There's no bigger name in toys than Barbie, and there's little Barbie can do that doesn't draw a big controversy. When Mattel unveiled its new autistic Barbie earlier this month, the goal was to "represent common ways autistic people may experience, process, and communicate about the world around them," the...

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Last year will likely register the lowest national homicide rate in 125 years, according to a newly released analysis. The Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan think tank, estimated based on currently available data from U.S. cities that the rate of homicides dropped 21 percent from 2024 to 2025, during...

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Federal authorities on Thursday arrested William Kelly, one of the anti-ICE protesters who interrupted a worship service at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, over the weekend. FBI agents also arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of the organizers of the protest, and Chauntyll Louisa Allen, a participant. The protesters chose...

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The House of Representatives overwhelmingly rejected a measure Thursday evening that would eliminate $1.3 billion in earmarks from a government funding package. Lawmakers voted 291 to 136 on the amendment offered by leading fiscal hawk Republican South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman, falling well short of a majority. Norman’s amendment would...

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After going viral for disrupting a worship service and harassing Christian families at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, leftist agitator William Kelly is using his voice to explain the distorted, nihilistic worldview currently corroding the very fabric of his soul. As of Thursday, Kelly has been taken into custody...

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The House of Representatives narrowly approved a spending bill Thursday funding the Department of Homeland Security -- and Immigration and Customs Enforcement -- over the vast majority of Democrats’ fierce objections. Lawmakers voted 220-207 to approve the standalone bill with just seven Democrats supporting the measure. House Democrats have largely...

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President Donald Trump held up mugshots of illegal alien criminals in a room full of reporters on Tuesday during his surprise visit to the White House briefing room. Trump held up the mugshots of the “worst of the worst” criminals who have been nabbed by ICE in Minnesota, who have...

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Vice President J.D. Vance responded to a reporter who accused Immigration and Customs Enforcement of arresting an illegal alien’s five-year-old in Minnesota. The child, Liam Conejo Ramos, entered a federal immigration enforcement vehicle after agents detained his illegal alien father in their driveway on Thursday. Vance said during a speech...

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House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was surprised by Republican Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt’s decision to miss a critical vote Thursday while Republicans work to pass their agenda with a razor-thin majority. Hunt, who is vying in a brutal three-way Texas Senate primary, was absent while House Republicans advanced a...

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Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk demanded a speedy trial on Jan. 16 in response to the alleged delay tactics in the case involving her husband’s alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson. Kirk’s attorney, Jeffrey Neiman, notified Utah’s Fourth District Court of her move in a Jan. 16 court filing that was...

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The U.S. murder rate in 2025 plunged to its lowest level in over a century, according to a report released Thursday. The average reported homicide rate declined 21 percent in 35 major U.S. cities in 2025, marking the largest one-year drop of all time and likely the lowest level since...

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Former Metropolitan Police Department officer Mike Fanone coughed “go f*** yourself” during a Thursday hearing where former special counsel Jack Smith testified. Smith appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for roughly five hours and defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump. During questioning, Republican Texas Rep. Troy Nehls blamed U.S....

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After a scorching speech by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the world Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Canada was bounced from the Board of Peace that will oversee the next step of President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza. “Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of...

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President Donald Trump ended the use of human fetal tissue harvested from abortions in research done by the National Institutes of Health. "NIH will no longer support research using human fetal tissue," the agency announced in a statement Thursday. Human fetal tissues include organs, cells, and body parts culled from...

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So, former special counsel Jack Smith, the man behind the federal government's Jan. 6 case, testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday. In case you missed it, Jack Smith sends his deepest thanks. Suffice it to say, if you missed it, things did not particularly go well for Smith....

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I don't consider it a particularly good week when I'm forced to address the existence of Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota more than once. Alas, the third full week of this year of our Lord, 2026, has been one of those weeks. It began on the Lord's day, actually;...

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At this point, instead of watching the Super Bowl halftime show, just take a bathroom break. Puerto Rican rapper Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known by the ridiculous stage name Bad Bunny, has decided to use the opportunity not to entertain, but to honor "queer icons." Radar Online reported Thursday the...

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President Donald Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly had a friendly backstage chat at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, despite the recent barbs exchanged in public. Political commentator Mark Halperin posted Friday on social media, "According to sources in both camps, the two men engaged in affable...

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Every now and then, one receives a brief reminder of what makes America the greatest country in world history. Leaving the Capitol on Thursday evening, Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida provided one such reminder. In a clip posted to the social media platform X, Donalds spent more than 20...

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One quality defines the modern American left: narcissism. In a clip posted Thursday to the social media platform X, disgraced former CNN anchor Don Lemon dared President Donald Trump's Department of Justice to "keep trying" to arrest him for his role in Sunday's invasion of Cities Church in St. Paul,...

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As the crucial mid-term elections loom, the Republican Party might break precedent and hold a party convention. The Republican National Committee’s Rules Committee on Thursday approved the concept of calling a convention, according to Fox News. The new rule would empower Chairman Joe Gruters "to convene a special ceremonial convention...

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