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As America approaches its 250th birthday, we face a question larger than politics, elections, parties, or personalities.
What will we do with the inheritance we have been given?
Today, powerful cultural voices often encourage Americans to focus exclusively on the nation's flaws while ignoring its achievements.
The United States of America did not emerge from history by accident. It was purchased with courage, sacrifice, conviction, and blood. Before there was a Constitution, before there was prosperity, before there was even a nation, there were men who willingly placed everything they possessed on the altar of liberty.
Risking it allOne of those men was Charles Carroll of Carrollton.
Today, his name is not nearly as familiar as Washington, Jefferson, or Adams. Yet Carroll occupies a unique place in American history. He was the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence and perhaps the wealthiest man in the colonies. Unlike many who seek political causes for personal gain, Carroll had little material reason to risk rebellion against the British crown.
He already possessed wealth, status, influence, and comfort.
Yet he signed anyway.
By placing his name on that document, he risked the loss of his fortune, his property, and his life. If the Revolution failed, the consequences would have been severe. He understood what was at stake and signed nonetheless because he believed there were principles greater than personal security.
Freedom.
Self-government.
Human dignity.
The God-given rights of man.
A human storyThose principles have been defended repeatedly throughout our nation's history. From Lexington and Concord to Gettysburg, from Normandy to the mountains of Afghanistan, generations of Americans have worn the uniform and carried the burden of defending a nation they loved.
Many never came home.
Their sacrifice demands something of us.
The blood spilled by American soldiers is not honored merely through parades, speeches, or patriotic songs. It is honored when citizens preserve the liberties for which those men and women fought. It is honored when we tell the truth about our history, cherish the freedoms we inherited, and pass them intact to the next generation.
That conviction is one of the reasons I wrote "The Unlikely Life of Oliver Atkinson: A Novel of America's Founding."
Like many Americans, I became concerned that our founding story was becoming increasingly distant, especially for younger generations. History often arrives in textbooks as dates, names, and facts to memorize. Yet history is ultimately about people. It is about dreams, fears, courage, faith, and sacrifice.
The American Revolution was not merely an event.
It was a human story.
Through fiction, I hoped to help readers experience that story through the eyes of ordinary people whose lives were transformed by extraordinary times. My goal was not simply entertainment. It was remembrance.
Because nations that forget their story eventually lose it.
Enduring truthsToday, powerful cultural voices often encourage Americans to focus exclusively on the nation's flaws while ignoring its achievements. Certainly, America has never been perfect. No nation ever has been. Yet there is a profound difference between acknowledging imperfections and rejecting the very principles that made self-correction possible in the first place.
The Declaration of Independence proclaimed that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. The Constitution established a framework of ordered liberty that remains one of the greatest political achievements in human history.
These ideas were not perfect because the men who wrote them were perfect.
They were powerful because they reflected enduring truths about human nature, liberty, and the source of our rights.
Our task at 250As we approach America's 250th anniversary, perhaps the greatest challenge before us is deciding whether we still believe those truths.
Will we preserve the freedoms entrusted to us?
Will we teach our children why they matter?
Will we honor the sacrifices of those who came before us?
Or will we become the generation that squandered what others sacrificed so much to build?
The signers of the Declaration pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. Countless soldiers pledged even more.
The question facing Americans today is far less costly, yet no less important.
Will we prove worthy of their sacrifice?
If we fail to preserve liberty, truth, faith, and the principles that gave birth to this nation, we risk wasting more than the ink used to sign our founding documents. We risk wasting the blood shed by generations of Americans who believed this republic was worth defending.
As America turns 250, let us resolve that their sacrifice was not in vain.
The suspect described as the "RINGLEADER" of the alleged UFC Freedom 250 assassination plot is an illegal alien, the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed.
According to the DHS, Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, previously identified as a 31-year-old of Omaha, Nebraska, is actually an illegal immigrant from Mexico.
'This illegal alien should NEVER have been allowed in our country.'
Alvarez's B-2 tourist visa expired in 2001, the department said, when he would have been just 5 or 6 years old. Alvarez was then included in the Deferred Action for Children Arrivals program during the Obama administration, per the DHS.
Contrary to popular belief, DACA is not a form of amnesty, but instead temporary protection against deportation for certain children brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents or guardians. Even the American Immigration Council admits, "DACA does not provide permanent legal status to individuals and must be renewed every two years."
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Indeed, Alvarez is on track for deportation now that ICE has lodged a detainer against him. "This illegal alien should NEVER have been allowed in our country — and we will ensure he faces justice and is swiftly removed from our nation," the DHS stated.
Alvarez was arrested by the FBI on Sunday in connection with the UFC Freedom 250 alleged assassination plot. According to the accusations, Alvarez and at least four co-conspirators planned to use explosive drones in and around the event to prompt an evacuation and then deploy snipers to assassinate specific individuals within the fleeing crowd.
Many of their alleged targets are Republicans: Sens. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Jim Justice and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia and Reps. Carol Miller and Riley Moore, both of West Virginia. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and even Elon Musk were also allegedly identified as possible targets.
Between those on the South Lawn of the White House and the crowd at the nearby Ellipse, nearly 90,000 people attended the patriotic UFC event held last Sunday.
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More than a year after the murder of his son Austin, Jeff Metcalf is finally saying everything he couldn’t before — and BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock is all ears.
“I have to give God 100% credit here. I’m not that smart. I couldn’t come up with all that on my own,” Metcalf tells Whitlock on “Fearless.”
Metcalf calls the murder of his son “surreal,” explaining that then having to be “put under the gag order and then have my son dragged through the mud and memes and just the vile comments” was incredibly "taxing mentally, spiritually, physically.”
“So when the gag order was finally lifted, yeah, I mean, I did go off,” he says, admitting that it was not his “best moment.”
“But it was raw, and it was accurate, and it was truthful. I don’t apologize for anything I said. I am who I am. I own it,” he tells Whitlock, explaining that he doesn’t usually cuss as much as he did when he finally went “off.”
“Put somebody in my shoes and go, ‘Look man, if your kid was murdered violently and these people did this to you for 12, 14 months and you had to say nothing,’ I really think I was pretty light. I could have been a lot worse,” he says.
Metcalf has received death threats, emails, and text messages and had to see what Anthony supporters are saying online since his son’s murder.
“Just the vile statements from everyone, and ones who are in denial of the truth. That’s the hardest part. It’s like now that the truth has been shown, all the facts have been presented. So all your lies have been debunked, but they still refuse to accept the verdict, the truth, and they’re all hanging their hat on this appeal,” he explains.
“They’re not going to retry the case. They’re not going to reintroduce evidence. I mean it’s a process. I knew it was going to happen before it happened, and I don’t have any concern about the appeal. They don’t have any grounds,” he continues.
And while Anthony’s supporters are focused on his appeal, Metcalf believes the focus should be on the kids who had to witness his son’s murder.
“This is the thing I really want to talk about most, is look at these kids who saw this murder, who have to be traumatized for the rest of their life. Every one of them is in counseling. I guarantee every one of them will not ever forget that day and what they saw,” he adds.
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President Donald Trump was originally scheduled to sign a hard copy of the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding in Switzerland on Friday, but evidently sealing the deal and reopening the Strait of Hormuz couldn't wait.
Flanked by French President Emmanuel Macron and French first lady Brigitte Macron and with Secretary of State Marco Rubio looming behind him, Trump signed the deal at the Palace of Versailles on Wednesday night, stating, "This was not easy, I can tell you."
'Reagan is rolling over in his grave.'
Pakistani President Shehbaz Sharif, a key mediator during the peace talks, subsequently noted that the agreement is now in effect, meaning — as a first step — Iran will "instantly reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the United States of America will immediately lift the naval blockade."
The White House hailed the agreement as a great achievement.
"Following the historic destruction of Iran's military capabilities through the successful Operation Epic Fury, President Trump and his negotiating team have brokered an excellent, performance-based MOU that advances the interests of the United States by ending the fighting, reopening the Strait of Hormuz to significantly lower energy prices, and forcing Iran to commit to abandon its nuclear ambitions," stated White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales.
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Following the signing, gasoline prices dropped and U.S. Treasury and stock futures rebounded.
Democrats in Congress, Iran hawks, and several Israeli officials have complained incessantly in recent days about the agreement. On Wednesday, however, Republican lawmakers were among the loudest critics of the textual prelude to a final peace agreement.
After sharing critiques by others troubled by the peace deal, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told The Hill, "History teaches that giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is not a good idea. I think the president is receiving some very poor advice on this deal."
Cruz seems to have been referring to the sixth of the agreement's 14 points, which states, "The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least $300 billion for the reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran."
Cruz recycled these remarks in an interview with the Daily Wire, where he emphasized his support for Trump's decision "to initiate military action against Iran."
Sen. Bill Cassidy, the Republican who finished a distant third in the Louisiana GOP Senate primary last month, similarly chimed in on Wednesday, writing, "Reagan is rolling over in his grave."
"Iran’s nuclear ambitions were not curbed, and they have learned that threatening the Strait of Hormuz works and will undoubtedly leverage it in the future," continued Cassidy. "Now, Iran gets to build brand-new infrastructure under this deal."
"This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades," added the departing senator.
Failed presidential candidate Nikki Haley and Sen. Thom Tillis — the retiring North Carolina Republican whom Trump called a "loser" and an "angry man" earlier this month — also aired their concerns.
Tillis suggested that the U.S. was "equivocating" on some of the goals set earlier in the conflict; emphasized the need for "accountability for Iran"; insinuated that the agreement is the result of the administration "getting a bit skittish over the economic consequences of going to war to begin with"; and said he prefers a deal that won't just last through the remainder of Trump's terms but for multiple generations.
"Hitting Iran’s nuclear and missile sites was the right move," wrote Haley.
"Now, we plan to unlock billions of dollars and lift sanctions, with the promise of even more money. They will use that money the way they always do — to further their nuclear ambitions and on terrorist proxies against us. It’s a huge mistake to pay to rebuild the threat we just destroyed."
Not all champions of the war, however, condemned the deal.
South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham wrote, "It is my opinion that signing the MOU will be beneficial to the United States, in as much as the Strait of Hormuz will begin to open, and the hostilities with Iran will stop."
While casting doubt on whether a final deal could be reached, Graham emphasized that signing the agreement constituted an "essential step" to creating economic stability for the U.S., the region, and the world, a step he regards as a prerequisite for "the expansion of the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel."
Trump evidently caught wind of all the pearl-clutching and weighed in on Thursday morning, stating on Truth Social, "These fools, who think I haven't been tough enough on Iran, when the Stock Market Just Hit A RECORD HIGH, and Oil prices are 'tumbling' down, are either jealous, bad people, or stupid. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
According to AAA's tracker, the national average gas price fell to $3.99 per gallon on Thursday — the lowest it has been in over two and a half months.
Brent crude futures are down to just over $78.28 per barrel — down from highs north of $110 in recent wartime months.
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Officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed on Tuesday that unknown knife-wielding attackers abducted two people, a woman and her six-year-old child, from an Ebola treatment center. Both victims are believed to have tested positive for the disease.
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New claims for unemployment benefits declined last week, indicating that the labor market remains resilient and demand for American workers is high.
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Milly Alcock, who will be playing the titular Supergirl in the upcoming film, agrees that her character is a queer icon.
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