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A federal judge on Monday temporarily halted a provision in President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” blocking taxpayer dollars from going to Planned Parenthood through Medicaid. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, swiftly issued a Temporary Restraining Order on the same day Planned Parenthood filed its lawsuit, blocking the provision for 14 days and ordering the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) to “take all steps necessary to ensure that Medicaid funding continues to be disbursed” to Planned Parenthood. Planned Parenthood alleges in its lawsuit that Congress targeted Planned Parenthood out of other abortion…

The “worst of the worst” criminal illegal immigrants are being sent to Alligator Alcatraz — the illegal immigrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades — the Republican Party of Florida emphasized in a press release on Monday. The Florida GOP highlighted some of the illegal immigrants arrested in Florida showcased by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), noting that the federal agency clearly stated that some of the illegals listed are “the types of violent criminal illegal aliens who could end up being detained at Alligator Alcatraz.” The criminal histories of the illegals captured by ICE in Florida are extensive.…

Food insecurity among American adults has nearly doubled since 2021, Axios reported on Sunday, citing data from Morning Consult. The striking statistic comes amid steep cuts to federal food assistance programs in the world’s largest economy, fueling concerns about the welfare of millions.US President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” signed into law last week includes $230 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) over the next decade. The legislation imposes stricter work requirements, extending mandates to individuals up to age 64 and reducing exemptions for parents.The proportion of US adults reporting that they sometimes or often do…

The people behind the new ‘Superman’ movie seem determined to turn it into the new Snow White. Rather than just embracing the iconic and ultra-American character, they have embraced a woke, pro-immigrant political message and when asked about it, they continue doubling down. Director James Gunn recently remarked on this, via the IMDB: James Gunn Says ‘Superman’ Is About an ‘Immigrant That Came From Other Places’ and How We’ve ‘Lost’ the Value of ‘Basic Human Kindness’: ‘Yes, It’s About Politics’ James Gunn is opening up about what “Superman” is really about. In his Sunday profile with The Times of London,…

The Houthi insurgents of Yemen, possibly the last combat-effective Iranian proxy force in the Middle East, are threatening to continue missile attacks against Israel after a devastating Israeli airstrike on the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah. Israel launched strikes against Houthi port facilities on Sunday after the Houthis attacked a Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier ship called Magic Seas. It was the first Houthi pirate attack against a civilian vessel in the Red Sea this year. The Houthis hit the Magic Seas with small arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades, missiles, and bomb-laden drone boats. The ship’s armed security team fought back as…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom marked six months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires on January 7 by holding a press event in Pasadena that started late — like much else related to the rebuilding effort. Generally, cleanup work by federal government agencies — hazardous waste removal by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the debris removal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — has been ahead of schedule. Most of what state and local governments have been responsible for doing, however, has been late. Newsom boasted that the debris removal process has been “the fastest … in modern history.” He…

Mismanagement escalated the risk of water rationing amid rising demand and supply shortages, a minister has said The UK has been pushed to the brink of water rationing due to “years of mismanagement” of resources and insufficient infrastructure, the country’s environment minister has warned.In an interview with The i Paper published on Monday, Steve Reed said the country was faced with adopting measures often seen in drought-hit Mediterranean nations.”The public, by and large, were not aware that at the time of the last general election, this country was looking at water rationing within ten years,” Reed said, speaking one year…

Marjorie Taylor Greene: Hey, we all live in this house. It’s called the United States of America. This is our house.And if we’re giving our full allegiance to another foreign country that doesn’t pay our taxes, that won’t pay our debt, that didn’t come to defend our southern border when it was being invaded for four years straight… When their Prime Minister, Netanyahu, was the first to congratulate Joe Biden on becoming President of the United States — he was the first foreign leader to do so. Tucker Carlson: A country with longstanding military ties to China. Yes, the one…

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a report Monday warning that power outages could increase one hundredfold by 2030 due to increased energy demands and insufficient additions of firm generating capacity. The “Report on Strengthening US Grid Reliability and Security” fulfills a directive from President Trump’s April 2025 executive order and outlines a uniform methodology for identifying at-risk regions and guiding emergency federal intervention. The report warns that plant retirements, delays in approving infrastructure investments, and rapid demand growth from AI and manufacturing are putting the nation’s grid at risk of widespread reliability issues. “This report affirms what we…

The United Nations deployed teams to the Syrian coast on Monday as wildfires spread across Latakia province for the fifth day. Adam Abdelmoula, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Syria, said the fires sweeping through Latakia have “forced hundreds of families to flee their homes, while vast tracts of agricultural land and vital infrastructure have been destroyed.” Abdelmoua said U.N. personnel are “conducting urgent assessments to determine the scale of the disaster and to identify the most immediate humanitarian needs.” Syrian Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed al-Saleh said the fires have wiped out at least 10,000 hectares of forest,…