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In a recent testimony that has resonated strongly among conservative circles and national security advocates, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed an alarming reality about the management of migrant child custody during the worst years of the border crisis. His statements detail how, for political reasons, hundreds of children were handed over to individuals without any type of background check or control, exposing them to extreme danger and neglect. The politics of protection: a dangerous mix According to RFK Jr., there was a clear political motivation behind this negligence: the previous administration’s urgency to remove children from federal custody regardless of…

Frank Sinatra’s The World We Knew returns to Billboard’s jazz charts, reaching a new high on the … More Traditional Jazz Albums list decades after release. New York, N.Y.: Musician Frank Sinatra sings at a rally for the American-Italian Anti-Defamation League at Madison Square Garden in New York City on October 19, 1967. (Photo by Bob Luckey/Newsday RM vis Getty Images)Newsday via Getty Images Frank Sinatra maintains a constant presence on Billboard’s jazz charts, with several compilations made up of many of his most popular songs often appearing near one another. From time to time, the crooner returns to various…

AP — Last week, Ukrainian drone hunters picking up the debris from Russia´s nightly assault on their cities found a weapon that stood out from the rest. It had an advanced camera, a computing platform powered by artificial intelligence and a radio link, allowing an operator to pilot it remotely from Russia. It also contained new, Iranian-made, anti-jamming technology, according to a Ukrainian drone expert. Most Russian attack drones are black, said Serhii Beskrestnov, an electronics expert more widely known as Flash. The new one, he told The Associated Press, was white. Inside, there were no markings or labels consistent with…

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) said that the strikes on Iran “were successful. And I believe it’s a critical step toward getting peace in the Middle East,” and strikes by American and Israel were “critical to stopping a huge enemy of our country.” Gottheimer said that while he wants to be briefed on what the situation in the Middle East is, the larger point is that “Iran, right now, after 12 days of strikes, is cornered. The attacks were successful. And I believe it’s a critical step toward getting peace in…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is scrambling to quell the Medicaid-fueled mutiny that’s threatening to derail the megabill on both sides of the Capitol. In the Senate, “Medicaid moderates” are rejecting Finance’s opening offer of $15 billion for a stabilization fund for rural hospitals to help offset paring back the provider tax in expansion states from 6 percent to 3.5 percent. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) called it “inadequate” and warned that even if leadership goes up to the $100 billion she’s seeking, “that doesn’t solve” her issues with the bill. Thune closed the door to $100 billion soon after. Multiple…

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is running for a third term in 2026 — even as questions swirl about whether he will make a bid for president two years later. “Illinois is standing at the center of the fight — the fight to make life more affordable, the fight to protect our freedoms, the fight for common sense,” Pritzker said in a video announcing his reelection bid. The two-term Democratic governor is scheduled to address supporters at a rally on Chicago’s South Side on Thursday morning before visiting Rockford, Peoria and Springfield. Illinois does not have term limits for…

Garry Kasparov introduced a local activist to an American financier to source weapons for arming rebels, the outlet reports Garry Kasparov, a former world chess champion and Russian opposition figure, has been implicated in an alleged coup plot in South Sudan, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The grandmaster is said to have introduced a local activist to a US financier who unknowingly funded a plan to procure weapons.The alleged plot emerged from the US prosecution of Peter Ajak, a Harvard fellow and exiled South Sudanese activist, as well as his associate, Abraham Keech. The two are facing federal charges of conspiring…

By Wayne Allyn Root I was born and raised a Jewish New Yorker. I graduated from New York’s Columbia University. I spent my 20’s in Manhattan. I loved New York. But now the unthinkable has happened. A politician with a combination that I’d never thought possible is in position to run America’s biggest city. Here’s the unthinkable combination… A radical communist AND radical Muslim, pro Hamas, Jew-hater has won the Democrat primary for Mayor of New York. Zohan Mamdani. There is still hope. He hasn’t won yet. He still needs to win the general election. There are two decent candidates…

Coldplay’s “Sparks” debuts at No. 40 on the Official Singles chart, becoming a top 40 hit in the … More U.K. thanks to viral success on TikTok and streaming growth. MILAN, ITALY – JUNE 25: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Chris Martin of Coldplay performs at Stadio San Siro, on June 25, 2023 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images for ABA)Corbis via Getty Images For several weeks now, Coldplay’s song “Sparks” has enjoyed incredible virality. The years-old tune began picking up steam on TikTok not long ago, and in just a few tracking periods, the song has not…

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a much-awaited report Wednesday on the results of the U.S. airstrike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility on Sunday, saying it made the site “inoperable.” President Donald Trump had said earlier Wednesday at the NATO summit in Brussels that Israeli intelligence would shortly produce a report on the results of the U.S. airstrikes. The Prime Minister’s Office then issued a brief statement summarizing Israel’s findings on behalf of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC): The devastating US strike on Fordow destroyed the site’s critical infrastructure and rendered the enrichment facility inoperable. We…