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After a three-hour meeting with Russian President Putin in Alaska Friday, President Trump spent hours on the phone with world leaders overnight, leading to an announcement that he expects all parties in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war soon to agree to a peace agreement – skipping the usual step of a ceasefire.
In addition, Trump said he would host Ukrainian President Zelensky in the Oval Office Monday to discuss the deal. That part of the announcement reminded some of the last time the Ukrainian leader visited the White House, an acrimonious meeting that ended without any official agreement between the parties.
Trump posted Saturday morning:
"A great and very successful day in Alaska! The meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia went very well, as did a late night phone call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, and various European Leaders, including the highly respected Secretary General of NATO. It was determined by all that the best way to end the horrific war between Russia and Ukraine is to go directly to a Peace Agreement, which would end the war, and not a mere Ceasefire Agreement, which often times do not hold up. President Zelenskyy will be coming to D.C., the Oval Office, on Monday afternoon. If all works out, we will then schedule a meeting with President Putin. Potentially, millions of people's lives will be saved. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"
The announcement comes after a peculiar post-summit appearance in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday that featured an opening speech by Putin and then President Trump simply saying the parties "made some headway" toward a deal.
Said Trump, "We didn't get there but we have a very good chance of getting there."
The two leaders took no questions after the 12-minute event.
Reuters reported Saturday that during the Alaska meeting, Putin demanded that Ukraine withdraw from the eastern Donetsk region as a condition for ending Russia's war but told Trump he could freeze the rest of the frontline if his core demands were met.
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Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, arrived Friday afternoon in Alaska for a summit with President Donald Trump, whose goal it is to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, which Russia invaded three years ago.
And he was met immediately with a demonstration of America's firepower: A flyover by a B-2 stealth bomber and some F-35 jets.
Washington Examiner said two B-2s had been flown into Alaska just before the meeting, and did the flyover just as Trump was greeting Putin.
They are the same type of aircraft that conducted the successful strike on Iran's nuclear production facilities just months ago.
The meetings at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson were to run into the evening.
Trump has said he's ready to call for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky if things are going well.
The Examiner commented, "They are likely meant to assert U.S. dominance over Russia ahead of the summit. More bombers may be headed in the same direction, according to defense analysis site TWZ."
And Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, pointed to the presence of more than 100 fifth-generation fighter jets in his home state.
Putin's arrival put him in a Western country for the first time since he commanded the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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Devarjay "DJ" Daniel, 13, is the young boy with a dream of being a police officer who stole hearts across America when, during President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress months ago, was made an honorary member of the U.S. Secret Service.
Now his father has announced his candidacy to be the U.S. representative for the 18th congressional district in Texas.
The brief time Daniel was the focal point during Trump's address highlighted the scorn with which Democrats view patriotic Americans, as the party members refused to stand in honor of the young boy, fighting to live with a terminal cancer diagnosis.
A report from the Gateway Pundit explained he was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
"Democrats stood stone-faced, while the ghouls refused to stand and honor a child who is fighting for his life," the report said.
Now is father, Theodis Daniel, has confirmed his campaign for Congress.
Fox Digital noted that he joins a crowded field for the seat.
"I'm a regular guy. I am not a politician. I don't have six-figure deals. I'm just a regular dude trying to make it. Single dad. I got three kids to myself. I'm a disabled veteran just trying to make a difference regardless of what I'm going through," he said.
At the time, Trump announced, "Joining us in the gallery tonight is a young man who truly loves our police. His name is DJ Daniel, he is 13 years old, and he has always dreamed of becoming a police officer. Tonight, DJ, we're going to do you the biggest honor of them all. I am asking our new Secret Service director, Sean Curran, to officially make you an agent of the United States Secret Service."
He now has been sworn in as an officer, honorary, at more than 1,300 law enforcement agencies.
Daniel said he'd go to Washington, if elected, take care of business and then go home.
"Sometimes, when you marinate meat, you kind of ruin it. Some people just wear out their welcome. It's like somebody coming to your house, wanting to stay for a little bit, and they stay there for two or three days," he said.
"Well, these folks got comfortable. When people get comfortable, they get lazy. When they get lazy, they get forgetful and disrespectful," Daniel added.
The district was represented in Congress for nearly three decades by Democrat radical Sheila Jackson Lee, who passed away in 2024.
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As President Donald Trump prepares to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday to help broker peace in Ukraine, the commander in chief is launching into "sick and dishonest" American news media for their coverage he says is powered by "corruption."
In a scathing post on Truth Social Wednesday, Trump said: "Very unfair media is at work on my meeting with Putin."
"Constantly quoting fired losers and really dumb people like John Bolton, who just said that, even though the meeting is on American soil, 'Putin has already won.' What's that all about?"
"We are winning on EVERYTHING. The Fake News is working overtime (No tax on overtime!). If I got Moscow and Leningrad free, as part of the deal with Russia, the Fake News would say that I made a bad deal! But now they've been caught.
"Look at all of the real news that's coming out about their CORRUPTION. They are sick and dishonest people, who probably hate our Country. But it doesn't matter because we are winning on everything!!! MAGA."
John Bolton, who served as Trump's own national security adviser in his first administration, has gone on national television to throw shade on the president's upcoming summit.
"Looks like Putin's got his old magic back with Trump. His disappointment and outrage with Putin are gone," Bolton said on X.
"A Putin-Trump summit in former Russia-America, Alaska, is not quite as bad as Trump inviting the Taliban to Camp David, but certainly reminds one of that."
In a CNN interview, Bolton indicated, "The only better place for Putin than Alaska would be if the summit were being held in Moscow. So the initial setup is a great victory for Putin. He's a rogue leader of a pariah state and he's gonna be welcomed into the United States."
"Second, I have a feeling this is sliding very quickly in Russia's direction," Bolton continued.
"What's happening is that Russia and the United States are discussing what terms they're gonna present to [Ukraine President Volodymyr] Zelensky. And it may well be that Zelensky has no choice here.
"Surrendering is always one way to get a peace deal. And it seems to me, listen to Trump talking about how things are progressing, that even without the meeting, Putin's got his old magic back with Trump."
Axios reports: "Trump is expected to hold a virtual meeting Wednesday with Zelensky and a group of European leaders, two sources with knowledge of the plans tell Axios."
"Zelensky has been downplaying Russia's recent gains and working the phones to leaders in Europe and beyond to hedge against an unfavorable outcome in Alaska."
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Police in the United Kingdom are so triggered by a Christian's silent prayer, they are investigating a woman for the "offense" of praying silently for a third time.
This comes after police in the West Midlands department already have had to apologize and pay Isabel Vaughan-Spruce about $17,000 for the second time they arrested her.
WorldNetDaily had reported when that compensation was paid for the officers' multiple decisions to arrest her. They also confessed to breaching her civil rights.
The case against the cops involved wrongful arrest, false imprisonment, assault and battery and breach of human rights.
"There is no place for Orwell's 'thought police' in 21st Century Britain, and thanks to legal support I received from ADF UK, I'm delighted that the settlement that I have received today acknowledges that. Yet despite this victory, I am deeply concerned that this violation could be repeated at the hands of other police forces," she said in a prepared statement when the settlement was confirmed, a few short years ago.
Vaughan-Spruce was first arrested in November 2022 for silently praying in a censored "buffer zone," a common practice also used in the United States to provide special protections for abortion businesses and deprive people of faith of their rights.
She was acquitted in February 2023, but just weeks later was arrested for the same offense again. A police officer said at that time, "You've said you're engaging in prayer, which is the offense."
She has explained, "Silent prayer is not a crime. Nobody should be arrested merely for the thoughts they have in their heads – yet this happened to me twice at the hands of the West Midlands Police, who explicitly told me that 'prayer is an offense.'"
Now a from the U.K. Right to Life said she's under investigation yet again.
Right to Life said now West Midlands police are asking prosecutors if there is enough evidence to charge the pro-life volunteer.
Vaughan-Spruce called the police agenda "unbelievable."
"I am still being harassed by police for silently praying in that area, and yet again find myself under investigation for the same prayers I have said for twenty years," she said.
March For Life U.K. noted of the West Midlands department, "What's the apology and settlement for if the harassment by police still continues? [Pro-lifers] shouldn't be treated as criminals for simply being on a public street."
Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF U.K., which is supporting Vaughan-Spruce, said the buffer zones around abortion industry businesses are "among the most concerning frontiers of censorship in the modern West."
"We all stand against harassment and abuse, but the 'buffer zone' law broadly bans 'influence', which is being interpreted by police officers to target innocent people who happen to stand in a certain place and believe a certain thing."
Other egregious circumstance have developed in the same fight, as a priest was charged for breaching an abortion business buffer zone because he had an "Unborn Lives Matter" sticker on his car.
Polls show vast majorities believe is ridiculous to try to control people's thoughts, and spokesperson for Right To Life U.K. Catherine Robinson said, "The latest investigation into Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who has at no point intimidated or harassed anyone, is unacceptable and highlights the confusion surrounding the buffer zone legislation. The police are using this dangerous law to target innocent people for simply holding private pro-life thoughts in their minds."
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An MSNBC contributor was said to be "on the verge of having a meltdown" Monday immediately after President Donald Trump announced the National Guard would be deployed to end high crime in Washington, D.C.
Appearing on "Chris Jansing Reports," contributor Eddie Glaude reacted to Trump's plan, saying: "Chris, to be honest with you, I'm trying to hold my temper. I think there's an ongoing argument that he's having in his head with Black Lives Matter.
"There's an ongoing argument that he's having with the questions around criminal justice reform and police reform.
"It's interesting that he really doesn't really care about what's actually happening in D.C. on a certain level, because he's not trying to get at the underlying root causes. He's not looking at examples of how to address rising crime rates that doesn't require a form of policing that leads to increased incarcera[tion]."
"We have to understand this, Chris, in the context of Donald Trump's racial politics and in the context of his effort to get [Jeffrey] Epstein off the front pages."
"He's actually trying to give his base red meat to get them off of the Epstein story and it's on the backs of citizens in Washington, D.C."
Trump also announced U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi would oversee the federal takeover of the district's Metropolitan Police Department, or MPD.
The MPD tracker indicates violent crime has fallen in D.C. 26% compared to last year, but there have been 99 homicides so far in 2025.
Reaction online to Claude's analysis includes:
"MSNBC logic: Crime is fine. Violence is fine. Chaos is fine. But cleaning it up? 'Racist, politically motivated, and suspicious.' You'd think they want D.C. to stay ungovernable … almost like it's part of the business model."
"Clean up the capital, clean up the crime, help the police get this district back, the streets back! People from all over the country, and world come to our capital. MSNBC this reaction is bizarre."
"I find it interesting that Glaude immediately made it about race. I don't remember Trump saying anything about race. He didn't say they were going to go after black criminals in D.C. He just said criminals. I guess Glaude knows what we all do about crime in D.C. & that's why he's so butthurt. We are going to hold every criminal accountable. Even black criminals."
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Water in the historic Sea of Galilee has turned blood-red recently, leading some to see it as a sign of the coming Apocalypse or another biblical omen.
As Gateway Pundit reports, after images and video of the anomaly were seen online, scientists offered an explanation.
According to Israel's environment ministry, the dramatic shift in color was the result of a bloom of green algae that releases red pigments when exposed to strong sunlight. There are no health issues, and authorities say the water is safe for swimming.
"No allergic reactions have been reported in areas where the algae has previously appeared," the the Kinneret Research Laboratory said in a statement.
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In a San Francisco courtroom, the Clorox Company recently dropped a legal bombshell – a $380 million lawsuit against Indian-American information technology company Cognizant, alleging gross negligence in a 2023 cyberattack.
In the complaint dated July 22, 2025, Clorox contends a hacker simply called Cognizant's helpdesk, lied about being an employee and was handed network credentials – no identity verification, no oversight, just a password transfer. The resulting cyberattack ended up paralyzing Clorox's operations, costing upwards of $49 million in remediation and much more in lost business.
Offshoring ecosystem under the microscope
Cognizant, though officially headquartered in New Jersey, was founded in Chennai, India in 1994, and now employs over 250,000 people across India, providing everything from software development to helpdesk services for global corporations. Industry analysts have warned that shifting U.S. companies' sensitive customer data offshore exposes Americans to significant privacy risks. India lacks comprehensive data privacy laws or an enforcement body like the Federal Trade Commission.
While offshoring offers cheap labor and scalability, it also creates layers of separation between U.S.-based clients and the employees handling their data. Those layers can conceal critical weaknesses.
Clorox case: A failed firewall
In Clorox's telling, the hacker didn't crack advanced encryption or "spear-phish" executives. He just called Cognizant on the phone and lied about who and what he was. That was enough. Cognizant agents reset the account, handed over passwords and reopened Clorox's VPN access without a single identity check. Agents reportedly said phrases like: "Here's the password … Welcome …"
Cognizant disputes the claim, saying its contract with Clorox, dating back to 2013, covered only helpdesk tasks, not broader cybersecurity responsibilities. Cognizant characterized Clorox's own defenses as "inept," calling the attack partly Clorox's fault.
Is Clorox an isolated scandal or a warning sign?
India is a developing nation – its legal structures, enforcement mechanisms and low-level infrastructure are still evolving. While not a "third-world country" in the academic sense, the country certainly lacks the same data-privacy enforcement ecosystem as the U.S.
Critics point to the absence of comprehensive federal data-privacy laws and raise concerns about bribery, corruption and crime embedded at both business and government levels.
That helps explain why U.S. companies outsourcing to India may unknowingly be entrusting critical personal identification information (PII) to far-away work environments with less accountability and weaker deterrents to crime.
What happens next?
Clorox's lawsuit is likely to go to trial. If Clorox prevails, other clients served by Cognizant or similar foreign vendors may begin re-examining their risk exposure. Investors and corporate boards may start pushing for deeper scrutiny of offshored operations. Client companies may begin demanding much stricter contractual audits and identity verification procedures – or else bring those services back onshore in America.
More than a tale of cost-savings gone wrong, the Clorox-Cognizant lawsuit serves as a cautionary tale, dramatizing how a model built on offshoring for the sake of lowering labor costs can sometimes yield disastrous results.
Put simply, for agents to literally hand over passwords without questions is not just a breach, but a major wake-up call.
Clorox's case could foreshadow more lawsuits, more revelations and a broader re-evaluation of whether Americans' personal identification information should be in the hands of unmonitored call centers thousands of miles away.
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Male role models aren't what they used to be, when John Wayne shot up bad guys on screen in "True Grit" and Clint Eastwood threatened, "Make my day."
Now one such "male role model" is, in fact, a woman.
According to the Telegraph in the United Kingdom, it is in a primary school, Streatham Wells School in London, where Ellen Page, now calling herself Elliott, has been positioned as a positive example of masculinity for students.
Page is a Canadian actor born female who now calls herself a man. Page is perhaps best known for her role as a pregnant teen in 2007's "Juno" and starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in 2010's "Inception."
The school promotes Page as a man who shows masculinity "can mean softness and strength."
The publication reported it was in an article for a newsletter called Teachwire that Sarah Wordlaw, the head teacher, explained her agenda to influence children.
She wrote, in the report, "It is important to teach pupils about harmful stereotypes about masculinity. However, if the first time we teach and name masculinity is calling it toxic, that could do more damage than good to our boys. It is extremely important to teach about positive masculinities. We need to encourage empathy, kindness, showing emotions, listening to alternative points of view and developing emotional literacy."
She continued, "Undoing the deeply ingrained gender stereotypes in our society takes time. It's certainly not a quick fix. We have seen a significant improvement in children's awareness of key issues surrounding gender equality. They know how to use their voice to advocate for others."
She said next will be indoctrination in the school curriculum.
"This is not just representation of the amazing, strong women who have shaped global history, but also representation of positive masculinity," she explained. "We need to show that to be a man is not to be simply one thing."
According to the Christian Institute, the school is facing online criticism for its agenda, with one commenter explaining, "Elliot Page is female and everyone knows it, including herself. This is lying to children and promoting a dangerous ideology."
Another warned, "There will be some very confused children in that school."
Guidance for schools in England charges, "Schools should be mindful that beyond the facts and the law about biological sex and gender reassignment there is significant debate, and they should be careful not to endorse any particular view or teach it as fact."
Institute Deputy Director Simon Calvert said, "Muddying the waters around teaching on gender identity is the last thing we need right now."
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Hollywood actor Charlie Sheen is among those donating to the recovery of Holly, the white Ohio woman who was knocked unconscious in a viral mob attack in Cincinnati on July 26, as contributions approach a half-million dollars.
In a personalized message with his gift of $1,000, Sheen wrote: "Hi Holly. both of my parents are from Ohio. i'm a lifelong Reds fan and I also play for the Indians in a film years ago.
"My Ohio connections run deep, and what happened to you will NOT be tolerated by the 'true' Ohioans (like yourself), as justice will reign supreme. heal well, young lady, and know that we are all rooting for you."
The GiveSendGo donation page was set up by journalist Benny Johnson, and Sheen, who starred as "Wild Thing" baseball pitcher Rick Vaughn in 1989's "Major League," thanked Johnson for the effort.
"Benny! I was merely following your gracious lead!" Sheen said on X. "The speed at which you and Sen Moreno hatched the donation plan, was stunning and compassionate and as patriotic as it gets. You both reminded all of us of the America we remain proud to call – home. Keep up the great work, and to Holly, 'we' have your six."
Johnson responded, saying, "Thank you, @charliesheen for adding your powerful voice to this movement. And thank you to every American who refuses to stay silent. Holly's not alone. We are American ."
U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, noted: "In Ohio, we may get knocked down, but we always get back up! Holly embodies that Ohio warrior spirit."
Holly, who suffered "very bad brain trauma" from the beating, is appreciative for the financial assistance, saying: "Thank you all to everyone who have donated and sent prayers and love. And I just want you to know each day I'm healing a little bit better and better."
"Externally it's looking beautiful compared to before, but internally there's a lot of damage that's been done," she added. "It's gonna be an ongoing battle for a long time."
"Thank you for helping me get the medical attention I need and making sure I'm not homeless because I can't work until hopefully I get better soon."
"Just know that I am also praying for all of you for hope and peace and just for humanity and know that I'm just gonna keep fighting the good fight of love.
"I mean this has flipped my whole world upside down, so without your contribution, I literally have no idea what I was gonna do. This could help bring awareness to prevent this from happening to your mother, your daughter. Let's hope it stops here with me. So thank you, guys, and God bless you."
Monday night, Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for governor in Ohio, hosted a town-hall meeting to open a dialogue on how to prevent such violence in both Cincinnati and across America.