First lady Melania Trump brought 11-year-old Texas AI advocate Everest Nevraumont to the State of the Union, spotlighting technology that helps students learn more in less time.

Authorities have arrested and jailed the multimillionaire creator of the “Squatty Potty” in Utah for allegedly buying child pornography, federal prosecutors announced this week.

The post Multimillionaire Inventor of ‘Squatty Potty’ Charged with Possession of Child Porn appeared first on Breitbart.

Tuesday on FNC's "Hannity," Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) reacted to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address and the response that it drew from the Democratic opposition.

The post Ted Cruz: Democrats Are ‘Rooting Against America’ appeared first on Breitbart.

Rep. Al Green (D-TX) compared himself to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks after he got himself booted from President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night.

The post Democrat Rep. Al Green Compares Himself to MLK Jr., Rosa Parks After Getting Kicked Out of SOTU appeared first on Breitbart.

Trump called Reps. Omar and Tlaib "lunatics" on Truth Social after they disrupted his State of the Union address with shouting and early departure.

A viral video shows Whataburger employees in Paris, Texas, using a trash can and fry basket to fend off a man who allegedly entered the restaurant and began assaulting a worker.

An NFL rule that rewards teams for developing talent along racial lines is getting put in the spotlight.

The rule, know as the Rooney Rule, is causing confusion among the Chicago Bears' C-suite employees, who are expecting compensation for one of their staff members jumping ship to the Atlanta Falcons. In the NFL, if a team develops a "diverse" employee who then lands a certain type of role with another team, the first team is awarded draft picks by the league.

'I'll be honest. I think it is a little strange.'

Bears general manager Ryan Poles was asked about the rule, as the team is currently in limbo about receiving draft picks for former assistant general manager Ian Cunningham, who is now the general manager of the Atlanta Falcons.

"I'll be honest. I think it is a little strange," Poles told reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine. "I mean, at the end of the day, you should want to develop your staff regardless of the color of their skin."

"I think that's important," Poles continued. "I think we take a lot of pride with the Bears on how we have our setup, and I take a lot of pride in that. So to be compensated for that's a little strange. I mean, I saw the Chiefs get a pick because of me, and then I watched that player go and play."

When Poles left the Kansas City Chiefs in 2022 — where he was the executive director of player personnel — to become the Bears' general manager, the Chiefs received two third-round draft picks simply because he is black, NBC Sports reported.

RELATED: Perjury, drugs, and counterfeiting — Trump pardons 5 former NFL players

The bizarre rule comes directly from the NFL's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, previously called the Workplace Diversity Committee. The rule states that teams must conduct in-person interviews with at least two "minority and/or female" candidates when hiring for a general manager or head coach, as well as at least one "diverse" person when hiring for senior-level positions.

Teams are even rewarded if their developed talent takes a job at another team. This comes in the form of third-round draft picks if an employee becomes a head coach or general manager.

The rule states that in 2020, "team owners approved a proposal rewarding teams who developed minority talent that went on to become GMs or head coaches across the league. If a team lost a minority executive or coach to another team, that team would receive a third-round compensatory pick for two years."

The controversy with Cunningham's move to the Falcons is that the Bears are being told they will not be compensated because his new role is not that of a primary decision-maker.

"The policy for receiving picks pertains to the head coach or the primary football executive," chief NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told Fox 32 in a statement.

RELATED: 'We're doing the right thing': NFL to continue diversity initiatives, including forcing interviews with 'minority candidates'

Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

"The primary football executive position was filled by Matt Ryan," the NFL spokesman added.

Poles stopped short of supporting the rule in his recent remarks, saying that if the league thinks "that's what's best to help incentivize, then that's what they wanted to do."

He added, "Like I said, that's not the purpose of why we develop our staff."

However, according to OutKick, the Bears are still submitting a review to the league in hopes of getting their draft picks, with Poles saying that if the Rooney Rule is in place, then he considers it to be "very clear" in terms of what should happen.

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Feb. 25 (UPI) — Warner Bros. Discovery announced Tuesday that Paramount Skydance has raised its purchase offer to $31 per share, which may top Netflix’s offer.

The post Paramount Puts Pressure on Netflix, Raising Bid to Buy Warner Bros. to $31 Per Share appeared first on Breitbart.

The 2025-26 flu season could continue into spring with unusual persistence and high severity. A new H3N2 variant is causing serious illness in children, a doctor says.

In his State of the Union address last night, President Trump delivered a record-breaking, nearly two-hour speech touting a dramatic "turnaround for the ages" under his leadership, claiming the U.S. is now "bigger, better, richer, and stronger than ever before," with a "roaring" economy featuring falling inflation, lower gas prices and mortgage rates, rising incomes, and a secure border with zero illegal entries in recent months.

He also highlighted immigration crackdowns, defended tariffs, warned Iran against nuclear ambitions while preferring diplomacy, proposed initiatives like universal 401(k)-style retirement access and barring institutional home-buying, and honored veterans and the Olympic hockey team, while taking jabs at Democrats and past administrations and projecting national revival ahead of midterms.

But amid the gamut of issues the president covered, BlazeTV host Steve Deace says there were three critical lines — and it was Democrats who ironically teed them up.

“Take it from someone who spent a year trying to fight Donald Trump in the 2016 primary as a strategist for the Ted Cruz campaign. Do not give Donald Trump a foil,” he laughs.

“That's like handing Popeye spinach. That's like Hulk Hogan hulkin’ up in the ring. Do not give Trump a foil, okay? And [Democrats] did that tonight.”

In response to Democrats’ behavior — sitting stoically, refusing to stand when Iryna Zarutska’s mother was honored, and even heckling in some cases — Trump threw zinger after zinger, drawing big Republican applause.

“I thought there were three money lines in this speech,” says Deace.

1. “Democrats are for illegal aliens; I'm for America.”
2. “Democrats don’t want voter ID because they have to cheat to win elections.”
3. “We're going to ban child gender mutilation surgeries all over America.”

“Without question, this is the kind of vision-casting our side desperately needed tonight to get back on message, to get back on mission, and I think this is exactly what the doctor ordered.”

To hear more, watch the video below.

The former assistant director of the LGBTQ Pride Center is decrying his firing from North Carolina State University after an undercover investigation showed him bragging about undermining DEI restrictions.

The Accuracy in Media investigation showed Jae Edwards saying that he had to be "careful" in order to support LGBTQ members despite the college undoing its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

'We’re used to going around them and finding ways around.'

Critics of AIM say the video appears to be heavily edited and argue that Edwards did not actually admit to breaking the policy.

"We’re still able to do the things that we want to do, have these events and programs. We have to be a little more careful," he says in the footage.

"As a marginalized group, we’re used to these things," Edwards added. "And we’re used to going around them and finding ways around."

A school spokesperson confirmed Edwards' termination, Carolina Public Press reported, and said in a statement: "The individual seen in the video had no role in policy or compliance decisions and was not authorized to speak on behalf of the university. The staff member no longer works at the university."

After NCSU dropped Edwards, some students began a petition to demand his return, but they only garnered about 700 signatures out of a total student body of more than 39,000 students.

AIM contends that Edwards' comments violate the repeal of DEI standards by the UNC system board of governors. Other AIM investigations have led to the dismissal of two other individuals from the UNC system.

Edwards has also raised $12,600 through donations to his GoFundMe account.

"Scrolling through social media and seeing articles, videos, and hate comments has produced emotions that I cannot begin to put into words," he wrote in part. "Funds would go towards housing, medication, medical appointments, food, utilities, insurance and cat food."

RELATED: The Sierra Club embraced social justice after being flush with cash — then destroyed itself

Even prior to President Donald Trump gaining office and ordering DEI policies to be ended, many diversity officers lamented that corporations appeared to be pulling back their support of the woke movement.

"I wake up every day trying not to be a cynic, but this is frightening,” said Vic Bulluck of the NAACP Hollywood bureau in 2023. "Hollywood seems to be sending a message that these programs that were designed to give more access to African-Americans are no longer needed."

Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Robert De Niro led a "State of the Swamp" rally on Tuesday evening in a call to "take to the streets" against President Donald Trump. "I feel betrayed by my country," the "Raging Bull" star said.

The post Robert De Niro Leads ‘State of the Swamp’ Rally in Call to ‘Take to the Streets’ Against Trump: ‘I Feel Betrayed By My Country’ appeared first on Breitbart.

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger faces conservative backlash on social media after her State of the Union rebuttal, with critics slamming her policies.

Bill Gates has apologized to staff of the Gates Foundation over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, admitting he made mistakes that had cast a cloud over the philanthropic group while insisting he didn't participate in Epstein's crimes. Gates bizarrely stated, “I did nothing illicit. I saw nothing illicit,” showing a very different definition of the word illicit from that of typical Americans. 

The post Bill Gates Apologizes to Foundation Staff over Epstein Ties, Claims He Did ‘Nothing Illicit’ appeared first on Breitbart.

Wednesday on MS NOW's "Morning Joe," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said President Donald Trump's State of the Union address was "riddled with dirty rotten lies."

The post Jeffries: Trump State of the Union Was ‘Riddled with Dirty Rotten Lies’ appeared first on Breitbart.

I grew up measuring time by the turn of seasons. Autumn meant schoolbooks and shorter days. Winter meant stripped fields, wind off the Atlantic, and weekend mornings beside my father in the wild stretch of Connemara, County Galway. Stone walls, peat bog, and low mountains framed the years that shaped me.

We hunted game birds — wing shooting, as my father called it. Pheasants burst from hedgerows in a clatter of bronze feathers. Woodcock came tearing through trees like pilots who had misplaced their maps. Snipe flickered over the marsh, determined to test the dignity of anyone aiming at them. Over time, you learned the land — and with it the humbling truth that even a bird with a walnut-sized brain could make you look foolish.

There was a burst of snarling, then a sound I still hear nearly 20 years later. Two badgers were below.

Nothing about it was hurried. We walked for miles. We watched the wind. We read the ground. We spoke softly, and often not at all.

My first gun

My first gun came later than I wanted and earlier than my mother preferred. I fired my first shot at 13. I still remember the weight of it, the kick, the sudden understanding that I was holding something that demanded respect. I also remember missing completely and nearly falling backward from the recoil. My father didn’t laugh. He checked my stance, corrected my grip, and only then allowed himself a small smile that said "you’ll learn."

And I did.

At first, like any boy, all I wanted was to pull the trigger and fire into the sky. But my father had other ideas.

Learning to shoot, he insisted, was an art. Cheek firm to the stock. Follow through. Don’t rush. Breathe steadily. Safety first, always. A gun was never waved about, never pointed without purpose, never treated as a toy. It was a tool, and tools required competence.

No waste

The first time I hit a clay target, a surge of triumph swept over me. The first time I brought down a pheasant cleanly, I felt pride — and with it a sober awareness of what the shot meant. A life had ended, and I understood my part in it. My father insisted that we retrieve every bird and carry it home. Waste wasn’t tolerated. Nothing was done carelessly.

In those early years, the hunting extended beyond birds. Foxes came too close to the farm in lambing season. They took what they could. When that happened, the task fell to us. I was younger then, and I didn’t relish it, but I understood it. This wasn’t sport but protection. The lambs were vulnerable. The farm depended on them. Badgers, powerful and stubborn creatures, could maim or kill a sheep if they set upon it.

One afternoon, when I was about 15, we brought our two terriers to a sett we had been watching. They were small, fearless dogs — my father’s pride and joy — bred to go to ground and drive out whatever lay beneath. We waited above the hole, listening.

What came back up wasn’t what we expected.

Brief and brutal

There was a burst of snarling, then a sound I still hear nearly 20 years later. Two badgers were below. The fight was brief and brutal. When it ended, both terriers were dead.

The silence afterward felt unnatural. My father said little. He knelt beside the dogs, his hands steady, his face set in a way I had never seen. That day left its mark on both of us.

Within a week, he had tracked the badgers’ movements. He watched their runs, noted their patterns, and returned at dusk when they emerged. He shot them cleanly. I remember the way I looked at him then — not simply as my father, but as someone I deeply admired. Our dogs were gone, and he had set things right.

RELATED: Fishing with my dying father

Tim Graham/Getty Images

A simple nod

After that, our trips to Connemara changed. I was less a child tagging along and more a companion. We walked side by side, reading the land together. He asked what I saw and waited for the answer.

I recently flew back to Ireland to hunt with my father again. Dawn came slowly over the Twelve Bens, washing the valley in a soft silver light.

We walked as we always had. Now in his early 60s, he moved more slowly, but his eye remained sharp. A pheasant burst from cover. I swung, fired, and missed. He said nothing. Another bird rose minutes later. This time the shot landed true. He nodded once — which, from him, amounted to high praise.

There is a caricature of gun culture that reduces it to aggression — the love of noise, the love of power. That was never my experience. Hunting with my father gave me a vocabulary that didn’t rely on words. Approval showed itself in the briefest of looks. Correction came with a hand on the stock. Trust arrived in small responsibilities — carrying the gun, crossing a wall safely, judging distance and wind.

We ended the day as we always did: muddy boots, cold hands, birds cleaned and hung, and a couple of pints at the local pub. Outside, evening settled. Inside, there was warmth and a quiet satisfaction.

The terrorist Organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation has established a hierarchical structure that allows the criminal organization to control its vast territories throughout Mexico. Similar to how a large-scale company operates, the structure allowed the cartel's underbosses to run day-to-day operations without the constant need for supervision from the cartel's supreme leader, the late Ruben Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes.

The post EXCLUSIVE: How CJNG’s Terrorist Leadership Structure Operates appeared first on Breitbart.

During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump presented the highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, to 100-year-old retired Navy Captain Royce Williams for his service in the Korean War.