Karine Jean-Pierre's time as White House press secretary can be summed up in one phrase -- defending the indefensible. KJP must constantly reach beyond where reason would allow in trying to defend President Joe Biden's disastrous policies and failing mental state. It is not that she believes any of the...

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In any good narrative, tension between a gracious winner and a sore loser can carry a story only so far. Eventually, the sore loser needs either a comeuppance, a plot twist or a redemption arc to avoid growing tiresome. The ongoing rivalry between rookie guard Caitlin Clark of the WNBA's...

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It was supposed to be a win for ethical accountability in the executive branch -- especially for Democrats who repeatedly accused presumptive GOP presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump of using his office to advance his family's business interests, absent much evidence of that charge. However, the bipartisan legislation...

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President Joe Biden is building a fast track to citizenship for about half a million illegal immigrants. On Tuesday, Biden is set to announce a program to smooth out the speed bumps for illegal immigrants who are married to American citizens so they can apply for residency and then citizenship,...

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McDonald’s is ending its drive-thru artificial intelligence experiment after the endeavor proved to be anything but smart. The company confirmed on Monday that the once-promising "automated order taking" system that was announced in 2021 as a collaboration with IBM was being slashed after it wasn’t cutting the mustard. The announcement...

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Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour -- so named, I can only assume, because it seems to have spanned several epochs of recorded human history -- is still going on. And now, it's getting roundly mocked because TayTay's dancing is wearing a bit thin or getting a bit weird, depending on your...

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After more than two and a half years on the run, federal authorities caught up with one-time fiscal guru James Arthur McDonald Jr. who was wanted on fraud charges. Deadline described McDonald as a “perennial presence as an analyst on CNBC shows over the years.” However, the high-profile commentator had been...

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I get it. Taylor Swift has been good for the NFL. She's turned the Kansas City Chiefs, quite improbably, into a global brand. They'll likely be the first Super Bowl dynasty to be the subject of a cryptic breakup song. She's a large part of the reason that Super Bowl...

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ESPN analyst Doris Burke has joined the legion of clout-chasers frivolously name-dropping Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark to get attention. On Monday, Burke -- commentating during Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Celtics -- spouted a tone-deaf "joke" that downplayed the aggressive targeting...

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True Christian charity consists of kindness toward people who cannot be of any use to you. And that holds true especially at times when the world expects you to focus on your own thoughts and objectives. During the final round of the PGA Tour's U.S. Open golf tournament on Sunday...

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Usually, if gunfire erupts at a drive-thru fast-food restaurant, it's a robber trying to take money by force. So, one can at least say this much about what happened at a Lakeland, Florida, McDonald's on Friday: It was the cashier, not the customer, who opened fire, according to police. According...

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The North Korean military has suffered multiple casualties after an ill-fated trip into the Demilitarized Zone in an incident that highlights growing tension between the two nations. According to Reuters, citing South Korea's Yonhap News, the situation unfolded Tuesday morning as dozens of Northern soldiers breached the defensive line. The...

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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is suing Pfizer for allegedly violating his state’s Consumer Protection Act, arguing the drug maker “misled the public” about the safety of its COVID vaccine. The civil suit was filed on Monday, alleging that Pfizer hid adverse side effects from the shots, which Kobach’s suit...

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A 21-year-old Massachusetts man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl on Friday at her home in Lowell. Ahliana Dickey failed to show up at her eighth-grade graduation on Friday morning, sending her family into a panic, MassLive reported. The teen was found shot...

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Sen. Chuck Schumer chose to delete a Father's Day post after the public noticed, with both humor and revulsion, what was on the politician's grill. The original post was made Sunday on X, formerly known as Twitter, before being sent to the memory hole shortly after. "Our family has lived...

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Certain jobs can threaten one's sanity to such a degree that promotions ought to come with hazard pay. In a news release on Monday, Fox News President and Executive Editor Jay Wallace announced that the company has promoted longtime White House correspondent Peter Doocy to the rank of -- drum...

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“In recent months, both floods and tornadoes have ripped through parts of the country’s Midwest and Southeast region, upending people’s lives and shattering their homes and businesses,” Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said on "Washington Watch" last week. “According to the weather experts, we’re on track for a record...

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Pop star Justin Timberlake was arrested early Tuesday on a charge of driving while intoxicated, according to news reports. A Sag Harbor Police Department representative said that "as of the morning of Tuesday, June 18, the singer, 43, was in police custody," People reported. The outlet said the department would...

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Maybe if Mark Cuban had spent more time paying attention to his Dallas Mavericks instead of shilling for an octogenarian politician, it would be Mavs stars Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy on Tuesday instead of the Boston Celtics. (Yes, this author is a bitter and...

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If we step back and look at the success of the LGBT lobby over the last nine years since the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, the picture is astounding. Along with officially turning June into 'Pride Month' each year, they and their influential allies in the media, entertainment industry, schools, and...

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