A Texas businessman scored big -- billions of dollars big -- by buying aging oil wells with low environmental impact scores. From 2020 to 2023, Hilcorp Energy CEO Jeffrey Hildebrand's net worth rose by an astonishing $8 billion, according to Forbes. Going forward, Hilcorp aims to increase its oil production...

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Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina decided to get up and walk around during his sit-down interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson Friday. During the roughly 30-minute interview, with topics ranging from the U.S.-Mexico border to the fentanyl crisis, Scott stood for the majority of it, while Carlson...

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Scientists at the University of Cambridge have identified a chemical imbalance in the brains of patients suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. OCD affects about 2 percent of the population, including over 2 million adults in the U.S., according to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America. Symptoms include an obsession with...

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Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is known for going to outlandish lengths to produce what he has referred to as “extreme comedy.” But one segment he taped in 2018 went so far that he contacted the FBI about an alleged pedophile he met, and he cut the segment and turned it...

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Despite everything the left is throwing at him, Donald Trump continues to soar in the polls for the Republican nomination. But by snubbing one event in a key state, he might just have made a mess of things. The Iowa caucuses officially kick off primary season. In order for any...

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It just cannot be a fun time for anyone on former Vice President Mike Pence's campaign team right now. Pence, nominally in third place in the GOP primary race (at least according to FiveThirtyEight), has suffered not one, not two, but three setbacks as of late, and one of those...

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Kari Lake is filing an appeal with the Arizona Supreme Court to have that court hear her allegations that 8,000 votes in the 2022 election were “misconfigured.” Lake lost the election for Arizona governor to Democrat Katie Hobbs. Since then, Lake has waged an uphill legal battle in which she...

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Truth endures. It is unchanging. It can’t be amended by political maneuvering. It survives unjust laws and outlasts even the most predominant ideological errors of any era. The truth that abortion kills a lively new human being remains true. It was recognized historically by the Founders and by the medical...

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appeared at Friday's Family Leadership Summit in Iowa for Republican presidential contenders where he was quizzed by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson over his different statements on the Ukraine war. Carlson began by questioning DeSantis over his history of passing pro-life laws, and asked him...

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When it comes to tough interviews, Republican contenders for the 2024 presidential election may have someone who can damage them more than even the liberal establishment media -- conservative commentator Tucker Carlson. The former Fox News host may have effectively obliterated a couple of presidential campaigns with his tough line...

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When Jake Wallin returned from duty in Afghanistan, he wanted to continue a life of service that made a difference. He was just beginning that life as a Fargo, North Dakota, police officer, when he was gunned down Friday in what a witness said appeared to be an ambush. Officers...

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June Shannon, star of “Mama June: From Not to Hot,”  has said that she and her family are coming to grips with the fact that she may not have her eldest daughter, Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell, for much longer. Cardwell, whose sister starred in the family's reality show "Here Comes Honey...

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It is becoming increasingly clear that the GOP primary field is Donald Trump -- and then everyone else. Former President Donald Trump's overwhelmingly successful visit to a Dairy Queen in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on July 7 may have given Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis some copycat ideas. However, unlike Trump's visit, which...

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The owner of a Michigan hair salon is pushing a recent Supreme Court decision about as far as it can go by refusing to do business with transgender people. But is she right? Does the decision supporting free speech and freedom of religion cover her refusal to give haircuts to...

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Suspected Ukrainian hackers were able to humiliate Russia Thursday by sending everyday Russians a message on their TV screens. "The hour of reckoning has come," hackers posted on Russian TV screens, according to the U.K. Sun. The Sun reported that Russia claimed Ukraine’s defense ministry created the video, which featured...

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Mystery surrounded the disappearance of an Alabama woman Thursday who went missing after reporting seeing a toddler walking by the side of a road. And mystery has so far also surrounded her surprise return Saturday night. Carlee Russell arrived unannounced and unaccompanied at her family’s home in the Birmingham suburb...

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Someone's Spidey Sense may need a reboot. Actor Tom Holland, who portrays the iconic comic book character Spider-Man (and the hero's alter-ego, Peter Parker), is receiving some flak for a scene in the Apple TV+ mystery drama "The Crowded Room." In the role, Holland plays a gay man who is...

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One legal weapon could smash the federal charges against former President Donald Trump into insignificant pieces of legal debris, according to one veteran of legal battles. Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell said that the Presidential Records Act is a powerful tool in Trump’s fight against charges lodged against him by...

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If there's one threat former President Donald Trump faces right now in the Republican presidential primaries, it's certainly not in the polls. Indeed, most show him at or above 50 percent support among GOP voters. No, instead the issue might be the donors. Not the small-money donors, but the deep-pocketed ones...

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Even a small bump on an electric vehicle can mean big money in repairs, as one Rivian owner has discovered. In May,  Rivian R1T owner Chris Apfelstadt went public with the cost of a February accident in which his truck was rear-ended.  The bottom line was an eye-popping $42,000, according...

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The wildly popular show "The Chosen" is being forced to stop filming its fourth season due to the Screen Actor’s Guild strike. Dallas Jenkins, the creator of the Christian show that depicts the life of Jesus, announced the news in a Thursday night Facebook post. "Unfortunately, despite the requested work...

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