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HOT POTATO

Man Used Live Civil War Explosive as Paperweight for Years

The heavy object, kept on a desk for years, turned out to be an artillery shell.

Tomas Thor

Two adult male members of the Ngogo chimpanzee group at Kibale National Park in Uganda form a coalition, seen in this 2014 photograph released on April 9, 2026. Aaron Sandel/Handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY
CHIMP CIVIL WAR

Chimpanzees Turn on Each Other in Brutal Killing Spree

Researchers think a complex series of events led to the breakdown in relations.

Harry Thompson

Marjorie Taylor Greene said it was "a shame" that the government is "working harder to protect pedophiles than they are fighting for the victims," regarding the fight to release the Epstein files.
CIVIL WAR

MTG Says Trump Is ‘Working Harder to Protect Pedophiles’

The Georgia congresswoman called Epstein a “spider” warning that there are “others that operate like him” out there.

Georgina DiNardo

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Kash Patel listens as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an announcement on his Homeland Security Task Force in the State Dining Room of the White House on October 23, 2025 in Washington, DC.
YOU'RE (NOT) FIRED!

Keystone Kash Gets Overruled in Latest MAGA Civil War Move

The FBI director has been blocked by one of Trump’s other loyalists.

Cameron Adams

President Donald Trump wears a fighter jet lapel pin during a meeting with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office at the White House on September 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump has signaled that the U.S. might lift a ban on F-35 sales to Turkey during Erdogan's first visit to the White House since 2019. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
RIGHT HOOK

Trump’s Sinister Warning of Civil War After ICE Shooting

Democrats said the president’s comments were ‘sick and deranged’.

Farrah Tomazin

Trump's Apocalypse Now-themed threat of war against Chicago
'CHIPOCOLYPSE NOW'

Donald Trump Threatens ‘WAR’ on Chicago in Wild AI Post

The president’s “Apocalypse Now”-themed jab comes after he has pledged to send National Guard troops to the city to fight crime.

Will Neal

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Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, Louisiana.
CANNOT STAND

South’s Biggest Antebellum Mansion Mysteriously Burns

Police are still probing why an enslaver’s 53,000 square foot house was reduced to rubble.

Kenneal Patterson

A rat sniffs for landmines.
SAVINGS LIVES

Landmine-Sniffing Rat Sets Guinness World Record

African pouched rat Ronin surpassed the previous record set by the “legendary” rat Magawa.

Erkki Forster

Harriet Tubman
CIVIL WAR HERO

Harriet Tubman Awarded Rank of General for Civil War Raid

The legendary Underground Railroad conductor was the first woman to lead a wartime military action in the U.S.

Janna Brancolini

‘Morning Joe’ host Joe Scarborough claims Donald Trump and his family are “preparing for civil war.”
GETTING DARK

‘Morning Joe’ Claims Trump Is ‘Preparing for Civil War’

The MSNBC host was initially lost for words while reacting to footage from Trump’s rally over the weekend.

Dan Ladden-Hall

U.K. minister says Elon Musk is accountable to no one.
GOT THE POWER

Elon Musk Is Accountable to Nobody, Says U.K. Minister

Peter Kyle is concerned that the big tech companies are becoming a law unto themselves and one billionaire in particular has the power to change the world.

David Gardner

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