Month: March 2026

The final stretch before lift-off.

Since 1972, no human being has orbited or set foot on the moon. And now, after much to-and-fro, it seems like the time has come to return to our natural satellite.

The four Artemis II astronauts arrived in Florida today (27), in the final phase of preparations for the historic mission.

LIVE: Our Artemis II crew is arriving at @NASAKennedy! Tune in as they talk about their upcoming mission around the Moon. https://t.co/Jt8eyFIkuj

— NASA (@NASA) March 27, 2026

Reuters reported:

“NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, are set to launch from Kennedy Space Center as soon as April 1 aboard NASA’s towering Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, riding inside an Orion crew capsule built to carry humans into deep space. The roughly 10-day mission will ​send the crew on a high-speed loop around the Moon and back.”

“Artemis II will be ⁠the first crewed mission of NASA’s multi-billion-dollar Artemis program. While it will not attempt a moon landing, it will send astronauts farther from ​Earth than any previous human spaceflight, testing the Orion spacecraft’s life-support systems, navigation, communications, and heat shield performance.”

Introducing the Moon Mascot for the Artemis II mission!

The zero gravity indicator for the Moonbound crew was selected from thousands of submissions from over 50 countries and is named “Rise.” The design was inspired by the iconic Earthrise moment from the Apollo 8 mission. pic.twitter.com/5g2B0I6BDn

— NASA (@NASA) March 27, 2026

The crew has trained for more than ​two years, and have been in quarantine at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston since March 18.

Now they will move into NASA’s Astronaut Crew Quarters in Florida until the launch.

In just a few days, we’ll be sending humans on a flight around the Moon. Have you watched our documentary series on the mission?

Watch Moonbound before Artemis II lifts off: https://t.co/ZR60WWIumd pic.twitter.com/fU6aGDE277

— NASA (@NASA) March 27, 2026

Read more:

Highly Maneuverable Chinese Spaceplane Touches Down After 276 Days in Orbit – Craft Docked Several Times With Another Object – May Be Used as Weapon to Target US Satellites

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A former Biden security staffer was arrested and charged for killing his girlfriend in San Francisco.

Nation Wood, 25, was arrested on Wednesday after allegedly fatally shooting his girlfriend, Samantha Emge, 22, on Tuesday night.

According to Wood’s LinkedIn page, he worked part-time as a security staffer for Joe Biden’s Secret Service.

Wood once posed for a photo with Kamala Harris.

“Very greatful (sic) to have had the opportunity to help the VP with her trip to APEC in San Francisco,” Wood said in the caption.

According to reports, Samantha Emge was suffering from a gunshot wound on Tuesday night in a home in San Francisco’s Ocean Beach neighborhood.

Nation Wood was taken into custody and charged with involuntary manslaughter.

The Daily Mail reported:

A former security staffer for President Joe Biden has been charged with allegedly shooting and killing his girlfriend in San Francisco.

Nation Wood, 25, was arrested Tuesday after his girlfriend Samantha Emge, 22, was found shot with a gunshot wound at a home in the California city.

According to Wood’s LinkedIn page, he was a part-time security staffer for Biden’s White House security team starting in November 2023. The US Secret Service told the Daily Mail that he was not a member of the Secret Service.

He described his work as an ‘independent pre-event site security advisor’ at the White House for almost two years before leaving in July 2025, leaving under President Trump.

During his time working with the White House, Wood shared a picture of himself posing alongside Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff in front of a presidential jet in 2024.

According to police, Wood shot and killed his girlfriend at the home near San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Tuesday.

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President Trump trolled Iranian regime leaders over the destruction of their military and gave the Strait of Hormuz a new name while speaking at the Future Investment Initiative Priority Summit in Miami Beach, Florida, on Friday.

While speaking about Iran’s desire to make a deal with the United States, Trump said, “They have to open up the Strait of Trump,” causing the room to burst into laughter.

“I mean Hormuz, excuse me. I’m so sorry. Such a terrible mistake,” he continued. Then he doubled down that he was serious, telling the crowd, “There’s no accidents with me.”

Trump also highlighted his executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America, mimicking Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum with a Mexican accent, saying, “President, President, President, tell me this is not so” after he executed the name change.

Then he spoke about the US military’s obliteration of Iran’s military and killing of their leaders in Operation Epic Fury. “And their leaders are all dead. Other than that, I think they’re doing quite well,” he said, sparking more laughter from the crowd.

“Their Supreme Leader is no longer supreme. He’s dead. Son is either dead or in very bad shape because nobody has heard from him,” Trump continued, noting that nobody in Iran wants to be the Supreme Leader now.

WATCH:

Trump: We’re negotiating now, and it’d be great if we could do something. But they have to open it up. They have to open up the Strait of Trump. I mean Hormuz, excuse me. I’m so sorry. Such a terrible mistake. The fake news will say he accidentally said— No, there’s no accidents with me. Not too many. If there were, we’d have a major story.

Well, we had that with the Gulf of Mexico. Remember the Gulf of Mexico? And one day I said, why is it the Gulf of Mexico? We have 92% of the area around it. They have 8% really less than 8%. But for 350 years, it was, you know, they were there 100 years longer than us, Mexico. They’re at 350 we’re at 250, and I said, I’ve said often, asked myself, “Why do we call it the Gulf of Mexico? It seems like we dominate.” Well, when I checked it was more than 92%, so I announced— I wouldn’t say Mexico was thrilled, but I announced that from now on, the Gulf of Mexico is going to be called the Gulf of America.

And it took about one hour, and it was done. Everybody, I mean, the President called me. She’s really a nice person, too. I like her a lot. She called up. She had the most beautiful voice. She’s a very elegant woman, has a beautiful, beautiful voice. She goes, “President, President, President, tell me this is not so.” “No, no, it’s so. Oh, it’s so.” And then Google Maps changed it. We won the court case in about one hour, and Google Maps changed the name, and it’s now the Gulf of America, which it should be in all fairness.

We’re crushing Iran’s weapons stockpiles, destroying their missiles and drone factories at levels nobody ever thought was possible, and turning their defense industrial base into nothing. Iran’s Navy is gone. It’s all sunk at the bottom of the Gulf and elsewhere. Did you see the attack submarine that we have went after one of their boats? It was called the Solemenei. It was the pride of their fleet. But this attack submarine goes like 60 miles an hour. I never saw anything, and it caught them in about two minutes. And that was the end of the Soleimani. Now, they’re 100% dead. They have 22 mine droppers, they call them mine droppers, and the mine droppers, 22 all 22, are gone. So, I guess they can drop mines, but they’re going to have to take them out by a rowboat because they don’t have any boats. Their Air Force is dead, totally, completely dead. It’s out of business, no planes left at all. Their anti aircraft and communications capabilities are totally dismantled and dead.

And their leaders are all dead. Other than that, I think they’re doing quite well. No their leaders are dead. Their Supreme Leader is no longer supreme. He’s dead. Son is either dead or in very bad shape because nobody has heard from him. I think he says, “Just keep me out of this.” This is the only country where nobody wants to lead. There’s nobody. Who would like to lead Iran? Please raise your hand the big audience. Who would like to be our leader? Dead silence. Nobody wants to.

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Senator Rand Paul has said he is “50/50” on the idea of running for president in 2028.

In an interview with CBS host Robert Costa that will air this Sunday, Paul was asked about his feelings on the Trump administration and the current direction of the Republican Party.

He explained:

There used to really be a free market/Libertarian wing of the party, and now there’s not much left.

In fact, on many days it’s me in the Senate, the only one left for free trade.

But I think there still is a desire among business for it, and it may make the so-called Libertarian vote, hich might not be big enough to ever win anything, if you combine that with the Chamber of the Commerce and the traditional business community that doesn’t like protectionism, there may be a force out there for a different direction from the party other than being continued to be led by populism.

Costa then remarked that Paul “sounds like he’s running for president.”

“Yeah, I don’t know yet, so maybe they know something,” Paul responded.

“I don’t know. We’re thinking about it, and I would say 50-50,” he continued.

”We’ll make a decision after the election.”

Watch the clip below:

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) when asked if he’s going to run for president: “Yeah, I don’t know yet, so maybe they know something I don’t know. We’re thinking about it, and I would say 50-50. We’ll make a decision after the election.” pic.twitter.com/rdcO0nvfKW

— AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) March 27, 2026

NEWS: Sen. Rand Paul tells @CBSSunday that he’s considering a presidential run in 2028, and believes he might be able to link the libertarian wing with the business wing to counter GOP populists.

“We’re thinking about it,” he said. “I would say 50-50.”

Our interview airs this…

— Robert Costa (@costareports) March 27, 2026

Since Trump returned to office last year, Paul has repeatedly opposed his policies on immigration, free trade, and foreign interventions.

Just last week, he opposed President Trump’s pick for Secretary of Homeland Security, former Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin.

FIREWORKS! Rand Paul and Markwayne Mullin Tear into Each Other After Paul Brings Up What Mullin Said After Kentucky Senator Was Assaulted By Neighbor (VIDEO)

It would not be the first time that Paul has run for the presidency.

Paul ran for the presidency in the 2016 presidential election, but withdrew following a poor showing in the Iowa caucuses.

His father, Ron Paul, mounted high-profile campaigns in 2008 and 2012, building a strong grassroots following with a view to pushing the Republican Party in a more libertarian direction.

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At least 10 US service members were injured in an attack on Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia on Friday.

The Wall Street Journal and CBS News reported that an Iranian missile struck the air base, wounding up to 10 US service members.

According to CBS News, two American service members were very seriously injured and eight were seriously injured.

The Wall Street Journal reported:

Ten American servicemembers were wounded in an Iranian attack on the Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia Friday, according to multiple U.S. and Arab officials. Two of the servicemembers are considered seriously wounded, the officials said.

The injured servicemembers were inside a building on the base that was struck in the attack, the officials said. The attack also damaged multiple U.S. refueling aircraft. At least one missile struck the base, as well as several unmanned aerial vehicles, according to two of the officials.

The missile strike is at least the second to strike the base during the war against Iran. Five refueling aircraft were damaged in an earlier strike, the Journal reported.

Thirteen US service members have been killed in action in Operation Epic Fury.

Seven service members were killed in attacks on bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

The Gateway Pundit reported on the 4 deaths of Army Reserve Soldiers serving in Kuwait.

The heroes died on March 1, 2026, in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, during an unmanned aircraft system attack.

“All Soldiers were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command, Des Moines, Iowa. The incident is under investigation,” the Pentagon said at the time.

The Department of War identified them as:

• Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida
• Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska
• Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota
• Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, lowa

Six service members aboard a Stratotanker were killed when it went down in Iraq.

More than 300 US service members have been wounded in Operation Epic Fury.

DEVELOPING…

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Vice President JD Vance has confirmed that the White House’s new federal fraud task force is actively investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar for immigration fraud, and he didn’t mince words about it.

Vance confirmed his belief that Omar “definitely committed immigration fraud” during an interview on The Benny Show, released on Friday, and that the task force is looking into what can be done about it.

“Yeah, so we actually think that Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America,” Vance asserted.

The VP added that the task force, which he leads, is working with senior Trump advisor Stephen Miller to determine the legal remedies available now that the fraud has been identified.

WATCH:

BREAKING: Vice President JD Vance Officially CONFIRMS that Rep. Ilhan Omar Committed Immigration Fraud:

“Ilhan Omar definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America”

The VP says the White House is going to “go after” Omar for these crimes.

“What… pic.twitter.com/01Kwd3kKMR

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 27, 2026

The comments come just weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating the nationwide anti-fraud task force and explicitly directed it to examine longstanding allegations against Omar, including claims that she married her biological brother to game the immigration system.

Trump has repeatedly called Omar “one of the ringleaders” of fraud in Minnesota’s Somali community and said she is “bad news.”

Omar, who was born in Somalia and became a citizen in 2000, is alleged to have entered a sham marriage with her biological brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, in 2009 to help him obtain citizenship.

In February, as The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon also discussed the alleged fraud while speaking to Johnson.

During the interview, Dhillon stated, “It’s a truism of immigration law that if you commit fraud in the course of obtaining your citizenship… if you lie about your marriage status on which your citizenship depends or your familial status or what have you, if you fake any of those documents or you lie that’s a grounds for denaturalization and so I think it’s been credibly alleged that there are serious questions about the circumstances of the paperwork around that naturalization. I’ll just leave it at that.”

Additionally, the Justice Department has been investigating Omar’s finances, including a dramatic increase in her net worth since entering Congress.

Trump announced the investigation in January, as part of the broader fraud probes in Minnesota’s Somali community.

In a post to Truth Social on January 26, the president wrote, “a major investigation is going on with respect to the massive 20 Billion Dollar, Plus, Welfare Fraud that has taken place in Minnesota, and is at least partially responsible for the violent organized protests going on in the streets. Additionally, the DOJ and Congress are looking at ‘Congresswoman’ Illhan Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars. Time will tell all. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT”

Omar has long denied all allegations, claiming that they are politically motivated attacks.

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If nothing else, Christian charity alone requires us to assume that not every Democrat has lost his or her mind.

Nonetheless, the Democratic Party’s leadership remains as contemptible and hypocritical as ever.

For instance, in a clip posted to the social media platform X, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise stood on the House floor and read a decade-old quote from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in which Jeffries insisted that Republicans must vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security rather than “playing political games.”

Scalise read Jeffries’ 2015 comments while standing next to a chart showing two recent House votes on DHS funding. In each case, nearly all Democrats voted “nay.”

“I think this is an important quote that everybody should listen to right now,” Scalise said. “This is Hakeem Jeffries, and I quote, ‘We are here today to do a single job, and that should be to fund fully the Department of Homeland Security. Anything else is an abdication of our responsibility. Anything else is an act of legislative malpractice. We’re playing political games at a time when the safety and the security of the American people is being threatened.’”

Scalise then asked what changed.

“Unfortunately, that was Hakeem Jeffries from February of 2015,” Scalise said moments later. “What happened to that Hakeem Jeffries?”

BREAKING: Majority Leader Steve Scalise just PUMMELED Hakeem Jeffries using his OWN WORDS

“Jeffries, 2015: ‘Our single job should be to FUND DHS! Anything else is an abdication our responsibility and legislative malpractice.’”

“Their party now stands with ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS,… pic.twitter.com/P6gQhB6GiK

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 27, 2026

As one might expect, savvy X users quickly unearthed the Jeffries clip from 2015.

Yep… pic.twitter.com/xm3Ja0QGwm

— Melvin Marco (@MelvinMarko1) March 27, 2026

Scalise asked, “What happened to that Hakeem Jeffries?” Well, even in 2015, the then-future House minority leader provided an answer.

While reading Jeffries’ words on the House floor, Scalise excluded one crucial passage. To the words “anything else is an act of legislative malpractice,” Jeffries originally added “simply because of the inability of my friends on the other side of the aisle to satisfy the thirst of the extreme right-wing anti-immigration base of the party.”

In other words, Democrats have prioritized illegal immigrants over American citizens for more than a decade. And they have done so again during the current political contest.

Congressional Democrats have held DHS funding hostage while hoping to force Republicans into a deal that would allow Democrats to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities.

As a result, Transportation Security Administration agents have gone without pay, and chaos has ensued.

Ironically, on Monday, President Donald Trump helped alleviate travelers’ headaches by dispatching ICE to more than a dozen major airports.

All the while, only Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has had the courage to tell the truth about his party’s tactics.

As for Jeffries, one wonders if the public recitation of his own words will cause him any embarrassment.

That seems unlikely. After all, a man best known for mariachi memes and a flatulence-related faux pas has already lost what little dignity he once possessed.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Six ancient monuments around the world demonstrate the remarkable astronomical knowledge of past civilizations, aligning precisely with the spring equinox in ways that modern engineers still marvel at today. These structures prove that long before modern technology, humans possessed sophisticated understanding of celestial mechanics and valued marking the passage of time through careful observation of the heavens.

Engineering Marvels Built on Timeless Principles

The Great Sphinx and pyramids of Giza in Egypt stand as the oldest known structures designed to align with the equinox. These monuments, weighing millions of tons, were constructed with such precision that they interact with sunlight in specific ways during the spring equinox each March. The word equinox itself comes from Latin terms meaning equal night, referring to the day when Northern and Southern Hemispheres receive equal amounts of sunlight and darkness.

The Great Pyramid of Giza alone weighs 6.5 million tons, an architectural achievement that required not just brute labor but sophisticated mathematical understanding and engineering expertise. Ancient builders possessed knowledge of astronomy and geometry that allowed them to create structures that would interact with celestial events thousands of years into the future, demonstrating foresight and planning that modern society would do well to emulate.

Tracking Time Through Natural Law

Throughout history, civilizations understood the importance of tracking time through observation of the sun and moon rather than relying solely on human-made systems. The spring equinox occurs during the second half of March in the Northern Hemisphere, marking the first day of spring. These ancient peoples recognized natural patterns and built permanent monuments to honor and measure these recurring events, connecting their daily lives to larger cosmic rhythms.

Lessons From Ancient Wisdom

These monuments remind us that human ingenuity thrived long before government bureaucracies and modern regulations. Ancient engineers solved complex problems through observation, calculation, and hard work. They built structures meant to last millennia, not just satisfy quarterly earnings reports. Their commitment to precision and permanence reflects values of craftsmanship and long-term thinking that seem increasingly rare in our disposable culture. These sites continue attracting visitors worldwide who recognize the achievement they represent.

President Trump will deliver the keynote address tonight at the Future Investment Initiative Priority Summit in Miami Beach, Florida.

In attendance at the three-day Saudi-backed investment conference at the Faena Hotel and Forum will be business leaders, investors, and policymakers from around the world.

Ahead of his speech, Trump posted on Truth Social,

Going to make a big speech on economics in Miami. Our Military Operation in Iran is going GREAT! President DJT

More from CBS 4:

Trump’s appearance marks his second consecutive year addressing the Miami-based summit, which is organized by the FII Institute and backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund.

The event is expected to draw more than 1,500 participants, including top government officials, executives and financiers from around the world.

Held under the theme “Capital in Motion,” the conference will focus on shifting global investment trends, including energy markets, artificial intelligence, and cross-border capital flows, as economies adapt to rising interest rates and geopolitical divisions.

The event comes as global markets face added pressure from ongoing conflict involving Iran, which has raised concerns about energy supply disruptions and broader economic stability.

The President is scheduled to speak at 5:30 pm ET.

Watch live below:

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