The death of Jeffrey Epstein -- and what evidence the disgraced financier and sex trafficker might have left behind -- looms large over American politics. So large, in fact, that when a claim that FBI Director Kash Patel admitted 2.7 terabytes of data related to Epstein was deleted, the video...

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What in the world is going on in Minnesota? Whatever the truth of the matter is, it's got the full attention of President Donald Trump's administration. Late Thursday, the Small Business Administration announced a blistering response to "thousands of potentially fraudulent pandemic-era PPP [Paycheck Protection Program] and EIDL [Economic Injury...

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Tensions between the United States and Iran escalated overnight after President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Tehran over roiling protests in the Islamic Republic. According to the New York Post, economic protests have shaken Iran. The current unrest marks Iran’s most widespread outbreak of public opposition since the...

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Actor and musician Will Smith is facing a new legal challenge after a lawsuit was filed alleging misconduct described by the plaintiff as “grooming,” claims that have quickly drawn public attention due to their severity. The suit was filed before the new year in Los Angeles, according to Fox News....

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With a single sentence at his New Year's Day inauguration, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani managed to confirm the very fears his defenders spent months dismissing. Mamdani, sworn in on a trio of Qurans, covered a litany of topics in his inauguration speech, with none of it especially surprising...

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The Small Business Administration is coming down hard on Minnesota companies suspected of fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, according to SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler. “Over the last week, SBA has reviewed thousands of potentially fraudulent pandemic-era PPP and EIDL loans approved in Minnesota,”...

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wiped away executive orders from former Mayor Eric Adams that supported Israel in a flurry of executive orders issued on the first day on his administration. Mamdani signed three executive orders related to increased housing affordability hours after being sworn in,  according to WPIX-TV....

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A suspected terrorist sympathizer who allegedly planned to ring out the old year in blood is spending the first days of the new year behind bars. The man, identified as 18-year-old Christian Sturdivant of Mint Hill, North Carolina, was arrested by the FBI after planning a New Year's Eve attack...

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Two mountain lions were euthanized in Colorado after what officials believe was a fatal mountain lion attack on a woman. On Thursday at about 12:15 p.m., hikers spotted a mountain lion near the body of a woman on the Crosier Mountain trail in Larimer County. The animal was chased away...

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Victoria Jones, the daughter of Hollywood icon Tommy Lee Jones, was found dead Thursday in a San Francisco hotel. The San Francisco Fire Department responded at 2:52 a.m. to the Fairmont San Francisco, a 5-star luxury hotel, according to TMZ. Upon the arrival of the paramedics, Victoria Jones, 34, was...

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Trinidad Chambliss, senior quarterback for the Ole Miss Rebels, has both NFL-caliber talent and wisdom beyond his years. In an on-field interview with ESPN's Laura Rutledge following his team's thrilling 39-34 win over the Georgia Bulldogs in Thursday's Sugar Bowl -- a game in which he played like a future...

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"There is nothing new under the sun," a wise king once wrote. And the inauguration of Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City on Thursday is proving the point. Further, the wardrobe choices of his wife, Rama Duwaji, are only amplifying the point even more. Mamdani boldly...

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has come under attack for nullifying pro-Israel executive orders signed by former Mayor Eric Adams. As noted by the Daily News, one overturned order adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism. Another Adams order sent to the trash heap sought to oppose...

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An off-duty ICE agent who confronted a gunman at an apartment complex on New Year's Eve ended up being targeted by three shots from the gunman's rifle, according to news reports. The agent was uninjured. The gunman ended up dead. NEW: An off-duty ICE agent in Los Angeles heard what...

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Pro-abortion medical students decided to reign in the new year in the most disgusting, vile, and satanic way possible -- by filming themselves smiling as they practice child sacrifice on tomatoes. Medical Students for Choice posted the footage to social media platform TikTok on Tuesday, captioning the event -- from...

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Minnesota's day care fraud scandal may just be the tip of the iceberg. With YouTuber Nick Shirley's investigation garnering national attention, investigative journalists and public officials in other states are now sounding the alarm, noting similar schemes could be playing out in their respective states. On Wednesday, The Center Square...

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The discovery might have been uniforms, but the theories about it are all over the map. New York City police are investigating just how a box full of NYPD blues showed up abandoned this week near a cemetery in Brooklyn, according to the New York Daily News. The fact that...

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Elon Musk declared "war" after an alleged Somali TikTok user threatened his life. The conservative Libs of TikTok account reposted the video on Thursday, writing, "The somali tiktoker who mocked Americans had a meltdown over Elon Musk and appeared to threaten his life: 'I wouldn’t worry too much about him....

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At least half a dozen explosions were confirmed in Caracas, Venezuela, early Saturday morning accompanied by low-flying aircraft, leading to speculation that an American attack on the capital and stronghold of Nicolás Maduro's government was underway. According to The Associated Press, neither the Venezuelan side nor the Americans would immediately...

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Shortly after explosions rocked Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday morning, the president of neighboring Colombia seemed to confirm the attack came from a foreign power and demanded a meeting of the United Nations and the Organization of American States. While Colombian President Gustavo Petro did not specifically name who he believed...

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President Donald Trump announced shortly after 4 a.m. Eastern that the attacks on Venezuela had led to the capture of the country's fugitive strongman accused of narco-trafficking, Nicolás Maduro. "The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro,...

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