If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, is it a duck? According to Axios, the answer is "yes," and then "no" a few years later, when the first answer becomes politically inconvenient. The media outlet was forced to do this little bit...

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rightly called American protesters who sided with Hamas "useful idiots" in the cause of evil while speaking before a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. "Many anti-Israel protesters, many choose to stand with evil," he said. "They stand with Hamas. They stand with rapists and murderers."...

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Over the past eight years, many conservative and Christian voters have made the same case against voting for Donald Trump. Character matters -- or so they say. Trump's history of questionable sexual ethics, vulgar behavior and other imperfections are pointed to as grave moral errors that supposedly disqualify him completely....

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A gas station clerk has been charged with theft for allegedly stealing a $1 million winning lottery ticket from an unsuspecting customer. Lottery staff grew suspicious and launched an investigation after 23-year-old Meer Patel tried to cash the winning ticket, WSMV-TV reported. The customer had bought two $20 Diamond and...

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The union representing U.S. Park Police said the pro-Palestinian protests happening near the Capitol in Washington, D.C. brought to mind the chaos of the summer of 2020. "Nothing to see here. Dragging police officers, burning flags, and vandalizing public property is peaceful… 2020 all over again, except this time we...

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A Miami man has been accused of hitting a woman in the face with a water bottle as she rode her bike on a bike path, knocking her to the ground. Andrew Deon Cobb, 54, was charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, according to a Miami-Dade County news...

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U.S. and Canadian fighter jets intercepted Russian and Chinese military aircraft off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday. A news release from the North American Aerospace Defense Command -- which is made up of American and Canadian forces -- detailed how NORAD first identified the targets, then tracked and later...

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Social media posts unearthed Wednesday indicate that Thomas Matthew Crooks was a supporter of President Joe Biden. The evidence isn't exactly ironclad, however, as Gab founder Andrew Torba posted in a series of messages on X. To sum up Torba’s messages, Crooks posted nine times, and not since 2021. Torba...

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Want to know why former President Barack Obama didn't immediately get behind Joe Biden's heir apparent as Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris -- and still hasn't, for that matter? According to an inside source who spoke to the New York Post, the former president thinks that Harris can't...

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A federal judge on Wednesday rejected efforts by ABC to throw out a defamation suit filed by former President Donald Trump. The suit stemmed from a March interview by George Stephanopoulos in which he asked Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina about supporting Trump after he was found "liable...

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The Olympics are already on, sort of, even though the opening ceremonies in Paris don't officially take place until Friday. The United States is already disappointing, however, in fairly predictable ways. On Wednesday, for instance, the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team, fresh off of an embarrassing crash out of the Copa...

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Do you remember who Kamala Harris is? No, I'm not asking you, Mr. President. I know you doubtlessly have staff to remind you of that every four-to-six hours. I'm talking to the rest of America, especially the moderates and independents who think that now that Joe "Huh?" Biden isn't potentially...

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If you want to see more of the other WNBA rookie sensation not named Caitlin Clark -- that is, Angel Reese -- far be it from her to disappoint you. According to the New York Post, the Chicago Sky forward, who's currently a distant second in the betting odds for...

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FBI Director Christopher Wray appeared to downplay the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump by casting doubt on whether he was actually hit by a bullet. Wray made the suggestion twice during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. On its website, the committee said,...

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Going headfirst into a steaming cauldron of anti-American hate, one man who had seen enough rescued Old Glory from the fires of Hamas supporters as they marched Wednesday in Washington D.C. Hamas supporters protested Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress by hoisting a Palestinian flag over Washington’s Union...

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In case you missed the news amid surreal events in the political realm, NFL training camps have opened. That means you should expect another wave of hyped-up stories laser-focused on Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his girlfriend, pop music megastar Taylor Swift. The Kelce-Swift circus returned to...

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President Joe Biden's latest address to the nation is causing serious concern among many Americans, including some medical professionals who are now speaking out. In the Wednesday speech, Biden spoke about not only his withdrawal from the 2024 race, but his plans to stay on as the sitting president. This...

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Never in U.S. history have such toxic foreign ideas and interests captured both American political discourse and the federal government. During Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress on Wednesday, cameras showed Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan holding up a small sign that read "War Criminal" -- a...

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It's looking more and more like a heavily circulated report from The Wall Street Journal about billionaire Elon Musk is completely fallacious. The report, published July 16, claimed Musk would be donating $45 million per month to a new Super PAC dedicated to helping former President Donald Trump win reelection...

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The Democratic Party is walking into uncharted territory. President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he would be dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, despite having won the Democratic primary. Though Vice President Kamala Harris is set to take his place at the top of the ticket, nothing is yet...

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With less than four months before Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris is working at a disadvantage as she appears to have been chosen for the position at the top of Democrats' 2024 presidential ticket. Fortunately for Harris, many in the establishment media and other institutions capable of holding her...

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