In some cases, savvy political actors must make allowances for what former President George W. Bush might call "strategery." Unless something dramatically changes, however, this does not feel like one of those cases. According to Axios, at least two advisers to President Donald Trump have denounced Republican Sen. Josh Hawley...

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Several Republican members of Congress have defied their own party and joined Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in pushing for an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies. Despite strong objections from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, four different Republican members signed a petition led by Jeffries that would force...

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Merry Christmas, PornHub members. Your viewing habits, download history, and search history stand a fair chance of being published for the world to see. On Monday, BleepingComputer reported that the website is being extorted by a hacking group called ShinyHunters, which breached the data of a third-party analytics organization, Mixpanel....

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Former President Joe Biden has lost a battle in his effort to limit the investigation into the use of the autopen during his presidency. Biden had contacted the National Archives in an effort to claim executive privilege over certain documents, but the Trump administration turned down the request Tuesday, Fox...

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Poor Scott Jennings must struggle to refrain from pulling his hair out nightly on CNN. On Tuesday, for instance, the network's resident conservative had to deal with a communications "expert" who apparently cannot communicate. In a clip posted to the social media platform X, Jennings used a single question to...

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Newly declassified documents show that FBI officials did not believe they had probable cause to conduct the 2022 raid of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida, but the Biden Justice Department pushed for it anyway. In June 2023, special counsel Jack Smith's office charged Trump and aide Walt Nauta...

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The scope of the ongoing Brown University shooting investigation just grew larger -- and stranger. A sleepy college community in Rhode Island was rocked on Saturday when a classroom shooting left two students dead and nine injured, according to multiple news reports, including Fox News. A person of interest was...

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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis became angry when questioned by a Georgia Senate Committee on Wednesday about invoices that her former boyfriend, Nathan Wade, submitted while he served as special counsel in her office, overseeing the prosecution of Donald Trump. Willis then suggested the committee should instead be investigating...

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In a stunning move that represents the first significant turnover of President Donald Trump's second term, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino is reportedly preparing to step down. Bongino confirmed the news on his X account: I will be leaving my position with the FBI in January. I want to thank...

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When it comes to well-known civil rights activists, there are some obvious heavy hitters. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, John Lewis, and Malcolm X are generally going to be the first names brought up, especially in America. (Outside of America, Mahatma Ghandi is another name that's most often brought...

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Two things to get out of the way right off the bat: This writer is not a car expert. Even non-car experts could see how foolish the mass push for electric vehicles was. In terms of both customer demand and production cost, the giant push for an all-EV transition has...

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It's not a secret that the Obamas love to rub elbows with the upper echelons of the Hollywood elites. (The former first family's major ongoing deal with Netflix is proof positive of that.) Given that, it should be little surprise that Barack and Michelle Obama were close with famed Hollywood...

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Conservative commentator Scott Jennings will take over a talk radio time slot formerly held by Charlie Kirk. Axios reported on Wednesday that Salem Radio Network is tapping Jennings, along with Breitbart News editor-in-chief Alex Marlow, to fill "The Charlie Kirk Show." Marlow will host the noon to 1:00 p.m. slot,...

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If you've been following the developments in the Brown University shooting, and the numerous missteps made by law enforcement officials in Providence and elsewhere in Rhode Island, you've probably noticed one thing: Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez is the biggest incompetent of them all. Now, Perez is facing questions of...

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It's a grim reminder of the fact that Joe Biden's legacy will live on longer than he does: A 31-year-old is dead thanks, authorities say, to the driving of a 54-year-old illegal immigrant who can't properly speak English. Yet he was issued a commercial driver's license in New York and...

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The 38-year-old Dutch murderer who confessed to killing Natalee Holloway in 2005, Joran van der Sloot, was severely injured after a suicide attempt in his cell in Peru. According to Radar Online, Van der Sloot was found by guards in Challapalca prison last Friday with a piece of blanket tied...

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An abusive shrew who harassed an elderly Target employee for wearing a patriotic shirt commemorating Charlie Kirk has issued a groveling apology after her employer was barraged with calls over her barbaric conduct. The firestorm erupted Monday, shortly after Michelea Ponce — a nurse at Enloe Health in Chico, California...

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You've got to hand it to Donald Trump: The man is the greatest troller to ever grace the halls of the White House. OK, maybe Ronald Reagan might have been in the same ballpark had social media progressed beyond CompuServe and bulletin board services by the time he left the...

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A new report on inflation released Thursday showed it falling well below experts’ predictions. The consumer price index for November showed annual inflation of 2.7 percent, according to The Wall Street Journal. September’s figure was 3 percent. Due to the government shutdown, there was no report for October. Economists The...

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It is with much dismay that I have to report former Vice President Kamala Harris is back in the news and dishing out nonsensical takes with so much ease, it's like she never left. On Wednesday, Harris made an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" where the host asked her about...

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Two Massachusetts men have been arrested in what prosecutors allege was a fraud scheme involving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Antonio Bonheur, 74, of Mattapan and Saul Alisme, 21, of Hyde Park, were each charged with one count of food stamp fraud, according to a Department of Justice news release....

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