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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is promising that the House will not approve a single, massive bill to fund the entire government in December — a scenario feared by conservatives — despite a stopgap that’s expected to clear the House this week expiring on Dec. 20. “There won’t be a Christmas omnibus,” Johnson said in a press conference Tuesday, reiterating a message he relayed privately to members in a House GOP conference meeting that morning. It is a bold promise...And it would also defy historical precedent. Congress has regularly passed omnibus spending bills after a funding deadline butts up against end-of-year...

“Vegas is where you get married, Reno is where you get divorced,” as the saying goes in the US state of Nevada. State law allowing some legal cases to be conducted more quickly and discreetly than elsewhere in the US means this relatively small city has served as the quiet backdrop to dramatic family fallout over a global media empire. Rupert Murdoch and his family flew in from all over the world to determine how the empire would be divided among his children when the 93-year-old patriarch dies. For six days, the city saw a seven-car convoy of black SUVs...

A federal judge in Kentucky has partially blocked a U.S. Transportation Department program that metes out contracts to minority-owned businesses and suggested he may eventually rule against it, marking the latest blow to a government affirmative action program. In a 28-page opinion issued Monday, U.S. District Judge Gregory F. Van Tatenhove wrote that, for now, the scope of the injunction is limited to the two plaintiffs — both transportation contractors — and at least two states, Kentucky and Indiana... "...the Court is sure that the federal government has nothing but good intentions in trying to remedy past wrongs,” wrote Van...

Jaishankar also recalled the clash between the Indian and Chinese troops during the period of COVID-19. Reflecting his thoughts on India-China relationship, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said that the history of the ties between the two nations has been difficult. The EAM's remarks came as he was addressing the Asia Society at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York on Tuesday, September 24. He also recalled the clash between the Indian and Chinese troops during the period of COVID-19, underlining the China's violation of agreements to the line of actual control (LAC). He highlighted how the deployment of...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the United Nations of turning a blind eye to Ukrainian attacks in Russia’s Kursk region, which began in early August. Lavrov made the remarks during an interview with Russia’s TASS news agency on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.Lavrov claimed that Ukrainian forces, armed with Western weapons, are committing indiscriminate attacks on civilians and infrastructure in Kursk. He criticized the UN and its Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, for failing to condemn these actions.“I have not heard any voices from UN representatives responsible for human rights, including, of course, the secretary...

Recently, after over two decades of an unnecessary U.S. military presence in Niger, the U.S. finally withdrew from the West African country. I, for one, never believed we should have been there in the first place and warned our presence was doing more harm than good. Congress never authorized sending troops to Niger. Last year, I was right to demand their withdrawal. Why waste our money and risk our troops’ lives for a hostile country? In over a decade, civilian lives were lost, U.S. service members were killed, millions of taxpayer dollars were spent, and we have nothing to show...

''The reason she's voting for Kamala Harris is because of Tim Walz's LGBTQ stance,'' Kelly began, referencing Minnesota state legislation passed in April 2024 requiring health plans to provide coverage for physical or mental health services for gender-affirming care. The bill also requires that health plans consider gender-affirming care as medically necessary as long as it meets professional standards, guidelines, or medical practices. ''A little girl is going to find herself down a rabbit hole on Reddit," Kelly predicted. "Reddit is going to tell her that she's actually a boy, and she's going to get sucked into this gender cult.''...

Ignacio Antonio Amador, 34, also known as Antonio Balle, was arrested Monday on charges of attempted felony murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, records showedRAW: Ignacio Antonio Amador, accused of stabbing the mother of his child, appears in bond court in Miami-Dade. A Miami man is facing serious charges after police said he stabbed the mother of his child multiple times, leaving her with a blade sticking out of her neck, after he claims he "found her with another guy." Ignacio Antonio Amador, 34, also known as Antonio Balle, was arrested Monday on charges of attempted felony murder...

"Phyllis Schlafly cared very deeply about patents. Patents protect inventors and entrepreneurs alike, encouraging them to get creative and make new products. We all reap the benefits of our patent system every day. Patents are the safeguard that provides fertile soil for innovation to flourish. Amazon, however, does not care about patents. One brand you may have heard of recently is Ridge Wallet. The creator, Sean Frank, holds a patent for the ultra-thin wallet design. He has been very successful, which has allowed him to run more ads. With success comes jealousy, though, and with jealousy comes copy-catting. Many on...

Vice President Kamala Harris has tried to portray her upbringing as “middle class” and even working class — touting a summer job at McDonald’s and claiming to be from Oakland, a blue-collar city with a large black population. However, a close look at her childhood shows that Harris and her younger sister grew up with many opportunities that many “middle class” children do not have, such as living abroad, private school education, and growing up in some of the wealthiest locales in the world.

RFK Jr. explained how he was appalled to find out that Redfield, who he was extremely critical of, was endorsing Trump. "Robert Redfield, who I really go after in my Fauci book, wrote an editorial in Newsweek magazine today saying that he was endorsing President Trump because President Trump was gonna restore American health." Redfield said: "He has chosen exactly the only person who can do this, Robert F. Kennedy Jr." "This was breathtaking to me because this is the guy who's the head of the CDC that I've been criticizing for years, and then this afternoon he came over...

This DIRECTLY contradicts what the Secret Service has said publicly. And it's conveniently stopping Trump from campaigning weeks before the election

Anyone who has been paying even a little bit of attention to this election knows that there were really only a few issues that seemed to matter this time around. Chief among these was the economy. After that, Republicans were clearly looking to campaign on immigration and Democrats on abortion. So here we are in the 11th hour of this election and the Harris camp/CNN just dropped a trial balloon yesterday about her possibly heading to the border this Friday. That suggests that the Republican push on immigration is working and Harris is looking to blunt that objection by showing...

There may be a big shift underway. Over the last couple of days, there has been some real movement in some of the polls back to former President Donald Trump. The reality of Kamala Harris's emptiness seems to be setting in, and it looks like her avoidance of questions may now be backfiring on her. We just saw the recent NYT/Siena College Poll and the Emerson College polls. Those were already showing some good numbers for Trump, with NYT showing him up by 5 points in Arizona, 4 points in Georgia, and 2 in North Carolina. Then Emerson has Trump...

Tom Fitton @TomFitton BREAKING: Obama appointee Judge Chutkan doubles down in changing the rules to allow Biden-Harris-Garland appointee Jack Smith to smear @RealDonaldTrump a month before the election. Incredibly, Republican-controlled House will again fully fund Jack Smith this week. #bananarepublicBreaking

Numerous journalists inadvertently exposed how historical data on global temperatures, when properly contextualized, undermines the urgency and extremism often promoted by climate alarmists. MSM outlets have increasingly focused on pushing headlines about the “hottest day ever” while ignoring long-term climate patterns that tell a different story.Central to this revelation is a study cited by The Washington Post that charts global surface temperatures over the last 485 million years. Contrary to the alarming reports about recent temperature increases, the Earth's current average temperature of 58.96°F (14.98°C) is significantly lower than the 96.8°F (36°C) experienced about 100 million years ago. In fact,...

It's been a few days of updates on the Al Smith dinner, an annual Catholic Charities event that is taking place this year on October 17 in New York City. While Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend, former and potentially future President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will be there. Timothy Cardinal Dolan, the Archbishop of New York who hosts the event and sits in between the two nominees at such dinners, is also weighing in on Harris' move. The Trump War Room was all too happy to share a clip from Fox News of Dolan addressing...

Russian warship opened fire on a Norwegian fishing boat in a sinister Arctic incident triggering alarm over the threat of a full-scale war between Russia and the West. The ugly flashpoint in the Barents Sea on September 12 has only been revealed now, almost two weeks later. It coincides with a Japanese fighter jet firing flares at a Russian plane after an alleged violation of Tokyo's airspace. Øystein Orten and his twin brother Torstein were on the 49ft MS Ragnhild Kristine during the chilling confrontation with the Russian anti submarine destroyer Admiral Levchenko, one of the largest vessels in Vladimir...

The astonishing cost of Pret A Manger’s basic egg sandwich - available from its store yards from the White House - might just explain why Kamala Harris could lose the US election. Pret’s egg salad and arugula sandwich costs more than $10 at her local branch, while a salmon, avocado and quinoa salad is just 20 cents shy of $20. In the UK, the equivalent sandwiches and salads are less than half the price. Pret, which is expanding rapidly across the US with 42 branches in New York alone, seven in Washington DC and its first stores now opened on...

A Canadian court has ruled that the regulator of lawyers and paralegals in the country’s largest province overstepped when it imposed a litany of sanctions on dozens of licensing candidates accused of cheating on the bar exams. The Ontario Divisional Court’s ruling wiped away most of the sanctions against the accused candidates because they didn’t receive a fair hearing. “The substantial and wide-ranging consequences suffered by the Applicants weigh in favour of a high level of procedural fairness,” the three-judge panel wrote. The aspiring Canadian lawyers who brought the judicial review are relieved but are still waiting to hear if...