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America's abortion industry almost always describes itself as a health service, or health care, and claims abortions are a "medical procedure."

It's actually a billion dollar industry, and that now has been confirmed, according to a report from LifeNews, in a lawsuit by an abortion business that sued a pregnancy help center, which is located next door, essentially for stealing customers.

The report, originally from Operation Rescue, said the lawsuit is from Four Women, a Massachusetts abortion supplier against Abundant Hope Pregnancy Center, also known as Attleboro Women's Health Center.

"The abortion business is accusing Abundant Hope of unlawful practices aimed at interfering with women seeking abortions," according to the report.

The lawsuit by FW claims the "center engages in deceptive advertising and uses technologically advanced methods to reach abortion-vulnerable women, preventing moms from obtaining abortions."

The report explains the abortion business is complaining that the pregnancy center promotes "appointments in connection with abortion care," but actually, "It only takes a few seconds of perusing the pregnancy resource center's professional website to see offerings of material resources and emotional and spiritual support."

Specifically, "there are offerings for counseling and Bible-based abortion recovery as well as free pregnancy testing and ultrasound imaging."

The report confirmed, "No indication is given on the website that a woman can schedule an abortion."

The legal filing alleges that the pregnancy center intercepted communications between women and the abortion business and then called them.

However, the action notes that the abortion business turned in no complaints to police.

"There is no way to know whether these alleged electronic communications with patients are true and accurate," said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman, "or whether patients simply got confused about the contacts they had made as they searched online. Of course, those are not the only two possibilities."

Newman noted, "This legal action is proof that women are changing their minds when receiving hopeful, truthful alternatives. This is an attempt to interfere with the work of Abundant Hope Pregnancy Resource Center as it offers life-giving help to abortion vulnerable women and to women traumatized from past abortions."

Abortion for all, of course, has been one of two key agenda points for the Biden-Harris administration, and Kamala Harris has promised that it will become even more important if she is elected, as she wants to destroy the Senate filibuster process in order to impose her abortion regime on the entire nation.

In a rare interview, Melania Trump opened up about her relationship with former President Donald Trump, sharing details about their first meeting and early romance. She also took the opportunity to discuss her upcoming memoir, which is set for release on October 8.

Melania Trump provided a glimpse into her personal life, reflecting on her first encounters with her husband and their enduring bond.

Melania Trump recounted their initial meeting in the 1990s at a party. At the time, she was working as a model and had just returned from a shoot in the Caribbean. She explained that Donald Trump, already a known celebrity, had offered her his phone number at the event, and she later called him after her trip.

According to Melania, their first date was intimate and memorable. They spent time driving around together, a moment she described as “very special” because they had time alone without the distractions of his public life.

Melania emphasized how this privacy allowed them to connect on a deeper level. “It was really nice to be just the two of us,” she said. "At that time, he was already known, and a celebrity. So it was nice to be just two of us, alone in the car for hour, hour and a half, and it was no other noise, no other people."

Donald Proposed at the Met Gala

Years after their first date, Donald Trump proposed to Melania during the Met Gala in April 2004, a significant moment in their relationship. Not only was the proposal a grand gesture at a prestigious event, but it also took place on Melania’s birthday, making it even more special.

The couple tied the knot in January 2005. Reflecting on her wedding day, Melania described it simply as “a good day,” showing a more understated take on a significant moment in their lives.

Melania spoke warmly about her husband’s qualities, emphasizing what drew her to him and continues to sustain their relationship. She shared that Donald’s humor, personality, and kindness are among the traits she values most.

She also pointed to his positivity and boundless energy, describing them as remarkable aspects of his character. “His positivity. His energy. It’s unbelievable. Yeah, so we have a beautiful relationship,” she noted.

Melania’s Thoughts on Donald Trump’s 2024 Run

In addition to reflecting on their relationship, Melania touched on Donald Trump’s current run for the presidency in 2024. She expressed confidence in his intentions, saying he is focused on making the United States a safer and more prosperous nation.

According to Melania, his campaign is centered on “making the American dream possible again.” She believes his efforts aim to improve the lives of Americans by promoting safety and prosperity.

As the interview drew to a close, Melania took the opportunity to promote her upcoming memoir, Melania, which is scheduled to hit shelves on October 8. The memoir will provide more insights into her life, including her experiences in the White House and beyond.

While Melania has generally kept a low profile in recent years, particularly during Donald Trump’s latest presidential campaign, her memoir is expected to offer a rare glimpse into her perspective on various personal and public matters.

Her decision to share more of her personal story in her own words is a notable shift for the former first lady, who has been known for maintaining her privacy.

Marriage and Public Life in Focus

Throughout the interview, Melania’s reflections offered a more intimate view of her life with Donald Trump. From their first meeting to their marriage and now his 2024 presidential run, Melania’s recounting of their relationship shows a balance of personal affection and public attention.

Their life together, which has included high-profile moments like their wedding and time in the White House, has also been marked by quieter, more private experiences. Melania’s words suggest that despite the public scrutiny they’ve faced, their personal connection has remained strong.

Melania’s interview is rare not only for its timing, with Donald Trump actively campaigning for another term in the White House but also for its personal nature. She has largely stayed out of the spotlight in recent years, making her reflections on her relationship with Donald Trump particularly noteworthy.

Her decision to share these stories, including details about their early romance and life together, offers a window into their relationship that contrasts with the more formal public image many have seen.

Eduardo Xol, an actor and designer on the 2000s television hit Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, has died, Fox News reported. The 58-year-old succumbed to injuries from a stabbing that occurred 10 days prior at his Palm Springs home.

On Sept. 10, the Palm Springs Police Department responded to a call from a man in distress. When police arrived at the scene, they found a severely injured Xol.

He told officers he had been stabbed but did not offer the name of the alleged attacker at the time. However, the perpetrator would become known hours later after Richard Joseph Gonzales called to report that he'd been assaulted.

Investigators put the clues together and ultimately charged Gonzales as the suspect in Xol's stabbing. He was initially charged with attempted murder, which has since been changed to homicide due to Xol's death.

The Crime

No motive has been released for the reality TV star's murder. However, additional information from the Bay Area Reporter could shed some additional light on the circumstances of the crime.

It was around 5:41 a.m. when police were called to Xol's apartment, located on the 400 block of E. Arenas Road in Palm Springs, California. The Bay Area Reporter noted this is "where most of the gay bars and gay-focused businesses in the city are situated."

Xol, who was born Eduardo Torres, was a gay man, though it is unknown if this had anything to do with the crime. Investigators would get a break in the case at 9:13 a.m., when Gonzales called the police to report that he had been assaulted the night before.

The call from Gonzales came from an area about a mile east of where the attack on Xol allegedly occurred. Police said the two men were "associates" but did not elaborate on the nature of their relationship.

Authorities have not disclosed how they pieced together Gonzales' alleged involvement in Xol's murder. However, he's been booked and jailed without bail, awaiting his first hearing on Dec. 18.

Tributes

Xol's family shared a touching statement to Fox News Digital. "We are heartbroken at the tragic loss of our beloved Eduardo Xol. As his family, we know that his kindness has touched the lives of so many," the family wrote.

"We ask for that kindness returned now allowing our privacy to be respected as we process our grief," the family said, adding that they were requesting donations to the Lupus Foundation of America in lieu of flowers. Xol's younger sister suffers from lupus.

Friend Richard Pérez-Feria similarly expressed grief and love for Xol in an Instagram post. "Please don’t ask me how or why at this point…what matters most is who he was: A talented, beautiful, passionate friend, brother, son and partner," Pérez-Feria wrote.

Xol, a native of Los Angeles, was best known for his participation in ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in the second season of the series. He also starred in Spanish-language telenovelas and had a role in the 1998 film "Bravo."

Sadly, Xol's life came to such a violent and tragic end before his time. While his contribution to the entertainment world is important, the lives he touched offscreen will be his legacy.

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Federal agents have raided the New York City mansion of Mayor Eric Adams and confiscated his phone, just hours after reports surfaced that he had been named in an indictment.

The response from Adams was that the charges are "entirely false."

The Washington Examiner said reports confirmed federal officers raiding Gracie Mansion.

"They send a dozen agents to pick up a phone when we would have happily turned it in."

"Sources familiar with the matter told multiple outlets on Wednesday night that Adams was indicted following a federal corruption investigation, though the specific charges are sealed. This would make him the first mayor in the city's history to be indicted while in office," the report said.

It explained the federal investigation reportedly focused on claims that Adams schemed with the government of Turkey to push construction of a new consulate while ignoring safety concerns.

"In return, the Turkish government allegedly funneled illegal foreign funds into his campaign war chest, multiple outlets have reported," the report said.

"Now, if I am charged, many may say I should resign because I cannot manage the city while fighting the case. I can also understand everyday New Yorkers would be concerned that I cannot do my job while I face accusation. But I have been facing these lies for months since I began to speak out for all of you and their investigation started, yet the city has continued to improve. Make no mistake, you elected me to lead this city, and lead it I will."

A report by Fox News said Adams insinuated his criticism of the Biden-Harris administration's disastrous border policies made him a target for retaliation.

"The federal government did nothing as its broken immigration policies overloaded our shelter system with no relief," he said. "I put the people of New York before party and politics."

Fox reported that David Gelman, a defense attorney and legal surrogate for the Trump campaign, said, "The question is, is it politically motivated? It's possible. The DOJ has shown over the last 3.5 years that they are weaponized."

Fox noted, "Federal agents have conducted a series of raids targeting Adams' inner circle in recent weeks, including the new police commissioner, the commissioner he replaced, and other top aides in the mayor's office and from his campaign."

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The Mayor Clinic has innovated some of the most helpful diagnoses and treatments in American health care.

It has built a reputation that is based on a long list of accomplishments, including treating presidents.

But for many, that's now gone, vaporized in the time it took for a posting on its blog to appear, claiming that pregnancy is "often viewed as an exclusively female phenomenon."

Twitchy monitors social media postings, and reports on them, and noted, "Woke ideology is infiltrating health care. And it's going to do untold damage to patients, including get people killed."

It continued, "The Left loves to tell the Right to 'follow the science'. Right up until the science is inconvenient for their political agenda, that is. Take the Mayo Clinic, for example. It was once one of the most highly-regarded health care providers in the U.S., if not the world. How the mighty have fallen."

It's clear that for some, trust in the clinic was gone:

And there were those who had the nerve actually to cite science:

Yet another diagnosed the clinic with a "bad case of DEI cancer."

The organization declined to respond to a WND request for comment.

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A federal judge in New York has decided that pro-life centers there are allowed to promote the abortion pill reversal protocol as both "safe" and "effective," dealing a blow to the state's pro-abortion campaign that seeks to suppress such health care information.

According to a report from Liberty Counsel, a preliminary injunction from District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr., now protects Summit Life Outreach Center and The Evergreen Association.

The state has threatened and intimidated them, wildly claiming they are participating in false advertising.

Vice President Kamala Harris made headlines following an eventful interview with MSNBC where she displayed a disturbing lack of knowledge and absurd reactions.

On Wednesday, a report published by the New York Times criticized the interview that Kamala Harris gave to Stephanie Ruhle, a host on MSNBC.

The report stated that the Democratic presidential candidate continued to adhere to her strategy of avoiding answering questions directly.

"Since Ms. Harris began granting more interviews in recent days, her media strategy has been to sit with friendly inquisitors who are not inclined to ask terribly thorny questions or press her when her responses are evasive," the New York Times' report on the "takeaways" from Harris' interview read.

One Reporter's Take

Just days after Ruhle defended the vice president against accusations that she was avoiding questions and policy details during her interviews, Harris sat down for her first solo interview with a major network on Wednesday.

"Ms. Harris responded to the fairly basic and predictable questions with roundabout responses that did not provide a substantive answer," the report continued.

The report acknowledged Ruhle's justification and praise of Harris during her appearance on "Real Time With Bill Maher."

It also made note of a recent interview Ruhle did with President Biden in May 2023 and said, "Ruhle did not press him after his stumbling answers and praised him throughout the 14-minute discussion."

More About the Times Article

The Times further reported that before the June debate, which led to Biden's withdrawal, Ruhle neglected to ask Harris whether she had any knowledge about his health.

"Ms. Ruhle joined Ms. Harris in attacking Mr. Trump ('His plan is not serious, when you lay it out like that') and avoided posing tricky questions about positions Ms. Harris supported during her 2020 presidential campaign or what, if anything, she knew about Mr. Biden’s physical condition or mental acuity as his own campaign deteriorated," the report read.

The New York Times reported that this could be "perhaps why Ms. Harris agreed to the interview in the first place."

Ruhle challenged Harris during the interview about how she would "get the money" to pay for her expensive economic agenda if Republicans on Capitol Hill were to obstruct her attempts to increase the corporate tax rate.

Harris Response

"Do you still go forward with those plans and borrow?" Ruhle asked.

"But we're going to have to raise corporate taxes," Harris responded. "We’re going to have to make sure that the biggest corporations and billionaires pay their fair share. That’s just it. It’s about paying their fair share."

During the interview on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House," Ruhle acknowledged that Harris "doesn't answer the question."

John W. "Bill" Dornbusch, a Baltimore legend who played for the minor league Baltimore Orioles during the 1940s, has died. He was 98.

Doctors could not save Dornbusch from chronic heart disease, his hometown newspaper, the Baltimore Sun reported.

Orioles player dies at 98

The son of a newspaper carrier and housewife, Dornbusch was mentored in baseball by a local priest, Father Philip J. Brown, who later negotiated his minor league contract of $190 a month.

While still in high school at the Polytechnic Institute, his skills caught the attention of legendary Orioles scout John Walter Youse, who sent more than 45 players to the majors.

"Mr. Youse told Bill’s coach at Poly, Willie O’Keefe, ‘We could be looking at the next Joe DiMaggio,'” Dornbusch's daughter Pamela said.

In 1942, while still in high school, Dornbusch was drafted to play outfield and third base in the International League Orioles, a minor league team that operated from 1916 to 1953. The modern major league Baltimore Orioles launched in 1954, ending more than 50 years in which Baltimore did not have a major league team.

When he was still a teenager, Dornbusch enlisted in the Navy to serve in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Unfortunately, he never made it to the majors.

His son, John W. Dornbusch Jr., said his father reflected that he "disappointed a lot of people by not making it to the majors,” but “his time in World War II, not unlike other baseball players returning home after the war, had dampened his desire and perhaps his skills.”

Threw out first pitch

After the war, Dornbusch played for the Orioles farm team, the Centerville Orioles, where he helped the team win the 1946 Eastern Shore League championship.

He eventually got a degree from University of Maryland, College Park on the GI Bill and became a pharmaceutical salesman for Merrill-Dow.

Later in life, he became good friends with the late Baltimore Colts icon Johnny Unitas, his daughter said.

In 2017, then-91-year-old Dornbusch received the honor of a lifetime: the Baltimore Orioles invited him to throw out the first pitch at Camden Yards. It was a day Dornbusch would never forget.

"You have regular days, and then you have days that live in your mind forever,” he told his son. “This is one of those days.”

His wife of 70 years, Betty Ann Deuterman, predeceased him in 2018.

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A wacky professor who held a machete to the throat of a New York Post reporter, generating outrage over her threatening actions, and who has pleaded guilty to harassment and menacing, is at it again. This time Shellyne Rodriguez has led a crowd in New York chanting about their ancestors, who, she said, "dreamed of us, slitting the master's throat."

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And constitutional expert Jonathan Turley, whose newest book, "The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage," addresses such behavior, was blunt: "She is the very face of an age of rage."

He explained, "For a person who chased reporters with a machete, it is a curious choice for a speaker against violence. However, Rodríguez is clearly revered by the crowd. The fact that she pleaded guilty to harassment and menacing charges clearly did not reduce her popularity. To the contrary, for some, it may have increased it," he said.

"This was the person that two colleges wanted on their faculties and resisted efforts to fire her, even after trashing a table in an insane diatribe against pro-life advocates. She is the person that the PSC Graduate Center declared was 'justified' in her violence against those peaceful advocates."

The Daily Caller News Foundation reported last year when Rodriguez was handed "therapy" during a plea deal to various charges.

"Shellyne Rodriguez, who was fired from her position as adjunct assistant professor at Hunter College after threatening to 'chop' up a Post reporter with her machete when he knocked on her apartment door, pleaded guilty to two counts of menacing in the second degree, court records showed. As part of the plea deal, Rodriguez's criminal record will be wiped clean if she is not rearrested for a year and attends a minimum of six months of 'behavioral modification therapy,' according to the Post," the DCNF reported.

At the time, Rodriguez wildly projected, "Right wing media organizations are weaponizing and sensationalizing this case to further their agenda, and using me as a prism through which to project their attacks on women, trans people, black people, Latinx people, migrants, and beyond."

She originally gained notoriety for vandalizing a pro-life display on a table set out by students at Hunter College. She verbally abused them because she claimed their speech was "triggering" for her students.

Eventually, she was dismissed from Hunter, later gaining employment at The Cooper Union, from which she also later was dismissed.

Turley explained he previously had commented on "the machete-wielding former Hunter College professor. Rodríguez," explaining she "is back with a large following shown in a video with protesters chanting with her about 'slitting the throats of the masters.'"

He pointed out, "Somewhere between the machete to the neck and chasing the reporters down the street, Hunter College finally decided that Rodríguez had to go," so Rodriguez condemned the school for its capitulation to "racists, white nationalists, and misogynists."

He then cited the video from journalist Andy Ngo, where Rodriguez is leading a mob of pro-Palestinians chanting, "Our ancestors … dreamed of us slitting the master's throat."

Turley noted, "The scene shows a clearly unhinged Rodríguez who is not just supported by these protesters but clearly thrilling them with her rage rhetoric."

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Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., has introduced a bill that will give a $100 million reward for the arrest and conviction of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.

In a news release, Scott said Maduro is continuing his efforts to steal a third Venezuelan election, after Maduro's highly contested victory during Venezuela's presidential elections this year.

Joined by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Scott will be introducing the STOP MADURO Act – otherwise known as the Securing Timely Opportunities for Payment and Maximizing Awards for Detaining Unlawful Regime Officials.

The legislation increases the maximum reward amount from $15 million to a maximum of $100 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Maduro. To fund the reward, the federal government will be using Maduro's already seized assets.

"The time has come for Venezuela to be liberated from the illegitimate regime of dictator Nicolás Maduro. For years, I have urged the Biden-Harris administration to put the full weight of the federal government to put an end to the Maduro regime, but it has refused and continued its failed appeasement that has only enriched and emboldened Maduro and his puppet masters in Cuba at the expense of the Venezuelan people. In 2020, the Trump administration did the right thing by offering a reward of up to $15 million, but it's time to up the ante," Scott said.

According to Scott, the U.S. Attorney's Office in South Florida along with federal law enforcement partners already have seized assets worth approximately $450 million.

The bill has bipartisan support, and companion legislation will be introduced in the House of Representatives by U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla.

"My STOP MADURO Act will increase the maximum reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Maduro to $100 million, using seized assets instead of U.S. taxpayer money to bring an end to the tyranny caused by this narcoterrorist. The Venezuelan people overwhelmingly voted for a new day of freedom and democracy on July 28 when they elected Edmundo González in an effort led by opposition leader María Corina Machado. It's clear Maduro will not step down on his own, and I urge my colleagues to support this bill to rid Venezuela and the world of Maduro's oppression and make way for President-elect González to bring democracy, freedom and opportunity back to Venezuela," Scott said.

Rubio said in a statement that U.S. lawmakers must do more to stop Maduro, and the new legislation will help make that happen.

"The U.S. must do more to arrest narco-dictator Nicolás Maduro. I've called for Interpol to issue a red alert notice to facilitate this, and this legislation builds on that call by increasing the reward for his arrest to $100 million. Maduro is one of the Venezuelan regime's most corrupt schemers and it's past time he is held accountable for his crimes," Rubio said.

Maduro, who became interim president following the death of President Hugo Chavez in 2013, is a socialist who has plunged his once prosperous nation into poverty. During his rule, Maduro has become increasingly more authoritarian, which has led to attempts by opposition to have him removed from office. Maduro's competitor Edmundo Gonzalez was forced to flee Venezuela for Spain after Maduro issued a warrant for his arrest.

While at a cultural meeting in Caracas on Friday, Maduro warned his government officials against accepting any electronic devices as Christmas gifts, according to MenaFN.

Maduro's comments come in the wake of the mass detonation of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon, which targeted terrorist group Hezbollah.

The detonation led to around 3,000 people being injured, while 37 people were killed.

"You've seen what happened in Lebanon; everyone should be on alert," Maduro reportedly said during the meeting.

According to the Miami Herald, a federal court in Argentina has court ordered the immediate arrest of Maduro, and Maduro's second-in-charge Diosdado Cabello, for alleged crimes against humanity.

The court order was issued in response to Venezuela's Supreme Court issuing its own arrest order for Argentina's President Javier Milei and two of his senior officials for seizing a Venezuelan cargo plane in Buenos Aires.

The Argentine Forum for the Defense of Democracy described the order against Maduro and Cabello as historic, after the case was first introduced in 2023, allowing countries to prosecute crimes against human rights no matter where they occurred.

"From now on, Maduro has become a fugitive from justice and the world has become increasingly smaller for those who have committed atrocious crimes," Forum secretary Elisa Trotta said in a statement to the Miami Herald.