https://www.westernjournal.com Data Studio RSS Feed en-US Mon, 18 May 2026 08:00:18 +0000 Mon, 18 May 2026 15:27:46 +0000 contactus@liftablemedia.com (Liftable Media) https://www.westernjournal.com/democrat-max-morley-drops-primary-admitting-mail-theft/A Democrat dropped out of his primary race after he was caught on video taking campaign literature from a potential voter’s mailbox, WDRB reported Wednesday. Democratic Kentucky State Rep. Candidate Max Morley is former public school teacher who “worked on several high-profile political races” and was previously elected to the...Mon, 18 May 2026 08:00:18 -0700Spencer Lombardohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195518https://www.westernjournal.com/septic-truck-explodes-struck-train-video-shows/A train collided with a septic truck on Thursday in Virginia, video shows. The crash unfolded Thursday afternoon in Chesapeake, local news outlet WAVY reported. A video, taken by Azuriah O’Daniel and posted to Facebook, captured the moment the train collided with the truck and exploded. Images from the scene showed...Mon, 18 May 2026 07:00:25 -0700Francis Kapperhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195586https://www.westernjournal.com/chocolate-bar-recall-expands-amid-fears-bacterial-contamination/Spring & Mulberry is expanding a recall on their chocolate products amid fears of Salmonella contamination. The company announced on May 8 that they conducted a "root cause investigation" with the help of food safety specialists and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The investigation identified "a single lot of...Mon, 18 May 2026 06:30:03 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193999https://www.westernjournal.com/us-military-hits-isis-targets-nigeria-eliminating-top-terror-leader/Two days after U.S. forces eliminated a top Islamic State leader in Nigeria, a second attack took out Islamic State fighters as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to protect Christians in Nigeria. U.S. Africa Command wrote in a news release that “in coordination with the Government of Nigeria, conducted...Mon, 18 May 2026 06:08:23 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4196716https://www.westernjournal.com/teacher-wins-union-race-allegedly-abusing-child/A teacher and apparent Black Lives Matter activist is expected to become the Seattle teachers union’s president despite allegedly abusing one of her students, The Seattle Times reported Monday. Ibijoke Idowu-Holiday is a special education teacher at Rising Star Elementary School. However, Seattle Public Schools chief of staff Rev Redmond...Mon, 18 May 2026 06:00:02 -0700Spencer Lombardohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193385https://www.westernjournal.com/clock-ticking-trump-convenes-situation-room-iran-attacks-arab-neighbors/Amid drone attacks from Iran on its Arab neighbors, President Donald Trump is talking tough about what might come next. The United Arab Emirates is blaming Iran or one of its proxies for drone attacks on its nuclear power plant, according to the Guardian. Saudi Arabia said that it stopped...Mon, 18 May 2026 05:59:16 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4196529https://www.westernjournal.com/video-heart-stopping-moment-2-navy-fighter-jets-collide-appear-fuse-together-single-craft-crashing/Two Navy jets collided midair Sunday at an air show being held at Mountain Home Air Base in Idaho. The Gunfighter Skies air show crash took place at about 12:10 p.m. local time, according to the Idaho Statesman. Although the two planes fell in a twisted mass of smoking wreckage,...Mon, 18 May 2026 05:52:16 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4196520https://www.westernjournal.com/chinese-evs-coming-canada-may-impact-us-national-security/Amid President Donald Trump's visit with senior Chinese leaders in Beijing, some automotive and national security experts urged him to avoid lifting restrictions on the communist nation's electric vehicle exports. Trump and other administration officials are expected to discuss trade policy with the Chinese government, prompting renewed warnings about the...Mon, 18 May 2026 05:30:38 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193929https://www.westernjournal.com/scandal-ridden-hospital-open-first-us-detransition-clinic-historic-legal-settlement/America’s largest children’s hospital agreed to open the nation’s first “Detransition Clinic” after years of scandals involving child sex-change procedures, Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Friday. Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston will provide free sex-change detransition services through the clinic for its first five years as part of...Mon, 18 May 2026 05:00:04 -0700Hudson Crozierhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195280https://www.westernjournal.com/walgreens-forced-shutter-yet-another-store-major-city-due-urban-crime/Walgreens is closing a longtime location in Chicago because of runaway theft, shuttering one of the few remaining pharmacies in that portion of the South Side. On June 4, the pharmacy chain is suspending its location at 86th and Cottage Grove, according to a report from WFLD-TV. Walgreens Regional Vice...Mon, 18 May 2026 04:30:27 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193913https://www.westernjournal.com/notorious-venezuelan-gangs-alleged-leader-dragged-us-historic-first/An alleged high-ranking member of a Venezuelan gang that surged in the U.S. under former President Joe Biden was extradited to Texas on Thursday, federal authorities announced. Suspected Tren de Aragua gangbanger Jose Enrique Martinez Flores is scheduled for a Friday court appearance in Houston after Colombian officials transferred him...Mon, 18 May 2026 04:00:26 -0700Hudson Crozierhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195260https://www.westernjournal.com/blue-state-continues-attacking-pregnancy-centers-recent-supreme-court-ruling/After the Supreme Court ruled that a pro-life pregnancy center in New Jersey had the right to challenge a state order demanding that they hand over their donor list, the state government reiterated its desire to obtain the list. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in favor of First Choice Women's...Mon, 18 May 2026 03:30:35 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4187547https://www.westernjournal.com/hole-country-african-fertility-festival-now-called-rape-festival-women-attacked-stripped-chased-video/The "all cultures are beautiful" crowd is going to have a difficult time explaining this one. News began circulating in March that Nigeria's Ozoro, Delta State, held their annual Alue-Do fertility festival, but it became what's being branded a "rape festival." AU News reported that disturbing footage was posted online...Mon, 18 May 2026 03:00:53 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195162https://www.westernjournal.com/blue-state-may-slipped-defending-ammo-ban/Attorneys for the state of New Jersey may have made a significant error while trying to fend off a Second Amendment challenge to the state’s ban on civilian possession of hollow-point ammunition in most circumstances. The state prohibited civilians from carrying the rounds, which are almost universally used by law...Sun, 17 May 2026 11:00:47 -0700Ryan Meilstruphttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192443https://www.westernjournal.com/republican-lawmaker-crashes-woke-churchs-gun-buyback-scheme-ingenious-play/A West Virginia state lawmaker crashed a May 2 “Guns to Gardens” event held by Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church at a local fire department, saving numerous firearms from destruction. For decades, those pushing for gun “buybacks” have tried to convince people to turn in their firearms in exchange for a relatively...Sun, 17 May 2026 10:30:45 -0700Ryan Meilstruphttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191923https://www.westernjournal.com/dad-innocently-opens-lid-weird-old-bottle-moments-later-grounds-fire-bomb-squads-coming-headed-hospital/Tony Lovell, a British dog walker, thought he'd discovered what was just a "nice looking bottle" on the beach. Instead of finding a message inside, he found near-tragedy for him and his family -- potentially from one of the greatest tragedies of the last century. According to a BBC report...Sun, 17 May 2026 10:00:16 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195855https://www.westernjournal.com/ap-six-found-dead-cargo-boxcar-union-pacific-yard-border-town-police/Federal agents are investigating the deaths of six people thought to be immigrants found inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard near the border with Mexico in Laredo, Texas, on Sunday as a "potential human smuggling event." A Union Pacific employee found the bodies of six people...Sun, 17 May 2026 09:30:17 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191750https://www.westernjournal.com/florida-police-officers-sue-ben-affleck-matt-damon-claim-details-new-action-thriller-real/MIAMI (AP) — Two South Florida police officers claimed Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's recent action thriller “The Rip” used too many real-life details in its fictionalized narrative, causing harm to the officers' personal and professional reputations, according to a defamation lawsuit. Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, sergeants in the...Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:06 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192088https://www.westernjournal.com/founders-likely-built-famous-phrase-declaration-independence-christian-sermon/The famous second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence likely drew its phrasing from a sermon delivered in the early 1700s. Tim and David Barton, the president and founder of Wallbuilders, respectively, explained the connection in a video posted by Allen Jackson, pastor of World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee....Sun, 17 May 2026 08:30:23 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192120https://www.westernjournal.com/vances-anti-fraud-taskforce-makes-major-move-medicare-fraud/The Trump administration is temporarily pausing new home health and hospice providers from enrolling in Medicare, Reuters first reported Wednesday. The move is part of Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force’s broader efforts to eliminate healthcare ‌fraud across the U.S., according to Reuters. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...Sun, 17 May 2026 08:00:13 -0700Ireland Owenshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193544https://www.westernjournal.com/us-deportations-el-salvador-double-bukele-trump-continue-clean-crime-countries/SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- The number of people deported to El Salvador from the U.S. nearly doubled in the first months of 2026, according to official figures, which come as Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele has positioned himself as an ally willing to help the Trump administration accelerate deportations. The...Sun, 17 May 2026 07:30:49 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193680https://www.westernjournal.com/alarming-change-middle-east-geography-setting-stage-bibles-armageddon-prophecy/The famous Euphrates River, running right through the heart of the "cradle of civilization" in Iraq, is drying up, which may be setting the stage for Bible end-times prophecy being fulfilled. A 2021 government report issued by the Iraq Ministry of Water Resources warned the river could run dry by...Sun, 17 May 2026 07:00:06 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193825https://www.westernjournal.com/op-ed-tuckers-deceitful-antichrist-hoax-provably-false-case-trump-derangement-syndrome/The latest faux MAGA conspiracy theory witnessed Tucker Carlson insinuating that President Trump -- the very same man he previously said had his life spared by divine intervention -- is the Antichrist. Carlson lied when pressed on this, saying “those words never left his lips,” before attempting to distance himself...Sun, 17 May 2026 06:30:25 -0700Matt Kanehttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195226https://www.westernjournal.com/target-fire-latest-store-change-customers-furious-pieces-garbage/Embattled retail superstore chain Target is under fire -- again -- as it continues to test its customer base's patience. According to Fast Company, Target will be deploying a new fleet of shopping carts to better serve the customer through increased size and better maneuverability. The new models are "beefier,"...Sun, 17 May 2026 06:00:39 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195720https://www.westernjournal.com/not-joke-bidens-woke-state-dept-trained-officers-toss-random-items-5-gallon-buckets-blindfolded/The State Department cut LGBT seminars, blindfolded team-building exercises, and career events for pet owners from agency onboarding as part of its new Foreign Service recruiting push. Foreign Service orientation or “A-100” is a six-week orientation for new officers and specialists. The revised curriculum aims to remove undue ideological influence...Sun, 17 May 2026 05:30:53 -0700Benjamin Robertshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192014https://www.westernjournal.com/viral-man-said-rich-enough-handle-fine-attacking-endangered-animal-now-facing-federal-charges/Wealth can obviously and undeniably be helpful in a lot of situations. But for one Washington state businessman who thought he was "rich enough" to handle even a hefty fine for his brutish stunt, he's learning that there are some situations where all the money in the world can't help...Sun, 17 May 2026 05:00:52 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195668https://www.westernjournal.com/survivors-plane-crash-off-florida-stranded-life-raft-no-idea-help-coming/For five hours, the 11 survivors of a plane crash off the coast of Florida floated on a life raft, with no means of calling for help and no idea if anyone was coming to save them. As a thunderstorm approached, they gathered under a tarp for whatever protection it...Sun, 17 May 2026 04:30:39 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193862https://www.westernjournal.com/dem-infighting-worsens-fingers-start-pointing-heated-california-governors-race/The warm California summers have nothing on the flaring tempers within the state's crowded gubernatorial race. And most of that bickering is coming from just one side of the political aisle. As Democrats vie to get past the state's unique primary system -- wherein neither major political party is guaranteed...Sun, 17 May 2026 04:00:05 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195698https://www.westernjournal.com/resurfaced-video-mamdani-giving-called-nazi-salute-elon-liberal-crowd-cheers/New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani was seen during his inauguration day in January giving a hand gesture to the crowd eerily similar to the one for which leftists once castigated Elon Musk during President Donald Trump's inauguration. A fan account of podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan posted a...Sun, 17 May 2026 03:30:32 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195143https://www.westernjournal.com/gop-stalwart-announces-plans-leave-house-representatives/In what could be a big get for Republicans in Kentucky -- and a huge blow for Republicans in the House of Representatives -- Rep. James Comer has openly announced that he plans to run for governor come 2027. Speaking to The Daily Independent in a piece published May 7,...Sun, 17 May 2026 03:00:31 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195736https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-us-makes-intense-preparations-impending-iran-attacks-trump-sends-warning/Amid talk that war with Iran may be renewed, President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated Truth Social video that showed him seemingly ordering the destruction of an Iranian naval vessel. “OK we have it in our sight. Fire – boom!” Trump says in the video as a U.S. destroyer blows...Sat, 16 May 2026 15:02:03 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4196118https://www.westernjournal.com/us-attorney-pirro-lays-law-parents-need-stop-teen-takeovers-face-jail/If police in Washington, D.C., can't crack down on so-called "teen takeovers" -- one of the more obnoxious phenomena to affect American life in recent years -- U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro says she will. Not only that, she's going to hold parents who can't control their children responsible. In a...Sat, 16 May 2026 14:57:32 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195774https://www.westernjournal.com/right-13-heads-roll-dc-polices-conspiracy-deceive-public-astronomical-crime-rates-exposed/We were told the National Guard were not needed, and that Washington, D.C., is a perfectly safe place to live and work. "President Donald Trump is overstepping and tyrannically abusing his executive authority! Just look at the crime statistics!" Upon further investigation, we can now conclude -- Trump was right,...Sat, 16 May 2026 14:45:01 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195944https://www.westernjournal.com/violent-repeat-offender-left-psych-ward-days-allegedly-shooting-busy-massachusetts-street/The suspect charged with randomly shooting people on a Massachusetts street on Monday was in a psychiatric facility three days prior, court records say. Tyler Brown’s parole officer learned he was using drugs and acting strangely after being released from McLean Hospital in Belmont on Friday, a Massachusetts state trooper...Sat, 16 May 2026 12:30:12 -0700Hudson Crozierhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193400https://www.westernjournal.com/major-thermos-product-recalled-causing-vision-loss-three-people/Thermos recently announced a recall of more than 8 million products after at least three consumers experienced permanent vision loss from stoppers forcefully ejecting. The Illinois-based food container manufacturer is asking customers to cease using their Thermos Stainless King 3000 and 3020 Food Jars, as well as their Thermos Sportsman...Sat, 16 May 2026 10:00:35 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4186509https://www.westernjournal.com/democrats-top-five-positions-clash-biblical-values/As the 2026 midterm elections approach, many Christians are wrestling with an important question: How do modern political platforms align with biblical truth? No political party perfectly reflects the values of Scripture. Both Republicans and Democrats fall short in different ways because all human systems are flawed. Yet for Christians...Sat, 16 May 2026 09:30:05 -0700Ryan Ricehttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195513https://www.westernjournal.com/ap-wheelchair-bound-harvey-weinstein-returns-court-illness-jury-deliberates-fate-rape-trial/Harvey Weinstein returned to court and jurors resumed deliberating in his rape retrial Thursday, a day after the former movie tycoon reported chest pains while in the courthouse. Weinstein, who's 74 and has a history of heart trouble and other health woes, looked pale but alert as he was brought...Sat, 16 May 2026 09:00:15 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194361https://www.westernjournal.com/marine-vet-praised-woman-saved-crazed-gunman/A woman who ran to safety while a Marine veteran engaged a crazed gunman in Cambridge, Massachusetts, told local media Tuesday the armed citizen “is an absolutely incredible hero who saved lives.” The Marine veteran assisted a Massachusetts state trooper who responded to the scene when 46-year-old Tyson Brown allegedly...Sat, 16 May 2026 08:30:09 -0700Harold Hutchisonhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193563https://www.westernjournal.com/late-breaking-governor-grants-clemency-election-integrity-advocate-tina-peters/Tina Peters, the former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk and recorder who was given a draconian sentence in 2024 after allowing an individual unauthorized access to certain parts of the county's election systems, was granted clemency by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, on Friday afternoon. The 70-year-old Peters will be...Sat, 16 May 2026 08:27:06 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195869https://www.westernjournal.com/small-plane-crashes-way-pickleball-tournament-texas-kills-five/A small plane crash in Texas resulted in the deaths of all five passengers on board as they were on their way to a pickleball tournament on Thursday. A twin-engine Cessna 421C was heading toward New Braunfels National Airport in Guadalupe County, Texas, when it crashed just after 11 p.m....Sat, 16 May 2026 08:00:13 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4186401https://www.westernjournal.com/lefts-hate-spewing-rhetoric-fanning-flames/Based on common sense and psychological research, the most reliable predictor of future conduct is relevant past behavior. That being so, the progressive script, casting Trump as Hitler, is likely to persist for at least the remainder of his term. And if such fanning-the-flames animus remains undiminished, the virtual certainty...Sat, 16 May 2026 07:30:28 -0700Neil Brighthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195136https://www.westernjournal.com/da-said-gunman-needed-heavy-sentence-judge-didnt-listen-guess-charged-now/The man charged with randomly shooting at passersby in Massachusetts on Monday previously received a light sentence for violent behavior despite a prosecutor’s warning. Former Superior Court Judge Janet Sanders gave repeat offender Tyler Brown five to six years in prison and three years of probation in 2021 for shooting...Sat, 16 May 2026 07:00:31 -0700Hudson Crozierhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192494https://www.westernjournal.com/scoop-trump-admin-taking-leftist-terrorism-crackdown-worldwide/President Donald Trump’s administration is ramping up global efforts to track and prevent leftist terrorism following the April attempt on his life in Washington, State Department officials told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The U.S. government now treats left-wing political violence as a global problem requiring a transnational response rather...Sat, 16 May 2026 06:30:46 -0700Hudson Crozierhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191828https://www.westernjournal.com/not-single-democrat-shows-hearing-whistleblower-accuses-anthony-fauci-covid-cover/No Democrats attended a committee hearing Wednesday featuring a whistleblower who accused former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci of covering-up details about the origins of COVID-19. Central Intelligence Agency employee James Erdman III appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee...Sat, 16 May 2026 05:00:03 -0700Nicole Silveriohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193504https://www.westernjournal.com/alex-murdaughs-overturned-murder-convictions-make-things-much-worse-ag/Disgraced former lawyer Alex Murdaugh recently received a second lease on life through a new trial. But that could make things much worse for him. "In light of the Supreme Court’s decision, we’re back to square one on this case, and that means all our legal options are on the...Sat, 16 May 2026 04:30:42 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195599https://www.westernjournal.com/cia-whistleblower-alleges-coverup-covid-19-lab-leak-intelligence/Spy scientists repeatedly concluded that a lab accident caused the COVID-19 pandemic but more senior bureaucrats watered down and suppressed their conclusions, a CIA senior operations officer testified to Congress on Wednesday. The CIA officer and whistleblower, James E. Erdman III, described under oath in a hearing called by Sen....Sat, 16 May 2026 04:00:09 -0700Emily Kopphttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193502https://www.westernjournal.com/john-fetterman-opens-phone-call-erika-kirk-rips-critics-wrong-people/In the cutthroat world of hyperpartisan American politics, it's rare to see much warmth emanate across the ideological aisles. So many observers were somewhat surprised that after the White House Correspondents' Dinner assassination attempt, reports surfaced that Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. John Fetterman had personally reached out and called Erika Kirk...Sat, 16 May 2026 03:30:40 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195629https://www.westernjournal.com/possible-contact-trump-assassin-butler-thomas-crooks-allegedly-unmasked/A neo-Nazi who may have interacted with would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks online revealed himself to be Bjorn Leif Hjelmerud of Norway, The Daily Mail reported. Hjelmerud admitted to being in contact with a “Tom Crooks” YouTube account believed by some to be the 2024 Butler, Pennsylvania, shooter...Sat, 16 May 2026 03:00:28 -0700Hudson Crozierhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191971https://www.westernjournal.com/revival-reformation-running-governor-california/In 1984, I moved to California with my family after God gave me a prophetic dream directing us to Los Angeles. In the dream, a black man with the physique of a professional football player declared these words to me: “Come to Los Angeles for a great harvest and a...Fri, 15 May 2026 18:02:51 -0700Ché Ahnhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195651https://www.westernjournal.com/redistricting-wars-stand-2026-midterms-approach/Republicans currently have a net potential 10 to 12-seat advantage in the congressional redistricting fights taking place in different states around the country. The University of Virginia's Center for Politics, headed by Larry Sabato, puts the Republicans' U.S. House net gains anywhere from six to 10 seats. Politico sees the...Fri, 15 May 2026 17:39:14 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195580https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-urged-address-plight-persecuted-chinese-minorities-beijing-visit/As President Donald Trump meets with senior Chinese officials in Beijing, various human rights advocates are calling on him to mention the plight of Christians, Uyghur Muslims, Tibetan Buddhists, and other religious minorities targeted by the communist government. Representative Vicky Hartzler, chair of the United States Commission on International Religious...Fri, 15 May 2026 17:24:08 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194691https://www.westernjournal.com/battle-school-choice-families-get-stuck-middle/Homeschooling has been growing rapidly over the past several years- averaging 5 percent per year since COVID, with no signs of slowing down. Families are leaving the public school system in favor of other education options that they perceive to be safer or more reliable, and legislatures are scrambling to...Fri, 15 May 2026 16:37:38 -0700Kristy Crandallhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195244https://www.westernjournal.com/eric-trump-announces-lawsuit-jen-psaki-ms-now-blatant-lies-china-business-ties/Eric Trump announced Friday that he will be suing MS Now's Jen Psaki and the network for allegations she made that he accompanied his father, President Donald Trump, to China to further his own business interests. In a segment that aired this week after Eric Trump arrived in China, Psaki...Fri, 15 May 2026 15:59:50 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195453https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-reveals-waterfront-site-long-planned-national-garden-american-heroes/President Donald Trump announced Friday that the National Garden of American Heroes will be located in the West Potomac Park between the Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln memorials. "This magnificent exhibition of statues will be located in West Potomac Park, which we are transforming into one of the World's most...Fri, 15 May 2026 15:03:40 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195281https://www.westernjournal.com/op-ed-tulsi-gabbard-cia-mkultra-files-hiding/The timing is almost too perfect to ignore. The very week Congress is preparing to reopen MKUltra -- one of the darkest chapters in American intelligence history -- reports claim documents tied to MKUltra and the JFK assassination suddenly became the center of a fight involving the CIA, the Office...Fri, 15 May 2026 13:44:56 -0700Zach Drewhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195215https://www.westernjournal.com/family-chinese-pastor-hopeful-trump-can-free-beijing-visit/Family members of a pastor detained in China by the nation's communist government are optimistic that President Donald Trump can help secure the minister's release during his visit to Beijing. Ezra Jin was arrested in October as the Chinese Communist Party cracked down on Christian activity in the nation, according...Fri, 15 May 2026 12:57:49 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193992https://www.westernjournal.com/outrage-using-enormous-pipes-water-utility-didnt-know-ai-data-center-guzzled-30-million-gallons-water-free/An artificial intelligence data center was running up a water bill for the ages, and local residents were the ones to point out the problem. In November, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Microsoft had a new "superfactory" named Fairwater spanning over 1 million square feet outside of Atlanta. Chief Technical Officer...Fri, 15 May 2026 12:42:42 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195119https://www.westernjournal.com/texas-boom-gop-led-state-brags-americas-5-fastest-growing-cities-people-flee-blue-states/A demographic trend favoring warmer, redder states continued between 2024 and 2025. In fact, the largest of the red states led the way. According to a Thursday news release from the U.S. Census Bureau, Texas boasted the five fastest-growing cities in the United States in 2024-2025. Using data on percentage...Fri, 15 May 2026 12:12:02 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195335https://www.westernjournal.com/media-blasts-gop-lawmaker-writing-boy-honest-letter-dared-question-teachers/You'd have thought she said there was no Santa Claus. A veteran North Carolina Republican is catching fire from media outlets this week over a reply she sent to a 10-year-old boy who wanted her to support a rebate for electric vehicle purchases. Telling the truth to children, apparently, is...Fri, 15 May 2026 11:51:49 -0700Joe Saundershttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195193https://www.westernjournal.com/ex-dem-governor-rips-washington-state-leaders-control-economic-policies/A former Democratic Washington state governor said Democrats steering the state are spending too much. Christine Gregoire, the state’s governor from 2005 to 2013 and now the CEO of Challenge Seattle, a coalition of business leaders, said what legislators are doing is harming the state, according to KXLY-TV. The state's...Fri, 15 May 2026 11:40:53 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195324https://www.westernjournal.com/wild-video-suspects-car-ramps-another-vehicle-dramatic-police-chase/A car involved in a high-speed chase in Wisconsin went airborne as its driver tried to elude police. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office released video of a chase that began when a driver fled from a traffic stop on May 9, according to WITI-TV in Milwaukee. The incident began...Fri, 15 May 2026 10:53:24 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195302https://www.westernjournal.com/employees-sue-trumps-usda-head-christian-proselytizing-wished-happy-easter/A handful of federal employees have sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Secretary Brooke Rollins. According to Fox News, the plaintiffs accused Rollins of "Christian proselytizing" after she sent USDA employees an Easter email message filled with Christian language and imagery. "Happy Easter," the email read in part. "He...Fri, 15 May 2026 10:06:23 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195270https://www.westernjournal.com/brutally-painful-jordan-petersons-real-condition-revealed-wife-need-prayers/Future Americans will not fully grasp the heroic role played by Dr. Jordan Peterson throughout the recent era of woke hysteria. More than nearly any other public figure -- and more effectively than all of them -- the 63-year-old Peterson early on warned the Western world that a Marxist revolution,...Fri, 15 May 2026 09:39:47 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195199https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-dhs-announces-12-straight-months-zero-border-releases-crossings-hit-historic-lows/The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday that it has now reached 12 consecutive months without anyone who crossed the border illegally being released in the U.S. “Twelve straight months of ZERO releases at the border. Under President Donald Trump’s leadership, we are delivering the most secure border in American...Fri, 15 May 2026 08:31:27 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4195216https://www.westernjournal.com/hero-principal-gives-credit-due-think-gods-hand-us/The high school principal who tackled and subdued a gunman last month gave credit where it was due this week, recounting in an interview that "I think God's hand was on all of us." Kirk Moore, 60, told CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman that his instinct took over when he...Fri, 15 May 2026 06:30:17 -0700Lorri Wickenhauserhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194756https://www.westernjournal.com/airlines-seek-federal-bailouts-following-spirit-airlines-shutdown-fuel-prices-rise/Rising jet fuel prices stemming from the war in Iran contributed to the shutdown of Spirit Airlines earlier this month. Since Spirit had been seeking a $500 million federal bailout, other budget airlines are now looking for similar arrangements as the elevated energy costs eat into their bottom lines. Fox...Fri, 15 May 2026 06:00:02 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4189093https://www.westernjournal.com/gavin-newsom-spent-189-million-giving-every-california-inmate-tablet-now-used-personal-sex-machines-report/California has never been shy about spending big on ambitious social experiments. But even by Sacramento standards, the latest controversy surrounding the state prison system is raising eyebrows -- and likely blood pressure among taxpayers footing the bill. A program originally pitched as a modern rehabilitation effort is now under...Fri, 15 May 2026 05:30:54 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194862https://www.westernjournal.com/disturbing-new-video-shows-evil-creep-shoving-elderly-man-death-suspect-street-woke-lies-race/An elderly man lost his life Thursday when a deranged man with a history of offenses allegedly shoved him down a flight of stairs in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Post identified the deceased as 76-year-old Ross Falzone, a retired teacher. Falzone was about to descend the stairs...Fri, 15 May 2026 05:21:21 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194458https://www.westernjournal.com/iranian-christians-take-advantage-middle-east-war-proclaim-gospel/Iran is widely known to have a growing underground church that has long been a target for persecution. But as the Islamic nation's regime struggles to outlast a new war with the United States and Israel, less energy is being devoted to oppressing Christians, opening opportunities for them to advance...Fri, 15 May 2026 04:30:22 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4187556https://www.westernjournal.com/behind-scenes-clashes-hit-trump-xi-summit-wh-staffer-trampled-american-press-smothered-chinese-officials/For anyone who tuned into President Donald Trump's highly anticipated summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday, you likely saw, or felt, quite a bit of unease on stage. Given the ongoing global tensions between the two world superpowers, that shouldn't have come as much of a surprise. What may...Fri, 15 May 2026 04:00:24 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194807https://www.westernjournal.com/ugandan-evangelist-killed-suspected-muslims-sharing-gospel/An evangelist who had been preaching at a gospel event was murdered by suspected Islamic extremists in Kampala, Uganda, last month. Alfred Kitenga was reportedly beaten and stabbed around 9:30 p.m. on April 9 as he and his wife, Anna Grace Nabirye, were returning from a preaching event in the...Fri, 15 May 2026 03:30:42 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4186413https://www.westernjournal.com/marine-vet-stops-gunmans-60-round-shooting-spree-thankfully-concealed-carry-permit/A Marine veteran helped Massachusetts State Police halt a gunman’s brazen shooting rampage Monday, the Cambridge Police Department said in a release. Cambridge Police received word at 1:00 p.m. EDT Monday from the Boston Police Department that a person acting erratically armed with a rifle might be in the area....Fri, 15 May 2026 03:00:03 -0700Harold Hutchisonhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192544https://www.westernjournal.com/gavin-newsoms-former-chief-staff-pleads-guilty-3-federal-charges-faces-38-years-prison/A woman who served as California Gov. Gavin Newsom's chief of staff and as a campaign consultant for gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra pleaded guilty on Thursday to multiple federal crimes. The Department of Justice announced in a news release that Dana Williamson, 53, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank...Thu, 14 May 2026 17:49:24 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194782https://www.westernjournal.com/fox-news-crew-snared-chinas-massive-surveillance-system-covering-trump-visit-see-everything/George Orwell's "Big Brother" is alive and well in Communist China, and Fox News host Bret Baier's crew got an up-close experience with it on Wednesday during President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing. "Big Brother is watching. There are literally cameras everywhere … I can count at least 20 on...Thu, 14 May 2026 16:46:06 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194699https://www.westernjournal.com/absurd-china-literally-changes-marco-rubios-name-trip-communists-avoid-admitting-made-huge-mistake/It's a level of absurdity George Orwell might laugh at. The political prophet who penned the ultimate picture of tyranny with the dystopian novel "1984" envisioned a world where an almighty Party puts its ideology above reality itself in service of maintaining power. And for President Donald Trump's summit in...Thu, 14 May 2026 16:45:24 -0700Joe Saundershttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194763https://www.westernjournal.com/border-patrol-chief-resigns-time/Michael Banks, chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, abruptly resigned Thursday -- effective immediately. Banks informed Border Patrol staff of his decision in a farewell message obtained by CBS News, saying, "It is time for me to retire and return home to Texas to focus on my family and ranch."...Thu, 14 May 2026 16:07:27 -0700Stephanie Nutterhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194631https://www.westernjournal.com/video-cbs-evening-news-broadcast-ends-disarray-crew-member-suffers-medical-emergency/"CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil" ended abruptly Wednesday when a cameraman suffered a medical emergency. The incident occurred while Dokoupil reported from Taiwan ahead of President Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "Is he OK?" Dokoupil asked in a clip posted to the social media platform X....Thu, 14 May 2026 14:53:31 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194512https://www.westernjournal.com/britney-spears-reportedly-seen-barking-screaming-knife-wielding-spectacle-restaurant/Fresh off of settling her DUI case, Britney Spears is now accused of causing an uproar at a Los Angeles restaurant. A report from TMZ said the Blue Dog Tavern in Sherman Oaks was the location of the latest incident of bizarre behavior from the pop icon. In the site’s...Thu, 14 May 2026 14:37:44 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194701https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-ex-hhs-sec-becerra-completely-fall-apart-local-reporter-homework-asks-devastating-question-cant-answer/California Democrats have assembled perhaps the least impressive collection of gubernatorial candidates in U.S. history. Now, the party's new front-runner, former Biden administration Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, has taken his turn at humiliating himself. In an interview published and aired this week, reporter Annie Rose Ramos of...Thu, 14 May 2026 14:01:15 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194328https://www.westernjournal.com/cnn-network-stoked-covid-fears-constantly-warns-calm-mongering-hantavirus/CNN, the network that helped bring you the fear-mongering which prolonged the worst parts of the last pandemic, would like you to know that they'd like a sequel and would you please stop "calm-mongering" about hantavirus? In a ludicrous story about the Andes strain of the disease -- the first...Thu, 14 May 2026 13:14:16 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194129https://www.westernjournal.com/update-chaos-odni-denies-multiple-reports-cia-just-raided-gabbards-office-rep-luna-clarifies-statement-sen-lee-suggests-possible-treason/For a few hours on Wednesday evening, reports suggested that the Central Intelligence Agency had just taken extreme measures. When the dust settled, however, reports were revised to clarify that the troubling incident -- which Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee called potentially treasonous -- actually took place months ago. Late...Thu, 14 May 2026 12:31:27 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194406https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-obama-left-embarrassed-video-shows-pitiful-welcome-got-china-vs-majestic-welcome-trump-just-got/President Donald Trump is in China right now for an important visit that might determine the future of U.S.-China relations, particularly as regards Taiwan. The New York Times described the trip as "meticulously choreographed," with Chinese leader Xi Jinping " taking him to some of the country’s most politically and...Thu, 14 May 2026 11:45:26 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194080https://www.westernjournal.com/insanity-ex-blmer-special-ed-teacher-leave-abuse-allegations-just-elected-president-teachers-union/Homeschooling only looks more appealing as the education system continues to leave children with some of the worst excuses for teachers. One of those is Ibijoke Idowu, who teaches special education at Rising Star Elementary in South Beacon Hill for Seattle Public Schools in Washington state. In December 2025, Idowu...Thu, 14 May 2026 11:22:09 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194287https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-xi-exit-meeting-agreement-strait-hormuz/President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping found common ground on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, according to the White House. A White House statement posted to X said Xi and Trump had "a good meeting" and noted that "the two sides agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must...Thu, 14 May 2026 11:07:56 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194479https://www.westernjournal.com/bombshell-new-evidence-shows-biden-fbi-set-trap-close-trump-moment-leaves-office/A report from Just the News says that Republicans in the House are scrambling to end the potential for prosecuting President Donald Trump after he leaves office. This comes after the same outlet first broke the story Tuesday that during the lame-duck period of Joe Biden's presidency, FBI agents with former...Thu, 14 May 2026 10:47:39 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194106https://www.westernjournal.com/radicals-took-5-white-supremacists-hacked-death-front-families-hakeem-jeffries-brother-supports/For House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, being a radical lunatic runs in the family. On Saturday, Jeffries' brother, Hasan Kwame Jeffries -- an associate history professor at The Ohio State University -- reposted a photo to social media platform X from the leftist media outlet Jacobin, celebrating the birthday of...Thu, 14 May 2026 09:07:18 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194224https://www.westernjournal.com/priceless-video-jamie-raskins-plan-bully-teen-testifying-sharia-law-backfires-teen-uses-raskins-question-publicly-destroy/How little regard toward our Constitution and founding documents do Democrats have? We're at the point where a man billed as one of the top constitutional lawyers on the left side of the aisle doesn't seem to know about them to the same extent a 16-year-old does. Rep. Jamie Raskin,...Thu, 14 May 2026 09:01:14 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193996https://www.westernjournal.com/israel-sue-nyt-sickening-report-accusing-idf-canine-rape-hideous-distorted/Israel announced on Thursday that it would sue The New York Times over an opinion piece published this week that accused Israeli prison guards of using dogs to sexually assault Palestinian detainees. The lawsuit announcement came directly from Israel’s Foreign Ministry after days of outrage surrounding a column by New...Thu, 14 May 2026 08:47:54 -0700Johnathan Joneshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194331https://www.westernjournal.com/iran-seizes-ship-loaded-weapons-steers-toward-territorial-waters-report/A new report revealed that Iran has seized a ship laden with weapons and is taking it back to Iran. The so-called "floating armory" was based in the Gulf of Oman, according to Vanguard, a maritime risk management company. The ship is "bound for Iranian territorial waters," Britain’s Maritime Trade...Thu, 14 May 2026 08:25:43 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194321https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-rep-hunt-shatters-dems-jim-crow-2-0-lie-right-faces-says-direct-descendent-slave-can-assure-jim-crow-dead/When a free-thinking black man emerges to expose Democrats' sinister game of race-baiting, Democrats either demonize or ignore him. No doubt the same thing will happen to Rep. Wesley Hunt, a Republican from Texas, after his remarks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, when he castigated his Democrat...Thu, 14 May 2026 08:00:13 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194231https://www.westernjournal.com/questions-mount-democratic-congresswoman-misses-43rd-consecutive-vote/Although her media machine keeps churning out material, an 83-year-old Democratic member of Congress has not managed to vote in almost a month. “Rep. Frederica Wilson D-FL missed all 10 votes on Wednesday in the House,” journalist Jamie Dupree posted on X. “Wilson has now missed 43 straight votes --...Thu, 14 May 2026 07:31:01 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194294https://www.westernjournal.com/video-caitlin-clark-gets-first-technical-foul-season-going-cost-lot-year/Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark received her first technical foul of the 2026 WNBA season, but went on to lead her team to an 87-78 win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. The incident unfolded at the end of the first half,...Thu, 14 May 2026 07:10:21 -0700Samantha Changhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194147https://www.westernjournal.com/chinese-government-busted-running-illegal-police-station-nyc-target-dissidents-ringleader-convicted/Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that a New York man has been convicted for helping operate what authorities described as a secret Chinese police station in lower Manhattan. Lu Jianwang, also known as “Harry Lu,” was found guilty in federal court in Brooklyn after a trial that lasted a week. The...Thu, 14 May 2026 07:05:15 -0700Johnathan Joneshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194023https://www.westernjournal.com/even-doctor-dem-physician-running-senate-hot-water-even-lib-reporters-question-mysterious-past/A Democrat Senate candidate in Michigan keeps presenting himself as a physician, but records indicate that's not accurate. Is this party really sending their best? Politico reported on Tuesday that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed -- he has the education for the title -- has presented himself as a physician multiple times,...Thu, 14 May 2026 06:59:39 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193335https://www.westernjournal.com/xi-gives-trump-an-ominous-warning-about-chinas-most-important-issue-that-could-cause-an-extremely-dangerous-situation/Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a warning to President Donald Trump on Thursday, cautioning that the United States should not interfere in China’s relations with Taiwan. Xi warned Trump that failing to properly handle the issue could result in “an extremely dangerous situation,” according to The Wall Street Journal. The...Thu, 14 May 2026 06:32:14 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4194217https://www.westernjournal.com/intense-footage-police-officer-no-protective-gear-sprints-burning-house-saves-entire-family/In today's media-driven age, it's not that hard to find negative stories surrounding modern American law enforcement. (The breathlessly critical coverage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- particularly in Minnesota, recently -- is proof of this.) What's a bit harder to find in modern news coverage are stories that highlight...Thu, 14 May 2026 05:00:47 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193861https://www.westernjournal.com/court-overturns-former-attorney-alex-murdaughs-double-murder-convictions/The sordid and tragic story of former attorney Alex Murdaugh does not appear to be over quite yet. Murdaugh was thrust into the national spotlight after his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, were found dead on their South Carolina hunting property in 2021, as WHNS-TV reported. Murdaugh was immediately cast...Thu, 14 May 2026 04:30:09 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193853https://www.westernjournal.com/stacey-abrams-subpoenaed-no-one-law/Stacey Abrams will be grilled on Friday about her role with a Georgia voter advocacy group that has been slapped for breaking the state’s campaign rules. As noted by CBS News, the Georgia State Ethics Commission has already ruled that the New Georgia Project, an Abrams pet project, and its...Thu, 14 May 2026 04:00:30 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193811https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-admin-nails-paypal-dei-company-forfeit-millions-discriminating-typical-americans/PayPal will have to lose $30 million to settle a Justice Department investigation that alleged PayPal was guilty of discrimination. The fair lending investigation said an investment program created in 2020 for only black and minority-owned businesses was discriminatory, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. PayPal...Thu, 14 May 2026 03:30:58 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193793https://www.westernjournal.com/biolab-question-america-forbidden-ask/How many times does this have to happen before Americans admit they were lied to? How many times do the people in charge get to mock ordinary citizens, censor legitimate questions, hide behind “expert consensus,” and then quietly watch as yesterday’s so-called conspiracy theory becomes today’s congressional hearing, intelligence review,...Thu, 14 May 2026 03:00:15 -0700Zach Drewhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193927https://www.westernjournal.com/cia-accused-raiding-tulsi-gabbards-office-seizing-jfk-mkultra-documents-set-declassification/A potential conflict between the CIA and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard erupted on Wednesday after allegations surfaced that intelligence officials removed JFK and MKUltra records being prepared for declassification. According to The Daily Caller, two intelligence community officials confirmed that CIA personnel took files tied to the assassination...Wed, 13 May 2026 21:21:27 -0700Johnathan Joneshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193965https://www.westernjournal.com/video-ex-trans-speaker-postpones-tpusa-speech-antifa-militia-cross-sex-hormones-threatens-violence-cops-werent-prepared/Detransitioner and activist Chloe Cole was forced to postpone her speech hosted by Turning Point USA at the University of Washington after antifa and trans ideologues threatened violence. Cole began taking hormone blockers at 13, undergoing a double mastectomy to see herself as a boy. She had "professionals" tell her...Wed, 13 May 2026 15:53:34 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193271https://www.westernjournal.com/jd-vances-fraud-task-force-makes-california-pay-1-3-billion-price-defrauding-taxpayers/Vice President J.D. Vance said Wednesday that his fraud task force is cracking down on California. “The federal government is deferring $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements from the state of California. And the simple reason is because the state of California has not taken fraud very seriously,” Vance said in...Wed, 13 May 2026 14:45:32 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193771https://www.westernjournal.com/poll-thomas-massie-trailing-trump-backed-primary-challenger-leading-big-just-weeks-ago/Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky is trailing his Republican primary challenger, President Donald Trump-backed Ed Gallrein, according to the latest polling. A new Quantus Insights poll of likely GOP voters finds Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL and combat veteran, at 48.3 percent relative to Massie's 43.1 percent, with 7.6 percent...Wed, 13 May 2026 14:38:08 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193700https://www.westernjournal.com/cia-furious-active-agent-testifies-faucis-enormous-role-covid-cover/The Central Intelligence Agency, whose very existence implies a regime of secrets, has objected to an act of transparency. According to Bill Melugin of Fox News, the CIA on Wednesday accused Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, of acting "in bad faith" by...Wed, 13 May 2026 14:14:41 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193465https://www.westernjournal.com/red-state-governor-cancels-special-redistricting-session-congressional-seats/Mississippi's Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, in an apparent reversal, rescinded his call for a special legislative session to redraw the state's legislative district maps. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Louisiana v. Callais that congressional districts formed on the basis of race are unconstitutional, meaning the seat held...Wed, 13 May 2026 13:38:50 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193481https://www.westernjournal.com/texas-sues-netflix-allegedly-spying-residents-including-children/Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he filed a lawsuit this week against Netflix for spying on Texans, including minors, and for collecting data without their consent. "For years, Netflix represented to consumers that it did not collect or share extensive user data. In reality, Netflix is a...Wed, 13 May 2026 13:06:30 -0700Nick Givashttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192866https://www.westernjournal.com/developing-trans-student-accused-recording-40-students-underneath-bathroom-stalls-loudon-county-hs/Loudoun County, Virginia, apparently refuses to learn from experience and would rather your kids be exposed to potential danger from juvenile sex offenders than to stop being woke. According to a report from a local television station, the suburban Washington, D.C., county is making national headlines again for the failures...Wed, 13 May 2026 13:02:12 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193123https://www.westernjournal.com/la-mayoral-race-shows-just-far-left-dems-gone-spencer-pratt-now-fascist-wanting-clean-city/For the most part, Republicans should rejoice when leftists hurl shopworn epithets such as "fascist" and "Nazi." After all, those absurd monikers show how little substance the progressive left has to offer these days. In a recent appearance on the "No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen" podcast, progressive Los Angeles...Wed, 13 May 2026 13:01:39 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193369https://www.westernjournal.com/planet-fitness-canceled-womans-membership-reported-man-womens-locker-room-called-cops/There was a time when women did not have to apologize for wanting privacy in a locker room. Now, apparently, they can get kicked out of their gym for expecting it. According to a Wednesday report from Fox News, longtime customer Judy Walcott says Planet Fitness canceled her membership after...Wed, 13 May 2026 12:51:09 -0700Johnathan Joneshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193325https://www.westernjournal.com/multiple-race-baiting-dems-humiliate-publicly-forgetting-sen-tim-scott-even-exists-sc-redistricting-fight/What do you tell people whose entire worldview depends on the bizarre assertion that nothing has changed since 1960? And that is the most charitable way of framing the problem, Most likely, there's something more sinister at play. Monday on the social media platform X, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of...Wed, 13 May 2026 12:42:47 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193295https://www.westernjournal.com/fox-news-veterans-mourn-unexpected-death-former-executive-will-missed-many/Fox News veterans reacted with sadness to the sudden death of longtime TV executive and producer Michael Clemente. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 70-year-old Clemente passed away suddenly at his home on Thursday. Martha MacCallum, editor and anchor of Fox News' "The Story with Martha MacCallum," praised Clemente on...Wed, 13 May 2026 12:34:15 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193531https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-china-pulls-stops-welcome-trump-steps-off-air-force-one/China rolled out a lavish welcome Wednesday as President Donald Trump made his second visit to China. Trump visited China in 2017 during his first term in office. Former President Joe Biden never made the trip. As noted by Fox News, Trump was met by Chinese Vice President H.E. Han...Wed, 13 May 2026 12:11:10 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193459https://www.westernjournal.com/billionaire-democratic-megadonor-arrested-los-angeles-report/A billionaire Democrat megadonor with close ties to disgraced former Congressman Eric Swalwell of California was reportedly arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles on a felony charge of attempting to prevent or dissuade a witness from testifying. Businessman Stephen Cloobeck was taken into police custody by LA County Sheriff's deputies and...Wed, 13 May 2026 11:43:56 -0700Nick Givashttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193433https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-can-totally-reshape-ai-race-china-visit/The race between U.S. and China to powerful AI is a real thing, but we’re thinking about it the wrong way, and that can cost us everything. The U.S. lead is significant, but efficient AI gains are flattening its power.In order to plan for this rivalry we must understand how...Wed, 13 May 2026 11:13:12 -0700Patrick Duganhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193543https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-dems-plan-tar-patel-alcoholic-backfires-patel-reminds-crowd-dems-alcohol-disgrace-brings-receipts/In a party where there is no de facto front-runner two years away from a presidential election, everybody with any kind of profile and some sort of ambition is pretty much a runner, if not at the front. This is why Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is making...Wed, 13 May 2026 11:01:13 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192445https://www.westernjournal.com/report-reveals-swalwell-continued-harassed-victims-snapchat-following-allegedly-gruesome-sexual-abuse/Former Representative Eric Swalwell was first stricken with allegations of severe sexual abuse on April 10 by multiple women in an exposé for CNN and accompanying exposé for the San Francisco Chronicle. Now, he’s being accused of more misconduct, this time under the guise of his social media persona as...Wed, 13 May 2026 10:54:53 -0700Noah Witherspoonhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191483https://www.westernjournal.com/late-breaking-trump-rape-accuser-e-jean-carroll-gets-horrible-news-83-million-verdict-trump/Author, columnist, and accuser of President Donald Trump E Jean Carroll might not be cashing in on her claims against the president. In January 2024, Carroll was awarded $83 million for defamation and assault as Trump was found civilly liable stemming from a supposed meeting between the two in a...Wed, 13 May 2026 06:54:46 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193222https://www.westernjournal.com/developing-saudi-arabia-joined-us-israel-uae-now-revealed-attacking-iran/Saudi Arabia covertly counterattacked Iran after Saudi sites were attacked during the recent conflict, according to a new report. The news from Reuters comes after previous reports said the United Arab Emirates also attacked Iran. The previously unpublicized attacks took place in late March, Reuters reported, citing a source it...Wed, 13 May 2026 06:42:50 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193255https://www.westernjournal.com/legal-laundering-newsom-dumps-20-million-non-profit-connection-wife-pays-0-55-diapers-cost-0-15/For a whole lot of different reasons, it feels -- accurately so, by the way -- that institutional trust in government officials is just at an all-time low, across the board. But one of the chief criticisms amid all those reasons? The indisputable fact that bureaucrats appear to operate by...Wed, 13 May 2026 06:30:33 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192971https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-brings-secret-weapons-high-stakes-china-visit-elon-musk-powerful-execs-pack-air-force-one/President Donald Trump is bringing Elon Musk and some of the American private sector’s most powerful leaders with him on his trip to China. In a Truth Social post, Trump noted the private sector powerhouses joining him on his trip. “CNBC incorrectly reported that the Great Jensen Huang, of Nvidia,...Wed, 13 May 2026 06:08:11 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193225https://www.westernjournal.com/israel-accuses-new-york-times-one-worst-blood-libels-ever-appear-modern-press/Israeli officials lashed out at The New York Times after it alleged that Israel routinely uses rape and multiple forms of sexual violence in what the report implied amounted to an unofficial but sanctioned policy of abuse. The New York Times report came as an Israeli commission investigating allegations of...Wed, 13 May 2026 06:00:59 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192829https://www.westernjournal.com/michigan-democrats-introduce-bill-legalize-assisted-suicide/Michigan Democrats quietly introduced legislation last month that would legalize assisted suicide in the state. While the country was distracted by other issues, Democrats in Lansing rolled out a package of bills designed to create what they call a “Death with Dignity Act.” The name sounds so gentle and compassionate,...Wed, 13 May 2026 05:36:28 -0700Johnathan Joneshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193164https://www.westernjournal.com/turning-point-crew-responds-netflix-features-grotesque-charlie-kirk-joke/Turning Point USA's top names gave a lesson in turning crass into class. On "The Charlie Kirk Show" podcast on Monday, the panel reacted to an out-of-bounds joke told over the weekend at a Netflix roast by former "Saturday Night Live" star Pete Davidson. Hollywood should have been paying attention....Wed, 13 May 2026 05:30:28 -0700Joe Saundershttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192828https://www.westernjournal.com/la-pushes-stop-routine-police-traffic-stops-report-finds-drivers-pulled-not-white/Los Angeles officials are moving to restrict routine police traffic stops after a city report found roughly 86 percent of people pulled over during basic stops were black or Hispanic. The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously last week to push the LAPD toward avoiding so-called “pretextual” stops. The unanimous...Wed, 13 May 2026 05:28:07 -0700Johnathan Joneshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193186https://www.westernjournal.com/man-sucked-jet-engine-denver-airport-lengthy-rap-sheet-arrested-attempted-murder/An airport trespasser gaining posthumous notoriety for his grisly demise apparently had a notorious past well before his brush with virality. On Friday, Denver International Airport was unceremoniously thrust into the spotlight when a man walked in front of a Frontier Airlines plane. According to KKTV, the man was identified...Wed, 13 May 2026 05:00:36 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192917https://www.westernjournal.com/keystone-xl-pipeline-2-0-trump-signs-permit-massive-new-us-canada-oil-pipeline-42000-jobs-biden-killed-return/President Donald Trump issued an executive order recently that will allow an oil pipeline to be built between the United States and Canada. During his first term, Trump approved the Keystone XL pipeline that would have transported more than 800,000 barrels of oil per day from Alberta, Canada, to the...Wed, 13 May 2026 04:30:08 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192731https://www.westernjournal.com/pro-life-leaders-call-major-trump-admin-misstep-treats-children-like-products-discarded/It's not exactly a well-kept secret that President Donald Trump and his administration are waging a public relations battle over the incredibly polarizing Iran War. Some think it's a necessary war. Others think America doesn't benefit from it. But everyone has some sort of an opinion on it. There's another...Wed, 13 May 2026 04:00:34 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192937https://www.westernjournal.com/mamdani-brags-eliminated-nycs-12-billion-budget-deficit-new-york-outlet-dug-numbers/On Tuesday morning, New York City's ultra-progressive mayor, Zohran Mamdani, took to X to take quite a boastful victory lap. "When we came into office, we uncovered a $12 billion budget deficit," Mamdani posted to X. "Today, I’m proud to say we brought it down to zero." "We didn’t close...Wed, 13 May 2026 03:30:01 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4193016https://www.westernjournal.com/chair-sham-j6-committee-may-lose-seat-6th-red-state-begins-emergency-redistricting/Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson may lose his long-held congressional seat if state lawmakers in Mississippi go forward with redistricting plans. Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Louisiana v. Callais that congressional districts formed on the basis of race are unconstitutional, meaning Thompson's district in Mississippi likely is, too....Wed, 13 May 2026 03:00:32 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192553https://www.westernjournal.com/lawsuit-chatgpt-told-florida-state-shooter-killing-children-get-attention-targeting-adults/A lawsuit alleges that Chat GPT helped a gunman plan an attack at Florida State University last year and gave him advice on picking targets. Phoenix Ikner has been accused of killing two people and wounding six others in the April attack. Vandana Joshi, the widow of Tiru Chabba, who...Tue, 12 May 2026 18:27:26 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192567https://www.westernjournal.com/poll-rubio-opens-double-digit-lead-vance-aoc-leads-2028-democratic-field/A new poll purports to show Republicans may already have a new favorite for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination. According to an AtlasIntel survey released Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio now leads the Republican field by a wide margin. The poll found 45.4 percent of Republican voters picked Rubio...Tue, 12 May 2026 18:07:27 -0700Johnathan Joneshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192790https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-tenn-dem-reps-removed-every-house-committee-possible-punishment-redistricting-chaos/Actions and behaviors can have consequences -- sometimes dramatically so. Just ask the Democratic caucus members in Tennessee. Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton dropped a bombshell on them Tuesday, announcing that the Democrats faced imminent expulsion from all committees and subcommittees. Sean Davis, CEO of The Federalist, shared a copy...Tue, 12 May 2026 18:02:52 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192884https://www.westernjournal.com/fake-black-woman-rachel-dolezal-resurfaces-decade-entered-digital-version-worlds-oldest-profession/Rachel Dolezal couldn't survive as a fake black woman in the digital world. She could, however, become a real digital prostitute using the website most well-known for hosting such activities. In an interview with the U.K. Daily Mail, Dolezal, now 48, says she's transitioned from being a race-hustler in the...Tue, 12 May 2026 17:57:38 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192204https://www.westernjournal.com/gay-couple-acquired-5-boys-arrested-child-sex-charges/A horrific scandal has rocked Harnett County in North Carolina. Two men from the county have been arrested after a bevy of heinous charges were levied against them, according to a May 7 report from WRAL-TV, after the Harnett County Sheriff's Office received multiple tips through its database. Joshua Lee...Tue, 12 May 2026 17:20:30 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192845https://www.westernjournal.com/canadian-liberal-championed-mass-migration-questions-election-results-losing-race-immigrant/Nate Erskine-Smith, a former Canadian Minister of Housing, Infrastructure, and Communities who served under both Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney, was supposed to be a shoo-in for the nomination for a by-election in Ontario for the left-wing Liberal Party. Instead, the open-borders advocate got beaten by a Bangladeshi...Tue, 12 May 2026 16:20:30 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191554https://www.westernjournal.com/beyond-devastated-nba-veteran-dies-age-29/The NBA world is reeling after the death of Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke at the age of 29. The Grizzlies, Clarke’s agency, and the NBA confirmed the news Tuesday. Neither the team nor his representatives initially released a cause of death, ESPN reported. According to an ABC News report...Tue, 12 May 2026 15:14:08 -0700Johnathan Joneshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192801https://www.westernjournal.com/senior-white-house-official-caught-saying-got-get-rid-trump-hidden-camera/Note to single men, particularly in the Washington, D.C., area: Avoid unguarded conversations with a woman on a first date. She might have a hidden camera. In a clip posted Tuesday to the social media platform X by James O'Keefe -- best known as co-founder of Project Veritas and producer...Tue, 12 May 2026 14:25:31 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192655https://www.westernjournal.com/disney-abruptly-cancels-cruise-boots-passengers-off-ship-leaving-stranded/Disney Cruise Line faced a major setback this week after canceling a voyage aboard its newest and largest ship, the Disney Adventure. The cancellation left hundreds of passengers stranded in Singapore after they had already boarded the vessel, reported Inside The Magic. The incident occurred on May 7 at Singapore’s...Tue, 12 May 2026 13:46:44 -0700Stephanie Nutterhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192512https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-marty-makary-fda-commissioner-acting-replacement-named/Dr. Marty Makary is out as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. He announced his resignation Tuesday amid policy differences with President Donald Trump and prominent Republican senators, Politico reported. "Kyle Diamantas, who previously worked as the top food official at the agency, will lead the FDA in an...Tue, 12 May 2026 12:55:13 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192687https://www.westernjournal.com/indianas-cignetti-gifts-trump-custom-hoosiers-jersey-ncaa-champs-visit-wh-like-guy/President Donald Trump welcomed the national champion Indiana Hoosiers football team to the White House Monday. The Hoosiers visited Washington after completing a perfect 16-0 season and winning the College Football Playoff national championship in January. Trump hosted players and coaches on the South Lawn before later welcoming them into...Tue, 12 May 2026 12:35:36 -0700Johnathan Joneshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192469https://www.westernjournal.com/disgusting-aoc-turns-church-service-political-rally-soon-sets-foot-pulpit/If, by the grace of God, the Democratic Party ever justly perishes, it will require only a nine-word epitaph: "Here lies the Democratic Party. It died of shamelessness." In a clip posted to Facebook, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Senior Pastor of Atlanta's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, invited to...Tue, 12 May 2026 11:57:38 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192488https://www.westernjournal.com/va-dems-file-scotus-redistricting-appeal-horribly-embarrassing-mistake-1st-page-might-misspelled-scotus/The folks who brought you the inadvertent hilarity of "Virgnia" and "sentator" would like to make amends by letting you know they can make mistakes in important legal filings that don't involve misspellings. In an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States seeking to overturn his state's...Tue, 12 May 2026 11:26:15 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192335https://www.westernjournal.com/california-mayor-resigns-doj-says-foreign-agent-china-plea-deal-announced/It turns out that China's infiltration of California politics went way beyond Fang Fang's alleged seduction of Eric Swalwell. According to The New York Times, Arcadia, California, Mayor Eileen Wang, a Democrat, resigned Monday after she was charged with being an agent for Beijing. The mayor of the large Los...Tue, 12 May 2026 10:44:39 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192307https://www.westernjournal.com/democrats-attempt-bully-house-republican-resigning-racism-hakeem-jeffries/Imagine if Democrats spent as much time trying to improve Americans' lives as they do ginning up phony racism controversies. As it stands, Democrats despise ordinary Americans yet crave power, which means that Democrats have only one card to play. So they play it -- over and over and over...Tue, 12 May 2026 09:52:32 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192448https://www.westernjournal.com/career-criminal-opens-fire-police-officers-parole-crime/A convicted felon on parole for firing a gun at police was involved in a daylight shooting that took place along Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday. Tyler Brown opened fire on the street at about 1:30 p.m., according to WFXT-TV. A Massachusetts State Police trooper and an armed...Tue, 12 May 2026 09:43:18 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192522https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-federal-prosecutors-charge-foreign-company-behind-ship-destroyed-baltimores-key-bridge/Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges in the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. The charges target the foreign company that operated the MV Dali, the cargo ship that slammed into the bridge in March 2024. According to CBS News, Singapore and India-based Synergy Marine was indicted Tuesday...Tue, 12 May 2026 09:16:47 -0700Johnathan Joneshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192466https://www.westernjournal.com/expert-thinks-irans-new-ayatollah-dead-says-top-regime-leaders-might-flee-russia/A Middle East expert says that Iran is teetering on the brink and believes Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei could be dead. Middle East expert Saeid Golkar said that the collapse could trigger a flight of senior leaders to Russia for shelter, according to Fox News. Multiple reports have said that...Tue, 12 May 2026 06:52:23 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192420https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-promotes-kari-lake-ambassador-likely-bringing-end-time-dismantling-liberal-voice-america/President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Kari Lake to serve as the next U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica. The nomination was among several sent by the White House to the Senate for confirmation. Lake has served as the director of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees the Voice of...Tue, 12 May 2026 05:57:24 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192394https://www.westernjournal.com/savannah-guthrie-teaming-jimmy-fallon-launch-new-tv-show/NBC media personalities Savannah Guthrie and Jimmy Fallon are preparing to launch a game show based on the popular New York Times puzzle game "Wordle," with shooting set to begin this summer. Fallon, known for his time with "Saturday Night Live" and his current role on "The Tonight Show," will...Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:01 -0700Nick Givashttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191950https://www.westernjournal.com/lightning-strikes-feet-protesters-opposing-erika-kirk-speech-report/Lightning reportedly struck a tree just feet from where demonstrators were standing to protest Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk's commencement address at Hillsdale College in Michigan on Saturday. The Daily Caller reported that Hillsdale history professor Bradley J. Birzer flagged the strike with a picture on X taken near...Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:19 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191987https://www.westernjournal.com/tulsi-gabbard-launches-investigation-120-us-funded-biolabs-dozens-located-ukraine/Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has launched an investigation of more than 120 biological laboratories overseas that have received U.S. tax dollars for decades. Gabbard told the New York Post on Monday that her team is going to “identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain and what...Tue, 12 May 2026 03:30:56 -0700Stephanie Nutterhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192025https://www.westernjournal.com/hitler-ai/Last week, utility giant American Electric Power announced it was dramatically expanding its long-term investment plans because of exploding electricity demand from artificial intelligence data centers. At roughly the same time, OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank continued advancing enormous AI infrastructure projects tied to what has been described as potentially hundreds...Tue, 12 May 2026 03:00:14 -0700Zach Drewhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192214https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-uae-secretly-striking-iran-fighting-alongside-us-israel/The United Arab Emirates has been quietly striking Iran as the United States and Israel carry out the conflict with the Islamic nation. The Wall Street Journal published a report on Monday citing unnamed people who are familiar with the UAE, an Arab state, attacking Iran. The UAE has not...Mon, 11 May 2026 15:14:48 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4192112https://www.westernjournal.com/san-antonio-spurs-superstar-ejected-vicious-hit-nba-suspend/A wild, ill-advised elbow threatened to knock the San Antonio Spurs out of the NBA playoffs. Early in the second quarter of Sunday's Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals, San Antonio superstar center Victor Wembanyama violently swung his elbow and connected with the chin of Minnesota Timberwolves center Naz...Mon, 11 May 2026 13:57:22 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191834https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-military-veteran-scores-biggest-payday-price-right-history/A military veteran from Virginia appeared on the CBS game show "The Price Is Right" and walked away with a record-breaking haul in cash and prizes during a special Mother's Day episode. "Vanesa," whose last name was not revealed, scored over $240,000 on Friday, according to Variety. She "won the...Mon, 11 May 2026 13:46:41 -0700Nick Givashttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191899https://www.westernjournal.com/unions-astonishing-attack-ad-la-republican-spencer-pratt-actually-helps-case/With enemies like these, Spencer Pratt will make more friends than ever. The Republican candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, challenging the hapless Democrat Karen Bass, is being targeted by an ad apparently sponsored by the city's unions that's supposed to make Pratt look bad. If that's true, it backfires...Mon, 11 May 2026 13:36:20 -0700Joe Saundershttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191887https://www.westernjournal.com/josh-shapiro-aoc-waging-war-midterm-congressional-race-2028-implications-report/Democrats face a problem that will likely plague them well into the 2028 election cycle. Until then, it appears that one prominent Democrat will try to sidestep the problem for as long as possible. According to Axios, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, widely considered a centrist and a possible...Mon, 11 May 2026 13:26:30 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191941https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-says-seriously-considering-adding-51st-state/President Donald Trump reportedly said on Monday that he is "seriously considering" moving to add Venezuela as a 51st U.S. state. Fox News host John Roberts posted the news on social media. Just got off the phone with @realDonaldTrump ... he told me he is seriously considering a move to...Mon, 11 May 2026 13:15:41 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191912https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-scorches-2-scotus-justices-name-democrats-dont-really-need-pack-court/President Donald Trump tore into two of his own Supreme Court appointees Sunday night while commenting that he should consider packing the court to dilute their votes. In a blistering Truth Social post, Trump accused Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett of hurting the country. As Fox News...Mon, 11 May 2026 12:33:20 -0700Johnathan Joneshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191762https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-trump-blasts-nfl-possible-amazon-netflix-deal-says-many-fans-dont-make-enough-money-pay/In recent years, two things have defined the National Football League: wokeness and greed. Although professional football remains wildly popular in spite of it all, President Donald Trump has put the league on notice. In an interview posted Sunday to YouTube, Trump told veteran journalist Sharyl Attkisson, host of the...Mon, 11 May 2026 12:12:34 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191736https://www.westernjournal.com/investigation-underway-6-people-found-dead-inside-train-texas/Six people were found dead Sunday in a Union Pacific boxcar in Laredo, Texas, near the border with Mexico. The bodies were found at about 3 p.m. after a Union Pacific worker came upon them during a routine inspection, according to KGNS-TV. “At this point it’s a very early phase...Mon, 11 May 2026 11:54:34 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191910https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-plans-plead-court-block-doj-releasing-damaging-tapes-report/Attorneys for former President Joe Biden are planning to try to block the release of recordings from several years ago, in which he may have divulged classified information to a ghostwriter, according to a report. The conservative Heritage Foundation sued to obtain access to the recordings last year under the...Mon, 11 May 2026 11:54:15 -0700Nick Givashttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191809https://www.westernjournal.com/gop-senator-name-checks-top-dems-partys-violence-problem-not-sides-issue/Political violence has become a major factor within left-wing politics, according to Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama. “Political violence has become a core pillar of what the Democratic Party stands for,” Tuberville wrote in an opinion piece from Breitbart. “Since Donald Trump came on the scene more than ten...Mon, 11 May 2026 09:56:30 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191859https://www.westernjournal.com/developing-virginia-dems-plotting-overthrow-entire-state-supreme-court-save-redistricting-scheme/Modern Democrats turn destructive when they fail to get their way. Say something they dislike? They will try to cancel or censor you. Elect someone they hate? Leftists have already tried to kill President Donald Trump multiple times. Issue a ruling that thwarts their partisan coup? They might try to...Mon, 11 May 2026 08:50:23 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191663https://www.westernjournal.com/two-israeli-soldiers-sentenced-prison-desecration-mary-statue/JERUSALEM (AP) — Two Israeli soldiers will spend weeks in military prison for desecration of a Christian object after one stuck a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon and the other photographed it.The photo of the soldier, a cigarette dangling from his...Mon, 11 May 2026 08:31:41 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191791https://www.westernjournal.com/dems-look-ax-virginias-first-black-female-justice-bring-radical-redistricting-map-back-life/Democrats are considering using a "bank-shot" move to replace the entire Virginia Supreme Court, including two black justices, so that they can move forward with a radical redistricting map. The plan is a response to the Virginia high court striking down a Democrat-friendly redistricting map that would have granted the...Mon, 11 May 2026 07:40:23 -0700V. Saxenahttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191645https://www.westernjournal.com/ap-missouri-running-back-ahmad-hardy-stable-condition-shot-concert/Missouri star running back Ahmad Hardy is in stable condition after being shot at a concert in Mississippi, school officials said Monday. Missouri’s football program announced in a statement that Hardy was shot early Sunday morning and that the All-America running back underwent surgery for the gunshot wound later that...Mon, 11 May 2026 07:38:27 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191748https://www.westernjournal.com/ap-man-charged-white-house-correspondents-dinner-attack-pleads-not-guilty/The man accused of storming the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner while armed with guns and knives pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he attempted to kill President Donald Trump and fired a shotgun at a Secret Service officer who tried to stop the attack. Cole Tomas Allen...Mon, 11 May 2026 06:52:31 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191691https://www.westernjournal.com/netanyahu-says-israel-end-reliance-us-aid-starting-right-away/Israel needs to move toward a future where it moves into partnership with the United states instead of simply receiving aid, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. During an interview broadcast on the CBS show “60 Minutes," Netanyahu was asked by interviewer Major Garrett if he thought it was...Mon, 11 May 2026 06:47:35 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191660https://www.westernjournal.com/ap-2026-nfl-schedule-dallas-cowboys-new-york-giants-week-1-sunday-night-game/The Dallas Cowboys are set to visit the New York Giants in the first Sunday night game of the 2026 NFL season on Sept. 13. The league on Monday announced the Week 1 matchup of NFC East rivals at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The full schedule will...Mon, 11 May 2026 06:10:26 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191664https://www.westernjournal.com/alert-american-hantavirus-cruise-ship-tests-positive-2nd-passenger-now-showing-symptoms/One American who was on a hantavirus-ravaged cruise ship has tested positive for the virus, while a second is showing symptoms. Both Americans were aboard the MV Hondius and were evacuated with 15 other Americans on board, according to the New York Post. The infected passengers were in biocontainment units...Mon, 11 May 2026 05:53:23 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191629https://www.westernjournal.com/ap-frontier-plane-hits-pedestrian-takeoff-denver-airport/A person who jumped a fence and was on a runway at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane during takeoff, airport authorities said. The collision sparked an engine fire and forced passengers to evacuate.The plane, on route from Denver to Los Angeles International Airport,...Mon, 11 May 2026 05:30:01 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190885https://www.westernjournal.com/new-yorkers-stunned-mamdani-admins-orders-ruined-mothers-day-countless-families/It's telling when you finally find a rich person or moneyed entity that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani can get behind. Sure, he'll berate Citadel hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin outside Griffin's home with a video touting new property taxes, even though it wasn't terribly far from where UnitedHealthcare...Mon, 11 May 2026 05:09:45 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191546https://www.westernjournal.com/nations-largest-grid-operator-warns-drastic-measures-required-data-centers-come-online/The largest U.S. grid operator proposed cutting power to newcomers during periods of high demand in a Wednesday white paper. PJM Interconnection serves over 67 million consumers across its operational area. Its infrastructure is now strained by data center expansion and disruptive environmental policy, according to the operator’s “Powering Reliability...Mon, 11 May 2026 05:00:56 -0700Benjamin Robertshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190581https://www.westernjournal.com/nashville-pastor-resigns-inappropriate-relationship-another-man/Sam Allberry, who served as a pastor at Immanuel Nashville in Tennessee, was determined to be disqualified from ministry over an "inappropriate relationship with an adult man.” The evangelical church said in a statement that the relationship between the unnamed man and Allberry, who was an associate pastor, had started...Mon, 11 May 2026 04:30:59 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4189207https://www.westernjournal.com/nigel-farage-trounces-keir-starmers-labour-party-uk-local-elections/The Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, was thrashed in their local election battle on Thursday. Labour faced a flood of criticism earlier this year aimed at the Starmer administration over reliance and accountability, including most notably, concerns over immigration policy. Former United States Ambassador Peter Mandelson also...Mon, 11 May 2026 03:30:31 -0700Noah Witherspoonhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191301https://www.westernjournal.com/us-sanctions-foreign-entities-accused-sharing-satellite-imagery-access-arms-prop-irans-war-effort/The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on multiple individuals and entities based in China and the Middle East for allegedly being “involved in Iran’s efforts to acquire or use arms” and other military equipment. The State Department announced late Friday it is sanctioning 11 entities and three individuals across Iran,...Mon, 11 May 2026 03:00:53 -0700Ireland Owenshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190968https://www.westernjournal.com/virginia-dems-make-glaring-errors-rushed-court-motion-save-gerrymandering-scheme/Virginia Democrats’ motion urging the state supreme court to temporarily halt its order against the 2026 gerrymandering referendum appears to include two major typos. Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, alongside Virginia House Speaker Don Scott and Virginia Sen. Louise Lucas, represented by legal counsel, petitioned the Supreme Court of Virginia...Sun, 10 May 2026 19:05:31 -0700Ireland Owenshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191017https://www.westernjournal.com/rebukes-trumps-pick-fda-head-miss-one-critical-fact/When my one-month-old daughter was diagnosed with biliary atresia — a rare disease that for most of human history was 100% fatal — I entered a world where hope and terror coexist. Thanks to pioneers who pushed the envelope when everyone else had given up, at thirteen months old she...Sun, 10 May 2026 18:30:00 -0700Anish Kokahttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190552https://www.westernjournal.com/marco-rubio-reveals-message-delivered-pope-leo-important-meeting-vatican/Secretary of State Marco Rubio disclosed new details Thursday about a private meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. Speaking to reporters after the closed-door meeting, Rubio said “[I] updated them on the situation with Iran, expressed our point of view about why this was important and the danger...Sun, 10 May 2026 15:00:51 -0700Stephanie Nutterhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190343https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-mlb-team-makes-middle-school-mistake-season-continues-spiral/It's bad enough to be swept by a division rival in baseball. It's much worse when that sweep to simultaneously bolster one rival's win streak and another's losing streak. And it's something else entirely when that sweep is capped off by the sort of blunder that would make grade school...Sun, 10 May 2026 11:50:39 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190748https://www.westernjournal.com/view-considered-news-abc-fcc-go-battle-embattled-show/Should ultra-progressive talk show "The View" be considered news? That peculiar question is at the heart of a roiling feud between the show's parent network and company (ABC and Disney respectively) and the Federal Communications Commission. According to CBS News, the ABC and FCC are in a war of words...Sun, 10 May 2026 11:37:53 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190722https://www.westernjournal.com/major-evangelic-denomination-sees-memberships-fall-amid-debates-female-pastors-growing-distrust/The Southern Baptist Convention is witnessing rising baptisms and attendance, but declining church membership and stagnant giving to its national institutions. Total membership in the SBC declined by 3 percent between 2024 and 2025, according to a report from Lifeway Research released on May 5, marking the 19th straight year...Sun, 10 May 2026 11:31:00 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4189110https://www.westernjournal.com/alert-african-islamists-begin-executing-christian-women-children-group-416-recently-kidnapped-hostages/The world needs to stop turning a blind eye to the slaughter of Christians in Nigeria. Two weeks ago, the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram released footage stating via translation they would beginning killing women and children after failed negotiations with the Nigerian government over an ultimatum. "The 72 hours...Sun, 10 May 2026 11:15:36 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190921https://www.westernjournal.com/dangerous-substance-found-baby-food-jars-leads-arrest-discovery-extortion-scheme/A 39-year-old man allegedly put rat poison in at least five baby food jars sold across central Europe, leading to his arrest in Austria. The poisonings resulted in HiPP, the manufacturer of the baby food, recalling jars across Austria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, according to a report from the...Sun, 10 May 2026 09:00:01 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4189157https://www.westernjournal.com/harsh-reality-everyones-missing-massive-lithium-find-appalachia/The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) dropped a headline-grabbing report last week touting a massive lithium discovery in the Appalachian region. According to the agency, pegmatite deposits stretching from Maine and New Hampshire down through South Carolina hold an estimated 2.3 million metric tons of economically recoverable lithium oxide, enough to...Sun, 10 May 2026 08:30:10 -0700David Blackmonhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4188815https://www.westernjournal.com/fact-check-hantavirus-poised-become-covid-style-pandemic/Health experts are seeking to reassure people that a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship off the coast of Africa is not the beginning of the next COVID-19 pandemic. The biggest distinction is the virus, though it has proved deadly for three passengers on the Dutch-flagged ship MV Hondius and...Sun, 10 May 2026 08:00:24 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190617https://www.westernjournal.com/barely-answers-dem-politicians-prisoner-release-deal-years-later/The public still has unanswered questions about Democratic North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein securing early release for an untold number of criminals when he was still the state's attorney general. Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper drew criticism since 2021 for the COVID-19-inspired inmate releases that Stein’s office negotiated. Stein’s office...Sun, 10 May 2026 07:39:51 -0700Hudson Crozierhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191254https://www.westernjournal.com/ap-google-settles-racial-discrimination-lawsuit-pays-hefty-50-million/Google has settled with Black employees who alleged systemic racial disparities in hiring, pay, and advancement in a lawsuit filed in 2022. April Curley, a former Google employee, had sued the tech giant for racial discrimination, saying it engages in a “pattern and practice” of unfair treatment for its Black...Sun, 10 May 2026 07:30:27 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190547https://www.westernjournal.com/another-one-orbital-radar-ancient-artifact-geo-coordinates-point-second-great-sphinx-giza-plateau-researcher-confident-find/For centuries, the windswept sands of the Giza Plateau have guarded some of the world’s greatest mysteries. Towering pyramids, hidden tombs, and the legendary Great Sphinx of Giza continues to inspire wonder among archaeologists and travelers alike. The Daily Mail reported that a new potential discovery recently discussed on the...Sun, 10 May 2026 07:00:09 -0700Stephanie Nutterhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4189830https://www.westernjournal.com/lgbt-judge-ordered-attorney-handcuffed-put-box-resigns-office-amid-criminal-indictment/Bexar County Court-at-Law Judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez resigned and accepted a permanent disqualification from judicial office in order to resolve misconduct complaints. KSAT reported last month that special prosecutor Brian Cromeen filed a motion to dismiss felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from a 2024 incident in which Speedlin-Gonzalez had a defense...Sun, 10 May 2026 06:00:20 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4189200https://www.westernjournal.com/ap-terror-spreads-3-australian-women-back-syria-face-slavery-terrorism-charges/Three Australian women were refused bail when they appeared in courts on Friday charged with slavery and terrorism offenses after they arrived home from Syria with another 10 others whom police allege are linked to the Islamic State group. The four women and nine children, who have spent years in...Sun, 10 May 2026 05:30:21 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190021https://www.westernjournal.com/ap-oregon-democrats-found-way-improve-roads-now-gas-tax-goes-voters-prices-soar/Appealing to voters’ anxieties about the soaring cost of living is central to Democrats’ messaging in their hopes of big wins in this year’s midterm elections. In Oregon, a question on the primary ballot is complicating that strategy. The Democratic-controlled legislature raised the state gas tax and a range of...Sun, 10 May 2026 05:09:31 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191226https://www.westernjournal.com/mayor-overruled-dissolved-entire-police-force-following-dispute-wife/Municipal government is usually defined by procedure, paperwork, and painfully slow decision-making. Not in the small town of Cohutta, Georgia. In the span of a little over a week, the town went from a workplace mediation involving the mayor’s wife, to the firing of the entire police department, to an...Sun, 10 May 2026 05:00:08 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190677https://www.westernjournal.com/virginia-democrats-want-take-states-anti-gun-law-spree-nationwide/Democratic Virginia Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner announced they were introducing legislation targeting the rights of gun owners, including a ban on modern semiautomatic firearms and a nationwide “red flag” law. Democrats in the Virginia state Legislature passed a host of laws, including a ban targeting so-called “assault weapons,”...Sun, 10 May 2026 04:30:37 -0700Harold Hutchisonhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4188880https://www.westernjournal.com/palisades-fire-bombshell-arson-idolized-luigi-mangione-popular-accused-murderer-unitedhealthcare-ceo/The 30-year-old man who allegedly started the Los Angeles fire that claimed 12 lives and caused $150 billion in damages last year reportedly subscribed to left-wing ideology and was obsessed with alleged assassin Luigi Mangione. Jonathan Rinderknecht, who faces a number of charges related to allegedly starting the Palisades Fire,...Sun, 10 May 2026 04:00:59 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4187562https://www.westernjournal.com/gunman-near-jd-vances-motorcade-said-f-white-house-doj/A Texas man accused of shooting at a Secret Service agent in Washington, D.C., on Monday and saying “F*** the White House” was hit with federal gun charges Wednesday. The Department of Justice charged Michael Marx, 45, of Midland with assaulting federal officers with a dangerous weapon, using and discharging...Sun, 10 May 2026 03:30:29 -0700Hudson Crozierhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4188891https://www.westernjournal.com/pitch-perfect-game-house-democrats-reportedly-state-anguish-virginia-gerrymander-fails/For months, Virginia Democrats appeared confident the Commonwealth's newly drawn congressional map would strengthen the party’s position heading into critical 2026 midterms. Then the Virginia Supreme Court stepped in. Now, after the court overturned the Democrat-backed gerrymander, House Dems are confronting a far less comfortable political reality -- one marked...Sun, 10 May 2026 03:00:51 -0700Bryan Chaihttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190697https://www.westernjournal.com/breathtaking-chandelier-ufo-video-goes-viral-simple-explanation/One of the most interesting of the videos that was released in yesterday’s (Friday) UFO file dump is the video revisiting claims made by UFO filmmaker and commentator Jeremy Corbell, who first popularized the “Chandelier” image in early 2024. In a NewsNation interview Corbell described the object as a genuine...Sat, 09 May 2026 15:36:17 -0700Stephanie Nutterhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190742https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-bobby-cox-manager-braves-teams-ruled-nl-dead-84/Bobby Cox, the folksy manager of the Atlanta Braves whose teams ruled the National League during the 1990s and gave the city its first major title as well as World Series trips that fell short, died Saturday. He was 84. Cox died in Marietta, Georgia, according to the Atlanta Braves....Sat, 09 May 2026 13:21:45 -0700The Associated Presshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4191014https://www.westernjournal.com/mob-attacks-indian-pastor-family-villagers-try-drive-away-home/A pair of men in central India attacked a local pastor and his family, attempting to drive them from their home because of their Christian faith. Pastor Motu Sodi, who lives in Chhattisgarh state’s Sukma District, was approached by a mob on April 13 and 14 at his home, where...Sat, 09 May 2026 13:02:19 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4186502https://www.westernjournal.com/guess-hundreds-uncounted-ballots-just-found-california-hint-one-dems-favorite-places/Humanity has discovered how to send a man to the moon and clone sheep, but we cannot count pieces of paper correctly. Rather, we will not count pieces of paper correctly. Here the "we" refers to blue states as the Democratic Party has practically made it a part of their platform to...Sat, 09 May 2026 11:35:59 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190292https://www.westernjournal.com/perfect-justice-17k-leftists-want-dox-ice-just-doxxed-thanks-famed-trump-haters-boneheaded-mistake-online/Miles Taylor was a man who was famously known as "Anonymous" before he outed himself as a Trump-hater serving in Donald Trump's administration while he was trying to undermine it. If you've been wondering what he's been up to since he outed himself and became the biggest anti-climax of an...Sat, 09 May 2026 11:24:34 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190837https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-hikes-tariffs-key-european-import-encourage-us-industry/President Donald Trump hiked tariffs on car imports from Europe after contending that European Union nations are not abiding by a trade deal reached last summer. Trump wrote on Truth Social that he is "pleased to announce that, based on the fact the European Union is not complying with our...Sat, 09 May 2026 10:00:31 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4186393https://www.westernjournal.com/los-angeles-drivers-facing-100-fill-ups-gas-prices-soar/Gas prices are rising across the country as war once again rages in the Middle East. But residents of southern California -- who already faced some of the highest energy costs in the nation because of their state's tax system and environmental policies -- are especially feeling the burn. Fox...Sat, 09 May 2026 09:30:49 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4186320https://www.westernjournal.com/fbi-recovers-400-year-old-stolen-christian-artifact/FBI agents in Boston, Massachusetts, recovered a stolen reliquary urn dating from the 17th century. The wooden urn is believed to be one of 17 artifacts taken from the Church of San Michele Arcangelo di Cangiano between Aug. 1, 2012, and Aug. 31, 2022, according to an April 30 news...Sat, 09 May 2026 09:00:32 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4186311https://www.westernjournal.com/azerbaijan-destroys-two-historic-christian-sites/Two major Christian sites in the nation of Azerbaijan have been destroyed amid conflicting land claims with Armenia. A report from Radio Free Europe said that satellite imagery on April 26 confirmed that the Holy Mother of God Cathedral no longer stands. The church was the largest cathedral in the...Sat, 09 May 2026 08:30:00 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4185229https://www.westernjournal.com/us-agency-releases-startling-report-anti-christian-persecution-major-islamic-country/A federal agency tasked with examining global religious freedom released a new report on Monday showing that persecution against Christians in Egypt is rising. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said in a statement accompanying the new report that the government of Egypt is known to repress non-Muslim religions,...Sat, 09 May 2026 07:30:17 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4184289https://www.westernjournal.com/catfish-farmers-undertakers-miners-celebrate-major-trump-admin-epa-deregulation/Catfish farmers, funeral home operators and miners — among a host of other industry groups — convinced the Environmental Protection Agency to kill its forty-year-old chemical regulation system. EPA Deputy Administrator David Fatouhi issued a memo on April 27 ending the 1985 Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) method of classifying...Sat, 09 May 2026 07:00:08 -0700Benjamin Robertshttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4189367https://www.westernjournal.com/city-council-removes-neighborhood-watch-signs-racist/The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, took down its Neighborhood Watch signs under the theory that the displays are racist. Senior elected officials held a ceremony on April 21 to remove the final sign, according to a report from MLive. “It’s great to see the last of these relics of...Sat, 09 May 2026 06:30:16 -0700Michael Austinhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4184286https://www.westernjournal.com/video-police-rush-contain-hundreds-rabid-jew-haters-mad-dash-toward-synagogue-mamdanis-nyc/If you didn't get what Mayor Zohran Mamdani's New York City is all about, you certainly found out this week. Less than a month after Mamdani vetoed a measure which would have provided protection for targets of anti-Semitism in the nation's biggest city, a group of "pro-Palestinian protesters" (translation: Jew-haters)...Sat, 09 May 2026 05:50:15 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190776https://www.westernjournal.com/va-supreme-court-rules-redistricting-map-illegal-look-much-cash-strapped-dnc-spent-pass-nullified-gerrymander/Whoops. Friday was a bit of a bummer for the Democrats. The big one: The Virginia Supreme Court ruled on the state's referendum to redraw its congressional districts to turn it from a 6-5 Democrat advantage into a 10-1 Democrat advantage, all by spreading the votes of a few major...Sat, 09 May 2026 05:42:59 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190808https://www.westernjournal.com/coyote-spotted-alcatraz-likely-swam-former-prison-island-twist/A lone coyote was first spotted in January by visitors who saw the exhausted animal paddling toward the rocky shores of Alcatraz. The New York Post reported that witnesses captured video footage and described the animal as cold and visibly fatigued after battling the bay’s frigid currents. This coyote has...Sat, 09 May 2026 05:30:17 -0700Stephanie Nutterhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190460https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-democrat-xavier-becerra-calls-migrant-kids-lost-watch-maga-talking-point/Biden-era cabinet official Xavier Becerra claimed that reports of migrant children being lost under his watch were “lies” by President Donald Trump — after he was pressed on them by a fellow Democrat. Becerra — a leading candidate to become California’s next governor according to recent polls — served as...Sat, 09 May 2026 05:00:00 -0700Anthony Iafratehttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4189834https://www.westernjournal.com/fact-check-no-kash-patel-not-custom-bourbon-made-fbis-dime/How many words does it take for a major American publication to admit that the premise of its story -- that FBI Director Kash Patel is giving people custom bourbon free, and therefore on the dime of the American taxpayer -- is actually not what you think it is? If...Sat, 09 May 2026 04:30:52 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190136https://www.westernjournal.com/winning-tn-redistricted-dems-existence-red-state-said-no-pride-month-declared-june-nuclear-family-month/Tennessee is in the spotlight after a successful redistricting on Thursday, but how many people noticed the assembly taking the initiative in April to expunge pride month from the calendar? On April 16, the New York Post reported Tennessee lawmakers declared June "Nuclear Family Month” The nuclear family as the...Sat, 09 May 2026 03:30:00 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190238https://www.westernjournal.com/illegal-migrant-carjacker-attacks-wrong-dad-last-mistake-ever-make/An illegal migrant carjacker made a fatal error in the victim-selection process in Garland, Texas, Sunday when he tried to carjack a local man’s vehicle. Garland Police said in a Sunday statement posted to Facebook that the incident occurred after an automobile crashed into two other cars at the intersection...Sat, 09 May 2026 03:00:36 -0700Harold Hutchisonhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4189379https://www.westernjournal.com/reckoning-islamic-group-terror-ties-set-investigated-gop/The Council on American‑Islamic Relations is coming under attack as House Republicans examine the extent to which it is trying to subvert American law with Sharia law. A House Judiciary subcommittee has scheduled a hearing to examine how CAIR and its fellow travelers are pushing anti-Western ideals, according to the...Fri, 08 May 2026 18:01:38 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190596https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-preparing-fire-fda-commissioner-amid-nicotine-dispute-pro-life-outcry-report/Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary is on his way out, according to multiple reports. The Wall Street Journal said Friday that Makary’s firing appeared to be a done deal. Although as of Friday evening Eastern Time no official word had been issued, The New York Times and The...Fri, 08 May 2026 17:32:18 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190621https://www.westernjournal.com/lawmaker-slaps-phone-reporters-hand-skirmish-data-center-story/If a Utah lawmaker was looking to keep a story out of the headlines, he picked a bad way to do it. Veteran Republican state Sen. Jerry Stevenson, one of the most powerful figures in the Beehive State's legislature, slapped a phone out of the hand of a journalist on...Fri, 08 May 2026 17:10:01 -0700Joe Saundershttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190573https://www.westernjournal.com/green-politician-wants-limit-nursing-home-residents-2-8-oz-meat-per-week-due-climate-change-less-1-big-mac-per-week/Climate hysteria is pure evil, masquerading as concern for the environment. This alarmism sees public officials create outrageous guidelines and restrictions for the common person -- all supposedly to save the planet -- while they live lavishly. It's just another instance of "rules for thee, but not for me." The...Fri, 08 May 2026 16:33:45 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190215https://www.westernjournal.com/obama-slammed-disgusting-decision-speak-event-organized-man-troubling-past/Former President Barack Obama is under fire for his decision to speak at an upcoming event in Napa Valley, California. According to Politico, the former president will deliver remarks to an audience of CEOs brought together by Declan Kelly, former chairman and chief executive of the consulting firm Teneo, who...Fri, 08 May 2026 15:46:29 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190363https://www.westernjournal.com/catch-trumps-natl-day-prayer-message-said-something-vital-no-day-prayer-message-ever-said/President Donald Trump, in his National Day of Prayer message released Wednesday, celebrated the "entire Western experience," which he argued is grounded in faith in God. Making such an appeal to the preeminence of the Western tradition in a National Day of Prayer statement appears to be unique to this...Fri, 08 May 2026 15:19:07 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190481https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-russia-ukraine-agree-trumps-ceasefire-request-pushes-beginning-end/President Donald Trump announced Friday that Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a three-day ceasefire, which he hopes will lead to an end to the conflict entirely. "I am pleased to announce that there will be a THREE DAY CEASEFIRE (May 9th, 10th, and 11th) in the War between Russia...Fri, 08 May 2026 15:02:50 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190588https://www.westernjournal.com/one-la-mayoral-candidate-willing-give-straight-answer-illegals-voting/Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt was the only person to give a straight answer when asked whether illegal aliens and non-citizens should vote in U.S. elections during a Wednesday debate. The moderator of the mayoral debate asked each candidate, including Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, whether non-citizens should be permitted...Fri, 08 May 2026 14:15:31 -0700Nicole Silveriohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4189515https://www.westernjournal.com/watch-katie-porter-left-glaring-furiously-crowd-gasping-gop-candidates-2-word-comment-grasp-motherhood/Wednesday's gubernatorial debate in California saw Republican Chad Bianco spar with Democrat Katie Porter over the topic of sanctuary cities and motherhood. The debate, featuring Bianco, Porter, Tom Steyer, Xavier Becerra, Matt Mahan, Steve Hilton, and Antonio Villaraigosa, took place at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, KNBC-TV reported....Fri, 08 May 2026 13:51:07 -0700Samuel Shorthttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4189451https://www.westernjournal.com/human-remains-found-near-guthrie-home-create-new-mystery-fail-solve-current-one/A new find near the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie did nothing to clarify the mystery of her disappearance, but instead added a new one. Human remains were found about five miles from the Tucson home from which Guthrie disappeared on Feb. 1, according to the New York Post. A...Fri, 08 May 2026 13:17:07 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190348https://www.westernjournal.com/cant-make-islamic-activist-behind-muslims-waterpark-day-also-runs-learing-center/Looks like they're franchising. Just months after the "Quality Learing [sic] Center" in Minneapolis became the symbol of Minnesota's problem with affinity fraud within its large Somali community, the woman behind another cultural flashpoint -- this one an Islamic group that rented out a taxpayer-funded waterpark in the Dallas-Fort Worth...Fri, 08 May 2026 12:56:34 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4189340https://www.westernjournal.com/reeling-hakeem-jeffries-responds-shocking-virginia-redistricting-ruling-exploring-options/House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York declared himself stunned by a court decision that almost everyone else expected. On Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the state's new gerrymandered congressional map, drawn by Democrats and narrowly approved by voters in a referendum last month, violated Virginia's state...Fri, 08 May 2026 12:44:54 -0700Michael Schwarzhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190411https://www.westernjournal.com/uk-prime-minister-urged-resign-right-wing-reform-party-dominates-election-night/A right-wing party dominated elections Thursday as Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage said the political sun is setting on the Labour and Conservative parties. "Labour are being wiped out by Reform in many of their most traditional areas,” he said, according to GB News. Looking ahead to later Friday...Fri, 08 May 2026 12:02:56 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190202https://www.westernjournal.com/donors-palisades-wildfire-fundraiser-duped-millions-sent-infuriating-liberal-causes-instead-fire-victims-icymi/A charity that was intended to raise money for victims of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires has instead funneled funds to "voter participation efforts for Native Americans, illegal aliens, podcast shows, fungus planting, and the salaries and bonuses for those working at non-profits and other organizations," a report from the...Fri, 08 May 2026 11:29:04 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190096https://www.westernjournal.com/april-jobs-report-shatters-expectations/The reality of the Trump economy smashed bleak projections to bits in April, according to new Department of Labor data. April’s jobs report shows that employers added 115,000 jobs, according to CBS News. Economists had gone all in on bleak and bleaker, with a forecast from FactSet predicting a gain...Fri, 08 May 2026 11:01:12 -0700Jack Davishttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190276https://www.westernjournal.com/breaking-virginia-supreme-court-strikes-democrats-gerrymander-midterm-game-changer/The Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the state's congressional redistricting ballot referendum, passed last month, violated the state's constitution. The new map could have netted Democrats up to four new U.S. House seats. The decision is a blow to the Democrats' hope of retaking the House in the...Fri, 08 May 2026 09:58:38 -0700Randy DeSotohttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190307https://www.westernjournal.com/accused-murderer-iryna-zarutska-found-incompetent-stand-trial-federal-examiners/Federal examiners have determined that Decarlos Brown Jr., the man accused in the stabbing murder of Iryna Zarutska on board the Charlotte, North Carolina light rail in 2025, "is not competent to proceed" in his federal case because his level of mental illness makes him incapable of participating in his...Fri, 08 May 2026 07:00:47 -0700C. Douglas Goldenhttps://www.westernjournal.com/?p=4190132