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House Republicans are preparing one of the largest overhauls to the country’s largest anti-hunger programs in decades, with a plan to limit future increases to benefits, implement new work requirements and push costs to states in a move that risks millions of low-income Americans being removed from the program. The Agriculture bill has faced delays since last recess amid centrist backlash over the deep food aid spending cuts. But GOP leaders are targeting a markup for next week, May 13 or 14, after deciding late last week to push back this week’s expected meeting, according to four people with direct…

Credit: Fox News screenshot President Trump showed today that he is not quite ready to let the idea of Canada eventually becoming part of the United States go after burning leftist Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney when he ruled the idea out. AS TGP readers know, Carney arrived in the United States to meet with Trump in the Oval Office just over a week after being elected Prime Minister. The meeting came as tensions between Canada and the United States have heightened due to tariffs and harsh words from several Canadian leaders, like Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Trade, of course,…

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 05: Zendaya attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring … More Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by John Shearer/WireImage)WireImage “Fashion’s Biggest Night Out” is underway in New York City with the Met Gala 2025, an annual fundraising event for the NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. The theme of the Met Gala 2025 is celebrating the Costume Institute’s new spring exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, while the dress code is Tailored for You. “The exhibition — which explores the importance of clothing and…

Sometimes called the ‘super’ catch-up contribution, this new saving option is only available to … Moregetty There have been numerous changes to the tax rules surrounding retirement plans in the last few years. One in particular, which is effective in 2025, has flown under the radar. It is sometimes called the ‘super’ catch-up contribution, and it’s only available to workers age 60 to 63. New 401(k) Catch-Up Limit for Workers Age 60 – 63 Starting in 2025, individuals ages 60 to 63 (by Dec. 31) can make even higher catch-up contributions to their 401(k), 403(b), or governmental 457(b) retirement plan.…

Prominent student activists and organizers tied to anti-Israel campus encampments praised violence, endorsed terrorism, described “liberating Palestine” as a way “to dismantle the United States,” and called for the destruction of the America and capitalism during a recent webinar honoring convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal that was later shared by a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. In remarks published by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) think tank, footage shows activists delivering pro-terror rhetoric during a livestreamed webinar last month hosted by Mobilization for Mumia and shared by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, an entity sanctioned by the U.S. and Canadian governments…

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump’s director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced the closure of the agency’s last remaining beagle experiment lab over the weekend after former NIH physician Dr. Anthony Fauci’s horrific beagle-testing scandal was exposed. “It’s very easy, for instance, to cure Alzheimer’s in mice. But those things don’t translate to humans,” Bhattacharya told Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy on Sunday: “So we put forward a policy to replace animals in research with technological advances, AI and other tools, that actually translate better to human health.” When he made the announcement that “We got rid of…

House Democratic leaders said Tuesday they would launch a longshot effort to force a vote on a bill preventing cuts to key federal safety-net programs. The discharge petition is meant to put political pressure on Republicans as they eye cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in writing their domestic policy megabill. “All we need are four House Republicans to join Democrats in protecting the health care and nutritional assistance of the American people,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters Tuesday. If 218 members sign the discharge petition, it would force a floor vote on a bill…

A Paris court has ordered suspended prison terms and fines for the cyberbullying of Thomas Jolly, who staged the infamous Last Supper parody Seven people have been sentenced in France for the cyberbullying of Thomas Jolly – the artistic director of the LGBTQ-themed opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics.Last year’s games opened with a controversial spectacle that included what was perceived as a recreation of Leonardo DaVinci’s ‘Last Supper’ featuring drag queens, homosexuals, transsexuals and a pro-obesity activist in the role of Christ.The show was condemned by Christians across the world, as well as Muslims, many of whom expressed…

Alberta province may choose to part ways with woke, ‘net-zero’ Canada. Canada may have escaped for now the (for them) humiliating fate of becoming the 51st US state, but things are in motion that suggest nothing will ever be the same in the ‘Great White North.’ The conservative premier of Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta said yesterday (5) that a referendum on separation from Canada will be held next year if a citizen-led petition reaches the required number of signatures. Associated Press reported: “Speaking on a livestream address, Danielle Smith said she personally does not support the province leaving Canada…

Ukrainian 117th Heavy Mechanized Brigade troops in training.117th Heavy Mechanized Brigade photo Every once in a while, Russia’s motorcycle assault tactics work—and help Russian regiments nudge the front line in eastern Ukraine a mile or so to the west. There’s a line of Ukrainian fortifications stretching from the fortress city of Pokrovsk to the ruins of Toretsk, 30 miles to the northeast. Capturing Pokrovsk—a major obstacle to wider Russian advances in Donetsk Oblast—is arguably the Kremlin’s top priority in its 39-month wider war on Ukraine. A pair of Russian field armies, each with 10,000 or more troops, spent most of…