Glenn Beck...Baby Sparrow: A little girl’s escape from terror defies our anti-hero cultureAlmost one year ago, Glenn introduced us to Joshua and Stephanie Mast, the adoptive parents of a baby girl rescued by our soldiers during a mission in Afghanistan after the death of both of her parents, who were likely foreign fighters — non-Afghans who came to join the fight against our forces.
Glenn Beck Podcast: Emma Nissen joins Glenn for a music-packed conversation on faith, jazz, and finding her voiceDoes she sound like Adele, Billie Eilish, or Ella Fitzgerald? Glenn can’t pick just one in this very special, music-filled edition of The Glenn Beck Podcast with rising star Emma Nissen.
News...Trump rescinds Obama-era climate ruling, triggering the biggest deregulation rollback in U.S. historyBy scrapping the 2009 declaration that let Washington treat CO2 as a public hazard, Trump is gutting the entire climate-regulation machine — wiping out mandates that drove up car prices, kneecapped U.S. energy, and stacked over $1.3 trillion in federal costs onto consumers and industry.
Trump ends mandate that required automakers to include “start-stop” technology in vehiclesThe administration scrapped the Obama-era rule that forced automakers to install the start-stop system — the widely hated feature that shuts your engine off at red lights — meaning car companies no longer have to include it in new models just to satisfy federal emissions credits.
Judicial Watch says new FBI docs reveal warnings about suspicious person before Butler shooting“These documents raise troubling new questions about Secret Service failures to protect President Trump. And it shouldn’t have taken years and a federal lawsuit to get this basic FBI material about the near assassination of President Trump,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement.
Hawley clashes with Minnesota AG Ellison over fraud: ‘You ought to be indicted’Sen. Hawley pointed to a 2025 news report alleging Ellison met with Somali figures behind the multibillion-dollar Feeding Our Future scam as they begged him to ease pressure from investigators — and then received $10,000 in campaign donations from people tied to the fraud ring just nine days later.
Democrat Sheriff reportedly not giving FBI access to key evidence in Guthrie casePima County sheriff Chris Nanos is refusing to release a glove and DNA evidence, instead routing the forensics to a private lab — a decision federal officials warn is delaying the most urgent path to answers.
How the FBI actually got the Google Nest footage of Nancy Guthrie’s alleged kidnapperAn unknown loophole in the terms of service revealed his face to the world.
NYC mayor taps activist who registered psychiatric patients to vote as city’s new health czarZohran Mamdani chose Alister Martin — founder of a group that signed up psychiatric and hospitalized patients to vote, including some involuntarily committed — to run New York’s health department.
Chicago suburb to hand out $25k reparations checksEvanston — a majority-white city that backed Democrats by huge margins in 2024 — is rolling out $25,000 payments for select black residents, funded in part by a tax on marijuana.
Politics...Senate departs Washington for the week without DHS funding billThe upper chamber's departure means that the department will be forced to shut down beginning Saturday.
Democrats want to stop illegal alien deportations by shutting down DHS. It’s that simpleJust like the last time Democrats threw the government into a shutdown, they have no leverage but are now withholding votes to fund the Department of Homeland Security while making ridiculous demands that the Trump administration is entertaining.
CNN analyst says Democrats’ hard-left shift now undeniableNew polling highlighted by CNN’s Harry Enten shows a record 58% of Americans say Democrats have become too liberal, with “very liberal” identifiers in the party quadrupling since the ’90s. Enten warned the far-left’s growing influence on the party could carry real electoral consequences.
Rep. Michael Cloud reveals the hidden voting machines lawmakers use on the House floorHouse members literally have to insert a photo-ID card into the voting machines to cast a vote — so yes, Democrats had to use photo ID to vote against requiring photo ID for actual voters.
Former Democrat governor of North Carolina deletes post showing him using ID to vote in state primary"It's Democrat hypocrisy at its finest."
California redistricting might help octogenarian wife-beating slumlord Democrat have shot at CongressMike Schaefer — 87 years old, disbarred in two states, convicted of spousal abuse, hit with a record slumlord judgment, and known for running more than 30 losing campaigns over five decades — is now trying yet again, filing for CA-48 after his lone late-career fluke win on California’s tax board.
Economy...Trump admin assembles financial dream team in high-stakes America First moveA little-known government agency could soon be at the center of the Trump administration’s efforts to work with private sector leaders to unleash innovation in American tech companies.
Not just California: Washington state and Illinois eyeing millionaire taxesDemocrats are pushing new surtaxes on high earners — ranging from Washington’s proposed 9.9% income tax on million-dollar earners to Illinois plans to stack new millionaire taxes and even levy unrealized gains — despite mounting evidence that wealthy residents are already fleeing high-tax blue states in record numbers.
Top Goldman Sachs lawyer shocks execs with abrupt resignation after ‘xoxo’ emails with Epstein surfaceThe Wall Street giant said late Thursday that Kathy Ruemmler — who in the latest Epstein files dump was revealed to have an email rapport with the convicted pedophile right up to the days before his suicide — is leaving the bank.
Immigration...Border czar ends Minneapolis surge after locating thousands of missing migrant childrenTom Homan said federal agents are pulling out after tracking down 3,364 unaccompanied children lost under Biden and stabilizing conditions with help from Minneapolis and Minnesota officials.
The ICE drawdown in Minneapolis is probably a surge to CaliforniaTom Homan’s withdrawal from Minnesota came the same day DHS signaled major expansions in California, where new ICE offices are opening and arrests have exploded. The timing points to a strategic redeployment, not a retreat — with San Diego likely the next major enforcement front.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper smears DHS agentsCooper claimed the thousands of officers withdrawing from Minnesota included "masked men" who "probably couldn’t make it on a police force, probably couldn’t make it in the military."
Activist judge releases four criminal illegal aliens convicted of murder, child sex crimesMiddle District Court of Louisiana Judge John deGravelles, an Obama appointee, last Friday released four criminal illegal aliens convicted of murder and child sex crimes from ICE custody.
LA activists plan siren network to shield illegal aliens from ICEA Highland Park organizer is pushing to mount private sirens across neighborhood streets to warn illegal aliens of approaching ICE agents, expanding beyond the whistle alerts activists already use. The effort comes as Mayor Karen Bass continues Democrats' wider efforts to oppose federal authorities.
Rolling Stone swoons over anti-ICE American Girl doll activismTo anyone with testosterone reading this and wondering what “American Girl dolls” are — we asked AI for you. Here’s the translation: “American Girl dolls were expensive, hyper-detailed toy dolls marketed to suburban 1990s moms who wanted their daughters to ‘learn history’ while buying $42 miniature tea sets.”
WAR News...This is the LOCUST laser that reportedly prompted closing El Paso’s airspaceThe U.S. Army has been acquiring multiple versions of the LOCUST laser weapon system to bolster its ability to shoot down hostile drones.
Ukraine - Russia...Russia memo sees return to U.S. dollar system in pitch made for TrumpThe Kremlin has set out proposals that could see Russia embrace the dollar again as part of a wide-ranging economic partnership with the Trump administration.
Canada...AFP: Canada mass shooting suspect is 18-year-old local woman with known mental health strugglesAuthorities have revealed details about the suspect in one of the country's deadliest mass shootings, which took place at a school in British Columbia. The young woman also shot and killed her mother and brother.
The Canadian Press: Advocates, experts warn against vilifying transgender people in wake of Tumbler Ridge shootingElected officials casting blame on trans people can be dangerous in different ways: from rising hate crimes to clawing back hard-fought human rights, something that's been happening in the United States.
The Canadian Press: No evidence of trans shooter ‘epidemic’ in Canada, U.S."Experts" have identified just one mass killing involving a transgender shooter since 2023.
Europe...Norway raids home of former PM tied to Epstein travel arrangementsNorwegian investigators searched three properties tied to former prime minister Thorbjorn Jagland after Epstein files showed him arranging family trips to Palm Beach and “Jeffrey’s island” while he led the Nobel Committee and the Council of Europe.
Stop discouraging first cousin marriage, NHS staff toldNew guidance directs hospitals not to warn against cousin marriages and instead provide neutral counseling that avoids discouraging the practice.
Middle East...WSJ: U.S. smuggled 6,000 Starlink terminals into Iran after protest crackdownThe Trump administration covertly sent thousands of Starlink terminals into Iran after the regime’s brutal crackdown on demonstrations last month, U.S. officials said, an effort to keep dissidents online following Tehran’s stifling of internet access.
Iran talks tough on ballistic missile program amid negotiations with Trump adminIranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday that "no one can cause even the slightest damage" to the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missiles.
Latin America...Cuba is facing an economic and social catastrophe, and not entirely because of Donald TrumpThe island is unraveling under fuel shortages, a collapsing grid, runaway inflation, disease outbreaks, and the mass flight of doctors and professionals — problems made worse by Trump’s embargo but rooted in years of internal decline.
Mexico sends aid to Cuba as Sheinbaum walks diplomatic tightrope with U.S.Much-needed supplies but no oil arrive on navy ships as Trump stokes island nation’s economic crisis.
Russia shrugs off Trump’s tariff threats on those who provide oil to Cuba“We wouldn’t want any escalation, but on the other hand, we don’t have much trade right now,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
Australia...Police release call from boy, 13, who swam for hours to save his family stranded at seaAustin Appelbee swam 4km to shore and then ran a further 2km to get help after he and his family were swept out to sea in Western Australia.
Entertainment...Disney’s woke ‘Snow White’ remake racked up a stunning $336 million budget before bombingNewly filed production records reveal the remake’s costs soared far higher than previously known.
DHS torches Cardi B after she threatens to ‘jump’ ICE agents at California showCardi B joked onstage about attacking federal officers, prompting DHS to mock her past as a stripper where she admitted to drugging and robbing men.
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Cardi B falls while attempting to give a lap dance to a robot that was minding its own business on a sidewalkLGBTQIA2S+...California AG sues to keep parents from knowing if their kids are identifying as trans at schoolRob Bonta is fighting a federal finding that California broke the law by hiding students’ trans-related school records from parents, pushing to preserve state rules that bar educators from “outing” kids even as the Trump administration threatens to withhold $4.9 billion in funding.
GayDays at Disney World put on pause after sponsors fleeOrganizers pulled the plug on the 2026 gathering after losing key backers and running into the broader collapse of LGBTQ event support.
Health...More than 50 conservative leaders sign letter against Trump drug pricing policy codificationThe letter argues a “most favored nation” pricing law would “import socialist price controls and values into our country.”
HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he snorted cocaine off a toilet seat while explaining why he wasn’t afraid of COVID-era germs"I’m not scared of a germ, you know. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats."
Religion...A look into Trump’s plans for ‘Rededicate 250,’ a day of worship on the National MallSenior adviser Vince Haley says the goal is to revive the nation’s historic prayer tradition and openly call the country back to faith, marking the anniversary of the Continental Congress’ 1776 day of fasting and prayer.
AI...Table for one? Now you can take your AI chatbot on an actual date at NYC’s ‘world-first’ companion cafeIf you’ve gone from dating apps to dating an app, there’s now a bar for you. The Hell’s Kitchen establishment has been re-designed for those who have AI partners, so they can bring along their phone or tablet and set up at a table for a romantic evening.
Science...NASA’s ‘missing’ Moon tapes weren’t a cover-up after allNASA’s high-quality backup tapes of Apollo 11 were accidentally erased and reused decades ago — routine housekeeping at the time that later fueled conspiracy theories, even though all the mission data and broadcast footage survived.
China could beat NASA to the MoonNot unless they build a time machine.
Olympics...Olympics ice dancing scandal has fans screaming ‘rigged’ after judge’s questionable scores take gold from AmericansA French judge scored France dramatically higher and the U.S. team dramatically lower than every other judge on the panel, creating the razor-thin margin that handed France the gold and sparked accusations of blatant bias.
'Queer' Olympic skater claims Trump is threatening her ‘human rights’Amber Glenn framed herself as under siege, saying the LGBTQ community is suffering under Trump and announcing she’d step back from social media for her “well-being.” Then she returned the very next day posting nonstop activism with new complaints.
The beloved Olympic mascots are color-changing critters that are vulnerable to climate changeThe mascots are stoats — little weasel things that turn white in winter so they don’t get eaten — except because of global warming there’s no snow in Europe anymore, so they’re turning white and becoming snack-sized stoat nuggets for every predator in the Alps.
