New polls show that Americans believe securing its Southern Border is a higher priority than supporting either embattled Ukraine or Israel. A Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll shows that 68 percent of respondents in seven swing states support increased funding for border protection, according to Bloomberg. That topped the poll’s support for increased...

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A former United States president, a hybrid rap/rock/country star, an ex-Fox News host, and the CEO of the world's most prolific MMA organization walk into Madison Square Garden... No, that's not the beginning of some horrifically convoluted joke, but rather a snapshot of the raucous scene in New York City...

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President Joe Biden will be asking Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday to restore military-to-military contacts that were severed last year, White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday. In June, China rebuffed Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s request to resume those contacts, although Blinken said he repeatedly asked...

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Newly ensconced House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana has little time for settling in at his new leadership position as the budget fight looms as his biggest hurdle for the near future. But some reports are saying he has a secret plan to avoid a government shutdown. The Republican Party,...

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Executives at The Walt Disney Co. have to be desperate to avoid another flop -- or even worse. Slogging through a year of disappointing box office performances -- including its latest release, "The Marvels," which opened Thursday and is doing dismally, the company announced last week that its newest installment...

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A Canadian nurse is facing discipline for saying that men who style themselves as women are, in fact, men. Amy Hamm of New Westminster, British Columbia, is facing a sanction from the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives that could cost her her license for publicly speaking her mind. “Between...

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A Wisconsin woman has found herself an unwitting participant in the global battle between Israel and its haters. It all began innocently enough, when Madison mother Shira Goldman ordered a copy of “Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth,” according to the New York Post. After...

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Now-former Texas A&M football head coach Jumbo Fisher was abruptly relieved of his duties on Sunday -- but it's not all bad news for the 58-year-old coach. After six up-and-down campaigns at College Station, Texas, Fisher was released on Sunday, according to a statement released by the school athletic director,...

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Nobody will ever accuse Joy Behar and the other co-hosts on "The View" for presenting rational leftist viewpoints (do those even exist?) on the chatty ABC network talk show. But even given that remarkably low bar, this latest clip from the show is something else, reaching depraved new lows of...

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Depending on where you stand on the political/ideological spectrum, former President Donald Trump represents one of two wildly different things: For Democrats and leftists, he's a looming dictatorial boogeyman that will destroy this country For Republicans and conservatives, he's one of the very last glimmers of hope to save this...

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Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff just two months before the start of voting in Iowa's leadoff GOP caucuses. The South Carolina senator, who entered the race...

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Canadian female powerlifter April Hutchinson will not stop saying the m-word. And because of that, she said she faces a two-year suspension from the Canadian Powerlifting Union. "I now face a 2-year ban by the CPU for speaking publicly about the unfairness of biological males being allowed to taunt female...

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A Las Vegas teenager is dead after a brutal beating at the hands of a gang of 15 youths. Jonathan Lewis, 17, was pronounced dead less Tuesday after the gang attack outside of Rancho High School on Nov. 1, according to Fox News. Videos of the ruthless attack were shared...

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The Republican presidential primary debates without former President Donald Trump have been like "American Idol" without Simon Cowell. And the ratings reflect it. Trump announced in August he would be skipping the primary debates because polls showed him "leading the field by 'legendary' numbers." On Wednesday night, five other GOP...

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The Food and Drug Administration has given its approval for a vaccine against a disease few Americans ever heard of 20 years ago. Under its "accelerated approval" rules, the FDA approved a drug called Ixchiq, which is the first vaccine against chikungunya. The shots are for adults "18 years of...

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Apple has agreed to a settlement agreement with the U.S. Justice Department following claims the company hired immigrant workers over U.S. citizens and green card holders as part of a pattern of “discriminatory” employment practices. The company will fork over $25 million following a lengthy investigation into the Big Tech...

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They wanted to live in America, but not at an emergency shelter created by New York City at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Field. A tent city was erected at the former airfield where New York plans to house about 2,000 illegal immigrants who have come to the City. But when a...

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Donald Trump is turning the Democrats' own game against them. Ever since he descended the Trump Tower escalator in 2015 to declare he was running for the White House, the 45th president has rarely been on the same side as the establishment media, but when it comes to his upcoming...

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With their cowboy boots planted firmly in the soil of the Holy Land, a group of American cowboys arrived to help Israel in the best way they knew how. “I love the Jewish people and I believe this is their God-given land,” Ezekiel Strain said as he stood in a...

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U.S. women's soccer star Megan Rapinoe is an objectively contemptible human being for a myriad of reasons, but even given all that, this writer would've strongly preferred to address the ignominious end to her professional career with a little more decorum and respect, if only because that's what decent people...

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