After being absent from the “Today” show since mid-February, host Hoda Kotb returned to the show Monday. At the start of the show, she explained that her 3-year-old daughter, whose adoption Kotb had announced on the show in 2019, had taken ill. “My youngest, Hope, was in the ICU for...

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When an 80-year-old man misses a step, stumbles and then catches himself, we resign it to the infirmities of age, move on and forget the whole thing. But when it is the leader of the free world -- whose fitness to hold that job will be coming under even more...

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Former first lady Michelle Obama played the overused race card on her new podcast while recounting how furious she was during the January 2017 inauguration of former President Donald Trump. "To sit on that stage and watch the opposite of what we represented on display — there was no diversity,...

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A Disney star used an award ceremony on Saturday to celebrate his Christian faith and encourage others to embrace Jesus. Joshua Bassett won the award for “Favorite Male TV Star" at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Bassett stars in "High School Musical: The Series," which is available on the Disney+...

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One person is dead after Ohio’s sixth incident involving a Norfolk Southern train in the past five months. A Norfolk Southern train and a dump truck collided Tuesday morning on the property of Cleveland-Cliffs Cleveland Works, a steel mill in Cleveland, according to WKYC. A Cleveland-Cliffs representative said the incident...

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An activist judge in Minnesota has ruled that men who declare themselves to be female must be allowed to compete in women’s powerlifting. USA Powerlifting was sued by transgender activist JayCee Cooper in 2021 over a policy that prevented people such as him from competing against women. Transgender powerlifter JayCee...

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An Arizona rancher accused of shooting and killing an illegal immigrant on his property in January has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. George Alan Kelly, 74, was arrested after a Mexican national was found dead on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. He is free on a $1 million...

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Leftists are often talking about how cruel it is that the United States does not have a free public health care system. They say America should ditch its health care system in favor of the socialist universal health care provided in several European countries. With that said, it would be...

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Of all the lies surrounding the Capitol incursion, it's the worst that has come to light. The death of a police officer is a tragedy under any circumstances, but when it's seized by progressive opportunists as a chance to smear their opposition -- and paraded in front of the nation's...

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On Feb. 27, a local in Monee, Illinois, came across a sad sight: A dog was tied up outside a Burger King, a note attached to his collar. "Hi I'm King," the note read. "I'm a good Boy ... Love to Hug & Kiss ... Birthday July 22 - 2018."...

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Perth Mint, one of the largest gold mints in the world, is facing an international crisis after a report that the company had been diluting gold bars with cheaper metals to increase profits sparked outrage among investors and governments around the world. The news was first reported in an investigative...

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A former official in the Clinton and Obama administrations was identified as the passenger killed Friday by air turbulence while flying in a business jet over New England. Dana Hyde was fatally injured in the accident on board a Bombardier Challenger 300 plane that carried her husband and son, as...

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It seems like the more we learn about "squad" member Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri the stranger she becomes. Last week, we learned that she had married her personal security guard Cortney Merrits in a private ceremony. But if you thought her paying her husband was bad, just wait...

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In my home state of Connecticut, the (primarily Democrat-run) legislature is considering a "safe harbor fund" for out-of-state women seeking abortions. In short, the state proposes using Connecticut taxpayer funds to pay 100 percent of the cost of abortion services and travel costs for out-of-state low-income women. Connecticut permits abortions...

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk accused the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion of “misleading the public” after Fox News aired previously unseen videos from that day. On his show Monday evening, Tucker Carlson played clips that showed many people who entered the building that day --...

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What do the following storylines have in common? Fifty-one former federal intelligence officials claim the Hunter Biden laptop story has all the "classic earmarks" of a Russian disinformation campaign. The FBI warns Twitter executives that reporting on the laptop story would “violate [Twitter’s] terms of service.” Twitter suspends the New...

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ESPN analyst JJ Redick finally had just about enough of fellow panelist Kendrick Perkins' constant proclamations that NBA MVP voters are racists because some of them have voted for white players, and he confronted Perkins right on the air in a clash that was weeks in coming. Redick and Perkins...

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Former President Donald Trump has his biggest lead to date in the race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, according to a new poll. A Morning Consult survey released Tuesday indicated the race at this point is essentially a two-man contest between the former president and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis....

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Tucker Carlson just proved that for the modern Democratic Party, character assassination is just another arm of politics. Progressives have already proven that on their own, with the years' long war on former President Donald Trump and the repulsive smear campaign against now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, among others. And...

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Green Bay Packer offensive tackle David Bakhtiari challenged the left-wing establishment media for a second time in a week on Monday when he called on journalists to stop “withholding the truth” from people. This time, his target was CNN and other outlets that let their hatred for former President Donald...

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