A viral photo of actor Ben Affleck from Sunday night's Grammy Awards is perfectly summing up how most ordinary Americans felt about the show. Sunday night's Grammys were defined by a controversial performance by Sam Smith and Kim Petras of their song "Unholy," which was a performance that seemed to...

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It's like something out of the 2017 movie "Gifted," except the story of this gifted child is actually true. Nine-year-old David Balogun has managed to graduate from Reach Cyber Charter School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, earning a place in the school's history as its youngest graduate. “I realized that I am...

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A coroner has released the cause of death of a recent University of Arizona graduate and swimmer who died suddenly last month. Ty Wells passed away on Jan. 27 at the age of 23 after a successful swimming career, the school announced on Jan. 30. We are deeply saddened by...

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Arizona Republican Kari Lake took a step closer on Monday to throw her hat in the ring for a 2024 U.S. Senate run, contingent on her election challenge case of the governor's race not being successful. Asked by "Real America's Voice" host Charlie Kirk if she was considering a run...

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A man who was a double amputee was shot and killed by police in California at the end of January, now his family is accusing officers of "murder." But the newly released video seems to argue against the accusations. On Jan. 26, the Huntington Park police were called when witnesses...

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A Detroit high school basketball player who suffered cardiac arrest during a game last week has died. Cartier Woods, who was 18, died Monday, according to WJBK-TV. He had been on life support for less than a week. At the time of his collapse, WXYZ-TV reported that Woods’ aunt and...

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A conservative firebrand has a surprise for President Joe Biden at Tuesday's State of the Union address. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene teased a white balloon in a Twitter post hours before the president's planned speech. It’s just an innocent balloon… #SOTU pic.twitter.com/Q6saJYqcp8 — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) February 7,...

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It took the jury in the Elon Musk class action around two hours to decide that he was not legally responsible for what happened to investors who relied on his 2018 tweets in which he claimed that funding was secured to take Tesla private. The jury foreman called the case...

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Three American tourists were attacked when they refused to stop taking videos in the La Perla neighborhood in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. The incident took place a little after 4 a.m. on Monday, according to the Associated Press. Carlos Sánchez, 39, and Wallace Florence, 37, of South Carolina were...

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Between buying up valuable American farmland and flying surveillance crafts over the country without consequence, China's footprint in the United States has become far too large for many Americans, and some have decided to take a stand. After a long, drawn-out process that lasted over a year, Mayor Brandon Bochenski...

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The drill has become distressingly familiar. A generally displeasing (for progressives) event occurs: Donald Trump wins the presidency or inconvenient medical opinions arise during a pandemic or parent protests erupt at school board meetings or states require photo IDs at the polls or military murmurings arise after a foreign debacle....

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Super Bowl Wednesday? President Joe Biden appeared to forget when the biggest sports event in America will take place -- within the first fifteen seconds of his State of the Union address. Biden stated that first lady Jill Biden would be attending an upcoming "game tomorrow," sarcastically claiming that he'd...

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President Joe Biden began his second State of the Union address on Tuesday by claiming the economy was "reeling" when he took office two years ago -- and implying that it is in a better state now. According to two metrics that many Americans use to gauge their own financial...

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Did Biden get booed by his own party? President Joe Biden appeared to defend the use of natural gas and oil during Tuesday's State of the Union address. "We're still going to need oil and gas for a while," Biden said during a monologue about American energy infrastructure. The remark...

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Right out of the gate during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Joe Biden demoted Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and former President Donald Trump called out him on it. The stumble came during Biden's off-the-cuff opening remarks before he went on noscript. "Congratulations to Chuck Schumer,...

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President Joe Biden claimed Tuesday during his State of the Union address that the economy was in such dire straits during the pandemic that mobile phones and refrigerators were laid off from their jobs. The gaffe machine stood before both chambers of Congress and bragged that his administration has built...

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President Joe Biden butchered the name of a man killed by Memphis Police Department officers in Tuesday's State of the Union speech. Biden referred to Tyre Nichols as "Tyler Nichols" in the speech, bringing up the example of a black Tennessee man who was beaten to death by five black...

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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema didn't appear to be too interested in President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. The Democrat-turned-independent was caught looking at her phone as her fellow representatives applauded during the president's address. Several political pundits and commentators took to Twitter to comment on the...

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GOP Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene of Georgia did not let President Joe Biden's claim during the State of the Union address Tuesday that Republicans want to end Social Security and Medicare go unchallenged. "Some of our Republican friends want to take the economy hostage, I get it, unless I agree...

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Republican Sen. Mike Lee's reaction to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday was perhaps the most relatable moment of the night. Naturally, when Biden gets a chance to speak, anyone in earshot can expect a gaffe, a half-truth or an outright lie. Tuesday was chock-full of each as...

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If you just listened to the first 10 or 20 minutes of President Joe Biden's rambling State of the Union speech on Tuesday, there was plenty to loathe -- although it was a pretty pro forma affair. The quick version: Spending. Infrastructure. Spending. Infrastructure. Spending. Manufacturing. Spending. Inflation isn't my...

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