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A Florida mother was arrested after allegedly leaving her four young children — including a 2-month-old infant and a 2-year-old — home alone as she took a three-night cruise to the Bahamas, visibly shocking the judge hearing the case. “Who leaves four little kids alone to go on a cruise?” Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer incredulously asked Nathalie Belizaire, 29, as she appeared in court with her lawyer by video call Tuesday. “The poor kids were home alone!” she exclaimed, Local 10 reports. Belizaire was charged with four counts of child neglect after she flitted off for a three-night cruise...

New rules also ease path for wealthy donors to contribute stock while avoiding capital-gains taxesThe Treasury Department will automatically enroll tens of millions of children in the government’s new Trump Accounts as soon as this week, replacing the previous structure that required parents or guardians to sign up, the agency said in rules published Tuesday. The shift to automatic enrollment will ensure much broader access to the child investment accounts, creating them for more than 60 million additional children under age 18, according to the Treasury Department. The shift to auto enrollment means that big contributions from wealthy donors to...

🚨 BREAKING — HUGE SCOTUS WIN: The US Supreme Court just ruled in favor of President Trump RESTARTING swift deportations of illegal aliens to third countries for now, 6-3 Those are countries where the illegal is NOT from to make the process faster and get them out. The 3 liberals dissented, of course. MASS DEPORTATIONS WIN AGAIN 🔥 HUGE blow to activist judges and leftist pro-illegal alien groups who tried holding up this policy in court! The court says that oral arguments for this will be held later this year.

A backlash has forced the disgraced, far-left BBC to remove an article that declared “bare nails” racist. That’s “bare nails,” as in fingernails, as in women choosing to not have their fingernails colored with nail polish. That’s now considered racist, y’all. Why? Because when the market for racism is as starved as it is for actual racism, the market is filled with crap like this… “Nail art’s historical and creative roots are linked back to black, Latino, and Asian communities and the suggestion that bare nails are now a sign of high status could stigmatise bold manicures,” wrote the BCC....

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 6-3 in favor of President Trump and temporarily allowed the administration to deport illegal aliens to third party countries. The high court issued the decision in an unsigned order. The three liberal justices dissented. This is the second time that the Supreme Court has sided with the Trump DOJ in third-county removals. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the case this December. NBC News reported: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, for a second time, removed obstacles to the Trump administration deporting certain immigrants to “third countries” to which they have no previous...

It's that time of the year again where we start watching all the new petitions being filed before the Supreme Court as we track them through the briefing and conference schedule. Washington Gun Law President, William Kirk, discusses the 57 firearms cases that were scheduled for conference just yesterday so that you can get a flavor of what's before the court already. From the usual suspects that we see every year, to some very nuanced and creative arguments, this year's docket so far is packed with important cases. Today, we start highlighting some of the matters we should probably start...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a slate of legislation Tuesday aimed at strengthening the state’s oversight of federal immigration enforcement in California. Among the new laws are: A ban on law enforcement agencies using electroshock gloves A 25% tax on private detention facilities Limiting immigration authorities’ use of flash-bang grenades during raids Prohibiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who have committed “serious misconduct” from becoming state workers or police officers Expanded health, safety, and oversight requirements for civil detention facilities operating in California. The ban on shock gloves will take effect next year and remain in place until 2030. It comes...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday removed obstacles to the Trump administration deporting certain immigrants to “third countries” to which they have no previous connection. The justices, with the court’s three liberals dissenting, granted an emergency request filed by the government seeking to block an appeals court ruling that said the current process is unlawful because the affected people are not given a proper chance to raise concerns about safety risks in violation of federal immigration law. In the brief unsigned order, the court also said it would hear oral arguments in December and issue a definitive ruling on...

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s sweeping investigation into President Donald Trump included the financial data of everyday supporters across 50 states who gave as little as $1 to the president and allied groups, new documents reveal. Smith’s team obtained at least 4,782 checks from everyday Americans making mainly small-dollar donations. Smith’s sweep — though ostensibly focused on the events of Jan. 6, 2020 — hoovered up checks from September 2019 to August 2023. The Biden administration wielded the country’s most powerful law enforcement tools to spy on Republicans with little concern for whether it violated the Constitution, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair...

The FBI and the Dutch National Police said Tuesday that they had arrested suspected member of the notorious cyber group ShinyHunters, the group that claimed responsibility for last week's defacing the FBI's jobs website and bragged that it had stolen data about FBI personnel and job applicants. The Dutch National Police said Tuesday that the suspect is a 24-year-old from Amsterdam, and was arrested on September 15 on suspicion of being a member of ShinyHunters. That means he was already in custody days before ShinyHunters announced it had hacked the FBI jobs website, which was first reported on Sept. 22...

Defense secretary to unveil the plan during Wednesday speech to hand-picked lower-ranked officers and troops Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will announce plans to cut by 20% the number of positions reserved for generals and admirals during a speech to servicemembers on Wednesday, according to Pentagon officials.The cuts will double the 10% reduction to the top positions that the Pentagon chief ordered last year, the officials said. The armed services have been directed to complete the reductions by Jan. 1, 2027, the officials said. Fox News earlier reported the plans. Hegseth is expected to lay out his priorities for the Pentagon...

Summary of the videoThe YouTube video (posted by the official White House channel on September 29, 2026) is a roughly 24-minute recording of President Donald Trump participating in a White House meeting and luncheon focused on “Super Intelligence” (Trump’s preferred term for artificial intelligence / advanced AI).Key context and contentThe event gathers top U.S. tech and AI industry leaders for discussions on the technology’s rapid progress, U.S. leadership (especially versus China), and related policy. Trump has publicly pushed to rename “artificial intelligence” as “super intelligence,” arguing the word “artificial” makes it sound fake. Seating placed Trump between Nvidia CEO Jensen...

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A New York City fundraiser for Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico is bringing together a host committee featuring several donors, fundraisers, and political allies tied to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Talarico is scheduled to attend the September 28 fundraiser alongside former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, with actor Robert De Niro headlining the event. Tickets range from $500 to $27,000. The invitation lists a lengthy host committee that includes Alexis Bittar, Shameek Bose, Shaifali Puri, Shruti Rya Ganguly, Charles Alaimo, Adriana Trigiani, and Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson. Several of those hosts have previously raised...

The Wuppertal Suspension Railway, which opened on 1 March 1901 has glided above the Wupper River for 125 years and now carries over 80,000 passengers every day, according to Mayor Miriam Scherff. She says its suspended technology offers a fast, environmentally friendly link between districts along a 13-kilometre stretch of narrow valley.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) tussled with former Special Counsel Jack Smith during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, accusing the top Trump target of making him want to “throw up.” Kennedy asked during his questioning, “You sought the phone records of a bunch of U.S. Senators, right?” Smith replied, “We sought the toll records, non-content records.” Kennedy shot back, “Any Democrats or just Republicans?” Smith replied, “If President Trump had reached out to Democrats to further his—” Kennedy cut in, “Yeah, but I’m just trying to get the facts. Were there any Democrats whose phone records you sought? Just...

New undercover footage shows a minister at Democrat U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico’s longtime church describing evangelical churches as “almost cult-like” and claiming white men in Texas are afraid of black and Hispanic Americans gaining political power. Rev. Babs Miller, Minister to the Parish at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, also said some evangelicals treat the Bible as a “magic book” and are “slightly or maybe greatly misguided.” In the footage obtained by Texas Scorecard, Miller was asked, “What is wrong with evangelicals?” Miller responded that some people “pick words over people,” pointing to how evangelicals interpret the Bible....

Allies of Mayor Zohran Mamdani are hosting a big New York City fundraiser Monday night for Senate Democratic hopefuls James Talarico of Texas and Sherrod Brown of Ohio. Tickets for the Ohio Texas Victory Fund’s “special reception,” set for 7 p.m. in downtown Manhattan, start at $500 for regular attendance and go all the way up to $27,000 a pop for “champion” donors, according to the donation page. Hollywood star Robert De Niro is expected to introduce the Democratic candidates — whose races could determine which party controls the US Senate next year. Talarico is facing off against Republican state...

Explanation: What causes the swirl in the Shrimp Nebula? Its high speed is likely. What is sure is that Sh2-188 is one of the larger planetary nebulas on the night sky, by angular size, spanning about half the diameter of the Moon. Moreover, the white-dwarf core -- leftover from the Sun-like star that shed its outer atmosphere -- is moving unusually fast through interstellar space, creating a bow shock most visible on the upper left that is similar to a boat plowing through water. Although faint, the Shrimp Nebula glows also by compressing and brightening gas on its leading edge....

Lindsay Clancy returned to court on Tuesday for the first time since her murder trial ended with a deadlocked jury. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington asked Judge William Sullivan for an acquittal, arguing that there was not enough evidence to prove that the 36-year-old former nurse killed her three young children. "This entire case is based on speculation," Reddington said. "Where is the admission? Where does she say that she did this?" Prosecutor Shanan Buckingham called the argument "laughable." Sullivan did not immediately rule. The next hearing in the case is set for Nov. 2. During the trial, Clancy's attorneys did...