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The first cohort of illegal migrants set to be returned to France from Britain remained in the United Kingdom on Monday after a series of last-minute legal challenges. The first deportation flight of Sir Keir Starmer’s vaunted plan to get the border crisis under control flew without a single migrant onboard on Monday because of ‘human rights’ legal claims. Illegals were removed from the first round of deportation flights to France on Monday, in a troubling start to the so-called “one in, one out” deal negotiated between London and Paris, in which illegal boat migrants who cross the English Channel…

U.S. retail sales soared in August, beating expectations and seeming to undercut indications from consumer sentiment surveys that suggested consumers might pull back. Retail sales jumped 0.6 percent in August, marking the third consecutive monthly gain. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales reached $732.0 billion on a seasonally adjusted basis, more than doubling the 0.2 percent increase forecast by economists. Sales excluding automobiles rose 0.7 percent, also beating the 0.4 percent estimate. The robust performance caps a resilient summer of consumer spending, with total sales rising 5.0 percent compared with August 2024. The government also revised July’s gain…

Stephen King’s latest film adaptation, The Long Walk, is a box office flop in its first week amid his comments falsely accusing assassinated conservative hero Charlie Kirk of wanting to stone gay people to death. The Long Walk, featuring rabid Trump and Republican hater Mark Hamill, is struggling this week after opening on September 12. So far, it has only earned an anemic $11 million, according to Box Office Mojo. King is listed as an executive producer on the film. King’s latest box office bomb coincided with a firestorm the author kicked up by pushing lies about Charlie Kirk right after…

House GOP leaders said they plan to release a stopgap funding bill after a Republican conference meeting Tuesday, setting up a Friday vote on the short-term punt. Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Tuesday morning that text of the continuing resolution through Nov. 20 would be released “hopefully” after the 9 a.m. GOP meeting. Speaker Mike Johnson said in a brief subsequent interview that he expects to release text later in the day. A House vote Friday “is the plan,” Johnson said. Responding to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, GOP leaders are planning to add funding for an updated…

The Interpol-listed fraudster conned $10 million from women he met on the dating app An Israeli national known as the ‘Tinder Swindler’ has been arrested upon arrival in Georgia, according to local media reports, citing the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs. The ministry confirmed the move was based on an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol.Simon Leviev gained international notoriety after the 2022 Netflix documentary ‘The Tinder Swindler’ revealed how he scammed several women he met on the dating app by posing as the son of Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev, defrauding the women of an estimated $10 million“I…

Credit: Gage Skidmore Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) announced on X late Monday morning that a House resolution will be filed today to strip radical Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) of all her committee assignments. This is due to Omar’s vile, unhinged celebration of the assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder, murdered in a brazen political hit last week. Omar, the Somalia-born socialist who has long peddled anti-Semitic tropes and defended terrorist sympathizers, gloated and grinned throughout an interview with a disgraced former corporate media hack following Charlie Kirk’s assassination. During an interview with former MSNBC…

In a very much expected (by me) ruling, the appeals court rejects Trump’s global tariffs. Trump Supreme Court Appeal Coming It’s not over yet, but the Wall Street Journal reports Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Global Tariffs. A federal appeals court late Friday struck down the Trump administration’s signature tariffs, finding that the president had gone too far in his use of emergency powers to rewrite U.S. trade policy. The 7-4 ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower-court decision that undercuts a core tenet of President Trump’s economic agenda. The majority found the president overstepped…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked President Donald Trump on Monday evening after the latter demanded that Hamas release all of its remaining Israeli hostages — or “ALL ‘BETS’ ARE OFF.’ As Israel was poised to begin its attack on the last Hamas stronghold in Gaza City, Trump posted on Truth Social: I have just read a News Report that Hamas has moved the hostages above ground to use them as human shields against Israel’s ground offensive. I hope the Leaders of Hamas know what they’re getting into if they do such a thing. This is a human atrocity, the…

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is calling to defund schools after too many teachers and professors celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk. “Charlie Kirk spent his life defending free speech and standing for faith, family, and freedom, while inspiring young Americans to stand up for their beliefs,” Mace said in a statement. “Educators who celebrate his assassination are not just unfit, they’re dangerous, and they will not collect paychecks on the backs of American taxpayers,” she continued, ultimately urging the U.S. Department of Education to slash funding to these entities. The press release listed several examples of teachers in the congresswoman’s…

Republicans are bracing for weekend work to push through a stopgap funding bill. The first step: reaching consensus on new money for member security. The debate around the cost and viability of additional security measures — elevated in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination — will come to a head in Tuesday morning’s House GOP conference meeting. Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) will brief members on current security resources and what additional options might look like. GOP leaders think the most viable plan is to extend the expiring pilot program — which provides security for members when they’re home…