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AbleChild Announces Advisory Board Transition and Welcomes Elizabeth Loper JonesRepublished with permission from AbleChild.AbleChild is deeply grateful for the time, talent, and dedication Kelly Patricia O’Meara has given to the organization as an Advisory Board member and freelance writer. Her investigative work, strong voice, and willingness to address difficult issues have been meaningful contributions to AbleChild’s mission. AbleChild wishes Kelly every success in her writing, research, and all future endeavors.AbleChild is honored to welcome Elizabeth “Liz” Loper Jones as an official Advisory Board Member.For AbleChild co-founder Sheila Matthews, Liz’s appointment is profoundly personal. Liz is Sheila’s sister, and her life…

Shares for the streaming giant Netflix fell 5 percent last week after Wells Fargo downgraded its stock due to worrying trends in user engagement. The report, titled “Engagement Risk,” from Wells Fargo analyst Steven Cahall alleged that the streamer’s user engagement had fallen behind in the Nielsen Gauge, adding that the top 100 titles saw year-over-year slight decline. “Engagement trends look worrying to us,” the report stated, per The Hollywood Reporter (THR). “TLDR: NFLX has lacked big original series & it’s showing.” Wells Fargo speculated that the engagement drop may stem from Netflix attempting to compete with YouTube by investing…

Authorities in Tanzania said 10 lions were found dead of suspected poisoning on Friday in a conservation area. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) announced their bodies were found in Ndutu, and preliminary findings suggested the deaths occurred after the lions ingested poison, CBS News reported Monday. “Ngorongoro has been the scene of long-standing tensions between the authorities and the local nomadic community. Clashes have sometimes turned deadly since the government launched an eviction program in 2022,” the outlet said. The Lion Guardians said earlier this year that six lions died in a similar incident near the Kenya-Tanzania border, and numerous…

President Donald Trump said this weekend he plans to create an “AI Force,” modeled on the Space Force he established during his first term, along with appointing a new AI czar President Trump announced the new AI Force in a Truth Social post, offering few details about its structure or duties. He also said he would name a new AI czar, a role previously held by venture capitalist David Sacks, who stepped down in March. The announcement came as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent held talks with Chinese counterparts in New York on Sunday, according to an NBC News report. Bessent…

President Donald Trump’s midterm political chief James Blair laid out the Republican strategy for November in an exclusive interview on Breitbart News Saturday, detailing plans to tie Democrats to their national party, turn out less-frequent GOP voters, and deploy Trump and campaign resources in key House and Senate races. Blair told Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle that Republicans’ strategy is “twofold,” combining the national political environment with the circumstances of individual races. “Elections are not all national and they’re not all local,” Blair said. “It’s a little bit of both.” At the national level, Blair said Republicans should…

Sen. Gary Peters is heading to Los Angeles for a post at the University of Southern California after his term ends early next year, the university said Monday.The retiring Michigan Democrat will be an endowed chair in practical politics and co-lead USC’s Center for the Political Future with longtime Republican strategist Mike Murphy. The university said Peters will teach courses at its Los Angeles and Washington campuses.“I look at this as a capstone of my years in public service at the local, state and federal level,” Peters said in a statement. “It’s never been more important to bring people together,…

Steak’N Shake Has the Answer for America’s Broken Corporate Governance System.This summer, Steak’N Shake supported the American team in the World Cup, showing off their patriotism and love for the USA.Steak’N Shake doubled down on Team America and offered 20-cent shakes if the US beat Australia.If America beats Australia in Friday’s World Cup match, celebrate at Steak n Shake on Saturday with a Patriot milkshake for only 20 cents!Limited to one milkshake per customer.🇺🇸 ⚽️ 🏟 🇺🇸— Steak ‘n Shake (@SteaknShake) June 18, 2026What a great company – support your local Steak’N Shake on Saturday – the US won!!America beat…

Republican New York State Assembly candidate Conner Dunleavy said Saturday that his Democrat opponent, Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Lavine, is responsible for advancing a bill that strips the words “mother” and “father” from state law. Speaking with host Matt Boyle on Breitbart News Saturday, Dunleavy, who is challenging Lavine in New York’s 13th Assembly District in Nassau County, said the longtime incumbent moved the measure out of his committee and onto the Assembly floor, where it passed the Democrat supermajority. “He is responsible for allowing this bill out of the Judiciary Committee and a lot of other really bad legislation,”…

A super PAC funded by the cryptocurrency industry is preparing to spend at least $30 million in the Ohio Senate race to try to block Democrat Sherrod Brown from returning to Washington, the group’s most aggressive move of the 2026 midterm cycle to date.The move by Fairshake, a super PAC group bankrolled by a trio of leading crypto companies, comes just days after Democrats voted down an industry-backed digital asset bill on the Senate floor.The group spent more than $40 million in 2024 to help defeat Brown, who was then the Senate Banking Committee chair and a leading critic of…

Pentagon investigators reportedly found that flawed intelligence, rushed targeting procedures, and staff cuts contributed to the attack that killed 123 children Heavy reliance on AI, staff cuts, and rushed targeting procedures contributed to a US missile strike on an Iranian girls’ school in Minab, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing officials involved in a Pentagon investigation.On February 28, two Tomahawk missiles hit the Shajarah Tayyebeh Elementary School in southern Iran, killing at least 157 people, including 123 children. The strike took place during the opening wave of US and Israeli attacks across the country. The school stood across from a naval…