Momentum and hype can only take you so many places. If polling guru Nate Silver's latest forecast is correct, one of them isn't the White House. According to the founder of wonk outlet FiveThirtyEight, who now publishes his model on Substack, his latest prediction has Kamala Harris' odds of taking...

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At first glance, it looked like nothing more than a celebrity squabble best suited to the gossip pages. In truth, however, the entire scene highlighted a dangerous problem to which most of us can relate. And the question of what to do about that problem requires a good deal of...

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The son has been in custody since Wednesday's shootings at a Georgia high school that left four dead and nine wounded. Now, the father has been arrested, too, and could spend the rest of his life behind bars. Colin Gray, 54, faces 14 counts related to the deadly attack at...

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What are Vice President Kamala Harris' policies that make up her platform? What does she want to accomplish for the country upon taking office? These are great questions she doesn't seem to have answers for. While Harris has been incredibly vague during the select few times she has spoken to...

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Attorney Nathan Wade, whose affair with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was laid bare for the world to see earlier this year, accompanied Willis when Willis’ daughter was pulled over for traffic infractions. Earlier this year, Willis, who named Wade a special prosecutor in her effort to convict former...

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How is the Kamala Harris campaign going to play this? Two years after the passage of the "Inflation Reduction Act" -- and with inflation still eating away at American paychecks -- President Joe Biden on Thursday admitted one of his administration's signature laws was sold on a lie. And it's...

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Diabolical Western leaders have taught young people to divide the world into oppressors and victims. Thus, it should come as no surprise when those same young people eagerly cast themselves in the latter role. On Thursday's debut episode of her new podcast, "Unapologetically Angel," WNBA star rookie Angel Reese of...

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A former leader in the California state legislature has fled the Democratic Party. Gloria Romero, who was the state Senate majority leader for three years of her 10-plus years in office, said Wednesday that the Democratic Party has lost its way. "It is terrifying to see how language has been...

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Powerful people -- and the governments they control -- cannot get results like these by accident. On Friday, according to Fox Business, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a weaker-than-expected August jobs report. The addition of 142,000 jobs last month fell short of the expected 160,000 that some economists projected....

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President Joe Biden took to X on Saturday to offer his condolences to the family of  23-year-old Hersh Goldberg-Polin. Goldberg-Polin, an American citizen taken hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, had been found dead by the IDF. In his statement, Biden was adamant that he...

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Accused school shooter Colt Gray grew up in a troubled family marred by hostility between parents, according to new reports. “It was constant abuse,”  Lauren Vickers, who lived next to Gray’s family in Jefferson, Georgia, said. “It’s very, very sad.” She said the family arrived in her neighborhood in 2022...

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A 23-year-old illegal immigrant has been charged in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Kenner, Louisiana. Diego Rodriguez-Salvador surrendered to police after they tracked his vehicle to New Orleans East, according to WVUE-TV. “This man’s a coward. Overpowered a 13-year-old girl. As a father I’m saddened, and...

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YouTube firearms expert Paul Harrell announced his death Tuesday in a pre-recorded video. “He everyone, let me get  right to the point, Harrell said in the opening of the video posted to his YouTube channel, which he said was made on Dec. 20. “I’m recording this and giving Brad instructions...

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If you have sensed growing momentum for former President Donald Trump in the last two weeks, you're in good company. On Friday, prominent establishment pollster Nate Silver -- who founded ABC's FiveThirtyEight -- released a new set of projections based on what he called "more mediocre swing state polls" for...

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Appeals courts in both North Carolina and Michigan ruled Friday in favor of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being able to remove his name from their state ballots. Both decisions are ultimately favorable to Republican candidate former President Donald Trump in the swing states where he is in...

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Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan ruled Friday that former President Donald Trump's sentencing in his business records case will be delayed until after November's election. Merchan oversaw Trump’s criminal case in which he was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records regarding payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels...

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When young people say dumb things, those who know better tend to err on the side of grace. After all, let them make their mistakes. On the other hand, when those young people emerge as athletic stars and then build a platform from which to spew nonsense in a way...

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Former President Donald Trump keyed in on the two words "if necessary" in New York Judge Juan Merchan's ruling Friday delaying sentencing in the Republican candidate's hearing until after November's election. Merchan oversaw Trump’s criminal case in which he was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records regarding payments...

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House Republicans unveiled on Friday their legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month and fund the government into late March, when a new president and Congress would make the final decision on agency spending and priorities for fiscal year 2025. Republicans are also adding...

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Once upon a time, we're told, NFL players were tougher. They played in cardboard-thin padding with helmets made of thin plastic and no facemasks. The stadiums were outdoors, and they ran 100 yards -- uphill each way -- in 20-degree weather. And they liked it. Quite a bit of this...

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President Donald Trump laid out five steps Thursday that he would take to "rapidly defeat" the high level of inflation seen during the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration. Meanwhile, Harris is proposing doubling down on the very policies that have brought the nation to an economic and fiscal precipice in the...

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