The funeral of the late President Jimmy Carter was held Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral, and the event was attended by all of the living former presidents. Viewers of the event would have noticed the magnificent Gothic stone architecture of the structure, the carefully crafted pews, and other architectural...

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told podcast host Joe Rogan in an episode published Friday that Biden administration officials pushed his company hard to censor content regarding COVID-19. "Basically, these people from the Biden administration would call up our team and, like, scream at them and curse," he said. "It just...

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A self-described transgender activist claimed that he found a “loophole” allowing him to have a female designation on his driver’s license, but the state government of Florida caught the deception. Now he has a driver’s license reflecting his actual sex and may have even alerted the state to his own...

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Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Karen Bass reportedly tried to cut nearly $49 million from the Los Angeles County Fire Department budget shortly before deadly wildfires broke out in the area. The budget cuts, as discussed in a memo leaked to the U.K. Daily Mail by a whistleblower, would have shuttered...

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The chief of Los Angeles' fire department says she was going to be fired by the mayor in the middle of the catastrophic blazes that have killed at least 11 and burned thousands of buildings to the ground. The reason? She told the truth about what Democrat Mayor Karen Bass...

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With just days left in his administration, President Joe Biden is showing America he has priorities. The wrong priorities, sure -- but priorities nonetheless. Take the victims of the Southern California wildfires. Sure, a lot needs to be done in the area that's been leveled by epochal blazes where the...

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The man who fired a gun in a Washington, D.C., restaurant in 2016 under the false impression the business was a front for child trafficking has been killed by police. Edgar Maddison Welch had been sentenced to four years in prison in 2017 for his role in what became known...

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut spending on wildfire and forest resilience by $101 million seven months before fires began to rage around Los Angeles, according to a new report. And his director of communications wasn't happy to see the information published. Newsom has come under fire from President-elect Donald Trump...

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At this point, you kind of wonder whether the citizens of Los Angeles want Mayor Karen Bass back in Ghana. As you may recall, the prominent California Democrat -- former head of the Congressional Black Caucus during her time in the House of Representatives and a potential veep pick for...

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Actor James Woods thought he had lost everything in the California wildfires, but his home is still standing. Woods caught the attention of the public for his appearance on CNN on Wednesday where he visibly broke down, overcome with emotion in believing his house and entire property had been destroyed...

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As California firefighters struggle to control multiple wildfires destroying thousands of homes and forcing more than 100,000 to flee, more information is coming to light about the priorities of Los Angeles Fire Department. In particular, the city's department seems to have emphasized the skin color and sexual preferences of firefighters...

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Laura Ingraham momentarily went silent Friday after hearing Mel Gibson's terse message to the governor of California. During a segment of "The Ingraham Angle," the Fox News anchor asked Gibson numerous questions about the Palisades fire, in which Gibson recently lost his home. At one point, she asked the "Braveheart"...

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Controversial Texas Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett has made waves yet again by claiming that the Los Angeles Fire Department's DEI policies haven't hindered its ability to respond to wildfires since black women are America's most educated demographic. Do those facts line up with the truth, however? Not so much, it...

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High-earning actress Mandy Moore ignited her own wildfire when she asked for financial help during the ongoing California blaze. The "This is Us" star shared a GoFundMe campaign on her Instagram Thursday, asking for donations to her in-laws who reportedly lost their home to the ongoing fires in Los Angeles,...

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One of the Trump Organization’s former flagship hotels could be coming back into the fold, according to a new report. According to the Wall Street Journal, Eric Trump met recently with an executive from merchant bank BDT & MSD Partners. That bank controls the long-term lease on the former Trump...

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It's the little things that tell the story. With Facebook's parent company announcing a sweeping new approach to its content moderation policy, users of some of the world's largest social media platforms are likely to see the changes on their phones and laptop screens. But for some Meta employees, CEO...

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Despite eyewitness and camera evidence of suspected arson in the Greater Los Angeles fires, authorities have yet to rule it as the cause of the blaze. In one instance, a concerned resident showed firefighters video proof of arsonists setting fire to the city. The citizen approached a senior fireman with...

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Since the Greater Los Angeles fires began, speculation and theories about the inferno have spread even faster than the flames themselves. Take, for instance, the idea that firemen are so under-equipped to battle the fires that they've resorted to extinguishing them with water-filled purses. One clip circulating the internet appears to...

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Attorney Alina Habba has irked some conservatives for her gushing greeting to internet personality Andrew Tate on a Friday podcast. Habba defended President-elect Donald Trump through multiple trials in 2024 and has been tapped to serve as a White House counselor in the Trump administration. Tate, who made millions selling violent...

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A trending social media post suggested that The Weather Channel inadvertently aired footage of skeletal remains during the ongoing Greater Los Angeles fires. Many users shared the 22-second TikTok clip on X. "Did the @weatherchannel just show a charred skeleton in the rubble of the Los Angeles fires without realizing...

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California recently had a change in law related to theft, allowing one police department in the Golden State to take a victory lap after years of enduring relentless petty crimes under the old statutes. In the elections this past November, California voters approved Proposition 36 in a landslide, creating harsher...

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