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By SIMON KENT Prince Harry was born into a position of immense inherited privilege but that hasn’t stopped him commenting on the vigorous democracy that defines the U.S. and is now his home. He used that lofty status in an interview Wednesday night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to mock American voters and take a swing at President Donald Trump. In a segment, the Duke of Sussex lampooned Americans for their interest in the British Royal Family, Newsweek  notes . Colbert pushed back, saying: “I wouldn’t say we’re obsessed with royalty.” “Really?” Harry replied. “I heard you elected a king.” The Royal jape appeared to be a reference to the rabidly left-wing “No Kings”  movement  aligned against Trump and, by virtue of association, those who voted for the Republican’s historic return to the White House. “And after making such a big deal about my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather George III,” the prince added. The segment was based...

By Ward Clark In 1975, the federal government, once more meddling in something the Constitution doesn't permit them to meddle in, established the Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE standards. These standards set mandatory average gas mileage standards for auto manufacturers' fleets. These standards have been altered over the years, generally being raised, making life more and more difficult for auto builders. There are different standards for cars and trucks as well, which is in large part why the huge nine-seat station wagons of many of our youths have been replaced with SUVs, essentially the same thing on a truck chassis. Now, as my colleague Becca Lower pointed out on Wednesday, President Trump is rolling back those standards, and at least one major auto industry CEO is  pretty upbeat about the change . The CEO of Ford Motor Co. is revved up for the Trump administration's plan to make automobiles affordable, as he expressed his praise for helping to bring car pr...

By PAUL BOIS Podcaster megastar Joe Rogan made a head-scratching claim this week when he said “AI could absolutely return as Jesus.” Rogan cited the virgin birth to support his claim about Jesus returning in the form of AI. “Jesus was born out of a virgin mother. What’s more virgin than a computer? If Jesus does return, you don’t think he could return as artificial intelligence? AI could absolutely return as Jesus,” he said. Joe Rogan: "Jesus was born out of a virgin mother. What's more virgin than a computer? If Jesus does return, you don't think he could return as artificial intelligence? AI could absolutely return as Jesus." pic.twitter.com/hejH9Evume — Joe Rogan Podcast News (@joeroganhq) December 2, 2025 While AI has certainly been discussed as playing a possible role in salvation history, it mostly has centered on it being the source of an actual anti-Christ, not the second coming. People on social media dismissed Rogan’s ideas as either da...

By Mike Miller Ever notice how most, if not all, of the awful things Democrats accuse Republicans of doing is blatant projection, as if they're looking in the mirror while engaged in hypocritical scolding? Of course, you have. This article is a perfect example of one of those ironic instances. South Carolina Republican Governor Henry McMaster on Wednesday moved to eliminate race-based government contracting in the Palmetto State, pushing state lawmakers to codify his executive action into law. McMaster signed an  executive order  directing state agencies to  stop awarding contracts based on race .  McMaster  wrote  on X: Today, I have ordered state agencies to halt all future spending, procurement or contract decisions that are based on race. The state laws requiring these quotas and racial set-asides are unconstitutional and discriminatory. Business with state government should be awarded based on merit and value to the taxpayer. Senate President Alexa...

US Rep. Jody Arrington (R-Texas), right, speaks with House Budget Committee collague Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) in February. By Stephen Dinan Obamacare’s premium tax credit is plagued with fraud, Congress’ chief watchdog said Wednesday, erecting new hurdles for Democrats who insist on expanding the program and have even forced a government shutdown over the issue. Investigators at the Government Accountability Office said they filed bogus applications for the advance premium tax credit in 2024 and 2025, and most of them were approved. In one application, investigators included fake proof of citizenship, which the government accepted as legitimate. The investigators identified tens of thousands of cases in which benefits were paid to Social Security numbers of people who were likely deceased. Investigators found tens of thousands of other instances of double-dipping, where people claimed more than 365 days’ worth of benefits in a single year. In one case, a single number was used ...

By Tyler Durden In a development that is not entirely surprising, European leaders are claiming that Washington is  looking to "betray" Ukraine and President Zelensky  during potential formal peace negotiations with Russia. "There is a possibility that the  United States will abandon Ukraine on territorial questions  without providing clarity on security guarantees," French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly said according to  a "leaked" phone call  record with other European leaders. Likely this was an intentional leak and bit of strong signaling to the Trump administration, as Europe has not been on board with the US President's proposed peace plan from the start. "There is a possibility that the US will betray Ukraine on the issue of territory without clarity on security guarantees," Macron continued. He laid his view that there was  "a great danger" for Zelensky . However, Macron's office has subsequently sought to cla...

By Ward Clark Afghanistan is one of the most backward countries on the planet. And yet, the Biden administration imported thousands of people from that country, mostly unscreened, mostly unvetted, and just released them into the United States. That practice is yielding bitter fruit. In the latest episode of "We Caught Another Afghan Terrorist in the United States," we learned on Thursday that Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) has scooped up another Afghan import with alleged  ties to a terrorist group, ISIS-K . U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have arrested Afghan national Jaan Shah Safi, an alleged ISIS-K supporter brought into the country under former President Joe Biden's  Operation Allies Welcome,  in Waynesboro, Virginia. Safi was arrested as President  Donald Trump  and his administration confront a surge of terror cases tied to Afghan arrivals that occurred under the Biden administration. The Department of Homeland Secur...

By Brooke Mallory Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott has escalated his campaign against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), formally asking U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to suspend the Muslim civil-rights organization’s federal tax-exempt status and launch an immediate investigation into its activities. In a letter sent on Monday, Abbott accused CAIR of functioning as a direct subsidiary of the Muslim Brotherhood and a front group for Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group responsible for the atrocities committed in Israel on October 7, 2023. CAIR’s X account is routed through the Turkish App Store. This sure seems like an international operations link between CAIR and a country tied to the Muslim Brotherhood. I designated CAIR a terrorist and transnational criminal organization because of ties like this to that… pic.twitter.com/CpiIBtI2Tr — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) November 24, 2025 “The Meadow” will remain just that - an empty meadow. EPIC can change its na...

By Rusty Weiss House Oversight Democrats were downright giddy on Wednesday when they released "never-before-seen" photos and videos of Jeffrey Epstein's private island. You could sense it.  Peppered throughout their social media post and statements were phrases that conveyed the gravity of the information they were about to regale the public with. The siren emoji, the all-caps declaration of "BREAKING" news, Rep. Robert Garcia (CA-42)—the top Democrat on the Oversight panel—boasting of their commitment to "transparency" for the good of the American people. “These new images are a disturbing look into the world of Jeffrey Epstein and his island,” Garcia said in a press release. “We are releasing these photos and videos to ensure public transparency in our investigation and to help piece together the full picture of Epstein’s horrific crimes. We won’t stop fighting until we deliver justice for the survivors.” It had all the tell-tale signs of a major...

By Teri Christoph Big news is breaking this Thursday morning, as multiple sources are reporting that a Virginia man has been arrested for placing pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee on January 5, 2021. Details are sketchy as of this writing, but this would be the first time federal law enforcement has made an arrest in the high-profile case that has seem to baffle investigators for nearly five years. According to one  report , the suspect is a man from Virginia and the arrest by the FBI took place Thursday morning. There is no word as of yet on the charges this suspect might be facing. A news conference is  expected  to take place at the U.S. Department of Justice sometime on Thursday. BREAKING: Colleague @davidspunt reports the FBI has arrested the suspect believed to be behind the planting of pipe bombs at the DNC & RNC headquarters in DC on January 5th, 2021. Suspect is a male living in Vir...

By Bob Hoge Hoo boy. Sometimes, you might do something so embarrassing, so humiliating, that you want to hide in the closet. The prestigious science journal Nature may be thinking about doing that right about now, because on Wednesday, they officially retracted an influential 2024 climate report that predicted gloom and doom, death and misery, and impending economic catastrophe. As is the case with so much of the leftist climate narrative, their wild claims were  quite simply unproven : In April 2024, the prestigious journal Nature  released a study  finding that climate change would cause far more economic damage by the end of the century than previous estimates had suggested. The conclusion grabbed headlines and citations around the world, and was incorporated in risk management scenarios used by central banks. On Wednesday, Nature retracted it, adding to the debate on the extent of climate change’s toll on society. Shocker — it seems as if they were relying on flaw...

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