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US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela in Trump’s effort to control its oil

January 15, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela in Trump’s effort to control its oil

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South […]

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Moscow agrees with Trump that Ukraine is holding up a peace deal, the Kremlin says

January 15, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Moscow agrees with Trump that Ukraine is holding up a peace deal, the Kremlin says

Moscow agrees with U.S. President Donald Trump’s view that Ukraine is holding up a peace deal to end the almost four years of fighting since Russia invaded its neighbor, a Kremlin official said Thursday. Kremlin spokesperson […]

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Supreme Court Upholds Candidate Standing in Ballot Counting Case

January 15, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on Supreme Court Upholds Candidate Standing in Ballot Counting Case

The Supreme Court held in a 7-2 ruling on Wednesday that candidates for office have standing to sue over ballot concerns.  Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., and two of the state’s presidential electors had challenged a […]

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‘SYSTEMATICALLY AND UNLAWFULLY’: DOJ Alleges Minnesota Discriminates in Hiring

January 15, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on ‘SYSTEMATICALLY AND UNLAWFULLY’: DOJ Alleges Minnesota Discriminates in Hiring

The legal standoff between Minnesota and the federal government continues to escalate, as the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division sued the state on Wednesday over its race-based and sex-based hiring policies.  The litigation comes the same week […]

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‘No Idea’ of Threat Posed by Afghan Parole Program, Senator Warns 

January 15, 2026 GNCadm1n Comments Off on ‘No Idea’ of Threat Posed by Afghan Parole Program, Senator Warns 

The U.S. has “no idea” of the possible threat posed by some Afghan nationals admitted to the U.S. during the Biden administration, according to Sen. Josh Hawley.   About 200,000 Afghans were allowed into the U.S. during and after the U.S. withdrawal […]

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Tuesday 1/27

Challenge your mind and your friends to Random Trivia!

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The launch of the first liquid fueled rocket in the world is attributed to which country?

The launch of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket is attributed to the United States, specifically to American physicist Robert H. Goddard, who successfully launched it on March 16, 1926, in Auburn, Massachusetts, using liquid oxygen and gasoline. His pioneering work laid the foundation for modern rocketry, even though he faced skepticism at the time. 

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What movie helped popularize disco music worldwide?

The movie that helped popularize disco music worldwide was Saturday Night Fever (1977), starring John Travolta, which turned the disco subculture into a global phenomenon with its iconic soundtrack featuring the Bee Gees and massive album sales. 

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What country is the setting for Shakespeare's Macbeth?

Macbeth is set in Scotland during the 11th century, featuring various Scottish locations like Inverness, Forres, and Dunsinane Hill, though it loosely blends historical events with dramatic fiction for Shakespeare's audience, particularly to appeal to King James I, who was Scottish. 

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Which bone is known as the Patella?

The patella is your kneecap. It's the bone at the front of your knee joint. It's the biggest bone in your body embedded in a tendon (a sesamoid bone).

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Which Christmas tune was the first song performed in space?

The first Christmas tune performed in space was "Jingle Bells," played by astronauts Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford on NASA's Gemini 6A mission on December 16, 1965, using a smuggled harmonica and sleigh bells as a prank on Mission Control. 

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