China’s Rare Earth Chokehold Eases – Just Enough To Keep US Hooked China’s export controls on key rare earth elements (REEs) — particularly rare earth magnets essential for EVs, smartphones, fighter jets, and missiles — triggered a sharp drop in shipments to U.S. firms earlier this summer, disrupting production lines, including ones at Ford Motor Company….
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White House Report Touts Economic Gains From Energy Push
The White House Council of Economic Advisers on Thursday released a report highlighting the Trump Administration’s energy strategy, projecting that policies aimed at “unleashing American energy” could raise U.S. GDP by as much as 1.9% by 2035 and support national security, energy affordability, and emerging technologies like artificial intelligence. The report argues that revitalizing domestic…
Best political cartoons: The Heave-Ho with Stephen Colbert
Cartoons of the day: In case you missed this: Click this link for the original source of this article. Author: BPR Cartoons This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, https://www.bizpacreview.com and its author. This content is made available by use of the public RSS feed offered by the host site and…
Illinois Legislators Concerned Over $500K Budget Item For Closed College
Illinois legislators are raising concerns over a $500,000 budget item for Lincoln College, a private school that shut down in 2022. The earmark, added in a 2018 capital bill by then-state Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, was never funded but continues to appear in the budget each year because it’s still written into state law. Critics…
Antemurale Myths Collide: Ukraine, Hungary, and the EU’s Civilizational Mistake
‘You are fighting not only for your freedom, your democracy and your future, but for ours too. You are fighting for Europe!’ European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated firmly on 14 November 2023 speaking before the Verkhovna Rada in Ukraine. Her words met with thunderous applause—what else, since it is perfectly aligned with…
BREAKING: Manhunt underway after shooting of off-duty CBP officer
Former Assistant FBI Director Chris Swecker joins ‘Fox & Friends First’ to discuss the shooting of an off-duty CBP officer during an attempted robbery and his take on DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s findings on the Obama-era conspiracy against Donald Trump. #foxnews #crime #us #news #immigration Subscribe to Fox News! https://bit.ly/2vBUvAS Watch more Fox News Video: http://video.foxnews.com…
Weird: Illinois Kicking Illegals Off Medicaid To Save Money
I distinctly remember being told by Democrats and their pet Credentialed Media that illegals and migrants were not eligible for Medicaid and weren’t receiving it In Illinois, adult immigrants ages 42-64 without legal status have lost their health care to save an estimated $404 million.https://t.co/DFqIYpIjds — Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) July 19, 2025 From the link…
Trump Files Suit Against Murdoch Over WSJ Epstein Story
President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against billionaire Rupert Murdoch on Friday over The Wall Street Journal’s allegations that the president had written deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein a suggestive letter. The WSJ released a story Thursday alleging the president wrote Epstein a letter in 2003 with the outline of a “naked woman” on it, an accusation…
Illegal Immigrant Who Allegedly Decapitated Woman Arrested By ICE
Immigration law enforcement officers in Chicago arrested a Mexican illegal immigrant who was released by a judge following accusations that he decapitated a missing Illinois woman and stored her body in a container with bleach. The Department of Homeland Security said that Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, 52, of Waukegan, Illinois, was initially arrested in April and…
Democrats Demand Investigation Into Colbert’s Cancelation
Democrats Demand Investigation Into Colbert’s Cancelation Authored by Jonathan Turley, In Washington, Democratic politicians are calling for a congressional investigation, while in New York, the Writers’ Guild is asking New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) for a state probe. No, the issue is not the use of the autopen by Biden staff to carry out presidential…
Russia sanctions have ‘completely backfired’ – ex-EU commissioner
The bloc’s attempt to “ruin” Russia is a “life-threatening idea,” Gunter Verheugen has said The EU’s sanctions aimed at crippling Russia’s economy and isolating it politically have backfired, instead harming their architects, former European Commission Vice President Gunter Verheugen has said. Western governments have imposed an unprecedented slew of sanctions on Moscow since the…
3 MS-13 Gang Members Charged In 2024 Fatal Stabbing Of Homeless Man
Three alleged MS-13 members have been charge with murder, racketeering conspiracy and drug trafficking in connection with the death last year of a homeless Maryland man, acccording to the Justice Department. “The brutal retaliatory murder of this victim is a chilling reminder of the MS-13 gang’s callous disregard for human life,” U.S. Attorney Kelly O….
Air Force Pilot Remains On No-Fly List After Probe Into His Religious Comments
ACatholic Air Force pilot remains on the military branch’s no-fly list, despite an official probe having failed to substantiate allegations he talked about his faith in an inappropriate way with fellow airmen, his lawyer says. The pilot, Capt. Forrest Doss, of the 6th Airlift Squadron, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, has served in the…
Russian media shows ‘largest drone assembly plant in the world’ (VIDEO)
Built from scratch, the Alabuga plant produces thousands of Geran kamikaze UAVs, Zvezda reports Russian TV channel Zvezda has offered a rare peek into what it describes as the “largest drone assembly plant in the world” in the central part of the country, which produces thousands of drones to be used in the Ukraine conflict….
Panic At CBS, Brennan Firefights DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s Russia Hoax Doc Drop [Video]
Across the failing legacy media landscape, there was near-total silence on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s explosive declassification of documents exposing the deep-state conspiracy behind the Russia Hoax—a plot designed to sabotage President Donald Trump from day one. The only acknowledgment came from CBS’s Margaret Brennan, who didn’t bother to examine the damning evidence…
New Terror Threat Targets Retired Syria, Iraq Veterans
The U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) is warning retired senior officers who served in Iraq or Syria of a possible terror threat against them based in Florida, according to a memo issued by the USAOC and the U.S. Army Military Police reviewed by Just the News. A “duty to warn” notification was also sent…
One Year After Butler: Secret Service Exposed, Motives Of Shooter Unknown
Just past the dark one-year anniversary of the first assassination attempt against then-candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, the American people know more than ever about the security failures leading up to the incident that were uncovered by congressional and federal watchdog probes. However, several important questions remain unanswered about what transpired that day, Senator…
‘Your Country Calls Upon You’: ICE Offers Its Agents Who Quit Under Biden $50,000 to Return to Work
Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are being offered a significant incentive to come back to work. Many agents who left the agency after becoming demoralized during The Regime emplacement could now earn themselves $50,000 if they return to their former roles. This from survivethenews.com. In an email obtained by The New York Post dubbed Operation Return to…
BREAKING NEWS: Trumps Says Adam Schiff in “BIG TROUBLE”, Charges Ahead!
President Trump has once again exposed the hypocrisy of the liberal elite, calling out Democrat Senator Adam Schiff for his alleged involvement in a shocking mortgage fraud scheme. On Sunday evening, Trump took to Truth Social to declare that Schiff is in “BIG TROUBLE” for falsifying loan documents—a real crime, unlike the fabricated hoaxes Schiff…
Is Air-Conditioning the Mark of Civilization? Plus. . .
It’s Monday, July 21. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: The war on free speech comes for the British pub. Andrew Ferguson on what makes Dave Barry so funny. Are we prepared for a drone attack? Do Democrats…
What a giant dresser teaches us about N.C.’s economy
This past week I stopped in High Point on my way to talk N.C. politics with WGHP, and couldn’t resist pulling over to see the world’s largest chest of drawers. It’s a quirky local landmark, sure, but it also got me thinking about the future of economic development in North Carolina. We often describe High…
Obama-Era Intel Plot Exposed, DOJ Seeks Epstein Transcripts, Dems Mourn Colbert: AM Update 7/21
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassifies documents revealing what she calls a coordinated effort by top Obama officials to undermine Donald Trump’s presidency using politicized intelligence about Russiagate and the discredited Steele Dossier. Attorney General Pam Bondi requests the unsealing of grand jury testimony in the Epstein and Maxwell cases. Left-wing lawmakers and pundits…
MAGA Won’t Tolerate Amnesty for Illegals in Any Form
Republicans are livid over GOP Rep. Maria Salazar’s “bipartisan” amnesty bill she introduced with Democrat Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas. So I’m sure you have heard of the Dignity Act of 2025 which is a bipartisan bill granting amnesty to qualified illegals who entered the country prior to 2021. I am old enough to remember…
Calum Davies: How Welsh farmers forced Labour to retreat from its absurd subsidy plans
Calum Davies is a Conservative councillor in Cardiff and previously stood for the Senedd in 2021. As the Senedd breaks up for the summer for the final time before the next devolved elections, the Labour Government in Cardiff Bay is attempting to put right one of its countless wrongs from earlier in the term. The…
Trump: “Make Indians Great Again,” Change Team Names Back
Never let it be said that President Donald Trump is a man without strong opinions, or the ability to adapt his favorite acronym to fit any occasion. President Trump opined on Sunday morning that the names of the Washington DC NFL team (previously the Redskins, now the Commanders) and the Cleveland MLB team (previously the…
The State Media is Dead — Long Live the State Media?
Below is my column in the Hill on the termination of funding for National Public Radio. Now that we have ended government-sponsored media, the question is whether the media will cease acting like a state media. The good news is that the market could force a correction that the media has largely refused to make….
Federal Probe SHAKES University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is under federal investigation for potentially endangering national security by failing to disclose millions in foreign funding, including connections to China. At a Glance University of Michigan faces a federal probe for not disclosing foreign funding. Two Chinese scientists linked to the university were charged with smuggling dangerous materials. The investigation…
Farewell to Stephen Colbert, fake laughs, and lame late-night bias
Those who still remember what real comedy looks like got some good news last week: CBS announced that it’s canceling Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” I know what you’re thinking — hadn’t that already happened? Spiritually? Emotionally? Creatively? Fair questions. After all, the last time Colbert got a genuine laugh, the Comedy…
Are Liberal Editorials FUELING Family Divides?
Rising political polarization has seeped into the core of American family life, with the question of how to navigate differences over politics and vaccines becoming more urgent than ever. At a Glance Political and vaccine debates have caused estrangement in many U.S. families. Liberal-leaning editorials have sometimes encouraged shunning conservative relatives, sparking controversy. Recent media…
Gov. Newsom and Democrats Send Another CA Business Packing: In-N-Out is Out
California News: California ranks dead last once again in Chief Executive Magazine’s Best & Worst States For Business 2025. Tennessee ranks #1 once again, and now “The Volunteer State” is getting another of California’s oldest and one of the best known businesses in the country: After 77 Years in California, In-N-Out Is Moving to Tennessee….
Art Heist of Cellini’s Saliera: Part III
Author’s Note: The following is Part III of the true story of the theft of Cellini’s Saleria—a $65 million table sculpture—from the Vienna Art History Museum in 2003. I am publishing this extraordinary true story as a summer divertimento for our paid subscribers. Readers who are just now seeing this story should first read Part…
Russian training warship arrives in African state
A Baltic Fleet vessel with 200 cadets has begun an Africa-Asia voyage with a stop in Equatorial Guinea Russian naval training ship the Smolny has docked in Equatorial Guinea for its second official visit, the African Initiative news agency reported on Sunday. The vessel, part of Russia’s Baltic Fleet, was received in the capital Malabo…
This is not your parents’ Democratic Party: Speaker Johnson
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., makes the case that Republicans should ‘defy history’ in the 2026 midterms on ‘Life, Liberty & Levin.’ #democrats #politics #republican #marklevin #congress #election #foxnews Subscribe to Fox News! https://bit.ly/2vBUvAS Watch more Fox News Video: http://video.foxnews.com Watch Fox News Channel Live: http://www.foxnewsgo.com/ FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news…
Sarepta Refuses FDA Request To Halt Elevidys After Three Deaths
Sarepta Refuses FDA Request To Halt Elevidys After Three Deaths Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. has refused a request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to halt all shipments of its gene therapy Elevidys after three patient deaths, Bloomberg reported this weekend. The FDA disclosed that two teenage boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, both unable to…
D.A. UNDER FIRE as Conviction Rates Plunge!
As Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg faces mounting criticism, his decision to pull the office’s public data dashboard comes at a moment when conviction rates are in freefall and debate over criminal justice reform is hitting fever pitch. At a Glance Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s felony conviction rate has dropped from 64% in 2019 to…
DR Congo and rebels pledge to sign peace deal
Both sides have agreed to uphold their commitment to a permanent ceasefire during Qatar-hosted talks The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and the M23 rebel group have pledged to sign a peace agreement by August 18, after months of talks mediated by Qatar to end decades of escalating violence in the Central African…
Hanson argues the world ‘woke up’
Victor Davis Hanson writes for TownHall.com about the impact of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. In less than six months, the entire world has been turned upside down. There is no longer such a thing as conventional wisdom or the status quo. The unthinkable has become the banal. Take illegal immigration — remember…
Trump Drops Bombshell Viral Video Of Obama’s Arrest, Floats New Plan
President Trump sent shockwaves across the internet Sunday evening after posting a viral AI-generated video depicting former President Barack Obama being ambushed by FBI agents in the Oval Office, handcuffed, and thrown behind bars. The provocative clip, shared on Truth Social, served as a bold statement against the Deep State operatives who orchestrated the Russia…
The real head of ‘Jews for Zohran’ is a Sri Lankan pro-Hamas Marxist
The Zohran Mamdani campaign has some of the earmarks of a foreign influence operation. Freedom Center Investigates covered Neville Roy Singham before he became a household name as the new even more radical Soros and his growing role in backing pro-Hamas riots in New York. The People’s Forum is funded by Neville Roy Singham, a…
Russian MOD confirms hypersonic strikes on Ukraine’s defense industrial base
The attack, which involved Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, also hit military airfields, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said Russian forces have carried out a coordinated overnight strike on Ukraine’s military-industrial complex and airfield infrastructure, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. In a statement on Monday, the ministry reported that a group strike used long-range…
New evidence of Obama administration’s role in Russia hoax
Matt Margolis writes for PJMedia.com about bad news for the Obama administration’s apologists. Fox News Digital has uncovered damning evidence that the Obama administration deliberately “manufactured and politicized intelligence” to push the now-debunked Russia election interference narrative, despite contradictory assessments from within the intelligence community itself. According to newly declassified documents that Director of National…
Social Security, Medicare still face significant funding gaps
James Capretta revisits the federal government’s primary funding challenge. During the raucous debate surrounding the GOP-sponsored reconciliation bill, the trustees for Social Security and Medicare rather quietly released their annual reports on the status of the programs’ respective trust funds. Their projections once again show that it will not be easy to stabilize the fiscal…
Why Al-Jazeera Should Be Designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by Bassam Tawil
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21773/designate-al-jazeera-terrorist-organization Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war, Al-Jazeera has been openly serving as the unofficial mouthpiece of Hamas and its military wing, Izaddin al-Qassam. Even before the war, Hamas’s political and military leaders often chose Al-Jazeera to spread their propaganda and call for jihad (holy war) against Israel. Hamas knows it can trust Al-Jazeera:…
Trump’s big bill helps reform federal student loans
Preston Cooper of the American Enterprise Institute focuses on one key aspect of the “big beautiful bill.” it includes a comprehensive set of reforms to the federal student loan program. These represent some of the most consequential changes to federal higher education policy in years. Taken together, the changes to student loans will save taxpayers…
Termination of Domestic Partner Registration
California News: Division 2.5, Part 3 of the California Family Code deals with the termination of a domestic partner registration. Section 299 allows a registered domestic partnership to be terminated without filing a proceeding for dissolution of domestic partnership by the filing of a Notice of Termination of Domestic Partnership with the Secretary of State…
Glenn Beck Warns: Bloodbath Looms Amid ICE Chaos
The radical left’s latest scheme to thwart ICE could lead to a “bloodbath on the streets,” warns Glenn Beck, as activist groups escalate their resistance against immigration enforcement. At a Glance Activist group raises $1M to deploy “Liberty Vans” to monitor ICE agents. ICE receives unprecedented funding for enforcement and deportation. Major cities face intensified…
Some believe freedom is doomed without state-run media
David Strom writes for HotAir.com about reaction to the end of taxpayer funding for government media. The joke is getting old, but it is still worth repeating: George Orwell’s 1984 was not intended to be an instruction manual. But somehow it is. Freedom is slavery, illegals are “law-abiding,” riots are “mostly peaceful,” censorship is truth-preserving,…
Richmond forms two work groups to tackle water system woes
Richmond resident Kyle Levesque takes water samples from Wayside Spring in the Forest Hill neighborhood to be tested during a citywide water outage in Richmond, Jan. 9, 2025. (Photo by Parker Michels-Boyce for the Virginia Mercury) Facing renewed scrutiny after back-to-back water crises, Richmond Mayor Danny Avula has announced the creation of two new water-focused…
Biodefense Industry Grows Even Bigger Under New Budget
By Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH I was recently prompted to think about our federal government resources spent on biodefense. For the COVID-19 pandemic, the administrative layer called Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) conducted no town hall meetings, answered no questions, provided no early treatment protocols or home treatment kits, and did nothing…
Air superiority at stake: Why India must consider the Su-57 now
As China ramps up its air power, India is eyeing Russia’s most advanced warplane while racing to develop its own fifth-generation jet The British F-35B fighter jet which made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram in the southern Indian state of Kerala nearly four weeks ago and has been stranded since then is finally being repaired…
Afghan Women CRISIS: World Ignores!
Women’s lives are being shattered under the Taliban’s oppressive regime, mirroring a bleak reality that many feared but hoped would never come to pass. At a Glance Afghanistan has again become a safe haven for terrorist organizations like ISKP and al-Qaeda. The Taliban has imposed severe, systemic restrictions on women’s rights, erasing them from public…
