A senior Los Angeles official took aim at crowdfunding platform GoFundMe, claiming the site charges exorbitant fees for users who want to support those affected by the wildfire crisis. Kathryn Barger, a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, asserted at a news conference over the weekend that...

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President-elect Donald Trump has made the future of Greenland a major topic of discussion during the transition period before he takes office. Why the full-court press to acquire the world's largest island, which is largely covered with snow and ice throughout the year? There are primarily two reasons: Greenland's strategic...

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In the everything-must-go fire sale that's rather predictably characterizing the final days of the Joe Biden administration, it seems that one of the casualties will be the families of Israeli hostages being held in the Gaza Strip. As you've no doubt heard, Israel and Hamas have agreed in principle to...

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How badly did things go for Democrats hoping to torpedo Pete Hegseth's nomination to lead the Pentagon in his confirmation hearings Tuesday? Badly enough that not only did the opposition gain no momentum from the most controversial of President-elect Donald Trump's second-term cabinet picks, it lost the one GOP vote...

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Democratic members of the Senate Armed Services Committee appear to have failed in their efforts to turn at least one Republican colleague against Pete Hegseth, the Army veteran and Fox News host nominated to lead the Defense Department under the second Trump administration. Hegseth appeared before the committee on Tuesday...

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President Joe Biden's administration is working diligently to make its final week a headache for us all to remember. Biden's latest action involves his Securities and Exchange Commission under departing chair Gary Gensler suing X owner Elon Musk. The New York Times reported Tuesday the SEC's filing states Musk was...

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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo decisively beats current New York City Mayor Eric Adams in the next mayoral election, according to a poll among likely Democratic voters. The new poll commissioned by Progressives for Democracy in America found that Cuomo, who resigned from his position in Albany four years...

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Balancing the respect due to the living and the dead, House Speaker Mike Johnson has issued an order about the flying of American flags at the U.S. Capitol. President Joe Biden had ordered that flags be at half-staff for a full month after the death of former President Jimmy Carter....

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In the final days of his lame-duck presidency, Joe Biden thumbed his nose at President-elect Donald Trump by reversing a 2021 Trump administration directive to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism in exchange for the release of 553 political prisoners. In a certification of recission on Tuesday, Biden...

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President-elect Donald Trump received a commemorative glass bottle of Diet Coke, his favorite beverage, from Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey on Tuesday evening ahead of the former commander-in-chief’s return to the White House. Quincey presented Trump with the “first ever Presidential Commemorative Inaugural Diet Coke bottle,” according to an X post...

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A rare alert called a "Particularly Dangerous Situation" is in effect Wednesday for parts of fire-ravaged southern California. The National Weather Service initially issued the warning for Tuesday but extended it after Tuesday’s conditions were less hazardous than expected. “Key message: We are not out of the woods yet," the...

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Rep. Nancy Mace wasn't going to take it. The outspoken South Carolina Republican is known for having a fiery temper and take-no-prisoners style in the House, so when Texas progressive Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas sent an insult her way on Tuesday, Mace's anger was predictable. But it was...

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At least one former co-host of "The View" thinks that the show's partisan outbursts are "sinking" the daytime talk show. And, as is typically the case on "The View," the particular outburst in question all goes back to President-elect Donald Trump. On Tuesday's episode of the ABC show, the panel...

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Fans of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles have a well-earned reputation for hooliganism. The same holds true, of course, for the angry, self-righteous, and pathologically bigoted advocates of diversity, equity, and inclusion. During Sunday's NFC Wildcard Game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- a 22-10 victory for the Eagles...

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In the hellscape of the Los Angeles fires, a stranger with a blowtorch is an unwelcome sight. A man reportedly spotted trying to ignite flammable trash outside the home of actor Brian J. White last week found out just how unwelcome he was after White and neighbors conducted a citizen's...

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Amid unprecedented political chaos in South Korea, authorities assembled a massive array of police Wednesday and eventually took President Yoon Suk Yeol into custody. Early last month, Yoon declared martial law, leading to a chain of events in which the National Assembly blocked the decree and later impeached Yoon. Yoon...

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Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, effectively turned the tables on a Democratic senator during her confirmation hearing Wednesday, regarding the issue of the weaponization of the Justice Department. "It would not be appropriate for a prosecutor to start with a name and look for a crime....

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Before Fox News host, veteran, and conservative activist Pete Hegseth went before the Senate Armed Forces Committee on Tuesday for his confirmation hearings, the establishment media touted it as the biggest opportunity to draw blood against President-elect Donald Trump's second administration. After the hearings were over, liberal media favorite Politico...

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California apparently does not have enough problems on its hands with its raging wildfires. KTLA reported last Saturday that three Humvees were stolen from the Army Reserve Center in Tustin, California. Tustin Police say suspects broke in during the late hours on Jan 8 between 8 - 11:30 PM, stealing...

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The death of an 8-year-old Florida boy has one Florida sheriff out for vengeance. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said Tuesday that the boy was attacked and killed by two dogs Monday in DeLand. "We are going to do everything legally possible to hold the owner of these dogs responsible...

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