Attorney General Merrick Garland was already in the hot seat at Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, but Sen. Ted Cruz absolutely torched him for his partisanship. The Texas Republican confronted Garland about his politicization of the Department of Justice, particularly in handling threats made to Supreme Court judges after a...

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Entertainer Jay Leno showed off his “brand new face” Wednesday during an appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” Leno had been working on a 1907 vehicle on Nov. 12, 2022, when it caught fire, severely burning his face. In January, he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he also suffered...

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Members of the Mafia are reputed to be bound by an oath of Omertà. The criminals are expected to maintain silence and secrecy about the inner workings of the gangs and handle their own conflicts internally. A unified front against all outsiders is needed to keep the organizations operational. The...

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GOP Texas Rep. Chip Roy is unhappy with how the border crisis is being handled. Given that he's a conservative in a border state, this is hardly a surprise. What is surprising is who he's turning his ire toward: his fellow Republicans, who he says are only offering "words" and...

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Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida schooled Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York on the steps of the Capitol in a lively, impromptu debate underscoring that liberals often don't understand their own talking points. The good-natured bickering occurred during an NBC News interview Wednesday when the two congressmen broached...

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The proudly gay mayor of College Park, Maryland, has been arrested on 56 charges related to child pornography. Patrick Wojahn, 47, once boasted of his mentor/mentee relationship with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who is also gay and was the mayor of South Bend, Indiana. “I actually met Mayor Pete Buttigieg...

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Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has been hospitalized with shingles. “I was diagnosed over the February recess with a case of shingles,” Feinstein, 89, who has said she will retire when her term ends next year, said in a statement to several outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and...

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The movie "Jesus Revolution" has made it past the first crucial weekend in the box office with flying colors. The Christian community turned out in droves to see Pastor Greg Laurie's inspired story of growing up in the tumultuous 1960s and '70s during the height of the Jesus movement. "Jesus...

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If you don't let them build it, they won't come. That, at least, is the experience of Coronado, California, Mayor Richard Bailey. The Republican boasts the lowest homeless population in a state known for a serious homeless problem. How has he done it? By not letting homeless populations build encampments,...

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South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was found guilty Thursday of killing his wife and son in 2021. Murdaugh, 54, appeared impassive as the verdict was read.  He was found guilty of two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon in the commitment of a violent crime....

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Former NBA big man Andrew Bogut called out the left's radical gender agenda Tuesday. The 38-year-old Australian, who won a championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2015, demonstrated throughout the latter part of his storied career that he is not one to hold his tongue. That is especially true...

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Current and former U.S. intelligence officials who co-signed a letter before the 2020 presidential election with the intent of discrediting reporting on a laptop that belonged to Hunter Biden, the son of then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden, are being called to speak to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Those...

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Republicans (and conservatives) not only buy Air Jordans, too, but many still watch the NBA and are fans of the league. So it's truly astounding to watch the NBA, in real time, try so hard to drive many of those fans away by pandering to the fringe left, pandering to...

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Kevin Maginnis wants to lose weight, but he's not hitting the gym or stocking up on salad fixings. Instead, the 57-year-old man from Nashville, Tennessee, is heading for the golden arches. Maginnis decided on a unique weight-loss plan and announced it Feb. 21 in a TikTok video. "So I woke...

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One of the biggest problems that our culture faces -- and it appears irreparable at times -- is the propensity of many to willfully distort Holy Scripture so it fits their wants and feelings. It's as if words can mean whatever one wants them to mean. If somebody claiming to...

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When the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office got a call about a dog on the road early Saturday morning in Arrowsic, Maine, a deputy wasted no time heading out to check on the situation. Dogs wandering in traffic can be a hazard to themselves and others, and oftentimes warrant more immediate...

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The wife of Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has seemingly abandoned him for a second time in as many weeks as he remains hospitalized with clinical depression while simultaneously recovering from a stroke. Gisele Fetterman has made it a point to insert herself into the discussion regarding whether John...

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Retired three-star general and former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn is suing the federal government for an expected $50 million over the Department of Justice's criminal prosecution of him in 2017. Flynn's legal team notes at the beginning of a draft legal filing obtained by The Western Journal that...

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A TikTok user has gotten a lot of attention after posting a video showing how long it took him to charge his electric vehicle in order to get an extra 11 miles. The man, who uses the handle Crazypostman, shared a video on the social media site last week showing...

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Controversy has erupted in the United Kingdom after a drag queen targeted a student who said that there were only two genders. According to U.K. outlet The Telegraph, a drag queen was brought in to teach Year 7 students at the Queen Elizabeth II School in Peel on the Isle...

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