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A mountainside has collapsed in Banff National Park in Canada, leaving authorities fearing a number of hikers have been killed. One death already has been confirmed.
Officials estimate up to 20 people were in the vicinity when the rockfall happened near Bow Glacier Falls, north of Lake Louise.
Lake Louise Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed "multiple hikers" were caught in the collapse that happened Thursday afternoon.
A report from the Daily Mail said, "An initial joint statement by RCMP and Parks Canada confirmed one person died at the scene, and three others were evacuated to the hospital. Their conditions have not been shared at this time."
The report said the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service dispatched two helicopters and transported each patient one by one to Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary.
Social media videos show a large shelf of stone collapsing and crashing down the mountain.
Niclas Brundell confirmed to CBC News he was in the vicinity and watched the slide he estimated at 160 feet wide and 30 feet deep.
"We heard this like 'chunk' noise and the whole roof of the wall came loose. And we just started sprinting down. I was yelling at my wife, 'Go, go, go! We need to run as fast as we can' We just kept sprinting and I couldn't see the people behind us anymore because they were all in that cloud of rock. And I saw rocks coming tumbling out of that. So it was, it was big. It was, like, the full mountainside," he narrated.
The park region now has been closed by authorities.
The Mail reported, "Alberta's premier, Danielle Smith, shared a statement as well, offering her condolences to the families affected by this tragic natural disaster. 'I am deeply saddened to learn of the tragic event at Bow Glacier Falls, north of Banff, today. We are thinking of all those involved and wishing for their safety as we await further details.'"
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Amid a faceoff between a rogue Islamic regime in Iran, which openly has stated its intent to wipe Israel from the face of the earth, and that tiny democracy sitting at the fulcrum of Middle East power that launched a series of bombings to destroy Iran's nuclear weapons hopes, President Donald Trump has been getting a lot of advice.
Bomb or not. Intervene or not. Much more. Trump himself has suggested, often, that Iran reach an agreement to give up its nuclear weapons plans and join the world economy in multiple ways.
Now popular evangelical leader Franklin Graham has endorsed a suggestion from Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, on which voice to follow.
"HIS voice."
Explained Graham, online, "I appreciate Ambassador Mike Huckabee and what he said in his text message to President Donald J. Trump. I agree with every word. Pray for Ambassador Huckabee as he serves in Israel during these difficult days, and pray for President Trump – and that all of our leaders would listen to God's voice, the ONE that matters."
Huckabee earlier had urged the president to listen to "HIS voice."
He said, according to the image re-posted by the White House:
Mr. President.
God spared you in Butler, PA to be the most consequential President in a century – maybe ever. The decisions on your shoulders I would not want to be made by anyone else.
You have many voices speaking to you Sir, but there is only ONE voice that matters. HIS voice.
I am your appointed servant in his land and am available for you but I do not try to get in your presence often because I trust your instincts.
No President in my lifetime has been in a position like yours. Not since Truman in 1945. I don't reach out to persuade you. Only to encourage you.
I believe you will hear from heaven and that voice is far more important that mine or ANYONE else's.
You sent me to Israel to be your eyes, ears and voice and to make sure our flag flies above our embassy. My job is to be the last one to leave.
I will not abandon this post. Our flag will NOT come down! You did not seek this moment. This moment sought YOU!
It is my honor to serve you!
Mike Huckabee
Reaction to Huckabee's comments were split on social media. Democrats condemned them, while those members of less extreme parts of the American community supported.
WND had reported earlier this year as the Trump administration was being assembled on Huckabee's perspective about the future of the Mideast.
He told interviewer Maria Bartiromo, "I'm personally optimistic that we're going to see something bold. I will use this term, Maria. I think we will see something of biblical proportion happen with his leadership in the Middle East."
His comment came just as Trump was proposing the U.S. take over the troubled Gaza Strip to help transform it into a Riviera-style region.
That followed Israel's strikes on the terrorists of Hamas who used the region as a base from which to attack Israel and slaughter some 1,200 Israeli civilians, often in horrific fashion.
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As President Donald Trump considers having U.S. Armed Forces join Israel in its effort to end Iran's development of nuclear weapons, the exiled crown prince of Iran says, "The Islamic Republic has come to its end and is collapsing."
In a post Tuesday on X, Reza Pahlavi said of Iran's supreme leader: "Khamenei, like a frightened rat, has gone into hiding underground and has lost control of the situation. What has begun is irreversible. The future is bright, and together, we will pass through this sharp turn in history."
Pahlavi posted a video of himself speaking Farsi, but also included an English version pleading with Iranian citizens to rise up and overthrow the current dictator's regime, saying:
In these difficult days, my heart is with all the defenseless citizens who have been harmed and have fallen victim to Khamenei's warmongering and delusions. For years, I have tried to prevent our homeland from being consumed by the fire of war.
The end of the Islamic Republic is the end of its 46-year war against the Iranian nation.
The regime's apparatus of repression is falling apart. All it takes now is a nationwide uprising to put an end to this nightmare once and for all.
Now is the time to rise; the time to reclaim Iran. Let us all come forward – from Bandar Abbas to Bandar Anzali, from Shiraz to Isfahan, from Tabriz to Zahedan, from Mashhad to Ahvaz, from Shahr-e Kord to Kermanshah – and bring about the end of this regime.
Do not fear the day after the fall of the Islamic Republic. Iran will not descend into civil war or instability. We have a plan for Iran's future and its flourishing. We are prepared for the first hundred days after the fall, for the transitional period, and for the establishment of a national and democratic government – by the Iranian people and for the Iranian people.
To the military, law enforcement, security forces, and state employees – many of whom have been sending me messages in recent days – I say: Do not stand against the Iranian people for the sake of a regime whose fall has begun and is inevitable. Do not sacrifice yourselves for a decaying regime. By standing with the people, you can save your lives. Play a historic role in the transition from the Islamic Republic, and take part in building the future of Iran.
A free and flourishing Iran lies ahead of us. May we be together soon.
As WorldNetDaily reported, Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international anchor who is also of Iranian heritage, says the people of Iran want to change the Islamic regime, and she suggests Pahlavi be the one to take over power.
Appearing on the BBC on Sunday, the left-leaning Amanpour said: "There is no doubt, and Pahlavi is right, and everybody who has reported, I grew up under the Pahlavis in Iran, and the people, you know, first of all chose the Islamic Republic instead of them, but now have seen that the Islamic Republic is so much harsher, is so much more punitive, gives so much fewer rights and is isolated from the world and the economy is appalling and it affects the people.
"So yes, I think from all my reporting, they want to change. He's the only one with name recognition, and whether it's for transitional or permanent leadership, I don't know what he wants, but he's considered the only one with any name recognition and any kind of support inside."
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Not sure exactly where the Constitution has confirmed a government freedom to censor, but that's apparently what a federal judge has discovered, in order to rule that the organization formerly named the Global Engagement Center and assigned to censor Americans must stay alive.
It is the Federalist confirming that while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the Center Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Hub, formerly known as the GEC, was dead, a judge said otherwise.
It is Susan Illston, a judge in the leftist enclave of San Francisco, who has, "through the miraculous powers of an activist judge," has said no, the report said.
The organization must remain, she is claiming.
The report described GEC, or R-FIMI under its new name, as "the creepy censorship arm within the Department of State that curtails free speech."
The focal point of the argument, the report said, is "whether the president has the authority to reorganize the federal workplace and trim excess employees or if only unelected local judges have that authority for the entire nation."
Illston also claimed, in taking over responsibilities of the Executive Branch, "If the State Department has any question about whether planned actions fall within the scope of the court's injunction, the court orders the department to first raise those questions with the court before taking action."
Illston's rant comes because of the president's agenda to find and eliminate waste, fraud, corruption and criminal activity in the government's spending programs. He created the Department of Government Efficiency to address the problems.
Illston earlier had used a legal filing from the American Federation of Government Employees and the AFL-CIO to try to destroy Trump plans to save money.
"Rubio made the case that the State Department is not subject to the injunction and planned to move forward with cutting employees and sunsetting R-FIMI, until Illston's order put that on pause," the report said.
The ex-GEC organization was assembled by Barack Obama in 2016 and funded with $50 million a year.
The federal tax dollars it got, "helped grease the wheels of the Russian election interference hoax that marred Trump' first term. The agency was used instead to pressure tech companies to meddle in the 2020 election," the report said.
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Media critics are urging the firing of CNN's Brian Stelter after the network's controversial media reporter tried to politicize Saturday's shooting of two Minnesota Democrats by an appointee of Gov. Tim Walz.
Stelter was reacting to a post on X by CNN correspondent Edward-Isaac Dovere, who stated:
"In the last week, Marines were deployed in an American city,the president has called for a gov to be arrested &the speaker of the House has called for that gov to be tarred & feathered, a senator has been pinned & handcuffed, and 2 state legislators have been shot in their homes."
Stelter posted his own opinion on the matter, indicating:
"And it all points in the same direction:"
"Brian Stelter should be fired," said Stephen L. Miller, host of the "Versus Media" podcast on Substack.
Miller mentioned the firing of Terry Moran last week after the ABC News fired its longtime reporter who verbally flayed President Donald Trump as a hater.
"What Brian Stelter did is worse than what Terry Moran did," he noted.
Fox News contributor Joe Concha said: "Brian should be put on the air and forced to apologize before handing in his resignation. Seriously."
"It's as if Brian is begging CNN to join Acosta, Lemon and Moran by being fired again. How is this acceptable?" Concha added.
Nicholas Fondacaro of NewsBusters also brought up the ABC News example, saying: "The Terry-Moran Standard should be applied to Brian."
Mike LaChance of the Gateway Pundit noted: "Like many other liberal media news outlets, CNN has been struggling in the ratings since the 2024 election. The reckless partisanship and misinformation spread by people like Brian Stelter is not helping them."
State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed in the attack at their home, which took place after 2 a.m. Saturday. State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife are alive after the attack at their home, but wounded. Both lawmakers were Democrats.
The suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, 57, who is still at large, was dressed as a police officer when he approached the homes.
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President Donald Trump on Sunday said "it's possible" the U.S. could get involved in the escalating war between Israel and Iran, and suggested Russian President Vladimir Putin could be a key figure in mediating an end to the conflict.
In an interview with Rachel Scott of ABC News, Trump said: "We're not involved in it. It's possible we could get involved. But we are not at this moment involved."
Meanwhile, Fox News is reporting Trump put the kibosh on an Israeli plan to assassinate Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
"A U.S. intelligence official is telling us," reported Fox's Peter Doocy, "that President Trump did, in fact, in the last couple of days nix a plan that the Israelis were putting together to assassinate the supreme leader of Iran."
The American president indicated an openness to Putin's idea to personally help settle the battle between the two Mideastern nations.
"I would be open to it," Trump told ABC. "[Putin] is ready. He called me about it. We had a long talk about it. We talked about this more than his situation. This is something I believe is going to get resolved."
Regarding Israel's latest attack on Iran, Trump said: "I think they were very devastating. It was very devastating. They were hit also, but it was a very devastating into Iran, primarily."
On a deadline for Iran to come to the negotiating table, the president explained: "No, there's no deadline. But they are talking. They'd like to make a deal. They're talking. They continue to talk."
"Something like this had to happen because I think even from both sides, but something like this had to happen. They want to talk, and they will be talking."
On Saturday, Trump took to Truth Social to state: "The U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight. If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before. However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!"
On Sunday, Trump again voiced his opinion online, stating: "Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks with two excellent leaders who were able to quickly make a decision and STOP! Also, during my first term, Serbia and Kosovo were going at it hot and heavy, as they have for many decades, and this long time conflict was ready to break out into WAR. I stopped it (Biden has hurt the longer term prospects with some very stupid decisions, but I will fix it, again!).
"Another case is Egypt and Ethiopia, and their fight over a massive dam that is having an effect on the magnificent Nile River. There is peace, at least for now, because of my intervention, and it will stay that way! Likewise, we will have PEACE, soon, between Israel and Iran! Many calls and meetings now taking place. I do a lot, and never get credit for anything, but that's OK, the PEOPLE understand. MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT AGAIN!"
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said on "Sunday Morning Futures" that America stands "unequivocally with Israel," but he doesn't think "there is any scenario where we would see American boots on the ground."
"I think it is very much in the interests of America to see regime change," Cruz said.
"Iran is just lobbying missiles into population centers trying to kills as many Jews as they can."
"Israel's military is incredible effective, and they're the ones going to provide the boots on the ground."
Cruz concluded there is no use "redeeming the ayatollah. He is filled with hatred."
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Two law enforcement officers have filed a lawsuit against the federal government for failing up put up a plaque in Washington recognizing those police officers who were on hand for the Jan. 6, 2021, protest where dozens, maybe hundreds, of Americans sauntered into the Capitol.
Some committed vandalism.
And some of the officers were injured in confrontations that developed after some security forces opened doors for the protesters and guided them in.
Hundreds were arrested and convicted of enhanced charges, sometimes after spending years awaiting trial, in cases that extended into this year. However, President Donald Trump wiped convictions out with executive pardons on his first day in office.
Now NBC in Chicago has reported that a Washington officer and a former Capitol Police staff member claim the government's failure to install a plaque, mandated by Congress several years ago, "reflects an effort by Trump and his congressional allies to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 riot."
They are demanding that Congress be compelled to fulfill a plan to "install a memorial."
They charge, "Even those who recognized the violence of the day eventually partnered with the man who both inspired and minimized it."
The only person killed that day was an unarmed California woman, Ashli Babbitt, who was shot at point-blank range by a Capitol Police officer and died. Her family recently settled a lawsuit over her death with a $5 million payment from the government. Several officers did commit suicide in the months following.
The report said, "In 2022, Congress passed a law directing the Architect of the Capitol to install a memorial honoring the officers who tried to hold off the mob. The deadline for installing it passed roughly two years ago."
The plaintiffs are Metropolitan Police Department officer Daniel Hodges and former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn. They have both been outspoken critics of Republican comments about those confrontations.
The lawsuit claims, "Both men live with psychic injuries from that day, compounded by their government's refusal to recognize their service."
Hodges claims rioters ripped a gas mask from his face and dislodged his helmet, while Dunn said rioters yelled racial slurs at him.
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President Donald Trump, who set as one of his goals for his second term reaching trade fairness for United States consumers and corporations in the world market, has announced that a new trade deal has been reached with China.
"Done, subject to final approval with President Xi and me," he posted on Truth Social.
The announcement came after negotiators for the two nations met in London, and Trump's own telephone conversation last week with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
It follows a 90-day détente in a tariff war announced in May.,
"Full magnets, and any necessary rare earths, will be supplied, up front, by China. Likewise, we will provide to China what was agreed to, including Chinese students using our colleges and universities (which has always been good with me!). We are getting a total of 55% tariffs, China is getting 10%. Relationship is excellent!" Trump said.
A report from Fox Business said U.S. negotiators included Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer.
The report explained Lutnick expects Trump to approve the agreement, explaining he feels "really good about where we got to."
"Senior Chinese negotiator Li Chenggang also said both the U.S. and China 'agreed in principle,'" the report cited.
The White House also said Trump's administration is working to move onshore critical supply chains, reducing the nation's reliance on foreign sources for many needed components.
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Joe Biden used the power of the White House and his presidency to have federal agencies spy on Elon Musk, the billionaire chief of Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink and X, even before President Donald Trump was elected to his second term.
The Daily Mail described the details from the Wall Street Journal as a "bombshell."
It explains how Musk was "trailed" by government agencies during 2022 and 2023, including Homeland Security and the Department of Justice.
The ostensible reason, the report said, was his routine contact with foreign nationals.
The report said the investigations focused on claims and concerns that Musk was "being swayed by foreign powers in Eastern Europe and elsewhere."
The investigations apparently never produced anything to support the concerns, and no charges ever were formulated.
"Sources said the probes highlighted concerns about the number of foreign nationals in Musk's inner circle as he was gaining influence in the U.S. and before he began publicly supporting Donald Trump," the report said. "Last year, Musk poured upwards of $250 million into Trump's campaign through a super PAC, the America PAC, raising questions over the unprecedented level of spending in the 2024 election."
The report said "insiders" in the PAC expressed concern over the number of "outsiders" involved in various discussions.
Musk was born in South Africa but now is a naturalized U.S. citizen whose company, SpaceX, has a number of government contracts. His Starlink organization also has a network of communications satellites that have played key roles in various disputes.
The two publications together said they did not get a comment from Musk, the White House, DHS and SpaceX.
Insiders also were quoted in the report claiming Musk's "proximity to a number of foreign nationsl was a source of tension within Trump's White House."
Musk himself has high-level security clearances.
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Boasting the plan will put "the lives of young Americans on the right financial path," the White House announced on Monday the Republicans' domestic policy bill will create a $1,000 investment account for every American newborn.
"The passage of the one Big Beautiful Bill will literally change the lives of working, middle class families across American by delivering the largest tax cuts in history, increasing the child tax credit, and by creating this incredible new 'Trump Account' program…"
The contribution "would be placed in an index fund tied to the overall stock market and managed by the child's legal guardians. The accounts will start at $1,000 per child and guardians or other private entities can contribution up to $5,000 additional … every year throughout the child's life," explained a report from CNN.
Michael Dell, founder of Dell computers, said, "The creation of investment accounts for every child will compound into substantial nest eggs providing support for education, home ownership, and starting families."
Officials for Uber, Altimeter Capital, ARM Corp., Salesforce, ServiceNow, Robinhood and Goldman Sachs joined the president in the announcement.
The president explained, "It is a pro family initiative that will help millions of Americans harness the strength of our economy to lift up the next generation, and they'll really be getting a big jump on life, especially if we get a little bit lucky with some of the numbers and the economies."
The recipient of the account could access funds when they turn 18 for schooling, training or a first-time home purchase. The full balance could be released at age 30.
House Speaker Mike Johnson noted, "If you have a 401(k), you understand the power of investing early for the future. Trump Accounts take that same principle and they apply it from the very beginning of Americans' lives … It's a bold, transformative policy that gives every eligible American child a financial head start from day one … Trump Accounts are all about setting up the next generation for success."
House Ways & Means Committee Chair Jason Smith added, "The Trump investment accounts will be a game-changer for new parents even before their newborn baby can walk or talk. Their child will have money saved to one day learn a trade, start a business, or to buy a home. Every child born under this policy will have a better shot at a future. It does not matter if they live on a city block or on a county road — this will make a significant difference to their lives."