One of the five confirmed deaths from the fires sweeping across southern California was that of 66-year-old Victor Shaw, who died trying to defend his family’s home from the Eaton fire. Shaw’s body was found on Wednesday morning, charred and clutching a hose, KTLA reported. He was reportedly trying to...

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Raging California wildfires could force a Monday NFL playoff game to be relocated. The Minnesota Vikings are scheduled to play their Monday playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, a Los Angeles suburb. Although the NFL said it is not shifting the location yet, it...

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As President-elect Donald Trump was visiting the U.S. Capitol, police responded to an incident nearby in which a man attempted to set a car on fire. According to the United States Capitol Police, police were alerted to a man trying to set a car on fire near the Grant Memorial...

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On Wednesday evening, President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, and top advisors met with Republican senators on Capitol Hill. According to Axios, Trump and his team outlined plans to issue 100 executive orders early in the new administration. Moreover, Trump voters undoubtedly will take delight in knowing that those...

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President Joe Biden is plucking about a half a billion dollars’ worth of military hardware from American stockpiles to ship to Ukraine. The announcement was made as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in Germany on Thursday and called for continued support for Ukraine as the...

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Some outraged Americans on the social media platform X attributed her reaction to a kind of deer-in-the-headlights-style panic. The likely truth, however, should strike readers as far more sinister. In a jaw-dropping video posted to X on Wednesday, correspondent David Blevins of the U.K.'s Sky News repeatedly pressed Los Angeles...

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If you needed any more evidence that incumbent President Joe Biden is the literal definition of a checked-out "lame duck," look no further than his bewildering response to the roaring California wildfires that have rocked Los Angeles County. To quickly recap, swathes of southern California is a hellish landscape currently,...

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As wildfires continue to rage in California, many are understandably upset with Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. One of those people is President-elect Donald Trump. During an Wednesday interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360°" with host Anderson Cooper, Newsom was asked about the incoming president's comments, which blamed Newsom for the...

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Vice President Kamala Harris appeared to give a look of disgust Thursday as President-elect Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama engaged in some banter prior to the funeral service for former President Jimmy Carter. Carter, the 39th president, died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, making him...

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Many of us who grew up on the original "Star Wars" trilogy have long since stopped paying attention. Judging by viewers' initial response to Disney's latest iteration of that once-beloved franchise, we have plenty of company. According to the newest ratings from the longtime audience-data company Nielsen, Disney's premiere of...

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The girls at a Christian college are just too rough for a guy to deal with, according to a complaint from a Canadian college that has a transgender basketball player on its women’s team. After past complaints yielded nothing, Vancouver Island University has now issued a public tantrum targeting Columbia...

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Megyn Kelly criticized David Muir on Thursday, after an X user noticed something off about the ABC anchor's jacket. A social media clip showed Muir reporting on the California wildfires, wearing a bright yellow coat with an "ABC" logo. As Muir spoke, he momentarily turned his back, revealing numerous wooden...

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Tell all your leftist friends to drop a dollar in the "Trump was right" jar. As many search for answers as to how the California wildfires became a disaster that officials find little hope in containing, President-elect Donald Trump told podcaster Joe Rogan in October that a crisis loomed from...

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Several celebrities rightly voiced their anger with the Democratic officials who run Los Angeles over their response to the devastating wildfires that have reduced thousands of homes and businesses to rubble. Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar hammered Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, writing on Instagram stories, "City of LA you want...

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Not since the British Royal Navy bombarded Copenhagen in 1807 has an English-speaking world power caused Danish officials such anxiety. Then again, who but President-elect Donald Trump could revive the spirit of that same century's Monroe Doctrine and "Manifest Destiny"? According to CNN, multiple senior officials in Denmark have reacted...

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Former President Barack Obama revealed Thursday that all the hot campaign rhetoric he directed at Republican Donald Trump last fall regarding him being a supposed would-be dictator, an admirer of Hitler, and the rest was just talk. Obama and Trump engaged in several minutes of what appeared to be good-natured...

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A TikTok video showing the smoke of the Palisades fire burning through the Los Angeles area has recently gone viral. The Palisades fire is one of at least four major fires currently impacting the city, according to the Associated Press. TikToker Dylan Mayer posted footage of the devastation on Wednesday,...

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The funeral for one of the United States' worst presidents was serenaded with John Lennon's worst song. Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, was honored Thursday with a service at the Washington National Cathedral that would have been fitting for a former commander in chief who was also well known for...

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Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to overwhelmingly advance the Laken Riley Act on Thursday. The cloture vote was 84 in favor, nine opposed, with six senators not voting on the legislation designed to crack down on illegal immigrants who engage in criminal conduct while in the United States. The vote...

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, wants fellow Senate Democrats to create spectacles when they question the nominees of President-elect Donald Trump over the coming weeks, according to a new report. The lawmaker said at a meeting on Wednesday afternoon that increasing the heat during the...

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