A Morning of Silence The room fell silent. Standing in the dim early light, the mother struggled to breathe as she waited for her eldest son to speak. Her heart pounded like a drum while she watched him cradle his younger brother with tender protection. Finally, in a whisper, the boy said, “I have to … Read more

Every January, the snow-covered village of Davos transforms into the world’s most expensive echo chamber. Billionaires fly in on private jets to discuss climate responsibility. Bureaucrats sip champagne while warning working families about austerity. Corporate executives who outsourced entire industries lecture voters about “fairness.” It’s the annual gathering of people who never suffer the consequences … Read more

A long-standing U.S. immigration visa program may have facilitated the flow of foreign money into American Democratic political campaigns, particularly during the 1990s, according to investigative journalist Peter Schweizer’s book “The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon.” The report focuses on the Employment-Based Fifth Preference (EB-5) visa, a … Read more

President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose 100 percent tariffs on all Canadian imports if Canada enters into a trade agreement with China that he says could allow Chinese goods to enter the United States through Canadian ports. In a post on his social media platform, Trump said that if Canadian Prime Minister Mark … Read more

Social media users have found an Obama-era CNN segment about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that they say shows how the agency was covered differently before Donald Trump became president. On May 31, 2016, CNN aired a segment with reporter Pamela Brown embedded with a team of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Chicago … Read more

It sounds like something out of political fan fiction — Barack Obama facing off against Donald Trump in a future presidential race. Two of the most dominant and polarizing figures in modern American history are standing across from each other on a debate stage. At first glance, this seems impossible. According to the United States … Read more

It’s a sad day at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. M*A*S*H* star Patrick Adiarte died at age 82 on April 15 from pneumonia. Patrick had a career on both the stage and screen. He played a member of the royal children’s chorus on Broadway in The King and I and then played Prince Chulalongkorn in the film adaptation alongside Yul … Read more

Paul Mason, once recognized as the world’s heaviest man at 980 lbs (444 kg), lost over 640 lbs (290 kg) following life-saving gastric bypass surgery in 2010. The English-born man’s weight loss journey significantly reduced his size, allowing him to regain mobility, but required major surgeries to remove 34–45 kg of excess skin in 2015. … Read more

The Department of Energy has asked the nation’s power grid operators to prepare to make backup power from facilities such as data centers, manufacturing plants and commercial sites available as a record-breaking winter storm threatens widespread outages across the United States. The request from Energy Secretary Chris Wright comes as Winter Storm Fern — forecast to bring … Read more

Higher customs duties from tariff increases implemented under President Donald Trump contributed to deficit reduction in the 2025 fiscal year, Treasury officials said in an October 2025 report, with collections rising sharply compared with the previous year. Federal tariff revenue for fiscal 2025 increased by about $118 billion, helping to narrow the budget shortfall. Customs … Read more