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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When refusing to participate in legal behavior that they regard as sinful, Christians may rely on more than Biblical principles. That does not mean, of course, that any earthly principle carries authority higher than the Bible. But it does mean that Christians and non-Christians alike should assent to one centuries-old...

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House Speaker Mike Johnson's job is potentially in jeopardy due to his support of a massive end-of-the-year spending bill. Congressional leaders had struck a bipartisan deal to fund the government until March 14 through what's called a continuing resolution, but several add-ons were included, making it roughly a 1,500-page bill....

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The suspect in the Sept. 15 assassination attempt against President-elect Donald Trump is facing charges in Florida connected with his activities that day. The state obtained an arrest warrant for Ryan Routh, citing a charge of attempted felony murder, according to an announcement Wednesday by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody....

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NFL fans took notice of Troy Aikman's eyes during ESPN's "Monday Night Football," featuring the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings. The Hall of Fame former Dallas Cowboy's eyes appeared to be bloodshot. “Troy Aikman looking like he had a rough one last night,” one person posted on X. Troy...

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After Monday's tragic shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, many in that community are coming together in prayer and worship as they seek comfort in the Lord. On Tuesday, City Church of Madison live-streamed a service in which church members and faculty prayed after those events left...

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A group of YouTube conspiracy theorists who insisted the Earth was flat now concede that the planet could be a sphere after witnessing the 24-hour Antarctic sun for themselves. The Dec. 14 trip -- which was called the "The Final Experiment" -- was led by Colorado pastor Will Duffy, who...

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Senior leadership at Disney moved to settle the lawsuit President-elect Donald Trump filed against ABC News, provoking an internal controversy at the entertainment conglomerate. Disney CEO Bob Iger greenlit the decision to pay $15 million for Trump’s future presidential library to resolve claims concerning ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, according...

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President-elect Donald Trump reacted on Wednesday to a new House report issuing criminal recommendations against former Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming, for her role in the investigation into Jan. 6, 2021. Trump said on Truth Social that the interim report from the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight, which...

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California police have detained a 20-year-old man amid suspicion that he had communicated with a Wisconsin teen who killed two people at a Christian school this week. FBI agents took Alexander Paffendorf, of Carlsbad, California, into custody on Wednesday, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. An emergency gun violence restraining order,...

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Harpooned by conservatives who harnessed the power of social media, a 1,500-page continuing resolution sank to the bottom of the swamp on Wednesday. Republican House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said the spend-a-rama bill was “dead” and House leaders were “looking at a number of options” according to the Washington Examiner....

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The Golden State has issued a red alert. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in California on Wednesday, citing it as a "proactive" solution. The reason for such a bold move from the embattled governor? Newsom made the drastic call "to streamline and expedite the state’s response...

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The lawfare against President-elect Donald Trump continues to crumble. The latest setback comes in Trump's election interference case in Georgia -- one of the many lawsuits that sought to hamstring the president-elect. And the woman who brought all that forward is at the center of this latest (rather significant) stumble....

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He may not be the biggest name to leave Fox News in recent memory, but Neil Cavuto's forthcoming departure from the network is still sending shockwaves through the industry. (For the curious, Tucker Carlson's abrupt 2023 departure still ranks as the most shocking Fox departure in recent memory.) According to...

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