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After 21 hours of talks in Islamabad last week, Iran walked away without a deal. Trump announced a naval blockade, then said Iran wants peace “very badly” and has “called.” Both things are probably true — and together they define the problem.Wars do not end when the shooting stops. They end when the political objective is secured. That is the standard Carl von Clausewitz set, and it is the standard by which the current conflict with Iran must now be judged. By that measure, as this phase of the war draws to a close, the answer is deeply unsatisfying.An American man I recently met who had lived inside Iran offered a blunt forecast. China will pressure Iran to accept U.S. terms because Beijing needs Iranian oil. Iran will agree not because it is defeated, but because it wants sanctions relief and breathing room. The regime in Tehran will survive — strong enough to keep ruling, repress its people and wait for a more favorable moment.PAKISTANI GENERAL SAYS IRAN DIPLOMACY STILL ‘ALIVE, DESPITE US BLOCKADE, FAILED TALKSThat is a cynical forecast. It is also a realistic one. In dealing with Iran, survival is victory.The Islamabad talks confirmed it. Vance emerged after 21 hours to say Iran “chose not to accept our terms.” Trump then said Iran wants a deal “very badly” and has already reached out. Both things can be true. Iran wants relief — on its own terms.PRESIDENT TRUMP’S NEGOTIATING TEAM PRAISED BY NUCLEAR EXPERTS FOR WALKING AWAY FROM PAKISTAN TALKSI have written this before, and it bears repeating: If the Iranian regime remains intact, it wins — not because it defeated the United States militarily, but because it endured. The Islamic Republic does not need to win in the conventional sense. It only needs to outlast its adversaries politically, economically and strategically. History shows it is skilled at exactly that.Washington assumed sustained air and naval pressure could compel Tehran to yield. That assumption has been tested and has come up short. U.S. and allied strikes degraded Iranian capabilities, imposed real costs and weakened aspects of Iran’s proxy network. But they did not collapse the regime, eliminate its strategic leverage or force Tehran into meaningful concessions. There is a diminishing return to every additional strike. At some point, the bombs become symbolic — signals of resolve rather than instruments of decisive change.TRUMP DELAYS XI MEETING AS IRAN CONFLICT LETS US STRONG-ARM CHINA’S OIL SUPPLYIf there was one defining lesson of this conflict, it was not nuclear weapons. It was energy. The crisis revealed just how vulnerable the United States and the global economy remain to disruption in the Strait of Hormuz — a chokepoint through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil flows. Chinese-chartered tankers transited the Strait despite U.S. pressure. If Iran’s largest oil customer operates with a degree of freedom, the pressure campaign is not as effective as advertised.WHY TRUMP, IRAN SEEM LIGHT-YEARS APART ON ANY POSSIBLE DEAL TO END THE WAROne central justification for this war was fear that Iran was approaching nuclear breakout. Clarity matters. Iran had accumulated stockpiles of uranium enriched to 60% — approaching weapons-grade, but not equivalent to it. Multiple steps remain between enrichment and a deployable weapon. IAEA assessments and U.S. intelligence consistently distinguished between fissile material and a functional bomb — a distinction the war’s opening rationale consistently blurred. Islamabad confirmed the question remains open. Nuclear enrichment was, in Trump’s own words, “the only point that really mattered” — and neither side moved. Iran’s foreign minister said the delegations came “just inches away” from a memorandum of understanding before the goalposts shifted. The core dispute sits exactly where it did when the first bombs fell.This is the question Washington must answer honestly. Iran was not about to field a nuclear weapon. The regime was repressing its people before the first strikes. Its proxies — Hamas, Hezbollah and others — had already been weakened. The Strait was open. We fought to prevent a future threat, slow Iran’s nuclear ambitions, degrade its proxy network and demonstrate that energy coercion would not go unanswered — to bloody the nose of a regime testing limits for forty-seven years.STEVE FORBES: IRAN’S NUCLEAR INSANITY LEAVES AMERICA AND ALLIES NO ROOM TO BLINKThat is not nothing. But it is not decisive.The regime survives. The nuclear question remains open. The Strait remains vulnerable. The proxy network, though weakened, is not eliminated. And ninety million Iranians remain under a repressive theocracy — their condition unchanged by this conflict.GOP HOLDS WITH TRUMP ON IRAN WAR, BUT CRACKS EMERGE AS DEADLINE NEARSThe IRGC’s naval force was never designed to fight the U.S. Navy symmetrically. What it built was an asymmetric force to exploit vulnerabilities in confined waters — fast attack craft, swarm tactics, naval mines and unmanned suicide vessels. The logic is brutal: Flood the engagement space with expendable platforms, and only one needs to get through. Think of the USS Cole — one small boat, one well-placed charge. Iran still has hundreds of those boats in the fight.Despite weeks of strikes, over 60% of the IRGC’s fast-attack fleet remains operational, stored in underground pens that resist air targeting. In the confined waters of the Persian Gulf, swarm tactics can inflict serious damage even against a superior force. That threat will outlast any ceasefire.STOP CALLING THIS BRINKMANSHIP. TRUMP’S HORMUZ MOVE IS THE REAL PRESSUREIf Iran accepts terms — under Chinese pressure, with an expiring ceasefire bearing down — it may do so tactically, not strategically. The regime can accept conditions, relieve pressure, resume oil exports and then walk away from the agreement at a time of its choosing, perhaps under a future administration more willing to look the other way. That pattern is not hypothetical. It is consistent with forty-seven years of Iranian behavior.At the end of this conflict, Iran has been weakened but not broken. Its ambitions have been slowed but not stopped. Its regime has been pressured but not replaced. The strategic competition continues.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONWars like this do not end cleanly. They end with ambiguity. Washington will declare success. Tehran will claim survival. The world will move on — until the next crisis.But the fundamental reality remains. If the Iranian regime survives, it wins — because it lives to fight another day, to rebuild and to challenge the region and the United States again. This war, however it concludes, is not the end of the Iran problem. It is simply the end of this round.And perhaps, as my acquaintance who lived in Iran warned, a sad day for all.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM ROBERT MAGINNIS

Russia hammered civilian areas of Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in an attack that stretched for hours from daytime into the night, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 80 others as terrified residents cowered in their homes, officials said Thursday.Russia launched nearly 700 drones and dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles, primarily targeting civilians, in its biggest aerial barrage in almost two weeks, authorities said.Tetiana Sokol, a 54-year-old resident of Kyiv, said two missiles hit near her home and she took cover with her dog in the hallway as flashes lit up the night and windows shattered from the blast wave.”On the third attack everything broke, everything flew, we were shocked, we didn’t know where to run. I grabbed whatever came to hand and ran away with the dog,” she told The Associated Press. “I still can’t find the cats in the house, they climbed out somewhere, I don’t even know. No windows, nothing, the dog is still walking around in stress.”RUSSIAN WINTER STRIKE LEAVES NEARLY 800K HOMES WITHOUT POWER AND HEAT IN UKRAINE’S DNIPRO REGIONMoscow’s forces have hit civilian areas almost daily since its all-out invasion of its neighbor more than four years ago, with the regular assaults occasionally punctuated by massive attacks. More than 15,000 Ukrainian civilians have died in the strikes, the United Nations says.Zelenskyy on a mission to improve air defensesThe latest bombardment came in the wake of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 48-hour trip this week to Germany, Norway and Italy in an urgent search for more air defense systems that can stop Russian missiles.Ukraine has developed a significant domestic arms industry, especially in the production of drones and missiles, but it can’t yet match the sophistication of U.S. Patriot air defense systems. Ukraine’s top diplomatic priority is securing allies’ help to buy and build more and better air defenses, Zelenskyy said this week.Cash-strapped Ukraine also needs the speedy disbursement of a promised loan from the European Union of 90 billion euros ($106 billion) that has been blocked by Hungary.Ukraine fears the Iran war is burning through stockpiles of the advanced American-made systems it needs, and has argued against a U.S. temporary waiver on Russian oil sanctions that Kyiv says is helping finance the Kremlin’s war effort.US ACCUSES RUSSIA OF ‘DANGEROUS AND INEXPLICABLE ESCALATION’ IN UKRAINE WAR DURING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS”Another night has proven that Russia does not deserve any easing of global policy or lifting of sanctions,” Zelenskyy said on X.He thanked Germany, Norway and Italy for new agreements this week on supporting Ukraine’s air defense. Officials are also working with the Netherlands on additional supplies, he said.At the same time, he noted that some partner countries haven’t followed through on pledges of military support.”I have instructed the Commander of the Air Force to contact those partners who earlier committed to providing missiles for Patriot and other systems,” Zelenskyy said.Other areas of Ukraine and Russia were also hitThe bombardment was the biggest in weeks. Last month, Russia fired 948 drones and 34 missiles in the space of 24 hours in the largest assault of the war on civilian areas.At least four people were killed overnight in Kyiv, including a 12-year-old, with more than 50 others injured, according to authorities. Officials said the attack damaged 17 apartment buildings, 10 private homes, as well as a hotel, office center, car dealership, gas station and a shopping mall in the capital.RUSSIAN DRONE ATTACK ON PASSENGER TRAIN IS AN ‘ACT OF TERRORISM,’ ZELENSKYY SAYSNine people were killed and 23 injured in the southern port city of Odesa, three women were killed and around three dozen injured in the central Dnipro region, and one person was killed in Zaporizhzhia in the south.”Such attacks cannot be normalized. These are war crimes that must be stopped and their perpetrators held to account,” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X.Ukraine’s air force said air defenses shot down or disabled 667 out of 703 incoming targets, including 636 Shahed-type drones and other uncrewed aerial vehicles.It said 20 strike drones and 12 missiles hit 26 locations.Meanwhile, in Russia, Krasnodar regional Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev reported that a 14-year-old girl and a woman were killed in Ukrainian strikes in the Black Sea port of Tuapse.He said that attacks damaged six apartment buildings, 24 private houses and three schools. Drone fragments also fell near the port of Tuapse.Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its air defenses downed 207 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Weeks after now-former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., invited an Epstein survivor to attend the State of the Union earlier this year in an attempt to highlight victims of sexual abuse, his political career collapsed after multiple women accused him of sexual assault.”Like every American, I want the President to do his job. I have always attended the State of the Union, and I will again tonight. I invited Teresa Helm as my guest because she has been waiting for justice for more than two decades,” Swalwell said in a press release, referring to Teresa Helm, his guest.”Teresa’s bravery exposed the Epstein cover-up. The President owes her — and all survivors — answers,” Swalwell added.Weeks later, Swalwell would ultimately suspend his gubernatorial campaign and resign his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives over women who exposed his own improprieties.SWALWELL ACCUSERS DETAIL EXPERIENCES WITH LAWMAKER AFTER HE ANNOUNCES HIS RESIGNATION FROM CONGRESSBombshell reporting from CNN and the San Francisco Chronicle last Friday recounted allegations from several women, providing detailed accounts of how Swalwell had pursued intoxicated women, pressured employees into intimate situations and asked for explicit images from female contacts.Swalwell’s office did not respond to requests for inquiries from Fox News Digital.Helm serves as Survivor Services Coordinator at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) where she partners with survivors of abuse to hold corporations and individuals who profited from and facilitated their exploitation accountable.KASH PATEL TAUNTS SWALWELL WITH FBI SIT-DOWN AS RESIGNATION FALLOUT GROWSHelm, a survivor of Epstein’s sex trafficking, had urged lawmakers to release the Epstein files in the lead up to the 2026 State of the Union Address.”At the heart of this matter is HUMAN DIGNITY and JUSTICE FOR ALL,” Helm said in a press release ahead of the State of the Union.Epstein, a financier with a prolific social circle, rubbed shoulders with the rich and powerful, including figures like Bill Gates, former President Bill Clinton, President Donald Trump, Billionaire Les Wexner and the United Kingdom’s Prince Andrew.Epstein died while incarcerated in 2019 on charges of sex-trafficking minors, leaving behind questions of whether he used his wide-ranging contacts to facilitate illegal sexual encounters.Swalwell, like a wide range of lawmakers from both parties, had urged the DOJ to publicly release documentation on its investigation of Epstein, arguing for public accountability on the matter.Helm echoed those calls.SWALWELL’S ‘BEST FRIEND’ IN CONGRESS TURNS ON HIM AFTER BOMBSHELL ALLEGATIONS TORPEDO HIS POLITICAL CAREER”It is crucial to join forces, lead by example and continue lighting the way for generations to come. To me, it is both an assignment and an honor to be a guest here today at the 2026 State of the Union Address,” Helm said.Fox News Digital reached out to Helm for comment.

The skyrocketing popularity of GLP-1 receptor agonists has transformed the weight-loss industry, but not all shots are created equal in terms of how they work.A study published in Nature investigated how genes affect the success of modern weight-loss drugs — specifically, GLP-1s like semaglutide and tirzepatide.In analyzing genetic data and self-reported weight loss from over 27,000 users, researchers pinpointed a specific variation in the GLP-1 receptor gene (GLP1R) that acts as a “booster” for the drug’s effectiveness.POPULAR WEIGHT-LOSS MEDICATIONS LINKED TO HIDDEN SIDE EFFECTS, STUDY FINDSIndividuals carrying one copy of this variant lost an average of 1.6 pounds more than those without it, according to the findings.This suggests that genetic testing could eventually help doctors steer sensitive patients toward medications they are more likely to tolerate.”We believe these reports are a step forward in meeting an unmet need for a more informed and personalized approach to weight management,” said study co-author Noura Abul-Husn, chief medical officer at the 23andMe Research Institute in California, in a press release.While this genetic “boost” is measurable, it remains relatively modest when compared to the total average weight loss of 24 pounds observed across the study population, the researchers noted.SHOULD YOU MICRODOSE OZEMPIC? EXPERTS ARE SPLIT ON RISKS VS BENEFITSBeyond genetics, other factors such as age, sex and specific medications remain much stronger predictors of success.For instance, the study found that women generally saw a higher body mass index (BMI) reduction (12.2%) compared to men (10.0%).The study may also reveal why certain patients experience stomach issues. Scientists identified a different genetic variant that was linked to increased reports of nausea and vomiting.The presence of this side effect did not impact the drug’s effectiveness, however. Patients with variants in the GLP1R and GIPR genes lost just as much weight as those without it; they simply felt more sick during the process, the study found.WEIGHT-LOSS MEDICATIONS COULD IMPACT SEXUAL HEALTH IN UNEXPECTED WAYS”GLP-1 treatment decisions are complex, and having access to clinical expertise to help contextualize your genetic results alongside your full health picture is exactly the kind of guidance this report is designed to support,” said Abul-Husn.Dr. Peter Balazs, MD, a hormone and weight-loss specialist serving the New York and New Jersey area, was not involved in the study but reiterated the role of the genetic variants in treatment response and side effects.CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIES”Notably, there appears to be a drug-specific effect: The GIPR variant associated with these side effects is observed with tirzepatide, but not with semaglutide,” he told Fox News Digital.Balazs said he was surprised by the extremely wide nausea risk range (5%–78%). “Additionally, the drug-specific genetic dissociation was unexpected,” he added.The data relied on participants reporting their own weight, which could be subject to bias.”The data is self-reported and not medically verified, which may affect its reliability firstly,” Balazs told Fox News Digital. “It also does not account for key treatment variables, such as titration, discontinuation or dosing schedules.”TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZThe 23andMe participant pool may not reflect a diverse, real-world population, he added.”The study also lacks data on important clinical endpoints, such as diabetes progression, and severe adverse effects, such as gastroparesis or pancreatitis,” Balazs pointed out. “Many of its findings also have not been supported by more clinically and statistically robust studies.”For example, a sub-study comparing these reports to objective iPhone health data suggested that participants might over-report their progress. While users reported an 11.8% loss, electronic data in that subset showed a 5.8% loss.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTERAs an observational study rather than a controlled clinical trial, it could not definitively prove that the genetic variants caused the difference in weight loss, only that they are associated with it, the researchers noted.”I think this article is interesting, raising the possibility of genetic factors, and the use of genetic testing incorporated into further decision-making when picking weight-loss medications,” Balazs said. “However, I would be careful to draw conclusions solely based on this study.”

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson warned of a potential “teen trend” event on the city’s South Side, avoiding the term “takeover” as the mob scenes have caused mayhem in the Windy City and other communities across the country recently.On Wednesday, Johnson urged parents to keep close tabs on their children amid ongoing concerns about gatherings that have previously turned chaotic.”Chicago, there are credible reports of a teen trend forming in Hyde Park later today,” Johnson wrote on social media Wednesday. “Parents, be aware of where your children are going this evening. DO NOT allow your children to attend one of these gatherings; they are dangerous and can often turn violent.””Together we can keep our youth and our communities safe,” he added.Images circulating on social media appear to show an earlier version of the mayor’s post referring to the gathering as a “takeover” before it was changed to “trend,” though Fox News Digital has not independently verified the authenticity of those images.Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson for comment.CHICAGO’S BRANDON JOHNSON BLASTS ‘ASSAULTS AGAINST IMMIGRANTS’ AS SLAIN SHERIDAN GORMAN IS LAID TO RESTThe warning follows a series of similar incidents that have unfolded in recent weeks, including a March 30 gathering in Hyde Park that drew hundreds of teenagers and stretched late into the night.Video previously obtained by Fox News from ChitownCrimeChasers showed large crowds filling streets and sidewalks, with some individuals climbing on cars, dancing in intersections and engaging in brief altercations. Residents reported dozens of vehicles damaged, with one local estimating roughly $1,000 in dents and destruction to his car.RESIDENTS ALARMED AFTER TEEN VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN WASHINGTON, DC NEIGHBORHOODPolice said at least three curfew violations were issued and a 16-year-old girl was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon and disorderly conduct in connection with that incident.City officials have described the takeovers, often organized via social media, as part of a growing trend. Johnson himself has referred to them as “teen trends,” warning in a recent public message that authorities were tracking multiple such events across the city.”They’re unsafe, and they can turn deadly,” the mayor said, urging parents to prevent their children from attending and noting police would enforce the city’s 10 p.m. curfew.TEEN TAKEOVER SPIRALS INTO CHAOS—GUNFIRE REPORTED AS POLICE RUSH IN DAY AFTER LEADERS CALL FOR CALMThe renewed concerns come amid heightened scrutiny of Johnson’s leadership on crime following the high-profile killing of 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman.Authorities allege Jose Medina-Medina, a Venezuelan national in the country illegally, shot Gorman on March 19. Federal officials have said the suspect was released into the U.S. in 2023, fueling criticism from Republican leaders and others who argue current immigration and public safety policies are failing to deter crime.GOT A TIP?Republican leaders have also criticized the handling of the case, pointing to what they describe as failed leadership and policies that allowed the suspect, who was released into the U.S. in 2023, to remain in the country.Johnson has faced backlash for remarks made around the time of Gorman’s funeral, when he emphasized that “assaults against immigrants” must end and defended longstanding city policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.FOLLOW US ON XWhen asked whether he would apologize to Gorman’s family, the mayor pointed to policies predating his administration and offered condolences, saying no words could “properly console a family that lost their baby.”Gorman’s family has called for accountability and change, saying her death should not be dismissed as a “senseless tragedy.”GET BREAKING NEWS BY EMAILChicago police officials said they were aware of Wednesday’s planned gathering and deployed additional resources to the Hyde Park area in advance.In a statement, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said officers were assigned to monitor what he described as a “teen trend” that had been widely promoted on social media.Snelling noted that similar gatherings in the past have led to “violence and criminal activity,” but said the response this time included parents and community members stepping in.”The difference with last night is that parents in the community took a stand against the disorderly conduct seen at previous teen trends and organized their own takeover,” Snelling said, adding that families, school staff and officers worked together to encourage “safe and responsible conduct.”He also emphasized that public safety efforts cannot fall solely on law enforcement, saying “every Chicagoan has a responsibility” to help keep young people safe.CLICK HERE FOR MORE US NEWSThe warning comes as similar “teen takeover” incidents have been reported in cities across the country, including a chaotic gathering in downtown Detroit over the weekend.In that case, police said large crowds of teens flooded the area after organizing on social media, prompting a significant law enforcement response. Authorities said a gun was fired during the incident, though no injuries were reported, and multiple teens were detained as officers worked to clear the scene.The incident unfolded just one day after Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield stood alongside community leaders and teen organizers to call for more safe spaces for youth, saying “enforcement alone is not the answer.”Chicago officials have similarly described the gatherings as part of a growing trend, with Johnson previously warning that multiple “teen trends” were being tracked across the city and could “turn deadly.”Police say they are monitoring social media for planned events and will enforce curfew laws as needed, while city leaders continue urging parents to keep track of their children’s whereabouts.Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Adam Sabes contributed to this report.

Pennsylvania families are in crisis, with the commonwealth ranking 34th in the country for family stability, with just over half of prime-aged adults married. The data prompted a pastor-led organization to team up with the Pennsylvania Family Institute (PAFI) to revitalize what they say is a key part of the American Dream: marriage.The Family Structure Index, a report by the Institute for Family Studies and Center for Christian Virtue that tracks marriage and family across the U.S., found in Pennsylvania that just 53.4% of prime-aged adults are married. The report defines “prime-aged adults” as those between the ages of 25 and 54. This stands in sharp contrast to Utah, the state ranked first on the list, where 65.6% of prime-aged adults are married.”Fundamentally, marriage leads to upward mobility, it leads to higher levels of life satisfaction, greater levels of happiness, more stability for kids, lower levels of loneliness, you name it. It’s heavily correlated with lots of great life outcomes,” Communio founder and president JP De Gance told Fox News Digital.De Gance lamented that in Pennsylvania, and across the U.S., the number of people getting married before age 30 is shrinking. The average age of marriage in the U.S. as of 2025 was 32, according to wedding website The Knot. This has been the case since 2023, but in 2022 the age was slightly lower, at 31, the company noted. De Gance noted that this could be an issue for fertility.OPINION: FROM NASHVILLE TO CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE, FATHERLESSNESS HAUNTS AMERICA”We know that fertility, for instance, tends to decline in women beginning at around age 30. In fact, a 35-year-old pregnancy is, according to obstetrics, a geriatric pregnancy,” De Gance said. “If you get married before the age of 30, and you have that first child before the edge of 30 your likelihood of having the number of kids that you desire is also more likely.”De Gance also said that “too few kids” in the commonwealth are being raised in intact homes. The Family Structure Index showed that 61.9% of teens in Pennsylvania are raised in an intact household, meaning their parents are married. De Gance said reversing those trends will require a cultural shift, which he believes can start at a local level.Communio, which focuses on helping churches maintain healthy marriages and families within communities, is now teaming up with PAFI to help families in Pennsylvania. The organizations aim to mobilize churches across the state using a data-driven model to strengthen relationship outcomes. Communio and PAFI expect thousands of couples to engage with the initiative through church-based groups.CONSERVATIVE INFLUENCER DEFENDS PRO-FAMILY MESSAGE, FIRES BACK AFTER CRITICISM FROM ‘THE VIEW'”The data makes clear that when families weaken, communities feel it everywhere. We know the solution doesn’t start in Washington; it starts locally. By empowering and supporting churches with practical, results-driven strategies, we’re going to lead a movement that strengthens families in our Commonwealth and reduces the need for government intervention in the first place,” PAFI president Michael Greer said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.De Gance warned that if things don’t change in Pennsylvania, the state could see younger residents leave. The number of adults ages 25 to 29 in Pennsylvania declined by 5.4% between 2020 and 2024, according to Penn State researchers, raising concerns about the state’s ability to retain young workers and families.The decline in marriage and families is also impacting how people view the American Dream. The 2026 Family Structure Index noted that just one in three Americans still believe in the American Dream, pointing to declining homeownership among prime-aged adults as a key factor behind the drop in belief in the American Dream. The index noted that the percentage of prime-aged Americans who own the home they live in went from 67% in 1980 to 48% in 2025.”Fundamentally, the American Dream has historically been this idea of a guy and a gal get together and they set off on life’s great adventure together. And they’re able to live a life of financial security and being able to live out a dream where they can raise their kids in a happy and healthy community. And too frequently, our world has convinced young people that marriage is an optional part of life’s adventure, that they shouldn’t prioritize it,” De Gance said, pointing out that many young people have been told to put careers first, rather than marriage.Still, De Gance is hopeful that the partnership between Communio and PAFI could put the Keystone State back on track.”We expect to see by 2030, hundreds of churches engaging with us and reaching out to their community, sharing the gospel through the felt need of healthy relationships, marriage and the family,” De Gance said.

Having weathered multiple storms since last October’s record high in bitcoin, Saylor’s Strategy briefly went back into the money this week

Bitcoin is hovering near $75,000 as steady institutional demand meets a wall of supply, while the options market is biased toward downside hedges.

New Hungarian Prime Minister Says Borders Will Remain Shut To Immigrants

In the wake of Viktor Orbán’s election defeat, one of the greatest fears among conservatives in the region is an unconstrained EU able to take action on foreign policy, health, and immigration without the threat of a veto.  It is widely assumed that the incoming prime minister of Hungary, Péter Magyar, will seek a fast resolution of Brussels’ key issues with Hungary in order to unlock some €35 billion in funding. 

His election win was heralded as a substantial victory for the global left wing, from EU globalists to Democrats in the US.  Their assumption is that with Orbán’s veto power out of play, they will be able to do they want in Ukraine and in Hungary.  However, the new Prime Minster may not be as cooperative as they initially believed.  

Magyar has stated that he will not try to block a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine which Orbán originally vetoed, but he also stated that Hungary will not be contributing to such loans and that the government will not support any attempt to induct Ukraine into the EU.  He also announced this week that he will not allow Hungary to join in the EU’s “Migration Pact” and that he plans to further strengthen Hungary’s borders. 

This includes a continued rejection of the EU’s asylum rules, which are widely abused by third world migrants to freely enter Europe and gain access to welfare subsidies.      

Beyond the Ukraine funding veto, it was Orbán’s refusal to submit to open borders and mass immigration that caused constant conflict with the EU.  He was frequently referred to by the political left as a “dictator” and a “fascist” in part because of his strict border policies (even though he is voluntarily leaving office after losing the election, which is not the behavior of a dictator).    

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, attacked Orbán regularly for his border controls, stating that Hungary’s program to reinforce their borders with walls and barbed wire was in violation of EU immigration standards.  

It appears that this will not stop under Magyar.

🇭🇺 HUGE! Magyar Péter REJECTS the EU Migration Pact:
“Hungary will not accept any pact. In fact, I’m going to reinforce the border fence even more.”
Ursula’s European Union cheered for nothing! pic.twitter.com/qndVbTRkIf
— Based Hungary 🇭🇺 (@HungaryBased) April 15, 2026
The purpose of the EU Commission is to subjugate member countries through centralized monetary dependency and a series of financial sanctions if they step out of line.  Financial leverage has been used on a number of occasions by the Commission to force nations to accept ever expanding mass immigration, largely from Muslim fundamentalist populations in countries like Algeria, Morocco, Syria and Afghanistan.  Hungary is one of the few European nations to resist this multicultural agenda.

Without any further comment.🇭🇺🤝🇺🇸
From President Donald Trump about Peter Magyar:
“He’s a good man. I think he’s going to do a good job.”
— Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek) (@magyarpeterMP) April 15, 2026
While it is a member state, Hungary is not currently in the eurozone, using its own currency, the Hungarian forint, rather than the euro.  

It may be that the EU sees Magyar as an acceptable trade, as long as they get their funding package for Ukraine.  They probably also intend to play the long game, hoping that once Hungary joins the eurozone they can be manipulated over time using monetary leverage.  That said, their intentions have long focused on using Hungary as a fresh sponge to absorb migrants, and this is simply not going to happen according to Magyar’s post-election declarations.      

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