The drama surrounding the bronze medal at the gymnastics floor routine continues to get weirder. For the unaware, the 2024 Paris Olympics have already been rife with controversy, including everything from a highly polarizing set of bookend ceremonies to a nigh-toxic river to the timeless question of "What is a...

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Chick-fil-A die-hards will be more than pleased with the fast-food chain's latest menu change. It's been 13 years since the Banana Pudding Milkshake has been sold at Chick-fil-A locations, and now it's back. According to Chick-fil-A's website, the milkshake is a seasonal menu item and thus will only be available...

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A key player in Congress' investigation into the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has resigned in protest, calling the whole probe a "sham" that he refuses to condone. Senior investigator Jerry Dunleavy posted his resignation letter Monday on social media platform X. Dunleavy, who has written a book on the...

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The Republican National Committee and GOP leaders from the Arizona legislature petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to allow enforcement of the state's proof-of-citizenship voter registration requirement for this fall's general election. In 2022, Arizona passed a law requiring a documentary proof of citizenship -- like a birth certificate,...

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The Olympics may be over, but Imane Khelif's war against the truth and those who told it continues unabated. According to a Wednesday report from the U.K. Telegraph, Khelif -- the Algerian gold medalist whose participation drew outrage from many online due to her having failed a chromosomal test at...

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Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan accused the United States government of enabling Israel to commit war crimes by supplying weapons in the Jewish state's fight against Hamas in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed allegations of war crimes when he spoke before a joint session of Congress last...

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A former Notre Dame running back is heading to prison for his role in the 2019 death of his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter. Cierre Wood, 33, who played for multiple teams in a brief NFL career was sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in prison before he can seek parole...

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Stop me if you've heard this one. Believe it or not, Big Tech and the establishment media have colluded to help Democrats -- all while feigning objectivity. According to Axios, Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris' campaign has bought search ads on Google featuring deceptively edited headlines...

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When a European Union official openly threatened Elon Musk before his Monday discussion with GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, Americans were outraged -- and rightly so. It was a blatant attack upon free speech by a foreign entity. Less noticed, however, was a left-wing PAC acting immediately after the discussion...

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Fear over the economy is causing homeowners to pull back on home improvement projects, according to Home Depot executives. On Tuesday, the company announced that comparable U.S. store sales for the second quarter of 2024 dropped 3.6 percent according to a Home Depot news release. The company now expects sales for...

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An Ohio police officer has been indicted on a murder charge after a woman who refused police commands to exit her vehicle was shot dead as she rolled her car into the officer. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, who was pregnant, was killed in the August 2023 incident after police sought to...

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In what can only be described as a miracle out of Texas, two toddlers who were thrown from their vehicle in the middle of a busy highway after a crash weren't seriously injured. The toddlers were featured in a viral video viewed millions of times on social media after the...

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Whoever runs PR for Disney's new Snow White, Rachel Zegler, needs to be fired. The young star's inability to contain herself will likely cost Disney hundreds of millions of dollars when the company's live-action remake of "Snow White," starring Zegler, hits theaters in 2025. Just when you thought her PR...

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The bizarre behavior of one Olympic team at a medals ceremony appears to have an explanation after videos from social media were pieced together to form something of a timeline leading to the unusual awards event. The saga started Saturday as the Serbian basketball team beat out their German opponents...

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A top Hamas official said the terrorist group is losing faith in the United States’ ability to mediate a cease-fire in Gaza ahead of a new round of talks scheduled for this week amid mounting pressure to bring an end to the 10-month war with Israel. Osama Hamdan told The...

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Royce White, who courted the MAGA wing of the Minnesota Republican Party, defeated Joe Fraser, who had the establishment backing, in Tuesday’s primary. White, 33, who played very briefly in the NBA, led all GOP candidates with 38 percent of the vote while Fraser received 29 percent in the duel...

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Was it cold feet ... or something more? While most would assume longtime actor Joaquin Phoenix would be in the Hollywood headlines for his feature role in the forthcoming release of the highly anticipated sequel to "The Joker," the 49-year-old actor has found himself as the super-villain of a completely...

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The arrest of a dual-citizen Pentagon employee on accusations of mishandling classified documents became even more of a saga after a federal judge ordered his release. Gokhan Gun, a 50-year-old Falls Church, Virginia, resident who holds a dual citizenship with Turkey, was arrested August 9 by agents from the Federal...

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As she has with every other meaningful position that Vice President Kamala Harris has taken in the past, she has now predictably flip-flopped on her support for Medicare-for-All. Add it to the list of recent reversals that includes banning fracking, mandatory gun buyback programs, taxation on tips, and border security....

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If you understand her actual role in the theater of politics and government, this sort of thing makes perfect sense. A reliable puppet whom deep state operatives can trust to read from a teleprompter, leave the border open and keep the foreign wars going, Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential...

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