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Vice President JD Vance and conservative influencer Laura Loomer traded jabs on social media Friday after Loomer questioned why Republicans were “pushing more abortion messaging” ahead of the November midterms. “Why is the GOP pushing more abortion messaging in a midterm election year? Didn’t they learn their lesson in 2018? Loomer wrote on the social…

The U.S. military blew up another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, killing two “narco-terrorists,” but one person survived the operation. The vessel, operated by a designated terrorist organization, was transiting along “known narco-trafficking routes” in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in “narco-trafficking operations,” according to the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom).…
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{beacon} Technology   The Big Story TikTok saga comes to a close TikTok said Thursday that it has established a new U.S. venture as part of an agreement to allow the popular social media platform to continue operating in the U.S. © Jeff Chiu, Associated Press The deal brings to a close a lengthy saga…
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Tensions between the United States and Canada have rapidly escalated this week after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a rousing speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, declaring a “rupture” in the old world order and calling on “middle powers” to unite. The once jovial public relationship between Carney and…

How do teachers reassure their students when armed men really are out to get them and their families?

Grammy Award-winning opera singer Renée Fleming will no longer participate in a pair of symphony performances at the Kennedy Center this spring, according to a message on the center’s website. Fleming was scheduled to appear with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) on May 29-30 in a program titled “Appalachian Spring,” featuring American conductor James Gaffigan….

The top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees have requested a visit to the prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is being held, alleging preferential treatment toward Maxwell and a cover-up of sexual abuse at the facility.  Reps. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) made the demands in a letter to…

The Dropkick Murphys, an Irish American Celtic punk rock band, are showing their support for former D.C. Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone after a clip of him confronting a Jan. 6, 2021, supporter while wearing the band’s T-shirt went viral. The band reposted a video of Fanone in a tense exchange with Ivan Raiklin, a…

The Treasury Department announced its Office of Foreign Assets Control will target and place sanctions on nine Iranian shadow fleet vessels and their owners who allegedly transported hundreds of millions in Iranian oil and petroleum to foreign markets. “Today’s sanctions target a critical component of how Iran generates the funds used to repress its own…

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) called for an investigation Friday into a deal that saw TikTok’s American business spun off into a separate entity in order to allow the app to continue operating in the U.S. The deal was finalized Thursday, with TikTok announcing it had officially established the new U.S. venture. “After over a year…

When a president threatens pollsters instead of grappling with what voters are actually saying, that’s a problem.  

President Donald Trump did not provide specifics when asked about the deal, but did say, “We can do anything we want, we can do military.”

A pair of foreign policy-focused Republican lawmakers expressed alarm over a recent report of the U.S. potentially withdrawing its troops from Syria, warning that a decreased presence in the country would be to the benefit of ISIS.  “Wow, if true, ISIS would love that. A small footprint of Americans working with locals is an insurance…

President Trump has set off a firestorm in the United Kingdom and among NATO allies whose troops fought and died in Afghanistan by claiming NATO forces “stayed a little back” from the front lines. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and leaders across the political spectrum, along with former soldiers and the parents of fallen military…

The president launched his Board of Peace in Davos, and the emblem immediately invited wisecracking salvos.

The U.N. Charter forbids violations of other states’ sovereignty except in cases of self-defense. So, Trump framed Venezuela’s allowing illegal migration to the United States as an armed attack. 

The city of Philadelphia on Thursday sued the Department of the Interior after National Park Service staff removed an exhibit on slavery from the President’s House site in Independence National Historical Park. The lawsuit asks for a preliminary injunction to keep the displays up. It says the exhibit was removed “without notice” and “presumably pursuant”…

Former D.C. Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone on Thursday called the congressional hearing featuring former special counsel Jack Smith a “kangaroo court.” “Listen, I came there to support Jack Smith,” Fanone told independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy. “In my eyes, you know, Jack Smith is a man of integrity who’s just doing his f—ing job, and…

A diplomatic tit-for-tat between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is escalating, with the president disinviting Carney from his “Board of Peace” on Thursday night. The move comes after Carney warned of a “rupture” in the trans-Atlantic alliance during his speech at Davos earlier this week, which prompted Trump to suggest Canada would…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday praised his country, saying “the choice is up to us” when it comes to Canada’s future, after President Trump said Canada “lives because of the U.S.” “Canada and the United States have built a remarkable partnership, in the economy, in security, and in rich cultural exchange,” Carney wrote…

President Trump on Friday revoked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s invitation to join his Board of Peace, days after the prime minister said he opposed Trump’s proposed tariffs on Europe for opposing his push to take control of Greenland. “Dear Prime Minister Carney,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Please let this Letter serve to represent…

Plus: Trump’s lifetime Board of Peace appointment, and Axelrod criticizes Newsom.

The talk show host is under attack again and he fought back in his monologue.

The overall death toll from a bloody crackdown on nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 5,002, activists said.

Dr. Vin Gupta pointed to one moment that “crossed a line of proper adult behavior” and warranted a “public assessment of his neurological fitness.”