Fun fact for the day that most of us in America don't realize: In Australia, the nominal head of state is the monarch of the United Kingdom. Unlike us tea-tossing Americans, who told the crown where they could stick it a full two centuries before the Sex Pistols made it...

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It has been a while since a prominent American mayor got so far outside his proverbial lane. In fact, to find a comparable example, we might have to return to the early days of the Civil War. More on that in a moment. Sunday on the social media platform X,...

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An elderly Roman Catholic bishop was detained over the course of two days in Nicaragua as the nation's government becomes increasingly adversarial toward Christians. Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, the bishop emeritus of the Diocese of Estelí, retired in 2020 but accepted an invitation to officiate a service on June 28,...

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I would love to say, when someone claims their deity commanded them to randomly stab three women in a Western capital, that this is indeed novel, random, and totally isolated. I, of course, cannot, because you can almost certainly guess which deity is involved, and that this is hardly an...

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A transgender man who was living in San Francisco but feared for his life because, you know, Donald Trump, is back in America after finding out that notoriously tolerant Holland didn't put out a trans-flag-colored carpet upon his arrival. In fact, it was a great deal worse than he experienced...

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Few issues become singular fixations that determine politicians’ allegiances to the exclusion of all other matters. Such issues drive politicians and voters to excommunicate allies who otherwise perfectly align with them ideologically. Over the past 60 years, very few issues, like abortion and Vietnam, have attained this status. Now, unnaturally...

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Instead of eliminating rampant fraud in California, Democrats are now making an extreme effort to intimidate and silence journalists who attempt to investigate it. Assembly Bill 2624, authored by California State Assemblymember Mia Bonta -- the wife of current California Attorney General Rob Bonta -- is facing pushback from those...

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The New York Times lost its latest bid to have President Donald Trump’s $15 billion lawsuit against it thrown out. On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Steven D. Merryday gave Trump’s legal team until Aug. 27 to file an amended complaint, according to Forbes. Merryday did not explain why the...

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From time to time, President Donald Trump has publicly taken a hard line toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Tuesday, for instance, while speaking live via phone on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," the president appeared to bristle when co-host Ainsley Earhardt mentioned reports of what Netanyanu might say,...

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The yawning chasm between Republican voters and their elected officials seems to grow by the year. In fact, elected Republicans often give the impression that they hate their own voters above all else. For instance, according to CBS News, milquetoast Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio has opposed President Donald...

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Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino is stepping down after a three-year tenure following her disastrous attempt at rebranding, from which the iconic restaurant chain still has not fully recovered. Masino's rebrand included removing "Old Timer" from the company logo, taking down nostalgia pieces from the walls, lightening the interior color...

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As official Washington honored the late Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina Tuesday, the Department of War was already moving to recognize Graham’s support of America’s service members Joint Base Charleston is being named after Graham, according to the Post and Courier. Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink,...

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President Donald Trump honored the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, describing him as a "beloved friend" during a memorial service Tuesday at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. During his eulogy, Trump quoted the Bible's James chapter 1, verse 12, during his eulogy, saying, "Scripture tells us, 'Blessed is the man...

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A Secret Service agent is among three men charged after a fraternity hazing ritual left its victims with serious injuries. Marquez Pinder, 29, a special agent with the Miami Field Office, is on administrative leave and house arrest with a GPS tracking device, according to Fox News. Pinder, along with...

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a strong week in The Western Journal’s straw poll that provides an unofficial check on the pulse of voters as 2028 looms. As a conservative news site, readers generally offer a conservative perspective on their choice. It’s not science, but it highlights how potential...

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Meetings that took place Wednesday between President Donald Trump and two major foreign leaders were framed as positive. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, both of whom were in Washington to attend the funeral of the late Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, used the...

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Revolutionaries often approach their peak destructive capabilities after they begin feeling their oats. For instance, Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City, an avowed socialist buoyed by a string of recent political successes, might have endangered the lives of wealthy New Yorkers when, according to the New York Post,...

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President Donald Trump is bringing a 16-year-old California lifeguard to the White House to honor him after his heroic rescue of a young boy over the weekend. NBC affiliate KNTV reported that the Saturday rescue, caught on video that went viral, took place at Seabright Beach in Santa Cruz in...

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A surprise attack from Iranian forces marked a re-escalation in the conflict between the United States and Tehran after a lull that lasted several days. The Wall Street Journal reported that all of the missiles were successfully intercepted. However, as of roughly 8 p.m. Eastern, it wasn't clear where the...

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Rosalie Markezih was looking forward to becoming a mother. But her story took a devastating turn when her boyfriend obtained abortion pills through the mail and pressured her into taking them, resulting in the loss of her child. Her story raises a question our country has been reluctant to ask:...

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