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CNN host point blank asks Hakeem Jeffries if shutdown is purely a negotiating tactic
A CNN host asked House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries Friday whether the government shutdown was truly about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or simply a negotiating tactic. The Senate failed to end the partial government shutdown last week as Democrats...
Army chopper buzzes Kid Rock’s mansion, brass launches probe after viral pics
A routine Army training mission turned into a headline-grabbing spectacle after a military helicopter was caught on camera hovering just yards from Kid Rock’s Tennessee property — and now the brass wants answers. The incident, which unfolded Saturday, quickly went...
Trump’s all caps one-word blast after U.S. falls to Venezuela
Call it a clash bigger than baseball. In a dramatic showdown in Miami, Team USA came up short in the World Baseball Classic title game—falling 3-2 to a fired-up Venezuelan squad. But the real fireworks didn’t end on the field. They exploded online, courtesy of Donald...
CPAC gives bitter Texas GOP rivals chance to woo conservative base, but only one takes it
Both longtime Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and his GOP primary opponent Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have been invited to the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), although only one will attend. While Paxton has been listed as a confirmed...
Five Republicans vote to force Bondi to answer for Epstein files debacle
Five Republicans joined Democrats Wednesday to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify before Congress about her Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) heavily scrutinized rollout of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The House Oversight Committee voted 24-19 to call in Bondi...
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OpenAI launches ‘always-on’ agents days after its models probed government sites
An artificial intelligence company with agents that have recently gone rogue now has a new batch that can work for you nonstop. OpenAI unveiled dots, AI agents powered by its GPT-6 Astra model — which can research, analyze data, prepare documents and build software on...
Vietnam vet shoots burglar where sun don’t shine
A suspected burglar was shot in a rather embarrassing part of the anatomy during a Sunday burglary that went bad. The home in San Francisco, California, the burglar selected was occupied by a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran, who was awakened at around 5:00 a.m. local time...
Republican governors push back on Trump administration’s nuclear waste demand
A pair of Republican governors are resisting a Trump administration condition that states hosting new federal nuclear campuses take in spent reactor fuel from elsewhere. Republican Gov. Brad Little told the Idaho Capital Sun in an interview published Friday that...
Supreme Court allows third-country deportations, will hear arguments
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling on Tuesday, temporarily allowed the Trump administration to deport people to countries other than their own until oral arguments can be heard later this year. Justices on the high court will hear...
Ancient mosquito virus plagues Western Florida
Dengue Fever is spreading across the Sunshine State, as three counties in Western Florida just declared a state of emergency due to unprecedented levels of the mosquito-borne illness. One hundred ninety cases of locally acquired Dengue Fever have been reported across...
Could Alito’s recusal change the outcome of landmark climate case?
Justice Samuel Alito’s last-minute recusal has shaken up a blockbuster Supreme Court battle that stands to alter the future of climate litigation across the country. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Oct. 5 in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners...
