today’s hot news
Texas becomes first state to make Bible required reading
(The Center Square) - After several days of hearings and votes, the Texas State Board of Education voted late Friday to require a reading list for every grade level in public schools, including at least 200 Biblical texts. Texas is now the first state to...
Angry Trump cuts off Spain completely after NATO clash: ‘I want no business with them’
President Donald Trump escalated his long-running feud with Spain on Wednesday, publicly directing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to halt trade with the European nation and blasting Madrid as a NATO ally that refuses to pull its weight. Speaking alongside NATO...
AOC declares war on new corporate villains: We need to break them up, ‘they think they are governments’
There is a familiar ritual in Washington. Something gets expensive. Politicians gather. Cameras turn on. Someone announces that the real problem is not supply, demand, production costs, or global markets. The real problem is a company that needs to be punished. This...
Poll: 96% want Senate candidates to address Social Security cuts
(The Center Square) – Ninety-six percent of voters want Senate candidates to explain how they'll prevent an automatic 22% Social Security benefit cut for 70 million Americans, a new poll finds, as the program's trust fund moves toward a 2032 deadline. A poll by...
Britain’s flag now ‘too offensive’ for Britain: Councils in UK move to ban Union Jack flag
So here we are in modern Britain: the country is in the middle of a World Cup run, streets are draped in red-and-white St. George’s Cross flags, and instead of a bit of national pride, some local authorities appear to see… a public safety emergency. According to...
Stephen King deletes post defending Platner after social media firestorm erupts
Bestselling horror author Stephen King found himself at the center of a political storm this week after publicly defending Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner, only to retreat after a wave of criticism from across the political spectrum. The controversy...
Absentee voting underway in Minnesota
(The Center Square) – Minnesota voters have begun casting ballots for the 2026 general election, making it one of the first states to begin absentee voting. With the 46-day absentee voting period kicking off last Friday, Minnesota voters have already begun...
Diesel hits record even as oil prices fall
Diesel prices hit a record $6.53 a gallon Tuesday even as benchmark crude oil fell to a two-week low. The national average for diesel stood at $6.52 on Wednesday after dipping by one cent overnight. This is compared with $3.69 a year earlier — several months before...
Trump makes Marco Rubio’s latest job permanent — because apparently he had free time
BS BULLETIN: President Trump has made Marco Rubio his permanent national security adviser while Rubio remains secretary of state. Rubio becomes only the second person to simultaneously hold both positions, following Henry Kissinger. Rubio's ever-expanding collection...
Joy Behar: ‘this country will vote for an obese, Jewish, Black, homosexual before a woman’
BS BULLETIN: Joy Behar declared Tuesday that she doesn't believe America will elect a woman president. Her rather extraordinary hypothetical: Voters would elect an “obese, Jewish, Black, homosexual” first. Sara Haines pushed back, arguing candidates neither win nor...
Lesbian bar drops mandate one night a week — all hell breaks loose
BS BULLETIN: A struggling Massachusetts lesbian bar made masks optional on Saturday nights in hopes of bringing back customers. Critics responded with accusations of ableism and “eugenics,” calls for a boycott — and one commenter said they hoped the place would be...
‘Shield of Americas’ formed to target cartels in Western Hemisphere
(The Center Square) – A new international coalition of 14 countries, the “Shield of the Americas,” has been formed to target cartels and transnational crime in the Western Hemisphere. There is “an immediate and universally shared threat in our hemisphere,”...
