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Veteran GOP Rep. announces retirement
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa announced he was ending his planned re-election bid in a Friday night post on X. Issa had initially elected to run for his seat after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of California successfully pushed for a new congressional map that seeks to...
Democrats threaten to shutdown US Senate until Rubio and Hegseth testify
A bloc of Senate Democrats is preparing to grind the Senate to a halt unless senior Trump administration officials appear before Congress to answer questions about the growing military confrontation with Iran. The group says it will wield every procedural tactic...
John Kennedy visibly irked as he grills witness over why agency allowed debanking of conservatives
Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana demanded an explanation from a high-ranking Federal Reserve official about debanking conservatives during a Thursday hearing. President Donald Trump chewed out Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan in January 2025 over the...
‘Glaring distortion’: Justice Thomas torches his colleagues’ ‘fundamental misread’ of IEEPA powers
In a fiery dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas blasted the Court’s decision to block President Donald Trump from deploying emergency tariff powers, calling the majority’s reasoning a glaring distortion of both federal law and the Constitution’s separation of powers....
Olive Garden cook strips naked, plunges head into deep fryer in ghastly workplace suicide
An Olive Garden cook died after plunging his head into a deep fryer on Jan. 30, The Smoking Gun (TSG) first reported Thursday. The victim, who has yet to be identified, reportedly stripped his clothes after arriving at the Williamsport, Pennsylvania restaurant before...
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‘Preposterous’: Charges slammed after man arrested for allegedly targeting reporter with vehicle
A man who allegedly tried to run over a reporter for a conservative media outlet in Maine has been arrested in connection with the Thursday incident. Joe Sokol of The Maine Wire was reporting from outside the Bangor Comprehensive Treatment Center when he had an...
Trump creates Impeachment Readiness Office after admitting he’s ‘getting good at it’
TOTAL BS! WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has directed the White House to establish a permanent Impeachment Readiness Office after telling reporters Friday that, following two previous impeachments, he is “getting good at it.” The new office will coordinate...
Mamdani and ex-political rival Curtis Sliwa share a jab and a smile
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his former political rival Curtis Sliwa shared a jab and a smile. Hizzoner and the Guardian Angels founder rolled up their sleeves on Friday for a photo-op promoting the city’s campaign to encourage residents to get their...
‘No warning’: Elon Musk calls it quits, says mother of his 4 youngest kids
The mother of four of Elon Musk’s children confirmed she had “no warning” that the world’s richest man was about to break up with her. In fact, Shivon Zilis pondered the unexpected split on X, the social media platform owned by Musk, who reportedly had just told the...
Tucker Carlson argues UK was wrong to fight Hitler in bonkers interview exchange
Likening a current conflict to WWII found Tucker Carlson questioning an Allied nation’s involvement in the first place. “… I’m certainly not defending Hitler …” (Video Credit: Tucker Carlson) Friday, the former Fox News host dropped his latest interview, where he...
Election 2026: Once marquee matchup for U.S. Senate losing spotlight
(The Center Square) – Democrat Roy Cooper wants to “make stuff cost less” and Republican Michael Whatley is pushing to keep his party’s majority in order to enact the agenda of second-term Republican President Donald Trump. North Carolina’s seat in the U.S....
