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Trump Slaps 25% Tariff on Holy Water, Vows to End “Grace Imbalance” Once and for All

WASHINGTON — The White House announced Tuesday that President Donald Trump will impose a 25% tariff on all imported holy water, escalating his increasingly surreal feud with Pope Leo...

International Olympic Committee Declares War in Battle of the Bulge

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Declaring it would no longer be “caught flat-footed in the global Battle of the Bulge,” the International Olympic Committee unveiled a...

Sharks in Bahamas Now More Productive Than Wall Street Analysts, Study Finds

ELEUTHERA, Bahamas — In what scientists are carefully describing as “a sign of escalating environmental contamination” and everyone else is recognizing as “yeah, that tracks,”...

Humpgate: When Botox Goes Too Far in the Desert

AL MUSANAA, Oman — In a tale that has sent shockwaves through the camel beauty community, 20 camels were unceremoniously booted from the 2026...

U.S. Announces Plan to Bring Order to Venezuelan Jungle by Introducing Mining Executives

CARACAS — In a bold new foreign-policy initiative, U.S. officials announced plans this week to stabilize Venezuela’s notoriously lawless southern jungle by introducing what...

Greeks, Persians to Redo Battle of Thermopylae, Prove Rivalries Will Never Die

NICOSIA, Cyprus — In a move experts are calling “historically inevitable,” Greek F-16 fighter jets have arrived in Cyprus to assist in defense against Iranian...

ChatGPT: Now Officially an “Accomplice” in Crime (Because Why Not?)

In what will surely be this year’s most unproductive use of artificial intelligence, a 21‑year‑old woman in Seoul, South Korea apparently decided that not only could...

China Accidentally Digs Up Entire Fantasy Economy, Promises Not to Turn It Into Giant Golden Dragon (Probably)

BEIJING — In what officials are calling “a moderately shiny Tuesday,” China announced it has uncovered a gold deposit so enormous that economists briefly...