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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Geraldo Rivera has quite the theory about the political future of President-elect Donald Trump. And that theory extends far beyond the end of his second term. The longtime Fox News commentator and current correspondent-at-large with NewsNation claimed on social media that Trump and his allies may amend the Constitution to...

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A budget deal agreed upon by congressional leaders is being attacked by conservatives as too much waste being approved in too little time. On Tuesday, a deal was cut to pass what’s known as a continuing resolution to keep the government funded through March 14, according to CBS. In theory,...

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On the eve of former President Donald Trump's return to power, a new report is turning the story of the 2021 Capitol incursion on its head. For four years, a Democratic-run "select" committee on Jan. 6, anti-Trump Republicans, and the establishment media have blamed Trump for the violence in Washington...

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President-elect Donald Trump will return to the White House in 33 days -- and not a moment too soon. Indeed, the urgency one feels has mostly to do with the policies Trump will implement. But it also reflects an eagerness to move on from the current charade involving lame duck...

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Nineteen people were detained in Aurora, Colorado, Tuesday after two people were assaulted. “What I will say based on the actions that I saw, based on how the event unfolded, this is 100 percent gang activity,” Police Chief Todd Chamberlain said, according to KDVR. During the fall, video of armed...

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Under Joe Biden's failed presidency, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell for the ninth consecutive trading day on Tuesday -- its worst losing streak since February 1978, when Jimmy Carter was in office. Biden is now on track to break Carter’s dubious record and will undoubtedly go down as one...

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A top Russian general was assassinated in Moscow on Tuesday, with reports saying Ukraine was responsible for the explosion that killed him. Gen. Igor Kirillov, 54, and an aide were killed after a bomb planted in a scooter near a residential building exploded, a Russian law enforcement agency said in...

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Does real life now follow a storyline that readers of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy would recognize? In other words, does a rising power in the East pose a threat to our civilization? Either way, our worst fears involve not that rising power but the fact that...

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There's a new theory emerging about the drones over New Jersey that have had the national -- and international -- media buzzing. The U.K.'s Daily Mail reported Tuesday that official Army records indicate the military has been developing drones at the Picatinny Arsenal, the Army base that has been at...

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It appears President Joe Biden's last-ditched efforts to "Trump proof" the federal government are being hamstringed by Texas. Last Thursday, the Daily Wire obtained footage of border wall materials being hauled away and sold at auction, Now, Fox News reported, Texas officials are ready to buy them for their original...

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In what's becoming an oddly reoccurring theme, another high-profile name is departing CNN. This time around, Deadline reported, the beleaguered network has confirmed the departure of longtime contributor Gloria Borger. The network's senior political analyst will be departing after first joining CNN in 2007. After being a national correspondent for...

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The sooner Americans hear an honest explanation for the recent wave of drone sightings, the better for everyone. Until then, we will continue to wonder if U.S. government officials qualify as evil liars or mere incompetents. On Tuesday, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reported that last month high-speed drones began buzzing...

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President-elect Donald Trump laid down the law to GOP senators, telling them not to play nice with the lame-duck Biden administration. “To all Senate Republicans: NO DEAL WITH DEMOCRATS TO FAST TRACK NOMINATIONS AT THE END OF THIS CONGRESS,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “I won the...

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President-elect Donald Trump received positive approval numbers in a new poll released Wednesday, while President Joe Biden's numbers have hit an all-time low. The Marquette Law School Poll national survey found that 53 percent approve of how Trump handled his first term, while 47 percent disapprove, for a net 6...

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The House Ethics Committee has decided to release its report on former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida after last month deciding to keep it under wraps, according to multiple reports. The panel voted in secret earlier this month to release the report, according to CNN, which cited sources it...

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An inmate in Texas allegedly fatally attacked a detention officer on Monday afternoon as he was being escorted back to his cell. Ellis County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff Brad Norman revealed that inmate Arron Semeion Thompson, 45, assaulted Isaiah Patrick Bias, 28, who had worked for the department for six years,...

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An unstoppable force is meeting an irresistible object this week in what could be a preview of the battles to come over federal spending. Elon Musk fired off a volley of posts on X attacking a continuing resolution that, if passed, would keep the federal spigot wide open. Congressional leaders...

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Grubhub will pay a $25 million settlement to federal authorities after an investigation revealed that the food delivery app deceived customers about costs, misled workers about earnings and listed restaurants on the platform without their permission. The settlement unveiled Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission requires Grubhub to make “substantial...

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The House of Representatives is poised to vote on a 1,547-page monstrosity misleadingly called a continuing resolution. Slapped together at the eleventh hour with a looming Dec. 20 deadline, this bloated piece of legislation is nothing short of a betrayal of the American people. With hidden agenda items, unjustifiable spending...

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