Jim Jordan Elected as Next House GOP Leader
Jordan defeated Majority Leader Steve Scalise in the race to become the House minority leader in the next Congress.
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Susie Wiles 'Pay-For-Play' Scandal Goes Nuclear With New Pfizer Accusations; White House Responds
Pollster Mark Mitchell, an adviser to Vice President JD Vance, says Susie Wiles, Trump's former chief of staff, warned him off criticizing Pfizer, which he called her old lobbying firm's "number one client."
Leaked Photo: Susie Wiles Accused Of Banning MAHA Activists From White House
Independent journalist Nick Monroe aired the accusations on X, citing an anonymous source who allegedly provided photographic evidence that activists had been barred from attending White House events. The photograph purports to show a White House document titled "Not Permitted List," identifying three activists allegedly barred from attending: Eden Marie Biele of the MAHA Mom Coalition, Emily Suzanne Bybee Stembridge of Moms Across America, and Alexandra Clark of Turning Point USA.
Kamala Harris Finishes 16th With Under 1 Percent in Progressive 2028 Straw Poll
Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, fresh off his reelection win over Republican Rep. Mike Collins, led the field with 38 percent. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York was second at 17 percent, followed by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at 14 percent. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro each received 4 percent. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore drew 3 percent, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom took 2.3 percent. Harris tied with Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin.
"Whole World Repeating A Lie": EU Lawmaker Challenges "Far-Right" MSM Narrative For Polish Gunman
The Kraków killer was so far-right that he demonstrated in favor of opening all borders and welcoming all foreigners who wanted to enter Poland. He also wanted a world without weapons and without borders. A strange far-right figure who lived, acted, dressed up and painted like a woke leftist of ambiguous sexuality.
Qatar Becomes Largest Buyer of U.S. LNG Amid Hormuz Crisis
With its only route to market blocked, Qatar last month hedged its bets against future disruptions by signing two separate agreements to buy LNG from U.S. producers to diversify its portfolio. QatarEnergy signed two long-term deals with Cheniere to buy up to 4 million tons per annum of LNG from Cheniere's Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi export facilities, with deliveries expected to begin in 2031 and continue through 2054
China Rehearses Taiwan Blockade In Unannounced Naval War Drill
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) may be conducting a major, unannounced military exercise that simulates surrounding and isolating Taiwan. The PRC likely aims to demonstrate that it can cut Taiwan off from air and sea during a conflict, eroding Taiwanese confidence in its ability to resist PRC aggression. Taiwanese National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Joseph Wu reported on November 3 that over 100 People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels were operating in the West Pacific.[1] Joseph Wu released data that appeared to show two main PLAN and CCG concentrations located between Taiwan and its principal partners, simulating isolation operations.
US Warns of Ongoing Cyber Threat to Industrial Freezers and Cold Storage
CISA, the FBI, and other agencies said hackers are targeting temperature controllers in grocery, healthcare, and food systems after attacks hit Europe.
France Blames Iran for Supermarket Fridge Cyberattack
Paris said it will be asking partners in Europe to back new sanctions against the Iranian entities and individuals involved in the cyberattack.
Pentagon's 'Iron Gate' Operation: Washington Moves To Choke Off Iran's Overland Military Trade
This weekend saw the Pentagon unveil details of a new initiative called "Task Force Iron Gate" - which will seek to target Iranian alternative trade routes amid the US naval mission to blockade its main ports via the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf waters.
Riyadh: Aramco Skyscraper Hit By Missile Strike
An Aramco office building in Riyadh was damaged during a Houthi missile attack; Iran reported three oil tankers on fire in the Strait of Hormuz; US forces disabled a vessel in the Gulf of Oman amid surging regional tensions, less than a week after the US midterms.
Ukraine Strikes Deep Into St. Petersburg, Setting Major Russian Oil Export Terminal on Fire
Ukrainian long-range drones struck one of Russia’s major oil export terminals in St. Petersburg overnight on October 18, igniting a fire at the facility as a large-scale drone attack targeted energy infrastructure across the city and surrounding Leningrad region.
Startling Chart Projects Mind-Boggling Surge in 2026 Ballots Just for Dems, Unprecedented in US History
One data point they have seized on is the estimated approximate number of people who voted for each party in the Tuesday elections. One popular chart posted on the social media platform X shows that approximately 70 million Americans voted for Democrats, while approximately 55 million Americans voted for Republicans.
Inside CHIRLA’s Secret Voter Campaign
Since 2019, California has granted more than $100 million to a left-wing NGO called the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, or CHIRLA. The group has used those or other resources to fight deportations, address “hate incidents,” and craft what it calls “progressive policies.”
Houston Mayor Curbs ICE Cooperation Days After Abbott Loses - And Says Texas' New Leaders Are On Board
Houston Mayor John Whitmire has ordered the city's police to stop calling ICE on anyone who isn't arrested for a jailable offense, and says he cleared it with the Democrats who just won Texas. "SB4 is not a priority of the new statewide elected officials," Whitmire told reporters Friday, three days after Gov. Greg Abbott lost his bid for a fourth term.
Heavily Armed Illegal Alien Arrested Near White House With AR-15, MAC-10; DHS Say He "Heard Voices In Head To Kill Trump"
Secret Service agents arrested a heavily armed illegal alien from Venezuela down the street from the White House who, according to the federal government, "heard voices in his head telling him to kill President Trump." A new report from the Department of Homeland Security said the illegal alien had an AR-15-style rifle, a MAC-10, a Glock 43X, and ammunition in his vehicle at the time of his arrest near the White House grounds.
Drones and Neptune Missiles Strike Kamensky Rocket Fuel Plant
Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted a complex overnight strike using attack drones and Navy Neptune missile systems against the Kamensky chemical plant in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov region, the General Staff announced on Saturday, Oct. 31. The precision attack ignited a finished goods warehouse and damaged four production workshops at the facility, which synthesizes solid rocket propellant for Uragan, Smerch, and Tornado-S artillery rocket systems and air-launched munitions.
Exit Poll: Iran War Was ‘Crucial Or Major’ Factor For 3 In 4 Voters
As Republicans see electoral losses across the country, about 74 percent of voters said the Iran war was a “crucial or major” factor in their vote for Congress, and Democrats won 63 percent of those voters, according to NBC exit polls. Only 26 percent said the war was a “minor factor or not a factor,” 70 percent of whom voted Republican and 28 percent of whom voted Democrat.
Voters in 8 States Approve Citizenship, Voter ID Measures for State Elections
In West Virginia, South Dakota, Kansas, Alaska, and Arkansas, voters approved measures affirming that only U.S. citizens can vote in state elections. All but Alaska’s were constitutional amendments, while Alaska’s was a ballot initiative. Voters in Ohio and Nevada approved constitutional amendments requiring photo ID to vote in person. North Carolina voters approved an amendment extending the state’s photo ID requirement, already in its constitution for in-person voting, to mail ballots. Voters in California and Colorado rejected measures that would have tightened voter ID rules. California’s Proposition 39 would have required voter ID, and Colorado’s Amendment 84 would have required an ID number for mail-in ballots.
Iran Reportedly Hands Out Iodine Tablets As Trump Locks Crosshairs On Pickaxe Mountain
Iodine Tablets Being Distributed Iranian Video Tells Citizens How To Survive Nuke Trump Says US 'Locked And Loaded' For Renewed Strikes Against Iran
Rubio Weighs Leaving Administration After GOP’s Midterm Loss`
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is weighing whether to leave the Trump administration, people familiar with the matter said, as he considers his next moves following Republicans’ midterm elections wipeout this week.
Trump’s Statement on Ending Israel’s Military Aid by Year’s End Aligns With Netanyahu Push for Deeper Military Integration
Ben Freeman of the Quincy Institute said on X in response to Trump’s statement that if the integration moves forward, Israel could “end up getting WAY more than $4B from US taxpayers” and that the funds would “just be buried in the DoD budget.”
Exclusive: ‘Another Death One Day After Vaccine’ — Medical Examiners Debated COVID Vaccine Safety, Emails Reveal
Internal emails obtained under New York’s Freedom of Information Law and shared with The Defender reveal how the nation’s largest medical examiner’s office and its peers discussed deaths that followed COVID-19 vaccination, amid emerging evidence linking mRNA vaccines to heart damage. Attorney Jimmy Wagner, who requested the documents, said medical examiners’ private discussions contradicted public assurances that the COVID-19 vaccines were safe.
Judge finds DOJ conceded violating Epstein files law, gives Blanche a week
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan found that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche effectively conceded the Justice Department is violating the law governing the release of Jeffrey Epstein records, according to Politico’s account of the order — and after that ruling, Blanche filed heavily redacted Epstein records at the wire Thursday. Sullivan has also warned Blanche he could face contempt proceedings if the Justice Department fails to comply with orders in the case.
Texas's New Democrat Governor Vowed To Stop Helping ICE - Here's What She Can Actually Undo
Democrat Gina Hinojosa's upset of Gov. Greg Abbott hands the state's border machinery to a lawmaker who spent the campaign attacking it.
Iran Says Four Oil Tankers Destroyed by Mines Near Strait of Hormuz
Four oil tankers were destroyed after hitting naval mines in an area south of the Strait of Hormuz proscribed by Iran as prohibited for navigation, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday, as attacks on vessels in the region intensify while crude oil flows have dipped from recent highs. The four tankers are still ablaze, while two other vessels have been seized, the Revolutionary Guards said.
Democrat Annie Andrews Defeats GOP Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina Senate Race
Andrews defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Graham, becoming the first Democrat to win the seat in nearly 3 decades.
Democrats Win Senate Control After Flipping Key Seats
Democrats have flipped seven Senate races to win a majority. Several Senate races are yet to be called.
Mike Johnson to Step Down as Top House Republican in Wake of Election Loss
Among the options to succeed Johnson will be Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who told GOP colleagues on Wednesday that he will run for the top Republican post.
Iran Rejects Latest Draft Proposal To End War: US 'Must Act On 7 Conditions' To Reopen Hormuz
Iran Rejects US Draft Proposal: Tehran insists all seven conditions must be met before reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Negotiations Remain Uncertain: Reports of US-Iran concessions raised hopes of a breakthrough, but Iran indicates a deal remains distant. Back to Headline Ping-Pong: Oil prices initially plunged on optimism over negotiations before recovering some losses. Military Tit-for-Tat Escalates: Iran reported three tanker explosions and claimed to have downed two US drones, while the US confirmed strikes on Qeshm Island.
"Technical Glitch" Disrupts Westchester Voting, Potentially Affecting 250,000 Ballots
Blamed on a "Technical Glitch" Westchester County Key House Battleground Voting Machines Reject Paper Ballots Across Westchester County
Appeals Court Allows Trump Admin Effort Targeting Noncitizen Voting
She barred the Trump administration from requiring election officials to remove registered voters from voter rolls. She also prohibited the Department of Justice from telling election officials not to provide ballots to specific registered voters, or to sequester ballots solely based on the administration’s allegations that those people were not eligible to vote.
Trump Says US Will End $4 Billion Annual Support for Israel After 2026
Trump said he spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the aid, and they agreed to cut it. “They don’t need it. If they did need it, I would say keep it going. But Bibi Netanyahu, we reached an agreement on that. And can I be honest with you? He brought it up,” Trump said.
US Attacks Iran's Qeshm Island On Election Eve
US bombs Qeshm Island on Monday: confirmation comes after a series of explosions were heard in the region. Trump Delays Iran Decision: Trump says he is in no rush to resume strikes, favoring more time for diplomacy despite Netanyahu's reported push for renewed military action. Ayatollah Signals Openness to Talks: Supreme Leader authorizes dialogue with Washington as Qatari mediation reportedly makes progress toward a draft agreement. Faster Hormuz Reopening on the Table: Iran says it could reopen the Strait within two days if Washington accepts its demands, including lifting the US blockade. Oil Prices Tumble: Hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough send Brent toward $106 and WTI below $100, triggering a broader risk-on market rally. Supply Risks Persist: Nearly 1 billion barrels have reportedly been drained from global inventories, leaving oil and diesel markets vulnerable to renewed escalation.
Supreme Court Rejects DOJ Request For California To Set Aside 20,000 Ballots
The justices opted not to ask California to file a response, as normally happens when they think an issue might be a close call.
America Votes: What to Expect
Democrats appear poised to win control of the House and possibly the Senate on Nov. 3 as Republicans labor to overcome a decades-long pattern of midterm losses by any party controlling the White House. Voter dissatisfaction with fuel prices and the war with Iran bodes well for Democrats.
Ilhan Omar's Marriage Application To 'Brother' Surfaces With Some Bizarre Errors
A source familiar with the investigation told the Post that Omar is not her real name and that her birth surname is Elmi, the same as the man she married.
U.S. Calls Out China's "Coercive Behavior in West Sea": Seoul Utters Not a Single Word
The United States, during the South Korea-U.S.-Japan foreign ministers’ meeting, mentioned China’s ‘coercive behavior in the West Sea’ and strengthened its message of deterrence against Beijing. However, it was confirmed on the 31st that the South Korean government, which is directly affected by China’s activities in the West Sea, did not include such content in its related press release.
U.S. Intel Confirms This Is China’s Secret Spaceplane
The Chinese spaceplane design is unsurprisingly very similar to the U.S. Space Force's history-making X-37B.
Who fell and who rose at China's fifth plenum
The Chinese Communist Party leadership's latest conclave ended Thursday with an unusually lengthy list of personnel changes.
Ilhan Omar's Ex-Husband And Alleged Brother Describes Himself As 'Gay Man' While Frey Aide Says Allegations 'Almost Certainly True'
Elmi, a doctoral researcher at the University of Bristol, wrote that his study of violence against gay people in Africa was "not just an academic undertaking" because of "the complexities of [his] identity" as a "gay man of the East African diaspora."
Washington State Official Says No System to Identify Noncitizen Voters
A top Washington state official said on Oct. 29 that the state has no way to confirm whether people are U.S. citizens when registering them to vote. “We don’t have a system that can identify whether someone is an actual noncitizen,” Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs said during a press conference in King County.
Spain: Video footage suggests police ‘facilitated’ migrant surge in July
Nearly 50,000 migrants rushed the border back in July, with a dozen of these having previously been deported for suspected ties to jihadist terrorism
Saudi Arabia at the Breaking Point
the Gulf’s energy system will take far longer and cost far more to rebuild than anyone in Washington is admitting, and Saudi Arabia can no longer be counted on to cover the gap. Here are his key findings.
Trump’s $8 Billion Farmer Fuel Bailout
Relief is real, the financing is not free, and the schedule is political. Diesel near $6 is a genuine emergency for row-crop farmers, and CCC exists precisely for fast action. But a program announced at a campaign rally, funded off-budget, and paying out after Election Day invites skepticism. The number to track is the per-commodity rate in November, which will tell you whether this is targeted loss relief or a broad pre-election transfer.
Israel is 'Jewish territory,' gov't must send Gazans to France per Trump plan, Ben-Gvir says
Ben-Gvir’s far-right Otzma Yehudit party has been a key member of Netanyahu’s coalition. Recent polling has projected Otzma Yehudit to win approximately eight seats in the next Knesset.
Five key takeaways from Israel’s parliamentary elections
With more than 76 percent of votes counted, Netanyahu’s bloc holds a slight lead over the opposition but shy of a majority.
California Sends Nearly $369 Million in Wildfire Recovery Money to Developers While Survivors Still Cannot Rebuild
The Camp Fire and Woolsey Fire together killed 103 people and wrecked or damaged more than 24,000 structures. The Camp Fire alone wiped out about 14,000 homes in Paradise. The federal allocation of $1,017,399,000 was supposed to cover costs insurance and other aid did not. California’s Department of Housing and Community Development split the money between homeowner rebuilding and “affordable” rentals. Homeowners got the short end. Of the $222.4 million set aside for them, just $38 million had been spent by the end of 2023, rebuilding a total of 110 homes. Meanwhile developers collected $368.7 million.
She Took Her Triplets Back to China. She Returned With 2.
Now, she was at a Chinese airport, the triplets in her arms. Two strangers appeared, a man and a woman. They offered to hold her newborns. Tursun was only too grateful. But as soon as she handed her babies to them, their faces changed. Follow us, they instructed. They were the Chinese police. Thus began an ordeal that cost Tursun one of her babies and stole years of her youth.
Switzerland Freezes Funding To Doctors Without Borders Over Sexual Exploitation In Chad
The Swiss foreign ministry says MSF breached its contractual obligation to report, and NZZ am Sonntag writes that mistrust of the charity is "now immense within the Confederation." MSF has acknowledged its mistakes. NZZ says MSF's internal investigation turned up 59 reports of sexual violence and exploitation, mostly involving women and girls who fled the war in Sudan, and that 18 staff were dismissed, six of them from MSF's Swiss branch.
Minnesota Charges James O'Keefe And Cam Higby With Felonies Over Polling-Place Vouching Stunt
"They revealed how easy it is to commit fraud in your system - without actually defrauding anyone - and you are prosecuting them for embarrassing you?...
War Secretary Swears In General Forced to Retire After Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine
War Secretary Pete Hegseth has welcomed back an Air Force general who was forced to retire because she did not want to take the COVID-19 vaccine when it was mandated during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of War said on Oct. 27.
US Grants Visa to Flavio Bolsonaro After He Flees Brazil
After the presidential election, Brazilian authorities asked Bolsonaro to surrender his passport to prevent him from leaving the country.
DOJ Flags More Than 400 Suspected Noncitizens on Washington Voter Rolls
In a statement, the DOJ said it had provided the state with a list of voters suspected of being noncitizens or green card holders. Noncitizens are barred from voting in U.S. elections regardless of their legal immigration status. “We have identified over 400 non-citizens who are registered to vote and have voted in multiple elections. This is only the tip of the iceberg,” acting U.S. Attorney Neil Floyd said.
Behind France’s School Blockades and ‘Yellow Vest’ Riots, a Far-Left Network Years in the Making
Benjamin Cauchy, a 2018 Yellow Vest leader, told The Epoch Times the movement has been ‘completely hijacked by the far-left.’
Democracy Dies In Brazil? Bolsonaro Flees Lula's Totalitarian Crackdown As Trump Admin Plans To Grant Visas
Brazil On Brink Of Political Chaos? Bolsonaro Inbound To US, Trump To Issue Visas Democracy Dies In Brazil Under Lula's Socialist Regime Bolsonaro Reportedly Entered Argentina To Fly To US Bolsonaro Says His Political Prosecution By Socialists Is "Sign Democracy Has Failed" Bolsonaro Drops Annulment Bid As Party Concedes To Lula, Vows Congressional "Fortress" Against Socialist Rule
Why Can’t Farmers Butcher Their Own Animals? A New Bill Could Change That
Just two months earlier, I had been with Massie at Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm when President Donald Trump posted on social media that he wanted to make it possible for farmers and ranchers to process their own meat.
Dozens of Immigrants Charged With Illegal Voting, Fraudulent Voter Registration
The defendants include an illegal immigrant accused of voting in the 2024 election.
WHO Kills MAHA-Backed Hepatitis B Baby Vaccine Trial
Per the study design, the control group of 7,000 infants would skip the at-birth hepatitis B vaccine dose and receive it later on at six weeks, whereas the experimental group of 7,000 infants would receive the shot immediately at birth, the objective being to assess potential adverse health impacts of the hepatitis B shot in day-old infants - a practice which the Public Health™ experts stateside have gone to war to shield from scrutiny, notwithstanding the facts that: · Screening mothers for hepatitis B is cheap and easy · Hepatitis B, outside of mother-to-infant transmission, is nearly exclusively acquired via unprotected sex and intravenous drug use, neither of which most rational people outside of Portland or Brooklyn would recognize as normal activities for infants
"Democracy Has Failed": Bolsonaro Says Lula's Socialist Regime Seized His Passport
Bolsonaro Says Lula's Socialist Regime Seized His Passport Ibovespa Stock Index Plunges 20%, Triggers Circuit Breaker Real Crashes 11% To 5.58/USD Brazil Markets Crater After Socialist Lula's Shock Victory; Bolsonaro Seeks To Annul Runoff
Inside the Pentagon's doomsday plan to keep America fighting if global war erupts
The Pentagon is preparing U.S. military bases to keep operating for at least 90 days without outside support as it prepares for the possibility of a major war that could cripple power grids, disrupt supply chains and threaten critical infrastructure on American soil.
They Went to a Pro Women's Soccer Match and a Communist Purge Broke Out.
Kruse's violation? She wore a shirt bearing the letters XX-XY. She chanted "Save women's sports! Save women's sports!" The commie mob insisted that this group, which included lesbians, Kruse, and the OutKick reporter, be purged. And purged they were.
Champagne Communist: AOC Campaign Blows Nearly $50K on Luxury Hotels
Donor cash funds posh stays and limos while the socialist lectures America on inequality and “oligarchy.”
Musk Clarifies Why Starlink Speed Limits Were Throttled In Ukraine
The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk personally ordered the cap. One of its sources said he and President Trump discussed the move before it took effect, while others said they spoke only after it became public, and some U.S. officials said Musk acted alone. Administration denials have been broad. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said "there was no foreknowledge," Hegseth said "we haven't pulled anything back," and a White House official said "we didn't slow down Starlink at all." Trump has said he did not make the call but that Musk should not be blamed, AP noted.
More Than 18,000 Children Injected With Vaccines Under Anesthesia or Sedation at Colorado Hospital Since 2020
under anesthesia or sedation, “[a]dditional vaccinations are administered … particularly for children with neurocognitive conditions who are unable to tolerate vaccination without sedation.”
Space War Fears Rise as Russian Satellite Makes Dangerous Maneuver
The United States accused Russia of reckless conduct after its Kosmos-2612 military satellite maneuvered exceptionally close to the US-registered ICEYE-X36 satellite.
Hegseth Barred Trans Troops - Yet Navy And Marine Boards Are Voting To Keep Them
Military boards set up to push transgender troops out of the service are instead voting to keep many of them, the New York Times reported Friday, in a quiet break with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's ban.
A Withdrawn Immigration Application, Corrected Tax Returns, And 'Military Officer' Father: Ilhan Omar Evidence Piles Up
A shared address: Omar and Elmi listed the same Columbia Heights, Minnesota, address on their 2009 marriage application. Ahmed Hirsi, the father of Omar's children, also used that address for a business license, according to the Post. Overlapping relationships and tax filings: Omar had her third child with Hirsi in 2012 while legally married to Elmi. The Post also cites joint tax returns Omar filed with Hirsi for 2014 and 2015, before her divorce from Elmi was finalized in 2017. Those returns were subsequently corrected.
Ukraine Officials Complain Starshield Restrictions Still Not Lifted, Despite Trump Assertions
Ukraine says its military forces continue to experience disruptions to critical battlefield communications, a day after President Trump declared that these restrictions had been removed. "President Trump called Elon Musk on Wednesday and asked him to lift restrictions on a military-grade version of Starlink in Ukraine that the SpaceX chief had throttled, U.S. officials said," The Wall Street Journal had initially reported Thursday.
Voters in 7 States Will Have Their Say on Property Tax Limits
States have been collecting far more money than needed, proponents of the ballot measures contend.
Why the French Riot
[T]he US media—mainstream and social—are reacting as if this has no precedent. It has several thousand years’ worth of precedent. It’s the way France has always been and will always be. Do I think it’s a good way to be? No. But it will never change. It must simply be accepted.
Russia is now hitting apartment buildings with drone strikes
Air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv around 5:20 a.m. local time, after air raid alarms had been raised. The high-rise in Sviatoshynskyi district was hit around 7 a.m. – following attacks by drones during the night.
Starlink is getting dragged into Russia's hybrid war against the West
There have been several attacks against Starlink infrastructure across Europe in recent weeks. SpaceX's lucrative connectivity business has become a military and political target.
Attorneys for Andrea Shaw Ask Court to Dismiss Murder Charges, Accuse Prosecutors of ‘Misconduct’
Attorneys for Andrea Shaw, the Idaho mother whose twin toddlers died eight days after receiving vaccines, have moved to dismiss the grand jury murder indictment against her, citing prosecutorial misconduct in the grand jury hearing. “When the facts come out to the court and to the public, it’s going to be shocking,” said attorney Rick Jaffe, who is representing Shaw. “Andrea Shaw did not kill her children, and that will be made abundantly clear.”
Up to 40 Million COVID Vaccine Doses Rejected Over Bacterial Contamination as HHS Knew of Endotoxin Failures: NY AG Lawsuit
A January 15, 2026, lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James reveals that bacterial contamination, including dangerous endotoxins, forced Emergent BioSolutions to abort or reject COVID-19 vaccine batches representing up to 40 million dose-equivalents, while federal health officials were involved in discussions of the manufacturing failures. Endotoxins are toxic bacterial components capable of triggering severe inflammation, septic shock, organ failure, and death.
Oz Says HHS is Deferring $1.2 Billion More From California Medicaid Funding
Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced in the Oval Office on Oct. 20 that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is deferring an additional $1.2 billion in Medicaid funding from California over concerns of widespread fraud in its state healthcare programs.
Undercover Video Throws El-Sayed’s Senate Campaign Into Chaos
El-Sayed "has people from overseas that donate to him," Beckwith said. Asked whether that was allowed, he acknowledged it wasn't.
Pollster Cited by NY Times, Other Outlets Says It’s Fake
Wedgewood Polling said it engaged in an experiment to see how easy it is for a fabricated polling firm to gain traction and be taken seriously.
Donald Trump Jr. Privately Breaks With His Father On Foreign Policy: Report
The president's eldest son has repeatedly voiced his opposition to the nearly eight-month conflict behind closed doors, despite carefully avoiding any public criticism of his father. Two anonymous sources who reportedly spoke directly with Trump Jr. said the MAGA leader has repeatedly questioned the military campaign, a position in line with his longstanding opposition to U.S. involvement in foreign wars.
Why France?
The lesson to learn from France right now is that assimilation doesn’t happen by accident.
Feds have DNA evidence that could prove Ilhan Omar wed her brother, committed immigration fraud: sources
People familiar with the years-long criminal probe said the feds have made use of whistleblowers, government records and now obtained DNA in an effort to substantiate decade-old allegations that Omar — and possibly members of her family like her father — defrauded immigration authorities.
Federal Judge Suspended After Panel Found Her Unfit for Duty
It also found that Brown had been making inappropriate comments, including racial insults; claiming without proof that orders were being entered in cases she oversaw without her permission; making racial insults to judges and court staffers; and “sending copious and bizarre emails to court staff and judges, including emails in the middle of the night, and copying and/or blind copying others who have no reason to be copied on such emails.”
NY, Feds Raid Programs Suspected of Fraud in New York City
The FBI and state officials launched an operation in New York City on Oct. 20 to crack down on Medicaid fraud.
Macron Vows Rioters ‘Must Pay’ as France Surveys Wreckage of Worst Unrest in Years
France tallies 2,397 arrests and nearly 1,000 injured officers after Saturday’s violence, as looting flares again in Paris and politicians trade blame.
Feds Arrest 28 Foreign Nationals In California Monday For Illegal Voting
Federal agents arrested more than two dozen foreign nationals across California on Monday, for fraudulently registering and voting in U.S. elections. Specifically, the 28 suspects are being charged with a combination of illegal voting, making a false claim of U.S. citizenship in order to vote, and “knowingly depriving the residents of California of a fair and impartial election process,” Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter announced at a news conference in Los Angeles.
Russia Intercepts Over 600 Drones Even After Trump Called Ukraine's Attacks On Refineries A 'Disgrace'
Drones have also persisted on the capital, with nearly 100 Ukrainian UAVs having been shot down between Thursday night and Friday, local authorities reported. But Ukraine is also getting pummeled, with whole regions without electricity in a northwest region of the country. A recent Russian assault on the eastern city of Kharkiv killed three people and injured five.
Russia Celebrates 'Historic Moment' After Trump Formally Waives Graham Act Sanctions
It was expected to take effect soon, as part of a big Washington ramping up of pressure to further strangle the Russian economy and thus starve Putin's war machine. Trump has informed Congress that he must waive the new sanctions package because it is in the US national interest, at a moment he's desperately trying to get diesel prices under control amid both the Iran war and Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refineries.
Chinese Researchers Unveil Plans For Tank That Can Remain Submerged For Two Hours
Rather than designing separate vehicles for every environment, researchers are experimenting with interchangeable modules that could allow a single platform to perform multiple roles. The proposed vehicles would also incorporate drones to help clear obstacles and potentially accelerate amphibious landings.
Ukraine's Starlink & Starshield Services Restored, Officials Say
Starshield is the military version of Starlink, which offers satellite internet connectivity for consumer and commercial use. The temporary disruptions to Ukraine's Starshield access, which were reported on Oct. 14, come amid increased tension between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Adding more confusion to this whole scenario, around midday on Friday, President Trump told a gaggle of reporters that he "didn't know who gave the order on Starshield," to slow it down, claiming further that "it wasn't us."
US Law Wasn’t Built for How China’s Spies Operate in America
Experts told The Epoch Times that Beijing conducts most of its U.S. intelligence operations through people already living inside the country, relying on tasks that are largely lawful—making introductions, hosting events, logging attendee lists, or looking up individuals. These activities unfold across student clubs, hometown associations, campaign fundraisers, and university forums—the very institutions an open society intentionally keeps accessible. In Pauken’s case, his role was to identify individuals the Justice Department called “new recruitment targets” for his Chinese handlers.
Another Mass Shooter Stopped By Armed Citizen In Oregon
Three children and one adult are dead following an active shooter situation at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon on Thursday afternoon. The suspected active shooter is also dead after an armed civilian chased the shooter into the school and killed him.
DOJ Sues California After Flagging 20,000 ‘Likely Noncitizens’ Registered to Vote
Prosecutors asked the court to order California to sequester suspicious ballots.
The Pentagon awarded $350M to a firm tied to a senior DOD official
Among a cadre of Wall Street executives brought into the Pentagon during President Donald Trump’s second term, George K. Kollitides II has emerged as a powerbroker with a broad mandate to improve procurement of weapons and critical minerals. The longtime partner at the private equity firm Alvarez & Marsal Capital has framed his tour of duty in government as a service to the country. But the work he’s leading has also been a boon to his old friends in the private sector, government procurement records show.
Report: Ilhan Omar’s Staff Had Her Listed Birth Year Changed After She Was Elected
The library’s director also explained that the original entry had not been supported by documentation. Omar has said she became a U.S. citizen in 2000 through her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, after her family arrived in the United States from Somalia in 1995. “I became a citizen actually before I turned 18,” Omar told the Intercept in September 2018. “My father became a citizen and so I got my citizenship through that process.” The one-year difference matters to that account. Someone born October 4, 1981, would have turned 18 in October 1999. Someone born October 4, 1982, would have remained 17 until October 2000.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro Confirms Separate Investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Finances
In January, the New York Times reported that the Biden administration had begun an investigation into Omar’s finances after reports suggested she amassed a multimillion-dollar net worth since being elected to Congress.
FROM BURNING MAN TO THE BEAST SYSTEM: How Neo-Paganism and Silicon Valley Are Shaping the Last-Days World
That question takes us to one of America’s strangest gatherings: Burning Man. What began in 1986 as a small gathering around a wooden effigy on San Francisco’s Baker Beach has developed into a temporary city in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert attracting tens of thousands of people. Burning Man officially presents itself around principles such as radical inclusion, radical self-expression, communal effort, participation, and immediacy. Yet accounts from inside the event describe something far more spiritually significant than an unusual art festival. The environment includes psychedelic drugs, sexual experimentation, altered states of consciousness, New Age ideas, occult imagery, ritualistic activity, and the rejection of traditional moral boundaries. The worldview celebrated there should concern Christians because much of it represents the opposite of the biblical understanding of God, humanity, morality, sexuality, and truth.
The AfD’s retreat on exiting the euro shows how it’s eyeing power
Germany’s far-right party may drop one of its founding tenets to broaden its electoral appeal.
Senate Republicans Training Their Own Election Observers to Match Democrats’ Effort
Senate Democrats announced the same day that they had recruited more than 100 staff observers to send to nine states.
SpaceX Reportedly Caps Starlink Speed As Kiev Defies Trump's Calls To Halt Refinery Strikes
The local outlet noted, "Ukraine relies on Starlink for several military applications including operating its mid-strike campaign in Russian-occupied Ukraine, as well as interceptor drones that defend against Russia's new jet-powered attack drones." "The consequences are already being felt in the field. Since the start of the day alone, a drone unit operating within the 7th Corps' area of responsibility in the Huliaipole sector has had to cancel a number of missions due to these connectivity issues," Ukraine's 7th Air Assault Corps told the outlet. Western media, such as the Financial Times, said Ukraine was "blindsided by Starlink restrictions and intelligence gaps during Russian attack."
Ilhan Omar's Staff Scrambled To Change Her Birth Year Days After Fraud Allegations Emerged
Omar has said she derived citizenship through her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, when he naturalized in 2000, and the law then required the child to be under 18 when the parent naturalized. Born in 1981, she'd have been an adult all of 2000 - the year she says she became a citizen at 17, the NY Post reports. For her two years in the Minnesota House and more than four months into her congressional term, the state's Legislative Reference Library listed her birthday as Oct. 4, 1981, the same date carried by Wikipedia, the BBC and Congress's own Biographical Directory.
Two Cargo Ships Sink Near Strait of Hormuz, as Iranian Attacks Increase
Strikes come as U.S. military is successfully shepherding more oil through the strait
Ukraine Attacks Two More Refineries After Trump's Proclaimed 'Energy Ceasefire': Kremlin
The Kremlin on Wednesday indicated that work on the Trump-proposed energy truce with Ukraine is continuing, but in contradiction with recent Trump proclamations did not treat it as any kind of done deal currently in effect.
Germany: 358 recorded child marriages since 2012, including an 11-year-old Iraqi girl
Almost 100% of the cases involved foreigners, especially from Syria
ATF Director Denies Existence of Gun Registry, Warns That Future Admins Could Develop One
Gun Owners of America and members of Congress want gun transaction records destroyed to eliminate even the possibility of a registry.
Trump Hints at Possible Meeting With North Korean Leader
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 12 that he might meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his planned visit to Asia next month. Asked by a reporter whether he expects to meet Kim during the trip, Trump said: “I may. That will be exciting, won’t it? But I get along with him.”
Zelensky Confirms Second Night Of No Early Strike Warning From Partners
Zelensky has taken to X to announce a second night of heavy Russian airstrikes, but without the early warning from Western allies that his government had previously been afforded. Ballistic missiles are rocking the capital overnight. At around or shortly before midnight Zelensky announced a new "Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv" as "Once again, no early warning from our partners. The main target was energy infrastructure, specifically CHPP-4. Unfortunately, it was hit." ...However, it's not yet definitively confirmed that Washington has cut off intelligence.
Two Teachers SHOT In France; Far-Left Network Is FUNDING The Chaos
Singham, the Shanghai-based tech tycoon who has poured tens of millions into U.S. far-left groups, funds the pro-communist outlet BreakThrough News. That outlet has amplified the French unrest with “BREAKING” alerts and collages of global youth riots, framing local education grievances as part of a worldwide uprising against austerity, policing, and the West. On the ground in Paris, hammer-and-sickle flags have flown alongside Palestinian flags. Young Communists of France have marched under “Class War” banners demanding an end to “Imperialist Wars.”
The New-Keynesian Establishment Is Congratulating Itself On A Job Well Done
the New-Keynesian economic establishment congratulating itself on a job well done. Winning the prize signals that the establishment ideas are the best ideas, but there are problems with this. Firstly, there are legitimate criticisms to be made about the performance of central banks in ensuring macroeconomic stability
China Is Studying Ukraine's Drone War To Prepare Its Military For Future Conflicts
A new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) suggests Beijing has developed an extensive system for monitoring battlefield innovations and incorporating them into its own military planning. Chinese defense researchers generally identify and assess new developments within several months, although implementing those findings across the People's Liberation Army (PLA) often takes considerably longer.
Columbus Statues Became Targets Across America. Italian Americans Are Fighting Back.
‘Nobody’s history should be destroyed,’ said an Italian American seeking to preserve Christopher Columbus’s legacy.
Saudi Arabia Reports New Airport Attacks After Deadly Strike Killed 13
An attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh killed one person and injured 11 others, according to the country’s General Authority of Civil Aviation, one day after a Houthi attack killed another 13 at the airport—including an American.
Trump: Russia and Ukraine Agree to ‘Energy Ceasefire’
The announcement was made after Trump reached a deal with Putin on Oct. 9 to supply diesel to the U.S. and global markets. [Which seems impossible for the Russians to fulfill.]