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By Tyler Durden NASA senior adviser and press secretary Bethany Stevens wrote on X that astronauts aboard the International Space Station have quickly shifted into SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft and are prepared to evacuate if needed, after cracks and leaks in the Zvezda service module transfer tunnel appeared to worsen. "The Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, has suffered from cracks and leaks for some time, and has been mitigated by Roscosmos as much as possible to date . The cracks have always been a concern that NASA watches very closely," Stevens said. According to NASA, the Zvezda service module is 43 feet long and contains living quarters, life support systems, communications systems, electrical power distribution systems, data processing systems, flight control systems, and propulsion systems. The Zvezda service module transfer tunnel, known as PrK, has suffered from cracks and leaks for some time, and has been mitigated by Roscosmos as much as ...

By Nick Arama Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins testified before the House Committee on Agriculture on Thursday.  It's always interesting to watch the Trump administration secretaries dissect the Democrats in Congress and drop some facts on them. They are quite good at it, as we have seen with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.  Rep. Angie Craig (MN-02) asked Rollins if she knew what the most recent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Fraud (SNAP) fraud rate was, according to the United States Department of Agriculture Data. She apparently thought she had a "gotcha" point to poo-poo concerns about fraud. It did not go well for her. . @USDA has NEVER had access to State SNAP data. Not until this Administration demanded it. That’s why every figure from years past is meaningless. From the 29 states that DID share data, we’ve already identified at least $3 billion a year in fraud. Extrapolated nationwide: more… pic.twitter.com/st2Nf58fI...

By Ben Smith Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (MI-12) latest attempt to tie Congress in knots over Israel ran into an awkward problem Thursday: Most House Democrats would not go along with it. Tlaib’s Lebanon War Powers Resolution failed 92-324, with 117 Democrats joining 205 Republicans to vote it down. Only 91 Democrats and Rep. Thomas Massie (KY-04) backed the measure, while Reps. Derek Tran (CA-45) and Betty McCollum (MN-04) voted present. The resolution would have directed President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from Lebanon within seven days. Tlaib framed it as an emergency check on the administration, accusing Israel of carrying out an “ethnic cleansing” campaign in Lebanon and arguing that Congress had to act immediately. Tlaib said before the vote: "Every day that we do nothing, 11 more Lebanese children are killed or injured by the Israeli military in this U.S.-supported invasion. Congress must pass today’s Lebanon War Powers Resolution." Minority Leader Hak...

By David Lindfield Former CNN host Don Lemon is now facing federal charges stemming from a disruptive protest at a Minnesota church after local officials declined to pursue state criminal charges, citing insufficient evidence. The controversy centers on an incident at Cities Church in St. Paul, where a group of anti-ICE activists entered a worship service and confronted congregants during a Sunday gathering. Federal prosecutors have already brought charges against participants involved in the demonstration, but city officials have determined the available evidence does not support state-level criminal prosecution. The decision has sparked criticism from church leaders and renewed debate over religious liberty, protest rights, and equal enforcement of the law. Pastor Questions City’s Commitment to Religious Freedom Cities Church Pastor Ryan Griffith publicly ch...

By JOSHUA KLEIN Republican Reps. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) and Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) have introduced a resolution calling for the phased elimination of the $3.8 billion in annual U.S. military aid to Israel and its replacement with a partnership focused on trade, joint technology development, and strategic cooperation — a proposal endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The nonbinding resolution,  introduced  Wednesday, urges the United States and Israel to negotiate a memorandum of understanding before the current ten-year agreement expires in 2028. Under the proposal, direct military assistance would be gradually phased out and replaced by a framework centered on joint defense cooperation, co-development, co-production, and mutual investment. The effort comes with Netanyahu’s backing. Following a May 27 meeting in Jerusalem with Stutzman and Hamadeh, Netanyahu sent a June 1 letter  expressing  support for the initiative and embracing its broader vision of tra...

By Bob Hoge Here we go again: Four Senate Republicans joined forces with the Democrats Thursday night to kill passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. Requiring an ID to vote shouldn’t be a controversial issue — an overwhelming majority of Americans support the idea — and yet we seem to be right back where we started. The vote was 48-50 on an amendment proposed by South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham to attach SAVE to the budget reconciliation package currently being negotiated by lawmakers. But even with Republicans holding the Oval Office, the House of Representatives, and the Senate, the SAVE America Act remains just an idea, not a law: 🚨 BREAKING: The US Senate has just REJECTED the SAVE America Act as part of budget reconciliation, 48-50 — would've required voter ID and proof of citizenship nationwide REPUBLICAN NAYs: Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell and Susan Collins UNBELIEVABLE!! It needed… pic.twitter.com/sTCsOgn4B3 — Eric...

By Nick Arama How long have the Democrats been throwing a wrench into the funding of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)?  Their obstruction led to the longest government shutdown in history . But they did not care about who they might hurt in the process. Hopefully, everyone who cares about the safety of the nation remembers, come November, and votes out whoever was involved in this travesty.  "Democrats would not agree to anything, and eventually they walked away altogether, presumably because they thought that it would serve them better to have an issue for November," Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said. The Democrats were still trying on Thursday, as the final battle went down in the Senate over the reconciliation package to fund the agencies.  Many of the amendments pushed by Democrats put Republicans in tough reelection bids, including Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Jon Husted, R-Ohio, and Dan Sullivan, R-...

By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell From Graham Platner's Nazi tattoo to his sexual predilections, with the help of the Democrat Party, Platner has been able to plaster over these crater-sized moral and personal holes or blame them on someone else.  So, this latest New York Times oppo drop may do absolutely nothing to his already filthy reputation and spurious record. However, they say it's not the crime, but the cover-up, and this one is going to require lots of plaster. In the NYT article, three women who dated Platner in the past point to his excessive drinking and abusive behavior. But in extensive conversations over the past two months, three other women who had been romantically involved with Mr. Platner offered a far more complicated assessment, describing volatile and “toxic” relationships that were unsettling and at times emotionally wrenching.  Mr. Platner could be charming and charismatic, they recalled in interviews, but also demeaning to women and, in at least on...

By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell On Thursday in Ohio, Vice President JD Vance , Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Vice Chairman of the White House Task Force Andrew Ferguson, and other White House cabinet members, along with Ohio state officials, presented their plans to attack fraud in the state. As my colleague Ben Smith reported, around the same time in D.C., the new House Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses held its first hearing on the subject of $1.2 billion in fraud discovered in Ohio's Medicaid home-health program.  As Chairman of the Fraud Task Force , Vance has a vested interest in seeing states held accountable for the waste, fraud, and malfeasance that is disenfranchising Americans, and has given this serious focus. Since the Task Force's inception, it has clawed back billions in fraud for the American people, along with the arrest and prosecution of indivi...

By Bob Hoge Although farmer‑entrepreneur Zach Lahn did not receive the endorsement of President Trump, he managed to pull off a surprise victory in the GOP gubernatorial primary race Tuesday and is now headed to the general election in November against Democratic State Auditor Rob Sand. Trump had endorsed Rep. Randy Feenstra, who quickly supported Lahn after the numbers came in. RedState’s Ben Smith reports : At his election night gathering, Feenstra told supporters : "I just called Zach Lahn, and said, 'Hey, you got to carry this torch. We got to keep this state red. You got to make sure you beat Rob Sand.' And I'm all in to help him out." We did it!!! Thank you IOWA! IOWA FIRST! — Zach Lahn (@ZachLahn) June 3, 2026 Lahn has been involved in politics for a long time — and in late May, he posted a 2009 video of him in college nuking then-President Barack Obama and his signature disaster, the Affordable Care Act. The clip has gone viral now that Lahn is the G...