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European Union lawmakers and governments agreed on Monday on new rules allowing countries to send migrants ordered to leave the bloc to centres in third countries. The ‌deal is part of a broader tightening of EU migration policy amid pressure from right‑wing parties, ‌even as irregular arrivals fell 26% last year to their lowest level since 2021. The legislation, which still requires formal approval by EU governments ​and the European Parliament, was proposed by the European Commission last year. The commission says it would streamline procedures and give governments more tools to deport people while respecting fundamental rights. EU countries...

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The U.S. Coast Guard is finally eliminating race-based officer commissioning standards for incoming college grads. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), under which the Coast Guard operates, announced the reform in a May 29 press release. It is rather surprising that such a reform was not implemented until more than a year into the second Trump administration, but it is always better late than never. We cannot gamble with our future. Advertisement The reforms specifically concern college students who are looking to enlist in the Coast Guard and commission as officers. The College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) has till now...

“A sane society cannot debate its way out of psychosis. It must diagnose the patient with lethal precision and restore the ancient boundary between the mad and the free.” —LHGrey on X When you watch video of the shenanigans at the Delaney Hall ICE building in Newark, NJ, you must suspect you’re seeing a hopped-up political vaudeville act. Freaky as the “protesters” may be — with their tatts and piercings, gummi bear hair color, rolls of blubber, perpetually hoisted cell phones, drums, whistles, and pitiful umbrellas — they are no less actors than Jacob Elordi and Sydney Sweeney out in...

The price of oil rose sharply Monday, after Iranian government-aligned media reported that the country was cutting off talks with the United States to end the ongoing war. Conflicting comments from President Donald Trump hours later did little to dent oil’s jump, although prices ended the day somewhat lower than the highs of the morning. U.S. crude oil closed higher by 5.5% at $92.16 per barrel. International Brent crude closed higher by 4.5% at $94.98 per barrel. Heating oil, a proxy for jet fuel, also rose 4%, while wholesale gas prices rose 2%. As a result of of the most...

Attorney General Ken Paxton says he's suing the city of Denton over gender-neutral changing rooms being available at a June Pride event at one of the city's public pools. The June 7 event, called "Big Gay Swim Day," was organized by two nonprofit groups – PRIDENTON and OUTreach Denton, and is set to be held at the Quakertown Civic Center. The city owns the center, which has a public-access swimming pool and sex-specific multiple-occupancy changing rooms. The event is advertised as open to the general public of all ages, and organizers have announced that gender-neutral changing rooms will be available...

A Facebook post promoting an event dubbed the “Rally Against Rednecks” is raising eyebrows. The post, published by mayoral candidate Zul Mohamed, advertises a rally at Frisco City Hall scheduled for 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2. The flyer describes the event as “an evening dedicated to celebrating the contributions of our local Asian community,” while also calling on attendees to confront what it calls “spreading lies.” The post uses inflammatory language to characterize critics of the Asian community, referring to any “opponents” as “trailer-park trash yokels” and “low-class people.” The graphics accompanying the post feature crossed-out cartoon illustrations of...

They are unapologetically in favor of abortion rights. They view gender as a tool of the patriarchy used to oppress women. And they have the ears of Republican lawmakers in Washington. Meet the Women’s Liberation Front, a self-described group of “radical feminists” who seek to abolish the societal construct of gender, believing it is a hierarchical caste system that upholds male supremacy and subjugates women. As opposed to more mainstream feminist organizations that accept biological men who identify as female, gender abolitionists such as WoLF believe in the material reality of sex and that men cannot become women simply because...

Jill Biden conceded Monday that if she had to do it all over again, she would not advise husband Joe Biden to seek re-election. “Would I want to put Joe through the hurt and the pain that we felt during that time? Never, never. I mean, it was so hurtful,” she told NBC’s “Today” show ahead of the Tuesday release of her memoir, “View from the East Wing.” But, the former first lady added, the decision about whether to run again “had to be his decision alone” and “the doctors said he was healthy” enough to serve four more years.

[Catholic Caucus] Pope’s prayer intention for June: for the values of sportsPope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for June 2026 is “let us pray that sports be an instrument of peace, encounter, and dialogue among cultures and nations, and that they promote values such as respect, solidarity, and personal growth.”The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, which disseminates the monthly papal prayer intention, will release the video associated with the intention tomorrow, according to the network’s YouTube channel, The Pope Video.

With Los Angeles voters preparing to head to the polls, Spencer Pratt has found himself at the center of one of the city’s most surprising political stories. The former reality television star has gained momentum in a tightly contested mayoral race, picked up support from influential public figures, and secured a donation from a major Silicon Valley name. Yet with the election approaching, questions remain about whether his unconventional campaign can go the distance. Spencer Pratt Receives Backing From Sergey Brin The closing days of the Los Angeles mayoral primary brought a notable development for Spencer Pratt when it emerged...

The Trump administration plans to drop its controversial $1.8 billion "weaponization" fund the president sought to compensate alleged victims of prosecutorial conduct under his predecessor, two senior administration officials told Axios. "It's dead for now," one of the sources said. Why it matters: Bashed as a political slush fund that could be tapped by those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, Trump's proposal has drawn bipartisan pushback in the GOP-led House and Senate. Zoom in: The plan for the fund came about as part of a settlement between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service. Trump and his business...

Doug Ellin joins Billy Bush, Kristin Cavallari and Paris Hilton, who have also voiced support for Pratt's campaignDoug Ellin, creator of the hit series "Entourage," is backing Spencer Pratt's campaign for mayor of Los Angeles while voicing his frustration over what he sees as the city's decline. Last week, the television producer took to social media to share his personal experience living in L.A., detailing a home break-in that forced him to increase his security. "[I have] fifteen cameras … two German Shepherds, three legal guns … five years ago, I didn't lock a door here, but you know what...

Bridgett Fertig repostedBridgett Fertig@LightOnLiberty·May 30America's gold is missing and President Trump knows it.A 1974 article in a New York periodical stated that the Rockefeller family was directing the Federal Reserve to liquidate Fort Knox gold at below-market prices to unnamed European buyers.3 days after her tip launched that story, Louise Auchincloss Boyer, Nelson Rockefeller's personal secretary, fell to her death from her 10th floor Manhattan apartment.The investigation ended there and the gold was gone. For 14 years, industrialist Ed Durrell wrote to over 1,000 government and banking officials demanding a full accounting of what remained in the vaults of Fort...

elf-professed liberal Bill Maher threw some surprise support behind LA candidate Spencer Pratt's mayoral run this week. Maher, 70, repeatedly praised the reality-star-turned-politician's 'drain the swamp'-approach to politics on Monday's edition of Club Random. He agreed that current Mayor Karen Bass and other local leaders did not do enough after last year's wildfires. Maher also praised what he put as Pratt's 'authentic[ity]', after the latter promised to scrutinize - and address - local unions' current levels of power. 'You had me at hello,' Maher joked. He admitted: 'I mean on so many of these things, and you just have the...

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Nassau County Executive and New York State gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Blakeman participated in the Israel Day Parade in New York City on Sunday, expressing support for Israel and voicing concern over rising antisemitism in New York. Speaking to Arutz Sheva-Israel National News at the event, Blakeman said, "It's a source of pride for me to be here to celebrate my Jewish identity, to support the State of Israel, and to support American values, religious freedom." Asked about the absence of mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani from the parade, Blakeman said he was "not at all bothered" by it. "He's an antisemite....

A federal appeals court on Monday ruled that the Pentagon illegally banned transgender troops. In a 2-1 ruling, the DC Circuit Court Appeals sided with crazed Biden judge Ana Reyes and said the Trump Administration’s transgender troop policy violated the Constitution. The Associated Press reported: A Trump administration policy illegally banned transgender troops from military service, a divided panel of federal appeal court judges ruled on Monday. The majority opinion by a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit largely upholds a March 2025 ruling by U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in Washington,...

Indianapolis 500 veteran Rick Treadway has died. He was 56. According to a news release from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Treadway died Saturday, May 30 in a motorcycle crash. Treadway started in the 2002 Indy 500. Treadway started 17th and placed 29th in the Indy 500 in the No. 5 Sprint/Kyocera Wireless/Airlink Enterprises G Force/Chevrolet fielded by his father Fred Treadway’s team and as a teammate to two-time Indy 500 winner Arie Luyendyk. Treadway and Tony Kanaan were eliminated from the race in a crash in Turn 3 on Lap 90. "The Indy 500 start was the highlight of Treadway’s...

Democrats are likely to retake the House and maybe the Senate in November, which is reason to ask: What would they do with that power? One emerging answer is that they seem determined to blow up the Supreme Court. Listen to Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the betting favorite to be the next Speaker of the House. “The Supreme Court is a disgrace,” he said in April. “In the new Congress, we’re going to have to do something about this Supreme Court, and let me be very clear: Everything is on the table—everything to deal with this corrupt MAGA majority.” He’s serious,...