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Belarus launches drills involving Russian nuclear weapons
In a statement on Monday, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said the drills would test its readiness to deploy nuclear weapons in different areas of the country.
“During the training, in cooperation with the Russian side, it is planned to practise the delivery of nuclear munitions and their preparation for use,” the ministry said.
It added that the exercises would focus on “practising stealth, movement over significant distances, and calculations for the use of forces and equipment.”
The ministry stressed the exercise was not aimed against any other country and posed no security threats in the region.
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry lambasted the drills, urging Western allies to further tighten sanctions on Russia and Belarus.
“By turning Belarus into its nuclear staging ground near NATO borders, the Kremlin is de facto legitimizing the proliferation of nuclear weapons worldwide and setting a dangerous precedent for other authoritarian regimes,” the Ukrainian ministry said….
HHS Launches ‘Operation Hope’ to Rescue Missing Foster Children Before Traffickers Can Target Them
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a new initiative in Mississippi aimed at rapidly locating missing foster children and reducing the risk of exploitation by trafficking networks, as federal officials expand efforts to strengthen oversight within the child welfare system.
The program, known as “Operation Hope,” is being implemented as a joint effort between the HHS Administration for Children and Families, state law enforcement agencies, and federal investigators.
Officials describe it as a coordinated response model designed to accelerate recovery times when foster children go missing.
Federal officials say the Mississippi pilot has already led to the recovery of 13 missing foster children, with most located shortly after alerts were issued.
Authorities reported that roughly 87 percent of identified missing foster youth in the program were recovered within 48 hours, according to Newsmax.
The initiative is intended to streamline communication between federal and state authorities, replacing slower reporting channels with a more immediate response structure when foster children are reported missing….
Cops swarm San Diego Islamic Center after active shooter report
San Diego police rushed to the scene of a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday — helicopter footage appeared to show one person in a tactical vest appeared to have been shot dead.
Hundreds of police vehicles lined up outside the center only minutes after the initial call came in for an active shooter.
An elementary school next to the Islamic Center was also evacuated by police as were adults still inside the center.
Cops are frantically searching the neighborhood, going door to door to find the shooter, per KGTV San Diego.
It is not yet known how many shooters were involved in the incident.
“I am aware of the active shooter situation at the Islamic Center of San Diego in Clairemont and am continuing to receive updates from law enforcement. Emergency personnel are on scene and actively working to protect the community and secure the area,” Mayor Todd Gloria posted to X.
“SDPD is on scene at the Islamic Center of San Diego in the 7000 block of Eckstrom Ave for a reported active shooter,” the San Diego Police Department posted.
“Please avoid the area. Updates to follow,” the post added.
Shooter opens fire at Islamic center, report says
Fox News’ Jonathan Hunt and Paul Mauro report on the shooting at an Islamic center in San Diego
Evacuations underway as fast-moving wildfire breaks out in Southern California
Fox News chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt reports on the precautionary evacuations prompted by the Southern California fire on ‘The Story.’
Apologies and cash headed to alleged ‘weaponization’ victims in billion-dollar Trump settlement
The Story At A Glance
- • Trump dropped a $10 billion IRS lawsuit in exchange for a $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund.
- • The fund compensates individuals alleging they were victims of politically motivated government lawfare.
- • Potential beneficiaries include Jan. 6 defendants and allies targeted during the Biden administration.
Context
The settlement follows a 2023 guilty plea by a government contractor who leaked Trump’s private tax records. This move seeks to address systemic misuse of federal agencies against political opponents.
Christian Perspective
This settlement serves as a necessary rebuke to the corrupt use of state power to persecute righteous leaders and their supporters. True justice requires accountability for those who weaponize the law to subvert the will of the people. It is a step toward restoring the moral order by penalizing the dishonest use of government authority.
Implications
The fund provides a mechanism to restore dignity and resources to those targeted by a decadent and lawless administrative state. It signals a shift toward protecting patriots from the parasitic globalist elements within the bureaucracy. This helps safeguard the traditional American way of life from state-sponsored political vendettas.
Broader Trends
This reflects the ongoing battle to dismantle the deep state and its efforts to replace the American people with a compliant, controlled population. It highlights the transition from liberal democratic decay toward a more decisive, America First leadership style. The move counters the trend of using government institutions to enforce progressive social engineering.
Takeaway
Americans must support the dismantling of weaponized bureaucracies to protect the sanctity of the family and the nation. We must demand strong leadership that prioritizes the protection of patriots over the interests of a corrupt elite. Victory requires holding the state accountable to its people rather than its political masters.
The Hidden Reason Why Prices Are Skyrocketing | Ep. 1781
Gas, everyday products, and homes are all skyrocketing in price, and this might be the common denominator.
The red-state winners in the climb to become America’s next economic powerhouse
A corporate exodus is reshaping America’s business landscape — and deep-blue states are paying the price.
The stakes go far beyond bragging rights. Corporate headquarters bring high-paying jobs, investment and tax revenue; they also boost local economies and political influence.
According to a report by CBRE, one of the nation’s largest commercial real estate brokerage firms, 725 companies relocated their headquarters between 2018 and 2025.
And the trend was clear — businesses increasingly left high-tax, heavily regulated Democrat-led states like California and New York for Republican states offering lower costs, lighter regulation and faster growth, like Texas and Florida.
And as companies increasingly relocate to Republican-led states, politicians in blue states are facing growing scrutiny over whether progressive tax-and-regulation policies are driving employers away, weakening growth and eroding the tax bases of some of America’s longtime economic powerhouses.
The frequency of relocations accelerated in 2025, outpacing 2024 levels as companies looked beyond traditional coastal hubs for expansion opportunities.
CBRE found the number of firms citing “growth opportunity” as the primary reason for relocating jumped nearly 47% from a year earlier.
Texas emerged as the biggest winner in the battle for corporate America….
ICE arrests released illegal alien accused of killing daughter, 9, in Arizona rollover crash
Police suspected that Mexican national Brenda Liliana Rivera-Estrada, 30, was impaired during the April 12 crash that ejected her daughter from a vehicle and injured two boys, 11 and 3, and a baby girl, 1.
Her daughter reportedly was sharing a seatbelt with her sibling.
Rivera-Estrada is accused of multiple felony offenses tied to manslaughter and child abuse and was held on a $100,000 bond, but county prosecutors did not file charges, and she was released from local custody before being taken into ICE custody on an immigration detainer.
“The identification and arrest of Brenda Liliana Rivera-Estrada by ICE underscores the importance of the Criminal Alien Program and highlights the public safety efforts undertaken by officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Phoenix Deputy Field Office Director Alejandro Almeida told Fox News in a statement.
“Her fate now rests with the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review, and any available administrative or judicial appellate recourse, which will determine her eligibility to remain in the United States,” Almeida added….
Payroll data exposes six-figure salaries behind transit strike grinding NYC travel to a halt
Long Island Rail Road workers walked off the job on Monday after rejecting the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s latest wage offer, snarling travel for hundreds of thousands of weekday commuters even as payroll data shows the striking employees already earn six-figure pay.
LIRR employees had an average income of $121,646 plus an average of $25,957 in overtime pay as of 2024, according to data provided by the railroad operator.
While the typical LIRR employee makes about $150,000 a year, the per capita personal income in Suffolk County, one of the two counties that make up Long Island, was just $92,113 in 2024.
Bordering Nassua County, meanwhile, had a per capita personal income of $109,400 that year.
The rail employees are striking because they feel the raise offered to them by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is not enough to compensate for the rising cost of living in the New York metropolitan area.
In addition to negatively impacting the travel plans of the estimated more than a quarter million people who ride the LIRR every day, the New York State Comptroller estimates that the strike will cost the region an average of $61 million per day…..
Maine county sees alarming spike in HIV cases, prompting action from health officials
A central Maine county’s HIV outbreak has grown to 43 cases after two new infections were reported last week, prompting a response from public health officials and community organizations in the state.
Both newly reported Penobscot County cases were diagnosed in April, the Bangor Daily News reported Monday.
The outbreak, which began in October 2023, has far exceeded the county’s typical HIV case count.
Penobscot County usually sees about two new HIV cases per year, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nearly all of the people infected in the outbreak have reported either injecting drugs or experiencing homelessness within one year of their diagnosis, the Maine CDC said.
Public health officials have warned that the real number of infections is likely higher than the detected total….
US issues urgent travel warning as deadly Ebola outbreak spreads overseas
U.S. officials are warning Americans not to visit a Central African nation, home to the world’s second-largest rainforest, amid a deadly Ebola outbreak.
The U.S. State Department raised its travel advisory for the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Level 3 to Level 4 on Sunday.
The advisory emphasizes Congo’s Ituri Province, which is located in the northeast region, though Ebola cases have also been reported in Goma and the capital city of Kinshasa.
Officials said the outbreak was caused by the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus, a rarer variant for which existing vaccines may be less effective.
As of Monday, Congo’s Health Cluster reported over 390 suspected cases and 105 deaths in Congo, according to the Associated Press….
May 17, 2026-Cover Story: Donkey Kong
Kamala Harris is floating another presidential run. Eric Swalwell is forced out of Congress and the California governor’s race amid a sex scandal.
And Democrats are heading into the 2026 midterms divided between the concerns of everyday working Americans and far-left priorities. As of today, they admit they have no clear leader or direction, and are struggling to define a post-Trump identity.
The November elections will decide control of Congress and could shape the emerging 2028 presidential contest. Today, we survey the landscape of the as yet undetermined future of the Democrat party
Chaotic teen brawl goes viral after teen terror prompts US Attorney Pirro’s plan to prosecute parents
A massive brawl between young people inside a Chipotle restaurant in Washington, D.C.’s Navy Yard neighborhood has gone viral just days after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro vowed to crack down on the parents of lawbreaking juveniles.
In the shocking video of the fight, which Metro D.C. police say occurred Saturday night around 8:40 p.m., about eight adolescents can be seen throwing punches and hurling restaurant furniture at one another as innocent bystanders huddle for safety in the corner of the restaurant.
At the beginning of the video, one suspect in the fight wearing a plastic COVID-19 era mask can be seen beating another suspect with a children’s high chair, hitting him over the head with it twice and then throwing it at him.
At another point in the video, a chair was launched across the store.
All of the suspects were dressed head-to-toe in black, with some wearing hoods and masks.
All the while, at least six people, including three young children, huddled behind a man in a red polo shirt in the corner of the restaurant….
Trump warns Iran ‘time is running out’; IAF eliminates Hamas top commander TV7 Israel News 18 May
1) The Israeli Airforce successfully eliminated the commander of Hamas’ Izzeldin al-Qassam Brigades – the last living mastermind of the October 7th massacre. 2) President Donald Trump warns the Ayatollah regime that the time for them to accept a negotiated solution is running out. 3) The IRGC is training supporters of the regime throughout Iran – fearing yet another domestic uprising.
Ukraine breaches Russia’s strongest air defenses to hit Moscow
Ukraine hit Russia with more than 1,300 drones over the weekend, penetrating Moscow’s heavy air defenses and successfully hitting targets in and around the capital.
While Ukrainian drones have penetrated Moscow’s air defenses before, this time they hit a wide range of targets, including industrial plants and an oil refinery.
Three people were killed and 12 wounded, Russian authorities said.
“This is significant also because the Moscow region is the most heavily saturated with Russian air defense systems,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement on Sunday afternoon.
The attack happened shortly after Zelenskyy announced strikes in retaliation for Russia’s massive two-day attack on Ukraine last week, which killed 24 people and injured 48 in Kyiv alone.
Kyiv claimed successful attacks on the Angstrem factory, which produces radio electronics and microchips for precision weapons, the Moscow oil refinery and oil pumping stations in Solnechnogorsk and Volodarskoye near the capital.
The drone attack also led to more than 50 civilian flights being redirected and more than 30 being delayed, Russia’s transport ministry reported…
Police Will Not Enforce Florida HOA’s Neighborhood Gun Ban
WPTV reported that the ban applies to “areas [including] the Town Hall, Tradition Square, gazebo, splash pad, tot lot, dog park, parks, trails and stormwater areas throughout the Port St. Lucie development.”
Moreover, residents are barred from carrying a gun in said areas for self-defense even if they possess a concealed carry permit.
CBS 12 posted a statement released by Port St. Lucie police wherein they explained that they will not enforce the HOA ban:
The Port St. Lucie Police Department enforces Florida State Law – not private HOA policies or community association rules.
PSLPD fully supports the constitutional rights afforded to all law-abiding citizens, including the rights protected under the Second Amendment.
Responsible firearm ownership remains a protected right under both the United States Constitution and Florida law, and our officers will continue to uphold and protect those rights while enforcing the law fairly and impartially.
Taylor Welsh lives in the Traditions HOA and believes the ban was instituted in a way that took everyone by surprise.
Welsh said, “As gun owners ourselves we just felt like it was very subversive to do something like this behind everyone’s backs because it seems like no one had prior notice.”…
Arkansas Police Officer in Critical Condition After Being Shot in Neck
He approached a truck belonging to Joshua Keller after Keller allegedly crashed it. Newman suspected Keller was intoxicated and questioned him outside of the truck, 4029TV reported.
Keller became agitated and “got back in his truck and attempted to drive away.”
The City of Fort Smith issued a press release which said, “At one point during the encounter, Keller became argumentative, re-entered the vehicle, and attempted to flee. As Officer Newman attempted to detain him outside the vehicle, Keller produced a handgun and shot Officer Newman in the neck.”
Keller fled in his pickup truck and other officers gave chase.
The pursuit ended with Keller shot dead “near the Grand Avenue exit on Interstate 540 northbound,” 5 News Online noted.
The City of Forth Smith is asking the whole of its community “to keep Officer Newman, his family, and all involved personnel in their thoughts and prayers.”
VIDEO: Finnish Divers Locate Bodies of Four Italians in Maldives ‘Shark Cave’
Officials confirmed the bodies had been found, CBS News reported Monday.
A spokesman for the Maldives government, Ahmed Shaam, said “As was previously thought, the four bodies were found inside the cave, not only inside the cave but well inside the cave into the third segment of the cave, which is the largest part.”
He added that crews are planning to recover the bodies over the next few days.
The body of a diving instructor who also died with the group on Thursday had previously been found outside the cave that was located 160 feet underwater.
“The victims have been identified as Monica Montefalcone, an associate professor of ecology at the University of Genoa; her daughter, Giorgia Sommacal; marine biologist Federico Gualtieri; researcher Muriel Oddenino; and diving instructor Gianluca Benedetti, according to the Maldivian government,” the CBS article read.
In addition, a military diver died Saturday after a mission to find the group. He was identified as Mohamed Mahudhee of the Maldivian National Defense Force.
His life was cut short due to underwater decompression sickness once he was taken to a hospital, according to NBC News…..
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