Thursday, April 9, 2026

POLITICS

American Births Hit New Lows

(José Niño, Headline USA) Fresh government statistics reveal that the American fertility rate reached a new minimum in 2025. This downturn continues a shrinking trend that has lasted for 20 years.  According to research from the CDC, the number of births per 1,000 women of reproductive age slid to 53.1...

Democrats Grow Bolder on Talk About Removing Trump from Office After His Iran Threats

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump’s threats to wipe out Iran, “a whole civilization,” ended the restraint that Democrats have mostly practiced when it comes to questions of removing him from office in his second term. By the dozens, Democrats came out to say that Trump should no longer serve in...

US Economy Grew a Sluggish 0.5% in Fourth Quarter, Government Says, Downgrading Previous Estimate

(Headline USA) The American economy, slowed by last fall's 43-day government shutdown, grew at a sluggish 0.5% annual pace from October through December, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in a downgrade of its previous estimate. U.S. gross domestic product — the nation's output of goods and services — decelerated in...

Former NYPD Officer to be Sentenced for Throwing a Cooler that Killed a Man

(Headline USA) A former New York City police sergeant is set to be sentenced Thursday for tossing a picnic cooler full of drinks at a fleeing suspect, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died. The ex-officer, Erik Duran, was convicted of manslaughter in the 2023 death of Eric Duprey....

Complaint Filed Against AMA Foundation for Racially Discriminatory Scholarships

(Tate Miller, The Center Square)  Medical group Do No Harm filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) against the American Medical Association Foundation, questioning whether the organization should lose its tax-exempt status due to several racially-discriminatory scholarships it offers. Do No Harm Chief Medical Officer Kurt Miceli told...

Democrats Vow to Hold Bondi in Contempt for Refusing Epstein Deposition

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square)   Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is refusing to appear before the House Oversight Committee for her scheduled deposition April 14, an announcement that garnered a flood of condemnation from Democrats. Bondi argues that since she no longer leads the Department of Justice, she is no...

FBI Arrests Suspected Leaker of Downed Fighter Jet Over Iran

Director Kash Patel described the suspected leaker as a former SOCOM employee..

Report: Trump Considers Pulling Troops Out of NATO Countries Deemed ‘Unhelpful’ to Iran War Effort

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com)The Trump administration is considering a plan to “punish” NATO countries that the president has deemed “unhelpful” to the US-Israeli war effort against Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The potential plan would involve withdrawing US troops from those NATO countries and placing them in the...

Pro-Iran Groups Have Used AI to Troll Donald Trump

(Headline USA) Pro-Iran groups have used artificial intelligence to create slick internet memes in English to try to shape the narrative during the war against the U.S. and Israel and foster opposition to it. Analysts say the memes appear to be coming from groups linked to the government in Tehran...

Virginia’s New Gov. Takes Credit for Billions in Deals She Didn’t Land

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Unpopular Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Monday touted multi-billion-dollar investments she claimed would bring more than 3,000 jobs to the state. There’s just one problem. Every single one of those investments was announced before she took office, under her predecessor, Republican Glenn Youngkin. Spanberger made the announcement on X,...

Trump is Expected to Meet NATO Leader Rutte

(Headline USA) NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is expected to meet with President Donald Trump on Wednesday to try to smooth over the president's anger with the military alliance over the Iran war. Trump had suggested the U.S. may consider leaving the trans-Atlantic alliance after NATO member countries ignored his call...

Schizophrenic Murder Suspect in Iryna Zarutska Killing Cannot Stand Trial

(José Niño, Headline USA) DeCarlos Brown Jr., the African American man accused of fatally stabbing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train, has been found "incapable to proceed" on his state murder charge, the News & Observer reported. Brown, 35, faces both state and federal murder charges...
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