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Los Angeles Rams cornerback Derion Kendrick was arrested on a gun charge just hours after his team defeated the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. The arrest followed a game in which the former college standout recorded two tackles while his team kept Arizona out of the end zone for four quarters....

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As the possibility of a refugee wave from Gaza looms, the issue is dividing Republican presidential candidates. On Saturday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a strong stand against allowing any Gaza refugees into America. Former President Donald Trump addressed the issue Monday, saying he would expand his travel ban to...

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Buffalo Bills running back Damien Harris, who was carted off the field Sunday night in an ambulance, is improving, Bills coach Sean McDermott said Monday. In a Monday media availability, McDermott said Harris was doing “as well as can be expected.” "He is out of the hospital and resting at...

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Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan just gagged the entire nation by way of gagging former President Donald Trump. The degree of the gagging makes no difference. She gagged Trump’s application of words. At the same time, she gagged the public’s right to listen. She did so, apparently, for the sake of...

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When someone misses a scheduled meeting, Americans tend to take it in stride, but cultural norms in the Arab world emphasize a higher level of respect and adherence to specific etiquette. For example, checking one's watch during a conversation in a social setting is considered impolite, as is positioning one's...

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The king of Jordan on Tuesday said Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip should not be pawned off on Jordan or Egypt. Israel has indicated it plans to attack Gaza to eliminate the power base of Hamas, the terrorist group behind the Oct, 7 massacre of more than 1,400 people...

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The Democrats' many wealthy supporters deserve credit when they finally recognize their foolishness. Chamath Palihapitiya, a billionaire venture capitalist who voted Democrat in the last two presidential elections, has admitted his error and praised the work done by the administration of former President Donald Trump. "What those guys did was...

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There is a reason that every sitting United States president ages in dog years. Look at any president in recent memory and compare how they looked at the start of their term and the end of their term, and it's almost jarring seeing the toll that the presidency can take...

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In the middle of an interview with Sky News, spokesman for the Israeli government, Eylon Levy, suddenly disappeared. He did so as he received a sudden call to evacuate the premises through his earpiece. Notified that he and the rest of Israel was currently in the middle of a rocket...

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Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio failed to get enough votes to claim the speakership on Tuesday as 20 members of his own party refused to vote for him. Two weeks after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker in a historic vote, Jordan had emerged as the leading candidate to...

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Colleges and universities are on the frontlines of the culture wars. Conservatives have been losing ground on that front decade after decade. They have lost many battles, but the war is still up for grabs. According to a 2020 National Association of Scholars report, the vast majority of college professors...

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If Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn't fooling the liberal media, she isn't fooling anybody. The leftist Democrat paid a visit Monday night to the normally friendly confines of "CNN NewsNight" to defend a call for a "ceasefire" in the Israel-Hamas war before Israel even gets started on the goal of wiping...

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A feisty nun scored a touchdown for God when she tackled an environmental activist who was blocking the construction of a Catholic church in southern France. According to France 3, nuns clashed with eco-activists who were protesting at the construction site in the tiny hamlet of Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier (population: 413). A...

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Polarizing climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by police officers during a protest outside of an oil and gas conference in London on Tuesday. According to Reuters, this latest incident caps off a whirlwind year for Thunberg, as she's been detained by police at events in Norway, Sweden, Germany and,...

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The British Broadcasting Corporation has come under fire for refusing to condemn Hamas after last week's bloody rampage by terrorists crossing from Gaza into Israel. And one BBC guest has had enough. The BBC has seen protesters form outside its London headquarters for refusing to call Hamas and its Palestinian...

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First son Hunter Biden's extensive legal woes have introduced a new wrinkle -- the sort of wrinkle that's already taken down a different Democrat in the last week. According to multiple reports, Hunter Biden could be investigated for potentially violating the Foreign Agent Registrations Act (FARA) of 1938. USA Today...

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On social media this weekend, hunting enthusiast and Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Erik Swanson posted a photo of himself with his young son behind a line of dead Canada geese. Predictably, woke liberals howled with disapproval, but Swanson did not let their overwrought outrage deter him. "I am teaching...

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GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida was pleased with how a story apparently aimed at making him look bad actually puts him in a pretty good light. Gaetz, of course, brought the ire of many on both sides of the political aisle after successfully orchestrating the ouster of House Speaker...

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One of the more combative and outspoken members of the House of Representatives was vocally booed and shouted down in a contentious vote on Tuesday. Lawmakers from across the country gathered in the House Chambers to attempt to elect a new speaker of the House in a floor vote. Fiery...

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Since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, Americans have watched leftists in major cities rally in support of mass murderers. They've seen Ivy League universities brim over with support for brazen killers. But they might have missed less than a minute of video from Monday that set off...

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