Author: Press Room
The government of Nigeria confirmed on Tuesday that the United States had initiated the planned withdrawal of about 200 troops deployed in the country in February to combat radical Islamic terrorists. The deployment, reportedly at the behest of the Nigerian government, was in response to the pervasive threat of radical jihadist paramilitaries in the country’s north and Middle Belt, which have regularly waged genocidal war against the indigenous Christian populations of those regions. Nigeria is home to a variety of jihadist terrorist groups, most prominently Boko Haram, a Boko Haram splinter group tied to the Islamic State, and the organized…
President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the firing of 29 military service members who are transgender. The urgent appeal involves the possible removal of active-duty service members who are also reservists, National Guard members, and one individual trying to enlist, ABC News reported Monday. The move came “before their case challenging the Pentagon ban goes to trial in January,” the outlet said. “Several courts have found that the ban was likely rooted in animus and violates servicemembers’ constitutional rights to due process and equal protection — a conclusion the government strongly disputes.” The ABC…
Professor Molchanov was the only vessel operating a direct passenger link between the Russian mainland and Svalbard Norwegian authorities have seized a Russian research vessel in Svalbard at the request of Ukraine’s state-owned energy company Naftogaz, amid growing tensions between Moscow and NATO states over access to and control of the Arctic.The Professor Molchanov was detained on Wednesday while docked in Barentsburg, a Russian settlement on the Norwegian-administered archipelago. The Governor of Svalbard said the move followed an August 31 order by the Nord-Troms and Senja District Court granting Naftogaz the right to seize the ship. The vessel has been…
Screencap of Twitter/X video. CNN contributor Leigh McGowan is ‘exhausted’ with hearing stories about illegal immigrants committing crimes like killing American citizens. he made the comment during a recent panel discussion on the network, when conservative contributor Brianna Lyman was trying to make a valid point about what the liberal media covers and chooses not to cover. Lyman was using as an example, a woman in Massachusetts who was strangled by an illegal immigrant just last week. McGowan rolled her eyes in disgust at the mere mention of it. FOX News has details: A CNN panel erupted Tuesday after far-left…
An influencer’s bright ring light forced a U.S. Open umpire to stop a match, angering tennis fans. Video shared online showed a woman using a bright ring light from the stands, prompting the chair umpire to pause the match. Another clip showed several people filming inside a luxury suite as a spectator seated beneath them appeared visibly annoyed. The incidents have added to complaints that the tournament at Flushing Meadows is becoming more focused on social media and entertainment than the tennis itself. @katticuspfinch Tennis etiquette is that you don’t even GET UP IN THE MIDDLE OF A POINT, but…
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved the release of two New World screwworm (NWS) infested zones in Texas in yet another victory against the feared pest. The most recent development in the battle to control the spread of NWS marks the first NWS-infested zones to be released and cleared in Texas since the first case was detected in the state in June. The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) approved the release of the two infested zones in Texas, following concurrence from Texas’s State Veterinarian, Dr. Bud Dinges, and the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC). The…
The top executive for Have My Baby in Miami, an agency that bills itself as aiding foreign nationals having their children in the United States, invoked his Fifth Amendment constitutional right during a House Oversight Committee hearing on birth tourism. The hearing — led by Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), who chairs the Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses — brought Dr. Wladimir Lorentz before the committee to discuss his agency’s business practices. Lorentz, the founder and chief medical officer of Have My Baby in Miami, told Gill that he would be pleading the Fifth to all questions at the hearing so…
The major deals follow a temporary suspension of exports over West Jerusalem’s plans to occupy Gaza The German government approved nearly €800 million ($930 million) in arms exports to Israel between January and June, German weekly Der Spiegel has reported, citing a government response to a parliamentary inquiry. The sum is already four times higher than the total value Berlin greenlighted for West Jerusalem last year.Around one-fifth of the exports was linked to German-Israeli defense-industry cooperation benefiting the German Armed Forces, according to the government. Just over two-thirds of the approved value is tied to the INS ‘Drakon’, a nearly…
President Trump mocked Texas Senate Democrat candidate James Talarico for lying about being a vegan. Trump made the remarks during a dinner in the Rose Garden with battleground Republicans. Talarico, who previously claimed to be a vegan, wants to represent Texas, a state that has some of the best barbecue in the country. James Talarico actually said it is “existential” to reduce meat consumption to fight climate change. In a newly resurfaced video from 2022, Talarico is shown wearing a mask and talking about embracing veganism in order to fight climate change. “We have, I think, heard more and more…
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, hosted the opening ceremonies of the World Nomad Games on Tuesday, a dramatic celebration of ancient Central Asian sports featuring a display of hundreds of horses, traditional Steppe costumes, and an American team ready to compete on the other side of the planet. The World Nomad Games, conceived in Kazakhstan and debuting 12 years ago, is primarily a sporting contest meant to feature the traditional cultures of the Turkic peoples of Central Asia. This year, teams representing over 100 countries will compete in 43 sports ranging from tug of war, bird of prey hunting, archery, and a variety of…