CNN appears to have been duped by a former notorious member of Bashar al-Assad's fallen regime. CNN chief international journalist Clarissa Ward called it "one of the most extraordinary moments I have witnessed," when she and her film crew "freed" the man from a prison cell. The CNN story showed...

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President-elect Donald Trump said Monday that the Biden administration knows the truth behind the epidemic of drone sightings along the East Coast. “The government knows what is happening,” Thump said during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago. "Look, our military knows where they took off from, if it’s a garage they...

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Americans must have forgotten what it looks like when one of their elected officials fights for their interests. Fortunately, President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 election has produced regular reminders of how it ought to look. On Monday, Trump welcomed Japanese CEO Masayoshi Son to the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago estate...

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Politics are downstream of culture, and that grows truer by the day. And it's become especially true with regard to pop culture. Entertainment and technology are key parts of pop culture, so we're taking you to the front lines of the culture war by addressing some of the best --...

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President-elect Donald Trump responded rather critically when a reporter made a bizarre query on Monday, asking if the president-elect would consider a preemptive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. "Well, I can’t tell you that. I mean, it's a wonderful question, but how can I -- am I going to do...

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He explained it as an opportunity to infuse Democratic Party leadership with younger voices. If he succeeds, however, it will only mean younger voices shouting the same old and terrible ideas. After hinting at the possibility earlier this month, 24-year-old gun control activist David Hogg has confirmed that he plans...

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on the ropes after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned on Monday. “We are calling for Justin Trudeau’s resignation,” New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh said, according to CTV. The network reported that stepping aside is among the options Trudeau is considering. Jagmeet Singh: "I...

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Podcast host Joe Rogan expressed concern regarding the drone sightings along the East Coast after an expert in the field released a video offering his assessment. "This is the first video about these drones that has got me genuinely concerned," Rogan posted Sunday on X. In the clip published the...

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A 16-year-old New Mexico youth has been charged with four counts of murder in the deaths of his family on Saturday. Diego Leyva of Belen reported the crimes to police by calling 911, according to KRQE. “Agents learned that at around 3:30 a.m., the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office received a...

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For more A.F. Branco cartoons, go to WesternJournal.com/cartoons.

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President-elect Donald Trump announced on Monday that he would file a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register after a poll from the outlet predicted days before the election that he would lose the state of Iowa. J. Ann Selzer, the president of Iowa-based polling firm Selzer & Company, released a...

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President-elect Donald Trump is already putting his foot down on remote work. The incoming commander-in-chief said in no uncertain terms on Monday that he was not down with President Joe Biden’s last-minute effort to strike a deal with the American Federation of Government Employees union and the Social Security Administration...

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Well, at least you can't fault Texas Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett for hiding behind racial dog whistles. Instead, she uses plain old whistles, loud and proud. Crockett, a combative presence heretofore best known outside of progressive and/or woke circles for a viral contentious insult contest with GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor...

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Welcome to the Democrat version of capitalism, Albany-style. A few years back, the Buffalo Bills threatened to leave New York state unless a new stadium deal was approved, as NFL teams are wont to. Aside from the Green Bay Packers, a team that is municipally owned and boasts the smallest...

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Just picture the scene. Election night 2026. Or maybe California primary night. Either way: The midterms. The big one before the really big one in 2028. And the Democratic Party's biggest name suffers an embarrassing loss. Picture it now: A stage, somewhere in the Golden State. An awaiting media, eagerly looking...

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Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York failed in her first bid to parley her high-profile publicity into political power, according to new reports. The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee is recommending Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia to become the ranking member of the powerful House Oversight Committee,...

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The killer in Monday's school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, has been identified as a 15-year-old girl who attended the Christian institution but left behind a purported "manifesto" packed with un-Christian beliefs. According to ABC News, the girl was named Natalie Rupnow, who also went by the name Samantha. No motive...

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Phil Robertson, patriarch of the “Duck Dynasty” clan, is strong in his faith even as he battles weakness in his body, according to his son. Earlier this month, Fox News reported that Phil Robertson was battling the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. In a follow-up interview, Willie Robertson told Fox...

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President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that the federal government “knows what is happening” with respect to the mysterious drones seen flying over the East Coast in recent days. Trump asserted during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida that “our military knows where they took off from,”...

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Having failed to defeat President-elect Donald Trump in the 2024 election, Senate Democrats now want to change the rules. Ironically, however, those same Senate Democrats do not seem to understand that the arguments they make for destroying a core principle of our federal republic would also justify eliminating the Senate...

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It turns out, "compassionate release" couldn't keep him from a life of crime. A California man released more than 20 years early from a sentence for a 1995 bank robbery conviction was convicted Thursday of robbing a Brinks armored car driver in August of last year, according to the New...

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