Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) revealed at a townhall meeting on Wednesday that Democrats don't just want to abolish the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but they are actually planning how to dismantle the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entirely.
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The Chicago Bears are now claiming that they have a "shared commitment" to condier moving the team fto Northewest Iniana.
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New polling shows Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) leading his competitors ahead of the Georgia GOP Senate primary.
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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to life in prison by the Seoul Central District Court for "leading an insurrection."
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In support of transgenderism, purported science booster Neil deGrasse Tyson says athletes should be categorized by hormone ratios, not gender
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The son of the transgender shooter who opened fire in a Pawtucket, Rhode Island, ice rink is currently serving a prison sentence for setting fires to "a predominantly black church," according to the New York Post.
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Spam texts are on the rise, mucking up your phone with group chats filled with people you don’t know and who didn’t ask to be lumped together for some nefarious reason. While these texts might seem like a simple nuisance, they can ultimately lead to more spam, phishing attempts, or worse. Just like with spam calls, though, there’s an easy way to silence spam text alerts and block messages from your phone.
Spam texts are on the riseIf you’ve received more spam text messages lately, you’re not alone. Consumer Reports confirmed that text-based scam attempts have risen by 50% as of 2025. Part of this is due to the broad-scale availability of RCS, a fairly new texting standard that replaced the antiquated SMS on both Android and iPhone. Although RCS is generally more private and secure than SMS, the new service makes it easier for scammers to send media attachments designed to get you to click through to a spam website where they can steal your private information.
What to do if you receive a spam textIf you receive a spam text, do not respond! Don’t ask why you’re in the group chat, don’t demand the head of the person who added you, don’t talk to anyone else that asks the same things, and for the sake of your future sanity, don’t click on any shared links. Doing any of these actions simply confirms to the sender that your phone number is valid, and you will be added to other spam lists for future scam calls and text messages. It’s better for spammers to think your number is inactive than to let them know that you are a viable target. Instead, here’s what you should do the next time you receive a spam text message.
How to block spam texts on iPhoneOn iPhone, open up the Settings app. Scroll down to the very bottom of the page and tap “Apps.” From there, scroll to the center of your app list and tap into “Messages.” Scroll halfway down the page again and find the section titled “Unknown Senders.”
From here, you’ll want to enable “Screen Unknown Senders.” This will automatically flag any text messages you receive from unknown numbers and move them to a separate list within your Messages app. Next, check the “Time Sensitive” toggle. This will allow alerts, two-factor verification codes, and urgent texts to still come through so you won’t miss anything important that’s non-spam related. Finally, check the “Filter Spam” option to hide spam notifications and move these unwanted messages to a separate list in the Messages app. With these features enabled, you won’t be alerted when a spam text comes in, but you’ll still get the chance to review the message and decide if it’s actually spam.
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TIP: Keep in mind that these settings are available on iPhones running iOS 26. You may not see these options, or they may be slightly different, if you’re on an earlier version of iOS.
If you want to view your quarantined spam texts, open the Messages app on your iPhone. Tap the filter menu in the top right corner. Click on either “Unknown Senders” or “Spam,” depending on which you want to view. From here, you can either read the messages for fun, remove them from the spam list if they’re not actually spam, or delete them entirely. Whatever you do, though, don’t reply.
How to block spam texts on AndroidFor Android, we’re specifically looking at the spam blocking features built directly into the Google Messages app. If you’re using a different messages app, these features may differ or may not even be available. For what it’s worth, Google Messages is the best native SMS and RCS app on Android, thanks to its simplicity, security, and broad support. I strongly recommend switching to Google Messages if you haven’t already.
To get started, open the Google Messages app on your Android phone. Tap on your profile picture in the top right corner, followed by “Messages Settings.” Near the bottom of the page, select “Protection & Safety.” Finally, toggle “Spam Protection” into the on position. Once enabled, Android will automatically scan and filter your spam text messages into the spam section in your messages app.
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WARNING: Although most of Android’s spam detection features happen directly on the device, Google admits that “spam information is sent to Google anonymously to improve spam and abuse protection.” This information can include the phone numbers of unknown senders who aren’t in your contacts list. Google maintains that your name and phone number are not shared with Google and that your identity remains anonymous.
Reclaim your messages appSpam text messages are annoying, but thanks to these features built directly into iOS and Android, it’s easier than ever to make them disappear. Toggle a few quick settings and reclaim the peace of a quiet messages app where only the people you want to talk to can actually reach you.
Faith-based films have come a long way, baby.
Remember the hardscrabble tales told by the Kendrick Brothers (“Fireproof,” “Facing the Giants”) on shoestring budgets? Think Kirk Cameron and a sea of unfamiliar faces.
'The way that faith shows up in this particular film is around a sense of longing. ... I wanted a sense of yearning for something.'
Or the “God’s Not Dead” franchise, a saga that mainstream critics lined up to smite like so many pinatas?
Now faith is more mainstream than ever in pop culture circles. Amazon teamed up with Jon Erwin’s Kingdom Story Company to create the popular “House of David” series for Prime Video. Netflix partnered with Tyler Perry and DeVon Franklin for a line of original faith-based films, including last year’s “Ruth & Boaz.”
Newer, faith-friendly films boast recognizable stars like Oscar winner Hilary Swank (“Ordinary Angels”), Kelsey Grammer (“Jesus Revolution"), and Dennis Quaid (the “I Can Only Imagine” series).
Defying easy labels“Midwinter Break” — which hits theaters Friday — offers something that’s aesthetically different while spiritually profound. The indie drama focuses on an older couple, Stella and Gerry (Lesley Manville, Ciarán Hinds), traveling in Amsterdam.
Their decades-old marriage teeters when Stella recalls a traumatic experience and an unfulfilled spiritual promise. The drama looks nothing like a standard faith-based film, which some critics have derided as sanding too many of life’s rough edges smooth.
The story’s core conflict is deeply religious and handled with care. It defies easy labels but may resonate all the same.
“Midwinter Break” director Polly Findlay treats the marriage and subject matter with a delicacy that belies her status as a first-time filmmaker. It helps that she brought a heady background in live theater to the task at hand.
Shared vocabulary
Another obvious benefit? Having two veteran stars building a credible marriage on the brink of collapse. Manville and Hinds also brought significant stage experience to the film, offering a “shared vocabulary” when the cameras turned on, Findlay tells Align.
That, plus three days of rehearsal, ensured the couple’s on-screen bond appeared like it was decades in the making.
“We were able to read [the script] a lot together and build a shared sense of back history,” Findlay said. “They didn’t want to plan too much in advance. They wanted to feel things in the moment, to riff off each other and improvise.”
Manville and Hinds aren’t kids anymore. She’s 69 and he’s 73, and it’s rare for films to feature older couples either falling in love or navigating years of complicated romance.
“That was something I was really drawn to ... a grown-up love story,” she said. “It’s not always documented on screen. The relationship is a series of new beginnings. And so it’s really, really hopeful without being sentimental.”
A key part of the film finds Stella reflecting on a life-changing event in her younger years, a time when she was with child. What flowed from that pivotal moment got lost over the years, but the Amsterdam journey finds it rushing back to the present.
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A life unlived“For Stella, her faith is very, very real, of course, and very specific. The way in which that faith manifests itself in her is a product of the country that she’s from, the moment in time from which she’s from ... and the things that happened to her in the past,” the director says.
“The thing that she’s carrying with her in a more macro way is ... a thing we can all related to, a sense of a life unlived.”
Manville captures that challenging arc.
“As she gets older ... there’s a whole different Stella that could have been if she made choices differently,” she says.
Different layersFor the director, bringing faith to the screen meant different layers of storytelling.
“The way that faith shows up in this particular film is around a sense of longing. ... I wanted a sense of yearning for something running underneath it,” she says, adding the Amsterdam setting enhances that with its beauty and “sense of melancholy.”
“Midwinter Break” can be heavy, and audiences won’t know if this relationship can survive the couple’s marital chasm. That reflects both Stella’s faith and the harsh realities of any long-term relationship.
It’s a duality that spikes the film’s waning moments.
Some couples can loathe each other in the morning and, later, realize what they’ve built is both precious and vital, she notes.
“Sometimes your emotion toward somebody is red, and sometimes it’s blue. ... You can just go from red to blue without necessarily having to go through purple, because that’s how we are,” she says. “It felt important for those moments of despair and doubt to feel 100% and that somehow the kind of hope you then arrive at is dependent on going through that 100%.”
Insider Advantage, one of 2024’s most accurate pollsters, puts President Trump’s current approval rating at 50 percent.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a Los Angeles court on Wednesday that he cares "about the wellbeing of teens and kids." The Big Tech mastermind whose platforms have notoriously censored conservatives including President Donald Trump added, "I genuinely want to err on the side of giving people the ability to express themselves."
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The home of the New England Patriots is standing strong until it gets paid.
Foxboro, Massachusetts, is set to host seven World Cup matches this summer at Gillette Stadium, where the Patriots play. However, the Boston-area organizing committee for the World Cup has not come up with the money yet.
'All we're trying to do is protect our citizens.'
Representatives from Boston 26, the host city initiative for the World Cup, met in Foxboro this week, where they received a lashing from city officials over the mysteriously absent funding.
"I'm shocked you're not sitting here in front of us right now saying, 'We got the money for ya,'" Foxboro Select Board Member Mark Elfman told the soccer officials on Tuesday.
Board members said they would not grant an entertainment license for the World Cup games until the organizers could put up the money needed for event and security fees, which is a reported $7 million, according to WHDH- TV.
The host committee says it is not at fault, but rather the federal government has simply yet to pay.
"This task force is working on a daily basis to work with DHS and FEMA on that," Mike Loynd, CEO of Boston 26, told reporters. "I don't think I can say anything more about that. We're being told that it's, you know, it's expected any day now."
Select Board Member Bill Yukna described the World Cup games as the "equivalent of seven Super Bowls" over 39 days, requiring security for the stadium every single day throughout the event.
"All we're trying to do is protect our citizens," Yukna added.
Select Board Vice Chair Stephanie McGowan was more direct with the soccer officials, saying the small city of about 18,000 cannot simply front the millions of dollars required.
"We're not prepared to issue this license unless everything is in place," McGowan said, per WHDH. "I've seen people saying, 'Oh, there’s no way, they won't.' I’m going to tell you, this board will not issue this license," she affirmed.
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Sixteen venues are scheduled to host games for the 2026 World Cup, the most ever for a single tournament, according to Fox Sports.
Along with two venues in Canada and three in Mexico, 10 other U.S. stadiums are scheduled to host games: Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta; AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas; NRG Stadium in Houston; SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles; Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri; Hard Rock Stadium in Miami; MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey; Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia; Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California; and Lumen Field in Seattle.
The select board will meet again on March 3, and the deadline to issue the license is March 17.
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Brad Reese, the grandson of the inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, chastised Hershey for "quietly replacing" the candy's signature chocolate and peanut butter ingredients that built consumers' trust in the candy.
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