off the land, even in England, France, and the U.S. at our founding. We generally regard capitalism as creating wealth, but free markets are not what created the enormous wealth that occurred in the United States. I knew that and studied our economic history to find out: If it was not free markets, what was it? What specifically were the mechanics of "our capitalism" that created such wealth? I found the answer. However, I also learned that capitalism cannot be taught without properly defining wealth. Wealth of a nation is its amount of usable goods. I use the term usable goods to exclude paintings and other speculative items. Poverty is a lack of usable goods, such as clothes or food. A large supply of usable goods brings prices down and reduces poverty. ... Continue Reading »