31-year-old man identified as suspected shooter at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
Lawmakers question Omar’s role in fraud scandal as she skips hearing
Minnesota lawmakers are questioning U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme as investigations and prosecutions continue. At the center of legislators’ concerns is Omar’s MEALS Act, which Republicans say removed key safeguards from a federal program. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, also a Democrat, also did not appear. “They are both key players in the child nutrition scandal and fraud
Trump Brokers Three-Week Lebanon Ceasefire Extension as Israel and Beirut Create Biblical Alliance Against Hezbollah
For the first time in living memory, Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors sat across from each other at the White House on Thursday in direct negotiations that lasted barely an hour but resulted in a three-week ceasefire extension brokered by President Donald Trump. Trump announced the ceasefire extension on Truth Social moments after the meeting concluded. “The meeting went very well,” he wrote.
The Nation is Searching
In February 2026, Barna Group found that nearly one in three U.S. adults believe a spiritual revival could be coming within the next 12 months. Respondents cited prayer (46%), young people turning toward God (44%), and a search for meaning and purpose (41%) as key reasons for their thinking. Young adults pointed to isolation, mental health challenges, and anxiety as reasons for revival. For the youngest generation, spiritual curiosity is being forged in the midst of anxiety, isolation, and instability. Mental health struggles, social fragmentation, and a lingering sense of uncertainty have left many searching for something deeper and more durable than what the culture has offered.
Certain Chatbots Vastly Worse For AI Psychosis, Study Finds
Think something weird is up with your reflection in the mirror? Allow Grok to interest you in some 15th century anti-witchcraft reading. A new study argues that certain frontier chatbots are much more likely to inappropriately validate users’ delusional ideas — a result that the study’s authors say represents a “preventable” technological failure that could be curbed by design choices. “Delusional reinforcement by [large language models] is a preventable alignment failure,” Luke Nicholls, a doctoral student in psychology at the City University of New York (CUNY)
Gazans cast votes in local election for first time in 20 years
Although Hamas boycotted the election, it pledged to honor its results and deployed personnel from its police force to the polling stations. Gazan residents participated on Saturday for the first time in two decades in municipal elections organized by the Palestinian Authority. The elections were held in Judea, Samaria and Deir al-Balah, a city in the center of the Gaza Strip, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 70,000 residents of Deir al-Balah were chosen as eligible for voting by the P.A.’s Palestinian Central Elections Commission because it had suffered less damage during the war,
IDF using robots to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon
The IDF said it is deploying robotic systems in combat operations against Hezbollah in Bint Jbail, Lebanon, as it works to dismantle militant infrastructure and reduce risks to troops. According to the military, the use of robotics is aimed at increasing operational efficiency while minimizing casualties as forces operate in southern Lebanon.
Netanyahu orders IDF to attack Hezbollah in southern Lebanon after repeated violations of ceasefire
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the IDF to attack Hezbollah in southern Lebanon after repeated attacks on Israel’s North on Saturday afternoon. Earlier, two projectiles were launched into Israeli territory by the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah, triggering sirens in the areas of Manara, Margaliot, and Misgav Am in northern Israel, the IDF announced on Saturday.
Iran’s Islamic republic: The regime that hangs protesters is now a Gen Z mascot
There is an obscenity here. The Islamic Republic of Iran fills prisons, gallows, and morgues with its own citizens. Rights groups recorded at least 1,639 executions in 2025, the highest since 1989, and Amnesty warns that protesters and dissidents still face death following torture-tainted trials.
Hezbollah Says Ceasefire ‘Meaningless’ as Fighting Continues in South
Lebanon’s Hezbollah said a US-mediated ceasefire in the war with Israel was meaningless a day after it was extended for three weeks, as Lebanese authorities reported two people killed by an Israeli strike and Hezbollah downed an Israeli drone. While the ceasefire has led to a significant reduction in hostilities, Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have continued to trade blows in southern Lebanon, where Israel has kept soldiers in a self-declared “buffer zone.”
‘Center of Gravity for Global Terrorism’: US Lawmakers Spotlight Surging Jihadist Terror Threat in Africa
US lawmakers this week raised alarm bells over the rising terrorist threat from Africa, advocating for continued American support for African nations fighting Islamists as the continent becomes the center of global terrorism. The US Senate Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, … held a hearing in which legislators highlighted the importance of combating terrorist groups in Africa while jousting over President Donald Trump’s approach to the continent.
IAF slays armed terrorists in Gaza
The Israeli Air Force on Friday eliminated armed Palestinian terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip after they were identified riding on a pickup truck, the military said. “The terrorists were operating to advance immediate terror plots against IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement. The terrorists were attacked and eliminated from the air to remove the immediate threat, the army said.
After 47 Years Of Evil, The Mad Mullahs Have Finally Run Into A US President Determined To End Their Terror Empire
A jihadi leopard does not change its spots. For nearly 50 years, Iran’s regime has lied, cheated, broken agreement after agreement, stringing the world along as it built the largest ballistic missile stockpile in the entire Middle East, not to mention a network of terror proxies and enough enriched uranium to build several nuclear bombs. In public, Iranian representatives preached dialogue and diplomacy. But behind the scenes, they were building up a massive war and terror machine.
A Stark Contrast: As The Bible Is Read In The Nation’s Capitol, Vast Anti-Christian Corruption Rises To The Surface
Last Sunday, I joined House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and others to kick off the week-long “America Reads the Bible” initiative, where President Donald Trump read an appeal to God from 2 Chronicles 7:14. Meanwhile, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) spent the weekend saying we don’t need any help from on high. Speaking at a Democratic Women’s Caucus luncheon, Booker warned, “Ladies and gentlemen, there is a storm in our nation!” Then, pointing upward, he declared, “What we need is not from on high.
“We Have All The Cards”: Trump Cancels Witkoff-Kushner Trip To Pakistan For Iran Talks
In a sharp reversal first reported by Fox News, President Trump has personally canceled the planned trip of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan. “I’ve told my people a little while ago they were getting ready to leave, and I said, ‘Nope, you’re not making an 18 hour flight to go there. We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want, but you’re not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.’”
The WHO Is Building A Supranational Vaccine Authorization Mechanism
“I need to ask someone else to take responsibility for the second part of the approvals process, so that I won’t have a conflict of interest. I’m also working with Bill Gates and the World Health Organization on the vaccine itself.”
Federal Appeals Court Allows Texas To Enforce State Immigration Law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit voted 10–7 to undo a 2024 injunction that had prevented enforcement of the law known as Senate Bill 4. Initially, the former Biden administration had challenged the statute, but the second Trump administration dropped the challenge in March 2025. SB 4, which Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed in December 2023, would make it a state-level crime to illegally enter or re-enter Texas from a foreign country, give state judges authority to order that violators leave the United States, and allow prison sentences of up to 20 years for those refusing to comply.
DOJ Re-Adopts Executions By Firing Squad As It Strengthens Federal Death Penalty
“Today, the Department of Justice acted to restore its solemn duty to seek, obtain, and implement lawful capital sentences — clearing the way for the Department to carry out executions once death-sentenced inmates have exhausted their appeals,” the DOJ memo obtained by Fox News read. …expanding the protocol to include additional manners of execution such as the firing squad, and streamlining internal processes to expedite death penalty cases,”
Trump Addresses Assassination Attempt At White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
President Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner following multiple gunshots. U.S. Secret Service (USSS) agents hustled Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other senior administration officials from the Washington Hilton hotel’s ballroom after the shots were fired during the annual event. Trump told reporters the suspect was stopped by USSS personnel.
Moderate Risk issued for central and southeast Oklahoma as strong tornadoes and very large hail threaten southern Plains
NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center placed parts of central and southeast Oklahoma under a Moderate Risk for severe thunderstorms on April 25, with large to very large hail, tornadoes, and damaging winds forecast across parts of southern Plains and Ark-La-Tex. Hailstones over 7.6 cm (3 inches) and strong tornadoes possible during afternoon and evening.
Violent EF4 tornado injures 10 in Enid, Oklahoma, emergency declared in Garfield and Kay counties
A preliminary EF4 tornado injured 10 people in Enid, Oklahoma, on April 23. The tornado reached estimated peak winds of 274 km/h (170 mph), tracked 15.3 km (9.5 miles), and damaged parts of Vance Air Force Base and the Gray Ridge neighborhood. This was the first EF4 tornado to impact Garfield County since April 1991.
Israel Appoints Its First Ever ‘Special Envoy to Christian World’ After Controversial Incidents
Israel announced on Thursday the appointment of its first “special envoy to the Christian world” following some recent embarrassing incidents directed at the faith’s adherents. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar appointed veteran diplomat George Deek to the newly created role, saying the move is “intended to deepen Israel’s ties with Christian communities around the world.”
US Sanctions Iran’s Shadow Fleet, Chinese Refinery
The Trump administration is imposing new sanctions against Iran’s shadow fleet of oil tankers. The Treasury Dept’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed the punishment on a Chinese teapot refinery along with 40 shipping companies and vessels that operate as part of Iran’s shadow fleet, whose transportation of petroleum and petrochemicals provides a financial lifeline to Iran’s regime.
Digital IDs are a linchpin for totalitarian control
For those who still have not understood that digital IDs are a cornerstone for global totalitarian control, here are some remarks from the horse’s mouth. In the following, Tim Hinchcliffe highlights remarks made by WEF devotees relating to digital IDs being “useful” for CBDCs, access to services and information, and determining whether you have been vaccinated.
Users claiming to be Iranian Intelligence Services are recruiting Britons on Telegram to cause chaos on London’s streets
An LBC investigation has exposed an attempt to recruit a Briton to cause sabotage in London, purportedly on behalf of Iran. An LBC journalist was offered money by a user on Telegram to burn a photo of President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu in a London street. The recruiter claimed to be linked to Iran’s Intelligence Service and said further jobs were promised after the initial attack.
WHO Emergency Use Listing scheme is designed to override national vaccine approval processes while taking no responsibility
The World Health Organization is developing a supranational vaccine authorization mechanism – the Emergency Use Listing – which allows it to influence regulatory decisions inside sovereign states. The mechanism aims to override national authorizing bodies’ safety measures while absolving WHO and its funders of any legal responsibility.
Brighton Beach Gang Rape: Not ‘Two-Tier Policing’ — This Is Deliberate Sharia-Style Replacement Under Starmer
“In a raw, unfiltered segment on Talk TV, Kevin O’Sullivan and Isabel Oakeshott unleashed on the latest outrage from Britain’s broken borders. One of three men just convicted of gang-raping a woman on Brighton beach, Egyptian asylum seeker Karin Al-Danasurt, was on the run from a murder conviction in Egypt.”
Nolte: FCC Looks Into Children’s TV Failing to Warn Parents About LGBT Propaganda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced an inquiry this week into a TV ratings system that is required to warn parents about the adult content in children’s shows, but it has not addressed all the LGBT propaganda pushed at kids these days. The FCC’s Media Bureau is seeking comment by May 22 from the general public “to protect their children and make informed choices about the TV programs their children watch.”
We Have All The Cards”: Trump Cancels Witkoff-Kushner Trip To Pakistan For Iran Talks
“They can call us anytime they want, but you’re not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing’”
The Petroyuan Myth: War Failed To Shake The Dollar
Despite sanctions and two wars, the yuan is losing ground, with much of its earlier rise tied to Russia and now reversing…
Launching AI Into Orbit
Much of China’s efforts to deter and defeat the U.S. rely heavily on their counter-space plans and capabilities…
Trump strikes defiant tone after WHCA dinner shooting, calls Americans to resolve differences peacefully
President Donald Trump called on Americans to resolve their difference peacefully during a brief impromptu press briefing Saturday evening, shortly after the U.S. Secret Service escorted him back to the White House after a shooter brought an abrupt end to the White House Correspondents Association dinner.
4 key moments from Turning Point USA’s Faith Forward Pastors’ Summit
Pastors and ministry leaders gathered this week in North Texas to confront cultural compromise in the Church and honor the legacy of Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder assassinated last September while speaking at a college outreach event in Utah.