Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) said Monday that he was “out on another CR for the sake of more government.” “Lord willing, there will be a revival and resurgent faith in Jesus. Pray for it! Work for it!” Davidson said in a post on the social platform X. “But, I’m not sure the GOP, the Republicans,... ... Read full Story
Police arrested a 19-year-old who stomped through a Charlie Kirk memorial in Phoenix wearing a shirt strikingly similar to the one worn by Kirk's alleged assassin during the shooting. ... Read full Story
President Trump on Sunday weighed in on the “terrible reports” of a Texas man’s beheading and pledged to pursue justice for the victim and his family, who were allegedly forced to witness the brutal killing. “I am aware of the terrible reports regarding the murder of Chandra Nagamallaiah, a well respected person in Dallas, Texas,... ... Read full Story
Charlie Kirk's death affects Arizona youth as Turning Point USA is headquartered and plays an outsized role in the key battleground state. ... Read full Story
American Federation of Teachers chief Randi Weingarten is still promoting new book on fascism and educators following the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk at Utah university event. ... Read full Story
President Trump on Monday afternoon is expected to sign a presidential memorandum. The White House did not provide details for the memo, which comes after Trump late Sunday warned that left-leaning groups will be investigated after the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “If you look at the problem, the problem is on the left. It’s... ... Read full Story
President Trump on Monday urged Republicans in Congress to unite in support of a "clean" continuing resolution that would avert a government shutdown at the end of the month. "Congressional Republicans, including Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson, are working on a short term 'CLEAN' extension of Government Funding to stop Cryin’ Chuck Schumer... ... Read full Story
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has called for a "national divorce" to divide the country along partisan lines, citing the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and federal funding disputes in Congress. ... Read full Story
Rep. Ilhan Omar is under fire from Republicans over her Charlie Kirk remarks, facing a new resolution that would remove her from her two House committees. ... Read full Story
A Florida congressman is calling for consequences against those celebrating Charlie Kirk's death, as Republicans crack down on social media reactions. ... Read full Story
The South Korean government said on Monday it will investigate whether any human rights violations occurred in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia earlier this month. During the Sept. 4 operation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees ICE, detained 475 people. As part of an agreement... ... Read full Story
Pentagon suspends Army colonel Scott Stephens over social media posts mocking Charlie Kirk's killing, citing zero tolerance policy for such behavior. ... Read full Story
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called President Trump’s 50 percent tariff against the country “political” and “illogical” in a New York Times opinion column published Sunday. “The tariff increase imposed on Brazil this summer is not only misguided but illogical,” he said. “The lack of economic rationale behind these measures makes it clear... ... Read full Story
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas painted over graffiti in the Lone Star State that included a profanity and Charlie Kirk's name, describing it as "hateful garbage." ... Read full Story
Maurene Comey on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging her July dismissal from her job as a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), tying it to President Trump’s long-standing feud with her father, former FBI Director James Comey. Maurene Comey, who worked on the criminal cases against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, said... ... Read full Story
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) warned Sunday that the Trump administration could be preparing a “dizzying” crackdown on political dissent, pointing to officials’ escalating rhetoric against left-leaning groups. “Pay attention. Something dark might be coming,” Murphy wrote in a thread on the social platform X. “The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront... ... Read full Story
Seven B-2 stealth bombers dropped 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs on Iranian nuclear sites in the first combat use of Massive Ordnance Penetrators. ... Read full Story
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, argued that she supported the big-ticket items in Trump's bill, but that as time goes on, Congress could face "tremendous pressure" to address steep Medicaid cuts. ... Read full Story
FBI Director Kash Patel said he did not regret announcing that someone was taken into custody following the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk before reversing course shortly thereafter to say the person had been released. Hours after the fatal shooting at Utah Valley University on Wednesday and as authorities conducted a search for the... ... Read full Story
“Conspiracy theorists (and those of us who argue with them have the scars to show for it) often maintain that the ones debunking the conspiracies are allied with the conspirators.” — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
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To debunk something is to take the bunk out of it—that bunk being nonsense. (Bunk is short for the synonymous bunkum, which has political origins.) Debunk has been in use since at least the 1920s, and it contrasts with synonyms like disprove and rebut by suggesting that something is not merely untrue but is also a sham—a trick meant to deceive. One can simply disprove a myth, but if it is debunked, the implication is that the myth was a grossly exaggerated or foolish claim.