Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing pressure from all sides to release the Epstein files, receiving major backlash after a memo from the Justice Department and FBI contradicted promises she previously made about releasing Epstein’s list. She now claims the incriminating “client list does not exist,” that Epstein did not blackmail prominent figures, and that…
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UK Envoy Warns Christianity Risking “Wipeout” in Persecution Hotspots
The United Kingdom’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) has warned that Christianity is in danger of being “wiped out” in parts of the world as global religious persecution intensifies. Speaking at a briefing held at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office on July 8 2025, envoy David Smith, MP for North Northumberland, announced a new…
Obama Releases Rare Statement Firing Back at ‘Ringleader’ Trump
Former President Barack Obama is firing back at Donald Trump’s accusation that he orchestrated the Trump–Russia investigation. On Tuesday evening, Obama’s spokesperson released a rare public statement in response to Trump’s earlier claims that the former president was the “ringleader” behind the Russiagate probe and should be criminally investigated. The allegations follow the release of…
Can Local Women REVIVE a Forest Sanctuary?
Twenty local women have replanted over 2,000 native species at a sanctuary in Kerala’s Western Ghats in India, reviving forest life and drawing back wildlife to the area with remarkable results. At a Glance A group of 20 local women at Kerala’s Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary have reintroduced more than 2,000 native plant species. Their efforts…
Lost Dog FOUND – After 300 Miles and 8 Years!?!
Your beloved pet vanished during Hurricane Harvey and has just been reunited with you across hundreds of miles, proving that hope and microchips can withstand the test of time. At a Glance Blue, a dog lost since 2017 during Hurricane Harvey, was discovered alive in a public restroom in Waco, Texas. A microchip scan traced…
Trump DOJ propping up ‘incorrect’ and ‘contrary’ new arguments in ICE raid case that are ‘based on a misreading’ of a judge’s order and applicable law, ACLU says
Background: ICE agents raiding a Santa Fe Springs swap meet in California on June 14, 2025 (Onscene.TV/ACLU). Inset: President Donald Trump listens as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci). The Trump administration is disregarding the Constitution in an attempt…
Man said he was having a ‘mental break’ when he ratchet-strapped dead wife in plastic wrap for weeks: Police
Background: News footage of the home in San Antonio, Texas where the body of Angela Byrd was found (KSAT). Inset: Charles Vandoil Byrd (Bexar County Sheriff’s Office). A Texas man reportedly admitted to killing his wife more than a month ago, claiming to local reporters that he had a “mental break.” Charles Vandoil Byrd, 49,…
East German State Announces New Citizens Must Accept Israel’s Legitimacy
Beate Meinl-Reisinger (M), Foreign Minister of Austria, receives Johann Wadephul (CDU, l), Federal Foreign Minister of Germany, and Gideon Saar, Foreign Minister of Israel, at the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria. Photo: Katharina Kausche/dpa via Reuters Connect Those seeking citizenship in the East German state of Brandenburg must…
‘Rigor mortis began to release’: Father who blamed 5-month-old son’s death on tipped-over bouncer couldn’t explain why the baby was already decomposing, police say
Inset: Jared White (Curry County Detention Center). Background: The 1000 block Maple Street in Clovis, N.M. (Google Maps). A New Mexico man is behind bars after his 5-month-old baby boy was found dead at home over the weekend, according to law enforcement in the Land of Enchantment. Jared White, 35, stands accused of one count…
This Obama Judge Thinks Planned Parenthood Has a Right to Your Tax Dollars
Obama appointed Judge Indira Talwani was at it again yesterday. In a 36-page opinion that (as Dan McLaughlin described it) “drips with scorn for the elected government,” she placed a preliminary injunction against a provision of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that defunded providers of elective abortion, including Planned Parenthood, from federal Medicaid funding for…
‘Someone gave the President very bad legal advice’: Conservative group sues Trump, claims tariffs are a ‘presidential power grab that usurps Congress’ right’
President Donald Trump listens during a briefing with the media, Friday, June 27, 2025, at the White House in Washington (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin). A conservative legal group is suing the Trump administration in Texas over the president’s tariffs on Chinese imports, alleging that they were unilaterally imposed through an “unlawful” use of an obscure emergency…
Church Fights to Hold Andy Beshear Accountable for Closing Churches During COVID
Liberty Counsel has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review Maryville Baptist Church v. Beshear, a case which presents a critically important Due Process Clause question regarding whether a vested right earned from a legal victory can be retroactively eliminated several years later by recent changes in legal precedent. REACH PRO-LIFE PEOPLE WORLDWIDE! Advertise with LifeNews to reach hundreds…
Israel Launches Air And Ground Offensive In Gaza
Israel has launched air raids and a ground operation in Gaza, targeting Deir al-Balah. The new offensive is said to be “substantial.” Deir al-Balah is the main hub for humanitarian efforts in the devastated Palestinian territory, amid urgent warnings of widening starvation in the coastal strip. This assault comes a day after the Israeli military…
Baby Born at Just 22 Weeks and 1 Day Proves Unborn Children are Human Beings
A premmie from Georgia who defied all expectations after being born at just 22 weeks and one day gestation has just celebrated his second birthday. Baby Tuff Born had been in his mother’s womb barely 22 weeks when he was born at a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. According to reports, doctors typically do not provide…
‘Everyone is going to die’: Man who threatened to burn mom alive threw ‘acidic substance’ that started to ‘sizzle’ when it hit the ground, police say
Background: A law enforcement vehicle drives outside of an apartment complex off Sonterra Boulevard (KENS/YouTube) Inset: James Andrew Woerner (Bexar County Sheriff’s Office) A man wanted for allegedly attacking and trying to extort his mother threatened and assaulted law enforcement officers as they arrived to arrest him, authorities maintain. James Andrew Woerner, 38, is in…
‘It’s tearing our family apart’: Urgent Search Underway for Wisconsin Grad Student Who Vanished After Leaving La Crosse Bar
Police in Wisconsin are searching for a 22-year-old who reportedly vanished Sunday morning in La Crosse. According to police, Eliotte Heinz, a graduate student at Viterbo College, disappeared early Sunday morning after leaving Bronco’s Bar in the city’s downtown area. Security footage captured her walking near the Mississippi River waterfront around 3:20 a.m., walking southbound…
Mom gave birth in shower then dumped newborn in trash where he stayed 3 days before being discovered in garbage truck compactor: Cops
Inset: Catherine Innes (Harris County Jail). Background: Cops in Houston, Texas, investigate after Innes allegedly threw her newborn in the trash (KTRK). A Texas mother is behind bars nearly a year after she gave birth to a baby boy in a shower and dumped him in the trash, according to authorities. Harris County Sheriff Ed…
Israeli FM Urges Action as Anti-Israel Protesters Block Cruise Ship at Greek Island, Forcing Diversion to Cyprus
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather at the port of Syros, Greece, blocking an Israeli cruise ship from docking and disembarking. Photo: Screenshot Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar urged his Greek counterpart, Giorgos Gerapetritis, to take action after pro-Palestinian protesters prevented hundreds of Israeli passengers from disembarking a cruise ship near the island of Syros. On Tuesday, approximately…
Washington State Stops Publishing Legally Required Annual Reports on Assisted Suicide
The legalization law requires annual reports to be issued by the state to promote transparency. Well, from now on, opaqueness will be the order of the day. From the Medical Futility blog, by pro-assisted-suicide activist Thaddeus Mason Pope (whose blog is a reliable source of information on these issues): Like almost all other aid-in-dying jurisdictions, the…
Netanyahu Brushes Off Arrest Threats From Mamdani: ‘There’s Enough Craziness in the World’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem, Feb. 16, 2025. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via REUTERS Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplayed threats made by New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani to arrest him if he visits the…
ACOG Under Fire for Misleading Women on Abortion Pill Reversal
Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) is a scientifically supported, evidence-based medical protocol that uses progesterone—the natural hormone that sustains pregnancy. When administered appropriately, APR has successfully helped more than 7,000 women globally carry their pregnancies to term, with no documented harm to mother or child. The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists publicly supports the…
Talk in Buenos Aires – Mitos sobre el control de armas – Mas armas menos Crimen, English: Myths about gun control – More guns, less crime
During a recent talk in Buenas Aires, Argentina, Dr. John Lott addressed 20 legislators from Argentina as well as others. A copy of the PowerPoint in English is available here. Argentina-Talk-2025-without-videoDownload Click this link for the original source of this article. Author: johnrlott This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, https://crimeresearch.org and…
Planned Parenthood Shuts Down Center in Texas
The Planned Parenthood facility in Tyler, Texas, has reportedly permanently closed its doors, with a sign posted on July 17, 2025, marking the end of operations at 601 Turtle Creek Dr. Pro-life advocates hailed the closure as a victory in the ongoing effort to end abortion, pointing to a growing trend of shutdowns across the…
Rahm Emanuel Defends Support for Israel Ahead of Potential US Presidential Run
Rahm Emanuel speaks during a media interview with podcast host Megyn Kelly on July 21, 2025. Photo: Screenshot Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel insisted on Monday that he can win the US Democratic presidential nomination in 2028 despite being Jewish and a vocal Zionist in a party whose base has sharply turned against the Jewish…
‘An existential threat’: Dueling briefs battle over Trump executive order that aims to end mail-in voting and stop ‘non-citizen’ registration
President Donald Trump speaks after signing a bill blocking California’s rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Washington (AP Photo/Alex Brandon). The battle over President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting mail-in voting is heating up in a Washington state…
One Big Beautiful Bill Increased the Child Tax Credit, But a Bigger Increase is Needed
In late-breaking news about the congressional budget reconciliation package, the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) Act, we learned that the final version signed into law by President Trump on July 4 included a $200 increase in the child tax credit. The welcome boost brings the credit for the biggest group of beneficiaries to $2,200 from…
Newly Crowned Miss Israel Melanie Shiraz Discusses Prep for Miss Universe Pageant, Not Being Bothered by ‘Haters’
Melanie Shiraz being crowned Miss Israel 2025. Photo: Simon Soong | Edgar Entertainment The newly crowned Miss Universe Israel 2025 Melanie Shiraz talked to The Algemeiner on Monday about preparations for the Miss Universe pageant in November, hostility and hateful comments she’s faced from Israel haters, and how she’s settling into her new title. The…
NY Jewish Center Aims to Host Largest Shabbat Dinner in History According to Guinness World Records
Shabbat candles. Photo: Olaf.herfurth via Wikimedia Commons. The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center in New York City is hoping to set the Guinness World Record for the largest Shabbat dinner in history by inviting thousands of people to join a Shabbat meal set for November. The temple, in partnership with the UJA Federation of New York,…
Trump Pulls US Out of UN Cultural Agency UNESCO for Second Time
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, Feb. 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque President Donald Trump has decided to pull the United States out of the “woke” and “divisive” UN culture and education agency UNESCO, the White House said on Tuesday, repeating a move he took in his first term that was…
US Targets Houthis With Fresh Sanctions Action
Houthi policemen ride on the back of a patrol pick-up truck during the funeral of Houthi terrorists killed by recent US-led strikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on what it said was a Houthi-linked petroleum smuggling and sanctions evasion network across Yemen and the United Arab Emirates in…
Pakistani Trafficker in Brazil Helped Illegal Alien’s Vast Smuggling Ring Bring Middle Easterners into U.S.
In a significant case ignored by the establishment media an illegal immigrant form Honduras has been sentenced to a decade in prison for running a massive years long alien smuggling operation that “facilitated the illegal movement of Middle Easterners into the United States,” according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The defendant’s “actions put our…
Syrian Committee Reports 1,426 Killed in March Violence, Says Commanders Did Not Order It
Alawite Syrians, who fled the violence in western Syria, walk in Nahr El Kabir River, after the reported mass killings of Alawite minority members, in Akkar, Lebanon March 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir A Syrian fact-finding committee said on Tuesday that 1,426 people had died in March in attacks on security forces and subsequent mass killings of Alawites, but concluded that commanders had…
US–Philippines Partnership Supports Manila Against Beijing’s Bullying: Newsham
“President Donald Trump is due to meet Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the White House on Tuesday. The leader of one of the United States’ key Asian allies, Marcos has come to Washington to talk trade amid an impending August 1 tariff deadline and the continued search for lasting peace and security in the…
Judicial Watch Announces U.S. Supreme Court Brief in Historic Election Integrity Case
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it filed its opening brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in a case filed on behalf of Congressman Mike Bost and two presidential electors, who are before the court to vindicate their standing to challenge an Illinois law extending Election Day for 14 days beyond the…
Turkey Says It Will Intervene Against Any Attempt to Divide Syria
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a press conference following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, May 27, 2025. Photo: Pavel Bednyakov/Pool via REUTERS Turkey will directly intervene to stop any attempt to fragment Syria and will prevent any attempts by militants to obtain autonomy after clashes in southern Syria, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday. His warning against fragmentation, in comments…
British and US Aircraft Carriers Are Jointly Sailing in Talisman Sabre 2025
Aircraft carriers, aircraft, and ground troops are all expected to participate in Talisman Sabre 2025, which will continue until early August. As part of a joint military exercise, aircraft carriers USS George Washington (CVN-73) and HMS Prince of Wales met last week in the Indo-Pacific. The biennial multinational drill dubbed Talisman Sabre incorporates 35,000 personnel from 19 nations. Aircraft…
Woman loading groceries at Costco gunned down in broad daylight by 20-year-old now in custody after his attempt to hide in another country did not go as planned: DOJ
Background: Surveillance footage allegedly shows Salman Haji inside a Washington state Costco before the shooting death of 67-year-old Yuam Ming (KOMO/U.S. Attorney’s Office). Left inset: Yuam Ming’s car after she was shot and killed at a Costco in Tukwila, Wash., last year (KING/YouTube). Right inset: Salman Haji at a grocery store less than an hour…
Trio Who Sexually Abused Kids in Underground Bunker Paid Parents for Access to Their Children
Alabama police have arrested three men who allegedly sexually abused children in a storm shelter. Bibb County police, who began investigating in early February, initially arrested William McElroy. A second suspect, Dalton Terrell, 21, was charged in connection with the case in late April — after already being arrested for allegedly paying adults for sexual…
‘I’ll show you why’: Man snuck gun to work in ‘lunch cooler,’ shot multiple colleagues, killing 1
Inset: Larry Bollin (Brazos County District Attorney’s Office). Background: The Kent Moore warehouse where Bollin shot multiple people (Google Maps). A 31-year-old man in Texas will spend the remainder of his days behind bars for shooting multiple people, killing one, blinding another, and hospitalizing several victims. A Brazos County jury on Monday ordered Larry Bollin…
James Craig Murder Trial: ‘Family Man’ Colorado Dentist Allegedly Poisons Wife in Hospital, Then Asks Doctors to Stop Treating Her
The murder trial against a former Colorado dentist accused of poisoning his wife continued Tuesday morning in Aurora. As CrimeOnline previously reported, James Toliver Craig, 47, is charged with first-degree murder for the death of his wife, Angela Craig, 43, a mother of six who passed away on March 18, 2023. Investigators alleged that Angela…
Married couple left their baby alone in running car so they could drink inside bar, authorities say
Inset left: Clarisse Finnegan (Flagler County Sheriff’s Office) Inset right: Norman Finnegan (Flagler County Sheriff’s Office) Background: Smiles at 9 Palm Harbor Village Way, Suite A, in Palm Coast, Florida (Google Maps) A husband and wife in Florida are accused of leaving their infant child inside an unlocked, running car while they were inside a…
Americans Are Turning Against Israel Because the Narrative Is Being Twisted Against It
Israelis sit together as they light candles and hold posters with the images Oded Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children, Kfir and Ariel Bibas, seized during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, on the day the bodies of deceased hostages, identified at the time by Palestinian terror groups as Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas,…
Group home director known as ‘Pastor Pete’ assaulted 77-year-old woman ‘for talking excessively,’ cops say
Inset: Pedro Custodio (Lake County Jail). Background: Group home in Umatilla, Florida, where Custodio allegedly assaulted a 77-year-old woman (WESH). The operator of a Florida group home was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 77-year-old woman after he became enraged because he felt she was “talking excessively.” Pedro Custodio stands accused of battery on a person…
What Mamdani Gets Wrong About Arab Citizens of Israel
Candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a Democratic New York City mayoral primary debate, June 4, 2025, in New York, US. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/Pool via REUTERS New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani believes the phrase “globalize the intifada” speaks to “a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights.” Intercept…
EXCLUSIVE: Man Who Murdered His Mother Transferred to Women’s Prison Due To Transgender Policies
A man convicted of the brutal murder of his mother has been quietly transferred into a women’s prison in Illinois. Kmuel Kevin King is currently incarcerated at Logan Correctional Center (LCC), a facility for female inmates, despite being described as “male” within the state’s Department of Corrections records. As LCC has been housing trans-identified male…
Ezra Klein’s NY Times Op-ed Distorts the Truth About the American Jewish Community
A taxi passes by in front of The New York Times head office, Feb. 7, 2013. Photo: Reuters / Carlo Allegri Ezra Klein’s July 20th New York Times column paints Zohran Mamdani’s primary victory in Queens as evidence of a community in disarray — an evocative but fundamentally misleading diagnosis. He frames Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist and…
Reuters Employed a Journalist Who Praised Oct. 7 and Works for the Houthis; Now It Refuses to Comment
Partygoers at the Supernova Psy-Trance Festival running to safety during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, as seen in the documentary “Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre.” Photo: Screenshot She works for terrorists. She praised Hamas for slaughtering Jews on October 7. But Reuters is silent on the employment status of Gaza freelance journalist Doaa…
‘They will tell you to get f—ed’: Cop used department resources to stalk ex, told her police wouldn’t help if she called, affidavit says
Background: The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters in Indianapolis, Ind. (Google Maps). Inset: Nicholas Cauley (Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department). An Indiana police officer was arrested by his own department after he allegedly used his position and law enforcement resources to harass his ex-wife. Nicholas Cauley, 38, was arrested on July 18 and placed on administrative…
Battling Bias on X’s Grok: Dr. Lott finally gets Grok to Concede that it was Making a Lot of Erroneous claims about the Impact of Concealed Carry Laws and Gun Bans on Crime Rates
After initial posts by Grok responding to other user’s questions on X on Friday, July 18, 2025, Dr. John Lott challenged Grok’s gun control claims, starting on July 19th. This is one of the last posts, but it summarizes the outcome of major points of the debate. The full debate is shown below and it…
Switzerland Sees Massive 825% Increase in Assisted Suicides
Assisted suicides have reached a record high in Switzerland, with a total of 1,729 residents of Switzerland ending their lives by this means in 2023, 59.92% of whom are women. According to data from the Federal Statistical Office in Switzerland, in 2023 there was an 8.47% increase in assisted suicides among residents in Switzerland from…
‘Come get some’: Man who told girlfriend her ex ‘better not be there’ fixing her car arrived at her home and shot him dead, police say
Inset: Eduardo Castaneda Jr.: Taos County Sheriff’s Office. Background: The area in New Mexico where Castaneda allegedly killed his girlfriend’s ex-wife (Google Maps). A 35-year-old man in New Mexico has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend’s ex-husband, fatally shooting the 45-year-old man who was at the girlfriend’s home to work on her car. Eduardo…