Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York dropped a double-barreled political bombshell Friday afternoon. Stefanik, who for months had indicated she would challenge Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, announced she would halt her campaign for governor. Stefanik also said she would not seek another term in the congressional seat she had...

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Rapper Mysonne Linen, who served seven years in state prison for armed robbery, repeatedly mispronounced New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s last name during a Friday interview on “The Breakfast Club.” Mamdani tapped Linen to his transition team’s criminal legal system committee, misspelling his name on his committee roster as “Mysoone.”...

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For years, Washington dismissed Libya as a chaotic sideshow—too messy to fix and too distant to matter. As America looked away, China moved in. Beijing understood what U.S. policymakers ignored: Libya is the strategic hinge of North Africa, a key energy hub on the Mediterranean, and home to critical resources...

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Information from a tipster who had a strange encounter with another man on a sidewalk outside Brown University was key to police identifying the suspect they believe killed two students at the school and then two days later gunned down a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor. Known only as “John”...

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Federal prosecutors alleged Thursday that Minnesota may have lost billions of dollars to fraud in its Medicaid program, the latest development in an ongoing investigation. As much as half of the roughly $18 billion Minnesota has spent since 2018 on 14 Medicaid programs particularly vulnerable to abuse may have been...

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Country music star and sometime-WWE wrestler Jelly Roll (government name: Jason Bradley DeFord) has a second lease on life just a week after lamenting something he dearly missed. According to ABC News, Jelly Roll has been granted a pardon from Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday. Tennessee's governor pardoned country...

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Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk used her speech Thursday at AmericaFest 2025 to map out Republican strategy for the next two election cycles. TPUSA’s annual AmericaFest conference kicked off Thursday at the Phoenix Convention Center, with organizers framing the four-day gathering as a celebration of faith, freedom, and the...

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The scourge of sexual exploitation of children has exploded in the U.S. with the social media technology that has revolutionized American politics. It's a cause that's been taken up by celebrities -- like NFL and college football star Tim Tebow. It's an issue that's implicated some of the biggest Big...

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A federal jury Thursday convicted a Milwaukee judge who helped an illegal immigrant briefly evade capture by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. The jury’s verdict came after a four-day trial, in which Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was convicted on the felony obstruction charge, but...

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A key official in New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's administration resigned a day after he named her to the job, following the resurfacing of social media posts she's published insulting Jews and attacking white people in general. On Wednesday, Mamdani named Catherine Almonte Da Costa his director of appointments...

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And the (electrical vehicle) hits just keep on coming. Just a day after car manufacturing giant Ford Motors announced that it was eating a sizable $19.5 billion bullet for putting too many of its eggs into the EV basket, a WIVB-TV report is pouring even more cold water on the...

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Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett gave a meandering response on her reparations stance during a Thursday episode of REVOLT News’ “The People’s Brief.” Crockett, who is running for Senate, said on “The Black Lawyers Podcast” in April 2024 that she was open to exempting black people from paying taxes as...

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Texas high school students were protesting Thursday and Friday after 16-year-old student Andrew Meismer was stabbed to death in school in a city outside Houston. Aundre Matthews, 18, has been charged with murder after a fight turned deadly at Ross S. Sterling High School in Baytown, according to KTRK-TV in...

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On the frosty morning of November 5, 2025, New Yorkers scraped ice off their windshields and headed to the polls hoping for real change. They elected Zohran Mamdani, a progressive firebrand promising to fight for the working class and fix public housing. What they didn’t expect was that just hours...

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Federal prosecutors have charged a longtime California welfare worker with carrying out a multi-year fraud scheme involving food assistance benefits and dead people. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of former Madera County benefits eligibility worker Leticia Mariscal, 55, of Madera. Prosecutors alleged that Mariscal stole tens of...

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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara attacked United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the city during a Tuesday press conference, comparing illegal immigrants to the parents of Jesus. ICE surged dozens of agents into the Minneapolis area to target illegal immigrants from Somalia after revelations of at least $1...

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A viral video from inside a Target store exposed how quickly the modern left’s claim to tolerance collapses the moment one of these people encounters a viewpoint they do not like. It also exposed the growing lack of basic decency and manners on that side of the aisle. The incident...

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A man has been charged after a terrifying incident aboard an Alaska Airlines flight that left passengers and crew fearing for their safety. The incident happened last week on Alaska Airlines Flight 87, which was traveling from Deadhorse, Alaska, to Anchorage. According to a report from the New York Post,...

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A towering inflatable Santa Claus turned into an unlikely source of holiday controversy in the town of Severance, Colorado, before ultimately uniting a neighborhood this month. The massive decoration belongs to Dora Flores and her husband, who said they saved throughout the year to purchase the Santa. The effigy of...

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Amazon has apologized after a third-party delivery driver was caught on home security video allegedly stealing a family’s cat in a Los Angeles suburb earlier this month. The incident happened Dec. 11 in Lakewood, according to a report from KTLA-TV. Diane Huff-Medina shared video footage showing an Amazon Flex worker...

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Celebrity fitness trainer Jillian Michaels pushed back Monday after New York Times contributor Wajahat Ali accused her of being a “white nationalist.” At least 15 people were killed Sunday when two assailants opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, where hundreds gathered for an event known as...

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