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ALERT: Homeless man steals a cop car and leads police on an over 40-mile car chase. Sacramento police said officers received a call about a 28-year-old homeless man, Isaac Paval, throwing a tire at a woman’s car before chasing her with a big stick. Police then tried to detain Paval, who was shirtless, and after …
One of the worst heatwaves in European history is underway. Peak high temperatures forecast this week: France: 45°C / 113°F Monday-TuesdayLondon: 39°C / 102°FAmsterdam: 34°C / 93°FBerlin: 38°C / 100°FParis: 41°C / 106°F pic.twitter.com/1tBeFtHJ3x — Colin McCarthy (@US_Stormwatch) June 22, 2026 🇫🇷 Les quais de Seine : « c’est bouché, on passe pas la » pic.twitter.com/cL3WGRTNwc — …
This statement is getting attention because it goes beyond another battlefield update. Israeli War Minister Israel Katz said in a video that Israel had destroyed first-line villages in southern Lebanon and described the area as a permanent security zone. He also said around 200,000 displaced Lebanese residents would not return. That is the part causing …
Federal officials from the Trump administration joined local leaders and SoftBank executives in Pike County to announce a massive new power plant and AI data center. SoftBank, a Japanese company, is planning to build a 10-gigawatt power plant, including 9.2 gigawatts of natural gas generation, that will connect to the local grid and power to …
This is a perfect example of a useful idiot interviewing a political grifter. Together they create a false narrative; a narrative used by these demagogues to exploit the inexperience-driven optimism of our youth. Their exploitation of the death of innocents sickens me. — Wynn Brobdingnagian (@Sroneous) June 21, 2026
This video is why the internet explodes over public failures. After Paris’ Fête de la Musique celebrations, a video appeared showing workers pushing garbage and waste into Canal Saint-Martin. Cela fait des années que cela fonctionne comme cela après chaque marché de fruits et légumes Ce canal est un véritable dépotoir à ordures et un …
A viral claim about California’s diversity program is making the rounds. 🇺🇸 California now requires companies to prove they’re gay to get government contracts, including letters from personal contacts confirming their sexuality. What is happening in California?! The DOJ is already investigating this madness. Writer: Claudiopic.twitter.com/DmZSNXrHUz — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 22, 2026 The claim …
The most interesting thing about the latest US-Iran talks is not what was said at the table. It is what happened before anyone sat down. Iran reportedly made the US delegation wait. Skipped the handshake. Stuck to its demands. Then walked out when talks became heated. Whether you like the Iranian government or not, the …
Maybe it is a coincidence. But it is a pretty interesting coincidence. The Trump administration began dismantling USAID in early 2025. By March, roughly 83% of its programs had been cancelled. By mid-2025, the agency was effectively shut down. Then something happened across Latin America. Country after country started electing conservative candidates. Ecuador. Bolivia. Honduras. …
That was fast. Less than two years after leading Labour to a huge election victory, Keir Starmer is resigning as prime minister and Labour leader. Watch live: My statement. https://t.co/MX7ga3FRGq — Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) June 22, 2026 For months, the warning signs were there. Labour’s disastrous local election results in May shook the party. Then …
This is one of those stories where the timeline tells the story. The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool just went through a $14 million+ renovation. The bottom was repainted with a new blue coating. The project was supposed to fix leaks, improve the appearance, and solve the algae problems. Then almost immediately: The coating started peeling. …
They clap when asked if they’ll actually visit the $850 million ego project Maher immediately calls bullshit and tells them they’re not going Bill Maher calls his own audience a “bunch of f*cking liars” after one question about the Obama library. It started when Maher rolled his eyes at Obama’s library costing $850,000,000 to build …
Another journalist was killed in Gaza, and the same question keeps coming back. How many journalists have to die before the world demands a real explanation? On June 20, an Israeli strike in the Bureij refugee camp killed Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah along with at least five others, including a child. Al Jazeera says …
I work at a lumber mill that employs a bunch of illegal Mexicans who are driving the Americans who work there away. Im a new hire and the mexican training me was intentionally training me wrong to maintain his job security. 3 Americans quit last week bc the company wont give… — Andrew Peterson (@FireBear421) …
The Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was a nationalist partisan force that fought during and after World War II for an independent Ukrainian state. While many Ukrainians view the group as part of the country’s struggle for independence, Poland considers the UPA responsible for mass killings of Polish civilians in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia during the …
Something changed in this story. For years, anyone who seriously discussed a possible lab leak was often treated like they were chasing a conspiracy. Now the picture looks much more complicated. The latest declassified material shows something uncomfortable: the US government was funding coronavirus research connected to the Wuhan Institute of Virology through programs involving …
The City Council on Wednesday voted down the latest bid by Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th) to hold parents responsible for teen takeovers and youth violence in Chicago. Lopez first introduced the Parental Accountability Ordinance in 2023, but it stalled for years. This past March, the City Council Public Safety Committee voted down the proposal, which would have …
Senator Bernie Sanders joins the NYC mayor to promote progressive candidates in final day of the campaign JTA — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday night described the American Israel Public Affairs Committee as “monsters,” accusing the organization of spending “millions in dark money” to “turn us against one and other” and of …
This story is getting attention because it touches the biggest question about social media during conflicts. Who decides what the public gets to see? According to reporting from The Intercept and internal Meta documents they reviewed, Israel’s government sent requests to Meta to remove content during the recent war, including posts supportive of Iran, criticism …
More than 200 of the world’s elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking. A trove of internal records from a secret society for powerful figures in US politics, finance, and tech was left exposed online, WIRED has …
Something about this story is going to make people stop and ask questions. Sen. Ron Johnson released internal FDA emails showing agency staff were reviewing reports involving children who died after receiving COVID vaccines. According to the documents, FDA staff looked at around 10 child death cases. Later, the number considered “assessable” was reduced to …
From luxury getaway to chaos in minutes. What went wrong here? — Charles (@Charles47674402) June 20, 2026
Business secretary says Starmer is reflecting on ‘political realities’ amid overwhelming pressure from MPs Keir Starmer is expected to announce on Monday that he will step down as prime minister, after overwhelming pressure from Labour MPs to make way for Andy Burnham to become Labour leader. Speaking for the government on Sunday, Peter Kyle, the …
Foundation for Defense of Democracies executive director Jonathan Schanzer details his concerns for a U.S.-Iran deal on ‘The Will Cain Show.’
A SATELLITE JUST REVEALED SOMETHING SHOCKING: GPS JAMMING IS FAR MORE WIDESPREAD THAN ANYONE REALIZED. An experimental navigation satellite called Pulsar-0, flying just 500 km above Earth, has mapped GPS signal tampering from space for the first time and the scale surprised even the engineers who built it. As soon as the satellite passed over …
Surveillance video shows a father and a smoke shop owner stop a would-be carjacker from driving away with two children on Long Island. CBS News New York’s Carolyn Gusoff reports.
