Out of office, out of power, Donald Trump could be searching for relevance as he starts his 2024 campaign. But two serendipitous events have come to his rescue and dumped two potent issues in his lap: The Twitter File exposé and the budget-busting omnibus bill Sen. Mitch McConnell let the...

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An internal investigation at the University of California San Francisco found that two medical researchers affiliated with the university had undertaken unethical experiments on inmates of a Bay Area prison in the 1960s and 1970s. “UCSF apologizes for its explicit role in the harm caused to the subjects, their families...

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Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman J.J. Watt announced Tuesday that he will be retiring from the NFL after the present season. Watt’s announcement came two days after the Cardinals played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Christmas Day in a game that the Buccaneers won 16-13 in overtime. Watt recorded a season-high...

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Elon Musk was in an interview Saturday on the show "All-In," a podcast themed on "all things" politics, economics, tech, social and poker. During the episode, Musk made a confession that confirmed what many Americans feared: "To be totally frank, almost every conspiracy theory that people had about Twitter turned...

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A traveler may be re-thinking her shopping habits after a suitcase she said she bought at a thrift store attracted unwanted attention from airport security officials. The suitcase was believed to have traces of explosives, according to a Nov. 16 post on TikTok that has been viewed more than 650,000...

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Native-born Americans could take a lesson from Elon Musk. One of the wealthiest men in the world, a billionaire many, many times over, leader of the pioneering aerospace firm SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, Musk has been dominating news cycles for most of 2022 as the purchaser of the social...

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Things seem to be getting worse and worse for the Walt Disney Company, as a major report has emerged indicating that the company may ditch some of its most profitable assets in the new year. On Thursday, Fox Business reported that Wells Fargo analysts predicted that Disney would part ways...

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One of the things I decided over this recent Christmas season was that I would ignore the growing specter of the paganization of Christmas, er, “the holidays,” and just focus on Jesus and family. And I tried to discard the commercialization, which has long been a problem. “Santa, Baby,” came...

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A televised interview last week yielded a surprising anecdote about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The moment came during Tucker Carlson's interview with Chaya Raichik, the previously anonymous woman behind the frequently-viral Libs of TikTok Twitter account. Although she had previously been interviewed by Carlson, Raichik's face was shown on air...

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For those of us who are doomscrolling our social media feeds these days, a term that we’re coming across is “margin call.” If you follow Elon Musk, it’s something that has been discussed at length over the past couple of weeks in relation to Tesla’s slumping stock price. As of...

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A massive winter storm plagued America's Northwest last week, and Seattle took an especially hard hit. The storm battered the area with freezing rain that turned "Emerald City" into what seemed like the world's largest and most dangerous ice skating rink. Conditions quickly turned scary and dangerous for many. Numerous...

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Call it the Democratic Double Standard – for D-Listers. Former MSNBC anchor and all-around leftist nutcase Keith Olbermann took to a podcast last week to openly call for violence against Republicans aiming to use their new House majority to investigate Democratic treachery against their own country. The silence was deafening...

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After Kari Lake's challenge of the 2022 Arizona election was ended by a state judge, Democrat Katie Hobbs demanded that the court punish Lake. But the judge handed Lake a victory by denying the punishment. On Tuesday, Maricopa County Judge Peter Thompson turned down Hobbs' request that the court hit...

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A sexually charged drag queen performance is under investigation by the state of Florida after an event that exposed children to explicit content. Florida's Department of Business and Professional Regulation is investigating "A Drag Queen Christmas" after the show's performance at the Broward Center of the Performing Arts on Monday....

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Seventeen years after her mother's death, the daughter of a beloved Hollywood star found a poignant keepsake showcasing the love her mother had for U.S. servicemen. Mary Owen, the daughter of Oscar-winning actress Donna Reed, discovered a shoebox filled with over 350 letters from American soldiers, thanking her for performing...

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It’s kujichagulia time again, apparently. As you doubtlessly know if you have a child with a woke teacher, Kwanzaa is yet again upon us. On Monday, the non-denominational celebration of African-American heritage began; the seven-day festival runs through Jan. 1, celebrating one principle of the black American experience each night. Not...

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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court saved President Joe Biden's administration from itself: It upheld Title 42 regulations that allow the government to summarily deport most illegal immigrants, regardless of whether they're claiming to seek political asylum. Title 42, for the unfamiliar, refers to a World War II-era public health code...

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It's not that liberals don't lie in other calendar years, but 2022 was a special annus indeed. Sure, there was no, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky" moment. If something like that was sprang upon President Joe Biden, we also ought to face the facts...

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The Ulta Beauty Supply store in Texarkana, Texas, notified the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department that they had been robbed on Dec. 14. After information about the robbery was announced by Central Dispatch, officers in the area came across a white Chevrolet Malibu, according to the Texarkana Facebook page. Officers had...

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A viral video of the McDonald's McRib sandwich grossed out some people on social media, but others remain loyal fans of the seasonal boneless pork sensation. A Twitter post showing how the barbecue pork sandwich is made has garnered more than 8.5 million views and was flooded with replies, with...

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Emily Riedel is apparently a woman who enjoys a good challenge. The former opera singer was already in a competitive industry, just being in the arts. In 2012, at the tender age of 21, she decided to take the summer off in an attempt to make some money dredging gold in...

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