State Department Tells Americans To Prepare To Flee From Middle East
The warning, which includes Israel, comes a day after President Trump said America will be hitting Iran ‘very hard.’
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Trump Threatens to Revive Anti-Weaponization Fund as Blanche Nomination Stalls
‘Despite comments as late as yesterday that the fund is dead, President Trump clearly intends to resurrect the payout pot for punks,’ Republican Senator Thom Tillis says.
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Trump Lashes Out at Pirro Over Dropped Reflecting Pool Case: ‘I Disagree 100%’
The reversal is a direct blow to President Trump, who for weeks publicly insisted that vandals were responsible for the pool’s failing lining.
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Louisiana Officials Bypass Their Own Laws in Bid for Federal Nuclear Dump
By storing radioactive waste offshore, the Department of Energy could skirt a local statute, the state said in its bid for nuclear investment.
By JENNIFER DOHERTY
|Catholic Nuns Challenge New York’s Assisted Suicide Law Over Mandate To Counsel Patients
Four congregations that have served the sick and dying for over a century are asking a federal judge to stop the law before it takes effect this week.
By HOLLIE McKAY
|Surging Red Ink Imperils Rural Maternity Care With Kansas as Ground Zero
Almost a third of all rural maternity wards nationwide are at risk of closure with more than two a month shutting down on average, a new study shows.
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Planned Expiry of Medicare Drug Subsidy Draws Ire of Democrats and Advocates for Seniors
The administration says the temporary benefit put in place under the Biden administration amounts to corporate welfare for insurance companies and is no longer needed to stabilize the market.
By ALEX ZDAN
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Child ID Scare Brings New Attention to Privacy Fears Over Smart Glasses
Meta appears to have deleted a function that would have allowed a wearer to bring up a child’s name, school, and address simply by looking at him or her.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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Boy George Withdraws From ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Amid Criticism of Pro-Israel Song
The pop star says ‘doubling down works for Donald Trump,’ and he’s not backing away from his pro-Israel views.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Spain Claims Ceuta Crisis Easing, With Most Migrants Already Returned to Morocco
Some residents are disputing the claim on social media while Spain’s neighbors are calling for an emergency meeting of interior ministers to address the situation.
By DAVID JONES
|Grain Ships Burning in Black Sea May Foreshadow Hunger in Global South
Americans overlook uncontrolled naval warfare that now paralyzes ‘the Persian Gulf of grain.’
By JAMES BROOKE
|Terrorist Kidnapping of Pastor’s Wife and Children Highlights Nigerian Tragedy Overlooked in West
A Netherlands-based watchdog group says almost 3,500 Christians were killed for their faith in Nigeria during the 12 months ending in September 2025.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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A Charm Campaign in the Trenches: How Kyiv Talked Its Way Into MAGA’s Good Graces
Bomb shelters, front-line tours and a shared enemy in Tehran are turning some of President Trump’s most devoted online warriors into unlikely defenders of Ukraine.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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Israel Skeptical as Trump Pushes ‘Complex’ Gaza Roadmap
Netanyahu has not spoken publicly about the proposal but other officials say Israel will not withdraw troops from Gaza.
By LUKE FUNK
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Kushner-Backed Private Equity Plot Puts FIFA Presidency in Peril
Soccer bodies in Asia, Europe and North America reject the proposal and question the incumbent’s leadership.
By GEORGE WILLIS
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DOJ Turns to Gotti Turncoat ‘Sammy the Bull’ To Build Case Against Comey for ‘86 47’ Threat to Trump
The mafioso confessed to 19 murders — and now the government wants his expertise in underworld patois.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
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Republican Congressman Hit With Restraining Order Request From Ex-Wife Who Happens To Be Daughter of GOP Senator
Senator Bernie Moreno is supporting his former son-in-law’s re-election bid.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Former Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Drops Out of Gubernatorial Race as Moderates Look To Box Out Insurgent Socialist Candidate
A number of candidates have dropped out of the race in an attempt to stop state assemblywoman Francesca Hong from winning the nomination next month.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Trump Threatens To Withdraw Blanche’s Nomination as Republican Senators Seek To Nix President’s Audit Immunity, Anti-Weaponization Fund
The president seemingly would rather delay Blanche’s confirmation than give up what two Republican senators see as a corrupt bargain.
By MATTHEW RICE
|Senate Forges Ahead on Graham’s Russia Sanctions and Tariffs Bill, Though House Democrats Throw Cold Water on Proposal
The bill would grant Trump the ability to levy steep tariffs on Russia’s trading partners, including some American allies.
By MATTHEW RICE
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Mamdani’s 30 Percent Grocery ‘Discount’ Would Come at the Expense of Taxpayers
By BOB CAPANO
The Most Cogent Rebuttal of the Democratic Socialists’ Radical Agenda Emerges From an Unlikely Source
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The Long and Winding August: How So Many Beatles Milestones Happened in One Month
The Fab Four’s first visit to Hamburg, debut US tour, final commercial concert, and crossing of Abbey Road? All those epochal events happened this month.
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Livia, Ancient Rome’s First Lady, Was a Popular Matriarch, Not a Murderer
Contrary to the legend of ‘I Claudius,’ the wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius, was not a serial plotter or murderer, but a public benefactor.
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A Literary Celebration of America, From Bob Dylan to Borsch Belt
A new anthology reinforces Uncle Sam isn’t merely great because it is already something, but because it is always becoming something greater.
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Small Watch Company Becomes Face of Battle Against Trump Tariffs
A company co-founder says the tariff policy has been highly erratic and has left small businesses like his struggling.
By LUKE FUNK
|Democrats Fume as Oil Companies’ Profits Surge Amid the War in Iran
The companies attribute the windfall to good management but Democrats accuse them of gouging consumers with $4-a-gallon gas blamed on the war.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Federal Reserve Weighs Shift to Electronic Payments as Gen Z Gawks at Check-Writing
One advocate for checks says business and consumers still need and use them.
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Number of Amazon Workers on Food Stamps Triples as Company Spends $200 Billion on AI
‘No one who works for a company making billions in profits should be living in poverty,’ Senator Bernie Sanders says.
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History Professor Sneaks Hidden Text Into Assignment, Discovers Near Universal Cheating in Midterm Exam
‘I just got tired of reading AI responses,’ Alcorn State professor Jason Gibson tells the Sun.
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Hillel Scrambles Amid Backlash After Jewish Campus Org Defends Harvard in Antisemitism Case
The top Jewish campus organization walked back a brief in support of Harvard just a day after Hillel’s attorneys filed the document in federal appeals court, saying the document had not been cleared.
By JENNIFER DOHERTY
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Justice Department Investigates Harvard’s Financial Aid Program for Alleged Discrimination Against Americans
The review focuses on whether the university is illegally using foreign donations, particularly those from China, to provide financial aid to students on the basis of their national origin.
By BRADLEY CORTRIGHT
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Columbia University Legal Group Makes Case for Forcing Publication of Jack Smith’s Secret Mar-a-Lago Report
The document on the Espionage Act prosecution of the president is ‘permanently blocked’ by Judge Cannon — for now.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
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Trump Asks Supreme Court To Void E. Jean Carroll’s $83 Million Verdict Imposed for ‘Extraordinary and Egregious’ Defamation
The 47th president asks the justices to grant him the immunity that would prevent her from collecting one cent more than the $5.6 million already handed over.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
|New IRA ‘Military Grade’ Bomb Ticketed for Northern Ireland Narrowly Misses Royal Visit
‘Dissident republicans who did not agree with the Good Friday Agreement’ are blamed for the explosive.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
|Comey Moves To Dismiss Criminal Case Against Him for ‘Lack of a True Threat’ to Trump
The former FBI director argues that prosecuting him would ‘sharply depart from our Nation’s history and tradition.’
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