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White House reporter calls it quits after Trump’s swipe at MTG romance
After years of surviving campaign chaos, media trench warfare, and enough airport coffee to stop a horse, White House correspondent Brian Glenn is cooked. He’s hanging up the press badge, heading back to Georgia, and apparently planning a wedding with the most...
Rubio breaks the Internet with Air Force One ‘Maduro’ tracksuit ‘GQ’ photo
Secretary of State Marco Rubio ditched the Beltway uniform and stepped onto Air Force One looking less like America’s top diplomat and more like he was headed to an underground DJ set in Miami. And naturally, the internet lost its mind. Photos posted online by White...
WATCH: WA Democrat income tax supporter questions ‘necessity clause’ nixing public vote
(The Center Square) - A Democratic lawmaker who voted in support of Washington’s new income tax said he didn't see anything scandalous in this week’s revelation of emails showing coordination between the office of Attorney General Nick Brown and crafters of the...
‘Donnyland’: Zelensky’s latest pitch to rename the war zone after Trump
In a move that sounds ripped straight from a late-night monologue, Ukrainian officials have reportedly been floating a eyebrow-raising idea in backchannel talks with Washington: rename a chunk of the war-ravaged Donbas region “Donnyland” — yes, as in President Donald...
Authorities review death of 11th scientist
Authorities in Huntsville, Ala. are reviewing the death of a 34-year-old aerospace researcher who worked on experimental anti-gravity propulsion, adding to a growing list of scientists with ties to advanced physics programs who have died or disappeared in recent...
BS daily political cartoons: TDS side effects
Best political cartoons of the day: In case you missed it:
Flock to shape U.S. privacy law around company policies
(The Center Square) – Flock, a video surveillance company, is working to build privacy legislation in the United States based on the company’s policies. An emerging license-plate-reading camera company, Flock has faced intense scrutiny from lawmakers and the...
Election 2026: Poll says MAGA 34%, Democratic Socialists of America 29%
(The Center Square) – About 34% of North Carolinians surveyed at the end of July said they are a lot or somewhat MAGA compared to 29% identifying as Democratic Socialists of America. This Elon University Poll, also known as the 2026 North Carolina Political...
Chinese robot maker predicts chores can do themselves in just a few years
The head of a Chinese company that makes humanoid robots speculated that machines may soon walk into a stranger’s house to handle their chores on command. Wang Xingxing, founder and CEO of Unitree Robotics, told the crowd at Beijing’s World Robot Conference that he...
Swampers moan about the $40 trillion debt they helped create
Members of Congress bemoaned the $40 trillion national debt Thursday that they helped create. Republicans and Democrats pointed fingers at each other after the debt surpassed $40 trillion. They all voted for legislation that contributed to the debt, including the One...
Carjacker finds out the hard way that ‘arms’ doesn’t always mean guns
The debate about gun control takes up so much bandwidth that we forget the Second Amendment isn’t just about owning and carrying guns – it’s about “the right to keep and bear arms” – and one carjacker found that out the hard way. The Sunday incident occurred when a...
More than a dozen Trump-endorsed candidates have lost their elections
(The Center Square) – More than a dozen Republican candidates have lost their elections this year after being endorsed by President Donald Trump. The overwhelming majority of candidates he’s endorsed have won their state and federal primary and runoff...
