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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Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming should be investigated for criminal charges due to her conduct on the January 6th Select Committee, according to a new House report. Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Barry Loudermilk released a report on the events of Jan. 6, 2021, and...

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As drone sightings continue to pour in from the East Coast, one New Jersey mayor is throwing another possible explanation into the mix. Michael Melham, mayor of Belleville, New Jersey, said that the drones could be connected to a missing shipment of radioactive material. "We know we have drones flying...

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Far and away, the worst part of any school shooting is the senseless loss of life and the endless grief attached to it. Too many of God's most precious creations have been taken far too soon as a result of America's school shooting issue. That point should be inarguable. But...

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History appears to be repeating itself this week as Congress has brokered an agreement on a massive year-end catch-all spending bill -- something it has often done in recent years just before leaving Washington for Christmas break. The move has some conservatives fuming. Politico reported, "Congressional leaders have struck a...

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Vice President Kamala Harris burst out laughing at her own joke when most in her audience of younger people did not seem to know what she was referencing. "I ask of you this ... that you will not walk away. That you will stay true to your spirit and your...

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In every way that one measures conquest, both tangible and intangible, President-elect Donald Trump has conquered his enemies. Moreover, Trump's victory in the 2024 election, though resounding, pales in comparison to his conquest of the culture. The latest illustration of this cultural conquest appeared last week, when Time Magazine named...

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President Joe Biden seems determined to do as much harm as possible on his way out of office. After all, why stop now? Citing a former U.S. government official with ties to the region, The Daily Signal reported Monday that the Biden administration has engaged in what one Republican congressman...

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The Biden administration announced it is providing a record $15 billion low-interest loan to the California utility company PG&E, which is part of a push to get as much green money out the door as possible before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month. "The loan by the Energy Department’s...

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An Arizona news anchorwoman died suddenly last week, leaving her colleagues and audience shocked and saddened. Ana Orsini of KOLD-TV, a CBS affiliate in Tucson, Arizona, was 28 years old. She died of a brain aneurysm, morning anchor Tyler Butler said in a Facebook post Tuesday. "It's so horrible, so...

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President-elect Donald Trump has named a close ally as his ambassador to the Bahamas: former NFL legend and Georgia senatorial candidate Herschel Walker. "Herschel has spent decades serving as an Ambassador to our Nation's youth, our men and women in the Military, and athletes at home and abroad," Trump said...

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Hannah Kobayashi, the woman from Hawaii who triggered a massive manhunt after traveling to Mexico without informing her family, finally broke her silence Monday in a statement to the public. The statement from Kobayashi, provided to NBC Los Angeles through her aunt, explained that she reentered the U.S. from Mexico...

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Attorneys representing Derek Chauvin received permission Monday to test heart tissue from George Floyd as the former Minneapolis police officer seeks to challenge his conviction on federal civil rights charges. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson approved a request from Chauvin’s legal team filed last week to access Floyd’s heart tissue...

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Disney just publicly responded to pressure from concerned parents toward their LGBT activism, a move that may mark a tidal change in the culture wars. The entertainment behemoth, known in recent years as a very outspoken proponent of the LGBT movement and other leftist ideologies, made the decision to scrap...

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The left: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is too nuts to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Also the left: We need a pro-obesity activist as a health consultant in one of the nation's biggest cities. Look, far be it from me to say that the government...

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