The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) released a memo outlining new guidelines for employees that wish to convince their coworkers of the "correctness" of their personal religious beliefs. The memo was developed in conjunction with the White House Faith Office, which is a new office established by President Donald Trump in February. The memo directs all departments and agencies to not enact disciplinary actions against all religious demonstrations in federal offices, "including attempting to persuade others of the correctness of their own religious views, provided that such efforts are not harassing in nature," the memo reads. This includes the displaying of Bibles, religious artwork, and posters with religious messaging. Read more
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2483), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby order: Section 1. National Emergency. As President of the United States, my highest duty is protecting the national security, foreign policy, and economy of this country. Recent policies, practices, and actions of the Government of Brazil threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. Members of the Government of Brazil have taken actions that interfere with the economy of the United States, infringe the free expression rights of United States persons, violate human rights, and undermine the interest the United States has in protecting its citizens and companies. Read more
Gross domestic product grew at an annualized pace of 3% in the second quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis's advance estimate. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had expected a 2.6% increase. Read more
MIT physicists confirm that, like Superman, light has two identities that are impossible to see at once. MIT physicists have performed an idealized version of one of the most famous experiments in quantum physics. Their findings demonstrate, with atomic-level precision, the dual yet evasive nature of light. They also happen to confirm that Albert Einstein was wrong about this particular quantum scenario. The experiment in question is the double-slit experiment, which was first performed in 1801 by the British scholar Thomas Young to show how light behaves as a wave. Today, with the formulation of quantum mechanics, the double-slit experiment is now known for its surprisingly simple demonstration of a head-scratching reality: that light exists as both a particle and a wave. Stranger still, this duality cannot be simultaneously observed. Seeing light in the form of particles instantly obscures its wave-like nature, and vice versa.
Following the House vote, the Senate voted to override Governor Stein's veto of HB 805 on a 30-19 vote. HB 805 is pro-family legislation that reaffirms the biological reality of sex, protects girls in sleeping quarters in K-12 schools, strengthens protections for women and children from exploitation through online pornography, safeguards parental rights in education by giving them a religious opt-out of instruction and transparency and an opt-out for library books, ensures that taxpayer dollars are not used to fund irreversible sex-transition procedures, allows victims of harmful gender transition procedures 10 years to sue for the harm caused, and requires birth certificates to reflect the truth about a person's sex.
'The blueprint for what it means to be an amazing Cub'. The Hall of Famer and Cubs legend died Monday after a battle with cancer. Read more
I'll start being nice to Corky...
he Trump administration has set a new monthly record for criminal prosecution of illegal aliens in June, as it utilizes a powerful tool in its multi-agency approach to crack down on illegal immigration. The Department of Justice (DOJ) brought cases against more than 3,000 illegal aliens last month, charging the foreign nationals with illegal reentry, a new report indicates. The charge can be brought against illegal aliens who reenter the United States after having been previously deported back to their country of origin. DOJ prosecutors brought an additional 3,200 cases against illegal aliens for illegal entry.
California's ambitious $20 minimum wage for fast food workers has already led to steep job losses, according to a new economic study. While supporters claim the hike helped workers, data suggests it's pushed many out of work entirely. Key Facts: California raised its minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hour on April 1, 2024. A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research found the state lost 18,000 fast food jobs"down 3.2% compared to other states. Employment in the same sector rose by about 0.1% nationwide during the same period. The law, AB 1228, gave a state-appointed council power to set fast food wages going forward. Gov. Gavin Newsom's office disputed the findings, citing a UC Berkeley study with different conclusions.
When Trump bought the Menie estate, about eight miles north of Aberdeen, in 2006, he promised to create the "world's greatest" golf course. But he soon became infuriated at plans to construct an offshore wind farm nearby, arguing that the "windmills" - as he prefers to call the structures - would ruin the view. For clarity, there are no windmills in the North Sea. Windmills mill grain into flour. What he's seeing are wind turbines. But making them sound like centuries old technology is a way to deride their worth. Getting rid of them - or even stopping more being built - would be at a huge cost to the economy. Read more
A politically active couple in Wisconsin is facing intense public scrutiny following the arrest of Scott Soucek, 56, of Sturgeon Bay, who was charged this month with ten counts of possession of child pornography. The charges stem from a Door County Sheriff's Office investigation that uncovered over 300 illicit images and videos on devices linked to Soucek. Soucek is married to Stephanie Soucek, chair of the Republican Party of Door County and former chair of Wisconsin's 8th Congressional District GOP. The charges are particularly jarring in light of Scott Soucek's public online persona. On Facebook, he repeatedly portrayed himself as a staunch defender of conservative values and posted extensively about issues like child trafficking and moral decay.
When the ambulance arrived in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia two years ago, an angry EMT got out and barked at the crowd, "Who called this in?" Standing next to my cameraman and above the prone body of a shirtless soul bedecked in boils and not moving, I said, "I did." He didn't say a word, he looked at me, then down the street at the dozens of strung out bodies, then back at me as if to say, "Look at all this, what do you want me to do?" I had no answer. Read more
Shane Tamura, a 27-year-old from Las Vegas, has been identified as the shooter in a tragic incident at 345 Park Avenue, New York City. He allegedly used a Palmetto State Armory AR-15 assault rifle, which retails for about $420. Smears of blood were visible on the assault rifle Shane Tamura used during his deadly rampage at New York City 345 Park Avenue on Monday night, according to a photo obtained by The New York Post. The rifle is a Palmetto State Armory AR-15 assault rifle in 0.223-caliber. According to the report, the gun retails for about $420. At least four, including a New York City police officer, were killed in a mass shooting in the city's Park Avenue Tower in a Midtown Manhattan office building
US immigration officers made false and misleading statements in their reports about several Los Angeles protesters they arrested during the massive demonstrations that rocked the city in June, according to federal law enforcement files obtained by the Guardian
The officers' testimony was cited in at least five cases filed by the US Department of Justice amid the unrest. The justice department has charged at least 26 people with "assaulting" and "impeding" federal officers and other crimes during the protests over immigration raids. Prosecutors, however, have since been forced to dismiss at least eight of those felonies, many of them which relied on officers' inaccurate reports, court records show.
The justice department has also dismissed at least three felony assault cases it brought against Angelenos accused of interfering with arrests during recent immigration raids, the documents show.
In a rural stretch of Bibb County in central Alabama, past pine forests and gravel roads, deputies uncovered what a sheriff called the most disturbing child abuse case he's seen in his 33 years of working in law enforcement. Inside a concrete bunker near a home, at least 10 children were harmed as part of what the Bibb County Sheriff's Office described as a criminal operation involving sex trafficking, torture and the theft of innocence. Most of the victims were between 3 and 10 years old; one was 15, officials said. At a news conference on Wednesday, Sheriff Wade said seven people, including family members and parents, were charged in connection with the trafficking operation in Brent, Ala., a city of 2,600 people about an hour south of Birmingham, where children were harmed in the bunker's underground structure.
A recent $934 million transfer of funds to a Pentagon budget may hold a clue as to how much it will cost to renovate the Boeing 747-8 gifted by Qatar to be the next Air Force One, The New York Times reported on Sunday. Although the actual price tag is classified information, this transfer to an unnamed classified project described in a Pentagon document sent to Capitol Hill likely includes the cost of renovating the plane. Read more
