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The pontiff has decried rising European military spending, which saw its sharpest increase since the Cold War last year Pope Leo XIV has condemned rising European military spending, warning that rearmament betrays diplomacy and fuels tensions in a world already being “maimed by wars.”Global military spending approached a record $3 trillion in 2025 despite lower US outlays, according to a SIPRI report released last month, with Europe recording the sharpest regional increase. SIPRI linked the surge to the Ukraine conflict, tensions with Russia, and growing US pressure for greater NATO burden sharing.Pope Leo argued that such policies should not be…

One of Britain’s most ambitious politicians, who is lined up to launch a leadership challenge against the Prime Minister as soon as today, previously said he was considering founding a vigilante organisation “to push nasty people under trains,” including prominent Dutch politician Geert Wilders. Dutch populist Geert Wilders, the so-called “kingmaker” in the last Dutch government and the leader of the Party for Freedom, one of the Netherlands’ largest political parties, responded to the emergence of British Labour politician Wes Streeting as a likely candidate to be the next Prime Minister by recalling Streeting’s publicly expressed fantasies of political murders.…

High gas prices have not deterred Americans from spending at stores, shopping online, and dining out, retail sales data from the U.S. government showed Thursday. American spending at retail stores, online shops, and restaurants rose by a solid 0.5 percent in April, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said. That matched the consensus forecast of economists surveyed by business news outlets. Compared with a year ago, spending is up an impressive 4.9 percent. Spending at gas stations rose sharply due to soaring fuel prices. In April, drivers spent 2.9 percent more at gas stations than March, when spending jumped 13.7 percent…

The Republican leader of South Carolina’s state Senate defied President Donald Trump and voted against a redistricting effort that could have slashed the state’s only Democrat-led congressional district, arguing that “South Carolina is stronger when we have a vibrant Democratic Party.” State Sen. Shane Massey’s (R-SC) first time talking to the president came last week when Trump called him to discuss how he wanted the redistricting to happen, the New York Times reported. Contrary to Trump’s wishes, Massey joined four other Republicans in voting against the proposal that would have allowed for the Senate to reconvene later this month for…

The White House on Thursday warned that the House’s amended bipartisan housing bill lawmakers plan to vote on next week may contain “serious policy concerns or implementation challenges.” “The bill is under review. New provisions were added before the administration had a chance to review or provide technical assistance,” a White House official said in a statement to POLITICO. The House’s bill, released late Wednesday, is an amended version of the Senate-passed housing affordability legislation that received 89 votes in the upper chamber in March and earned the endorsement of the White House. Both bills broadly aim to increase housing…

The European Central Bank (ECB) may be forced to raise interest rates despite the risk of further weakening the Eurozone economy, as even some of its more cautious policymakers are losing confidence that the oil supply shock triggered by the Iran war will fade quickly, according to an interview published by Politico.Central Bank of Malta Governor Alexander Demarco, described by the outlet as a “dovish” policymaker – an official who typically favors lower interest rates to support economic growth – warned that the ECB may no longer be able to ignore inflation driven by the latest market turmoil and could…

“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech.”—Benjamin Franklin Everything this nation once stood for is being turned on its head. We are being asked—no, told—to believe that the greatest threat to America today is not government overreach, endless war, corruption, surveillance, or the steady erosion of constitutional rights. No, the real threat, it seems, is speech. Dangerous speech. Hateful speech. Critical speech. Speech that dares to challenge power. In the wake of the reported assassination attempt on President Trump, the Trump administration has wasted no time advancing a dangerous narrative: that…

FBI Director Kash Patel explained the major AI overhaul at bureau under the Trump administration, and its concrete public-safety results, especially protecting children and stopping attacks, as well as efficiency and savings gains. “From child exploitation cases to mass shooting prevention, the bureau’s AI overhaul is delivering record-breaking results,” Patel wrote in an op-ed for Fox News, titled, “We brought the FBI out of the past and into the AI age.” Patel explained that when he arrived at the bureau, “the FBI was running on archaic patchwork systems without AI, effectively putting a 2025 car battery into a vehicle from…

A Democrat congressional candidate in deep East Texas said that his first vote as a U.S. Representative would be to impeach Donald Trump. The candidate also told a local ABC affiliate that he opposes border walls and would support a bill similar to an amnesty plan proposed by Congress during the Biden administration. Democrat congressional candidate Dan Alexander told KLTV ABC7 in Tyler, Texas, that he would support an effort to impeach President Trump if he were elected to the state’s 1st Congressional District — a seat currently held by Republican Nathaniel Moran. He called the immigration enforcement policy of…

A majority of Americans overwhelmingly support the Trump administration’s policies to expand homeownership, according to a poll exclusively obtained by Breitbart News. “Making homes affordable again starts with pro-consumer policies, such as those being pursued by the Trump administration.” Aiden Buzzetti, President of the Bull Moose Project, said in a written statement. “That means cutting red tape, keeping interest rates low, and making it easier, not harder, for responsible individuals to have access to fair mortgages. The tri-merge credit requirement is a critical tool here. Using three reports means first-time homebuyers can have their history of rental payments included when…