Political campaign strategists base the vast majority of their decisions on number crunching and hard analysis of past elections. But any strategist worth his salt will tell you they truly earn their living, and their reputation, by ferreting out the unique situations that are a part of every election and...

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Somewhere out there, a Mega Millions player is holding a ticket worth $1.13 billion. The payout is the fifth-largest prize in the history of the lottery, according to the New York Post. "It was not a Quick Pick. It was chosen numbers, and it was a one board ticket. One...

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While too many of our modern actors have been quick to cry racism at the sign of the slightest inconvenience, the old-school actors have consistently resisted falling for the bait of racial politics. One such actor was "Ghostbusters" actor Ernie Hudson, who, in a recent interview, pushed back against a...

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Though an awkward acronym, "IINO" (Independent in Name Only) now applies to presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On Tuesday, Kennedy announced lawyer, activist and prolific Democratic donor Nicole Shanahan as his 2024 running mate. Early Wednesday morning on his Truth Social platform, former President Donald Trump gleefully responded to...

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If conservatives hoped that the Missouri school district that saw a teenage girl brutally beat her classmate would be fair and balanced in its response to the ensuing investigation, then the recent letters passed between the school district and Missouri Attorney General should have quickly dispelled such a notion. As...

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Well, I'll give Jules Hardy this much: She's now quite a bit more famous outside of her native Britain than she was one week ago. Hardy, if you're not familiar with her (or them; she identifies as nonbinary and uses a variety of pronouns), was best known as BBC's go-to...

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Israel’s methodical destruction of terrorist hiding places in Gaza has come at the cost of American support for continuing the war to root out Hamas, according to a new poll. A new Gallup poll shows that support for Israel’s war has declined from a November survey, when support stood at...

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Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah took aim at one of our longtime allies over its disrespect of our military. Sen. Lee blasted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for his country's treatment of U.S. Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis, who was involved in a very unfortunate car accident that killed two...

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Donald Trump might not be the most stellar example of virtuous Christian living, but perhaps the media could have shown him more grace regarding his awkward but overall well-meaning new enterprise launched ahead of the Easter weekend. As Fox News reported Tuesday, Trump has partnered with country singer Lee Greenwood...

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Increasingly recognized as one of the greatest players in college basketball, and expected to be first pick in the WNBA draft, Caitlin Clark is being offered a new challenge. The 6-foot, 22-year-old Iowa guard, before whom NCAA records tremble, is being offered $5 million to play 10 games against ex-NBA...

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Just how all-encompassing is literary license? According to Delaware Chief Judge Colm F. Connolly, it has its limits -- and Netflix appears to have run afoul of them. The streaming and entertainment titan saw a defamation lawsuit against it move forward after Connolly ruled that the Netflix miniseries "Inventing Anna"...

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This is totally bananas. After over two decades of maintaining the 19-cents-apiece price for bananas, store chain Trader Joe's has had to raise the price by 20 percent. "We only change our prices when our costs change, and after holding our price for bananas at 19¢ each for more than...

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A Tennessee reporter was arrested Tuesday as Vanderbilt University students staged a pro-Palestinian protest. Nashville Scene reporter Eli Motycka was detained on a trespassing allegation after campus police said he violated a warning, something he denied, according to WPLN-FM. The officer in charge of arresting Motycka said that the reporter...

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Video obtained by TMZ showed the aftermath of the raid on Rapper Diddy’s Los Angeles home on Monday as an attorney for the 54-year-old accused the federal government of carrying out a “witch hunt” against him. The music mogul, whose legal name is Sean Combs, saw his homes in California...

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Former vice presidential candidate and long-serving U.S. senator Joe Lieberman died Wednesday afternoon at the age of 82. Lieberman’s family released a statement on his sudden passing, attributing his death to injuries he experienced in a fall. "Former United States Senator Joseph I. Lieberman died this afternoon, March 27, 2024,...

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Virulently anti-Trump comedian and TV host Jon Stewart is facing a backlash after being accused of perpetrating the same behavior that he has criticized former President Donald Trump of committing. Stewart is facing criticism after attacking Trump over claims that he overvalued some of his properties, a claim lodged against...

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Houston’s Democratic mayor admitted at a meeting last week that the country’s fourth-largest city is “broke." Mayor John Whitmire was elected in December, overwhelmingly defeating Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee. Now, staring down a deficit of $160 million, he is proposing spending cuts and potential new taxes to repair the...

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A man arrested in connection with Monday’s killing of a New York City police officer was heckled by an impromptu crowd of New Yorkers Wednesday as he was hustled into a police car. Lindy Jones, 41, has been identified as the driver of a vehicle approached by NYPD Officer Jonathan...

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The lawyer who led the effort to de-certify the 2020 presidential election results and replace electors with slates of alternates has lost his license to practice law in California -- at least for now. "In view of the circumstances surrounding Eastman’s misconduct and balancing the aggravation and mitigation, the court...

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There's that familiar saying about people who live in glass houses, or, as the British say, "What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander." But "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart apparently doesn't like it when the microscope is turned on him. On Monday's show, Stewart talked about the...

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There were allegations aplenty at a Wednesday hearing on the federal tax charges against Hunter Biden, but what bothered U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi was the paucity of facts connecting the charges with efforts by congressional Republicans to probe the murky depths of the Biden family’s finances. Although Scarsi did...

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