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Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation Trump Talks 2nd Term Achievements, GOP Unity in Convention Keynote President Donald Trump laid out the accomplishments of his second term while hoping to rally Republicans to the polls this November as he delivered the keynote speech at the GOP midterm convention Wednesday in Dallas. "This has been the most successful two years financially and every other way in the history of the presidency," Trump said in a speech that aired live on Newsmax. "Together we will turn a two-year comeback into a 250-year lead."
Iran-backed Houthis seize Yemeni city near Bab el-Mandeb Strait: report Houthi militants aligned with Iran captured Yemen’s port city of Mocha on Thursday in a move that further threatens shipping in the Red Sea, a report said. Four Yemeni government military sources told Reuters that the capture means the Houthis have gained further leverage over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the southern Red Sea. The militants also are launching attacks on the Hanish islands, they added. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, is located between Yemen and the Horn of Africa, connects the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea to the Red Sea and, farther north, the Suez Canal and the Mediterranean. It is a crucial route for energy and commercial shipping. Putin's total losses reach grim milestone after nearly 1,500 troops are lost in one day Putin’s war in Ukraine keeps dragging on, and when we reach the end of February 2027, it will have been raging for five years. What was supposed to be a swift victory for the Russian forces has turned into a humiliating struggle with hundreds of thousands of Russian troops lost, and now the loss count has reached a grim milestone. Recent figures from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine estimate the total Russian casualty numbers to now have crossed the 1.5 million mark since the full-scale conflict began in February 2022. For comparison, this is more than the estimated US losses in World War II and Vietnam combined (estimated at roughly 1.3 million). Supreme Court again blocks Missouri from using Trump-backed congressional maps Missouri’s Aug 4 primary was already held under the new maps, leaving uncertainty before November's general election The Supreme Court turned back another effort to use Missouri congressional maps supported by President Donald Trump. "The application for stay presented to Justice [Brett] Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is granted," Thursday's ruling read. The court's brief order was unsigned and gave no explanation, as is common when the justices handle emergency matters. No justice publicly dissented from the decision. Fetterman teases where his true loyalty lies after surprise appearance at GOP convention A rogue Senate Democrat toying with the idea of leaving his party drew a hard line in the sand after making a surprise appearance at the GOP’s Trump-centric convention. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has been welcomed with open arms by Republicans to join the party after he floated leaving his own caucus and spurred further speculation that he would jump ship after dropping a video introducing his colleague, Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., at the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention on Wednesday. But in a statement to Fox News Digital, the progressive-turned-centrist said that he wasn’t turning his back on the Democratic Party, even as the knives have come out to cut him loose from the Senate. Trump announces hundreds of thousands of Americans will get $500 ObamaCare rebate checks President Trump will send $500 rebate checks to thousands of Americans who bought health insurance on Affordable Care Act exchanges, claiming they were overcharged. “Our administration is doing the right thing and giving the money back to the people who were wrongly ripped off. Nearly 1 million hardworking Americans in 30 states will soon be getting refunds of $500 each, with a check sent to their home address,” the president said in a video announcement posted on White House social media accounts Thursday morning promoting his ‘Great Healthcare Plan.” Trump said the payments would be dispatched “in just a few weeks,” meaning thousands may receive them ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election that will decide control of Congress. Trump, 80, is pushing a variety of incentives to keep his party in power, including $5,000 tariff dividend checks if Republicans keep their congressional majority.
Energy Department Warns of Higher Diesel Costs Through 2027 The Energy Department's statistical arm has sharply raised its forecast for U.S. diesel prices next year, warning that tight global supplies and depleted domestic inventories could keep fuel costs elevated well into 2027. The Energy Information Administration now expects retail diesel to average $4.40 a gallon in 2027, up 33 cents, or 8.2%, from its previous forecast of $4.07, according to Axios. The latest projection is also nearly $1 a gallon higher than the EIA's pre-Iran war forecast of $3.47 for 2027, Axios reported.
Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer files Hail Mary bid for ‘not guilty by reason of insanity’ ruling — despite hung jury Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer officially filed a Hail Mary bid Thursday asking a judge to find his killer client not guilty by reason of insanity – despite her high-profile case ending with a hung jury. Defense lawyer Kevin Reddington argued in new court papers that prosecutors at her widely watched five-week trial failed to prove that the 36-year-old Duxbury, Massachusetts, mother knew what she was doing was wrong and could follow the law when she strangled her three kids on Jan. 24, 2023. “No rational jury could find beyond a reasonable doubt that she had no mental disease or defect when the Commonwealth’s own proof established that she did,” Reddington, 75, wrote in the papers. Experts warn AI could kill us all — this is how an apocalyptic doomsday scenario could play out Warnings against artificial intelligence going rogue and leading to a disastrous outcome for humanity have grown louder throughout 2026. Alarm bells are even being rung by those helming the technology, including OpenAI boss Sam Altman and Anthropic honcho Dario Amodei. This week a researcher who has worked at both those companies, Jacob Coxon, said he quit Anthropic to warn “AI can kill us all by the end of the decade… These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources.” Wholesale inflation rises by most in 3 months ahead of Fed interest-rate decision Wholesale inflation in August saw its strongest increase in three months, largely driven by higher energy costs amid the war with Iran – and it could sway the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next week. The Producer Price Index jumped 5.4% in August over the past 12 months, up from a 4.7% pace in July and slightly above estimates of a 5.3% pace, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday. On a monthly basis, it rose 0.4%. Gas prices at a BP station in Hawthorne, New Jersey, showing regular gasoline at $4.35 9/10 per gallon for cash and $4.43 9/10 per gallon for credit, and diesel at $5.95 9/10 per gallon for both cash and credit. Core PPI – which excludes volatile food and energy prices, making it a better measure for underlying inflation trends – rose to 4.7%, up from 4.2% the previous month and also slightly above expectations of a 4.6% rise. It’s the first of two major inflation reports this week that could influence the Fed’s decision at its Sept. 16 meeting, a crucial call that could influence the midterm elections. Charlie Kirk's 10 most powerful moments from college campuses to the Republican National Convention Turning Point USA founder debated Hasan Piker, Bill Maher and Oxford students before his 2025 assassination Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk's assassination during a campus event at Utah Valley University in 2025. From college debates to national addresses, here are some of the most memorable moments of Kirk engaging in a free exchange of ideas during his life as a political activist: During a 2018 Politicon debate with Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who previously worked for "The Young Turks," Kirk called out Piker for pushing socialist policies without being willing to "give 95% of your money away and go live on a commune" in solidarity. "I live what I practice. I am a free-market capitalist," Kirk said. "I employ people. I took a risk. I have my own startup business. Every single day I practice what I preach. He wants other people to contribute to what he considers to be a good idea, what he considers will make the world a better place. You have the freedom to go live as a socialist. Go do it, Hasan. What's stopping you?" DSA Democrats' radical plan to reshape America starts with the Supreme Court Americans love their country and their freedoms. They do not want the radical makeover proposed by the DSA By Hugh Hewitt
In 1863, as the Civil War raged and its result was not yet certain, Congress for the first time raised the number of justices on the Supreme Court to 10. The Tenth Circuit Act was approved on March 3, 1863. This was done in large part to allow Abraham Lincoln to nominate a strong Unionist justice to the Court, Stephen J. Field, on March 6, 1863. Field was confirmed on March 10, after Congress created a new Supreme Court seat. Three years later, after the Union’s triumph in the war, the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of a long, drawn-out era of Reconstruction, Congress passed a bill on July 23, 1866, that reduced the number of justices to seven through attrition and barred the filling of vacancies until that number was reached. This was done to prevent President Andrew Johnson from making any nominations to fill Supreme Court vacancies. Just prior to this statute’s passage, Congress had passed the Fourteenth Amendment on June 13, 1866, and formally transmitted it to the states for ratification on June 16, 1866. Ratification was not certain, nor was the defeat of Johnson in 1868. While the proposed Fourteenth Amendment was silent on the number of justices on the Supreme Court, the amendment explicitly guaranteed the citizens of the United States the right to "due process of law," along with unenumerated privileges or immunities and the equal protection of the laws. The language of the amendment’s first section concludes: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Lone juror’s holdout in the Lindsay Clancy trial is a true act of courage By Miranda Devine
‘He couldn’t get over the fact that Clancy viciously killed her children.” Those are the words of one of the insufferably condescending female jurors from the Lindsay Clancy mistrial who have gone public with their disdain for the lone male juror who refused to go along with their not guilty verdict. Good for him. The children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, have been the forgotten victims in this case. The Massachusetts nurse does not dispute that she strangled her children one by one on Jan. 24, 2023, with exercise bands around their necks after she sent her husband, Patrick, out on an errand. |
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