Mystery of How Bible’s Garden of Eden River was Formed Unlocked in Major Geological Discovery

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Researchers have finally discovered the “Genesis” of the legendary Middle Eastern river that was described in one of the Bible’s most important stories, per an eye-opening study in the journal Nature Geoscience.

The Euphrates River is featured in Genesis as one of a quartet of waterways that originated in the Garden of Eden, the lush oasis where the so-called first humans, Adam and Eve, were said to have resided.

In fact, this mighty river is cited over 50 times throughout the ancient text from Genesis through Revelation, where it is described as drying up in preparation for the Battle of Armageddon.

Coincidentally, the real-life water body, which stretches 1,740 miles through Turkey, Syria and Iraq, played an equally important role in shaping the earliest human civilizations: Along with its sister river, the Tigris, it helped provide the vital water supply that helped Mesopotamia — also known as the cradle of civilization and the Fertile Crescent — flourish some 6,000 years ago, National Geographic reported.

However, contrary to the depiction in the Bible, the origins of the Euphrates have remained a mystery — until now.

According to the study, conducted by an international team of researchers, this iconic river was formed from the convergence of two rivers flowing from Türkiye to the then-arid Mediterranean Basin between 3.6 million and 1.6 million years ago. (Read more from “Mystery of How Bible’s Garden of Eden River was Formed Unlocked in Major Geological Discovery” HERE)

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Trump says ‘Crazy’ Netanyahu has Made Everyone Hate Israel in Furious Phone Call – Report

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Donald Trump lashed out at Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an expletive-laden phone call over Israel’s continued strikes in Lebanon on Monday, according to US media reports.

The US president was reportedly furious after Iran threatened to suspend peace talks with the US over Israel’s strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, telling the Israeli prime minister that “everybody hates Israel” because of his actions.

In his public remarks after the two leaders spoke, Trump announced that a partial truce had been agreed between Israel and Hezbollah and that the call had been “very productive”.

But behind closed doors Trump is said to have yelled at Netanyahu over the phone, calling him “f****** crazy”, Axios reported late on Monday, citing two unnamed US officials familiar with the call.

“You’re f****** crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your a**. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this,” Trump said, according to a US official’s summary of the remarks. (Read more from “Trump says ‘Crazy’ Netanyahu has Made Everyone Hate Israel in Furious Phone Call – Report” HERE)

Secretary of State Rubio Says Iran ‘War over Now’

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared Tuesday that the Iran war is “over now,” while laying out what he described as the Trump administration’s non-negotiable conditions for any broader agreement currently under discussion with Tehran — including the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the surrender of Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile, and severe long-term restrictions on the regime’s nuclear program before any sanctions relief would be considered.

Speaking in his first public congressional testimony since the launch of Operation Epic Fury in February, Rubio argued the Trump administration’s military and economic pressure campaign has significantly weakened the Islamic Republic while pushing Tehran into negotiations over aspects of its nuclear program the regime had previously refused to even discuss.

“There is the prospect before us — which could happen today, it could happen tomorrow, it could happen next week,” Rubio told lawmakers, referring to ongoing negotiations between Washington and Tehran. “For the first time, certainly in my memory, they have agreed to negotiate aspects of their nuclear program that just a month ago, just a year ago, they were refusing to even mention.”

Rubio said the current phase of negotiations is centered on forcing Iran to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz and commit to follow-up talks over its nuclear infrastructure and highly enriched uranium stockpile, while making clear the administration would not offer upfront sanctions relief in exchange for reopening the strategic waterway.

“They have to announce very clearly the straits are now open. We’re not charging a toll. We will help remove the mines that they put in there, and they will not fire on ships,” Rubio said, adding that Tehran must also agree to negotiations over “severe and long-term limitations and cancellation of enrichment activity.” (Read more from “Secretary of State Rubio Says Iran ‘War over Now’” HERE)

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Pope Leo Taps Pro-Life American Media Exec To Lead Vatican Communications

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Pope Leo XIV appointed an American Catholic media executive with a strong pro-life and religious liberty background to lead Vatican communications Tuesday.

Maria Montserrat Alvarado, the president and chief operating officer of Eternal Word Television Network News (EWTN), will be the first laywoman to assume a leadership role in the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication in November, according to the Vatican.

Alvarado has led the conservative Catholic news group since 2023, expanding its multiplatform operations across several languages.

Before her time at EWTN, Alvarado worked at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty beginning in 2009. The organization tackles religious liberty issues in the courts, the public sphere and the academy. She eventually became the team’s chief operating officer, according to The Pillar.

“While this appointment was unexpected, I receive it with a sincere desire to serve the Holy Father as he begins his pontificate,” Alvarado said in a statement reported by The Pillar.

(Read more from “Pope Leo Taps Pro-Life American Media Exec To Lead Vatican Communications” HERE)

Trump Says Congressman Missing For Months Is ‘Working Tirelessly’ In Glowing Endorsement

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In a glowing endorsement, President Donald Trump on Monday endorsed Republican New Jersey Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who is nowhere to be seen and has missed over 100 floor votes since March.

Kean represents New Jersey’s 7th congressional district, rated by the Cook Political Report as a toss-up ahead of the 2026 Midterm elections. He has not participated in a House roll call vote since March 5, and missed 20% of all votes cast between January and March.

Trump, however, said Kean has been “working tirelessly.”

“A Tremendous Advocate of our America First Agenda, Tom is working tirelessly to Keep our Border SECURE, Stop Migrant Crime, Grow our Economy, Cut Taxes and Regulations, Champion Small Business, Unleash American Energy DOMINANCE, Support our Brave Military and Veterans, and Protect our always under siege Second Amendment,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post.

New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District could end up playing a decisive role in the balance of power in Washington. Kean is running unopposed in Tuesday’s primary, while several Democrats will contest their party’s nomination. (Read more from “Trump Says Congressman Missing For Months Is ‘Working Tirelessly’ In Glowing Endorsement” HERE)

Congress Discreetly Moves To Merge US Military Even Closer To Israel’s

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Congress quietly moved to further deepen military ties between the United States and Israel by advancing a provision buried in the House’s 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

The NDAA released late May includes a measure embedded in section 224 called the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative,” which would strengthen military cooperation between both counties in the form of research, development, and even defense industrial base co-production. The provision also proposes “network integration” and “data fusion,” further intertwining the U.S. military with Israel.

The measure specifies several areas of cooperation between Israel and the United States, should the NDAA be adopted in its current form. Some of these “cooperative efforts” include cyber defense, artificial intelligence, anti-tunneling and subterranean threats, biotechnology, and any other “emerging technologies.”

“Remember last year when they tried to sneak that definition of antisemitism into federal law that would have banned portions of the New Testament?” Auron MacIntyre, host of the Auron MacIntyre Show, said in a post on X. “This is somehow just as absurd. Why does the GOP congress try to do this every summer?”

This push to further integrate the two militaries comes at a time where popular perception of Israel in America hits record lows. (Read more from “Congress Discreetly Moves To Merge US Military Even Closer To Israel’s” HERE)

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Dem Rep Confesses to Cheating on Wife after Exposé Sparked House Investigation

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Congressional Dads Caucus founder Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) confessed Tuesday that he cheated on his wife — after The Post in April revealed he was seen kissing a congressional aide outside a DC party.

The Post’s report unleashed a House Ethics Committee investigation that uncovered sordid new details — crushing Gomez’s carefully crafted public image as a doting family man.

“Years ago, I made personal mistakes outside my marriage that have caused real pain to my wife and family,” Gomez told CNN, describing the extramarital relations as “consensual.”

“I sincerely apologize to my wife, family, friends and the people that I have the privilege to serve.”

The Los Angeles Democrat was spotted making out with a much younger congressional aide for a different lawmaker outside the home of then-Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) ahead of the 2023 August recess.

Gomez, who is married, was kissing the aide, who was two decades younger than him, outside Swalwell’s backyard bash. (Read more from “Dem Rep Confesses to Cheating on Wife after Exposé Sparked House Investigation” HERE)

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Doctors Hail Cancer Injection that Can Destroy Entire Tumors

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Doctors are celebrating the “unprecedented” trial results of a cancer treatment that’s managed to eliminate tumors in some patients who have proven resistant to other treatments.

The injection, called amivantamab and developed by Johnson & Johnson, was tested in an 11-nation clinical trial in which it was administered to patients whose cancer had either spread or returned after other treatments failed.

Tumors shrank in more than a third of patients, with notable changes recorded only weeks after it was administered. In 15 patients, doctors reported that the injection had eradicated their tumors.

“These are unprecedentedly strong responses in patients whose disease has become resistant to both chemotherapy and immunotherapy,” Kevin Harrington, professor in biological cancer therapies at the Institute of Cancer Research, London, told The Guardian. “This is a group of patients for whom treatment options are extremely limited, so seeing this level of benefit is very striking.”

The results of the trial will be presented on Sunday during the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago. (Read more from “Doctors Hail Cancer Injection that Can Destroy Entire Tumors” HERE)

Trump’s Department of Education Replaces ‘Pride Month’ with ‘Title IX Month’

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President Donald Trump’s Department of Education on Monday announced that it is, for the second time, recognizing June as “Title IX Month” rather than “Pride Month.”

The Department of Education said recognizing June as “Title IX Month” honors the 54th anniversary of the Educational Amendments of 1972 (Title IX), which was signed into law on June 23, 1972, and “commemorates women’s struggle for, and achievement of, equal educational opportunity and, throughout the month.”

The department added that it plans to highlight the Trump administration’s progress in restoring Title IX’s sex-based protections after the Biden administration took a wrecking ball to women’s rights for four years. Title IX bans sex discrimination as a condition of receiving federal funding.

“Throughout the month of June, we’re spotlighting the critical civil rights protections that women fought for decades to secure and the Trump Administration’s vigorous commitment to protecting Title IX’s promise for current and future generations of women and girls,” Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said in a statement.

The Department of Education said in its announcement that its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened another Title IX investigation into Cabarrus County Schools in North Carolina over allegations the district allows males in female-only intimate spaces. (Read more from “Trump’s Department of Education Replaces ‘Pride Month’ with ‘Title IX Month’” HERE)

Democrats Call Lack of Menstrual Leave ‘Economic Violence’ in Push for New Federal Law

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Democratic lawmakers complained in late May about employers not providing paid leave for painful menstruation cycles, calling it “economic violence.”

“Forcing a worker to choose between paying her rent or losing a day’s pay to recover from a grueling gynecological procedure is not a choice. It’s economic violence,” Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., said during a press conference on May 21.

Grijalva was joined by Reps. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who are backing Ansari’s Reproductive Healthcare Leave Act, which is a part of her “H.E.R.” (Healthy, Equity, Rights) Agenda.

The Reproductive Healthcare Leave Act (H.R. 8158) — the flagship bill — would provide up to 12 days of paid leave per year for reproductive health needs, including severe menstrual pain, abortions, menopause symptoms, miscarriages, biopsies, vasectomies and more. The “H.E.R.” Agenda also includes studies regarding gynecological pain management and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder awareness.

“No one should have to choose between their paycheck and their health to be able to manage that kind of incredible pain,” Tlaib said during the press conference. (Read more from “Democrats Call Lack of Menstrual Leave ‘Economic Violence’ in Push for New Federal Law” HERE)