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Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk killed by gunman at college campus

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday.

September 10, 2025

Bolsonaro could face decades in prison as Brazil court deliberates democracy overthrow case

Brazil's Supreme Court is deliberating this week on whether former President Jair Bolsonaro is guilty of plotting to overthrow the country's democracy after his 2022 electoral defeat.

September 10, 2025

Fauci ordered NIH employees to destroy records despite telling Congress he never deleted documents

Sen. Rand Paul is calling for Dr. Anthony Fauci to reappear before Congress after emails were uncovered that contradict his testimony to lawmakers.

September 10, 2025

Israel strikes Hamas leaders in Qatar as war escalates beyond Gaza

Israel launched a dramatic escalation in its war against Hamas with an unprecedented airstrike on the terror group's political leadership in Doha, Qatar, a key U.S. ally.

September 9, 2025

‘ICE does not raid schools’: DHS responds to attendance fears

The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that immigration agents will enter schools to make arrests in only "extremely rare" circumstances and not to target children, as the department sought to push back on a rash of news reports suggesting some kids are avoiding their classrooms.

September 9, 2025

Hot weather triggers America’s sweet tooth, says study

A new study reveals that rising temperatures due to global warming are significantly increasing Americans' consumption of sugary beverages and frozen desserts, with the greatest impact on lower-income and less-educated populations.

September 8, 2025

Supreme Court allows race as ‘relevant’ factor in immigration enforcement stops

The Supreme Court rode to the rescue of President Trump's immigration crackdown on Monday, giving a green light to ICE's aggressive tactics to target Los Angeles with "mass deportation" arrests.

September 8, 2025

Japan returns to revolving door leadership as fourth PM resigns in five years

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation Sunday, marking Japan's return to the unstable "revolving door" leadership that plagued the country from the 1990s to early 2000s.

September 7, 2025

Tesla proposes $1 trillion compensation package for Musk over 10 years

Tesla has proposed a new compensation package for CEO Elon Musk that could reach $1 trillion over 10 years if the company meets extremely aggressive targets including achieving a $2 trillion market valuation and delivering 20 million vehicles annually.

September 5, 2025

200 and counting: Trump’s unprecedented executive order pace

President Trump is signing the 200th executive order of his second term, setting a pace that's unprecedented in modern history.

September 5, 2025

Xi Jinping and Putin caught discussing organ transplants and immortality on hot mic

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin were caught on a hot mic discussing longevity and organ transplants during a military parade in Beijing, sparking controversy over China's alleged forced organ harvesting practices.

September 4, 2025

Big Ben clock tower restoration doubles in cost but wins critical acclaim and is nominated for award

London's 166-year-old Big Ben clock tower has been nominated for Britain's leading architecture award following a five-year refurbishment that restored the iconic structure and was completed in 2022.

September 4, 2025

From bubble baths to boardrooms: Federal workers return under Trump

President Trump's effort to get federal employees back into their offices for work is proving to be stunningly effective, with the number of full-time in-office employees nearly tripling over the past six months.

September 4, 2025

Judge rules Trump administration violated First Amendment in Harvard funding dispute

A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration's freeze on over $2.6 billion in grants to Harvard University, ruling that the government violated the First Amendment and federal law when it withheld research funding over the university's response to campus antisemitism.

September 3, 2025

IAEA report reveals Iran uranium enrichment increase ahead of June military strike

A confidential U.N. nuclear watchdog report reveals Iran increased its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium to 972 pounds before Israel's June 13 military attack. The report also said Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency have not reached an agreement on resuming inspections of sites affected by Israeli and U.S. bombing.

September 3, 2025

Putin and Kim flank Xi as China flexes military might on world stage

Beijing commemorated the 80th anniversary of World War II's end Wednesday with a massive parade of goose-stepping soldiers and a display of high-tech weaponry designed to awe.

September 3, 2025

House Republicans plan to release 34,000 pages of Epstein documents

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer announced plans to release 34,000 pages of government documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation, making them publicly available as quickly as possible.

September 2, 2025

Kraft Heinz split expected to close by second half of 2026, creating two food companies

Kraft Heinz announced Tuesday it will split into two separate companies a decade after the merger that created one of the world's largest food manufacturers, with the transaction expected to close in the second half of 2026.

September 2, 2025

From 4,700 troops to legal limits: Judge reins in Trump’s L.A. operation

President Trump's decision to federalize and deploy Marines and the National Guard to help arrest illegal immigrants in Los Angeles violated the Posse Comitatus Act, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

September 2, 2025

Russia-Ukraine war brings world closer to nuclear catastrophe than any recent conflict

The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has brought the world dangerously close to a nuclear catastrophe, with multiple incidents at nuclear power plants raising fears of a disaster potentially "worse than Chernobyl."

September 1, 2025