Saturday, April 18, 2026

TOP NEWS

JD Vance Meets Pope Francis on Easter Sunday after Tangle over Deportations of Illegals

(Headline USA) U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly with Pope Francis on Sunday to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration's migrant deportation plans. Vance’s motorcade entered Vatican City through a side gate and parked near Francis’ hotel residence while Easter Mass was...

Ron DeSantis’s Ex-Comms Director Charged for Exposing Himself to Women

(José Niño, Headline USA) Fred Piccolo, who once shaped the public messaging for Governor Ron DeSantis, now faces criminal charges after authorities say he exposed himself to several women in a string of unsettling encounters. Fred Piccolo, who briefly served as communications director for Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-FL, in 2020,...

Supreme Court Temporarily Halts some Venezuelan Deportations

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting some Venezuelans in the country who’ve been identified as members of violent gangs, including the terrorist organization, Tren de Aragua. “The government is directed not to remove any member of the putative...

Poll: 7 in 10 Americans to Celebrate Easter this Year

(By Dan McCaleb, The Center Square) Nearly 70% of Americans plan to celebrate Easter in some form this year, according to new polling. Of the 69% who say they do plan to celebrate, 36% will celebrate it primarily as a religious holiday, 13% will celebrate it as a secular one,...

Constitutional Crisis? SCOTUS Blocks Deportation of Violent Criminals

(Headline USA) The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law. Many of the men slated for deportation are accused of being members of the Tren de Aragua gang. In a brief order, the court directed the...

Bill Clinton Insults OKC Bombing Victims by Returning to Crime Scene for 30th Anniversary

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Thirty years after the deadliest homegrown attack in U.S. history, former President Bill Clinton will return to Oklahoma City on Saturday to a crime scene that his government helped create. Clinton was president on April 19, 1995, when a truck bomb exploded, destroying a nine-story federal...

Father of Slain Teenager Booted from Press Conference Held by Killer’s Family

(José Niño, Headline USA) After Jeff Metcalf’s son, Austin Metcalf, was fatally stabbed by another teenager at a high school track meet on April 2, the father extended an olive branch to the alleged murderer’s family—saying, “I already forgive this person. Already. God takes care of things.” The family of...

Teen Murder Suspect Karmelo Anthony Stays in Lavish $900K Home

(José Niño, Headline USA) Karmelo Anthony, 17, moved into a luxury Frisco neighborhood in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex after being released on a $250,000 bond and moving, raising questions about his family’s financial situation and the use of hundreds of thousands in donated funds for legal costs. According to the...

Suspected FSU Shooter Was Abused, Abducted to Europe When He Was 15

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) As police continue to investigate a possible motive for the man who allegedly killed two people and wounded at least six others in Thursday’s mass shooting at Florida State University, liberal media outlets are focusing on the shooter’s purported right-wing ideology—with reports emerging that alleged...

Trump Shows Evidence that Deported ‘Maryland Man’ is Indeed an MS-13 Member

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On Wednesday, the Tennessee Star published a bombshell article about how “Maryland man” Kilmar Abrego Garcia—an El Salvador national who was deported last month on the grounds that he’s a suspected MS-13 gang member—was suspected by Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) of human trafficking in 2022, and that the FBI...

Just 30% of Illinois 4th Graders Read at Proficiency Standards

(Glenn Minnis, The Center Square) Illinois Republican state Rep. Dan Ugaste is speaking out against a “nationwide literacy crisis” that counts Illinois among the more than 40 states where just one out of every three fourth grade students are now meeting reading proficiency standards. Data from the National Assessment of...

Homelessness up by 90% Since 2020 in Colorado

(Derek Draplin, The Center Square) Colorado has seen the fourth highest percentage increase in homelessness in the U.S. since 2020, according to a new report. The report, by the free-enterprise Common Sense Institute, also called into question most of the state’s “housing first” approach, saying it “may not be the best...
- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -

Most Read

- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -