Pope Creates AI Study Group in Preparation For First Encyclical
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Leo XIV has created a study group on artificial intelligence, the Vatican said Saturday, as he gears up to release his first encyclical that is expected to emphasize the need for an ethics-based approach to the technology that prioritizes human dignity and peace. The Vatican said Leo had decided to […]
Border Patrol Chief Abruptly Resigns in Major Shakeup
A major leadership shakeup has hit the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement apparatus after U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks abruptly announced his resignation Thursday, ending a high-profile tenure overseeing one of the administration’s most politically important agencies. Banks, who became one of the public faces of President Donald Trump’s aggressive border crackdown, reportedly informed colleagues […]
Gold Is About to Tell the Truth — And Your Retirement Depends on It
The markets are lying. The talking heads are lying. The charts show you curated fictions designed to keep you complacent while the foundation crumbles beneath your feet. Gold and silver are about to tell the truth — not the manipulated paper price, not the futures market fantasy. The physical truth. The kind that cannot be […]
U.S. Supreme Court Rules On Virginia Democrats’ Redistricting Appeal
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Virginia officials seeking to reinstate a congressional map that would have significantly benefited Democrats in this year’s midterm elections, marking the latest chapter in the escalating national redistricting war. The high court’s one-sentence order offered no explanation for the decision and noted no dissents, effectively […]
Fetterman frustrates Democrats with pro-Trump remarks on Fox News
Democrats once hailed Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) as the party’s poster child: A plain-spoken, hoodie-wearing populist who appealed not just to those in his party but to independents and even some Republicans. Lately, though, some Democrats say he’s appealing to Republicans and turning his back on his party with remarks defending President Trump and attacking… […]
Trump ally Tina Peters’ prison sentence cut in half by Colorado governor
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday cut former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ nine-year prison sentence in half and ordered the 70-year-old, who has become a national martyr for election conspiracy theorists, to be released on parole June 1. Peters’ sentence for orchestrating a security breach of her county’s election system in 2021 in a […]
Eric Trump Announces Lawsuit Against Jen Psaki, MS NOW for ‘Blatant Lies’ About China Business Ties
Eric Trump announced Friday that he will be suing MS Now’s Jen Psaki and the network for allegations she made that he accompanied his father, President Donald Trump, to China to further his own business interests. In a segment that aired this week after Eric Trump arrived in China, Psaki said that he is on […]
May 16th – 2026 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day 482
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Lawsuit: Indians in Texas Blocked Asian-American from University Job
Indian academics at a Texas university conspired to exclude an American job-seeker from a tenured job, even to the point of labelling the Asian-American candidate as “white,” says a lawsuit by the Asian-American candidate named Sean Wang. The lawsuit described the alleged anti-American discrimination against Wang at Southern Methodist University: Since Hemang Desai (Indian-origin) became a […]
