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Charlie Kirk statue in Phoenix, Arizona, vandalized (screenshot via ABC family) A statue of Charlie Kirk that was placed in front of the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, just days ago, was vandalized overnight by vile leftists. “The vandals doing this in the middle of the night only underscores something we’ve sadly come to understand in a whole new way. Evil never sleeps. But God is in control, and we’ll pray that whoever did this is held accountable and comes to know Him,” Turning Point USA Spokesman Andrew Kolvet told The Gateway Pundit. The statue, which was designed…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a fuel shortage. Trump was asked by a reporter if he had spoken with Zelenskyy following his recent conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Trump responded by calling on Zelenskyy to halt strikes against Russia. “Mr. Zelensky has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” Trump told reporters on the sidelines of the Irish Open, which is being played at his Doonbeg golf club. “Let him go…

Michael Lines, a 34-year-old Californian diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder in 2024, is suing OpenAI over allegations that ChatGPT nurtured religious delusions that led him to attempt suicide. Ars Technica reports that tt took Lines six months before he could bring himself to review the ChatGPT logs from the period in question, and what he found left him shaken. “The way ChatGPT co-created this alternate reality, and the ease with which I, in a manic state, was able to believe ChatGPT’s statements, left me with a lot of guilt and resentment,” he told Ars. He’d started using ChatGPT in 2023…

Thursday on CNN’s “The Source,” political commentator Van Jones said President Donald Trump “is just not in sync with where the American people are.” This morning at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial, Trump said, “We salute the service members working right now to ensure the world’s number one sponsor of terror, the Islamic Republic of Iran, will never, ever have a nuclear weapon.” Host Kaitlan Collins said, “When you hear the president’s remarks there, do you think that’s appropriate?” Jones said, “I think he was out of touch with the feelings of most Americans today.” Collins said, “There wasn’t really…

President Trump on Sunday called out Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for targeting Russian diesel during the ongoing war with Russia, saying the strikes are causing a shortage.  This comes after Trump held an hour-long phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Moscow and Kyiv last week to meet with the leaders of both countries. Trump was asked by reporters if he’d spoken to Zelensky since his conversations with Russia’s Putin, and called on Zelensky to stop hitting diesel refineries. “Zelensky has to do one thing: He has to stop knocking…

A Sydney businessman has been sentenced to more than two years in prison for a four-year campaign of domestic abuse against his former wife that included using a Tesla smartphone app to control her car’s speed, temperature and locks. The Guardian reports that Enrico Pucci, 50, was convicted last week of 30 domestic violence related charges against his ex-wife, who the court uses the psuedonym “. Judge Peter Feather sentenced Pucci at Parramatta local court in western Sydney to two years and three months in prison, with a non-parole period of 15 months. Pucci had pleaded guilty to the charges the…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay on Saturday, urging AI companies to pace how quickly they improve model capabilities, and both Sam Altman and Elon Musk responded within the day expressing support. Amodei’s essay lays out a three-step plan meant to temper the AI industry’s development pace without stopping it outright. “To be clear, pacing does not mean halting model training or technical progress, but ensuring companies take adequate time to align and safeguard their models, and for third party evaluators to confirm this,” he wrote. Anthropic claims it has already taken the first step itself. The company has…

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton responded to a report from the House Intelligence Committee on gaps in our ability to deal with threats by saying that they are working on “closing those gaps and identifying evolving threats.” Host Bret Baier read from part of the report that said that “the United States faces a threat environment as complex and dangerous as any since September 11, 2001. Serious gaps remain in our ability to confront and address these vulnerabilities. We are not adequately prepared to confront and address our vulnerabilities.” Clayton…

The group’s independent course and commitment to international law appeals to countries around the world, the Russian president has said International interest in BRICS “continues to grow” as the group’s values and independent approach attract countries around the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.Speaking at a BRICS Outreach/BRICS Plus session that concluded its 18th summit in New Delhi, Putin pointed to the broad participation in the meeting as evidence of its growing appeal.“Our basic values and ideals, such as commitment to an independent and autonomous course and the desire to resolve problems collectively based on international law and…

A Charlotte, North Carolina, man accused of shooting a police officer is facing dozens of additional charges, raising fresh questions about how repeat offenders continue to remain on the streets. Dionte Antonio McCracking, 28, was arrested Wednesday after an hours-long standoff with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s SWAT team. He is accused of shooting a CMPD officer in the shoulder during a struggle on Enderly Road. According to an affidavit reported by WBTV, McCracking allegedly attempted to shoot the officer in the head before the officer was struck in the shoulder. The officer was hospitalized in stable condition and is expected to…