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Friday, September 12, 2025

Vladimir Putin is now threatening Finland. Russia has followed up its recent incursions against Poland with threats to other NATO members. read more


In a stunning turn of events that underscores the chaos surrounding U.S. immigration policy, Donald Trump personally offered hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a massive immigration raid the opportunity to stay in the country -- and nearly every single one of them said no. read more


Canada PM Mark Carney unveiled an array of national projects to turbocharge' the economy as it fends off a trade war with the US. A liquefied natural gas facility, critical mineral mines, a nuclear reactor, and port expansion marks the first wave of major national projects. An expansion of LNG Canada's Kitimat facility on the Pacific coast, which will in effect double the plant's annual export capacity to 28m tons, is among the biggest supported by the Liberal government, which has pledged to invest heavily in -- and speed -- up permits for projects deemed in the national interest. "The path ahead will not always be easy, because what's happening now in the global economy is not a transition -- it is a rupture," said Carney. "The US is fundamentally and rapidly transforming all of its trading relationships, and the effects are both immediate and profound." read more


President Donald Trump was sporting a doozy of a droopy face as he ventured outside the White House Thursday amid mounting questions about his health.


Food and Drug Administration officials plan to present data they claim links the Covid vaccine to 25 deaths in children at what's expected to be a closely watched vaccine advisory committee next week, a source confirmed to NBC News. read more


An officer fatally shot a person who injured an ICE agent during an immigration arrest in the Chicago area Friday, according to federal immigration officials. read more


The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison after being found guilty of plotting a military coup. read more


  • HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr blamed America's mass shootings on video games, use of psychiatric drugs, and social media, ignoring the staggering amount of legal and illegal firearms in the US. In 2025, America suffered 353 mass shootings and every eleven minutes someone in the US is killed with a firearm, whether there was an assailant involved or if it was a suicide.
  • HHS employees were directed to start using ChatGPT AI. HHS plans to roll out AI through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to determine whether patients are eligible to receive certain treatments. These types of systems have been shown to be biased, resulting in fewer patients getting the care they need. In essence, the use of AI will be a triaging death panel for many suffering patients while enriching the contractors who will be rewarded for the money they save Medicaid and Medicare. read more


    Elon Musk has lost his title of "world's richest person" title to Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison. read more


    The gunman who shot and killed Charlie Kirk is still not in custody more than eight hours after the assassination. read more


    A never-before-seen video released Tuesday by a member of Congress appears to show a U.S. military Hellfire missile bouncing off a bright, shiny object that was being tracked off the coast of Yemen on Oct. 30, 2024. read more


    The book is a nightmare. This time, the conspiracy theorists were right. read more


    Officials have identified the person accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk as 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson. Utah Governor Spencer Cox said at a press conference on Friday morning that investigators arrested and identified Robinson after analyzing surveillance footage, interviewing Robinson's family members and reviewing online messages between Robinson and his roommate.


    Rather than condemning violence and calling for unity, the president of the United States accused his political opposition of being accessories to murder. read more


    It's a new low in US refugee/asylum policy; simultaneouly unjust and counterproductive. read more


    In a close vote, Senate Republicans defeated an effort Wednesday by Democrats to insert language into Congress' annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case files on the sex trafficking investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein. read more


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