It was a hearing on Capitol Hill that could probably have been heard in the hallway. A full-on shouting match erupted Thursday as Texas Rep. Pat Fallon grilled acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe about Rowe's position at September's commemoration ceremony for the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Fallon...

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A video clip of once and future first son Barron Trump has gone viral with many commenting on social media that they had never heard his voice before. The 17-second clip is from election night last month and comes from the documentary series "Art of the Surge," which chronicled President-elect...

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Despite House Speaker Mike Johnson setting the record straight, the fight to put men in women's bathrooms at the Capitol continues, with activists openly defying him on Wednesday. The issue began after transgender politician Democrat Sarah McBride of Delaware was elected to the House of Representatives. Republican Rep. Nancy Mace...

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Old news often retains its relevance when the establishment increases its level of aggression toward its latest target. For instance, in a clip posted to the social media platform X in September 2023, Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the former House Speaker, described the exact method -- she called...

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A major earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California has triggered tsunami warnings for the northern coast of California. The warning extends from Davenport, California, south of San Francisco in Santa Cruz County, to California’s border with Oregon, according to KNBC. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake took place at...

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With Republicans taking the Senate on Election Day, the new Majority Leader Sen. John Thune is set to make some big changes to the lawmakers' work week. Considering the current Senate salary is set at $174,000, the American taxpayer should be dissatisfied to hear that under Democrat Sen. Chuck Schumer,...

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Propaganda comes direct from Satan, for it first fills its victims with hatred based on hellish distortions of reality. Then, when the consequences of their hatred begin to mount, victims often cling to the propaganda in pathetic, heartbreaking ways. Wednesday on the social media platform X, the prominent conservative account...

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"You just can't keep a good man down," the old saying goes, and with billionaire Elon Musk that certainly appears to be true regarding his finances. On Tuesday, Delaware Judge Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick ruled for a second time that the Tesla CEO's 10-year compensation package approved in 2018 and...

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A Republican senator is proposing a bill that she says would give the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency a head start on making government more efficient. Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa has proposed the REMOTE Act, which will monitor bureaucrats' computer use and require agencies to report on...

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On late Wednesday, as it became clear that Pete Hegseth's chances of being confirmed as defense secretary were dwindling, reports began breaking that there were backups being considered -- including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis -- by President-elect Donald Trump. At the time, The Wall Street Journal reported, the Trump transition...

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It's not election disinformation, apparently, if Barack Obama does it. During the keynote speech at the Obama Foundation’s 2024 Democracy Forum on Thursday, the 44th president made what, out of the mouth of a Republican, would be called "wild asserts," "irresponsible disinformation" and "false claims of fraud." Those are the...

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How resounding was the Republicans' 2024 victory? Consider this: One opinion writer believes the GOP has secured near-permanent control of the Senate. In a piece for The Hill published Thursday, Ilani Nurick, a Yale Law student and opinion contributor to the Beltway-centric publication, noted that, "For the first time in...

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Let's face some actuarial facts here: At age 82, it's questionable whether Joe Biden will live to see his presidential library unveiled. For instance, Barack Obama left office in January of 2017, but his presidential library still isn't open yet -- and isn't likely to be open until at least 2026,...

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The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson came with a message. The words  “deny,” “defend” and “depose” were written on ammunition that was used Wednesday in the fatal shooting of Thompson, 50, outside a Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan, according to the Associated Press, which cited sources it did...

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GOP Sen. Joni Ernst says she hasn't "gotten to a yes" on Pete Hegseth's nomination for defense secretary. Which is funny, considering the kind of stuff she does get to a yes on a whole heck of a lot easier. Ernst made the remarks in an interview with Fox News after...

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Illegal immigrants facing deportation could be sent to places other than their home countries under a plan developed by President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team. Deportation can be stalled when a nation, such as Venezuela, refuses to accept citizens America wants to deport. To address that, Trump’s aides are trying to...

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A month after Americans voted to return her father to the White House, Ivanka Trump signaled the return of the Trump family to the world celebrity spotlight. President-elect Donald Trump was present via a pre-recorded message, but his elder daughter was on the stage Thursday in Miami for the lottery...

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President-elect Donald Trump's imminent return to the White House almost certainly means the end of near-limitless aid to war-torn Ukraine. And good thing, too. After all, aside from President Joe Biden's open border, no federal policy in recent years qualifies as less defensible. A proxy war against a nuclear power...

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Believe it order not, the Democrat party's leadership might actually get worse. Anti-gun activist David Hogg -- a survivor of the Majorie Stoneman Douglas shooting in 2019 in Parkland, Florida -- appeared on "CNN This Morning" to speak to host Kasie Hunt on Thursday about the possibility of running for...

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A Florida art gallery owner accused the organizers of the Scope Art Show in Miami of censorship, claiming they forced her to remove a painting featuring President-elect Donald Trump because they don't like his political views. The Trump portrait was created by the artist Shyglo, "who does photorealistic oil paintings...

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The establishment fears Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense. Thus, the establishment has unleashed its loathsome media minions -- Democratic activists masquerading as journalists -- in an attempt to discredit Hegseth. Apparently, those minions have not yet recognized that their days of influence have ended. We...

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