Due to the death of GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa and the resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican House majority has narrowed to just five seats, 218–213.

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“A serious foreign policy begins on the premise that the obligation of a nation is to its own citizens. Governments exist not to perfect humanity but to secure the safety, material well…

A rioter was detained after spitting on federal agents outside an ICE facility in Minneapolis.

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Jimmy Kimmel held up a T-shirt to his liberal audience reading, “Donald J. Trump is gonna kill you.”

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Accounts run from foreign countries said to like and share posts by PM, other politicians within seconds, even though videos they're sharing take minutes to actually watch

The Senate has voted to block future military action against Venezuala absent congressional approval.

GOP Senators Collins, Hawley, Murkowski, Paul, and Young voted yes alongside all Democrats.

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U.S. officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede from Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources familiar with the matter.

Trump condemned GOP Senators Collins, Murkowski, Paul, Hawley, and Young for voting with Democrats to block military action in Venezuela, calling the War Powers Act “Unconstitutional.”

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Texas A&M instructed a professor to remove Plato readings from the teaching curriculum or face reassignment.

Professor Martin Peterson was told to remove passages from Plato’s Symposium discussing sexual orientation and sex as part of the university’s curriculum…

Atlanta Fed bumps their Q4 GDP estimate to 5.4%.

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Trump: "Cuba got all of its money for protecting. They were like a protector... I think that Cuba's really in a lot of trouble."

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Trump says the US will be re-opening shipyards and will become a leader in shipbuilding again.

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US labor productivity has increased from 3.3% to 4.9%, the highest reading in six years.

Labor costs have also decreased or stayed steady, predicting growth in the economy without inflation

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Megyn Kelly says the media is controlled by people who refuse to tell the truth about Israel.

Kelly says that the dishonesty by pro-Israel pundits is making her question her beliefs about Islam, despite being largely opposed to Islam.

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Iranian protestors have removed the Islamic flag and replaced it with the monarchical Shah flag at a city center in Khorramabad.

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Iranian security forces have opened fire on protestors in Karaj.

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VP Vance has announced that an Assistant Attorney General will be appointed by the Trump administration to prosecute fraud.

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President Trump said that “we’re going to hit [Iran] very hard” if they begin to intentionally kill protestors.

“If they do that, they’re gonna have to pay hell.”

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Protests have erupted in Iran's capital following a call by exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for mass demonstrations.