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The U.S. Department of the Interior said on Thursday it is investigating what appeared to be a large tracing of "8647" into the grounds of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
A Reuters photographer atop the Washington Monument saw the apparent marking in the grass near the World War Two Memorial shortly before authorities arrived at the scene. It shows the numbers eight, six and seven, but a four is not clearly defined. U.S. Park Police and members of the National Guard responded to the scene.
Trump Announces His Official DNI Nominee
After Pulte Appointment Was Met With Stiff Opposition replies
After Pulte Appointment Was Met With Stiff Opposition replies
Well, that didn’t last long.
On June 2, President Trump appointed Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence, replacing Tulsi Gabbard, who stepped down following her husband’s diagnosis with a rare bone cancer. He will officially transition to the role on June 19. That announcement was met with swift resistance from Democrats and even some Republicans who said he was unqualified for the role and had no prior experience. He had also severely hurt the feelings of the Dems by referring Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, and NY Attorney General Letitia James to the Justice Department for mortgage fraud.
On Thursday,
JD Vance to Enter Hostile Territory, Agrees
to Appear on ABC's Far-Left 'The View'
Next Week replies
to Appear on ABC's Far-Left 'The View'
Next Week replies
Vice President J.D. Vance will be a guest on ABC’s “The View” Tuesday to discuss his new book about faith and field questions about current events.
Fox News reported that he will be the third sitting vice president to appear on the program. All six “View” co-hosts, including Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro, are expected to be on hand.
“The View’s” hosts are known for being notoriously anti-Donald Trump and his administration. Even the two Republicans on the program — Navarro and Griffin — are harsh critics of the president.
There are a great many things wrong with our election systems, but one of them may be addressed in a case that awaits decision in the Supreme Court. The case is Watson v. Republican National Committee, and the issue is whether the State of Mississippi’s statute allowing ballots that arrive after Election Day to be counted violates federal law.
Article 1, Section 4 of the Constitution says:
The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.
JTN Network, the parent company of Just the News, announced Thursday the launch of Lyceum, a new digital opinion and commentary platform designed to deliver thoughtful analysis, conservative perspectives, and compelling conversation on the issues shaping America and the world.
Available at https://lyceumnow.com, Lyceum expands the Just the News network with a dedicated space for commentary, long-form analysis, and informed debate from writers, contributors, and thought leaders across a broad spectrum of topics.
“At a time when too much of modern media chases outrage instead of insight, Lyceum was created to bring readers substantive arguments, fact-driven commentary, and serious intellectual debate
JACKSON, Miss. —
Cordarius Hobbs, who is charged in a double murder and the shooting of a deputy in Simpson County, is the brother of two suspects arrested in connection with the shooting of a Covington County deputy.
Authorities confirmed the connection while a manhunt was underway Monday for Cortavious Lawayne Hobbs, 18, and Cortavion Dewayne Hobbs, 19. The brothers are accused of shooting the deputy, who was critically injured, during a traffic stop Monday afternoon in Mount Olive.Cordarius Hobbs, 17, is currently being held in the Rankin County Jail on capital murder charges in connection with the deaths of Bill and Carol Blair in Simpson County.
A new state law goes into effect on Aug. 1 in Minnesota, which will no longer allow 10-, 11- and 12-year-old children to be criminally prosecuted. The law, passed two years ago by state legislators, now requires children under 13 who are considered delinquent, or who have broken a state law, be redirected to social services. The Minnesota Association of County Social Service Administrators (MACSSA) represents social service staff across the state's 87 counties and is asking the state to step in and make changes to the law. Anne Broskoff is the Human Services Director in Brown County; she's also
As Xavier Becerra looks to move up the polls in the California Democratic primary for governor, one of the biggest controversies shadowing his record is the scandal involving missing migrant children during his tenure as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The scandal reportedly stemmed from the massive surge of immigrants, specifically unaccompanied minor children. (snip)
The images of these children put pressure on the Biden administration to do something, so they reportedly began imposing demands on staffers to begin moving kids quickly out of the shelters and to their sponsors meant to protect the kids from human trafficking or other forms of exploitation
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Wednesday that Said Abdullahi Ereg, a former Minneapolis grocery and deli owner, had surrendered to federal authorities, marking the first person on the FBI’s new "Most Wanted Fraudsters" list to be taken into custody as federal authorities continue a nationwide fraud crackdown.
Said Abdullahi Ereg, 47, faces charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.
The FBI said Ereg, a former south Minneapolis grocery and deli owner, surrendered to federal authorities less than a week after the Justice Department unveiled its "Most Wanted Fraudsters" list, which is intended to publicly identify individuals charged in major fraud cases.
The “sweetest” elderly Mississippi couple were allegedly killed by a teenage burglar who then shot at cops during a six-hour standoff while barricaded in the house, according to authorities.
Billy Blair, 74, and his wife, Virginia Carol Blair, 71, were killed after 17-year-old Cordarius Hobbs broke into their home last Wednesday, WLBT reported. Hobbs has since been charged with capital murder.
Cops swooped on the Mendenhall home just after noon for a welfare check after worried relatives couldn’t make contact — but they encountered gunfire upon their arrival.
The burglary was already taking place when police arrived and the front door was open.
Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Shropshire are among the local authorities urging locals not to attach flags to lampposts or signs without permission.
But Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said today that anyone flying an England flag outside their home was “now intimidating migrants, according to our political class”.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp told the Daily Mail: “This is outrageous. Patriotic British citizens should be allowed to display national flags, whether the St George’s Cross, Saltire or Union Jack – at times like these.
“Woke councils should stop being ashamed of our national identity and culture, and start celebrating it instead. I’m proud of our national identity.
Hamas is not agreeing to disarm. It is bargaining.
The Cairo meetings reportedly focused heavily on what mediators described as the "restriction of weapons" rather than outright disarmament. Some proposals reportedly envision Hamas and other armed groups "depositing" weapons with Palestinian authorities or placing them under international supervision.
This brush-off alone should convince Washington that the current strategy of negotiating with Hamas, as with Iran, is failing.
The notion that Hamas would voluntarily surrender the means that allow it to dominate the Gaza Strip, intimidate Palestinians, and wage jihad (holy war) against Israel is detached from reality. Hamas did not spend decades building a military infrastructure, digging tunnels,
We're about three weeks away from Virginia's ban on "assault firearms" and "large capacity" magazines taking effect, and gun shops across the Old Dominion are continuing to see booming business as customers look to stock up on the guns and magazines that will have to be pulled from store shelves unless the law is enjoined from being enforced by an injunction. According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, gun sales in Virginia last month were about double what they were in May, 2025. That's right in line with what Steve's Archery and Guns owner Steve Rodgers has been seeing at his shop in Shenandoah.
“The Men Who Fear Women.” That’s the title of Helen Lewis’s latest cover story for The Atlantic. It’s currently making a big splash as she travels the podcast and interview circuit—PBS, The New York Times, NPR—explaining what she calls “masculinism,” a movement that apparently wants to put women back in the kitchen where they belong, having stripped them of all their political rights.
Sounds scary, huh? As the title suggests, though, it isn’t the women who are scared (although perhaps they should be)—it’s the men.
You may remember Helen Lewis from her car-crash interview with Jordan Peterson for GQ, way back in 2018.
An interesting article in Japan Times reinforces several insider trade discussions that have been taking place over the past eighteen months. Essentially, all trade deals with Canada are contingent upon their access to the USA market. Lose the USMCA trade deal, and any trade terms between Asian and Canadian counterparts are null and void.
This is not the first time this background from key trade nations has been shared with Canada. Japan told Canada last year that most sector trade, specifically the auto industry, was contingent upon tariff-free access to the U.S. market. If Canada loses the USMCA, the terms of trade change completely.
A few days ago, the ‘coalition of the willing’ (Starmer, Merz, Macron and Zelenskyy) met in London to hammer out the latest words on paper, a new military pledge to support Ukraine against Russia.
Both British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles III agreed to a renewed military effort that included British armed forces securing Ukraine territory according to their plan. Three days later, British Defense Minister John Healey resigns, citing insufficient funding of military. Seriously folks, you cannot make this up. This comes on the heels of the U.K. borrowing ships from Germany in order to participate in NATO exercises led by the U.K.
The Pentagon is on lockdown Thursday as emergency workers respond to the Department of War’s headquarters for a “hazardous materials incident,” Arlington County Fire and EMS said in a post to X.
“ACFD units, including our Hazardous Materials Team, are currently operating at the Pentagon in support of PFPA’s Hazmat Team during a hazardous materials incident,” it said.
Building systems detected an “air quality issue,” which prompted a shelter-in-place order, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement.
The Los Angeles mayoral race just got a little more interesting.
It’s already been a wild ride, where wildfire victim Spencer Pratt seemed to be a shoo-in for the second spot the night the polls closed, only to see his lead slowly erode over the days as mail-in ballots continue to be counted in an excruciatingly slow fashion. Somehow, LA Councilwoman Nithya Raman, who tanked in the May debate and was a consistent third in the polls, is now seemingly destined to take the number two position and head to the November general election to face the failed incumbent, Karen Bass.
Nearly 90,000 unidentified children facing sexual abuse will finally be helped thanks to House Republicans funding the largest investment to fight child exploitation and trafficking.
A provision included in the newly passed Department of Homeland Security funding bill will allow 200 new investigators to identify victims of child sexual abuse.
“Right now, 89,000 unidentified image series of children being sexually abused have been seen by law enforcement—but these children have yet to be identified and are still waiting to be found due to resource and manpower shortages,” Tim Tebow, founder and chairman of the Tim Tebow Foundation, said.
The scale of fraud that took place in Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota became clearer and clearer in 2025-2026 as investigations by Congress and independent reporters kept uncovering obvious grift taking place — like the infamous “Quality Learing Center” — right in front of the Gopher State leaders’ noses Nutrition programs like Feeding Our Future, a non-profit that allegedly defrauded two federal USDA child‑nutrition programs administered by the state Department of Education, were revealed to be personal piggy banks for scammers, many of them (but by no means all) of Somali descent, who stole hundreds of millions from social services efforts.
Yesterday, I came across a video in which a black man films himself riding down the street on a bicycle, reportedly in Florida, before he pulls over where a white man is sitting on the ground talking to a white woman while they appear to be waiting for a bus. Out of nowhere and without provocation, the black man punches the seated white man in the head, accusing him of being part of the “jury selection” for the Karmelo Anthony trial; he also says to the white veteran, “you gonna die.”
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Thursday released documents showing that former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci had deep, decades-long ties with the U.S. intelligence community that predate the COVID-19 pandemic by nearly 20 years.
In the timeline produced by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Paul chronicles extensive communications and contacts between Fauci and spy agencies.
For instance, when private emails show him alarmed by the COVID-19 virus’s engineered-looking features in January 2020, Fauci helped orchestrate the “Proximal Origin” paper that publicly dismissed a lab origin and instead argued that the virus emerged naturally.
Fauci then quietly fed that same
Mere hours after the GiveSendGo fund supporting Karmelo Anthony was “unpublished,” activists supporting the teen murderer launched a petition calling for the arrest of Austin Metcalf’s brother, Hunter.
The petition, which as of this writing still has fewer than 50 signatures, charges Hunter Metcalf with contributing to his brother’s death by “allegedly assaulting” Anthony.
“As a member of the Black community in America, the ongoing injustices we face daily have reached a tipping point,” the petition reads. “Our community is fed up with the perpetual cycle of violence and discrimination that remains unchecked by a justice system that too often turns a blind eye to our plight.