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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Friday approved sweeping election law changes, including a provision that clears the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president without having to resign his current position. It marks the third straight year that Florida Republicans, who hold supermajorities in both chambers, have pushed through alterations to the state’s election laws. Democrats and critics decried parts of the bill they contend could upend voter registration efforts and called out the change that would guarantee that DeSantis wouldn’t have to resign his current job if he becomes the GOP nominee for president. “Many…

Riyadh brought dozens of major deals and its massive strategic weight – invaluable for building a multipolar world The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum has once again emerged not only as Russia’s premier business gathering but also as one of the clearest reflections of the profound changes reshaping the global economy and international politics.Increasingly, the spotlight at SPIEF falls on the countries of the Global South, whose influence in world affairs continues to expand. This trend is particularly visible in Russia’s engagement with the Arab world. In recent years, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar have each served as…

Before going on about the US government’s decision to give disclosure, first, let’s give the subject about extraterrestrial presence some due context.  People have many worries in their lives, such as how they will survive economy crashes, energy shortages, how to pay off credit card loans with 30% interest charges, wondering what will happen if their jobs get taken over for instance by AI white-collar robots as this could be many. And what about those energy sapping AI data centers…? -Maybe the last thing they really want to talk about right now is the subject of extraterrestrials…  Then there’s the…

Actor Antonio Banderas spoke to Pope Leo XIV during his visit to Spain this week, hailing the church for being the “greatest producer of art” in history. “The relationship between the Catholic Church and art has not only been fruitful: it has been decisive,” Banderas told Pope Leo before a public audience. “We are not afraid to say that the Church has been the greatest producer of art in the history of humanity,” he continued. “At the heart of this creative impulse is the one who transcends centuries, styles, and cultures, and who has certainly been the most represented figure in…

Democrat North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper, former governor of the state, has a catastrophic record of soft-on-crime judicial appointments throughout his tenure, which resulted in the release of thousands of criminals, many of whom went on to reoffend. Cooper’s administration released roughly 3,500 criminals back onto the streets during the coronavirus pandemic after being sued by the leftist ACLU and the NAACP, and as Breitbart News reported, many went on to reoffend. One of the criminals released, for instance, Lucas Shayne Scronce – who was serving time for drug trafficking and possession charges, fraud, and possession of stolen goods –…

House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith says he won’t get behind the GOP’s next budget reconciliation bill if tax provisions aren’t included. “I won’t support it unless tax is in it,” the Missouri Republican said in an interview Tuesday morning — a potential warning to GOP leaders who can’t afford defections given their razor-thin majority. As House Republicans prepare to follow last summer’s tax and spending megabill with passage of a party-line immigration enforcement package as soon as Tuesday night, conversations have turned to what the GOP would put in a third filibuster-skirting reconciliation measure. House GOP leaders have…

President Joe Biden’s age is prompting internal party doubts and struggles with the nation’s youth, as he embarks on a reelection bid. But it actually may be helping him with a critical cohort of the electorate: older voters. The latest example of this tradeoff came this week. A new Harvard Youth poll out this week showed Biden with a 38 percent approval rating among voters under the age of 30, despite that cohort’s overall liberal lean. But despite Biden’s struggles, he has remained resilient with older voters. A Fox News poll, also released this week, showed 49 percent of voters…

The interim “president” of Venezuela, former Nicolás Maduro henchwoman Delcy Rodríguez, held an in-person meeting with Islamist Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Monday, seeking expanded investments in the impoverished socialist country. Rodríguez, who took over following Maduro’s arrest in an American law enforcement operation in January, arrived in Turkey after traveling to India where she met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is seeking to expand Venezuelan sales of crude oil to the country, which has one of the world’s most robust oil markets and expansive refinery infrastructure but few domestic crude resources. Conversely, Venezuela is home…

Trump’s Hidden Trade Deficit Revolution The best kept secret in American politics and economics right now is that President Trump’s tariffs are working to reduce the trade deficit. The goods and services trade deficit narrowed slightly by 1.2 percent to $55.9 billion in April, down from a revised $56.6 billion in March, as exports rose 2.6 percent to a record $327.1 billion and imports climbed 2.0 percent to $383.0 billion. The trade deficit is down about 7.3 percent from a year ago. But those figures conceal some almost geological shifts that have been occurring in global trade. First, there is the…

A former Mighty Ducks actor and cryptocurrency mogul is giving a $1 million reward to people who can prove credible instances in which election fraud has taken place in California. Brock Pierce, who played a young Gordon Bombay in the Mighty Ducks films, launched an initiative called Cure The Vote, which is described as providing “a secure and independent avenue” for people to “submit credible evidence” regarding election fraud, the New York Post reported. Any information submitted by people “will be reviewed by independent attorneys,” and “election-law experts.” “Cure The Vote is designed to provide a secure and independent avenue…