White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre couldn't stand the heat -- and got away from the cameras. During a tense exchange at Monday's White House briefing, Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked a question that contrasted the Biden-Harris administration's publicly announced aid to civilians in Lebanon displaced by fighting versus...

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Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said Tuesday that Tampa residents have a life or death choice as Florida prepares for the coming of Hurricane Milton. Noting that Tampa is currently predicted to have a 10 to 12-foot tidal surge, Castor said residents cannot expect to survive such an inundation. “I can...

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Selfish people have a way of projecting their own selfishness onto others. When faced with an imminent crisis, of course, one cannot help but feel a righteous indignation that gives no quarter to that kind of projection. Monday on Fox News' "Hannity," Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida called Vice...

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Remember the hullabaloo over former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney coming out and endorsing Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election? Then remember the similar hubbub when former Democratic Rep. Peter Deutsch of Florida came out and endorsed GOP nominee and former President Donald Trump on Monday? If you...

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The last thing that Vice President Kamala Harris should probably be making bold clapback statements to -- at the moment -- is criticism of her family life. Which means, of course, that's exactly what she's doing. In an interview on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast published Sunday, Harris implied that...

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Facts, as John Adams famously said, are stubborn things. Vice President Kamala Harris and her supporters were reminded of that the hard way while facing a rare one-on-one interview broadcast Monday night, when she was confronted with the disaster of the open-border policy adopted by the Biden-Harris administration three years...

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Calling it a triumphal return would be underselling it. On July 13, GOP presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump was almost killed by a would-be assassin's bullet during an outdoor rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Only a last-second turn by Trump meant that the bullet hit his ear and not...

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Country music star Luke Bryan kicked a hornet's nest -- or "BeyHive," if you will -- after offering some light criticism of music star Beyonce's debut country album, "Cowboy Carter." And now Bryan wants to set the record straight. As Variety noted, this entire controversy started when Bryan was doing...

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The establishment media tries to rig elections in broad daylight, so why not extend that chicanery to prime-time NFL broadcasts? Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X and a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, appeared at the game between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers on...

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Video from a North Carolina disaster relief station appears to show a Black Hawk helicopter damaging the site with its rotor wash. According to one report, the incident came only 40 minutes after the civilian aid site was allegedly "slow rolled" by a pair of suspicious black SUVs. The situation...

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White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is now a senior adviser at the White House, according to a new report. The report from ABC  said that the promotion took effect immediately. "Karine has been a trusted advisor to the president and all of us here at the White House since...

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Each time Vice President Kamala Harris speaks, former President Donald Trump's prospects improve. In fact, during Harris' hitherto-rare-but-now-increasingly-frequent interviews, the potential Trump campaign ads practically write themselves. For instance, during an appearance Tuesday on ABC's "The View," Harris shockingly declared that she would have done "not a thing" differently than...

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Highly acclaimed and longtime sportscaster Bob Costas is known for a number of things. The 72-year-old Costas is outspoken, frank and unafraid of being politically incorrect. That's to say nothing of his iconic and recognizable voice and cadence. Costas is also an Emmy award winner to boot. After a viral...

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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler was robbed last month during a visit to Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. A large group of people surrounded Buehler and his wife, McKenzie Marcinek, according to KABC-TV. During the confusion, according to the station, Buehler’s sleeve was unbuttoned and his luxury watch was...

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President Joe Biden may yet have the last laugh. In fact, if the cognitively impaired octogenarian president actually knows what he is doing at the moment -- and recent events suggest that he might -- then his apparent undermining of Vice President Kamala Harris will go down as one of...

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You think there's still some lingering bad blood between the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts? The two franchises traded regular season wins (not so much in the postseason) throughout the heydays of Colts quarterback Peyton Manning and Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. But quarterbacks never actually play against each other ... meaning...

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New Zealand has lost its first warship since the chaos of World War II after a celebrated LGBT commander was assigned to the helm. The HMNZS Manawanui ran aground on a reef Saturday off the coast of Samoa. All personnel on board were rescued, but the ship experienced a severe...

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A chaotic scene unfolded inside a federal research plane tracking the intensity and direction of Hurricane Milton, which is currently in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to make landfall on Florida's west coast Wednesday night. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted footage Tuesday from inside the hurricane...

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A shocking turn in the case of a Burnet County, Texas, church, where shots rang out on Sunday, has seen a member of the congregation's safety team arrested. The incident began after 45-year-old Jacob Wayne Tarver, a member of the Church at the Epicenter's safety team, fired three shots at...

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The company that stocks McDonald’s with its french fries is paying the price for Americans’ inflation-induced turn away from fast food. Lamb Weston, North America’s king of fries and a major supplier to fast food chains, is cutting jobs amid falling profits, according to CNN. The company will lay off...

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