Long-shot Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie said he has met the minimum requirements to reach the stage in next month's first 2024 primary debate. The former New Jersey governor joined CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday night where he announced he had made the cut. Cooper noted qualifying criteria include that...

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Good things come to those who wait -- or are willing to part with $8 a month and create content on Twitter. If you spend any time at all on the social media platform, you likely saw some notable influencers -- of all political stripes -- touting how much money...

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An award-winning horse trainer in North Carolina was arrested last week after an alleged attempt to shoot and kill his own son instead resulted in the death of a horse. John Victor “Vick” Russell, 75, was arrested on July 5 following an altercation with his son in which officers say...

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The more the public gets a good look at ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing, the more those prominent ESG funds suffer. ESG funds have lost over $15 billion in the second quarter of 2023. Reuters reports that, "Outflows were driven by economic and regulatory worries in Europe, analysts said,...

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A woman has been arrested in New York in connection with the suspected drug overdose death of Hollywood actor Robert De Niro’s grandson. Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez, 19, was found dead on July 2 in his Manhattan apartment in an upscale apartment on Wall Street. At the time, police said the...

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Do Democratic Reps. Dan Goldman of New York and Jamie Raskin of Maryland know what the "Streisand effect" is? As the BBC notes, in 2003, singer Barbra Streisand sued an aerial photographer who had taken pictures of her house in Malibu, California and posted them online. Up to that point,...

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It’s been said that elections have consequences. Actions candidates have taken in the past also have consequences. That was demonstrated Friday when Tucker Carlson took Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson to task for his 2021 veto of a bill prohibiting transgender procedures on minors. The normally affable former governor of...

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Christian actor Jim Caviezel has let slip an update on the highly-anticipated sequel to "Passion of the Christ" that, if true, would have massive implications for the box office in the coming years. Caviezel, who portrayed Jesus in "Passion of the Christ" is set to reprise the role for the...

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Current GOP candidate Chris Christie believes he could take former President Donald Trump in a literal fight. The former governor of New Jersey was asked Thursday by host Piers Morgan during the show "Piers Morgan Uncensored" who would be victorious in the hypothetical battle. "If you and Trump got in...

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Former Vice President Mike Pence stalled on Friday when he was asked if he would classify the events of Jan. 6, 2021, as an “insurrection.” The awkward moment came during the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, where Republican presidential candidates were grilled by moderator Tucker Carlson about their...

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President Joe Biden has sparked a bit of a frenzy on social media after he had an odd interaction with a child Thursday. The president was greeting embassy staff members and their families at the Helsinki-Vantaan International Airport in Finland, according to Fox News. The video showed Biden leaning into...

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At midnight on Wednesday, for the first time since 1960, writers and actors went on strike simultaneously. Hollywood actors joined The Writers Guild of America, which had already been on strike for over two months after unsuccessful negotiations with studios, according to the New York Times.  While an actor's strike may...

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In the end, it was a pizza crust that led to the suspect's arrest. A 59-year-old architect was taken into custody Thursday night in connection with a series of murders on Long Island, according to The Associated Press. The man, identified as Rex Heuermann, was caught after detectives "recovered his...

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A Chinese kindergarten teacher has been executed for poisoning students. Wang Yun was sentenced to death in 2020 after she was accused of administering poison to 25 children, one of whom later died. Her "criminal methods and circumstances were exceedingly bad, with especially severe circumstances, and she should be severely...

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Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom has threatened a school district in his state for not adopting a curriculum that celebrates gay-rights icon and child sexual predator Harvey Milk. The Temecula Valley School Board in Riverside County voted in May not to adopt some materials in a textbook that celebrates Milk...

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The CEO of JPMorgan Chase has his doubts about President Joe Biden’s economic policy, which the president has christened “Bidenomics.” “I’d be careful about that,” said Jamie Dimon, the head of America’s largest bank, according to CNN. "Dimon classified Bidenomics largely as industrial policy -- a strategy that specifically encourages...

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Chaya Raichik, the creator of the wildly popular Twitter page Libs of TikTok, trolled Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz online Thursday -- and she even dragged Elon Musk into the mix. Lorenz reached out to the conservative for comment on a story about the monetization of tweets. It was reported...

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Israeli surgeons saved a 12-year-old Palestinian boy last month, successfully reattaching his head to his neck in a high-tech advanced procedure after it had been internally decapitated. The boy, Suleiman Hassan, was airlifted from the West Bank to Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem after he reportedly got hit by...

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Presidential hopeful and former Vice President Mike Pence has drawn shock and criticism for appearing to state that the degradation of America is not his concern. The comment came during a sit-down interview with Tucker Carlson at The Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa. There, Pence discussed...

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The Geraldo Rivera post-Fox tour made a stop Thursday night with Chris Cuomo, who was let go by CNN last year. Earlier in the day, Rivera had joined “The View” to repeat what multiple sites had already said -- that there had been tension on the set of the Fox...

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Fair or unfair, there's a reason why the stereotype of the airhead jock with little to no actual societal value persists. After all, every stereotype has a kernel of truth. But every once in a while, pro athletes come along who can bring genuine value to their sport and the...

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