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President Donald Trump announced the imposition of a 50-percent tariff on Wednesday on Brazilian products sent into the United States, citing the “witch hunt” against conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro, which he described as an “international disgrace.” The tariff would go into effect on August 1. President Trump, in a letter addressed to radical leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, also cited attacks on free elections in Brazil and attacks against the fundamental right of free speech of Americans as reasons for the tariff. The latter, he explained, was the result of censorship orders from the nation’s top court,…
Authorities in Kerrville, Texas, are asking the public to keep clear of the Guadalupe River flood zone and allow the more than 2,000 rescue workers to do their jobs. At a Wednesday press briefing, a representative from the Kerrville Police Department said the number of people visiting the area to look at the damage is hindering rescue operations. With roads and bridges destroyed or badly damaged in some parts of Kerr County after the Independence Day flood in the Texas Hill Country, the remaining viable routes of travel are being quickly congested with rescuers and sightseers travelling to the area…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially granted full approval to Moderna’s controversial mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax, for children as young as 6 months old through 11 years of age who are deemed “at increased risk” of COVID-19. The vaccine was previously available to kids under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), but the FDA has now handed over full approval, greenlighting the use of the experimental shot despite growing evidence of adverse events, including myocarditis, pericarditis, allergic reactions, and even seizures in young recipients. “COVID-19 continues to pose a significant potential threat to children, especially those with underlying medical…
The Internet Watch Foundation has sounded the alarm over a dramatic increase in AI-generated videos depicting child sexual abuse, with the majority falling into the worst category of abuse. The Guardian reports that the proliferation of AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM), commonly known as child pornography, has reached unprecedented levels. according to the latest findings from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). The UK-based internet safety watchdog reported a staggering surge in AI-made videos featuring child sexual abuse, with 1,286 videos verified in the first half of 2025 alone, compared to just two in the same period last year. The IWF expressed…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that Grok, the AI chatbot developed by his company xAI, will soon be integrated into Tesla EVs, despite the AI’s antisemitic meltdown on X this week. Business Insider reports that in an announcement on Thursday, Elon Musk declared that Grok, the AI chatbot created by his company xAI, will be integrated into Tesla vehicles in the near future. The billionaire entrepreneur stated on his social media platform X that “Grok is coming to Tesla vehicles very soon. Next week at the latest.” This announcement comes on the heels of a tumultuous week for Grok,…
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin revealed that the agency had released online resources regarding geoengineering and contrails, explaining that the “EPA is committed to total transparency.” Zeldin revealed in a video announcement that everything the EPA knows “about contrails to solar geoengineering” would be found in the online resources, adding that “anyone who reads through this information will know as much about these topics” as he does. WATCH — Trump EPA Slashes $22 Billion Dollars in First 100 Days: “The Trump EPA is committed to total transparency,” Zeldin said. “As a result, I tasked my team at EPA to compile…
The US secretary of state has described his conversation with the Russian foreign minister on Thursday as “frank” and “important” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed “new and different” ideas on resolving the Ukraine conflict during their meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN forum in Malaysia on Thursday.Commenting after the talks, Rubio described them as “frank and important,” adding that he would brief US President Donald Trump on the discussion later on Thursday.The two diplomats met for around an hour, according to Reuters.The US will continue to talk to…
Shielding the Elite: How James Comey’s Blind Eye Protected Power, Profits, and a Broken Mental Health SystemRepublished with permission from AbleChild.When the story of the Marc Rich pardon broke, the American public was stunned—not just by the audacity of the pardon itself, but by the web of influence, money, and connections that seemed to insulate the powerful from accountability. At the center of the post-pardon investigation stood James Comey, a man who would later become a household name for his roles in other political dramas. Yet, in this case, Comey’s investigation stopped short of the most glaring conflicts: the intersection of political…
Amazon’s gamble to extend its annual Prime Day summer sale from two to four has gotten off to a rocky start, with sales plunging 41 percent on the first day compared to last year. Bloomberg reports that Amazon took a significant risk this year by expanding its Prime Day sales event from the usual two days to four, hoping the longer duration would give shoppers more time to explore the millions of deals available on the vast ecommerce marketplace. However, initial results suggest the strategy may not be paying off as expected, putting pressure on the remaining days to deliver. According…
Sen. Joni Ernst’s (R-IA) bipartisan bill to boost domestic manufacturing advanced out of the Senate Commerce Committee is slated to be passed by the Senate. The Senate Commerce Committee advanced Ernst and Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester‘s (D-DE) Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act, a bill that seeks to increase drive investment and job creation by having Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick study critical goods that are being imported and find ways to help domestic producers manufacture them in rural areas and in industrial parks. Ernst’s bill is set to be “hotlined,” or expedited through the Senate, and be passed through Congress’s upper…