The Archbishop of the Military Services Timothy Broglio stated that Catholic personnel in the US military could in good conscience consider disobeying orders to attack Greenland.
The leaders of all 27 European Union nations will meet for an "extraordinary meeting" later this week in response to US President Donald Trump's escalating pressure campaign to acquire Greenland.:
Denmark Sending More Soldiers to Greenland
Donald Trump has become the first US president since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established to not issue a proclamation honoring the federal holiday, breaking a tradition observed for nearly 40 consecutive years.
Trump Removed MLK Bust from Oval Office in 2025
Pollsters often ask respondents which party they favor. Some people claim to be independents, but most of them lean one way or the other. During the first year of Trump v1.0, the percentage of Americans calling themselves "Republicans" or "Republican-leaning" dropped slightly, from 42% to 40%.
New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gdel's incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires "non-algorithmic understanding," something no computation can replicate. This discovery challenges the simulation hypothesis and reveals that the universe's foundations exist beyond any algorithmic system. Read more
Monty Python would have a field day
Melania Trump's $40 Million Documentary Gamble Is Headed for Empty Chairs and Low Streams
President Donald Trump has granted clemency to a Republican congressman's son who was in prison for distributing methamphetamine.
Far Side fans might recall a classic 1982 cartoon called "Cow Tools," featuring a cow standing next to a jumble of strange objects"the joke being that cows don't use tools. That's why a pet Swiss brown cow in Austria named Veronika has caused a bit of a sensation: she likes to pick up random sticks and use them to scratch herself.
Acadia Parish (Louisiana) deputies arrested Roman Catholic priest Korey LaVergne on accusations of behaving indecently with a child, igniting a new scandal in the diocese where the US church's reckoning with clergy abuse began, an institution that just disclosed it could lose up to $162 million over pending litigation.
Separated at Birth From JD Vance
Despite claims by the Trump administration, a new study has found that Americans are absorbing about 96% of the costs of President Donald Trump's tariffs. Foreign companies have been paying only 4% through discounts and other tactics. The Kiel Institute for the World Economy study, obtained by The Wall Street Journal on Monday, concluded that the tariffs were likely to show up as higher consumer prices in the long term. "There is no such thing as foreigners transferring wealth to the U.S. in the form of tariffs," Bielefeld University professor Julian Hinz remarked after authoring the study.
According to Hinz, the $200 billion in tariff revenue last year "was paid almost exclusively by Americans."
The report found that the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans instead of a tax on foreign companies.
The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement on Monday that America's "moral role in confronting evil around the world" is in question for the first time in decades. Their critique of the Trump administration's principles " while not mentioning President Trump by name " escalates the American Catholic Church's denunciations of the country's top leaders. In 2026, the country has entered "the most profound and searing debate about the moral foundation for America's actions in the world since the end of the Cold War," read the unusual statement issued by Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago; Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington; and Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark.
Trump's insane letter leaves not doubt. Even by Trump's standards, this letter is so dangerous and so delusional that there is no longer any question that the president is mentally "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office," as laid out in the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.
President Donald Trump wants Americans to watch the Army-Navy football match whether they like it or not. Trump, 79, announced in a Truth Social post on Saturday night that he planned to sign an executive order mandating an "exclusive four-hour broadcast window" to air the annual matchup between the two military service academies. The 2026 Army-Navy game will take place on Dec. 12 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. It is held every December and is played between cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. "The Army-Navy Game is one of our Greatest American Traditions " Unmatched Patriotism, Courage, and Honor! This incredible Tradition is now at risk of being pushed aside by more College Playoff Games, and Big TV Money," he wrote. "NOT ANYMORE!"
At least 21 people have died in a train collision in southern Spain and left dozens more injured, as authorities warned the death toll could increase in Spain's worst rail crash in more than a decade. Carriages on a Madrid-bound train derailed and crossed over to the opposite tracks, colliding with an oncoming train in Adamuz, near the city of Crdoba. Read more
DHS Border Patrol recruitment video (quoting Isaiah 6:8): "I heard the voice of the Lord saying....and I said, Here am I. Send me.'" "God doesn't ask for the most polished, or the most powerful. He asks for the willing ... and ready to move where he leads. It's a choice to face the unknown and to trust that God will equip you along the way."
