Politics

Mike Rogers asks AIPAC not to advertise for his campaign against el Sayed

AIPAC’s influence in Michigan’s Senate race is expanding beyond just the Democratic primary, as allies of Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers reportedly ask the pro-Israel committee to cease advertising for Rogers’s campaign.

Joe Concha rips Hasan Piker: 'Democrats actually campaign with this maniac'

Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha ripped left-wing commentator and streamer Hasan Piker and criticized Democrats for elevating him within the party.

Nebraska school district asks police to stop using shock gloves on students

Omaha police agreed to stop carrying electric shock gloves in the halls of state’s largest public school district

The President’s Focus

Panelists joined to discuss Trump’s priorities as the national debt reaches new highs.

Abusers coercing or duping women to post explicit OnlyFans content, UK court cases reveal

Separate criminal convictions come as domestic violence charities warn of tech-facilitated abuse and coercion

European wildfires expose, detonate buried bombs and mines from past wars

The wildfires burning across Europe this summer have exposed a potentially deadly threat lurking beneath the blackened landscape: rusty bombs and mines from World War I and II that threaten crews responding to the flames.

It’s a miracle: Natalie Harp has turned Republicans into feminists

A Democrat’s remarks have resulted in impassioned defenses of the Trump aide. The right has discovered misogyny

Think You Own Your Land? Loophole Says State Agents Can Walk Right In

On Aug. 1, another Colorado anti-Second Amendment law took effect, with which, among other matters, Colorado altered its regulatory landscape by putting once highly regarded Colorado Parks and Wildlife in charge of firearm training and qualifications, interposing it between Coloradans and their local sheriffs.

Ukrainian drones kill several, hit warehouse of Russian online retailer Ozon

The strike is the first on Ozon, Russia's second-largest online retailer, which Ukraine sees as part of a wider campaign against economic infrastructure.

The Independent Nones

It is an easy and entertaining setup. Recruit one fervent believer and one atheist, give them microphones, and let them have at it. And that is exactly what happened when Catholic New York Times columnist Ross Douthat debated atheist psychologist Steven Pinker on the subject, “Do we need God?” inside Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church earlier this year.

Trump's new attorney general poses a huge threat to abortion rights

A call revealing Todd Blanche’s plans to crack down on mifepristone lays bare the danger

Cuba's 100th birthday party for Fidel Castro is pure political necrophilia

High-ranking Cuban government officials, including President Miguel Diaz-Canel, recently conducted a five-day festival of concerts, art exhibits, and educational colloquiums to celebrate what would have been Fidel Castro’s 100th birthday on Aug. 13. He died in 2016.