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By Ward Clark On Monday, May 18th, Earth is getting a haircut; not from a barber, but from an asteroid the size of a city bus. Relax; it's not going to hit us. At least, not this time. A newly discovered asteroid, getting closer to Earth by the day, will soon fly past our planet. Asteroid 2026 JH2, only just spotted for the first time on May 10, 2026, is already on track to pass Earth on Monday, May 18, 2026. The asteroid will reach within a little over 90,000 km (56,000 miles) from Earth, closer than most asteroids that sail near Earth. While the upcoming flyby of 2026 JH2 may seem a little close for comfort, astronomers have confirmed that it won’t hit Earth. Those who want to catch the close approach in action will be able to watch 2026 JH2 in the sky with amateur telescopes on Monday. That's within the orbital radius of most "near-earth objects." So, what would have happened if it did hit the planet? Possibly, not much.  What would happen if an asteroid like 2...

By Sister Toldjah While a lot of attention understandably has been given to the red states that have been busy with redistricting maneuvers in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais , Republicans in one blue state where there was no map action in the 2026 election cycle have seen some victories of sorts as well. As RedState readers will recall, and as we referenced earlier Friday, back in the fall of 2025, some Illinois Democrat lawmakers were floating the idea of trying to make their already gerrymandered 14-3 congressional map into a 15-2 map. Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) phonily played the "reluctant warrior" role at the time, saying they " may " act depending on what Indiana did. Though we know how things played out in Indiana, there was never any real chance for Democrat leaders in Illinois to successfully make map changes anyway, since the Illinois Senate Black Caucus openly expressed that they were not on board with anything ...

By Trinity Hallinan As President Donald Trump traveled to China this week with a high-profile U.S. delegation, one addition to the group set off a fresh round of controversy and, now, a legal threat aimed at a cable news host. Trump’s entourage included Cabinet officials and major business executives, but it also included his middle son, Eric Trump, who is not part of the administration. MSNBC’s “MS NOW” aired commentary about his presence in Beijing, leaning on reporting and analysis that questioned whether the trip could blur the line between government business and the family’s private interests. Eric Trump, who runs the Trump family business, fired back in a statement posted online and said he intends to sue MSNBC host Jen Psaki and the network over what he called false claims. “I intend to sue @jrpsaki and @MSNOWNews over the below clip. To be clear,” he wrote, before listing a series of denials. “• Contrary to her monolog and blatant lies, I have NEVER been on the...

FORMER MESA COUNTY, Colo., Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters (The Denver Post) By Seth Klamann, Nick Coltrain and Sam Tabachnik Colorado Gov. Jared Polis reduced Tina Peters’ sentence by half on Friday, ignoring months of pleas against such an action by many other Colorado elected officials and the prosecutor who won the former county clerk’s conviction in an election data-breach scheme. In a letter to Peters, Polis wrote that she will “be released on parole effective June 1, 2026” — in just over two weeks. The commutation, which was announced in a group of 44 clemency actions Friday afternoon, reduced Peters’ original sentence of nearly nine years, which was thrown out last month, to about 4.5 years. Polis’ action, coming after more than a year of pressure from President Donald Trump — and several actions taken targeting the state — risked the appearance that he was bending to Trump’s demands. But in an interview with The Denver Post ahead of the announcement, the governor was ...

By Streiff Overnight Friday, U.S. and Nigerian forces raided the headquarters of the Islamic State's second-in-command, killing him and several of his key subordinate leaders. U.S. AFRICOM made the announcement : At the direction of the President of the United States and the Secretary of War, and in coordination with the Government of Nigeria, U.S. Africa Command conducted an operation against ISIS in Northeastern Nigeria on May 16, 2026.  The command’s initial assessment is that multiple terrorists, to include Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, the director of global operations for ISIS, as well as other senior ISIS leaders, were killed during this operation. No U.S. service members were harmed.  “As President Trump shared last night, AFRICOM in coordination with the Armed Forces of Nigeria, bravely and valiantly conducted a successful mission that resulted in the elimination of Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, and multiple other ISIS leaders,” said U.S. Air Force Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander o...

By KURT ZINDULKA Jerusalem has claimed that it has killed the Hamas terror commander behind the October 7th terror attacks in 2023 that saw over 1,200 people killed in Southern Israel and hundreds more taken captive. One of the key architects behind the deadliest series of terror attacks in the history of the Jewish state has been killed, the  Times of Israel   reported  on Saturday. The Israel Defence Forces said that he was killed in a “precise strike” in Gaza City on Friday evening. IDF Chief of Staff  Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir is quoted by the paper in announcing the killing of the head of Hamas’s armed terrorist wing, Izz al-Din al-Haddad, whom he said was central to the deadly attacks that sparked a war in Gaza. “This is a significant operational success by the IDF led by the Southern Command, the Intelligence Directorate, the Air Force and the Shin Bet,” Lt. Gen. Zamir said. “In every conversation I held with the hostages who returned, the name of the arch-terrorist, I...

By Ben Smith It's official: Florida's Palm Beach International Airport is now President Donald J. Trump International Airport, and the aviation world is catching up. The rename has been in the works for months, driven by state legislation, federal action, and the straightforward reality that Palm Beach is Trump's home turf — Mar-a-Lago sits just a few miles from the runways. The name change takes effect July 1; the code flips from PBI to DJT on July 9. The airport code for the Palm Beach airport will change from PBI to DJT on July 9th. This follows the airport being renamed for President Trump. Announcement in the federal register: https://t.co/6Orl0SnJyz — Kris Van Cleave (@krisvancleave) May 15, 2026 A final rule in the Federal Register sealed it on May 14.  The Florida House passed the renaming bill 81–30, and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it into law on March 30. The state allocated $2.75 million for signage, branding, and operational changes needed to meet the July ...

By Sister Toldjah Even though this will be his last year as governor due to term limits, Ron DeSantis (R) remains a target of Florida's Democrats due in large part to his effectiveness, the fact that he's unapologetically conservative, and his standing firm on the issues that are important to him and a majority of Floridians. So, it was no surprise that amid the marathon session that produced a new congressional map approved by lawmakers on the day of the Louisiana v. Callais SCOTUS ruling , and which DeSantis promptly signed into law, some Democrat state lawmakers staged temper tantrums to protest the map's supposed lack of fairness in representation. Among them was Angie Nixon, the state representative for District 13 in the Florida House. She also happens to be running for the U.S. Senate. As RedState reported, Nixon was seen (and heard) using a bullhorn to try to disrupt proceedings. ICYMI, watch: As the Florida House approved the @GovRonDeSantis map with new con...

By Bob Hoge Angelenos have been noticing something strange : the Google Maps satellite imagery depicting the Los Angeles areas of the Pacific Palisades and Altadena now shows pristine neighborhoods untouched by the devastating fires of January 2025. Of course, as we all know, those neighborhoods are in ruins. Why would Google pretend otherwise? On Reddit, user TinyPinkSparkles asked , “Why is Google maps back to showing old satellite images of Altadena?" She continued: Not too long after the fire, Google updated the satellite imagery to reflect the fire and thousands of lost structures. Now it's back to pre-fire images of houses and businesses that are no longer there. Why? Meanwhile, someone going by the tag Lisa S. asked Google Maps Help how to get the tech giant to respond, because the gaslighting is actually affecting people: Obviously, this is problematic for many reasons - navigation, recovery efforts, and mental health among them. I've tried using the feedback ...