The Ocala area continued to lead the nation in population growth, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday.
The data shows a 3.4% growth rate for the Ocala Metro in the bureau's Vintage 2025 population estimates between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025. The bureau estimated the metro's at 442,660 people.
The population increased by more than 14,600 people compared to the previous year and by more than 66,700 since the 2020 Census. Read more
"We don't think Hitler is, like, the worst person ever," Alec Beaton, a 23-year-old former Trump campaign staffer, told the Washington Post at a national young conservatives conference. Beaton added that he praises Adolf Hitler to "mess with people." Fuentes, a 27-year-old white nationalist with a Rumble platform of more than 600k, said during a recent stream that women "just lie and they're whores. Not all of them ... but it is a serious problem."
James Talarico, the Texas Democratic state representative and Presbyterian seminarian, has said he forgives Pete Hegseth's pastor for praying for his death.
On Tuesday, Texas's popular Democratic nominee for a US Senate seat pushed back against comments from Brooks Potteiger, the defense secretary's closest spiritual adviser, who said: "We want him crucified with Christ."
Talarico said on X: "Jesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you. I love you more than you could ever hate me."
"There are basically two ways to know you have a future. One, you have some vocational training.
Or two, you're neurodivergent," he said. Alex used the term "neurodivergent" broadly (including conditions like ADHD, autism and dyslexia), and discussed how those with said diagnoses are more likely to take unconventional career paths. Read more
France's Finance Minister Roland Lescure revealed on Wednesday that between 30 and 40 per cent of Gulf refining capacity has been damaged or destroyed by Iran's retaliatory strikes, leaving a shortage of 11 million barrels a day on global oil markets. Lescure warned it could take up to three years to restore damaged facilities, and several months to restart those that were urgently shut down.
Controversial comedian Druski has triggered fresh outrage over his latest mega-viral skit in which he dressed up as Charlie Kirk's widow, Erika " with many calling him "disgusting" and "completely disrespectful" to a grieving widow. The black comic painted his skin and sported a white suit, blue contact lenses and blond locks as he mocked the Turning Point USA CEO in his "How Conservative Women in America Act" sketch, which has racked up more than 40 million views on social media. Read more
US President Donald Trump has claimed that the people of Iran want to make him their supreme leader, but according to him, he is not interested in taking the position. Speaking at a Republican fundraiser event in Washington, Trump also doubled down on his claim that Iran wants to end the nearly month-long war, insisting the officials in Tehran are negotiating with Washington but are afraid to admit it over fears of mutiny at home. Trump claimed that the idea of him becoming Iran's next Supreme Leader was informally floated by leadership in Tehran after the US-Israeli military campaign killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but he turned them down.
American Immigration Council senior fellow Aaron Reichlin-Melnick reacted in horror on Thursday to an allegation that a woman in Maryland hired a team of Guatemalan contractors to redo her roof at an expense of $10,000, waited until they were done " then called Immigration and Customs Enforcement on them to try to get out of paying the bill. The X account that posted a video of the alleged incident stated, "Woman even provides the ladder used by agent to detain men " who she owes $10,000 for 3 day job. 'She called the damn law on us and now we're totally screwed!' men yell in Spanish. 'They surrounded us! " They surrounded us!' Agents even left behind the workers' van with doors wide open " filled with thousands of dollars worth of tools.
Traveling by plane anywhere is bad right now, but in some places, it's worse. Read more
Leaked database shows how ICE pays off local cops to do their bidding.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) informs: "Israeli forces have expanded ground operations in southern Lebanon after indicating an intent to forcibly displace residents, destroy civilian homes, and conduct strikes that could target civilians. Forcible displacement, wanton destruction, and attacks deliberately targeting civilians are war crimes. Countries that continue to provide Israel with arms and military aid risk complicity in the Israeli government's serious violations in Lebanon."
Likud Cabinet Approves War Crimes for Lebanon
We just won Missouri v. Biden. As Missouri's Attorney General, I sued the Biden regime for brazenly colluding with Big Tech to silence Missouri families " censoring the truth about COVID, the Hunter Biden laptop, the open border, and the 2020 election. They tried to turn Facebook, X, YouTube, and the rest into their private speech police, labeling dissent "misinformation" while they pushed their narrative on the American people. Today, after years of unrelenting litigation, we deep state into a historic 10-year, court-enforceable Consent Decree. It directly binds the Surgeon General, the CDC, and CISA: no more threats of legal, regulatory, or economic punishment. No more coercion. No more unilateral direction or veto of platform decisions to remove, suppress, deplatform, or algorithmically bury protected speech.
Loomer said she believed a "massive Islamic terror attack" could take place in the US and suggested it could be "10 times worse than 9/11". She did not cite any evidence, intelligence assessment or official warning to support the claim, instead framing it as a personal sense. Read more
Effective 20 April 2026, the US Army:
DOD Recruitment Goals
On 11 Nov 1921 at Arlington National Cemetery during the burial ceremony for the Unknown Soldier of World War I, President Warren G. Harding said: "We do not know from whence he came, but only that his death marks him with everlasting glory of an American dying for his country."
"Gardens of Stone" 1987 Hollywood Film About the Sentinels During the Vietnam War
General Josh Rudd, the new director of US Cyber Command and the NSA, used his first all-hands meeting to urge his workforce to share more intelligence with US allies and partners: "Work with our allies until it hurts." Rudd stated that while the Trump administration has emphasized southern-border security, the NSA still should keep a watchful eye on foreign adversaries such as Russia and China.
General Rudd Bio
