A California woman has been convicted of second-degree murder following the drowning death of her two-year-old daughter, according to prosecutors. The guilty verdict was announced Friday, Jan. 9, by the Stanislaus County District Attorney’s Office, according to the New York Post. Kelle Anne Brassart, 45, was found guilty of second-degree...

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One blue state legislature is rolling out a statewide student loan program that will tap the state’s “emergency” fund to replace a federal program slashed under the "Big Beautiful Bill." Connecticut lawmakers are calling for the use of state emergency funds to replace the federal GradPLUS program, which offered graduate...

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Now that the nation’s attention has turned to Minnesota and its massive welfare fraud – fraud so large (referred to as “industrial-scale” by the assistant U.S. attorney, possibly as much as $9 billion) that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz felt compelled to end his bid for re-election -- we should take...

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A University of Utah student was arrested by campus police Monday after threatening the school’s College Republicans chapter during an event. Dean Stewart, whose LinkedIn page invites people to refer to him with “any pronouns,” was charged with threat of violence, interfering with a police officer, and disorderly conduct after...

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St. Louis officials have suspended an active search for monkeys reported loose in the city after artificial intelligence-generated images flooded social media and overshadowed actual tips. Multiple vervet monkeys were first reported this past week near a park in the northern part of the city, according to local officials. The...

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A special education aide in Clark County, Nevada, allegedly dragged a child with autism by the arm 30 feet down the hallway. Surveillance footage at J.E. Manch Elementary School recorded Zachary May, 21, allegedly holding onto the arm of and dragging the autistic student down the hall earlier this year,...

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Pennsylvania saw a meteoric rise in the number of adolescents receiving puberty blockers through an insurance billing code currently being investigated under the Trump administration on fraud suspicions. More than 220 claims for puberty-blocking drugs were reimbursed for minors aged 10-13 with the International Classification of Diseases billing code, E30.1,...

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They killed. They raped. They abused children. And they were all strolling about Minnesota until U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement showed up. Last week, as Democratic politicians in Minnesota tried to advance the tale of an ICE agent wantonly murdering Renee Good, an ICE news release listed some of the...

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Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman’s former ally, the Working Families Party, rolled out an effort to defeat him -- almost three years before he is up for reelection. The left-wing third party, which supported the maverick lawmaker in his 2022 bid, launched a new website, PrimaryFetterman.com, calling on Pennsylvanians to...

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A protester charged with violence outside Portland, Oregon’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility is a sex offender with a record of illegally failing to report as one, documents show. Police charged 39-year-old Andrew Simmons with harassment and disorderly conduct on Friday and released him on bond within 24 hours after...

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Protesters harassed a man driving a rental SUV after appearing to mistake him for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a video that went viral on X Thursday shows. The video, which was originally posted to TikTok, shows the man opening the trunk of a white Chevy Suburban as a...

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Leftist protesters calling themselves “legal observers” have no unique First Amendment rights when interacting with law enforcement, legal experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Politicians blasted Immigration and Customs Enforcement in statements describing an agent’s fatal shooting of “legal observer” Renee Good on Jan. 7 in Minnesota, invoking a term...

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Google says it is ending its practice of emailing 13-year-olds step-by-step instructions on how to remove parental controls after backlash from parents and parental rights advocates. The tech giant came under fire after screenshots of an email went viral on social media, with users describing the policy as “predatory” and...

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George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Thursday that President Donald Trump has the authority to invoke the Insurrection Act to address violent protests against immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, comparing the option to actions taken by presidents during the Civil Rights era. Trump said in a Thursday morning post...

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Leftist buffoon Don Lemon discredited himself again this weekend, accosting an elderly Christian whose church services were disrupted by an anti-ICE mob ranting about the alleged "rights" of foreign invaders. The clown show unfolded Sunday, after the Racial Justice Network — a pro-Black Lives Matter coven — stormed the Cities...

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A prominent anarchist blog is calling for a “disruptive” gathering at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent’s home in Portland, Oregon, on Friday night. Masked protesters should arrive at the property at 6:00 p.m. and “TAKE THE FIGHT” to ICE, whether the gathering is “peaceful” or not, according to the...

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Elon Musk is investing heavily in keeping the Senate seat held by retiring Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell in the GOP camp, according to a new report. Musk has donated a "stunning" $10 million to support Kentucky businessman Nate Morris, who is running in the May Republican primary, according to Axios....

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How do you stay relevant in the world of independent journalism when you've crashed out of the world of establishment journalism for being facile and obnoxious, both in front of and behind the camera? Former CNN host Don Lemon provided at least one answer to that riddle this weekend, and...

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Federal agents were among those bounced out into the cold by St. Paul, Minnesota, hotels that said they wanted to close amid the mob violence taking place in nearby Minneapolis. “I’m told multiple ICE agents with rooms booked at the St. Paul Downtown Doubletree by Hilton received this notice today...

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Upholding federal immigration laws should disqualify anyone from serving in law enforcement, according the logic of a proposed Maryland law. The proposal is the brainchild of Democratic state Delegate Adrian Boafo according to WBFF-TV. “This year, I introduced legislation to ensure ICE officers can never serve in any of Maryland's...

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They stormed a church -- and damned their own cause. Viral videos rocketing through social media show the moments dozens of left-wing activists disrupted a service Sunday at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. But the backlash is building. Here’s what happened inside Cities Church today. Look at the terrified...

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