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First Lady Melania Trump spent her birthday weekend traveling to Rome, Italy, for Pope Francis’s funeral — donning Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry, and Hermès for her travels and the occasion. To depart from the White House, Melania Trump chose a pair of black acetate sunglasses, likely by Saint Laurent, and a double-breasted cotton drill trench coat from Dolce & Gabbana’s Spring/Summer 2025 collection. The trench coat retails for $3,745. Mrs. Trump paired the coat with Roger Vivier’s Gommettine Ballerina flats in black leather featuring the brand’s iconic resin buckle. The flats retail for $750. Perhaps Mrs. Trump’s most luxe item of…

While the abortion pill is touted as “safe and effective,” shocking new data suggests complications are 22 times higher than previously reported. A study from the Ethics and Public Policy Center released on Monday found that 10.93 percent of women who had mifepristone abortions — the first drug used in a two-drug medication abortion regimen — experienced severe complications including sepsis, infection, hemorrhaging, or another serious adverse event within 45 days following the abortion. This percentage is significantly higher than the less than 0.5 percent in clinical trials reported on the FDA-approved drug label.  The study is the “largest-known study…

It was the moment the lights went out. In a post-match interview, after her straight sets win to reach the last eight of the Madrid Open, American tennis star Coco Gauff was joking about her avocado toast breakfast and bad night’s sleep, when suddenly the microphone cut. She looked surprised, while behind her the LED ad boards turned black.It was just after midday and all across the Iberian peninsula the power was failing, plunging Spain and Portugal into chaos. Buses and trains stopped; cash machines went dark; people were left trapped in unlit metro carriages and lifts, with no certainty…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Another federal judge in Washington has expressed skepticism about the legality of a Trump administration executive order targeting a prominent law firm, saying he was concerned that the clear purpose of the edict was punishment.U.S. District Judge John Bates had already temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s executive order against the firm of Jenner & Block but heard arguments Monday on a request by the firm to block it permanently. Lawyers for two other firms — Perkins Coie and WilmerHale — made similar arguments last week to judges who appeared receptive to their positions.Like the other judges, Bates…

The proposed McKinney Texas Temple got a new name Monday, the eve of a vote by the Fairview Town Council on whether to approve an application for a permit submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.The First Presidency announced Monday afternoon that the temple will be renamed the Fairview Texas Temple.The town council will hold a special meeting on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. CDT and is expected to vote on the church’s application for a conditional use permit.President Russell M. Nelson announced plans for a temple in Prosper, Texas, in October 2022. The church announced in…

MOD chief John Healey has said UK forces would help rebuild Kiev’s army, according to a letter cited by the newspaper British troops would help “rebuild” the Ukrainian armed forces under a potential deployment to the country following a ceasefire with Russia, UK Defense Secretary John Healey has said, according to The Telegraph.The UK and France have led discussions in recent weeks among several European NATO member states about sending military personnel to Ukraine as part of a so-called “coalition of the willing,” once Kiev and Moscow have agreed a ceasefire. Russia has strongly objected to Western troops being deployed…

Canada is the second-largest country by land mass in the world. Canada also completes its elections in one day! Canada does not use electronic voting machines. Canada uses paper ballots, voting takes place in one day, and results are released when the polls close. This is the ONLY secure way to hold elections. Canada uses paper ballots, election is over in one day and the results are out when poll closes. Mind you Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world. India uses E voting, voting is spread out over a month and the results take days to announce.…

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 07: An attendee holds a new Apple iPhone 14 Pro during an Apple … More special event on September 07, 2022 in Cupertino, California. Apple unveiled the new iPhone 14 as well as new versions of the Apple Watch, including the Apple Watch SE, a low-cost version of the popular timepiece that will start st $249. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Getty Images On the matter of parenting, law is excess. Parents don’t require force to tend to the wellbeing of their children. It comes naturally. What we all know intuitively about parenting has seemingly been forgotten…

Far-left President of Colombia Gustavo Petro proclaimed over the weekend that he wishes to “revive” Gran Colombia, a short-lived 18th century nation that encompassed much of northern South America and neighboring Panama in Central America. Gran Colombia was a nation founded in 1819 by Venezuelan independence hero Simón Bolívar, Colombian independence hero Francisco de Paula Santander, and several other historic figures after their respective nations broke free from Spanish colonial rule. The nation, which only lasted 12 years until its dissolution in 1831, encompassed the territories of present day Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, and Ecuador, as well as small portions of…

Tariffs Have Waller More Worried About Jobs Than Inflation Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said last week that he would be inclined to look through a short-term rise in inflation stemming from newly proposed tariffs, signaling that he sees the labor market, rather than inflation alone, as the critical guide for monetary policy decisions in the months ahead. In an interview with Bloomberg Television, Waller said that while higher tariffs would likely raise prices, they would not represent the kind of ongoing inflationary pressure that would demand a monetary policy response. Instead, he emphasized that the Fed’s primary concern should…