Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina argued powerfully during the Republican primary debate on Wednesday night that many of the issues faced by black Americans today are not a legacy of slavery, but of President Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society." "America has suffered because of slavery, but we've overcome that. We...

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An attempt by former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to hit former President Donald Trump for not participating in Wednesday’s second Republican primary debate fell flat on its face. Christie attacked Trump for not appearing at the event at the Ronald Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, and...

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The stage got quite heated during Wednesday night's GOP presidential primary debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. Two candidates had a particularly notable face-off: Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador, versus businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. "Every time I hear you, I...

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Have you ever come out of a terrible movie and turned to your significant other and quipped, "Well, there's two hours of my life I'll never get back?" At approximately 11 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, untold numbers of Republican couples across America turned to one another and said...

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On a few rare occasions Wednesday night -- when Chris Christie wasn't lobbing lame "Donald Duck" jokes at former President Trump or Tim Scott and Nikki Haley weren't arguing over curtains -- there were moments of actual substance that came up. One of the moments that went under the radar...

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Veteran actor Michael Gambon, who was known to many for his portrayal of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight “Harry Potter” films, has died, his publicist said Thursday. He was 82. A statement by his family, issued by his publicist, said he died following “a bout of...

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Political pundits love sports metaphors, and none so much as wondering who the "backup QB" to President Joe Biden might be if, you know, he keeps looking like Joe Biden. When Kamala Harris took the No. 2 position on the ticket in 2020, everyone knew that the pick came with...

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In an increasingly dangerous world, one thing that most Americans should be able to agree upon is that we need a strong military. Unfortunately, under the Biden administration, instead of focusing on winning battles, the military has been preoccupied with pushing leftist talking points and agendas -- such as the...

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After failing to make the threshold for Wednesday night’s Republican presidential debate, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said if he does not make the next debate, it may be time to fold the tent and give up. Hutchinson had the unenviable distinction of being the only GOP presidential candidate who...

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Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson is back with more dubious claims about occurrences within Trump's inner circle. On Tuesday, Insider reported that Hutchinson's new memoir claimed that Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows, who is a devout Baptist, never drank alcohol in his life before downing multiple...

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As strikers with the United Auto Workers have been on the picket line for two weeks in a labor action against all three major U.S. auto manufacturers, President Joe Biden decided to join them Tuesday -- for all of 12 minutes. Yes, it seems that "Union Joe" or "Lunch Pail...

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In the midst of political wrangling over a tactic Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs used to fill top executive branch decisions, a Republican feuding with Hobbs was briefly appointed as acting governor. In a Wednesday post on X, Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee announced that the order of succession in Arizona...

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Last month, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter announced that it would be hiring more people to guard the platform against use by bad actors. "We’re currently expanding our safety and elections teams to focus on combating manipulation, surfacing inauthentic accounts and closely monitoring the platform for emerging...

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Former President Donald Trump’s campaign called on the Republican National Committee to cancel all future 2024 primary debates in a statement on Wednesday. After seven candidates faced off during a forum that was moderated by Fox Business in Simi Valley, California, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the Trump campaign...

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Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida challenged former President Donald Trump to discuss the issues one-on-one with him after the latter skipped the second Republican primary debate Wednesday in Southern California. Trump skipped the forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, where seven candidates faced off in...

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The suspect in the murder of a Baltimore tech company CEO has been arrested. Deputy U.S. Marshal Albert Maresca said Jason Billingsley, 32, was arrested late Wednesday night at a train station in Bowie, Maryland, according to WBAL-TV. Police said more information about the case would be released Thursday. In...

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Amid the debate over what elected officials should wear in the halls of Congress, Republican Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee offered some fashion advice to a Capitol Hill reporter. While the Senate is dealing with the fallout of allowing Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania to show up to work...

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Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly opened up about an infamous outtake from three decades ago that leaked and went viral in the early days of YouTube and has since become a cultural phenomenon. In an interview with Tucker Carlson released on Wednesday evening, O'Reilly spoke with his successor at...

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"'But what will become of men then?' I asked him, 'without God and immortal life? All things are permitted then, they can do what they like?'" So wrote Dostoyevsky in his masterpiece "The Brothers Karamazov." The U.S. Senate is far from being a masterpiece. At times, it seems more like...

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The House Oversight Committee opened its first impeachment inquiry hearing Thursday, and member Jim Jordan wasted no time giving the Republicans who have been waiting for this moment what they've been looking for: a succinct but dramatic summation of the case for impeaching President Joe Biden. "This is a tale...

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A social media personality who dared police to arrest her as she gleefully incited looting and rioting in Philadelphia on Tuesday was seen crying in her mug shot after being charged with six felonies. On Wednesday, Dayjia Blackwell -- known online as “Meatball" -- was charged with burglary, criminal trespass,...

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