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Here's a bizarre cause and effect: Because a wealthy businessman saw a bit of himself in a feisty nun from the late 1800s, the movie "Cabrini" was born. Curiously, the first time that businessman -- J. Eustace Wolfington of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania -- was approached to finance the film,...

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Haiti is in a state of profound decay. Gangs roam the streets unimpeded by any sort of rule of law, the elected prime minister cannot return to the country and has been assured of death if he tries by the nation's de facto leader: a gang chief who has earned...

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It's all but official: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will meet again in November for a rematch to see who will spend the next four years in the White House. The New York Times confirmed that both men had secured enough convention delegates to ensure that each...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin hurled his favorite N-word at the U.S. Wednesday as he warned of limits on how much the U.S. could support Ukraine without punishment. Putin was interviewed by Russian news agencies as he prepared for the elections to be held from Friday to Sunday that are expected...

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Hollywood power couple Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes moved their two daughters away from Los Angeles to give them a normal life and do not want them raised around the children of other stars, a source close to the A-listers claims. In a new interview with People magazine, a person...

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The judge overseeing the election interference case against Donald Trump and others issued an order on Wednesday dismissing six charges in the case, including three against the former president. The dismissed charges related to alleged efforts by Trump and others working on his behalf to persuade elected representatives in the...

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Former UFC champion Mark Coleman was hospitalized Tuesday after rescuing his parents from a house fire Coleman, 59, was put in an induced coma in intensive care, manager Michael DiSabato said late Tuesday, according to NBC. DiSabato said that family members expect Coleman, who suffered from smoke inhalation, to survive....

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"This version of Joe Biden could beat Donald Trump," the first line of a CNN commentary read, the day after President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. "And in the most important moment of the 2024 election campaign so far, Biden appeared to succeed," the columnist Stephen Collinson rejoiced. "He...

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President Joe Biden is nothing if not a tax-and-spend liberal, and his latest budget proposal is further proof of it. A centerpiece of his 2025 fiscal year budget is a plan to reduce deficit spending by $3 trillion over the next 10 years, but given the cost overruns of Biden's...

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Solidarity among Democrats is generally a given. Dems march in lockstep like the Borg Collective on Star Trek. Now there's a chink in their armor, and the Biden border fiasco threatens to crack it open. On Tuesday, 14 House Democrats backed a resolution denouncing President Biden’s open border policy, according...

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Don't believe Democrats when they claim the left isn't coming for your gas stoves. They are, and it's happening through a propaganda campaign linking the appliances to air pollution. In a Feb. 29 statement, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund — a left-wing activist group that wants to...

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By an overwhelming margin, the House on Wednesday passed legislation that would require TikTok to separate from its China-based ownership or face a potential ban in the U.S. The vote was 352-65, with one member voting present and 14 members not voting. Fifteen Republicans and 50 Democrats opposed the measure....

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Leave it to Batman to save the Oscars from becoming a snooze-fest of speeches. Batman, in the form of star actor Michael Keaton, returned briefly at the Oscars for one of the more viral moments at the Oscars. In a clip from the Academy Awards posted to X, presenters Arnold...

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Four people have been sentenced after authorities dismantled a fake marriage operation that fraudulently sought green cards for at least 600 immigrants. The mastermind of the scheme, Marcialito Biol Benitez, was sentenced Thursday to 22 months in prison and three years of supervised release, according to a news release from...

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One poor, young British woman moved to St. Louis, Missouri, and became the victim of big city American crime. As reported in the New York Post, a British woman, 22-year-old Ellie Bentley, moved to St. Louis in 2023 to be with her then-boyfriend, soccer player Indiana Vassilev. She was exiting...

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For American citizens trapped in the increasingly anarchistic situation nation of Haiti, the Biden administration is continuing a deplorable pattern begun during the withdrawal from Afghanistan back in 2021. Namely, in the words of the Republican Rep. Cory Mills of Florida, that pattern is a "pattern of abandonment." Thankfully for...

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Few things are sadder to witness than the spectacle of an aging hippie making a fool of himself. The aging hippie in question this time is acclaimed singer-songwriter Neil Young, who, back in 2022, threw a tantrum when Spotify wouldn't censor Joe Rogan for "COVID misinformation," taking his ball to...

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Democratic Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez is facing a primary challenge from a New York City businessman who said he has had enough of her brand of far-left “radicalism.” He has announced he is running to unseat the three-term congresswoman and he did not mince words regarding how he feels about the...

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A number of influential conservatives warned a bill that could ultimately ban the social media app TikTok in the U.S. could have unintended consequences after it was passed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. One went as far as to describe the bill as a “Trojan horse” for other...

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New York Jets star cornerback Sauce Gardner reacted to the news that his teammate Aaron Rodgers is on Robert Kennedy Jr.’s running mate shortlist with a hilarious take. Rodgers, a former NFL MVP, was floated as a potential vice president for the political scion’s independent presidential bid on Tuesday. The...

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