If you can't read a room, you're definitely not ready to lead the country. Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is polling dead last among the remaining candidates in the Republican presidential primary, but what he lacks in poll numbers and fundraising he makes up for in chutzpah. Hutchinson was booed...

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A Black Lives Matter activist in the United Kingdom has been convicted of fraud after spending nearly $40,000 in charitable donations on hair appointments, take-out food and other personal expenses. Xahra Saleem, 23, who formerly went by the name Yvonne Maina, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison, the...

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Revolted by the slaughter of Israeli civilians by Hamas terrorists, a GOP congressman is proposing a ban on allowing Palestinians into the U.S. Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana announced the Safeguarding Americans from Extremism Act in a Thursday news release. The release said that to prevent “Palestinian terrorists” from...

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A U.S. military supply ship was blocked from leaving an Oakland, California, port on Friday by pro-Palestinian protesters who believed the ship was going to carry a cargo of military equipment to Israel. Protesters locked themselves to the carrier Cape Orlando, which they said was going to bring weapons to...

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Country star Jason Aldean's new album is dominating the iTunes charts since its Friday release. As of Sunday morning, "Highway Desperado" was at the No. 1 spot in the country music album category, beating out not one but two Taylor Swift albums. Swift's album "Fearless (Taylor's Version)" sits at No....

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"Winning solves everything," is a common saying in sports, but for one legendary MLB skipper, that adage might be a little overrated. Dusty Baker, a two-time All Star and two-time World Series winner (one as a player, one as a manager), appeared on the "Steam Room" podcast hosted by sportscaster...

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Castmates of the wildly popular sitcom "Friends" were spotted attending the Friday funeral of the late actor Matthew Perry. People magazine reported that Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer were in attendance at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park service held in Los Angeles. Friends co-stars...

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A White House fence was vandalized Saturday night by pro-Palestinian protesters who doused red paint on it. During the rowdy protest, marchers rattled a gate while one demonstrator climbed the black gate to wave a Palestinian flag. A nearby statue of General Marquis de Lafayette in Lafayette Park was tagged...

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Actor Jacob Elordi took an odd approach while trying to get into the headspace of the King of Rock n' Roll. And it involved bacon -- and not just a few sizzling slices, but a rather large amount of the breakfast staple. While discussing the new film "Priscilla," a dramatized...

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They lay where Hamas left them; limp in the response of the dead in a place where terrorists shattered their illusions of innocence before leaving them strewn in a field of death. The video is on X. It’s not pretty. It is gory and graphic and it is the reader’s...

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Texas Rangers left fielder Evan Carter is challenging fans to show their faith the way he does. Carter, who debuted with the World Series champions in September, had a torrid post-season. Carter hit .300 in 17 post-season games with one home run and six runs batted in. The 21-year-old hit...

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Amid the civil trial on allegations of fraud lodged against the Trump Organization by New York Attorney General Letitia James, Donald Trump Jr. had time for a joke. On Thursday, as he was called to testify in the trial, he had a brief conversation with courtroom artist Jane Rosenberg. "Make...

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To be perfectly clear about this from the outset: There is nothing "good" or worthwhile to be had from the bloody and barbaric invasion of Israel at the hands of Hamas terrorists on the morning of Oct. 7. Countless innocent Israelis have been brutally murdered, lives have been irrevocably changed...

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Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro took on Oxford University students in a recent debate and exposed what they really meant as they defended Palestinians. Snippets of the debates were posted on X. In one exchange, Shapiro asked the student debating him which parts of Israel she considered were lands the Jewish...

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James Comer's committee is keeping the pressure on. Days after releasing a video showing a direct link between a Chinese energy company and now-President Joe Biden's bank account, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability announced the White House not being cooperative when it comes to clearing up questions about...

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There's an old AP Statistics joke meant to illustrate the fallacy of conflating correlation and causation that goes something like this: "Every person who has died in a car crash drank water within the week of the fatal accident." Obviously, despite the nigh 100 percent correlation of people who drink...

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When former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took the stage on Saturday at the Florida Freedom Summit, he was clearly expecting a bad reaction from the crowd. But the way Christie crashed and burned was even worse. He couldn't have killed his campaign better if he'd called them "deplorables." The...

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In the sort of nightmare scenario that could practically be ripped from the noscript of dystopian sci-fi series "Black Mirror," a New Jersey high school is under investigation after students allegedly used artificial intelligence to manipulate photos of their underage classmates to make pornographic imagery. These "deepfake" nude images were...

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A treasured national tradition is getting a little less family-friendly this year. Americans looking forward to the quintessential national holiday are getting a rude awakening with word that the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan is going to showcase more than street versions of musical numbers and marching bands...

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A viral clip of University of Southern California standout quarterback Caleb Williams has sparked a debate over whether his emotional response to a tough loss was the appropriate response. To wit, Williams, last year's Heisman trophy winner, was seen visibly distraught and crying with his family after a tough 52-42...

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Week 9 of the NFL regular season is just about in the books, but it's a routine play from Week 8 that had fans, pundits and former players alike crying foul. Last Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens beat the Arizona Cardinals 31-24 and there wasn't a ton to analyze about the game...

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