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Amy Coney Barrett Sparks MAGA Fury Over Trump Sentencing Decision
Donald Trump's supporters are taking to social media to call out Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett for going against the president-elect, who placed her on the bench, in the ruling around his sentencing decision.
Learn MoreTrump sentenced to penalty-free 'unconditional discharge' in hush money case
The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush money case on Friday sentenced the president-elect to an “unconditional discharge,” meaning he is now a convicted felon in the eyes of New York state law.
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Garland plans to release special counsel report on Trump’s Jan. 6 case
Special counsel Jack Smith revealed Wednesday that Attorney General Merrick Garland plans to make public the portion of Smith’s final report pertaining to President-elect Donald Trump’s 2020 election case.
Learn MoreLos Angeles to get $21.8 million in federal money to help shelter migrants
The city of Los Angeles will get $21.8 million in federal funds to help house and provide support services to newly arrived migrants, including migrant children living on Skid Row, officials announced.
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LA Mayor Karen Bass cut fire department funding by $17.6M — months before wildfires turned city into hellscape
The Los Angeles Fire Department had its budget cut by a staggering $17.6 million this financial year, records show — as fire crews continue to battle out-of-control blazes ravaging the City of Angels. The drastic decrease in funding for the fire department was the second-largest cut.
Learn MoreLos Angeles running out of water as Pacific Palisades wildfire forces 30,000 from Malibu to Calabasas to evacuate
A massive wildfire whipped up by extreme winds has swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity homes - with a state of emergency declared. The enormous blaze in the Pacific Palisades forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people.
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Trump will make America energy dominant with frack-exec Cabinet pick
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Liberty Energy CEO to be his secretary of Energy & rare is the Cabinet nominee who makes more sense.
Learn MoreDebate over 9-year-old girl getting tattooed in southwestern Arizona
There’s a big debate online about whether a 9-year-old girl should have been allowed to get a tattoo. That’s what happened at Black Onyx Empire Tattoo in Yuma.
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Border Shelters Relieved the Pressure During Migrant Surges. Under Trump, They Could Become a Target
When Roselins Sequera's family of seven finally reached the U.S. from Venezuela, they spent weeks at a migrant shelter on the Texas border that gave them a place to sleep, meals and tips for finding work.
Learn More4 suspected Tren de Aragua gang members arrested after attempting to cross border into Texas illegally, Abbott says
Four men believed to be members of the Tren de Aragua gang were arrested for attempting to cross the border into Texas illegally on New Year’s Eve, according to a press release from Governor Greg Abbott’s Office.
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Reminder: Real ID deadline is this year. What to know know about the travel requirement January 6, 2025: The Real Insurrection Begins Honduras Threatens US Military Bases Over Trump's Mass Deportations Biden permanently bans offshore drilling in 625 million acres of ocean, making a Trump reversal difficultArticles
Major U.S. Banks Withdraw From Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA)
With the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) movement losing support, major U.S. banks are withdrawing their membership from outfits like the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). Morgan Stanley, Citi, and Bank of America (BofA) recently announced their exit.
Learn MoreBiden expected to permanently ban oil drilling in some federal waters
President Joe Biden is expected to permanently ban new oil and gas drilling in large sections of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as other federal waters, in a way that could be difficult for the Trump administration to unwind, according to two people familiar with the plans.
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Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now
The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president. This is the plain wording of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
Learn MoreCBS News journalist slams media, says most underreported 2024 story
Veteran CBS News reporter Jan Crawford dinged news organizations for not thoroughly covering President Biden’s “obvious cognitive decline” this year until it became unavoidable.
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Jerome Hudson Filled in Hosting Today
In 2013, Jerome began writing for Breitbart News. As entertainment editor, he now leads a team of reporters who specialize in highlighting the vast disconnect between Hollywood and everyday Americans.
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Tom Rose Filled in Hosting Today
Tom Rose is former chief strategist and senior advisor to Vice President Mike Pence. He was publisher and CEO of The Jerusalem Post and hosts the Bauer and Rose Show.
Learn MoreA letter to the Polish foreign minister
Dear Your Excellency, Radosław Sikorski, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Poland: Or do you mind if I just call you Radek? We don’t know each other well, but we’ve met.
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The taxi driver skill we should be learning to lower our Alzheimer’s risk
That panic-inducing moment where you find yourself lost in the knotty, ancient streets of a European city, driving a rental car without a GPS signal, may actually be preserving your memory. New research has found that taxi drivers working before Google was able to assist have a lower incidence of Alzheimer’s.
Learn MoreRepublicans Can Kiss Their House Majority Goodbye If They Delay Trump’s Tax Cuts
If Republicans delay the Trump tax cuts, they will lose the House. President Trump said it at every campaign appearance: I want my tax cuts made permanent. He was clear. If his tax cut bill is not extended — American taxpayers fall back into living under Obama’s tax rates.
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Tom Rose Filled in Hosting Today
Tom Rose is former chief strategist and senior advisor to Vice President Mike Pence. He was publisher and CEO of The Jerusalem Post and hosts the Bauer and Rose Show.
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Report: Aides Successfully Covered Up a ‘Diminished’ Joe Biden Until Exposed in July’s Debate
President Joe Biden’s aides successfully covered up his health until he stepped into the spotlight for July’s debate, according to Wall Street Journal interviews with nearly 50 people, including many who had direct knowledge of the operation.
Learn MoreFAA bans drones in parts of NJ, notice threatens 'deadly force' for 'imminent security threat'
There is a major development in the ongoing drone saga in New Jersey. Several federal agencies had tried to put to it bed earlier this week by saying they found nothing out of the ordinary. However, the Federal Aviation Administration has now issued (TFR).
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Biden advisors used insecure pseudonymous email accounts to brief him on sensitive foreign policy
New email records released by the National Archives show then-Vice President Joe Biden was briefed about sensitive foreign policy matters by then-advisor Antony Blinken on his private email account, including details about a failed North Korean missile launch.
Learn MoreHow rich musicians billed American taxpayers for luxury hotels, shopping sprees, and million-dollar bonuses
Many musicians struggled during the pandemic. Lil Wayne wasn't one of them. He sold master recordings from his record label's artists for more than $100 million. He was pardoned for felony gun possession in a last-minute action by then-President Donald Trump.
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Two new student debt relief programs from Biden barrel toward imminent release
As the Biden administration enters its final days, two new student debt relief programs face imminent release as they undergo final review before formal implementation. The two programs include a second attempt at providing sweeping student loan forgiveness.
Learn MoreBiden advisors used insecure pseudonymous email accounts to brief him
New email records released by the National Archives show then-Vice President Joe Biden was briefed about sensitive foreign policy matters by then-advisor Antony Blinken on his private email account, including details about a failed North Korean missile launch.
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The Wilkow Majority: Ask Andrew Anything Day
Thank you all for your continued support for The Wilkow Majority. Andrew will be on vacation until his return on January 02. Mary Walter will be filling in Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, of this week.
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Feds to deploy ‘state-of-the-art’ detection system to NY as drone swarms have experts baffled
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday called for the federal government to deploy recently declassified radar technology to finally identify the mysterious swarms of drones alarming the tri-state region.
Learn MoreFlorida woman charged for threatening health insurance company: 'Delay, deny, depose'
A Florida woman was arrested and charged this week after police say she ended a phone call with her health insurance provider with threats that mimicked wording associated with the suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter.
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President Joe Biden commutes sentences for two of Chicago area’s most notorious fraudsters
President Joe Biden on Thursday commuted the sentences of two of the Chicago area’s most notorious fraudsters: former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell, who embezzled nearly $54 million from the tiny town to fund a lavish lifestyle.
Learn MoreUCLA student sues California doctors, says she was 'fast-tracked' into transgender surgery
A UCLA student is suing multiple California health care providers and hospitals for medical negligence, alleging she was wrongly diagnosed with gender dysphoria and then “fast-tracked onto the conveyor belt of irreversibly damaging”.
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OnlyFans model breaks down in tears after bedding 100 men in one day
An OnlyFans model who slept with 100 men in a single day broke down in tears after the grueling sexcapade. Lily Phillips, 23, bedded the men back in October to create content for her page, & also chronicled the experience for the Goon Squad Productions YouTube documentary, I Slept With 100 Men in a Day.
Learn MoreSan Diego County Supervisors vote to deny aid to feds on immigration enforcement
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 Tuesday to restrict the use of county resources for federal immigration enforcement. Board Chairwoman Nora Vargas said the policy "is designed to ensure local resources are focused on addressing the County's most urgent needs, while protecting families."
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NJ congressman says on Fox drones linked to Iranian 'mothership;' Pentagon says not true
A New Jersey congressman suggested on Wednesday that the mysterious alleged drone sightings that have blanketed the state in recent weeks are a result of an Iranian "mothership" that is currently sitting off of the coast and launching the reported drones.
Learn MoreTransgender pedophile accused of despicable crime after being allowed to move
A transgender pedophile has been accused of exposing herself to another inmate after being transferred to a Minnesota women's prison. Danielle Marie Whitebird, 38, allegedly showed her genitals to another inmate at MCF-Shakopee.
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Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case
A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism.
Learn MoreColumn: Trump promised he won’t cut Social Security. Should you trust him?
Hello and happy Tuesday. There are 41 days until Donald Trump moves back into the White House. Today, we’re looking ahead to what he might do with old people, specifically old people unlike himself.
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Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case over Jordan Neely’s death
A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism.
Learn MoreTrump said he can’t run in 2028 unless the GOP figures ‘something’ out: Could that happen?
President-elect Donald Trump, during a meeting with House Republicans on Wednesday, made an apparent joke in which he remarked that the GOP might want to “do something”.
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'Desperate' Daniel Penny prosecutors' latest 'bullying' attempt to sway jury
The Manhattan District Attorney's office has been contacting journalists reporting on the Daniel Penny case to try to influence coverage of the proceedings. The 26-year-old Marine veteran is accused of manslaughter and negligent homicide following the May 2023 death of 30-year-old Michael Jackson impersonator Jordan Neely.
Learn MoreManslaughter charge dropped as Daniel Penny jury deadlocks again. 2nd count in play
A judge agreed to dismiss the manslaughter charge in the trial of Daniel Penny, the former Marine accused of killing subway performer Jordan Neely with a chokehold in May 2023, after jurors twice sent notes saying they could not come to a unanimous verdict. That still leaves criminally negligent homicide on the table.
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It’s Time for the Supreme Court to Repudiate Gender Ideology
Supreme Court justices seldom get an opportunity to fix a botched decision. But as the Court takes up a Tennessee transgender case, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch has that chance. His fumble came four years ago, when the Court declared in Bostock v. Clayton County that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Learn MoreMost kids grow out of gender confusion, long-term Dutch study indicates
A landmark Dutch study found that most adolescents ultimately outgrow their gender confusion, fueling the growing unease over the advisability of treating those under 18 with gender-transition drugs and surgeries. The newly published research in the Archives of Sexual Behavior tracking 2,772 adolescents.
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How Hunter Biden’s Firm Helped Secure Cobalt for the Chinese
An investment firm where Hunter Biden, the president’s son, was a founding board member helped facilitate a Chinese company’s purchase from an American company of one of the world’s richest cobalt mines.
Learn MoreMost kids grow out of gender confusion, long-term Dutch study indicates
A landmark Dutch study found that most adolescents ultimately outgrow their gender confusion, fueling the growing unease over the advisability of treating those under 18 with gender-transition drugs and surgeries.
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Hunter Biden and the cobalt mine, explained
In 2016, an investment firm co-founded by Hunter Biden helped a Chinese mining conglomerate get control of a large Congolese cobalt mine from an American company. It’s unclear whether Hunter Biden was directly involved with the deal.
Learn MoreWhy women’s golf must remain women’s-only
Anyone who has three-putted before contemplating throwing their clubs away entirely knows that golf is a frustrating game. Frustrating, but fair. So fair, in fact, that the game “handicaps” amateurs to ensure a more level playing field across skill levels.
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How Our Messed-Up Dating Culture Leads to Loneliness, Anger and Donald Trump
Joe Rogan. Elon Musk. Representatives of bro culture are on the ascent, bringing with them an army of disaffected young men. But where did they come from? Many argue that a generation of men are resentful.
Learn MoreMexico shuts watchdog agencies, intensifying fears for its democracy
Mexican lawmakers voted to abolish the freedom-of-information institute and six other watchdog agencies, deepening fears that President Claudia Sheinbaum is using her landslide electoral victory.
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US consumer price increases accelerated last month with inflation pressures resilient
Consumer price increases accelerated last month, the latest sign that inflation's steady decline over the past two years has stalled in recent months. According to the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, consumer prices rose 2.3% in October from a year earlier, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.
Learn MoreTexas unveils its new border-area ranch, site of proposed deportation detention facility
Texas unveiled its newly acquired border ranch — offered as the site of detention facilities to help the Trump administration with proposed mass deportations — and Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said Tuesday the state is looking to identify additional land to aid the federal effort.
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P’Nut the Squirrel’s family set to sue NYS — as they claim agents may have made up story to ‘execute,’ decapitate beloved pet Can Elon Musk teach an old DOGE new tricks? Harris campaign leadership urges staffers not to speak with reporters: Sources MSNBC Acknowledges Al Sharpton’s Non-Profit Received Donation From the Harris Campaign Ahead of On-Air InterviewArticles
Mexico suggests it would impose its own tariffs to retaliate against any Trump tariffs
President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday that Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% import duties on Mexican goods.
Learn MoreWalmart pulls back on DEI efforts, removes some LGBTQ merchandise from website
Walmart on Monday confirmed that it’s ending some of its diversity initiatives, removing some LGBTQ-related merchandise from its website and winding down a nonprofit that funded programs for minorities.
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Trump's tariffs on Mexico and Canada could raise the prices of these goods School districts vow to defy Trump’s illegal immigrant deportation orders Denver school board member vows to 'take care of' illegal migrant families after Trump win Biden admin quietly loosening immigration policies before Trump takes office — including letting migrants skip ICE check-ins in NYCArticles
The GOP Establishment Is A Greater Threat To Trump’s Agenda Than Democrats
Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for attorney general on Thursday. It was an early setback for President-elect Donald Trump that confirms the greatest threat to his agenda isn’t Democrats, but establishment Republicans.
Learn MoreKamala 2028? Insiders reveal Harris may still have her sights set on the White House
Vice President Kamala Harris is now in Hawaii enjoying a long vacation after her dramatic defeat by President-elect Donald Trump. But political insiders who know her say she will already be thinking about a potential return to the campaign trail.
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How Biden Can Act Now to Limit Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda
President-elect Donald Trump has made mass detention of immigrant communities a central part of his political platform. Trump’s cabinet nominees are reportedly laying the groundwork to expand detention capacity in cities around the country.
Learn MoreMediaite Obtains Full Police Report on Pete Hegseth Sexual Assault Allegation
A police report on the allegation of sexual assault against Pete Hegseth, the Fox News star nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of defense, was obtained by Mediaite on Wednesday and contains graphic details of the 2017 encounter.
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Biden admin quietly loosening immigration policies before Trump takes office — including letting migrants skip ICE check-ins in NYC Venezuelan migrant with ties to Tren de Aragua grins after being arrested in lewd robbery of NYC prosecutor Here’s How A Small Band Of Pediatricians Pushed Medical Org Into Nixing Age Minimums For Sex Changes Police report reveals sordid details of sex assault allegations against Trump defense secretary pick Pete HegsethArticles
Trump has called for dismantling the Education Department. Here’s what that would mean
Throughout his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump heaped scorn on the federal Department of Education, describing it as being infiltrated by “ radicals, zealots and Marxists.”
Learn MoreVenezuelan migrant with ties to Tren de Aragua grins after being arrested in lewd robbery of NYC prosecutor
A Venezuelan migrant with links to Tren de Aragua has been arrested for allegedly robbing one of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s prosecutors in her apartment building.
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Biden pledges record $4 billion to World Bank fund for poorest countries
U.S. President Joe Biden pledged a $4 billion U.S. contribution to the World Bank's International Development Association fund for the world's poorest countries, a senior Biden administration official said.
Learn MoreChicago woman loses home despite paying property taxes on time- sold for taxes
Robin McElroy, a Morgan Park resident, has cherished her Chicago home since purchasing it in 2012. But now, she’s facing panic and frustration over a mix-up involving unpaid property taxes.
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Over 800 IRS employees owe millions in back taxes after audits pushed by Ernst
Over 800 Internal Revenue Service employees still owe millions in back taxes despite heavy criticism from Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who is hoping the level of tax waste will be squashed by billionaire Elon Musk, the newly tapped co-leader of the Department of Government Efficiency.
Learn MoreImmigrant rights groups ready to challenge President-elect Trump's policies
Immigrant-rights organizations from across the country are resolute on 1 thing: they will fight back against any of President-elect Donald Trump's policies that target migrants. Trump won the electoral college & the popular vote- the first time for a Republican since 2004.
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Credit card debt hits record $1.17 trillion, New York Fed research shows
Collectively, Americans now owe a record $1.17 trillion on their credit cards, according to a new report on household debt from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Credit card balances rose by $24 billion in the third quarter of 2024.
Learn MoreDemocratic dirty trickster Marc Elias is trying to steal a Senate seat
Marc Elias is back and that is not good news. Despite the Pennsylvania race being called by the AP almost a week ago, Elias is working with Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) to try to change that outcome. It is not surprising that Casey was left with Elias.
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House rejects bill enabling punishment of non-profits supporting ‘terrorism’
A bill that would have allowed the government to strip tax-exempt status from any non-profit it deemed to be supporting “terrorism” was narrowly blocked in the House of Representatives on Tuesday evening.
Learn MorePennsylvania Senate contest headed toward a recount, and possibly litigation
The U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania between Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick is headed for a statewide recount, as counties continued Wednesday to sort.
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‘Who the f--k is this guy?’: Defense world reacts to Trump’s surprise Pentagon pick
President-elect Donald Trump’s Tuesday night surprise pick of a conservative commentator and television host as his Pentagon chief shocked Washington, which had expected the nominee to be a seasoned lawmaker or someone with defense policy experience.
Learn MoreCNN 'will axe top stars in layoffs that'll see hundreds fired as ratings continue to tank'
CNN is planning to wield the axe on some of its high-paid staff after dismal election ratings that cap off a disastrous period for the cable news network. Network executives will unleash sweeping lay-offs in a bid to save the network's flailing reputation.
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Oklahoma’s Ryan Walters announces advisory committee to streamline Trump’s education changes
Oklahoma schools State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced Monday an education advisory committee set to overlook and be proactive in implementing education changes from incoming Trump administration, including potentially eliminating the federal Department of Education.
Learn MoreShady Dem lawyer behind Steele Dossier looking to overturn Pennsylvania Senate results
A shady Democratic attorney who once loudly attacked President-elect Trump’s refusal to accept the 2020 presidential results is now at the heart of a desperate legal effort to snatch Pennsylvania’s Senate race away from its rightful winner — Republican Dave McCormick, campaign insiders say.
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Despite decades of effort, modern veteran suicide prevention practices fall short. The rate of U.S. veteran and service member deaths by suicide continues to increase. Our promise is this: We won’t stop until we get this right. Those who fought and served on our behalf deserve nothing less than a life full of joy and meaning.
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Judge declares Biden immigration program for spouses of U.S. citizens illegal
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Biden administration program that would allow unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens to get legal status and a streamlined path to U.S. citizenship, declaring the policy illegal.
Learn MoreRogue Prosecutor George Gascon Loses Reelection as LA County District Attorney
In perhaps the least surprising outcome of this election cycle, incumbent Democrat George Gascon got a shellacking Tuesday from his opponent, independent Nathan Hochman, in the race for Los Angeles County district attorney, losing by 62% to 38%.
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Will This Lame-Duck Congress Trip The Next One Over The Fiscal Cliff?
Congress’ post-election, lame-duck session will be a mess. A barely Republican House, barely Democratic Senate and barely competent Biden-Harris administration have finished barely any of the routine business of government this year.
Learn MoreVoters Were Fed Up Over Immigration. They Voted for Trump.
Emily Schaefer supports mass deportations. She wants less immigration. And she opposes a path to citizenship for undocumented people who have been living in the United States for decades. She is not a Republican. Ms. Schaefer, 52, is a lifelong Democrat.
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Results suggest Trump made more gains with Latinos
Latino voters in Florida and Texas helped propel former President Trump to victories Tuesday in counties where Democrats had an edge in the past two presidential elections. Why it matters: Most Latinos still vote Democratic, but the results suggested that as a bloc this fast-growing segment of the electorate.
Learn MoreWhy we probably won’t know who the next president is on election night
Don’t expect to know the winner of this year’s elections on Election Day. Election officials are lowering expectations, saying you’ll just have to wait a while. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has said her state won’t know its election results until the day after the election.
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Georgia poll worker made bomb threat after altercation with voter: DOJ
A Georgia poll worker was arrested Monday for allegedly mailing a letter threatening other poll workers with rape, a “beatdown” and a bomb threat. Nicholas Wimbish, 25, was working at the Jones County Elections Office on Oct. 16 when he had a verbal altercation.
Learn MoreTop pollster Nate Silver makes his FINAL election prediction with just hours
Top pollster Nate Silver has released his long-awaited final prediction of the 2024 election hours before the polls close across the U.S. And he says it's 'literally closer than a coin flip,' and potentially the closest election in U.S. history just hours before the polls close on Tuesday.
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Rashida Tlaib refuses to endorse Kamala Harris for president
Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib refused to endorse Kamala Harris for president during a campaign rally on Friday. The first Palestinian-American in Congress is the only member of Congress' progressive group 'The Squad' to have not backed.
Learn MoreProminent white supremacist Richard Spencer endorses Kamala Harris
Richard Spencer, an avowed racist, antisemite and admirer of Nazism who coined the term “alt-right” and was a featured speaker when he took part in the deadly 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Va., called Harris the “best manager of the American empire.”
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Judge orders extension of early voting option in Bucks County after Trump campaign lawsuit
A Pennsylvania judge on Wednesday sided with Donald Trump's campaign and agreed to extend an in-person voting option in Bucks County where long lines on the final day led to complaints voters were being disenfranchised by an unprepared election office.
Learn MoreSuspicious voter registration forms linked to Arizona city councilman’s company
Two Pennsylvania counties have identified an Arizona-based company as the source of thousands of last-minute voter registration that they are investigating. The company, which conducts voter registration & outreach programs, is run by Francisco Heredia.
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Six Alumni of ‘The Apprentice’ Slam Donald Trump and Endorse Kamala Harris
It’s always the people who know him best. Four cast and two crew members of The Apprentice, the show that made the Republican presidential hopeful a reality TV star, have penned a letter slamming his leadership.
Learn MoreRetribution? IRS agent who blew whistle on Biden family given ultimatum
IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley, whose testimony to Congress changed the course of the Biden family corruption case and resulted in Hunter Biden’s felony convictions, has been given an ultimatum.
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Trump questioned on officer immunity stance after Sonya Massey shooting
Former President Donald Trump faced a slew of questions when he was interviewed at the National Association of Black Journalists’ convention in Chicago Wednesday, and he was asked about his support of qualified immunity for police officers in the wake of the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey.
Learn MoreColorado Secretary of State posted spreadsheet with voting system passwords
The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office inadvertently posted a spreadsheet to its website with a hidden tab that included voting system passwords. In a statement to 9NEWS, a spokesperson for the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office said that “the Department is working to remedy this situation where necessary.”
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How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
George Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from their involvement with the financial backers of Nazi Germany. The Guardian has obtained confirmation from newly discovered files.
Learn MoreKamala’s California Way Is an Economic Dead-End for All
At the outset of the Biden/Harris Administration, much was said of the “California Way” and that they wanted to use it as a model for the country. The centerpiece of their economic plans was and has been government action and spending.
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Michigan State students expected to play crucial role in U.S. House race
If they show up to vote, students living in East Lansing could be the determining voters in one of the most high-profile Congressional races nationwide - Michigan's 7th district. And both of the men running for the seat, Lansing Democrat Curtis Hertel and Charlotte Republican Tom Barrett, know it.
Learn MoreSecond Post columnist resigns while others defend publication
Michele Norris announced her resignation from The Washington Post in a social media post Sunday following the newspaper’s decision not to endorse a presidential candidate this election cycle, making her the second columnist to leave after Robert Kagan. Norris called the non-endorsement a “terrible mistake” and “an insult.
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Rudy Giuliani must give control of luxury items and Manhattan apartment
A federal judge ordered former Donald Trump attorney & New York mayor Rudy Giuliani to turn over all his valuable possessions & his Manhattan penthouse apartment to the control of Ruby Freeman & Shaye Moss, the Georgia election workers he defamed & to whom he now owes $150 million.
Learn MoreMail-in ballots damaged after a Postal Service mailbox in Arizona caught on fire
Roughly 20 mail-in ballots were damaged in a fire in Arizona. The Phoenix Fire Department and police officials are investigating. A U.S. Postal Service mailbox caught fire Wednesday night, according to reports. Fire crews were able to put the fire out and investigators are looking into its cause.
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Harris announces a new plan to empower Black men as she tries to energize them to vote for her
Vice President Kamala Harris announced a plan on Monday to give Black men more economic opportunities and other chances to thrive as she works to energize a key voting bloc that has Democrats concerned about a lack of enthusiasm.
Learn MoreFBI quietly updates crime data to show big jump in violence under Biden-Harris admin: 'Shocking'
The Federal Bureau of Investigation quietly updated its 2022 crime data to show an increase in violent crimes, despite previous data showing violent crimes had fallen that year, which was touted as a victory for the Biden-Harris administration.
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The George Soros radio deal that has the GOP in uproar
George Soros, the “kingmaker of chaos,” has done it again. Weeks before the 2024 election, the Democratic megadonor has notched a victory in his endless pursuit to gain influence over the news media landscape in the United States.
Learn MoreHarris Has Not Flipped on Trump Border Wall
The Trump campaign wants voters to know that Vice President Kamala Harris claims to have flipped and now supports the Trump border wall — but they don’t want you to believe she’ll actually follow through. That’s misleading.
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What happens when a country goes too long without electricity?
As the collapse of Cuba’s electrical system entered its third day Sunday, the devastating and deadly consequences of prolonged power outages are coming into view. Some hospitals are getting power. But the rest are running on generators, and available fuel is limited.
Learn MoreCBS, 60 Minutes: How Dare Trump Notice We Hid Kamala's Word Salad?
News organizations make mistakes, as we all do. When that happens, the best way to restore credibility is to admit error, apologize for it, & endeavor not to repeat the actions that might have damaged. Bret Baier did this by acknowledging that Kamala Harris was correct in her criticism.
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What to know about Republican challenges to overseas and military voting
In the final weeks before Election Day, Republican groups have filed lawsuits in the swing states of Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania that challenge the validity of ballots cast by U.S. citizens living abroad, including members of the U.S. military.
Learn MoreDemocrats dream of a Blue Texas. What will they wake up to in November?
Before heading out to rally for the Democrat trying to beat Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), Ann Johnston, 73, grabbed a long-neglected T-shirt that said “BETO FOR SENATE.” Then, she crossed out the name with a marker and scrawled a new one in its place.
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Trump visits Bronx barbershop ahead of Al Smith dinner
Former President Donald Trump is visiting a barbershop in the Bronx Thursday ahead of his scheduled appearance at the noted Al Smith dinner in the city later in the evening. It's not clear if he's getting his hair done.
Learn MoreDave Bautista punches back on view of Trump as ‘tough guy’
Former professional wrestler Dave Bautista took out his frustration with former President Trump’s “tough guy” image during a bit on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wednesday. “Fellas, we gotta talk,” Bautista says in the video.
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Momentum shifts against Harris in presidential race
The tides of the election are turning against Vice President Harris. During the late summer and heading into fall, Harris appeared to be the candidate with the momentum, with Democrats comparing her.
Learn MoreTrump visits Bronx barbershop ahead of Al Smith dinner
Former President Donald Trump is visiting a barbershop in the Bronx Thursday ahead of his scheduled appearance at the noted Al Smith dinner in the city later in the evening. It's not clear if he's getting his hair done.
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‘Plagued’: NYC forms task force to tackle prostitution and crime on Roosevelt Ave
The city of New York is tackling Queens’ prostitution and crime problem with a multi-agency task force to address quality of life concerns along Rosevelt Avenue and other Queens neighborhoods, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Tuesday.
Learn MoreMan accused of threatening FEMA workers in North Carolina called on others ‘to join’
The Federal Emergency Management Agency was forced to temporarily pause aid efforts in parts of North Carolina over the weekend after alleged threats were made against teams working on recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene.
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US law entitles immigrant children to an education. Some conservatives say that should change
At a sparsely attended meeting last year, the Saugus Public School Committee approved a new admissions policy, it said, to streamline the process of enrolling students. But critics say the policy — including stringent requests for proof of “legal” residency and “criminal and civil penalties” for violators — has another goal.
Learn MoreTrump wants to pin inflation on Harris. Most economists say prices will rise faster under him
Donald Trump likes to blame Kamala Harris & his former election opponent, President Joe Biden, for inflation surging in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The attack makes political sense. Even as the Fed declares victory in the fight against inflation, recent polls suggest American voters remain preoccupied.
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Trump is in a better polling spot now than he was against Clinton or Biden
If polls are any guide - and there are many questions about them - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is in better shape now than he was at this time in 2020 and in his winning White House campaign of 2016.
Learn More'Totally illegal': Trump escalates rhetoric on outlawing political dissent and criticism
Donald Trump is ramping up his rhetoric depicting his political rivals and critics as criminals, while dropping a long trail of suggestions that he favors outlawing political speech that he deems misleading or challenges his claims to power.
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Trump proposes new tax break on car loan interest
Donald Trump on Thursday said he supports making interest on car loans fully tax deductible, the latest in a suite of tax-cut promises the Republican presidential nominee has made in the weeks before Election Day.
Learn MoreObama calls out Black men for hesitance with Harris
Former President Barack Obama admonished Black men reluctant to support Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, suggesting some aren't rallying behind her.
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Inflation rate hit 2.4% in September, topping expectations; jobless claims highest since August 2023
The pace of price increases over the past year was higher than forecast in September while jobless claims posted an unexpected jump following Hurricane Helene and the Boeing strike, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
Learn MoreSocial Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past
Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for retirees translates to an average increase.
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Susan Rice: Trump’s reported calls with Putin appear illegal Intel is laying off over 15,000 employees and will stop ‘non-essential work’ This group has the numbers to decide the US presidency – if they turn out US Soldiers Trapped in Israel on Oct 7 Narrowly Escaped Being Taken Captive by HamasArticles
Trump Doral hosts linemen for Hurricane Milton: ‘The Trump family appreciates you’
Former President Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump, said Trump National Doral in Miami is hosting 275 linemen from Florida Power & Light Company as Hurricane Milton is expected to bring widespread power outages across the state.
Learn MoreKennedy family matriarch Ethel Kennedy, 96, hospitalized after stroke
Ethel Kennedy, matriarch of one of America’s most famous political families, has been hospitalized after a stroke, her family said Tuesday. Kennedy, 96, the widow of slain Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and mother of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was sleeping Thursday.
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Helene hit Trump strongholds in Georgia and North Carolina
Hurricane Helene hit hard in heavily Republican areas of Georgia and North Carolina — a fact that could work to Donald Trump’s disadvantage in the two swing states. Research has shown that major disasters can influence both voter turnout & voter preference.
Learn MoreHate comes to New Jersey. Project Extreme aims to expose it
The recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan was understated at first. The middle-aged man positioned himself on the Wildwood boardwalk before Donald Trump’s May 11 campaign rally on the beach. There he handed out business cards and tried to engage people walking by.
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New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris
No one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out in a new analysis of Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s economic plans. The analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget suggests a Harris presidency could increase the national debt over 10 years by $3.5 trillion.
Learn MoreThe Biden administration isn't extending a two-year program for migrants from 4 nations
The Biden administration will not extend a two-year program that allows migrants from certain nations into the U.S. if they came by plane with sponsorship. The program began in 2022 with Venezuelans and was an effort to provide an alternative legal pathway for migrants who were increasingly coming to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Watchdog group suggests Biden fire Trump-appointed DHS inspector general
For four years, the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, appointed by Donald Trump, has criticized Joe Biden’s administration for lax immigration enforcement. Now, a confidential watchdog report delivered to the White House on Wednesday is accusing the inspector general.
Learn MoreWatch: Trump-Backed Senate Candidate Goes on Unhinged Cannibal Rant
In a Virginia Senate debate Wednesday night, Democratic Senator Tim Kaine’s Trump-endorsed opponent Hung Cao took the stage with some unhinged remarks about drag queens, alpha males, and DEI. Cao, a Navy veteran, was asked about his previous statements.
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Feds say there’s no money left to respond to hurricanes — after FEMA spent $640M on migrants
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas set off outrage Wednesday when he told reporters that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) “does not have the funds” to see Americans through the rest of this Atlantic hurricane season.
Learn MoreA Donald Trump mass deportation of immigrants would cost hundreds of billions, report says
Mass deportation of undocumented immigrants on the scale advocated by former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance would cost hundreds of billions of dollars to enact, and would only be possible with the creation of a massive detention camp system.
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Tim Walz Removed Requirement to Try to Save Babies Born Alive After Abortion
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s elevated profile as Vice President Kamala Harris’ Democratic running mate has led to wider awareness of his staunch support for abortion in his state — including a bill.
Learn MoreTrump backs out of ‘60 Minutes’ primetime interview, CBS says
Former President Donald Trump has backed out of a previously scheduled interview with “60 Minutes,” the most-watched newsmagazine in the United States, CBS News said Tuesday evening.
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Taxpayers should fund trans surgery for inmate who murdered baby, judge rules
Taxpayers must fund sex reassignment surgery for an inmate who murdered an 11-month-old baby, a judge in Indiana has ruled. Born Jonathan C Richardson, the inmate now known as Autumn Cordellionè is serving a 55-year prison sentence after being convicted of murder.
Learn MoreCancer spread to Jimmy Carter's brain 9 years ago. Here's how he's lived so long
Nine years ago, Jimmy Carter held a news conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta to talk about his cancer diagnosis and treatment. Then age 91, Carter explained that a bad cold the previous May had led to a thorough physical, which by early August 2015 resulted in a diagnosis of melanoma.
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Men are having Botox injected into a very intimate area to improve their sex lives... but there could be a BIG downside
There's a new way to rev up your sex drive — albeit an unusual one. For cosmetic clinics are now offering £700 Botox injections that are delivered straight into the back passage.
Learn MoreNew recruits for Minneapolis Police Department include first Somali-American woman, first non-U.S. citizen
Lesly Vera wanted to be a police officer for as long as she could remember. The 27-year-old was born in Mexico, came to the United States at age 4 and grew up in Minneapolis.
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Haitian group in Springfield files criminal charges against Trump and Vance
The leader of a Haitian nonprofit community group filed criminal charges Tuesday against former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, over false claims they made.
Learn MoreTrump highlights key illegal immigration issue — it harms racial minority workers
Former President Donald Trump‘s increased focus on immigration as a dominant theme of his 2024 campaign could help replicate his 2016 victory. But in a twist from his first presidential run, Trump is now making the explicit case.
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Fact check: Harris makes false claim about Trump’s record on manufacturing jobs
Vice President Kamala Harris made a false claim about the jobs record of her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, in an interview on Wednesday evening. Interviewer Stephanie Ruhle asked Harris what she thought about polls that show most likely voters still think Trump is the better option.
Learn MoreEric Adams Indictment Impacts Kamala Harris as New York Presidential Elector
The reported indictment of New York City Mayor Eric Adams could have a knock-on effect on how New York hands out its Electoral College votes in November. The criminal investigation into the mayor may result in his being replaced as one of the state's 28 Democratic presidential electors.
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Tren de Aragua gang started in Venezuela’s prisons and now spreads fear in the US
Former federal agent Wes Tabor says his phone has been lighting up with calls from police departments around the U.S. for advice on how to combat the growing threat from the Venezuelan gang.
Learn MoreHouse poised to pass a bill to avert a shutdown after dropping Trump voting plan
The House on Wednesday is poised to pass a funding bill to avert a government shutdown next week after it removed a proposal demanded by Donald Trump that would require Americans nationwide to show proof.
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Third Person Arrested By ICE Identified As Salvadoran Man Facing 11 Child Sex Crime Charges
A third individual who was taken into custody by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents earlier this month on Nantucket was identified Friday afternoon as Elmer Sola, a 49-year-old Salvadoran man.
Learn MoreMigrant crime crisis comes to Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, playgrounds for rich and famous
Recent illegal immigrant arrests on the islands of Nantucket & Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts have captured the nation's attention. U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement has made at least six arrests.
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Harris honeymoon is over: Sun Belt polls put Trump on path to presidency
New polling of a trio of Southern battleground states shows the Kamala Harris honeymoon has ended in some of the few truly competitive states up for grabs this November. Donald Trump is sweeping Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina, according to New York Times/Siena College polling conducted Sept.
Learn MoreNew York indictment highlights concerns about Tim Walz and China
Chinese Communist Party agents put in a lot of work trying to manipulate the governor of New York, according to a federal indictment, but as details emerge about Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the Democratic nominee for vice president, it appears the CCP’s investment in him is generating greater returns.
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Senate GOP dings Harris’ role as ‘broadband czar’
Nine Senate Republicans on Wednesday blasted Vice President Kamala Harris for what they say was a “failed” execution of her role leading the Biden administration’s efforts to expand broadband access to underserved areas.
Learn MoreRepublicans shift to plan B to prevent shutdown
House Republicans have shifted gears as they race to avoid a government shutdown, eyeing a three-month stopgap spending bill — in lieu of a six-month extension — while dropping their demand for tougher voting rules as part of the package.
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Iranian hackers sent stolen Trump campaign information to people associated with Biden campaign
Iranian hackers sent unsolicited information they stole from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to people who were affiliated with Joe Biden’s campaign over the summer, federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
Learn More'Cacophonous buffoon' Trump will 'weaken our national security': Brigadier general
A top retired general publicly derided former President Donald Trump and urged Americans to "step up" and "understand what's going on." Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on "Deadline: White House," retired Brigadier General Steve Anderson shredded Trump as a danger to American national security.
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Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison shared his vision for an AI-powered surveillance future during a company financial meeting, reports Business Insider. During an investor Q&A, Ellison described a world where artificial intelligence systems would constantly monitor citizens.
Learn MoreSuspicious packages sent to election officials in at least 6 states
Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least six states on Monday, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material. Powder-containing packages were sent to secretaries of state and state election offices in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, Wyoming and Oklahoma.
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Florida man arrested & accused of threatening to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell & his kids
A Florida man was arrested Wednesday in connection with threats to kill Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and his children. Swalwell was not named in the court documents, but he confirmed that the threats targeted him and his family.
Learn MoreFBI agent had to erase public vitriol on Trump; Mar-a-Lago in field office’s jurisdiction
Top FBI officials ordered an agent to scrub his Facebook page to delete anti-Trump vitriol before they would promote him to head the bureau’s Miami field office, which covers former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, a whistleblower told Congress.
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Son of suspect speaks after apparent Trump assassination attempt in Florida
The son of the man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course on Sunday said his father had traveled to Ukraine and volunteered to provide what the son described as “humanitarian” aid to troops defending the country.
Learn MoreSecret Service fires at man with gun near Trump on golf course; FBI investigating
Former President Donald Trump is "safe and unharmed" after Secret Service agents engaged with a suspect pointing a high-powered rifle at the Florida golf course where Trump was golfing Sunday afternoon, officials said.
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Trump stokes suspicions about assassination attempt, raising fears of more violence
On the first night after Donald Trump was injured in an assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., some supporters and allies, including campaign staff, immediately began blaming President Joe Biden and Democrats before any information was available about the shooter or his possible motive.
Learn More'Nobody's eating cats & dogs.' John Legend says Haitian immigrants deserve grace
My name is John Legend, and I was born as John. R Stevens from a place called Springfield, Ohio. Springfield, Ohio — you may have heard of Springfield, Ohio, this week. In fact, if you watch the debate, we were discussed by our presidential candidates, including a very special, interesting man named Donald J. Trump.
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Wait, That's Who Introduced Kamala to Her Husband?
The moderators of the first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia Tuesday night are getting their fair share of criticism after injecting themselves into the conversation.
Learn MoreTaylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris after presidential debate
Pop superstar Taylor Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential candidacy on Tuesday night after the high-stakes debate with former President Donald Trump, calling the Democratic nominee a "steady-handed, gifted leader."
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Claims About Children Born Alive After Abortion Attempts in Minnesota Are True
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s progressive policy achievements in Minnesota have faced scrutiny since Vice President Kamala Harris chose him as her running mate. Some social conservatives in particular have claimed his positions.
Learn MoreTaylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris after presidential debate
Pop superstar Taylor Swift endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential candidacy on Tuesday night after the high-stakes debate with former President Donald Trump, calling the Democratic nominee a "steady-handed, gifted leader."
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Harris team worried she’ll be ‘handcuffed’ by debate rules set by Biden
Kamala Harris had planned to object, fact-check and directly question Donald Trump while he was speaking during their debate next week. But now, with rules just finalized to mute the candidates when their opponents speaks, campaign officials said Harris advisers are scrambling to rewrite their playbook.
Learn MoreUK has some of worst cancer survival rates in developed world, report says
The UK has some of the worst cancer survival rates in the developed world, according to new research. Analysis of international data by the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce found that five-year survival rates for lung, liver, brain, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach cancers in the UK are worse.
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Harris’ momentum has stalled — but not reversed. Here’s 5 takeaways from the latest polls
The stakes for Tuesday’s debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are enormous. Nearly a month ago, POLITICO identified five key indicators of the election’s trajectory beyond the Harris-Trump horserace. Revisiting those — with fresh polling in mind.
Learn MoreKate Middleton Reveals She Has Finished Chemo, Says the 'Last 9 Months Have Been Incredibly Tough'
Kate Middleton has finished her chemotherapy treatment and is sharing personal details about her journey since being diagnosed with cancer earlier this year. On Monday, the Princess of Wales released an emotional video message.
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The Federal Reserve’s mission creep: Picking market winners and losers
Government intervention in markets is back in vogue after Vice President Kamala Harris proposed price controls on groceries and food. But this isn’t the only price control the government is eyeing.
Learn MoreGavin Newsom kills California bill to help undocumented immigrants buy homes
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Friday that would have made some undocumented immigrants eligible for up to $150,000 in state-backed home loans, rejecting a proposal that ignited criticism.
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Kamala Harris proposes $50,000 tax break for small businesses
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, on Wednesday proposed policies she hopes will help spur small business creation across the U.S., and also announced a break with one of President Biden's policies.
Learn MoreHarris Tells the Business Community: I’m Friendlier Than Biden
Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday stepped up her efforts to win over the business community and retain the affection of her biggest donors, using a campaign event in New Hampshire to roll out her plan for an expanded tax break.
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Kamala Harris Doesn’t Need Policy to Win
On Thursday evening, in response to a question from CNN’s Dana Bash about her shifting—and at times amorphous—policy principles, Vice President Kamala Harris provided a simple defense.
Learn MoreThe Constitution Is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous?
The United States Constitution is in trouble. After Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he called for the “termination of all rules, regulations and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
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California bill would allow undocumented immigrants paying taxes to get home loans
A new bill that would allow some undocumented immigrants to receive loans to buy homes is sparking debate as it passes through the California Legislature. Assembly Bill 1840 would make it clear that a person who applies for a loan under the California Dream.
Learn MoreErwin Chemerinsky on the need for a new US constitution: ‘Our democracy is at grave risk’
Among progressive scholars of the US constitution, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of Berkeley Law, is widely considered pre-eminent. Now 71, he studied at Northwestern and Harvard and has also taught at DePaul, USC, Duke and UC Irvine.
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Major publishers sue Florida over ‘unconstitutional’ book ban law
Acoalition of the nation’s largest book publishers filed a lawsuit Thursday against Florida education officials alleging that a 2023 Florida law that increased scrutiny of school library books unconstitutionally limits free speech.
Learn MoreBiden-Harris open border is destroying an indigenous tribe’s land and way of life
Not far from this small town, the 19,000-mile-long Pan-American Highway ends at a wall of jungle — the Darien Gap, a notorious wilderness that stretches from Colombia into Panama. In just three years, 1.5 million migrants.
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Young Black voters are becoming more conservative than their parents
Jen Iro, a 34-year-old from Texas, has been having a hard time with the current state of American politics. The last time she cast a ballot was for former President Barack Obama, and she doesn’t think she’ll vote this year either.
Learn MoreHow the migrant crisis drained $150 billion from taxpayers in a single year
The migrant crisis is more costly than Americans realize. Last year, US taxpayers shelled out some $150 billion in government services and support to help the 20 million illegal migrants in the country, according to a study from the FAIR.
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Smith’s Superseding Indictment Returns Trump Case to Square One
There is no way the case is getting very far before Election Day, and the Court will likely see the superseder as insufficiently attentive to its Trump ruling. Biden-Harris Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has superseded the 2020 election-interference indictment of former president Donald Trump.
Learn MoreProof-of-citizenship voting bill push could threaten government shutdown
A conservative-backed push for stricter proof-of-citizenship requirements for voting could complicate efforts to avert a government shutdown next month. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have acknowledged a stopgap of some kind, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), will be necessary.
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Military Parents Lose Custody of 16-Year-Old Autistic Son After Refusing to Let Him Transition to a Girl – Son is Currently in Foster Care Living Parents in Mass. town frustrated over school bus cuts States keep denying RFK Jr.'s requests to be removed from their ballots, which was key to his plan to help Trump winArticles
Harris flip-flops on building the border wall
If she's elected president, Kamala Harris pledges to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the wall along the southern border — a project she once opposed and called "un-American" during the Trump administration. Why it matters: It's the latest example of Harris flip-flopping on her past liberal positions.
Learn MoreParents in Mass town frustrated over school bus cuts
Parents in Stoughton, Massachusetts, are grappling with the school district's decision to cut bus services for 150 students due to budget constraints. Stoughton parent Michelle Chaisson showed where her daughter and other neighborhood kids have waited for the school bus for years.
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Is this thing on? Harris and Trump battle over hot mics at debate
With just 15 days left until the scheduled Sept. 10 presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, negotiations between their two campaigns have hit an impasse over whether the candidates’ microphones will be muted when it is not their turn to speak.
Learn MoreThe reality of Kamala Harris' plan to tax unrealized capital gains
Silicon Valley was burning up the socials this week, after learning that Kamala Harris has tacitly endorsed a tax on unrealized capital gains. Lots of what was shared was inaccurate. Reality check: This only would impact a small subset of America's wealthiest people, and most tech founders and investors would be spared.
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Secret Service places at least 5 agents on leave in Trump assassination attempt probe
The U.S. Secret Service has placed five agents on leave, including the head of the Pittsburgh field office, as a result of its investigation into last month's assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.
Learn MoreGeorgia 2024 election board allows discrepancy checks before certification
The Georgia State Election Board will allow checks for discrepancies on ballots for the 2024 presidential election before the results are certified, a move praised by allies of former President Donald Trump.
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Kamala Harris Is Redefining the Power Suit on the Campaign Trail
Perhaps the biggest change to Vice President Kamala Harris’ wardrobe since she announced her presidential run July 21 is her shoes. Once-omnipresent, her Converse Chuck Taylors have mostly taken a back seat to chic Manolo Blahnik pumps.
Learn MoreOpinion: We know how to save children from failing schools, so why don’t we do it?
In 44 public schools in Chicago, not a single student is performing in math at grade level. In 24 Chicago schools, not a single student is reading at grade level. In Baltimore, not a single student at 13 of its public high schools — 40 percent of the city’s high schools.
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The Anti-Semitism Money and Power Network—and How to Smash It
The mushrooming of anti-Semitic violence and activism on campuses across the United States is not an organic or spontaneous development. Money is flowing from the Arab world to universities, nongovernmental organizations, and professional terrorist sympathizers across the country.
Learn MoreKamala Harris Not Leading a Single Battleground State in New Poll
Vice President Kamala Harris is not leading in a single battleground state, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by Navigator Research between July 31 and August 8, showed the Democratic presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump are tied in Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin.
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Why both Republicans and Democrats are failing at solving America’s housing crisis
In late July, freed from the shackles of a disastrous Ninth Circuit decision by the Supreme Court, California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the state’s burgeoning homeless camps to be cleared out. It won’t work.
Learn MoreOpinion | JD Vance doesn't understand the sacrifices grandmothers make
In 1984, a boy was born in a small town near Cincinnati and raised amid family chaos. Addiction. Abuse. Absent father. Poverty. His grandmother swooped in to provide consistency for him and his sister.
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Columbia president resigns in fallout from Israel-Hamas war protests
Columbia University’s president resigned Wednesday, becoming the third Ivy League leader to be forced from office after anger over the Israel-Hamas war resulted in widespread protests and a sharp rise in complaints of religious discrimination.
Learn MoreOutrage At Feds In Tactical Gear Indicting S.D. Ranchers Over 75-Year-Old Fenceline
A South Dakota ranch couple is fighting federal indictments served to them by a U.S. Forest Service agent who allegedly showed up unannounced on their front steps — armed and in tactical gear. The agent was there to serve them with indictments.
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Kira Davis Filled in for Andrew Today
Host of 'Just Listen to Yourself.' Author, commentator, lover of words and dogs
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Kira Davis Filled in for Andrew Today
Host of 'Just Listen to Yourself' Author, commentator, lover of words and dogs.
Learn MoreSecret Service Agent Abandoned Post Guarding Trump To Breastfeed: REPORT
A female Secret Service agent abandoned her post to breastfeed a child.
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Thousands of Noncitizen Registered Voters Discovered, Governor Says
On Wednesday, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order cementing election security protocols in the state, noting that since he took office Virginia has discovered and removed more than 6,000 noncitizen registered voters from voting rolls.
Learn MoreTrump Backlogged Citizenship Process — Biden Has Halved the Time It Takes
Requests from immigrants to obtain U.S. citizenship status are being processed at the fastest rate seen in over a decade, according to a new report. The fast clip of people receiving citizenship status could play a role in the outcome of the 2024 presidential contest.
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Trump proposal to exempt tips from taxes could cost $250 billion NYC migrant crisis costs will crack eye-popping $5 billion on shelters, security and food — amount could double by 2025 California bill to crack down on child sex buyers faces key hurdle Former Trump aides claim Donald is in 'meltdown' and 'feels the election is slipping from him'... so is 'lighting up the campaign'Articles
Kamala Harris' 'Copycat' Tax Plan Backed by Majority of Republicans
The majority of Americans support plans to end federal taxes on tips given to service industry workers, according to an exclusive poll for Newsweek which shows why Kamala Harris embraced the policy plan first announced by her opponent Donald Trump.
Learn MoreThousands of Noncitizen Registered Voters Discovered, Governor Says
On Wednesday, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order cementing election security protocols in the state, noting that since he took office Virginia has discovered and removed more than 6,000 noncitizen registered voters from voting rolls.
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Harris edges out Trump on who voters trust more with the economy, new poll finds
Vice President Kamala Harris is catching up to former President Donald Trump on the number of voters who trust her handling of the economy, according to a new Financial Times/Michigan Ross poll.
Learn MorePittsfield salon owner feels violated after a break-in during Harris' visit
Vice President Kamala Harris visited Pittsfield on Saturday, July 27, 2024. Owner of Four One Three Salon, Alicia Powers, says during the visit, people she doesn’t know entered the business.
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Harris takes the lead over Trump in Miami-Dade after Biden’s exit, poll finds
Less than three weeks after emerging as the de facto Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris has opened up a double-digit lead over former President Donald Trump in Miami-Dade County, according to a new poll.
Learn MoreTrump pulls into statistical tie with Harris, after her early 5-point lead, new poll
Anew survey released Friday shows that GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is now in a statistical tie with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. The Napolitan News Service survey found Harris has 44% of the vote.
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Vance Attacks Walz’s Military Record, Accusing Him of Avoiding a Tour in Iraq
Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday of quitting the Army National Guard two decades ago to avoid being deployed to Iraq and of exaggerating his service record to claim falsely.
Learn MoreViral Harris-Walz camo hats riff on red-state style, draw ire of NRA
On Tuesday night, following his first public appearance as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz posted a photo of himself wearing the just-released “Harris-Walz Camo Hat.”
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JD Vance tries to confront Harris on tarmac over not taking questions, refers to Air Force 2 as his future plane
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance stunned reporters Wednesday by attempting to confront Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, on the tarmac when their planes arrived here at similar times.
Learn MoreISIS plot against Taylor Swift concert narrowly foiled — but police warn there could still be a threat to her sold-out shows
Police say they have narrowly foiled an ISIS plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Austria — and there could still be a threat to the super star’s European shows. Two suspects — a 19-year-old living in his parents’ house near Vienna, along with another man.
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Trump team says it’s relieved Kamala Harris chose ‘extremist’ Tim Walz: ‘An easy opponent’
Donald Trump’s backers say they sighed with relief over Vice President Kamala Harris choosing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, pointing to his “radical” record and non-swing-state origins.
Learn MoreU.S. State Dept. Accidentally Gave $239 Million to Taliban
A new report from the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has revealed that the U.S. State Department has likely given at least $239 million to the Taliban.
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Former Secret Service Chief Wanted To Destroy Cocaine Evidence
Former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and others in top agency leadership positions wanted to destroy the cocaine discovered in the White House last summer, but the Secret Service Forensics Services Division and the Uniformed Division stood firm and rejected the push to dispose of the evidence.
Learn MoreHere are all the reasons why Monday’s major market wreck is happening
Any number of suspects could be blamed for Monday’s market beatdown, ranging from worries about the economy and seemingly slow-footed response from the Federal Reserve to the unwind of a popular global currency trade and concerns over corporate earnings. Those all played a part in some shape or form.
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What Kamala Harris’ Law School Years Reveal About Her Politics
The signs in downtown San Francisco that day, outside of the University of California Hastings College of the Law, might as well have been plucked from today’s racial justice protests. “Rise Above Racism,” “Should This Still Be Happening?”
Learn MoreTrump Pushes Back on Debate With Harris, Saying He’s Up in Polls
Republican Donald Trump dismissed pressure to debate Vice President Kamala Harris, saying he was leading in the polls and voters already knew where he and his Democratic rival stood on the issues. The broad-market index dropped 2.1%, on pace for its biggest drop.
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Joseph Stiglitz, in Caracas, Praises Venezuela’s Economic Policies
Nobel Prize winning economist and former vice-president of the World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz, praised Venezuela's economic growth and "positive policies in health and education" during a visit to Caracas on Wednesday.
Learn MoreAmerica’s shortsighted, lopsided capitalism was never built to last
Compared to almost any other economy in the world, the U.S. is in great shape today, but with three important caveats: First, the economic divides are too great. Second, the shortsighted behavior of corporations has led to underinvestment.
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Migrant accused of running over Virginia grandmother in fatal carjacking
An El Salvadoran man accused of killing a Virginia woman during a weekend carjacking was living in the United States illegally, immigration authorities said. Jose Aguilar-Martinez, 21, is charged in the fatal Sunday encounter that resulted in the death of 54-year-old Melody Waldecker.
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Let’s cut right to the chase: J.D. Vance has not fucked a couch. Or, if he has, he did not write about it in Hillbilly Elegy. If you had not yet heard this false rumor, (1) I’m jealous, but (2) that means I can drag you down to my level by explaining what’s going on.
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As Electric Vehicle Prices Decline, Will the Federal Reserve Step In?
A front page story in the Wall Street Journal last week carried the headline “EV Prices Are Being Slashed, Testing Appetite of Consumers.” Inside the headline, it was reported among other things.
Learn MoreJoseph Stiglitz, in Caracas, Praises Venezuela’s Economic Policies
Nobel Prize winning economist and former vice-president of the World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz, praised Venezuela's economic growth and "positive policies in health and education" during a visit to Caracas on Wednesday.
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Pelosi's top security aides got warning about Capitol breach night before Jan. 6 riot, memos show
Two top House security aides under then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi got stark warnings from police the night before the Jan. 6 riots that protesters might try to breach the U.S. Capitol through its tunnel systems and block lawmakers.
Learn MoreSchumer calls on Trump to pick new running mate, claims Vance is 'best thing he's ever done for Democrats'
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Sunday said former President Trump should swap out his "incredibly bad choice" of Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, as his running mate.
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At least 11 anti-Israel protesters have their cases dropped in DC
At least 11 anti-Israel protesters arrested in Washington, D.C., had their misdemeanor charges dropped Thursday evening, one day after protesters scrawled graffiti across federal property and burned an American flag.
Learn MoreKamala Harris Replacing Joe Biden Is Not Antidemocratic
With news of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race, some Republicans are claiming he cannot be removed from the presidential ballot in November and that in any case it is undemocratic to do so.
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Kamala Harris Has an Unprecedented Hollywood Power Base – and It’s Already Gone to Work for Her
Many presidential candidates get cozy with Hollywood. But Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is in a category all by herself where entertainment industry relationships are concerned.
Learn MoreObama doesn’t believe Kamala Harris can beat Trump, which is why he hasn’t endorsed her: sources
Former President Barack Obama hasn’t endorsed Kamala Harris’ presidential bid because he doesn’t think she can beat Donald Trump, according to a source close to the Biden family.
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Kamala Harris lacks charisma and time
There are, broadly, two ways to become the presidential nominee of one of America’s two major political parties. One is to rise up as an insider, brushing past rivals while taking advantage of a family name, , a long run in Congress.
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Americans view Vice President Kamala Harris as less charismatic than former President Donald Trump, according to a recent poll. Harris was thrust into the spotlight Sunday as the Democrats' most likely nominee for president.
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‘Not a healthy environment’: Kamala Harris’ office rife with dissent
When Vice President Kamala Harris finally made the decision to visit the Mexico border last week, people inside her own office were blindsided by the news. For days, aides and outside allies had been calling and texting with each other.
Learn MoreHow Kamala Harris Fought to Keep Nonviolent Prisoners Locked Up
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), a leading candidate to be Joe Biden’s running mate, repeatedly and openly defied U.S. Supreme Court orders to reduce overcrowding in California prisons while serving as the state’s attorney general.
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Harris vs. Trump: What the polls tell us
President Biden is out of the 2024 race and backing Vice President Harris to take over his mantle in November, raising questions about what the polling can help us glean about her chances against former President Trump.
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Many of the marquee names in Democratic politics began quickly lining up behind Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday, but one towering presence in the party held back: Barack Obama.
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Biden left feeling angry and betrayed by top Democratic leaders
President Joe Biden feels personally hurt and betrayed by the way so many Democrats, including some of the party’s top leaders, have left him hung out to dry as he faces the biggest crisis of his political career.
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Several top Democrats privately tell us the rising pressure of party congressional leaders and close friends will persuade President Biden to decide to drop out of the presidential race, as soon as this weekend.
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Local cops warned Secret Service they lacked manpower to patrol, secure building used by Trump rally shooter: report
Local police warned the Secret Service ahead of time that they did not have the manpower to secure the building where Thomas Matthew Crooks shot and injured Donald Trump, law enforcement officials said.
Learn MoreRachel Maddow, Jen Psaki and other MSNBC hosts use LED screen to make it look like they’re at RNC in Milwaukee
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and the left-leaning cable network’s other top anchors have used a giant video screen to show the Republican National Convention as a backdrop — while hosting the coverage.
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Biden seriously considering proposals on Supreme Court term limits, ethics code, AP sources say
President Joe Biden is seriously considering proposals to establish term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices, and an ethics code that would be enforceable under law amid growing concerns that the justices are not held accountable.
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Yesterday, I completed a two-part series on the status of the Biden Justice Department’s prosecution of Jack Smith in Florida — a series that was interrupted, as it were, by Judge Aileen Cannon’s dismissal of the case on the ground that Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional.
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Secret Service Director Who Allowed Assassination Attempt On Trump Says She Won’t Resign
Kimberly Cheatle, director of the U.S. Secret Service, said she will not resign from her role after what she called the “unacceptable” assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at his campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday that will make California the first U.S. state to stop school districts from notifying parents if their child starts using different pronouns or identifies as a different gender than what’s on their school record.
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Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle landed job after push by Jill Biden’s office, sources say
Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who is facing congressional outcry and calls to resign over security lapses leading to former President Donald Trump’s near-assassination Saturday.
Learn MoreTrump heads to convention as authorities investigate motive
Former President Donald Trump called for unity and resilience Sunday after an attempt on his life injected fresh uncertainty into an already tumultuous presidential campaign, while President Joe Biden implored Americans.
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New polls show how spectacularly Biden’s debate strategy backfired
Things are looking grim for Joe Biden. The president has been trailing former President Donald Trump in the polls since last year, but he’s experiencing what appears to be a daunting new deficit after his atrocious performance at the first presidential debate.
Learn MoreMilwaukee radio station says it agreed to edit interview with Joe Biden
Civic Media, a Wisconsin-based progressive talk-radio network, said Thursday it had agreed to make two edits to an interview with President Joe Biden at the request of his campaign before the broadcast aired, a decision the station said fell short of "journalistic interview standards."
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California City Attorney threatens to punish Target store for repeatedly reporting thefts
A city attorney in California has threatened to punish a Target store for repeatedly reporting thefts at the store in the crime-ridden state. Sacramento City Attorney Susana Alcala Wood's office said the retail store located at 2505 Riverside Blvd.
Learn MoreShuttered auto plants will become EV factories thanks to $1.7 billion Biden program
The Biden administration announced $1.7 billion to convert endangered or shuttered plants into electric vehicle manufacturing facilities. Eleven auto factories across eight states that are currently closed or at risk of closing will receive.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall’s elections, overturning its own ruling two years ago limiting their use in the presidential swing state.
Learn MoreRussia denounced at UN Security Council over bombing of Kiev hospital
Severe Russian airstrikes across Ukraine, including the bombing that damaged a paediatric hospital in Kiev, prompted international condemnation at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday.
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Poll finds Biden damaged by debate; with Harris and Clinton best positioned to win
A top Democratic pollster has a new survey showing President Joe Biden still in contention against Donald Trump, but at further risk of losing the election — with other leading Democrats now surging ahead.
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The troubling ethics and politics of philanthropy: Is philanthropy, by its very nature, a threat to today’s democracy? Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money for society’s benefit.
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Andrea Lawful-Sanders, WURD Radio part ways after she used questions provided
A Philadelphia radio host who said she used questions prepared by President Biden's campaign in a post-debate interview parted ways with WURD, the station's president and CEO announced on Sunday. Andrea Lawful-Sanders, who hosted "The Source" on WURD 96.1 FM/900 AM.
Learn MorePresident Biden’s physician met with Parkinson’s disease specialist in White House
A top Washington D.C. neurologist had a meeting with President Biden’s personal doctor at the White House earlier this year, visitor logs reviewed by The Post show. Dr. Kevin Cannard, a Parkinson’s disease expert at Walter Reed Medical Center, met with Dr. Kevin O’Connor.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs budget to close $46.8 billion budget deficit
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed California's budget to close an estimated $46.8 billion deficit through $16 billion in spending cuts and temporarily raising taxes on some businesses.
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Joe Biden will sit down with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos for his first interview since the fallout from his dismal debate performance. Stephanopoulos will interview Biden on Friday.
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US Olympic and other teams will bring their own AC units to Paris, undercutting environmental plan
The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers' plans to cut carbon emissions. U.S. Olympic and Paralympic CEO Sarah Hirshland said Friday that while the U.S. team appreciates efforts aimed at sustainability.
Learn MoreJudge in Trump's hush money trial delays sentencing following Supreme Court immunity ruling
The judge overseeing Donald Trump's New York criminal trial on Tuesday approved a delay of the former president's sentencing after his lawyers asked for more time to argue the Supreme Court's immunity decision's calls for a new trial. The sentencing hearing, previously scheduled for July 11, will now take place on September 18.
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A private call of top Democrats fuels more insider anger about Biden’s debate performance
A sense of concern is growing inside the top ranks of the Democratic Party that leaders of Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking seriously enough the impact of the president’s troubling debate performance earlier in the week.
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Sen. Bob Menendez’s sister came to her brother’s defense, testifying at the start of the defense presentation at his bribery trial that she wasn’t surprised to learn the Democrat stored cash at home because “it’s a Cuban thing.” Caridad Gonzalez, 80, was called.
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Supreme Court rules for Jan. 6 rioter challenging obstruction charge
The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of a former police officer who is seeking to throw out an obstruction charge for joining the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. The justices in a 6-3 vote on nonideological lines handed a win to defendant Joseph Fischer.
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Executive branch agencies will likely have more difficulty regulating the environment, public health, workplace safety and other issues under a far-reaching decision by the Supreme Court. The court’s 6-3 ruling on Friday overturned a 1984 decision colloquially.
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Michelle Obama not campaigning for Biden over family exile of Hunter’s ex-wife Kathleen Buhle
Former first lady Michelle Obama is reluctant to publicly campaign for President Biden’s re-election because, in part, of how the family treated Kathleen Buhle, her close friend, in the wake of her divorce from Hunter Biden, a new report claims.
Learn MoreTurkish migrant arrested for allegedly raping 15-year-old girl in his car in Albany
A migrant from Turkey was arrested in Albany last week for raping a 15-year-old girl he forced into the backseat of his car after threatening to beat her with a metal pole, authorities said. Sakir Akkan, 21, is accused of attacking the teen on Arch Street.
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Supreme Court says Biden admin can combat social media misinformation in free speech case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday handed the Biden administration an election-year victory, throwing out a conservative challenge to government efforts to have social media companies remove posts.
Learn More1st transgender woman and Asian American wins Miss Maryland USA: 'Bigger than me'
Bailey Anne Kennedy was crowned the new Miss Maryland USA in June, becoming not only the first transgender woman to win the title but also the first Asian American to achieve the coveted honor.
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Florida judge to decide whether Jack Smith's appointment is constitutional
A court hearing in Florida continues on whether special counsel Jack Smith can prosecute former President Donald Trump. Trump's lawyers argue Smith's appointment was unconstitutional. A Florida judge hears arguments today in one of the criminal cases.
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The Supreme Court is poised to issue its decision on presidential immunity as soon as this week, with the potential to reshape the powers of the nation’s highest office and hurl the 2024 presidential election into uncharted territory.
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Men charged with killing 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray aren't eligible for death penalty but that could change Is Jack Smith’s appointment constitutional? Trump’s Florida judge is set to decide NYC activists slam DA Bragg for dropping charges against anti-Israel Columbia protesters: ‘A betrayal’Articles
Biden's Latest Amnesty Is a Political Gamble He Will Lose
Though it may help his reelection campaign, Joe Biden’s new amnesty proposal is not just a campaign ploy. It’s much more than that – it’s another piece of the Democrats’ attempt to “fundamentally transform” America. And it must be reversed, as quickly as possible.
Learn More'Never Again Is Now' - but Apparently, Not in Los Angeles
Late Sunday morning, a large group of violent Hamas supporters, armed with bear spray and at least one spiked flag, showed up at the Adas Torah synagogue in west Los Angeles to call for intifada and to harass worshippers. These antisemitic extremists physically attacked Jews.
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Supreme Court upholds law barring domestic abusers from owning guns in major Second Amendment ruling
The Supreme Court upheld a federal law Friday that bars guns for domestic abusers, rejecting an argument pressed by gun rights groups that the prohibition violated the Second Amendment.
Learn MoreVacant luxury apartment building in Harlem will be used as shelter for long-term New York City families, mayor says
There was confusion and anger Thursday night from Harlem residents over a homeless shelter coming to the neighborhood. CBS New York's Ali Bauman was in the room for a community meeting.
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Unremorseful woman brutally killed southern Utah parents, tried to kill brother, police say
A woman who allegedly told police she hated her parents and had no remorse was arrested Wednesday and accused of brutally shooting her parents multiple times, killing them inside their Washington home, prompting an all-night manhunt before she was finally found and booked into jail.
Learn MoreLouisiana classrooms now required by law to display the Ten Commandments
Louisiana public schools are now required to display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms, after Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed the requirement into law Wednesday. House Bill 71, approved by state lawmakers last month, mandates that a poster-size display of the Ten Commandments.
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Latinos Can Be White Supremacists
A gunman turned a Dallas mall into an abattoir earlier this month, and parts of the American right reacted in disbelief. Not at the sixth mass shooting in a public place this year—by now these events have become numbingly routine.
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For years, Texas Republicans tried to win the Hispanic vote using a Bush-era brand of compassionate conservatism. The idea was that a moderate’s touch & a softer rhetoric on immigration were key to making inroads.
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How non-citizens are getting voter registration forms across the US — and how Republicans are trying to stop it
Welfare offices and other agencies in 49 US states are providing voter registration forms to migrants without requiring proof of citizenship, leading Republicans and conservatives to call for swift federal action.
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Former President Donald Trump turned to one of his favorite themes on Friday — the specter of immigrants improperly voting in federal elections. House Speaker Mike Johnson came to the former president’s Florida compound.
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Nearly 800,000 Texas immigrants could gain citizenship in time to vote in the 2024 general election Texas commissioner candidate charged for allegedly faking racist social media attacks Migrant arrested in rape of 13-year-old in Queens park Why The Left Hates It When You Point Out We’re ‘A Republic, Not A Democracy’Articles
Suspect in 2023 murder of Maryland mother of 5 arrested, county sheriff says
A suspect in Maryland mom Rachel Morin’s murder was arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Harford County Sheriff’s office said on Saturday during a news conference. Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, a 23-year-old undocumented immigrant from El Salvador was arrested in Tulsa.
Learn MoreThe Resistance to a New Trump Administration Has Already Started
Opponents of Donald J. Trump are drafting potential lawsuits in case he is elected in November and carries out mass deportations, as he has vowed. One group has hired a new auditor to withstand any attempt by a second Trump administration.
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US submarine pulls into Guantanamo Bay a day after Russian warships arrive in Cuba
A U.S. Navy submarine has arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in a show of force as a fleet of Russian warships gather for planned military exercises in the Caribbean. U.S. Southern Command said the USS Helena, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, pulled into the waters.
Learn MoreFederal judge delivers first blow to Biden’s protections for transgender students
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Education Department’s final Title IX rule, which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. The ruling: Western District of Louisiana Chief Judge Terry Doughty in an order Thursday declared.
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As Russian Navy Conducts Drills Off the US Coast, Sen. Cruz Goes Off on Biden's Appeasement of Putin
As we previewed on June 7 (thank you, Streiff), a submarine, a frigate, and two support ships from the Russian Navy are currently in Cuba, participating in military drills. While, as our Jim Thompson noted, the Russian Navy isn't the frightening behemoth.
Learn MoreHillary Clinton stuns Democrats by endorsing George Latimer for Jamaal Bowman's congressional seat
Hillary Clinton has made a rare move by backing the primary opponent of a sitting House Democrat in New York, sparking considerable backlash from some in her party. The one-time Senator from New York endorsed Westchester County Executive George Latimer.
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Sam Brown wins Nevada Senate primary to take on Jacky Rosen
Former Army Capt. Sam Brown easily won the GOP nomination Tuesday to challenge Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen in Nevada, another victory for national Republicans in their effort to set up their preferred matchups in swing states this year.
Learn MoreTrump wanted troops to protect his supporters at Jan. 6 rally
President Donald Trump wanted National Guard troops in Washington to protect his supporters at a Jan. 6 rally that ended with them attacking the U.S. Capitol, leaving five dead, Trump's former Pentagon chief testified on Wednesday.
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Biden and gun control advocates want to flip an issue long dominated by the NRA
Groups pushing tighter gun laws have been building political muscle through multiple elections, boosted by the outcry following mass shootings at schools and other public places, in addition to the nation’s daily gun violence.
Learn More3 teens arrested for leaving scooter skid marks on painted Spokane Pride intersection
Three teenagers have been arrested after they allegedly vandalized a Pride flag-painted intersection in Spokane, Washington by leaving skid marks with the Lime scooters they were riding on.
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Macron dissolves the French parliament and calls a snap election after defeat in EU vote
President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the lower house of France’s parliament in a surprise announcement sending voters back to the polls in the coming weeks to choose lawmakers, after his party was handed a humbling defeat by the far-right in the European elections Sunday. The legislative elections will take place in two rounds.
Learn MoreJoe Biden to Skip Volodymyr Zelensky Peace Summit for George Clooney Fundraiser
President Joe Biden will reportedly skip a peace summit hosted by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to attend a fundraiser hosted by Hollywood actor George Clooney. The White House said it will be sending Vice President Kamala Harris and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to attend the peace summit in Biden’s place.
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White House frustration with Garland grows
Joe Biden has told aides and outside advisers that Attorney General Merrick Garland did not do enough to rein in a special counsel report stating that the president had diminished mental faculties, according to two people close to the president.
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The automotive industry has entered a fiercely competitive phase in the electric vehicle transition, and it’s producing an intriguing result for U.S. car buyers: the first long-range EVs that are cheaper to buy than the average gas-powered car.
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Senate vote on right to contraception bill falls short amid Republican opposition
A Democratic-led effort to advance legislation protecting access to contraception fell short in the Senate on Wednesday, with most Republicans opposing the measure that was aimed at highlighting reproductive rights heading into November's election.
Learn MoreHunter Biden's laptop could be used as evidence in federal gun charges trial: What to know
Prosecutors in Hunter Biden's federal gun trial plan to introduce materials from his infamous laptop. President Joe Biden's son is on trial for three felony gun charges over whether he lied about being addicted to drugs when he bought a gun in 2018.
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Majority of Middle-Class Americans Say They Struggle Financially
Almost two-thirds of Americans considered middle class said they are facing economic hardship and don’t anticipate a change for the rest of their lives, according to a poll commissioned by the National True Cost of Living Coalition.
Learn MoreN.J. Republicans nominate Bashaw for U.S. Senate, defying Trump
Most Republican voters in New Jersey are fans of Donald Trump, but they defied the former president tonight in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, nominating hotelier Curtis Bashaw over Trump-endorsed Mendham Mayor.
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Biden calls Trump ‘convicted felon’ as he sharpens attacks on campaign trail
President Joe Biden rebuked former President Donald Trump as a “convicted felon” on Monday, telling donors his predecessor “snapped” after losing the 2020 presidential election and would be worse if he won in November.
Learn MoreMajority of Middle-Class Americans Say They Struggle Financially
Almost two-thirds of Americans considered middle class said they are facing economic hardship & don’t anticipate a change for the rest of their lives, as per a poll commissioned by the National True Cost of Living Coalition.
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Prosecutors Got Trump — But They Contorted the Law
The first time I ever took a jury verdict, I almost passed out. I was a brand-new prosecutor, 29 years old, and had just given my first closing argument a few days earlier. Since then, the trial team and I had been whiling away our time.
Learn MoreA Felon in the Oval Office Would Test the American System
Revolutionary hero Patrick Henry knew this day would come. He might not have anticipated all the particulars, such as the porn actor in the hotel room and the illicit payoff to keep her quiet.
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Prosecutors Got Trump — But They Contorted the Law
The first time I ever took a jury verdict, I almost passed out. I was a brand-new prosecutor, 29 years old, and had just given my first closing argument a few days earlier. Since then, the trial team and I had been whiling away our time.
Learn MoreTrump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict
Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution.
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Denver to replace police officers with drones for some 911 calls amid budget cuts
The Denver Police Department (DPD) will soon use drones as first responders after the city cut millions from the force's budget to aid migrants. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced in April a plan to cut a combined $45.9 million worth of expenses from city agencies.
Learn MoreGuilty or not guilty, Trump verdict won’t sway most voters, poll shows
As a jury deliberates on former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money charges in New York, 2 in 3 registered U.S. voters say a guilty verdict would have no effect on whom they plan to vote for in the presidential election, according to a PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.
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He Was Sentenced to a Decade in Prison for Having Unlicensed Weapons
A New York City man on Monday was sentenced to a decade in prison after a jury convicted him of a slew of violent felonies. Most intriguing, though, is that there were no victims because there was no violence.
Learn MoreDenver to replace police officers with drones for some 911 calls amid budget cuts
The Denver Police Department (DPD) will soon use drones as first responders after the city cut millions from the force's budget to aid migrants. Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced in April a plan to cut.
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School choice programs have been wildly successful under DeSantis. Now public schools might close
Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans have spent years aggressively turning the state into a haven for school choice. They have been wildly successful, with tens of thousands more children enrolling in private or charter schools or homeschooling.
Learn MoreBiden received sensitive data, briefings from security advisers via his private pseudonym email
While he was vice president, Joe Biden received sensitive communications via his private email accounts created under a fictitious identity, including foreign policy discussions with his national security adviser, schedules of meetings with Cabinet secretaries.
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CIA Blocked IRS From Calling Hunter Biden’s Sugar Daddy as a Witness, Documents Show
The CIA blocked the IRS from calling Hunter Biden’s benefactor as a witness in its investigation into the troubled first son, according to documents released Wednesday by House Republicans.
Learn MoreHalf of trainee doctors at UCLA's prestigious medical school 'are failing basic tests
A DEI-fixated dean at UCLA's world-famous medical school has allowed standards to plummet by discriminating against white and Asian applicants, it is claimed. The David Geffen School of Medicine boasts Nobel Prize winners.
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Will Joe Biden be on the Ohio ballot? Top lawmakers say legislative fix is unlikely
Ohio House leaders said Tuesday there will probably not be a legislative solution to getting President Joe Biden on the November ballot in Ohio. Current law says Ohio officials must certify the ballot on Aug. 7, 90 days before the election.
Learn MoreWhistleblower Reveals How Far John Kerry Was Willing to Go to Protect the Iran Deal
Everyone knows Obama didn’t want to bomb Iran, which was becoming the only option to slow their nuclear weapons program unless a deal was struck. That infamous deal, which became Obama’s signature foreign policy achievement.
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Multnomah County DA Mike Schmidt campaign gets boost from progressive philanthropist George Soros
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt received $213,000 worth of in-kind contributions linked to billionaire progressive philanthropist George Soros late last month, campaign finance records show.
Learn MoreEgypt changed terms of Gaza ceasefire deal presented to Hamas, surprising negotiators, sources say
Egyptian intelligence quietly changed the terms of a ceasefire proposal that Israel had already signed off on earlier this month, ultimately scuttling a deal that could have released Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.
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'You're so beautiful.. the girls who can get pregnant': Horrifying new footage shows Hamas fanatics taunt young Israeli women with the threat of rape and making them have their children as the hostages - one still in her Snoopy pajamas - plead to be freed FBI Authorized Use of Deadly Force During Mar-a-Lago RaidArticles
Denver launches ambitious migrant program, breaking from the short-term shelter approach
In a hotel conference room in Denver, Dallenis Martinez attended orientation with hundreds of migrants Monday for the city's new, ambitious migrant support program, which includes six month apartment stays & intensive job preparation for those who can't yet legally work.
Learn MoreThe Only Discernible Crime In Trump Trial Is Michael Cohen Admitting To Stealing $30,000
The only discernible crime in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s lawfare case against former President Donald Trump is that the star witness, convicted liar Michael Cohen, admitted Monday on the stand that he stole from the Trump Organization because he was “angry.”
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‘We’ll See You at Your House:’ How Fear and Menace Are Transforming Politics
One Friday last month, Jamie Raskin, a Democratic congressman, spent a chunk of his day in court securing a protective order. Mr. Raskin, said he received about 50 menacing calls, emails and letters every month.
Learn MoreHarrison Butker jersey sales increase in aftermath of Benedictine College address
Amid reaction to Harrison Butker’s now-viral commencement speech at Benedictine College on Saturday, the placekicker seems to have gained several new fans in the process.
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Chinese national detained after breaking onto Marine base in California
A Chinese national broke onto a Marine Corps base in California on March 27 before getting nabbed by military law enforcement, according to military and border patrol officials. At approximately 12:45 p.m. the man attempted to access Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms.
Learn MoreThe hypocritical reason Harrison Butker won’t get the Kaepernick treatment
The average football fan may not now who Harrison Butker is. But they probably should. The three-time Super Bowl-winning kicker for the Patrick Mahomes-Travis Kelce era of the Kansas City Chiefs is looking to help his team do something that no team has ever done: win three straight Super Bowls.
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Senator slams women's soccer team that won comp while fielding five trans players - and claims Aussie sport bosses are happy for the issue to drive women out of sport
Senator Claire Chandler has waded into a transgender row, with the liberal politician claiming that the inclusion of biological men in female sport damages 'fairness for women'. Women's football team The Flying Bats has courted controversy this year, with their team.
Learn MoreCollege students across the U.S. have been arrested and threatened with suspension over pro-Palestinian protests. But what legal rights do they have?
After nearly 3,000 people were arrested at protests against the war in Gaza at 57 colleges and universities across the United States, hundreds of students were threatened with suspension or even expulsion, in addition to potential criminal charges being filed against them.
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US inflation slowed in April, providing a glimmer of hope for weary Americans
After a hot start to 2024, inflation cooled back down in April, providing a bit of hope for Americans worn down by elevated prices. Consumer prices were up 3.4% for the 12 months ended in April, easing from 3.5% the month before.
Learn MoreFact check: Biden again falsely claims inflation was 9% when he became president
For the second time in less than a week, President Joe Biden falsely claimed Tuesday that the inflation rate was 9% when he began his presidency. Biden was criticized by many Republicans, including former president and current presidential rival Donald Trump.
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‘No strategy,’ ‘erratic,’ ‘haphazard’: Democrats pile on Trump over China trade war in 2020 debate
Democratic presidential hopefuls hammered President Donald Trump over his trade war with China in Thursday’s debate as fears grow about the conflict shaking the global economy. The 10 candidates on stage in Houston portrayed an impulsive president with little concrete plan.
Learn MoreBiden announces new tariffs on Chinese EVs, semiconductors, solar cells and more
President Biden announced new tariffs Tuesday on Chinese electric vehicles, semiconductors, batteries, solar cells, steel and aluminum. The tariffs on Chinese EVs will rise to 100%, quadrupling the current tariff of 25%. It's the latest bid by the Biden administration to keep China from undercutting U.S. companies.
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Biden taps Obama, George Clooney, Julia Roberts and the Clintons for mega fundraisers
President Joe Biden’s campaign plans to host a major fundraiser in Los Angeles next month with former President Barack Obama & Hollywood superstars George Clooney & Julia Roberts, according to a campaign official.
Learn MoreGov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California’s growing budget deficit
California’s budget deficit is at least $45 billion, a shortfall so large it prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to propose spending cuts impacting immigrants, kindergarteners & low-income parents seeking child care.
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Sen. Bob Menendez corruption trial set to begin in New York Mexican Government Provides Buses, Trucks to Aid Migrant Caravan’s Trek to U.S. Border $10 Million To Harvard, Brown And Others Flowed From The “State Of Palestine” Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as some US college graduations marked by defiant actsArticles
Defying haters, Israel’s Eden Golan advances to the Eurovision grand final on Saturday
Israel’s Eden Golan advanced to the grand final of the Eurovision on Thursday night in Malmo, Sweden, qualifying with her song “Hurricane” despite months of anti-Israel protests against her participation.
Learn More‘Are you a Zionist?’ Checkpoints at UCLA encampment provoked fear, debate among Jews
Eilon Presman was about 100 feet from the UCLA Palestinian solidarity encampment when he heard the screams: “Zionist! Zionist!” The 20-year-old junior, who is Israeli, realized the activists were pointing at him.
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Group of migrants sends list of demands to Denver’s mayor
A group of migrants staying at an encampment in Denver sent a list of demands to the mayor’s desk. That group said if their demands are met, they will voluntarily stay in city-funded shelters and leave their encampment where families, including young children, still live in tents.
Learn MoreBrainwashing campus activists starts long before college
Americans shocked at the aggressive protests on our most elite campuses often imagine these kids have become brainwashed while away at school. That indoctrination certainly does take place. Yet the process for most starts far earlier, often in the K-12 years — or even before.
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Super-aged Japan now has 9 million vacant homes. And that’s a problem
The number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to a record high of nine million – more than enough for each person in New York City – as the east Asian country continues to struggle with its ever-declining population.
Learn MoreProsecutors: Docs in boxes seized from Mar-a-Lago were inadvertently jumbled
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team acknowledged Friday that some evidence in the prosecution of former President Donald Trump for hoarding classified documents at his Florida home may not be in the same sequence FBI agents found it.
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Houthis offer education to students suspended in US protest crackdown
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militia, which has disrupted global shipping to display its support for Palestinians in the Gaza conflict, is now offering a place for students suspended from U.S. universities after staging anti-Israeli protests.
Learn MoreProsecutors: Docs in boxes seized from Mar-a-Lago were inadvertently jumbled
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team acknowledged Friday that some evidence in the prosecution of former President Donald Trump for hoarding classified documents at his Florida home may not be in the same sequence FBI agents found it.
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Ex-CNN reporter says she is 'haunted' after having dinner with 'closeted' Trump supporters who seemed 'normal' Henry Cuellar's indictment met with silence on Capitol Hill Politicians love to cite crime data. It’s often wrong Inside Trump’s plan to deport ‘nearly 20 million’ illegal migrants from the USArticles
Inside Trump’s plan to deport ‘nearly 20 million’ illegal migrants from the US
Donald Trump has vowed to deliver the “largest mass deportation effort” in American history if he gets back into office next year, targeting millions of illegal migrants across the country.
Learn MoreColumbia cancels university wide commencement ceremony
Columbia will replace its universitywide commencement ceremony on May 15 with "smaller-scale, school-based celebrations," university officials announced Monday, after weeks of pro-Palestinian and counterprotests on campus.
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Houthis offer education to students suspended in US protest crackdown
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi militia, which has disrupted global shipping to display its support for Palestinians in the Gaza conflict, is now offering a place for students suspended from U.S. universities after staging anti-Israeli protests.
Learn MoreYour Tax Dollars Are Paying for All this Campus Madness
Auditors at OpenTheBooks.com tallied the federal payments to Columbia and other elite universities in a five-year period from 2018 through 2022. “American taxpayers contribute more to these universities than the students and their families do through tuition payments.”
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House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war
The House passed legislation Wednesday that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws, the latest response from lawmakers to a nationwide student protest movement.
Learn MoreCity Hall is taking candy from babies to end subway peddling as parents plead, ‘I need to work’
Big Apple officials have kicked off a campaign to stop migrant kids from peddling candy in the subways and on city streets — as migrant parents argue they need the youngsters to help make ends meet. City staffers, the NYPD and the MTA this week started distributing flyers.
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Cost of the migrant crisis: Denver hospitals buckle under volume of patients
Denver Health has been living on the financial edge for years. The city’s 164-year-old safety net hospital, which has been running on margins that would make other hospitals sick, reported 20,000 visits made by illegal immigrants in 2023.
Learn MoreRead the Full Transcripts of Donald Trump’s Interviews With TIME
Former President Donald Trump sat down for a wide-ranging interview with TIME at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., on April 12, and a follow-up conversation by phone on April 27. Over the course of the interviews, Trump discussed his agenda for a second term.
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Pro-Palestinian groups sue Chicago over denial of DNC protest permits
Three groups who were denied permits to hold a pair of pro-Palestinian protest marches within blocks of the United Center during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this summer filed a federal lawsuit against the city on Friday.
Learn MoreLawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News 'imminently'
Lawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News “imminently,” according to a letter sent to the network and obtained by NBC News. The letter, dated April 23, puts the Fox News Channel and Fox News Digital on notice for litigation claims arising.
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Growing campus unrest sparks Democratic fears over Chicago convention
Intense clashes between anti-war protesters and police on college campuses is spreading alarm among Senate Democrats who worry that anger over President Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza could engulf their party’s presidential nominating convention in late August.
Learn MoreLawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News 'imminently'
Lawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News “imminently,” according to a letter sent to the network and obtained by NBC News. The letter, dated April 23, puts the Fox News Channel and Fox News Digital on notice for litigation claims arising from the network’s alleged “conspiracy and subsequent actions to defame Mr. Biden.
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Rep. Adam Schiff robbed in San Francisco after leaving belongings in car, report says
San Francisco thieves broke into the car of Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Thursday, making off with his luggage and leaving him without formalwear for a major campaign event, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
Learn MoreKey Fed inflation measure rose 2.8% in March from a year ago, more than expected
Inflation showed few signs of letting up in March, with a key barometer the Federal Reserve watches closely showing that price pressures remain elevated. The Commerce Department reported Friday about personal consumption expenditures.
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Is it Legal for the U.S. to Kill a 16-year-old U.S. Citizen with a Drone?
16-year-old Abdulrahman Al-Aulaqiopens in a new tab was one of three U.S. citizens killed by U.S. drone strikes in Yemen last year. Abdulrahman was eating at a restaurant with his teenage cousin when they and 5 others were torn to shreds.
Learn MoreIs Columbia funding its own occupation? Student organization policies suggest so
As the pro-Palestine protest movement has engulfed several prestigious universities over the past week, questions swirl about how these student groups are funding their occupations of centrally located student spaces.
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Boston police failed to arrest 'serial rapist' for years despite DNA evidence
It started off like countless other Uber rides in downtown Boston. A group of friends piled into a car after hanging out at a bar. Then, they started arguing. Most of the friends got out at their hotel, and the man offered to drive the remaining rider around to "collect herself."
Learn MoreOur Green New Deal for Public Housing is a win-win-win for America
It’s no secret that we as a country are facing enormous challenges. We have a national housing crisis. We’re experiencing the existential threat of climate change. Our health care system is broken and dysfunctional. And while the very rich get richer.
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Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard closer to getting victim visas
Many of the migrants who were sent to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022 have cleared a significant hurdle in their efforts to obtain visas for people considered victims of crime. That's according to a document shared with GBH News and two attorneys who represent some of the 49 migrants.
Learn MoreRep. Claudia Tenney unveils bill to defund ‘partisan propaganda machine’ NPR
Upstate Rep. Claudia Tenney unveiled legislation Friday to bar further federal funding for National Public Radio in the wake of controversy that followed a veteran editor accusing the outlet of left-wing bias. Tenney’s Defund NPR Act of 2024 stipulates that no taxpayer dollars can be “directly or indirectly” sent to the radio network.
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Money From Ted Lieu's Campaign Was Sent to Wife's School Board Campaign Then to Lieu Personally
He's still at it. Since 2019, RedState has broken numerous stories about Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu's potentially illegal habit of spending campaign funds on expenses that personally benefit him and his family, such as $10,000 to the Torrance Education Foundation which sponsors his sons' robotics team.
Learn MorePolice storm Yale University’s campus with riot gear, 47 arrested as hundreds stage anti-Israel protest
Police clad in riot gear swarmed Yale University’s Connecticut campus early Monday and arrested dozens of students who refused to clear out from an anti-Israel protest encampment. At least 47 protesters were cuffed and hauled away from the Ivy League’s New Haven campus.
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Biden’s Uncle Probably Wasn’t Eaten by Cannibals
President Joe Biden on Wednesday made a pretty shocking claim about why the body of his uncle, Ambrose Finnegan, was never found after Finnegan’s plane went down during World War II.
Learn MoreDems bank on Trump trial boosting Biden
Democrats are hopeful that President Biden’s freedom to hit the campaign trail while former President Trump is stuck in a New York courtroom for weeks, maybe months, gives his reelection campaign a jolt.
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Who are the first 7 jurors of Trump's historic criminal trial
With the close of the second day of Donald Trump’s criminal trial, seven jurors have been selected to sit in judgment of the former president. Juror 1 – a middle-aged salesman from Ireland – will serve as the case's foreman.
Learn MoreEnergy Secretary sells off Proterra stock for $1.6 million
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently sold off stock in an electric vehicle company, a department spokesman said, divesting her interest after ethics experts & Republican officials pointed the conflict-of-interest.
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Trump administration imposes crushing sanctions on Iran in defiance of European humanitarian concerns
The Trump administration imposed new sanctions on Iran’s financial sector Thursday in defiance of European allies who warned that the move could have devastating humanitarian consequences on a country reeling from the novel coronavirus and a currency crisis.
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As we’ve discussed time and again, the “hush money” case against Donald Trump was forged by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s inflation into 34 felonies of what, at most, may have been a misdemeanor falsification of business records. Bragg had to do that because if the conduct charged is a misdemeanor, he has no case.
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Registered sex offender allegedly forced woman into sex with his dog, records show
A registered sex offender is in jail accused of sexually assaulting a woman and forcing her to engage sexually with his pet dog. Dennis Allen Carter, 58, is charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of bestiality from an incident in August 2023.
Learn MoreTensions flare between special counsel Jack Smith and Judge Aileen Cannon
Special counsel Jack Smith is palpably frustrated with Judge Aileen Cannon after several confounding rulings — and lengthy bouts of judicial indecision — have threatened to derail his case against Donald Trump for stashing classified secrets at Mar-a-Lago.
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They’re young and athletic. They’re also ill with a condition called POTS
Kaleigh Levine was running drills in the gym with her lacrosse team at Notre Dame College in South Euclid, Ohio, when everything turned black. “The coach wanted me to get back in the line, but I couldn’t see,” she remembered.
Learn MoreFBI Chief Worried About Threat of Moscow Concert Hall-Style Rampage in U.S.
The FBI is growing increasingly worried about a “coordinated attack” in the U.S. similar to the recent massacre in Russia at a Moscow concert hall, the bureau’s director warned Congress on Thursday.
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Biden Admin Gives $6.6 Billion to Project Run By Ex-Solyndra CEO
The Biden administration is giving $6.6 billion to a semiconductor project run by the former CEO of Solyndra, the failed solar energy company at the center of an Obama-era scandal over government misspending.
Learn MoreSan Francisco proposal requires six months’ notice before a grocery store closes
It’s been 40 years in the making, but San Francisco grocery stores might soon have to give six months’ notice prior to closing, hold community meetings, and search for a replacement.
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Mayor Johnson wants City Council to approve another $70M for migrant care ahead of DNC: alderman San Francisco Politicians Float Bill Enabling Shoppers to Sue Grocers That Close Stores San Francisco considers forcing grocery stores to stay open amid crime Europe’s farmers are in revolt and the far right is trying to make hayArticles
Arizona Supreme Court rules a near-total abortion ban from 1864 is enforceable
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban still on the books in the state is enforceable, a bombshell decision that adds the state to the growing lists of places where abortion care is effectively banned.
Learn More'Born-alive' bill passed by House Republicans would require care for infants born alive
The House of Representatives passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act on Wednesday, with votes at 220-210. If approved, the legislation would require health practitioners to care for an infant that is born alive after a failed abortion.
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JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon delivers stark warning on inflation, economy
JP Morgan (JPM) shares edged higher in early Monday trading after CEO Jamie Dimon published his annual investor letter, which included a hint at succession plans at the country's biggest bank and a stark warning on interest rates in the world's biggest economy.
Learn MoreMigrant repeat offenders viciously attack cops during bust for ransacking NYC Target: police
A pair of migrants with rap sheets jumped and pounded an NYPD cop who tried to stop them and their crew from shoplifting at an Upper East Side Target, police and sources said Tuesday. Yusneiby Machado, 23, and Brayan Freites, 21, were among the group of six migrants.
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Unemployment for African Americans, Hispanics and Asians
Trump said the unemployment rates for African Americans, Hispanics and Asians are at the lowest levels ever. "The unemployment rate for African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Asian-Americans has reached the lowest levels in history," Trump said in his speech.
Learn MoreUC Berkeley accused of segregation by allegedly banning whites from community farm
The University of California at Berkeley is under fire for allegedly banning white residents from using a community farm on Saturdays in a move one critic slammed as “systemic racism.” The university told The Post it is investigating claims.
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California minimum wage shocks fast food workers as restaurant closes: 'Only the beginning,' ex-manager warns
Another California small business and its workers have seemingly suffered at the hands of the state’s newly enacted $20 minimum wage. "It's a shock," Monica Navarro, former assistant general manager at Fosters Freeze in Lemoore, said Wednesday on "The Bottom Line."
Learn MoreVA diverting resources to give illegal immigrants medical care, report shows: 'Worst insults to veterans'
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), despite having a backlog of hundreds of thousands of cases, is appropriating resources to provide medical care for illegal migrants, according to a July report. The report by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security details the operations.
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CIA 'warns Iran will attack Israel within 48 hours' as revenge for consulate strike
The CIA has warned Israel that Iran will attack the country in the next 48 hours, it has been reported. Israel killed two Iranian military commanders with a strike on Tehran's consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus this week.
Learn MoreFor the sake of all of us, Sonia Sotomayor needs to retire from the US supreme court
Forget Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It is Sonia Sotomayor who is the greatest liberal to sit on the supreme court in my adult lifetime. The first Latina to hold the position of justice, she has blazed a relentlessly progressive trail on the highest bench in the land.
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Special counsel blasts judge’s jury instruction request in Trump documents case
In perhaps prosecutors’ strongest rebuke yet to how Judge Aileen Cannon has handled the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, special counsel Jack Smith said in court filings late Tuesday evening.
Learn More‘Goodbye, Zuckerbucks!’: Wisconsin Voters Ban Private Funding of Elections
Wisconsin voters approved an amendment on Tuesday night, banning the private funding of elections in the swing state. The amendment directs that “donations and grants may not be applied for, accepted, expended.
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Most gender-confused children grow out of it, landmark 15-year study concludes - as critics say it shows being trans is usually just a phase for kids she accepted the former president’s arguments about his record-retention powers Swiss set to vote on limiting immigration after hard right pushArticles
Report: Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants Fly into Miami to Score Joe Biden’s Parole Benefits
Hundreds of thousands of migrants have been authorized to fly into Miami, Florida — among dozens of other United States airports — as part of a parole pipeline that President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) created and implemented.
Learn MoreTies Between Judge Merchan's "Child" and Adam Schiff Represent Major Conflict
At the end of 2019, Representative Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was leading the first impeachment effort against President Donald Trump. After months of making accusations and conducting Congressional inquiries.
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Fury as Boston plans to fill former veteran housing with migrants as city asks residents
Massachusetts residents are outraged at recently announced plans to turn a former Boston area veteran housing unit into a homeless shelter as the city is inundated with migrants.
Learn MoreGovernor Hochul declares March 31st as Transgender Day of Visibility in New York
Governor Kathy Hochul has issued a proclamation declaring March 31st as Transgender Day of Visibility. On Sunday, dozens of state landmarks will be lit blue, pink, and white to acknowledge New York's trans community.
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Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
Bankman-Fried told the court he'd been pained to see FTX's customers suffer. "It's been excruciating to watch," he said. "Customers don't deserve any of that pain." As CEO, he was responsible for that pain, he said. But "I'm not the one that matters at the end of the day.
Learn MoreSurvey Says Gen Z Workforce Is Toxic, 'Least Reliable' — And That's Just The Start
Gen Z gets a bad rap in the workplace — or do they? Many employers have concluded that the Gen Z workforce is toxic and the "least reliable" among all generations. And those are a couple of the nicer things employers had to say in a new Freedom Economy Index report
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Biden allies plot to thwart third-party bids that threaten his reelection
American Bridge is the Democratic Party’s primary opposition research organization, spending tens of millions of dollars to track Republican rivals and produce attack ads. But in 2024, the deep-pocketed ally of President Joe Biden is adding a new role.
Learn More102-year-old Oakland man ordered to clean up graffiti on fence or pay thousands
Runaway graffiti, sometimes called urban art, has often been cited as a major sign of urban decay and disrespect for private and public property. While there are rules against graffiti, enforcing it sometimes causes more trouble than it might be worth.
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Sacramento Could Become Transgender ‘Sanctuary’ City in Trans Sanctuary State
The Sacramento City Council may soon become a “sanctuary city for transgender people” thanks to a new Resolution by Councilwoman Katie Valenzuela, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Learn MoreBiden claims he took the train over collapsed Key Bridge, but it had no rail line
President Joe Biden on Tuesday claimed that he previously crossed over the now-collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge near Baltimore by train while commuting from Delaware, but the bridge did not have a rail line.
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Trump’s social media company soars in its first day of trading on Nasdaq
Shares of Donald Trump’s social media company jumped more than 30% in the first day of trading on the Nasdaq, boosting the value of Trump’s large holdings in the company as well as the smaller stakes of fans who purchased shares as a show of support.
Learn MoreHow Bankman-Fried’s $250M Bail Compares to Historical Financial Fraudsters
The bail terms for Sam Bankman-Fried were not exactly unprecedented, but were much higher than the one received by the man who perhaps ran the most well-known financial scheme in history. The FTX founder faces charges including wire fraud.
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Calif. fast-food chains slash workers as $20-an-hour minimum wage looms
California restaurants are reportedly laying off staff and reducing hours for other team members in an effort to cut costs ahead of a California state law taking effect on April 1 that will raise fast-food workers’ hourly wage.
Learn MoreRestaurant workers aren't thrilled about California's fast-food wage hike, either
Restaurant workers have less than rosy expectations about what will happen in California after the minimum wage for most fast-food colleagues in the state jumps to $20 an hour on April 1.
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Carville: ‘Too many preachy females’ are ‘dominating the culture of the Democratic Party’ Transgender Teen Who Bragged About Child's Killing on Instagram Sentenced Mexican Prez Refuses to Fight Cartels, Claiming ‘Mexico First’ Policy Biden, Promising Corporate Tax Increases, Has Cut Taxes OverallArticles
Politicians love to cite crime data, but it’s often wrong
When Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his presidential campaign in May, he proudly told the nation that Florida’s crime rate in 2021 had reached a 50-year low. That’s because fewer than 1 in 10 law enforcement agencies in his state had reported their crime statistics.
Learn MoreCities nationwide not reporting crime data to FBI
In America’s heartland, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska are among the states with dozens of cities not reporting their data, according to data analysis by The Marshall Project. Although the NYPD is listed as one of the law enforcement agencies accused of not reporting its 2021 crime data.
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Biden Hails $20 Billion for Intel, Says Trump Lost Jobs to China
President Joe Biden said his $20 billion award to Intel Corp. demonstrated his investments in US industries that had withered under Donald Trump’s tenure, touting a flurry of government spending.
Learn MoreTrump Is in Line for a $3.5 Billion Windfall From Stake in Truth Social
Donald Trump’s supporters are pushing to hand him a nearly $3.5 billion windfall by driving up the value of his also-ran social-media platform, which is on the cusp of getting approval to list on the stock market.
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Chasing Clicks in the Jungle: Right-Wing Influencers Descend on the Darién Gap
Ayub Ibrahim had just walked out of the jungle. His feet still ached. A month earlier, he had left his home in Somalia, fleeing a civil war, he said, traveling first to Turkey, then Brazil and finally crossing on foot through a 66-mile expanse of wilderness known as the Darién Gap. Resting in the sweltering San Vicente migrant camp in Panama.
Learn MoreMexico says it will not accept migrants deported by Texas under new state law
Mexico will not accept migrants deported by Texas, its foreign ministry said after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a controversial law that allows Texas police to arrest people suspected of crossing into the state illegally. The foreign ministry issued the statement Tuesday, condemning Texas Senate Bill 4.
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Illegal immigrants can possess guns under Second Amendment, federal judge rules
A U.S. District Court judge ruled earlier this month that completely prohibiting illegal immigrants from possessing firearms is a violation of the Second Amendment. The ruling, issued on March 8 by Obama-appointed District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, pertains to the case of illegal migrant Heriberto Carbajal-Flores.
Learn MoreMan charged with stabbing neighbor and his brother outside laundromat in Missouri
A man is accused of stabbing two people during a fight Saturday afternoon outside an O'Fallon laundromat. St. Charles County prosecutors charged Jose Barrera with two counts each of first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the stabbing of his neighbor and the neighbor's brother.
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Man who stabbed 94-year-old woman gets probation despite prosecutor’s protests
The perpetrator in a high-profile stabbing case from June 2021 was sentenced to five years of probation and supervision programs at San Francisco Superior Court Friday, despite arguments by the prosecutor that the attacker should be imprisoned for the crime.
Learn MoreBiden's Proposed Corporate Tax Hike Will Punish the Average American
In the latest volley of policy proposals that seem more rooted in populist rhetoric than economic knowledge, President Joe Biden's budget plan to hike the corporate income tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent strikes me as particularly misguided.
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Trump fails to secure bond for $454M judgment in civil fraud case as asset seizures loom Trump, while addressing auto industry, says there will be 'bloodbath' if he loses 2024 election, ramps up anti-migrant rhetoric LA battles spate of 'burglary tourists' as marauding gangs from Chile, Ecuador Colombia and Peru jet in on 90-day visas and ransack millionaire mansions before fleeing back to South America 'Angry and anxious' President Biden 'shouts and swears' at aides after being told his poll numbers have gone down over handling of Israel-Hamas conflictArticles
Biden mourns nonbinary teen who 'just wanted to be accepted'
US President Joe Biden called for an end to discrimination Thursday after an autopsy found a nonbinary teenager died by suicide a day after clashing with three other students. The case of Nex Benedict, 16, from Oklahoma, had drawn widespread outrage and calls for change in the way trans and nonbinary people are treated.
Learn MoreWhat to know about Biden's 2025 budget proposal
President Joe Biden on Monday released his budget for fiscal year 2025, highlighting his efforts to help middle-class Americans get a leg up as the general election kicks off. The proposals include restoring the expanded Child Tax Credit, bolstering Medicare drug pricing negotiations, and more.
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DeSantis orders Florida resources to stop Haitian migrants despite no sign of increased activity
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, anticipating what his office called the “possibility for invasion," ordered more than 250 law enforcement officers and soldiers to the Florida Keys on Wednesday to stop Haitian migrants fleeing violence.
Learn MoreJudge throws out 6 counts of Trump's Georgia election interference indictment
A Fulton County judge on Wednesday quashed multiple counts contained in the election interference indictment against former President Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants. The order from Judge Scott McAfee dismissed six counts.
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Not A Democrat Witness In Congress Agreed, Citizens Should Vote In Federal Elections
None of Democrats’ witnesses in a congressional hearing Tuesday could say resolutely that they believe only citizens should be able to vote in a federal election. During a Senate Judiciary Hearing on the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee asked the witnesses to provide a basic “yes” or “no” answer.
Learn MoreUS inflation up again in February in latest sign that price pressures remain elevated
Consumer prices in the United States picked up last month, a sign that inflation remains a persistent challenge for the Federal Reserve and for President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign, both of which are counting on a steady easing of price pressures this year. Prices rose 0.4% from January to February.
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Trump's driver contradicts Cassidy Hutchinson about Jan. 6 SUV altercation, GOP report says
Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony about what she was told of then-President Donald Trump's actions on Jan. 6 was contradicted, in part, by Trump's driver that day, a new report from a Republican-led House committee claims.
Learn MoreBiden Wants To Give Other Countries $1 Billion To Tackle Migrant Crisis
President Joe Biden's administration has proposed spending billions of dollars on border security, including $1 billion to address the root causes of migration from Central America. Biden has taken heat throughout his first term for the annual increases in border crossings.
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Consumer prices rose 0.4% in February and 3.2% from a year ago A Warning for Democrats on the Hur Report Biden forgot the year Beau died, when Trump was elected and said 'I don't recall', 'I don't remember' and 'I have no goddam idea' more than 100 TIMES, damning transcript of Robert Hur interview revealsArticles
Protesters Turn Oscars Red Carpet Into Gridlock as Show Threatens to Start With Many Empty Seats
Hundreds of protesters have shut down a major section of Hollywood during the Oscars red carpet, turning Hollywood’s biggest night into a traffic nightmare. With just a few minutes ahead of the telecast’s scheduled start time.
Learn MoreBiden’s $7.3 trillion budget for 2025 calls for taxing the rich and corporations to pay for Social Security, Medicare
President Joe Biden’s 2025 funding proposal released Monday repackaged his tax hike proposals on billionaires and corporations and many other requests from his 2024 budget, which is still under negotiation.
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What YOUR music taste actually says about your personality, according to science
What does it actually say about you if you love chart pop hits, or prefer unwinding with some bass-heavy dance tracks or heavy metal? Probably not what you expect. Multiple scientific studies have investigated the personality traits associated with different music genres.
Learn More$1 MILLION for LGBT bondage parties, money for shark repellent studies
Ultra-conservative Republicans are railing against the 605 pages of earmarks that will be included in a $460 billion spending package to fund six agencies of government that will come up for a vote on Wednesday. The earmarks have already caused scandal within the Senate.
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Migrants wear Biden T-shirts at US-Mexico border, demand clearer policies
Migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on Tuesday were photographed wearing T-shirts in support of President Biden at the San Ysidro crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state. One apparent migrant held up a poster that read, "Biden, please let us in!"
Learn MoreDemocrats pin 2024 hopes and fears on Biden's State of the Union
Democratic lawmakers tell Axios that President Biden's State of the Union performance on Thursday will be pivotal for his attempts to dispel voter concerns about his age. Why it matters: Some Democrats dread a high-profile senior moment.
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Who is Jason Palmer? A previously unknown Democrat beats Biden
President Joe Biden was sweeping every Democratic contest on Super Tuesday — except for American Samoa. He fell short there to a previously unknown candidate named Jason Palmer.
Learn MoreFamily of Washington trooper killed by motorist in line of duty releases statement
The family of Washington State Patrol Trooper Christopher Gadd, who was hit and killed by motorist on Interstate 5 in Marysville early Saturday morning, released a statement Tuesday.
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Michelle Obama's office says the former first lady 'will not be running for president' in 2024
Former President Barack Obama has said he’s “all in” for President Joe Biden’s re-election effort. But a question nagging at many Democrats is what role his popular spouse might play.
Learn MoreBiden admin flew hundreds of thousands of migrants into US using CBP One app
Forget the millions of migrants who have crossed the southern border illegally. A new report shows the Biden administration has flown hundreds of thousands of migrants from foreign countries.
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Map: 29 million Americans live under new voter ID laws put in place since 2020
Super Tuesday voters in North Carolina and Arkansas will encounter stricter voter ID requirements when they head to the polls as part of a wave of voter ID laws enacted across the country during the last four years.
Learn MoreIs it illegal to hand out water or food outside your polling place?
A federal judge recently declined to block a controversial law enacted in Georgia following the 2020 presidential election — one that effectively prohibits the distribution of food or water to voters waiting to cast their ballots.
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America's $125 MILLION 'guaranteed income' giveaway: Huge rise in taxpayer-funded programs offering no-string handouts of up to $36,000 - including D.C. scheme used by mom to buy $6K luxury Miami vacation Nikki Haley wins the District of Columbia's Republican primary and gets her first 2024 victoryArticles
Dems failed to take the House, so they’re rewriting rules with toxic map proposal
Dems’ toxic map quest. The House majority ran through New York in 2022. The red wave that pundits predicted never made its way ashore nationally, but it definitely washed over the landscape here in New York. Running as one team, we campaigned hard.
Learn MorePoll: Most Americans cool to Christian nationalism as its influence grows
About two-thirds of Americans reject or are skeptical about Christian nationalism despite its rising influence that's shaping education, immigration and health care policies, a new survey finds. Some Republicans are openly expressing Christian nationalist views.
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Biden just got a physical. But a cognitive test was not part of the assessment
President Biden got his latest physical on Wednesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — an evaluation that the White House said drew on the expertise of 20 doctors but did not involve a cognitive exam. The summary of the exam will be closely scrutinized.
Learn MoreACLU Lens: American Citizen Anwar Al-Aulaqi Killed Without Judicial Process
Today in Yemen, U.S. air strikes killed American citizen Anwar Al-Aulaqi. Al-Aulaqi has never been charged with a crime. Last year, the ACLU and Center for Constitutional Rights represented Al-Aulaqi’s father in a lawsuit challenging the government’s asserted authority.
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Rep. Lauren Boebert's son Tyler arrested on 22 criminal charges, Colorado police say
The son of Rep. Lauren Boebert (R.-Colo) was arrested Tuesday on more than 20 criminal charges in the latest incident of ongoing Boebert family issues. Tyler Boebert, 18, was picked up Tuesday afternoon after a string of recent vehicle trespassing incidents and property thefts in the area.
Learn MoreAdams calls for change to New York City’s sanctuary city laws in harshest statement yet
Mayor Eric Adams wants migrants “suspected” of major crimes turned over to federal immigration officials — a proposal that would curtail New York’s sanctuary city policy. His call for a rollback of the rules — his clearest criticism yet of laws collectively protecting people from deportation.
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Tim Young Filled in for Andrew Today
Tim has been a featured guest and contributor for networks like WTTG, Fox 5 in DC - a writer for American Greatness - and one of the most used fill-in hosts on SIrius XM Patriot - his antics are unique, thoughtful and can be seen on the videos page.
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How Democrats Could Disqualify Trump If the Supreme Court Doesn’t
Near the end of the Supreme Court’s oral arguments about whether Colorado could exclude former President Donald Trump from its ballot as an insurrectionist, the attorney representing voters from the state offered a warning to the justices—one evoking the January 6 riot.
Learn MoreFormer KC-area Proud Boy, decorated Marine vet gets brief prison time in Jan. 6 case
A former Kansas City-area Proud Boy and Marine Corps combat veteran accused of conspiring with others in the group to breach the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced Friday to 75 days in prison. Christopher Kuehne also received 24 months of supervised release.
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Gov. Pritzker Signs Legislation Further Establishing Illinois as the Most Welcoming State in the Nation
Governor JB Pritzker today signed HB 121, SB 667, SB 1596 and SB 2665 into law, legislation expanding protections for immigrant and refugee communities and further establishing Illinois as the most welcoming state in the nation.
Learn MoreNathan Wade’s phone pinged at Fani Willis’ home 35 times before they claim affair began: docs
Nathan Wade’s phone has been tracked to District Attorney Fani Willis’ home in 2021, well before the pair claim they were a couple, according to a bombshell new court filing by attorneys for Donald Trump in his Georgia election fraud case.
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Non-binary teen Nex Benedict didn’t die from trauma, police say
Authorities in Oklahoma have said preliminary findings suggest the death of non-binary teenager Nex Benedict, who died a day after a physical altercation at school, wasn’t related to “trauma”. Nex Benedict, 16, died on 8 February, one day after telling their family they had been involved in a physical altercation in the toilets at Owasso High School.
Learn MoreBiden weighs invoking executive authority to stage border crackdown
President Biden is debating whether to invoke a sweeping presidential authority that gained infamy during the Trump administration to stage a crackdown on migrants coming to the U.S. southern border, three people familiar with the plans told CBS News. Mr. Biden is weighing citing a law dating back to 1952 to severely restrict access to the U.S. asylum system.
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Biden administration is forgiving $1.2 billion in student debt for 153,000 borrowers
The Biden administration on Wednesday said it is automatically forgiving $1.2 billion in student debt for 153,000 borrowers. Loan holders whose debt will be discharged will receive an email from President Joe Biden today informing them of the forgiveness.
Learn MoreFrozen embryos are ‘children,’ Alabama Supreme Court rules in couples’ wrongful death suits
Three couples whose frozen embryos were destroyed when a wandering Mobile hospital patient dropped the specimens can sue for wrongful death because the embryos were “children,” the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday in reversing a judge’s decision o throw out the case.
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Unveiling ‘Warp Speed,' the White House's America-first push for a coronavirus vaccine
Conventional wisdom is that a vaccine for COVID-19 is at least 1 year away, but the organizers of a U.S. government push called Operation Warp Speed have little use for conventional wisdom. The project, vaguely described to date.
Learn MoreAlvin Bragg Prepares Criminal Version of AG James’s Civil Annihilation of Trump
On the bright side for Donald Trump, the case brought against him by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg is such a nakedly partisan abuse of power and an affront to the principle of equal justice under the law.
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Nate Silver Sounds the Alarm on Biden Campaign: ‘He’s Losing Now & There’s No Plan’
Political commentator and elections analyst Nate Silver is sounding the alarm about President Joe Biden’s chances of winning reelection, writing in a Substack post that Biden is “losing” and appears to have no clear plan to right the ship.
Learn MoreIsraeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko jeered by crowd at swim worlds in Qatar
Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko was jeered by some of the crowd after finishing second in the women’s 400-meter medley on the closing day of the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar on Sunday.
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Outgoing Dutch PM tells Europe to stop 'whining and nagging about Trump' Denver's hospitals are at risk of collapse because of migrant crisis, with one health system providing $17M of unpaid care in just three months Biden Staffer Who Mishandled China, Iran Secrets Retains High-Security Pentagon JobArticles
Labor Department reports high-than-expected wholesales price increases in January
The Labor Department on Friday reported wholesale prices increased 0.3% from December to January, more than expected and considered another sign that inflation remains persistently despite Federal Reserve efforts and expectations.
Learn MoreIllegal border crossings from Mexico plunge after a record-high December, with fewer from Venezuela
Arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with Mexico fell by half in January from record highs in December to the third lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency, authorities said Tuesday.
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Chicago will drop controversial ShotSpotter gunfire detection system Portland considered
ShotSpotter is a surveillance technology that uses acoustic sensors to detect and locate gunshots, alerting law enforcement in real-time. But it’s been met with controversy for not only being very costly, but allegedly inaccurate, ineffective, and even biased.
Learn MoreBiden Gives Taxpayer Dollars to Soros-Funded Groups to Interfere in Hungarian Elections
The Biden administration and leftist billionaire George Soros are tied at the hip, working in cahoots to undermine Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. European Parliament elections take place from June 6 to June 9. Similarly, Hungary will hold local elections on June 9.
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Migrant teen accused in Times Square attack on cops is arrested again for Macy’s robbery
One of the migrants allegedly involved in a mob assault on a pair of cops in Times Square has been arrested again — this time for participating in a coordinated robbery of a Macy’s store in Queens.
Learn MoreJudge to consider whether to remove District Attorney Fani Willis from Georgia election case
A Georgia judge who is deciding whether to toss Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis off of the state's election interference case against former President Donald Trump has set a hearing.
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CIA and foreign intelligence agencies illegally targeted 26 Trump associates before 2016 Russia collusion claims: report Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking San Diego border agents arrest 269 Chinese migrants in a single DAY amid growing concern over why so many are flooding into the US Obama Strikes Back at Russia for Election HackingArticles
Joe Biden was 'the enabler' for foreign deals with China & others testifies Hunter's ex-business partner Tony Bobulinski
Hunter Biden's ex-business partner who has since turned on him, Tony Bobulinski, says Joe Biden was the 'enabler' of his family's lucrative foreign business deals. He plans to tell Republicans leading impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden today.
Learn MoreAlyssa Milano Slammed for Attending Pricey Super Bowl After Asking Fans for $10K for Son’s
Baseball TripAlyssa Milano got slammed by some followers on Instagram after revealing she attended Super Bowl 2024 with her son, Milo, on Sunday, February 11, two weeks after asking fans for $10,000 in donations towards his baseball team's upcoming trip to New York.
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Democrat exploring ‘patriot tax’ on multimillionaires’ wealth
Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D-N.Y.), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said that he’s exploring the idea of a one-time tax on the wealth of the richest Americans as Democrats seek to increase taxes .
Learn MoreDenver cuts services in response to the migrant crisis that’s costing the city $180 million
Denver will cut hours at recreation centers, end in-person vehicle registration renewals and eliminate spring flower beds to save $5 million this year, a response to the migrant crisis that is expected to cost the city $180 million.
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Sunny Hostin still wants reparations after discovering ancestors were ‘enslavers’
The View host Sunny Hostin revealed she was “deeply disappointed” to find her ancestors’ family business was rooted in the slave trade. Hostin discussed her genealogy during Thursday’s episode of the show after she recently took a genetics test.
Learn MoreSpecial counsel describes Biden as ‘elderly man with a poor memory’ in eyebrow-raising report
Special counsel Robert Hur on Thursday released a 388-page report on President Biden’s retention of classified material, finding the president frequently showed limitations with his memory and recall. The report concluded no charges should be brought against the president.
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A Legal Outsider, an Offbeat Theory and the Fate of the 2024 Election
In the world of American legal scholarship, Seth Barrett Tillman is an outsider in more ways than one. An associate professor at a university in Ireland, he has put forward unusual interpretations of the meaning of the U.S. Constitution.
Learn MoreSupreme Court signals unlikely to let Colorado kick Trump off ballot
The Supreme Court on Thursday signaled deep skepticism that Colorado had the power to remove former President Donald Trump from the Republican primary ballot because of his actions trying to overturn the 2020 election results.
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Senate Republicans sink border bill as Schumer eyes a separate Israel and Ukraine aid vote
The Senate voted 49-50 to shoot down a bipartisan border security and foreign aid bill after Republicans voted en masse to filibuster the agreement they had demanded, arguing that it didn't do enough to crack down on an overwhelmed border.
Learn MoreAnalysis Shows RNC Spent Millions On Private Jets, Limos, Luxury Retreats, Broadway Shows
Back in 2010, RNC Chair Michael Steele was heavily criticized and eventually lost his position because donors were angry about what they believed was luxurious spending on private jets, floral arrangements, and member meetings.
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NHS waiting times for cancer care in England now longest on record
Waiting times for cancer care in England are the longest on record, the latest figures have revealed, forcing tens of thousands of patients every month to wait longer.
Learn MoreBiden would veto standalone Israel aid bill, administration says
President Biden would veto a standalone House bill that would provide $17.6 billion in aid to Israel if it reaches his desk, the Office of Management and Budget announced late Monday.
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Poll: 20-point deficit on handling economy highlights Biden’s struggles against Trump
Despite a growing economy and little opposition for his party’s nomination, President Joe Biden confronts a dissatisfied electorate and a challenging political climate nine months before he faces re-election, according to a new national NBC News poll.
Learn More'Even worse than we expected': House speaker reacts to bipartisan Senate immigration bill
In a scathing new statement Sunday night, House Speaker Mike Johnson said the Senate bipartisan bill to overhaul the immigration system along with providing aid to Israel and Ukraine was dead on arrival if it makes it to the House.
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The job market is strong. So why did layoffs double in January?
The job market remains one of the U.S. economy's main engines, with the nation's unemployment rate near a 50-year low and wages finally pulling ahead of inflation. At the same time, major companies in technology, finance, media and other key sectors have all recently announced sizable job cuts.
Learn MorePressley slams Walgreens closures: ‘Racial and economic discrimination’
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) has accused pharmaceutical conglomerate Walgreens of “divesting from Black and brown communities” after the company announced another store closure in a predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood in Massachusetts.
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LAPD moves to accommodate new DACA officers who can't personally own guns
The LAPD plans to adjust its policies this week to empower some of its newest officers, who are also DACA recipients, to possess their department-issued firearms while off duty. Federal law would generally prohibit such a person, who's in the U.S. under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration policy.
Learn MoreBiden holds six-point national lead over Trump, fueled by female voters: poll
President Biden has a significant lead over former President Donald Trump in the popular vote of a hypothetical 2024 matchup, a new national poll shows. The Quinnipiac University survey shows Biden leading Trump 50% to 44% after the same poll had the incumbent edging out his rival, 47% to 46%, in December.
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Biden Pays, Rockets Fly: Administration Sent $1 Billion In Palestinian Aid After Trump’s Freeze
Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found that the Biden Administration spent more than $1 billion from U.S. taxpayers on “aid” to Palestinians. It proposes sending another $260 million in its FY2024 budget request.
Learn MoreBorder Patrol facing loss of agents from retirement, flat recruitment as border crisis intensifies
The nearly 10,000 border patrol agents eligible for retirement by 2028 and static recruitment numbers threaten to undermine future efforts to secure the Southern border, even as the current immigration crisis escalates.
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'Peace Through Strength' by Combating Iranian Proxies Head-on
For the last three years, the Biden administration has coddled Iran, giving them access to billions of dollars and taking an approach of appeasement. It isn’t working. As Iranian lawmakers chant “death to America,” Democrats stand silently.
Learn MoreRepublicans now say it might be okay to ignore the Supreme Court
A consequential development of the Trump era is what increasingly looks like the Republicans’ acrimonious divorce from the rule of law. The party that once prided itself as the law-and-order side has leaped headlong into speculative theories.
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Most Americans feel they pay too much in taxes, AP-NORC poll finds
A majority of taxpayers feel they pay too much in taxes, with many saying that they receive a poor value in return, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and The Associated Press-NORC Center.
Learn More5 charged in Ukraine conspiracy to embezzle $40M meant for war munitions
Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defense ministry officials to embezzle almost $40 million earmarked to buy 100,000 mortar shells for the war with Russia, Ukraine’s security service reported.
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New stock market high? Time for another Trump tweet
With major stock market indexes hitting a string of new highs, investors around the world are looking to explain what's driving prices higher. Is it a boom in corporate profits? Optimism about the ongoing U.S. recovery? Improved forecasts for the global economy? Hopes that Congress will cut corporate taxes?
Learn MoreBiden hits pause on approvals of liquified natural gas exports
The Biden administration is pausing approvals of pending applications for liquefied natural gas exports to countries with which the United States does not have free trade agreements, citing environmental concerns related to climate change as a key reason for the move.
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A Kamala Harris staff exodus reignites questions about her leadership style — and her future ambitions
The rumors started circulating in July: Vice President Harris’s staff was wilting in a dysfunctional and frustrated office, burned out just a few months after her historic swearing-in and pondering exit strategies.
Learn MoreArmy Reveals It Fired Female Commander in Troubled Brigade After Claims of Sexual Assaults on Male Soldiers
A female Army officer was fired from command of a unit based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord amid allegations of multiple sexual assaults against several male subordinates and a pattern of sexual harassment, according to a service spokesperson.
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Alarm Bells for Trump and Republicans in New Hampshire GOP Exit Poll
Former President Donald Trump received a warning sign from New Hampshire Republican primary voters. New Hampshire residents headed to the polls Tuesday to vote in the Granite State's Republican and Democratic primary elections.
Learn MoreJon Stewart to return to ‘The Daily Show’ as a host and executive producer
Jon Stewart is heading back to “The Daily Show.” The comedian, who during his 16-year run as host of the Comedy Central program established it as an entertainment and cultural force, will return to host the show each week on Mondays.
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Opinion: Romney Campaign Drops Dog Whistle And Moves To Blatant Racism
Tagg Romney, the son of Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said this week that he wanted to walk down on the debate floor on Tuesday and take a swing at the president. He said it to a rightwing radio talk show host in North Carolina. Nothing like firing up the redneck base with the imagery of punching Obama.
Learn MoreExpert shows how to tamper with Georgia voting machine in security trial
Huddled around a voting machine in a federal courtroom, a small crowd watched as expert witness Alex Halderman demonstrated how someone could meddle with a Georgia election within seconds. Halderman, a University of Michigan computer scientist, changed results of a hypothetical referendum on Sunday alcohol sales.
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Tens of thousands protest in Germany against the rise of the far right
Tens of thousands of people protested the far right in cities across Germany on Saturday, attending events with slogans such as "Never Again is Now," "Against Hate" and "Defend Democracy." The large crowds were the latest in a series of demonstrations that have been gaining momentum.
Learn MoreFord cuts F-150 Lightning production as EV demand softens
Ford Motor said on Friday it would reduce production of its F-150 Lightning pickup truck, as demand for electric vehicles (EVs) has been lower than expected. The No. 2 U.S. automaker said it would cut production at its Michigan Rouge Electric Vehicle Center.
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The climate change proposal which means you’d never see the Mediterranean again
Steve Coogan is not the first person you think of when considering the climate crisis. And yet, earlier this week, I found myself recalling one of his greatest sitcom scenes as I read through a study on how to cut carbon emissions in some of the world’s largest cities.
Learn MoreBiden announces another $5B in student loan forgiveness after Supreme Court defeat
President Biden said Friday his administration is forgiving another $5 billion in student loan debt for 74,000 people using existing government programs — continuing his piecemeal approach to write-offs after the Supreme Court last year struck down.
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Supreme Court could reel in power of federal agencies with dual fights over fishing rule
They can be pickled, smoked or used for bait, but on Wednesday, the silvery, skinny fish known as the herring will be the focus of a dispute that could end with the U.S. Supreme Court reeling in the ability of federal agencies to regulate the environment, health care and the workplace.
Learn MoreQuebec climate change conspiracy theorist pleads guilty to starting 14 fires
A 38-year-old Quebec man has been found guilty for starting a series of devastating forest fires - which lead to hectares worth of damage and displaced hundreds. Brian Paré has plead guilty to staring 14 forest fires, including fires in Chapais and Lake Cavan, at a courthouse in Chibougamau in Quebec.
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Trump, Haley tied in New Hampshire poll
GOP rivals former President Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley are tied in New Hampshire, new polling shows, as the primary race heads into the Granite State. The survey from American Research Group Inc., released Tuesday, puts Trump and Haley at 40 percent each among the state’s likely Republican primary voters.
Learn MoreWhat States Can Do About Our Open Border
There’s no debate that our border is open, with thousands of people flooding into our country every day. Fed up with Biden’s do-nothing border policies, Arizona Democrat Gov. Katie Hobbs deployed her own state’s National Guard to assist with the border migrant influx. She slammed Biden in a recent statement.
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Media Freak Out As Trump Cleans Up In Iowa
Republican voters in Iowa selected their preferred presidential nominee, and the media aren’t happy about it. Former President Donald Trump cruised through the Iowa caucuses Monday night, decisively beating his leading opponents.
Learn MoreVivek Ramaswamy suspends campaign and endorses Trump
Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech entrepreneur and author of "Woke, Inc.", announced Monday night he is suspending his presidential campaign. "We did not achieve the surprise that we wanted to deliver tonight," he said.
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US Economy Set for Another Cash Boost If Congress Backs Tax Deal
The US economy is set for an unexpected fiscal boost if lawmakers back a potential deal for $70 billion worth of tax breaks for businesses and families. Congressional negotiators are locked in talks over renewing expired business tax breaks and boosting the child tax credit, evenly split between both.
Learn MoreSchiff would abolish filibuster, end the Electoral College in his pro-democracy plan
California Senate candidate and Congressmember Adam Schiff is calling for a major overhaul of American institutions, including getting rid of the Electoral College, expanding the Supreme Court and eliminating the filibuster. The sweeping policy rollout, obtained exclusively by POLITICO.
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J6 investigator wants to look into allegations that Cassidy Hutchinson turned on Trump over a job
Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., said Thursday that he wants to look into whether or not Cassidy Hutchinson turned on former President Donald Trump due to allegedly not getting a job on his team.
Learn MoreW.H.O. Picks Trans Activists to Set Global Child-Rearing Rules
The United Nations healthcare agency — the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) — has given transgender activists a majority of the seats in a panel that is drafting healthcare policies for children.
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ACLU and CCR lawsuit: American boy killed by U.S. drone strike
The ACLU and CCR have filed a lawsuit challenging the government's targeted killing of three U.S. citizens in drone strikes far from any armed conflict zone. In Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta (Al-Awlaki v. Panetta) the groups charge that the U.S. government's killings of U.S. citizens.
Learn MoreTrump 14th Amendment political challenger arrested on federal tax charges
A Texas man who filed more than two dozen challenges to former President Trump’s ballot eligibility was arrested Tuesday on charges alleging he filed 17 sets of false tax documents to the IRS. John Anthony Castro was indicted last week on 33 counts of aiding the preparation of false tax returns.
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Judge questions FBI arrest tactics against Trump adviser Navarro
The federal judge overseeing the contempt of Congress case against former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro expressed concern Friday about the decision by prosecutors to arrest him last month rather than simply summoning him.
Learn MoreIn Court Today: Challenging the Drone Killings of Three Americans
The New York Times published a powerful op-ed yesterday by Nasser Al-Aulaqi about the killing of his grandson Abdulrahman, in which he asked, “The government has killed a 16-year-old American boy. Shouldn’t it at least have to explain why?”
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Biden administration, senators divided on how to move ahead on border security
Members of Congress and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were at odds Wednesday on how lawmakers should improve border security, as they wrestle with how to handle a White House request for emergency spending.
Learn MoreFiling alleges ‘improper’ relationship between Fulton DA, top Trump prosecutor
District Attorney Fani Willis improperly hired an alleged romantic partner to prosecute Donald Trump and financially benefited from their relationship, according to a court motion filed Monday which argued the criminal charges in the case were unconstitutional.
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Obama, worried about Trump, urges Biden circle to bolster campaign
Former president Barack Obama has raised questions about the structure of President Biden’s reelection campaign, discussing the matter directly with Biden and telling the president’s aides and allies the campaign needs to be empowered.
Learn MoreSupreme Court agrees to weigh whether Trump can be kicked off ballot in Colorado
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to consider whether former President Donald Trump could be deemed ineligible to run for federal office again because of his actions leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — a case that could have a seismic impact on the presidential election.
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Opinion: Shenna Bellows got it right
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows got it right last week when she barred former Pres. Donald Trump from the Maine ballot. As one of the challengers to Trump’s eligibility, I am obviously biased, but honestly, when you step back from the partisan noise.
Learn MorePedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime
Think back to your first childhood crush. Maybe it was a classmate or a friend next door. Most likely, through school and into adulthood, your affections continued to focus on others in your approximate age group. But imagine if they did not.
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Trump doesn’t have ‘get out of jail free’ card: Colorado secretary of state
Colorado’s secretary of state said in an interview late Wednesday that former President Trump does not have a “get out of jail free card” after he appealed a decision to kick him off the ballot in the state earlier in the day.
Learn MoreThe FBI-Tainted Whitmer 'Kidnap Plot' You've Heard Next to Nothing About
In a fiery exchange last month, CNN anchorwoman Abby Phillip told GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy that there was “no evidence” to support his claim that federal agents abetted protesters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Trump received millions of dollars from foreign governments while president, House Democrats allege Jeffrey Epstein 'victim' Johanna Sjoberg denies MASSAGING Donald Trump and reveals how predator financier boasted of being able to call former president before trip to his casino, court papers claimArticles
Convicted Ballot Harvester Gloria Torres Named San Luis Vice-Mayor
Convicted ballot harvester, Gloria Torres, has been appointed as the new Vice Mayor of San Luis, Arizona. Torres, who was appointed during the regular city council meeting on December 13, pleaded guilty to ballot abuse in June 2023.
Learn MoreMayor: Migrant crisis could cost Denver $180 million in 2024
The ongoing migrant crisis is estimated to cost the City of Denver $180 million in 2024, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said. Johnston announced that updated number during the weekly mayor-council meeting Tuesday evening.
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California becomes first state to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants
California will welcome the new year by becoming the first state to offer health insurance for all undocumented immigrants. Starting Jan. 1, all undocumented immigrants, regardless of age, will qualify for Medi-Cal, California's version of the federal Medicaid program for people with low incomes.
Learn MoreNebraska governor stands firm on rejection of federal money to feed food-insecure children
Nebraska’s Republican governor on Friday reiterated his rejection of $18 million in federal funding to help feed children who might otherwise go hungry while school is out. Nebraska will not participate in the 2024 Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children — or Summer EBT — program.
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Many California undocumented students are missing out on financial aid. An easier, new application could get them more money U.S. intelligence officials determined the Chinese spy balloon used a U.S. internet provider to communicate Are we living in a simulation? Scientist claims we're simply characters in an advanced virtual world - and says he has an easy way to prove itArticles
The English-Muffin Problem
The economy is hot, but the people are bothered. Americans think the country is in dreadful economic shape despite strong wage growth, low unemployment, and steadily declining inflation. We know this from survey after survey.
Learn MoreThe "American Dream" costs far more than most people will earn over their lifetime
The "American Dream" costs about $3.4 million to achieve over the course of a lifetime, from getting married to saving for retirement, according to a recent analysis from financial site Investopedia.
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Joe Biden Begs, Threatens Mexico to Reduce Migrant Flood Before 2024 Election
President Joe Biden is demoting critical border negotiations with Republicans to, instead, conduct emergency border negotiations with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Learn MoreWide generational gap persists on views around Israel-Hamas war: poll
A wide generational gap is apparent in Americans’ views surrounding the war between Israel and Hamas, with the youngest demographic differing from the public at large, according to a new poll.
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Drought-prone California OKs new rules for turning wastewater directly into drinking water
When a toilet is flushed in California, the water can end up in a lot of places: An ice skating rink near Disneyland, ski slopes around Lake Tahoe, farmland in the Central Valley. And — coming soon — kitchen faucets.
Learn MoreTop battleground state official sounds alarm on border crisis' impact on election integrity
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is sounding an alarm that the crisis at the southern U.S. border may eventually cause an election integrity crisis in America, imploring lawmakers in Congress.
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Donald Trump banned from Colorado ballot in historic ruling by state's Supreme Court
A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot.
Learn MoreBiden border crisis shatters record with 14,509 illegal immigrants encountered in one day
U.S. border officials encountered the highest number of illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday than any day, upending all other records that the Biden administration has set over the past three years.
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Harvard won’t condemn Claudine Gay because she’s a ‘high pedigree’ minority, professor says
One of the academics who has accused Harvard president Claudine Gay of ripping off her work claims the Ivy League school won’t condemn her because it holds “high pedigree” minorities to lower standards than others.
Learn MoreAide to Maryland senator leaves job following allegations of sexual misconduct in Senate building
An aide to a prominent Maryland senator has left his job following allegations that he participated in personal sexual misconduct inside a Senate building, according to WJZ's media partner the Baltimore Banner.
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James Biden’s dealmaking caught on FBI tapes in unrelated bribery probe
Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, a famed Mississippi trial attorney, was tantalizingly close to a historic deal to force tobacco companies to pay billions of dollars — but there was one last hurdle. A divided Congress had to sign off.
Learn MoreThe Obstruction Charges That May Derail Trump’s Election-Interference Trial
The Supreme Court’s announcement on Wednesday that it will review some of the prosecutions the Justice Department has brought against over 300 Capitol-riot defendants under a controversial obstruction statute
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‘Dictator’ Trump Plans to Deploy Massive Number of Troops on U.S. Soil
Donald Trump’s plans to give himself sweeping powers on “day one” of a new administration include sending vast numbers of U.S. troops — potentially “hundreds of thousands” — to close the southern border and to help build a new network of immigrant detention camps.
Learn MoreNew laws remove obstacles for DACA recipients who want to become police officers
As police departments struggle to recruit and retain officers, some look to a previously untapped pool of applicants to fill job vacancies. States, including California and Colorado, have begun to pass laws that would permit noncitizens who are authorized to work in the U.S. to become police officers.
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Battenfeld: Michelle Wu defends holiday party excluding white city councilors
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s publicly hosted holiday party excluding white elected officials is questionable optics and judgment for someone who is supposed to be uniting the city. As the Herald first reported, Wu hosted the party for an “electeds of color” group only on Wednesday night.
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Some days it’s with a text. On others, it’s a call, even just to leave a message. President Joe Biden reaches out to his son Hunter regularly to check on him. And increasingly, those messages have taken on a fresh sense of urgency. The younger Biden is facing new criminal charges.
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Plus-size travelers can get the empty adjacent seats on Southwest Airlines
outhwest Airlines has a reputation for an especially friendly plus-size traveler policy, which allows passengers of size to get empty adjacent seats for free as available. According to the policy, “customers who encroach upon any part of the neighboring seat(s)” are eligible for complimentary open adjacent seating.
Learn MoreSouthwest Airlines celebrated for policy to give a full row to 'passengers of size' for free
Low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines is being celebrated by "passengers of size" on TikTok after they discovered they can request complimentary seats – one or two, depending on needs – to accommodate their girth. Customers whose bodies "encroach" past the armrest are entitled to an extra seat.
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The Many Faces of the Woman Taking German Far-Right Politics Mainstream
Once a year on her birthday, Alice Weidel sits down with her wife over a glass of red wine. The couple ask themselves: Is it all worth it? The hatred, the anonymous threats, the public exposure.
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The summer of 2023 was very significant for the travel industry. By the end of July, international tourist arrivals globally reached 84% of pre-pandemic levels. In some European countries, , such as France, Denmark and Ireland.
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The Many Faces of the Woman Taking German Far-Right Politics Mainstream
Once a year on her birthday, Alice Weidel sits down with her wife over a glass of red wine. The couple ask themselves: Is it all worth it? The hatred, the anonymous threats, the public exposure.
Learn MoreHow Fat Pride became the new battleground in America's culture wars
Sitting picturesquely in the foothills of the hiking and skiing mecca of the Rocky Mountains, Boulder isn't known as America's fittest city for nothing. Intimidatingly hale and hearty, it's a place where bars and restaurants are dead by 9pm.
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Chicago Teachers Union President Owes City $5,579 For Utilities
Newly uncovered records show Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates was $5,100 behind on her water, sewer and garbage services before starting a payment plan in July 2023.
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The US labor market unexpectedly strengthened in November with pickups in employment and wages, tempering bets the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates early next year. Nonfarm payrolls increased 199,000 last month.
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Schools don't need to tell parents about student gender choices, new NJ policy says
New Jersey schools must accept a student's stated gender identity, but don't have to notify parents about the student's gender decision, according to new rules from the state Department of Education.
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President Joe Biden told Democratic donors Tuesday he wasn’t confident he’d be seeking another term if his predecessor Donald Trump wasn’t running for the White House, a notably candid assessment.
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Colorado Supreme Court hears 14th Amendment challenge to Trump's eligibility
The Colorado Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday in a closely watched legal fight that aims to keep former President Donald Trump off the state's ballot under a rarely invoked provision of the 14th Amendment.
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President Joe Biden told Democratic donors Tuesday he wasn’t confident he’d be seeking another term if his predecessor Donald Trump wasn’t running for the White House, a notably candid assessment of his reelection rationale.
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Did the so-called Deep State protect the country from Trump?
American Resistance author David Rothkopf says veteran government officials served as guardrails, preventing initiatives that were illegal, unworkable, immoral or against the country's interests.
Learn MoreTrump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending
Let’s stop the wishful thinking and face the stark reality: There is a clear path to dictatorship in the United States, and it is getting shorter every day. In 13 weeks, Donald Trump will have locked up the Republican nomination.
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House passes bill to permanently freeze $6B in Iranian funds
The House on Thursday passed a bill that would force the Biden administration to permanently freeze $6 billion in funds it had opened up to Iran earlier this year in exchange for the release of five American detainees.
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Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., said Friday that his home was vandalized by activists pushing for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. A spokesperson from the congressman’s office told NBC News that Smith’s garage was vandalized.
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Here Are Jennifer Newsom's Disgusting Comments About the Employee Gavin Had an Affair With While SF Mayor
Back when California Governor Gavin Newsom was facing recall in 2021, actress Rose McGowan presented some pretty damning information about Newsom's wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, acting as a silencer for Harvey Weinstein.
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Chicagoans are turning on Mayor Brandon Johnson's 'open doors' policy to migrants, staging daily protests against expensive new government-run tent shelters for the homeless newcomers.
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Democrats have no Biden backup plan for 2024, despite age concerns
The Democratic Party has no Plan B if President Joe Biden decided for any reason to halt his 2024 re-election campaign, and a sudden need to replace him as its standard-bearer would spark a messy intraparty battle.
Learn MoreIt's a good thing most women don't want to date Trump voters
It's an amusing truth that comes up with regularity: Men who love Donald Trump struggle on the dating market. This is neither surprising nor regrettable. Supporting Trump is much like refusing to bathe.
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to business leaders: ‘Help Nikki Haley’
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has a message for some of the world’s wealthiest corporate leaders: help Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign.“Even if you’re a very liberal Democrat, I urge you, help Nikki Haley, too.
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Lawmakers in Colorado, America’s healthiest state, are expected to pass legislation that bans bias based on “fatphobia” to prevent employers and landlords from discriminating against those who are overweight.
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Eat Less Meat Is Message for Rich World in Food’s First Net Zero Plan
The world’s most-developed nations will be told to curb their excessive appetite for meat as part of the first comprehensive plan to bring the global agrifood industry into line with the Paris climate agreement.
Learn MoreMonica Lewinsky calls for constitutional ban on presidential self-pardons
Monica Lewinsky penned on op-ed Monday calling for a series of constitutional amendments, including age limits for elected officials and a ban on presidential self-pardons. In a piece in Vanity Fair, Lewinsky offered her vision.
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Iran enriches more uranium as Gaza war rages, US vote looms
The United States and its allies have few routes left to rein in Iran's nuclear work with prospects for talks long buried and tougher actions against Tehran running the risk of stoking tensions in a region already enflamed by the Gaza war.
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On Dec. 20, 2022, Topher Olive went to a McDonald’s in the town of Post Falls, Idaho, and ordered a limited edition “smoky” double quarter pounder BLT with fries and a Sprite. The meal cost $16.10, and he posted the receipt on TikTok.
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Portugal just ran on 100% renewable energy for six days in a row
With the talk surrounding the topic of climate change increasing every day, more countries around the world are doing their bit to prevent a climate crisis in the future.
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After nearly five hours in a stuffy, cream-walled classroom on the second floor of a college physics department last Tuesday night, Luis Guimarãis stood up and broached the metaphysical
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Poor people in the developing world have a right to medicine: Bernie Sanders
Here is a simple moral proposition. No one in America, or anywhere in the world, should die or suffer unnecessarily because they cannot afford a prescription drug which, in many cases, costs a few cents or a few dollars to manufacture.
Learn More‘Don’t yell at me, yell at DC': Adams blames NYC budget crisis on feds
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday night blamed the federal government for his need to cut billions of dollars in city programs — including from police, fire and sanitation — because of a surge in costs to pay for new migrants.
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Biden administration uses wartime authority to bolster energy efficient manufacturing
The Biden administration said Friday that it used wartime authority to bolster manufacturing of energy efficient heating and cooling technology. It said it was utilizing the Defense Production Act to mobilize the production of heat pumps
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The world’s richest 1 percent generated as much carbon emissions as the poorest two-thirds in 2019, according to a new Oxfam report that examines the uber-wealthy’s lavish lifestyles and investments in heavily polluting industries.
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'Child soldiers' and blood feuds: Sweden's out-of-control gang wars
One night in September, teacher Thomas Cervin was woken by gunshots in his apartment building in Uppsala. His neighbour had just become the latest target in Sweden's terrifying gang wars.
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Sweden has failed to integrate the vast numbers of immigrants it has taken in over the past two decades, leading to parallel societies and gang violence, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Thursday
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Why Liberals Aren’t as Tolerant as They Think
In March, students at Middlebury College disrupted a lecture by the conservative political scientist Charles Murray because they disagreed with some of his writings.
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One arrest was made for assault on an officer Wednesday night outside of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C., according to Capitol Police.
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US extends sanctions waiver allowing Iraq to buy electricity from Iran
The Biden administration has extended by four months a sanctions waiver that will allow Iraq to continue to purchase electricity from Iran and gives Iran limited access to the proceeds to buy humanitarian goods. Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed the 120-day waiver
Learn MoreWhistleblowers accuse senior FBI officials of retaliating against agents for their political beliefs
At least three FBI whistleblowers told lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that high-level senior officials at the bureau are revoking security clearances of personnel based on religious or politically conservative beliefs.
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Dems prepare to save another GOP speaker from a shutdown
Hakeem Jeffries won't publicly say that Democrats plan to — once again — bail out the GOP speaker. But many of his members are privately prepared to do just that. Inside a closed-door caucus meeting on Tuesday, Jeffries outlined the various ways that Speaker Mike Johnson’s stopgap spending plan is a win for Democrats
Learn MoreTrump calls political enemies ‘vermin,’ echoing dictators Hitler, Mussolini
Former president Donald Trump denigrated his domestic opponents and critics during a Veterans Day speech Saturday, calling those on the other side of the aisle “vermin” and suggesting that they pose a greater threat to the United States than countries such as Russia, China or North Korea.
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Trump plotting massive migrant sweeps, mega detention camps if elected: report
Former President Donald Trump is plotting an intense crackdown on immigration if he is elected to a second term next year — including rounding up undocumented immigrants and holding them in large detention camps as they wait to be expelled from the country, according to a report.
Learn More36-hour shifts, 80-hour weeks: Workers are being burned out by overtime
Virginia Beach firefighter Max Gonano was coming off a 24-hour shift on Father’s Day when he was told he’d have to work another 12 hours to cover for a staffing shortfall. By the time he got off work at 8 p.m., he’d missed the day with his 2-year-old and 4-year-old children and spent 36 hours straight at work.
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Fights erupt outside Museum of Tolerance after screening of film on Hamas
Police responded to the Museum of Tolerance Wednesday night as multiple fights broke out in conjunction with the screening of footage depicting the Hamas attack on Israel. The 43-minute film "Bearing Witness" was touted as featuring "extremely graphic and violent" footage "documenting the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7th, 2023."
Learn MoreLetter laced with fentanyl sent to Fulton elections office, officials say
Channel 2 Action News has learned that a letter laced with fentanyl has been sent to the Fulton County Elections Office. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirmed that there were reports of suspicious letters sent to election offices in multiple states and confirmed Fulton County was targeted.
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Credit card balances spiked in the third quarter to a $1.08 trillion record
Americans now owe $1.08 trillion on their credit cards, according to a new report on household debt from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Credit card balances spiked by $154 billion year over year, notching the largest increase since 1999.
Learn MorePennsylvania county promises accurate tally after clerical error appears
A voting machine company's clerical error caused votes in an eastern Pennsylvania county to appear to be flipped on a ballot question that asked whether a pair of incumbent state appeals judges should be retained, officials said Tuesday.
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How icons Teddy Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington blazed a path for racial equality
A full five years after promising Booker T. Washington that he would come to Alabama to visit the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Theodore Roosevelt finally arrived. His train steamed to a stop early on October 24, 1905, pausing first in the town of Tuskegee.
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President Joe Biden has made his economic record a central focus of his re-election campaign brand, highlighting his accomplishments by referring to them as “Bidenomics”—but polls show it could be a losing strategy as voters see the issue as one of his greatest weaknesses.
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Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff is promoting an $8M Gaza fundraising campaign
The stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris is publicly raising money for Gaza, The Post has learned. Ella Emhoff, 24 — whose father, first gentleman Doug Emhoff, is Jewish — affixed a fundraising drive “supporting urgent relief for Gaza’s children” on her personal Instagram account.
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Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson's "adopted" Black son has spoken publicly about him for the first time, following reports questioning why he's stayed out of the spotlight. Michael Tirrell James, 40, told DailyMail.com that he would "probably be in prison" if it wasn't for Johnson.
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Internal documents obtained by THE CITY show that city regulators repeatedly asked Eric Adams’ mayoral campaign about a cluster of donations that are now part of a federal probe. The investigation, which triggered an FBI raid at the home of Adams’ campaign operative.
Learn MoreBiden strategy memo details plan to retain White House in 2024
One year out from Election Day, President Biden’s reelection campaign is outlining a plan to retain the White House by framing the 2024 race around many of the same themes it used in 2020 — presenting a contrast with Donald Trump‘s “Make America Great Again” movement.
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American Arabs and Jews: How has the Israel-Hamas war changed you?
The war in Israel and Gaza has turned life upside down for millions of people and the ripple effects are being felt across the ocean in the United States. Jews and Arabs living in America are facing a new reality.
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The world inches closer to a war that only psychopaths want to see. On Tuesday the FBI issued a warning that the chance of staged terrorist attacks in the United States has grown since the war began in Gaza.
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Does New Speaker of the House Mike Johnson Have a Bank Account?
Newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) does not have a bank account. At least, that’s what Johnson reports on years of personal financial disclosures, which date back to 2016 and reveal a financial life that, in the context of his role as a congressman and now speaker, appears extraordinarily precarious.
Learn MoreFBI says terrorism threat hits ‘a whole other level’ after Hamas attack
Terrorist threats against the U.S. reached “a whole other level” after the Hamas attack on Israel, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told Congress on Tuesday, saying the big players in terrorism have all renewed calls to attack America and its interests. He said the level of threats has heightened since President Biden took office.
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CNN Legal Analyst Calls Out Constitutional Experts Trying To Pin Trump Under 14th Amendment
CNN’s senior legal analyst Elie Honig called out so-called “constitutional experts” for claiming that former President Donald Trump can be knocked off the ballot so easily under the 14th Amendment.
Learn MoreBiden administration unveils new actions to combat antisemitism on college campuses
The Biden administration is unveiling new actions Monday to combat antisemitism on college campuses after an “alarming” uptick in incidents since the Israel-Hamas war started in early October.
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Lawyers argue whether the Constitution’s ‘insurrection’ clause blocks Trump from the 2024 ballot
Lawyers for a group of Colorado voters on Monday focused on the January 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol and former President Donald Trump’s role, opening a trial that could determine whether the Constitution’s insurrection clause bars Trump.
Learn MoreIsrael Screens Horrific Footage from Hamas Attacks for U.S. Media: What We Saw
As Israel combats worsening denialism of the atrocities that Hamas terrorists committed on October 7, officials from the country screened footage from the attacks for reporters today in New York. I joined about 20 other journalists in a 14th-floor Manhattan conference room to watch the horrific video.
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Rather than protecting Jews, we’re being told to hide — again
A day after Jewish college kids found it necessary to barricade themselves inside a library in the center of Greenwich Village while a mob of repugnant terrorist lovers banged on the locked doors trying to get at them.
Learn MoreHearings begin as Trump critics attempt to kick him off ballots
In two courtrooms 900 miles apart, judges next week will begin to weigh an unprecedented and historic question: Is former president Donald Trump eligible to run for office again given his alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol?
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Dozens of FBI sources gave ‘criminal information’ on Bidens that DOJ tried to discredit as ‘foreign disinformation’: Grassley
More than 40 confidential sources provided “criminal information” related to the Biden family to the FBI — which the Justice Department tried to discredit as “foreign disinformation,” according to Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley.
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Following three failed GOP speakership bids in the three weeks since Kevin McCarthy's ouster, the House elected Rep. Mike Johnson of Lousiana on Wednesday to be the next speaker of the House.
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Mike Johnson played a key role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election
Well before he was elected as House speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., played a key role in efforts by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn Joe Biden’s electoral victory in the 2020 election.
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In three separate motions filed on Monday evening, Donald Trump’s lawyers argued that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s case against the former president related to the events of January 6 should be dropped.
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Women across Iceland, including the prime minister, go on strike
Schools, shops, banks and Iceland’s famous swimming pools shut on Tuesday as women in the volcanic island nation — including the prime minister — went on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence.
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"I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades,” former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says of Vice President Joe Biden in his new book coming out later this month.
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Biden is dangling border security money to try to get billions more for Israel and Ukraine
President Joe Biden is trying to sweeten his pitch for more money for Ukraine by mixing in billions of dollars for securing the U.S.-Mexico border in the hope that it will bring more Republicans on board.
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The US is experiencing a boom in semiconductor production after the passage of the CHIPS Act, but that progress could be impeded by a serious labor shortage in the industry. the report's projections indicate that nearly 80% of those jobs could go unfilled.
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Trump co-defendant Kenneth Chesebro pleads guilty in Georgia case, following Sidney Powell
Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro agreed to plead guilty Friday to a felony charge in the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump. The deal with Chesebro, who was accused of advancing a plot to challenge Trump’s loss in the 2020 election.
Learn MoreBiden’s brother paid him $200K while seeking Mideast investor for hospital firm
President Biden received a $200,000 check in 2018 from his younger brother James on the same day that he received the same amount from a US hospital chain by promising to secure a Mideast investor, bank records obtained by Congress show.
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Trump attorney Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case
Former Donald Trump attorney Sidney Powell has pleaded guilty in the Georgia election subversion case, one day before her trial was set to start. As part of her guilty plea, Powell is admitting her role in the January 2021 breach of election systems in rural Coffee County, Georgia.
Learn MoreJim Jordan’s effort to empower interim Speaker Patrick McHenry collapses
An effort backed by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to empower interim speaker Patrick McHenry of North Carolina collapsed Thursday after it became clear it wouldn't get enough support from House Republicans. Jordan, the GOP’s latest nominee for speaker who lost two rounds of votes this week.
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Dem Congressman Threatens To Call Cops On Citizen Journalist Rather Than Answer Questions
Democratic Texas Rep. Colin Allred threatened to call the Capitol Police on a citizen journalist rather than answer a question about reports he had backed the release of millions of dollars.
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday criticized President Biden ahead of his planned trip to Israel after Palestinian officials said the Israeli military killed more than 500 civilians in an airstrike on a Gaza hospital.
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Behind closed doors, Marines struggle with a glaring diversity problem
Zach Mullins was used to walking into rooms filled with White faces. But he was taken aback when, at an air show last year in San Diego, a man approached to ask: “Did you know that you’re the only Black fighter pilot in the Marine Corps?”
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Overwhelmed by record numbers of asylum seekers from around the world, U.S. border officials have released thousands of migrants on streets in the San Diego area the past month, including about 1,400 in the beach town of Oceanside.
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Tanya Chutkan, an Unflinching Judge in the Trump Jan. 6 Trial
On the day Judge Tanya S. Chutkan was randomly selected to preside over former President Donald J. Trump’s trial on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, she called a childhood friend in Jamaica, Christine Stiebel. Judge Chutkan.
Learn MoreJoe Biden's brother Jim is tied to fraud scheme where he allegedly used $125,000
Confidential Treasury documents reveal President Biden's younger brother is embroiled in an allegedly fraudulent scheme in which he used business loans to pay off personal expenses. James 'Jim' Biden, 74, is named in three Suspicious Activity Reports filed.
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Names and faces of Harvard students linked to an anti-Israel statement
A billboard truck drove near Harvard’s campus Wednesday displaying the names and photos of Harvard students whose organizations signed a statement blaming solely Israel for the deadly attacks by Hamas.
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