In volleys of chortling heard 'round the world, Russia mocked America for the Biden administration’s decision to trade a basketball player for an arms dealer. On Thursday, WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was arrested for carrying drugs in a Moscow airport in February, was traded for notorious arms dealer Viktor...

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One senior FBI employee is calling it quits -- weeks after House Republicans sought to interview him using the powers of their new congressional majority. The Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee, spearheaded by ranking member Rep. Jim Jordan, sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray outlining plans...

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A massive fire at an Iowa facility that formerly was a soybean processing plant and now is a recycling facility for roofing shingles left up to 15 people injured. The fire erupted Thursday at the CG-Zero plant in Marengo with about 30 people in the building. Between 10 and 15...

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A plug-in hybrid model of the Jeep Wrangler is being recalled due to a software glitch that could down the engine. Dealers are being ordered not to sell any more of the models until the repairs are made, according to Fox Business. A notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety...

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Bam Margera, who rode his skateboard to celebrity status in the “Jackass” series, is currently hospitalized with pneumonia after testing positive for COVID-19. “Bam was recently hospitalized,” according to a post on Margera’s Instagram account that was signed “The Margera Family.” “Fortunately, he is now testing negative for COVID and...

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Let's be clear: The White House has never interfered or colluded with social media companies. It's up to tech platforms to make their own decisions, free of any interference from the government. I mean, except for all of the other times the White House has either admitted or been caught interfering...

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Police have released the arrest warrant affidavit for Tanner Horner, the FedEx driver who has confessed to kidnapping and killing 7-year-old Athena Strand. Horner, 31, delivered a package to the girl’s home in Wise County, Texas, on Nov. 30. Athena's stepmother, Elizabeth Strand, called police at around 6:30 p.m. that...

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Grant Wahl, 48, one of soccer’s preeminent journalists, died Friday while covering the World Cup in Qatar. Colleagues reported that Wahl was in good spirits moments before he was stricken as he was covering a quarterfinal match between the Netherlands and Argentina. Wahl’s brother posted an Instagram message that expressed...

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As more information emerges from the "Twitter Files" about how the social media giant was administered before Elon Musk took over, some of its past bosses -- such as ex-CEO Jack Dorsey -- seem to be getting very nervous. Most recently, a lawsuit was filed against Twitter claiming that its...

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It's over. It's been over. For the vast majority of people on this green earth, the measures forced upon us by the COVID-19 bureaucrats have faded away. No more lockdowns, no more masking, no more illegal Fauci ouchie mandates. In the parts where those interventions haven't gone away, things have...

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Actor Kirk Cameron authored a new children's book which is based on Christian values called, "As You Grow." Yet, despite its wholesome subject matter dozens of libraries would not him to read his book for kids, despite those same locations hosting drag queen story hours. Cameron told Fox News host...

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Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey ignited a furor recently in a dramatic call for increased discipline in the Florida county’s schools. On Nov. 28, standing outside of a prison, Ivey issued a call for tough discipline against students to address unchecked violence against adults taking place in schools, according to...

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A company that helps provide a not-so-subtle dose of conservative politics along with Christmas says it has a lot to celebrate this year. Freedom Speaks Up sells wrapping paper bearing the rallying cry “Let’s Go Brandon,” as well as other patriotic- and conservative-themed items. CEO Seth Weathers said he expects...

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Surely, this couldn't have been what Robert Naismith envisioned when he invented basketball in 1891. In a Division III NCAA men's basketball game on Thursday, Grinnell College upended Emmaus Bible College to the tune of 124-67. Now, typically, a lopsided Division III basketball game isn't anything to write home about....

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Twitter's former head of trust and safety once shared an article questioning laws prohibiting relationships between teachers and students. In 2010, Yoel Roth shared a Salon article in which author Tracy Clark-Flory argued that a law criminalizing sexual relationships between students and teachers "deserves a bit more consideration." Can high...

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In 2006, YouTube was acquired by Google for $1.65 billion just a year after its launch. Since that time, censorship on YouTube has increased considerably, even to the point where educational videos are censored, like those of PragerU. On Tucker Carlson's show in 2017, Dennis Prager said the videos were...

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New information published in a "Twitter Files" release breaks down the internal deliberations regarding the 2021 suspension of then-President Donald Trump. Internal platform communications obtained and published by author Michael Shellenberger on Saturday reveal that Twitter executives had a specific plan in place to remove Trump's presence in the wake...

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A socialist who is a vice president of the European Parliament has been arrested on allegations of corruption linked to Qatar, the country currently hosting the World Cup soccer tournament. Greek legislator Eva Kaili was among five suspects detained by Belgian investigators, according to The New York Times. The sweep...

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On the same day that Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema left the Democrats, another member of President Joe Biden's party is expressing dismay and disappointment about his decision to trade a convicted arms trafficker for WNBA player Brittney Griner. Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey is slamming Biden for the trade,...

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CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr will be leaving the network, according to a new report. Oliver Darcy, CNN's senior media reporter, posted the news on Twitter. He wrote that Starr “has announced to colleagues that she will be leaving CNN in the coming days after her contract expires: 'I have made the...

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A man with a hammer can accomplish a lot – including chasing away an attacker with what authorities are calling a "samurai sword." The clash of unusual weapons took place Friday in Madison, Nebraska, according to Newsweek. According to a Facebook post from the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, the incident,...

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