Sackler family agrees to $7.4 billion settlement over Purdue Pharma’s role in spreading OxyContin and fueling the opioid crisis Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with the attorneys general of 14 other states, announced a $7.4 billion bipartisan settlement with the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma for their role in fueling the opioid crisis. The…

Axial Seamount, a 3,600-foot-tall underwater volcano located 300 miles off Oregon's coast, is showing signs of an impending eruption, with a forecast window between July 2024 and the end of 2025. Axial Seamount is one of the most monitored underwater volcanoes, with advanced tools tracking seismic activity, seafloor deformation and magma buildup. Its predictability allows…

Trump revokes security details for former advisers Pompeo and Hook amid ongoing Iran threats President Donald Trump revoked the Secret Service protection for two of his former top advisers, Mike Pompeo and Brian Hook, despite warnings from the Biden administration about ongoing threats from Iran. The decision to revoke security details for Pompeo and Hook,…

Finally, the TRUTH: PayPal admits freezing accounts over criticism of COVID-19 policies, sparking free speech concerns PayPal acknowledged freezing the account of U.K. children's rights campaigner Molly Kingsley due to her criticism of COVID-19 policies, reigniting debates on free speech and corporate censorship. Kingsley's account was terminated after PayPal compiled a dossier on her, citing…

FEMA under scrutiny as Trump establishes council to review agency’s political bias and inefficiency President Trump signed an executive order establishing a council to review FEMA’s performance after its poor response to Hurricane Helene. The council will evaluate FEMA’s efficacy, priorities, and competence, with a report due within 180 days. Allegations of political bias include…

FLASHBACK: “Expert Consensus” of 1978 claimed the SCIENCE was SETTLED and earth was to FREEZE over within 50 years due to ICE AGE All of the so-called climate “experts” in the United States had reached a consensus in 1978, according to “recent evidence” at the time, the Earth was quickly entering a new Ice Age,…

Federal government ends sanctuary protections, expands immigration enforcement to SCHOOLS and CHURCHES The Trump administration rescinded 2021 guidelines that barred immigration arrests at "sensitive locations" such as schools, churches, and food banks. Federal officers with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are now empowered to make arrests at these locations.…

You know the end is nearing in Ukraine when the CIA — i.e., the Director and unnamed US government officials — start dishing on what we did in Ukraine that was so great. The CIA storyline is simple, this was not our fault. It would be hilarious if this was just a bungled coup where no one died. But…

As Covid vaccine injuries started mounting up, and the topic became somewhat less taboo in the media - albeit always accompanied by boilerplate text about how the benefits outweigh the risks - some of us expressed hope that injured people would ‘wake up’ to the risks of the shots, creating a wave of awareness and action. (Article…

Israeli military officials received early warnings of Hamas' aerial division preparing for attacks but did not act swiftly, leading to a catastrophic breach of security that resulted in hundreds of deaths and kidnappings. In the months prior to the attack, military officials underestimated the Hamas threat, relying heavily on the Gaza border fence as a…