Новости за 17.03.2019

A government watchdog has released a white paper urging President Trump to designate Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, reports Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin. “Undoubtedly, Mexican drug cartels meet the U.S. government’s criteria for FTO designation,” said a report from report from Judicial Watch, “which requires organizations to be foreign, engage in terrorism or terrorist activity or […]

March 17, around 461 A.D., St. Patrick died. As a teenager, the Roman Legions guarding his community in Britain had to be withdrawn to defend Rome from invading heathen hordes overrunning the borders. These tribes had been displaced by the Huns, who attacked westward after the Later Eastern Han Dynasty extended sections of the Great […]

An electrical contractor whose workers often take on major projects in Minneapolis is challenging in federal court the local school district’s rejection of his bids in favor of union workers. “With 75 buildings and 35,000 students, there’s plenty of construction work in the Minneapolis School District,” explains the Pacific Legal Foundation. “But many hardworking Minnesotans never get […]

A lawyer who was Michigan’s state solicitor general and chairman of the American Bar Association’s Council of Appellate Lawyers has been tapped to argue Tennessee’s effort to leave the federal refugee resettlement program. The case is before a panel of judges of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The appointment of lawyer John Bursch […]

A petition campaign has been launched in the United Kingdom urging the home secretary to protect street preachers from law enforcement. It’s a response to the arrest of Nigerian preacher Oluwole Ilesanmi, who was arrested by police and driven miles away to be dropped off without a means to return home. The police deny that’s what […]

(Lincoln Journal Star) From their offices in Lincoln early Thursday, hydrologists with the U.S. Geological Survey were monitoring the final few moments of a stream gauge more than 200 miles away, on the Niobrara River. It was hinting at something catastrophic. “We were watching it from here, and it looked like something incredible was happening […]

(Associated Press) French yellow vest protesters set life-threatening fires, smashed up luxury stores in Paris and clashed with police Saturday in the 18th straight weekend of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron. Large plumes of smoke rose above the rioting on Paris’ landmark Champs-Elysees avenue, and a mother and her child were just barely saved from […]

The gun control debate is ramping up again with Democrats now in the majority in the U.S. House, even though none of their measures likely will advance through the Republican-controlled Senate. However, one new report about confiscation of guns likely will make both sides of the debate happy, as the confiscations were from drug dealers, auto theft […]

Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle. Psalm 97:10

Knows best. Editor’s note:Do you need something to smile about? Every day, WND selects the best joke offered up by readers and contributors to its Laughlines forum and brings it to you as the WND Joke of the Day. Here is today’s offering: My mother once gave me two sweaters for my birthday. The next […]

Police officers are not required to provide emergency medical aid to a suspect they shoot as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to review an Ohio case. A lower court ruled in the death of Jason White that officers were obliged only to call an ambulance, not to render first aid, for which they are trained. “If […]

(Fox News) U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s unfavorable rating has spiked after just months in Congress, with most of the public viewing her negatively rather than favorably, a new poll shows. The New York Democrat shot to fame amid the party’s lurch to the left and embracement of socialist policies such as the Green New Deal, […]

(Louisville Courier-Journal) Kentucky’s only abortion clinic resumed seeing patients Saturday after a federal judge in Louisville blocked the state from enforcing a new abortion law. The General Assembly passed the bill late Thursday, and it was signed soon after by Gov. Matt Bevin. But U.S. District Judge David Hale issued the temporary restraining order at […]

(ABC News, Australia) Queensland senator Fraser Anning is being investigated by police after being egged while speaking at a political meeting at Moorabbin in Melbourne’s south-east. Footage of the incident shows a young man watching Senator Anning from the sidelines before he starts filming with his mobile phone, and then smashes the egg on the […]

(Western Journal) Long before she became infamous for her arrest as part of what prosecutors say was a scheme to make sure some of America’s richest kids entered some of America’s top colleges, actress Felicity Huffman was fighting educational equality. A brief video emerged on Twitter showing Huffman, who starred in ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” sporting […]

(The Hill) The primary suspect in Friday’s deadly attack on two New Zealand mosques has been charged with murder, according to authorities. The 28-year-old Australian man was charged with one count of murder in connection with the massacre but likely will face more charges, police wrote on Twitter. “While the man is currently facing only […]