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Stocks rose Thursday to record levels, with the Dow gaining more than 100 points, unfazed by President Donald Trump’s impeachment late Wednesday by the House of Representatives and finding support in the interim U.S.-China trade deal and the global economic outlook. All three major benchmark stock indexes set new intraday highs Thursday.

Subtitle: Lunden Roberts and Hunter Biden reportedly met at a strip club in Washington, D.C., where she worked at the time The mother of Hunter Biden’s child says the son of former vice president and Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden is refusing to answer any questions pertaining to his “basic” lifestyle and finances as the hearing in their tumultuous paternity case approaches, court papers show. Lunden Roberts and the younger Biden are embroiled in a bitter court battle in Arkansas surrounding their 16-month-old baby, whom Roberts has argued he should support, according to court records and multiple reports. Biden’s legal...

ust imagine if this was said about a Democratic President, maybe Barack Obama or Bill Clinton: Talking to Congressman James Clyburn on Thursday, CNN New Day co-host John Berman had NO response when the Democrat said of a Senate impeachment trial for Donald Trump: “Let's give him a fair trial and hang him.” Here’s the context. Berman and Clyburn were discussing a possible delay in delivering the articles of impeachment. The Democrat called for the need to avoid a “kangaroo court” run by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: JOHN BERMAN: Why the delay, Congressman? CLYBURN: Well, the delay is made...

NEVADA, Iowa -- A man has been imprisoned for burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in central Iowa. Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years for the hate crime of arson and given a year for reckless use of explosives or fire and 30 days for harassment. The sentences are to be served consecutively, Story County court records said. A jury convicted Martinez in November. He'd been arrested in June. He's said he tore down the flag that had been hanging from the United Church of Christ in Ames and burned it...

AMES, Iowa - It’s day five of former Vice President Joe Biden’s bus tour around Iowa, and the Democratic presidential candidate has made his way to the heart of the student union at Iowa State University, which has an enrollment of about 33,000 students. For the middle of the day on a Tuesday, it’s a healthy-sized crowd, about 300 people. But for a college campus, something stands out: There is quite a bit of gray hair and bald heads in the crowd. Before Biden was introduced, a speaker asked for every student in the crowd to raise their hand. Less...

The Morning Joe producer would have had to hit the bleep button multiple times this morning to stop Steve Rattner from blurting out all the good news about the economy. Democrat Rattner, President Obama's former "car czar" and Morning Joe's resident economist, painted a very positive picture of the economy heading into the 2020 election. Rattner even gave President Trump credit for the economy in various ways. And in statements likely to send Democrats scurrying for their emotional support animals, Rattner warned that the strong economy is "something for the Democrats to worry about," adding that the economy will be...

Cabin crew aren't supposed to have favorite passengers, however one Virgin Atlantic flight attendant couldn't help but warm to these two guests when one of them gave up his business class seat for an 88-year-old woman. In a heartwarming Facebook post that went viral, a Virgin Atlantic flight attendant, Leah Amy, shared a story about her "two favorite passengers EVER!"

Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was named as an adulteress in divorce court Thursday by her lover's former wife as the couple formally ended their marriage. Beth Jordan said she wanted to 'make a statement' about her husband Tim Mynett having an affair with the radical Democrat, during the 16-minute hearing in Washington D.C. Mynett left the court after the hearing grinning and rubbing his hands. He said he was happy with the proceedings but would not comment further. The hearing ended abruptly shortly after Jordan, 55, spoke publicly of 38-year-old Omar's affair with Mynett, 38. DailyMail.com first revealed the affair...

With Wednesday night’s vote, the efforts by House Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump put the Republican-led Senate on track to hold a trial on the charges against him as the new year begins. But the exact timing of the Senate trial now looks in doubt, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has raised the possibility that she and her colleagues could delay transmitting the articles of impeachment to the Senate. **SNIP** McConnell’s recent comments have drawn criticism from Democratic lawmakers and sparked some expectations for a delay. After Wednesday’s vote, Pelosi declined to say when the impeachment articles will get...

"The View" co-host Meghan McCain commended Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, on Thursday as the congresswoman faced criticism over her decision to vote "present" on impeaching President Trump. "I was watching the impeachment process when I got home last night and I too would not have voted for it," McCain said. "And I actually think Tulsi Gabbard has absolute balls of steel to vote present because that's what I would have done if I were her as well." Gabbard skipped the procedural votes in the morning and just as the first vote on impeachment for abuse of power was winding down,...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that people have a “spring in their step” after the House impeached President Donald Trump, but she insisted the Senate must provide more details about the expected trial in that chamber before she agrees to send the House charges over. Pelosi was upbeat the morning after the historic vote that made Trump only the third president in U.S. history to be impeached. “We’ve been hearing from people all over the country,” Pelosi told reporters at the Capitol. “Seems like people have a spring in their step because the president was held accountable for his reckless...

Up to 234,000 Wisconsin residents are at risk of being removed from the voter rolls, a political lighting-rod that has drawn national attention given the state’s critical role in the 2020 presidential election. Wisconsin election officials believe those people may have moved, so they sent letters inquiring about their status in October. A series of ensuing lawsuits and court actions have sought to more quickly remove these people from the voting rolls -- or delay that from happening. The controversy caught the attention of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat. A Twitter account described as Pelosi’s "political account" retweeted...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard for being the only House Democrat to vote “present” on impeachment articles against President Trump and refusing to take a stand. “Today was very consequential, and to not take a stand one way or another, on a day of such great consequence to this country, I think is quite difficult,” Ocasio-Cortez told reporters after the historic vote Wednesday, adding, “We are sent here to lead.” Rep. Gabbard (D-Hawaii) did not speak on the House floor, while most other members gave 30-second to one-minute speeches to explain or justify their stances....

From the report: Among those who are "highly politically aware," percent who trust in media:      Democrat--91%    Republican--16% (See the second inset graphic.)

Religious archaeologists in Israel claim they have discovered the stone on which Ark of Covenant once sat. The biblical claim was made by researchers from Tel Aviv University who found a 3,100-year-old temple near the modern-day town of Beit Shemesh. Religious teachings claim that the Ark contained the Ten Commandments received by Moses on Mount Sinai. They also preach that the Ark rested on a square table and this latest find is being hailed as merging biblical teachings with archaeological evidence. Archaeologists say it is strikingly similar to the mythical 'large stone' described in the First Book of Samuel. It...

A group of Washington Post reporters who moonlight as CNN pundits celebrated “Impeachmas” over drinks, bragging about the gathering in a now-delated tweet. "Ladies & gentlemen, your fair and objective press corps in action! What a joke," Brad Parscale, Trump's 2020 campaign manager, tweeted in response. "Media needs to stop acting like they are 'impartial.'" Former CNN host Piers Morgan mocked the “Impeachmas” photo, writing that it confirmed that “most of America’s mainstream hates him and is absolutely thrilled to see him impeached.” Morgan also listed several celebrities who raced to Twitter to express joy over impeachment before asking, “Do...

**SNIP** “We gather today under the dome of this temple of democracy to exercise one of the most solemn powers that this body can take: the impeachment of the president of the United States,” Pelosi said, standing next to a poster showing an American flag and the opening lines of the Pledge of Allegiance.

We who elected President Trump understood our elected officials and the Deep State were sandbagging Trump and self-dealing public funds. It was no secret that President Trump is no angel, unpresidential, blunt, and crude, and a disruptor. Trump was hired to drain the swamp. I watched this kabuki theater unfold over the last several years. Through my eyes as a shopworn gumshoe, I will explain what is happening. My investigative curiosity was first piqued by the ATF Fast and Furious scandal and continues through the recent House impeachment show trial. There is a common element running through all of these...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke with the BBC about the upcoming impeachment trial in the US Senate. During her questioning Justice Ginsburg suggested that US Senators could be disqualified from the proceedings if they are not impartial. Justice Ginsburg: “The House indicts, and the Senate tries. Should a trier be impartial? Of course, that’s the job of an impartial judge.” Allahpundit wrote at HotAir about Ginsburg’s careless comments. If Schumer or Pelosi (or whoever might have standing) sues McConnell and Graham, arguing that they’ve disqualified themselves from the trial, presumably SCOTUS could choose to hear that appeal. Could Ginsburg take part...

In western Massachusetts, a group of a dozen or so climate activists tried to stop a trainload of coal heading for a power plant in New Hampshire…by standing on the railroad tracks in front of the train. Evidently they thought the train could, and would, screech to a halt. This short video is dark and doesn’t show much, but it conveys some sense of why this was a poor idea: