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Two out of five American jobs are considered physically demanding. (Getty) By Jessica Hall A new bill calling for lowering Social Security’s full retirement age from 67 to 60 for workers in physically demanding jobs could put additional strain on the trust fund that backs the program and create a two-tiered system for workers, retirement experts said. The proposal, the “Blue Collar Social Security Fairness Act,” introduced on Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat, would allow workers in physically demanding jobs to get their full retirement benefits at age 60. Full retirement age is currently 67 for people born in 1960 or later. The earliest an individual can claim Social Security benefits is at age 62, but doing so results in a benefit that is permanently reduced by as much as 30 percent. To get their full retirement benefits, a worker must wait until age 67, and waiting until age 70 increases benefits by an additional 24 percent. The bill aims to cover jo...

NYC Episcopal priest Flourish Klink claims Jesus is trans and God is nonbinary in outlandish sermon By Nicholas McEntyre A New York City Episcopal priest sparked outrage by claiming that Jesus Christ was transgender and that God is nonbinary — a belief shared by seminarian and Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. Father Flourish Klink, who is nonbinary and transgender, made the outlandish assertions during a recent sermon at Christ & St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on the Upper West Side. “God is nonbinary,” Klink startlingly exclaimed, according to a livestream clip shared on X Wednesday. “But I’m going to go further than that, and I’m going to say God is actually also trans.” Father Flourish Klink, a nonbinary and transgender priest with the Episcopal Church, Diocese of New York, claimed Jesus is transgender and God is nonbinary during a recent sermon on the Upper West Side. X/The Dissenter...

By Jennifer Oliver O'Connell Another win for the Trump administration ahead of the November 2026 midterms. The U.S. Supreme Court has given the green light for the Department of Homeland Security to resume its use of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, which utilizes government records, specifically Social Security information, to verify whether a voter has American citizenship.  The Court granted the administration's request in a per curiam decision. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. The Court found that a 1996 federal law likely authorizes DHS to obtain citizenship information from other agencies despite federal privacy restrictions. It also found that the lower court's ruling interfered with lawful individualized voter checks ahead of the midterms. — SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) September 25, 2026 Read the ruling here: https://t.co/qCMXZ6mMg0 — SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) Septembe...

The terrorist organization's growing strength and the weakening regional response demand new ways of confronting the threat from Yemen. Alongside support for the Houthis' opponents and the development of local capabilities, Israel must prepare to act against the group's leadership. If the danger is not stopped in time, the implications are clear. By Dr. Yossi Mansharof and Noa Lazimi The Houthis' growing strength is no longer merely a local Yemeni problem, but an expanding regional threat with no meaningful force to restrain it. The lack of an effective response from Saudi Arabia's allies to the Houthi escalation illustrates this clearly. Within just a few months, the confrontation has evolved from tribal unrest and local fighting into a direct campaign against Saudi Arabia, including attacks on energy facilities, a maritime blockade and the seizure of strategic areas around Mokha, Mayun Island and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, all while demonstrating s...

By Becca Lower Earlier, we shared that President Trump mocked the legacy media, especially MS NOW and CNN, for sitting out on covering Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the White House this week. He wrote on social media that "CNN and MSDNC, to show you how fake they are , today refused to cover one of the Biggest and Most Beautiful Events to take place in many years, the arrival at the White House of the Highly Respected President of China, Xi Jinping, and his beautiful wife, Madam Peng." Then Trump took it up a notch, describing the daytime arrival and festivities as "magnificent — Actually made for Television but, because they’re Fake News, and because they knew how good it would be, they didn’t want credit to be given to 'TRUMP,' they refused to be there. That’s why they have such poor Ratings." And as I noted, he launched a final biting salvo by saying that other actual media outlets would be on hand Thursday night to cover the "spe...

By MARIANE ANGELA The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to let it resume deporting illegal aliens to “Safe Third Countries” if migrants cannot be sent to their home countries. In an emergency filing Thursday afternoon, Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to put a hold on a February ruling by U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy, a Biden appointee, that threw out the Department of Homeland Security’s third-country removal policy. The 42-page application is the third time the administration has brought this fight to the high court. The so-called “Safe Third Countries” are nations that were never named on a migrant’s removal order. The administration relies on them because many home governments simply refuse to take their own citizens back. Sauer told the justices the policy has been running for 15 months and has already moved thousands of detainees out of the country, with thousands more eligible to go. He described the people it targets as “some of ...

By Michael Goodwin It is a given that many media and political descriptions of Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations will call it fiery and defiant. And so it was — and so it had to be. Both the content and the sometimes-harsh tone were essential if he was to capture the moment and the point of his appearance. Once again and always, Israel is in a fight for its existence, and finds itself being abandoned by former allies in Europe and increasingly isolated on the world stage. Given those circumstances, nobody of sane and fair mind could seriously expect the Jewish state’s leader to come to a hostile United Nations bearing a bouquet of olive branches. Not to mention the fact that New York is now led by a mayor who is hostile to him personally and to Israel’s existence as the Jewish homeland. Had he delivered a subservient and apologetic tone on either front, Netanyahu would have been deserving of a serious head-shrinking examin...

By MARY ROOKE The White House press corps spent Thursday staging a highly theatrical display of self-regard as they welcomed banned reporters back from exile. Reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, barred from the complex Friday, were ushered back onto the grounds after U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, granted a 14-day temporary restraining order. Colleagues greeted them as if they had returned from war, complete with applause, selfies, and solemn behind-the-scenes footage of reporters walking into the White House. For liberal, elitist journalists, CNN/MS NOW/Politico returning is their version of the soldiers raising the flag at Iwo Jima. https://t.co/Wc2t02CSMl — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 24, 2026 BREAKING: CNN allowed BACK IN the White House to some rather strange media fanfare Like a zoo animal being observed behind Perspex glass! Looks like the admin has listened to the court ruling … their journos were denied access this morni...

By Jack Gleason If you read media headlines about the Supreme Court’s September 14, 2026, ruling on the Post Office’s handling of mail-in ballots, it’s easy to think the Supreme Court completely stopped Trump’s effort to secure our national elections. Pundits, activists, and state officials claimed total victory. They pointed to federal district court injunctions issued by Judges Indira Talwani and Carl Nichols, arguing that because the Supreme Court didn’t lift those stays, Executive Order 14399 is permanently dismantled. They want you to believe federal oversight was turned back, leaving local election practices completely untouched for the midterm cycle. Don’t buy it. To understand why this mainstream narrative is wrong, let’s look beyond the media hype to legal history and statutory text. On March 31, 2026, the administration issued EO 14399 to enforce citizenship verification and administrative integrity in federal elections. The U.S. Postal Service finalized regulations requ...