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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The United Nations’ embargo against Iran’s access to missile and drone markets expires Wednesday, providing Iran ally Hamas with major advantage over Israel unless halted by the U.S. and European allies. Loss of the sanctions will be “a huge victory for Tehran,” according to Richard Goldberg, Trump administration director for...

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These days, an elected official acting both in constituents' interests and in defense of the republic constitutes real news. At a press conference on Tuesday, Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas announced that a Chinese company, designated "enemy"-owned, must relinquish its Arkansas land. "I'm announcing that Syngenta, a Chinese-state-owned...

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The hunt for a new speaker continues as the GOP seems unable to get its act together and look beyond petty disputes and partisan issues. Twenty Republican members of the House voted against House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio, calling out names like Steve Scalise of Lousiana, House...

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Joe Biden’s re-election campaign leaders joked on X, formerly known as Twitter, that they joined former President Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, on Monday because they thought it would be "very funny." "We just joined Truth Social, mostly because we thought it would be very funny. Follow us...

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Israel's government stated Tuesday an errant Palestinian Islamic Jihad rocket and not the Israeli Defense Force was responsible for an explosion at a hospital in Gaza that reportedly killed hundreds. The Hamas-run Health Ministry said that at least 500 people were killed in the blast at the Al Ahli Arab...

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