Blanche addresses White House press ban, calls access ‘a privilege … not a right’
Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday addressed the Trump administration’s decision to ban three mainstream news outlets from accessing the White House, saying that President Donald Trump had not “denied access” to the organizations and asserting that it is a “privilege … not a right” to be at the White House. “The president hasn’t denied access. That’s not the right way to describe it. This is — what the president has said is that he is sick and tired of certain media outlets just refusing to report accurate news,”

US Intelligence Quietly Launched AI to Pinpoint Where Almost Any Video Was Filmed in Under 5 Minutes
The U.S. Intelligence Community wants artificial intelligence (AI) that can assemble those fragments and locate the camera within roughly 820 feet in less than five minutes. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, better known as IARPA, quietly released the program nearly five months ago. Called LocUS, or Location Using Sound, the program seeks automated systems that can determine where previously unseen videos, images, or audio clips were captured without relying on embedded metadata.

Lavrov says Russia will achieve its military goals in Ukraine regardless of circumstances
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warns Ukraine and its allies that the Russian “military operation” will achieve its goals “regardless of the circumstances.” Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Saturday, Lavrov also said that “the threat to Russian security will be eliminated and peaceful life will return.” The foreign minister reiterated Moscow’s official position that the war effort and invasion are a “special military operation.”

Media Invitation Announced for United States v. Khalid Shaikh Mohammad et al. Pre-Trial Hearing 
The Department of War invites media to cover pre-trial proceedings in the case of United States v. Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarek Bin ‘Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, scheduled for December 7 – 18, 2026. The defendants are charged in connection with their alleged roles in the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States. The proceedings will be conducted at the Expeditionary Legal Complex located in Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB) Cuba and will be transmitted to a closed-circuit television site at Ft. Meade, Md. Media choosing to travel to NSGB will pay round-trip airfare ($800); coverage window is determined by flight schedule. Specific ground rules for coverage at NSGB will follow registration.

Iran says it is ready for war and diplomacy as Trump rejects ceasefire proposal
Iran is “fully prepared” for both war and diplomacy with the United States. It is up to President Trump to choose, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with NBC News. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was rejecting Iran’s proposal for a seven-day ceasefire to open the Strait of Hormuz and pave the way for new peace talks … US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said … “I see this as a rather cynical attempt to put something on the table that they knew was unacceptable,”

Saudi air force attacks Houthi targets near Yemen’s Taiz, Houthi movement says
Saudi Arabia’s air force has attacked targets around the city of Taiz in southwestern Yemen, according to the Iran-backed Islamist Houthi movement. Around 50 people were killed in the attacks, according to the Houthi movement’s spokesperson, who did not specify whether they were injured or dead.

Hormuz Oil Flows Rebound To Two-Thirds Prewar Level As Iran’s Grip Erodes, Attacks 19 Ships
Saudi Arabia is driving the recovery. The kingdom’s crude exports averaged 5.28 million barrels a day during September’s first 23 days, the strongest pace since the conflict began, according to Bloomberg ship-tracking data. About 3.4 million barrels a day were loaded at Gulf ports, reversing the near-total retreat from those terminals earlier in the war. “Hormuz is no longer behaving like a chokepoint under effective Iranian control. Hormuz oil flows are now above 13.5 mb/d on a 7-day average,” energy analyst Art Berman wrote on X, quoting Johnston’s post.

US Stealth Bomber Base In UK On “Delta” Alert As Counter-Terror Police Make Arrests, Deploy Bomb Squad Search Of Vans
British counterterrorism police declared a major incident near RAF Fairford, an airbase used by the US Air Force, after several men were arrested on suspicion of explosives offenses. RAF Fairford was reportedly placed on “Delta,” the highest threat level, according to the national news agency Press Association, now known as PA Media. … the incident was serious enough for RAF Fairford to block major entrances to the airbase with massive front-end loaders, suggesting concern about a possible vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.

DHS Ends Biden-Era Solicitation Of Donations For Illegal Aliens In Custody
Under the Biden administration, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was asking for and accepting private donations for illegal aliens in federal custody. The Trump administration just realized it had never officially ended that directive, so it did so this week to remove any lingering confusion.

How Many Ministries Of Truth Does One Country Need
How many Ministries of Truth does one country need? With Andy Burnham announcing yet another, Prof Michael Rainsborough points out that Britain’s “narratives of decline” arise because the country is, in fact, declining…

“100% confirmed”: Noah’s Ark hunters declare victory before the lab results come in
Five meters beneath a boat-shaped mound in the mountains of eastern Turkey, a drill bit shattered. On the second day of core drilling at the Durupınar site, the bit broke on a layer the team described as harder than limestone, and within hours the news was racing across social media: Noah’s Ark had been found. The expedition’s promoters spoke of petrified wood, hidden rooms, and a discovery that would dismantle Darwinism. The laboratories that will actually test the samples have yet to report a single result.

‘Stop treating them like infants’: Einat Wilf’s plan to disarm Hamas in next government 
The next government must develop a clear plan for Gaza that does not include reconstruction and instead addresses the ideology that enabled Hamas to attack Israel, Israeli public diplomat Einat Wilf told The Jerusalem Post, laying out her “day after” vision.

A Problem With Pastors: Why Compromise On Genesis Undermines The Foundation Of The Gospel Itself
I thought to myself, “One reason so few pastors preach on the early chapters of Genesis is they’re not sure what to preach.” And they don’t know what to preach because they’re confused by all the old-earth and evolutionist views—promoted by professing Christians—that contradict the plain meaning of the biblical text.

Historic Victory: In Unprecedented Case, Aborted Baby Wins First-Ever Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Abortionist
For the first time in U.S. history, an aborted baby has won a wrongful death lawsuit settlement against the abortionist who killed the unborn child. The estate of the third-trimester child killed in utero has reportedly collected $200,000 under New Mexico’s Wrongful Death Act. “The abortion industry preyed on the mother’s vulnerable condition for profit … failed to properly inform her of programs to help her substance abuse … [and] failed to properly consent her” before performing the abortion, he said. Then they “billed the taxpayer under Medicaid for a procedure that typically costs tens of thousands of dollars.” Seibel said this historic victory in the battle for the sanctity of human life moves the pro-life cause forward significantly with the court’s recognition of personhood for an unborn child.

Classic American Town Hosts Soft Core Smut Drag And Burlesque Show With Kids Present
A local community arts network in New York featured drag performers stripping down to thongs in front of infants and children at its annual festival, according to exclusive photos and videos obtained by the Daily Caller. The Community Arts Network of Oneonta (CANO)’s annual City of the Hills Festival received sponsorship from the City of Oneonta and the New York State Council on the Arts, according to a City of the Hills Facebook post. Videos and photos obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller show drag performers participating in the “Draglesque to Downtown” event, with toddlers and young children seated just feet from the performers.

‘Non-binary’ Episcopalian preacher goes viral for anti-Christian, LGBT blasphemy
‘So, if you’re going to deny God is trans, you’re going to be denying the divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ,’ the gender-confused Episcopalian preacher shockingly declared. An Episcopalian preacher claimed that God is “trans” and that Jesus Christ “transitioned” after His resurrection in a March sermon delivered at New York City’s Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine.

Ukraine’s jet-drone kill rate just hit 55%. Russia’s answer: $12 billion to make more of them
Ukraine’s defense forces intercepted 55% of Russia’s jet-propelled drones in September—more than 1,500 out of over 2,730 launched—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his 26 September evening address.

Baja California Sur prepares for Hurricane Polo ahead of Monday landfall, Mexico
Hurricane warnings covered portions of both coasts of Baja California Sur Sept 27 as Hurricane Polo moved north-northwest toward the peninsula. At 02:00 MST (09:00 UTC) the Cat 3 had maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h (120 mph), forecast to approach the western coast Monday, cross the peninsula at night, & approach northwestern mainland Mexico early Tuesday.

Why Is Germany Suddenly Forcing All 18-Year-Old Men To Take Mandatory Military Medical Exams?
It appears Germany is serious about getting ready for war with Russia. Every 18-year-old is sent a questionnaire that asks if they’d like to join the military. It’s voluntary for women, mandatory for men. who indicate no interest in joining aren’t off the hook. All 18-year-old men must report for mandatory military medical exams to evaluate fitness for service.

The Global Debt Crisis Of 2026 Has Begun, And We Are Being Warned That Most People Have “No Idea What Is About To Happen”
The U.S. gov’t is $40 trillion in debt; the rest of the world has become a lot more hesitant to lend us money. Bond prices are crashing, and rates are spiking. Now we’re in the middle of a financial nightmare with no way out. The same could be said about Japan and most nations in Europe.

Five Suspected Iranian Jihadists Arrested in Terror Plot Targeting UK RAF Fairford Airbase Used by US in Iran War
A terrorist attack was foiled in the UK against the RAF Fairford Airbase by Islamofascists by a female farmer who saw something and reported it. She saw Muslim men in three vans targeting the base in what is a suspected Iranian plot. We got lucky this time.

Finland and Sweden scramble fighter jets to intercept Russian aircraft
Finnish and Swedish fighter jets scrambled for the first time on Sept. 24 to intercept supersonic Russian military aircraft flying over the Gulf of Finland, marking a major milestone in Nordic defense cooperation amid heightened tensions with Moscow.

Netanyahu flew to the UAE to meet Emirati President Mohammed bin Zayed
He flew there Sunday and returned the same day, and did not divulge the reason for the visit. This comes after Haaretz reported this month that MBZ had warned Netanyahu 1 ½ weeks before October 7, 2023, that Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel. The warning was not passed to Israeli intelligence agencies or the military.

Follow the Science … to God? The New Atheism Is Being Disproven
Philosopher Stephen Meyer says the New Atheists’ influence has waned. Some adherents, such as Ayaan Ali, have found Christianity. Others, such as YouTuber Alex O’Connor & podcaster Steven Bartlett, have moderated their views. Dawkins now says he feels “at home” with the Christian “ethos.” (He still rejects God’s existence, however.)

Book Award Winner Complains About White Paint Because of Its “Purity” and “Cleanliness”
In yet another of the year’s intellectually embarrassing events, a book called A Dead White: An Argument Against White Paint has won a National Book Award for nonfiction. “White paint,” argues authoress and Columbia University Professor Wendy Walters, is too pure and too clean. And that, of course, means it is racist and white supremacist.

Yemen’s president calls on his people to mobilise against Iran-backed Houthis
Yemen’s Riyadh-based President Rashid al-Alimi on Friday called on ‌his people to mobilise and join the armed ‌forces while offering a general amnesty to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels who have seized swaths of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and imposed a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia.

The Muslim Student Association is the Entry Point — Islamic Outreach is Spreading Through Your Child’s Public School
They told you the Muslim Student Association was a club for Muslim students. That is the pitch. But look at where the activity goes: beyond Muslim students and into the wider school environment. The MSA is not just a club for Muslim students. It was founded in 1963 at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the Brotherhood-linked 1991 Explanatory Memorandum later named the MSA among “our organizations.” Today, MSA National itself promotes campus activism and da’wah. And that word matters. Da’wah is the Islamic call or invitation to Islam.

Pope celebrates giant Paris Mass in landmark visit 
In the highlight of the visit’s second day, the 71-year-old pope led believers in a mass at Place de la Concorde, … Pope Leo spoke out in defence of migrants … Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally and candidate in the 2027 French presidential election, told Le Monde: “He is the Pope, not a presidential candidate; we mustn’t mix everything up.” President Macron did not attend the Mass

Quantum Computing Flees Europe
Caught between climate regulation and catastrophic energy-policy decisions, a growing number of high-tech companies in the EU are packing up and leaving. Through stock-market deals, two top quantum-computing companies, IQM and Pasqal, are gradually moving toward the United States. The bleeding of the European economy is now being accepted with remarkable resignation.

Sweden and Finland scramble fighters in first joint QRA mission
Sweden and Finland scrambled fighter jets on Thursday to intercept and identify Russian military aircraft over the Gulf of Finland in their first joint operational Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) mission, the Swedish Armed Forces said.

Talarico suffers double poll blow as Texas undecided voters decide
James Talarico’s poll lead over Ken Paxton in the crunch Texas Senate battle has fallen by one point according to two new opinion polls, which also showed the number of undecided Texan voters has been reduced.

Swedish priest in Bangkok says rain keeps falling as floods worsen
Olof Olsson, a priest in the Church of Sweden in Bangkok, describes the rain that has caused widespread flooding in the capital as endless. Normally, there are intense showers for a few days and then it dries up. But now it just keeps raining. The rain here is always intense, but when it doesn’t subside like it usually does, it becomes catastrophic, he says and continues: It’s extremely heavy this time.

Trump says Iran wants to make a deal over the Strait of Hormuz ‘because they’re dying’
President Donald Trump said Ali al-Zaidi is a “fantastic guy” following his meeting with the Iraqi prime minister on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly earlier this week. “It went great. He’s a fantastic man. He’s a friend of mine. I endorsed him, right? I mean, I endorsed him, the Iraqi prime minister, he’s a fantastic guy,” Trump said Saturday when asked how the meeting went.

Mayday call captures pilot’s urgent warning before aircraft goes down off coast
A pilot’s dramatic escape from a plane that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off California has prompted an investigation. The plane, an MK-58 Hawker Hunter, plunged into the water after the pilot reported trouble while flying off California’s Central Coast on Tuesday evening, ABC News reported. The crash triggered an emergency response near Morro Bay, where the pilot was rescued after ejecting from the aircraft. Before the crash, the pilot issued a mayday call and reported losing engine thrust, according to air traffic control audio

Dem House hopeful endorsed by activist who said ‘evil Jews run the world’
Adina Flores, who backs Jones for California’s 4th district, has posted about a ‘gay Jewish mafia’ running Sonoma County … The endorsement raises questions for Jones, who has met with Flores multiple times according to social media clips, about whether he agrees with Flores’ views. In one video, posted to Facebook, Flores stated she believed part of California, Sonoma County, was run by Jews.

Nor’easter Hammers East Coast: 62 MPH Gusts Blast Nantucket, High Winds Hit Bethany Beach
Folks in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast are waking up this morning to a power nor’easter with damaging winds, coastal flooding, and heavy rain. Coastal wind gusts reached 62 mph on Nantucket, 58 mph in Bethany Beach, Delaware, and 55 mph in Chatham, Massachusetts, according to local weather data. New York’s JFK Airport recorded a 53 mph gust. Winds are expected to continue through Sunday.

Syria Opens Overland Fuel Transit Route To Iraq Amid Hormuz Closure
Syria has begun trucking imported gasoline from its Baniyas Refinery into Iraq, adding a return leg to a route Baghdad has used to export its fuel since the US war on Iran led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, 77 tanker trucks have so far set off for the Iraqi border, with loading still in progress and more cargoes on the way.

‘Exactly what God wants’ – A Lebanese Christian leader on blessing Israel and its neighbors 
Henri Aoun, a Lebanese Evangelical Christian, joined Joel and Lynn Rosenberg on a recent episode of Inside the Epicenter, the podcast of The Joshua Fund. In much of the Middle East, and increasingly in the West, support for Israel is assumed to come at the expense of the Arab world. Henri Aoun rejects that choice. “You want to see Israel being blessed, the Israeli people, the Jewish people being blessed, but you don’t want to neglect the neighbors, because that’s what God taught us from the very beginning in the Old Testament,” he said. He cited the Torah’s command to love the stranger in the land, and King Solomon’s prayer at the dedication of the Temple, which asks God to hear the foreigner who comes seeking Him. “We believe that blessing Israel along with the neighbors is exactly what God wants us to do,” Aoun said.

6000+ historians, legal experts sign open letter rejecting Gaza genocide charge against Israel 
More than 6,000 signatories, including prominent historians, academics and legal experts, have signed an open letter titled “We must unite in repudiating the lie of genocide,” rejecting the charge that Israel is committing “genocide” in Gaza and describing the accusation as a modern antisemitic “blood libel.”

If Gaza governance group began now, it’d be ‘eaten alive,’ Board of Peace rep says
The National Committee for the Administration of Gaza of the U.S.-backed Board of Peace is not in a position to take control of the Strip now, according to Nickolay Mladenov, the board’s high representative for Gaza. “If you allow the Palestinian committee to go in now and take responsibility in Gaza, I assure you, within a week, they will be eaten up alive by the difficulties they will face,” Mladenov said

“The Netherlands Also Has Islamic Grooming Gangs”; Dutch MP Warns After 18-Year-Old Girl Raped By 10 Men
An 18-year-old woman has been gang raped and beaten by up to ten different men, many of them with a Syrian background, in the Dutch city of Dordrecht. Although the rape occurred in May 2025, the suspects are only now being arrested. In response to the rape, political leader Geert Wilders wrote that the Netherlands also has Islamic grooming gangs and called for all the perpetrators to be removed from the country along with their families.

The Socialist Indoctrination Machine: Schools Are Teaching Young People To Embrace Big Government, Hate Capitalism
A great swath of our country has bought into the lie that socialism can somehow provide a better quality of life, and it owes largely to progressives’ success transforming our education system into an indoctrination machine…

“I’m Rejecting Their Deal”: Trump Blasts Iranian Proposal Amid Reports He’ll Resume Bombing After Midterms
Trump might be thinking a better deal is just around the corner & he’s willing to set the region on fire again in pursuit.

Episcopal priestess stirs outrage for claiming Jesus is transgender: ‘Heretical and vapid’
An Episcopal priestess in New York City has stirred outrage in recent days for a viral clip in which she proclaimed from the pulpit that God is nonbinary and Jesus Christ is transgender.

Natalie Grant warns Church on use of AI to shape spirituality
Veteran contemporary Christian artist and nine-time Grammy nominee Natalie Grant has warned against the use of artificial intelligence in the Christian music industry to shape spirituality and says the rise of the technology will create a demand for live performances.

Hurricane Polo triggers ‘Category 6’ alarm as models show storm impacting the US
Hurricane Polo exploded into an exceptionally powerful Category 5 storm, with sustained winds of 180mph as it churns across the eastern Pacific. The monster reached Cat 5 strength, highest official rating, reserved for storms with winds of at least 157mph, 3 times this week.

Google Maps Now Tracks Every Traffic Light — One Subpoena From the Feds
Android Auto’s new traffic light alerts mean Google logs every intersection you cross — & that location data is one subpoena away from the gov’t. Google Maps now pops up alerts for traffic lights & stop signs on Android Auto, & every intersection you cross is another data point about where & when you go, & how you get there.

American MAID: New York Issued About 20 Lethal Prescriptions in Just the First Month of Its Assisted-Suicide Law
New York’s Medical Aid in Dying Act has been in effect for a little over a month, and the state still won’t say how many people used it. However, Columbia bioethicist David Hoffman, who works with hospitals & groups implementing the statute, said he estimates about 20 prescriptions for life-ending drugs have already gone out.

Prepping For a Cashless Control Grid: How Digital Currency Becomes Digital Control
Something fundamental is vanishing, and most people won’t notice until it’s already gone. Not with a declaration. Not with a law passed in the dead of night. Simply, gradually, the option to buy something without creating a permanent record will disappear.

Sukkot 2026: The empty chair is gone, but the threat of Hamas and Iran remains
For the first time since Oct. 7, 2023, Israelis will enter Sukkot knowing not a single hostage, living or dead, remains in Gaza. A year ago, the picture was different. Last Sukkot began with 20 living hostages still held by Hamas. Their photos hung from sukkah walls, while empty chairs symbolized the Jews who could not sit with their own families.

Iran will make no nuclear concessions, Iranian official says
Iran will show no flexibility over its nuclear programme even if the US accepts its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which calls for steps including lifting of a US naval blockade on Iranian ports. The official, speaking anonymously, said the waterway would remain closed until “all of Iran’s conditions are met.”

As Hurricane Nolo stalls near Hawaii’s Big Island, serious flooding likely
Hurricane Nolo isn’t moving. The center of the high-end Category 2 was located 145 miles south of Hawaii’s Big Island as of Saturday morning, with 105 mph winds. That’s why Nolo presents such a severe flood threat for the Big Island, which just last month received a widespread 20 to 30 inches of rain from Hurricane Lala.