Jim Bakker, the pioneering TV evangelist who became a symbol of the glitz and greed of the 1980s when his PTL empire near Charlotte collapsed amid sex and money scandals, landing him in prison for fraud, died Monday.
The Palm Beach County Republican Party endorsed Mike Caruso, who was suspended from his post as Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts after he was arrested for molesting a young family member in August, in a voter guide distributed online Monday, The Miami Herald reported. Read more
Timing expectations should remain realistic. Even when a platform processes withdrawals quickly, weekends, holidays, and bank working hours can affect when funds arrive. E-wallets may deliver money faster after approval, while cards and bank transfers may take longer. Users should therefore distinguish between platform processing and final settlement by the financial provider. This is especially important when comparing services, because two platforms with similar internal approval times may produce different real-world results depending on the payout method. Read more
Pennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, state health officials said Monday, making it the largest state outbreak in more than three decades. The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991, with nearly 3,900 reported cases, according to the CDC. The nation has seen eight reported measles-associated deaths in the past two years " more than the combined total of reported deaths over the previous three decades. Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks have been reported in several states, including Texas and Utah, as well as South Carolina, which had the largest with 997 cases reported.
Suspended Palm Beach County Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso said he still "intend[s] to win" the November election and has not abandoned his campaign " nor has the local Republican Party abandoned him " even after his August arrest on allegations he molested a small child. Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Caruso, 68, a Republican former state legislator who was approaching term limits, to the clerk's post exactly one year before his arrest. A staunch DeSantis ally in the past, the governor immediately suspended him after his arrest by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Caruso pleaded not guilty to charges of lewd or lascivious molestation, kidnapping, lewd or lascivious exhibition, child abuse and luring or enticing a child. The case centers on allegations made by a male relative who was under the age of 5 at the time.
President Donald Trump casually offered up two U.S. cities for Iran to "take out" while rambling about how the deadly war he launched is a "small price to pay." The 80-year-old president floated the disturbing proposition Monday while speaking at a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, where Republicans are facing an unexpectedly tough fight to hold onto their Senate seat. "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe," the billionaire president continued, before chillingly appearing to suggest that he would accept the destruction of two U.S. cities home to millions of Americans. "They can take out a city"let 'em take, let 'em take out Los Angeles, let 'em take out San Diego. That's"this is a very small price to pay," he said, naming the two Democrat-led cities in California. The MAGA crowd in Nebraska cheered.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Monday there is no "consensus" yet on advancing a bill establishing permanent daylight saving time even as President Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Republicans to pass it.
Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will join Fox News as an on-air contributor next month, weeks after stepping down from her prior role to spend more time focusing on her family. Fox News said in a statement that Leavitt "will provide political analysis and commentary" across Fox platforms in her new role, which begins November 1. Leavitt added in a statement provided by Fox that she would bring "the same energy and candor that defined my tenure, to Fox's millions of viewers across their many platforms."
Nine months ago, regime change in Cuba appeared imminent. Then reality set in. Read more
President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Monday aimed at bringing down near-record diesel prices by waiving restrictions on cheaper red-dyed diesel. Speaking at a campaign event in Nebraska, a state hit hard by the spike in diesel prices, Trump said the order will "allow anyone to purchase tax-free red-dyed diesel for any reason." Read more
Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is angering conservatives with a new online ad that racked up millions of views over the weekend. Read more
City police say they were not aware that a white supremacist group was demonstrating outside their department Saturday night until after they were gone.
Imagine starting a fire and then standing by and filming with your mobile phone while a firefighter is engulfed in flames. That is one of the scenes emerging from France's latest wave of unrest. Elsewhere, rioters have doused a teacher in petrol, looted businesses, and set vehicles and schools on fire. The fact that many of the rioters are looting while waving Algerian and Palestinian flags is just a symptom of a much larger, unspoken failure. The ostensible grievance is the condition of French education. The proposed remedy, apparently, is fewer teachers and more ashes.
An escalating civil war is tearing apart Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA movement as it struggles to make an impact in the midterms.
"I don't control message or what we're doing," Texas GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton said during a small fundraising event in September.
Ken Paxton is less than a month out from the conclusion of a D.C.-outsider campaign for a Texas U.S. Senate seat that he privately admitted is being run by Washington.
"I've never been in a race where I felt less control over the campaign and, like, what issues are going to matter because it's all coming " you know " from D.C.," Paxton said during a small fundraising event last month, according to an audio recording obtained by POLITICO from a person in the room who does not support Paxton, and verified by another attendee.
"I don't control message or what we're doing."
Okinawa police arrested a U.S. Marine early Sunday on suspicion of killing a Japanese woman and stealing her belongings at a hotel in the prefectural capital. Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, is suspected of killing Anna Yagi, 39, of Naha, early Saturday at a hotel in the city's Wakasa district, an Okinawa Prefectural Police spokesman said by phone Sunday. Police did not identify the hotel but provided a block number. Based on that and photos published by Okinawa Television, it is Naminoue Crystal Hotel. Police allege Ballard stole the woman's wallet and another item and killed her sometime between 2:10 a.m. and 4:17 a.m., the spokesman said.
