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*** “It’s just an environment of possible retribution,” Mr. Wood said. “It is that fear she instills.” Over nearly 30 years, Ms. Collins, a self-styled moderate in a familiar Maine mold, has cultivated a public persona as a workhorse and a fastidious maestro of constituent services and pork-barrel disbursements, using her Washington know-how to get her constituents what they need. But for just as long, her detractors say, she has managed to mostly mask another reality. “The gentlewoman from Maine,” as her colleagues say on the Senate floor, is a formidable power broker who can play a fierce brand of...

I am sitting in a bar in Sheridan, Wyoming. I can’t help but overhear a conversation about a local suicide that the bartender said was precipitated by a man’s wife leaving him. I am acutely attuned to this because an acquaintance, and now friend, whom I met in a bar in Red Lodge, Montana, told me about the suicide epidemic among men in Montana. It’s not the first time I have heard these kinds of stories. They often involve men going through divorce or separation and sometimes losing not only a marriage but also their daily connection to their children,...

According to TRM Labs, which tracks the industry, digital assets worth more than $6.3bn (£4.7bn) have been taken from Binance by North Korean hackers. This would be the largest cryptocurrency hack to date - and one of the biggest in financial history. Cryptocurrency worth more than $6.3bn (£4.7bn) has been stolen from a major exchange - with one industry insider telling Sky News it is "the largest bank heist in human history". The security exploit targeted Binance, one of the world's biggest platforms for trading digital assets, which said it was establishing the facts with urgency. Deposits and withdrawals were...

In September, a letter apparently showed up in a mailbox in Gum Spring in Goochland County, addressed to “Biscuit Rigsby.” It was from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, who informed Biscuit of good news: “Governor Abigail D. Spanberger has restored your right to vote, to become a notary public, to serve on a jury and to hold public office.” Enclosed was the formal document, signed by the governor, which three times listed Biscuit’s name in bold type. This is the type of letter that goes out to convicted felons who, under Virginia’s constitution, lose certain rights that can only be...

A Travis County judge has sentenced a 36-year-old man to probation after finding him guilty of manslaughter in the death of Killeen Fire Department Capt. Marvin Taylor III, who was killed in May 2025 when a speeding Dodge Durango slammed into his vehicle in Austin. Rodney Earl Bremby II will serve 10 years of straight probation, along with 403 hours of community service and $535 in fees. Bremby pleaded guilty to a second-degree felony charge and was found guilty of manslaughter, according to The Killeen Daily Herald. Court records cited by the outlet show the plea was entered in Travis...

JD Vance tore into Abdul El-Sayed at a rally in Michigan on Tuesday. JD Vance has laid into Abdul El-Sayed by accusing the Democratic Senate hopeful of spreading "anti-white racial hate, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The veep, 42, used his speech in Michigan as a last-ditch pitch to swing voters, with polls showing the left-wing politician virtually tied with or leading Republican Mike Rogers one week from Election Day

A FEW GOOD WORDS The accuracy of lie detector tests has never been completely decided upon. Although it is inadmissible as evidence in court, even the proponents of lie detector testing agree that it is not always accurate. Among the first lie detectors, considered by some to be the most accurate, was the donkey's tail! That's right, in ancient India, a suspect would be escorted to a darkened room. Only three would be present: the accused, the interrogator, and a donkey. The person being questioned was told that the donkey would bray if his responses were not truthful, and...

SNIP “Tensions are NOT RISING. Profound differences of opinion are,” Feldshuh, 77, wrote via Threads on Friday, October 30, addressing rumors the cast is feuding. “Please do not conflate the two — And none of it will be brought to the set.” SNIP Last month, Adam Brody, who plays a rabbi in the Netflix series, spoke up about the Middle East strife. “I have spoken a lot about it privately. I haven’t spoken much about it publicly,” the “O.C.” alum shared in GQ. “Put me down as thinking it’s a genocide. Put me down as wanting a free Palestine. “It’s...

Radical, offensive Democrat Abdul Muhammed Al-Sayed sat down with Hasan Minhaj for an interview this week. During the interview Al-Sayed thought it would be good to bring up Pete’s mother! That’s where we are right now with these offensive, conscience-less Democrats, bringing up Republican moms! He also accused Pete of “riding the pine” or sitting on the bench his entire career. For the record, Pete Hegseth was an all-state basketball player in Minnesota. He was valedictorian of his high school and an all state basketball guard. Pete also played wide receiver in football. Pete was later inducted into his high...

See BS exclusive: "EXCLUSIVE: Daniel J. Sullivan left his Alaska hometown days before reports about his ties to Peltola's campaign, sources say."

Iran’s strikes on more than two dozen US bases in the Middle East focused on early-warning systems before hitting aircraft and buildings, causing billions of dollars in equipment damage, according to an Associated Press analysis.The AP independently verified damage to American targets using satellite imagery from multiple providers and spoke to four regional officials who were briefed or have firsthand knowledge of what was hit. The AP found that, through August, more than 115 drone or missile strikes claimed by Iran or Iranian-backed militias damaged or destroyed structures on 26 military bases and other sites with US equipment.The AP found...

These are not just disaffected Antifa dweebs living in mom’s basement. Many of these people were trained for this very purpose by the U.S. government. cabal of hundreds of former American-trained USAID operatives, DSA Marxists, defunded and angry NGOers, and lefty activists, have been organizing and planning the literal overthrow of the U.S. Constitution and American government in favor of an unrecognizable, Third World-style form of decline. Sure, it sounds like a classic John le Carré thriller, but it is not. It is oh so real that it will make your neck tingle, and not for the sake of entertainment....

At least 6,600 non-citizens were registered via Motor Voter in New Jersey. After decades of being told that states have adequate safeguards to ensure non-citizens are not voting in American elections, recent developments and disclosures have proven those assurances false. In my own State of New Jersey, it was revealed that at least 6,600 non-citizens were registered via Motor Voter, although the federal government suspects the number of non-citizen registered voters might be a great deal higher. More troubling is that the Democrats in charge of administering elections in the State have blamed others rather than being transparent about how...

WASHINGTON, — The U.S. Department of Defense is preparing major military installations across the continental United States to operate independently for at least 90 days during a major conflict under its new FORTRESS initiative. Announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on September 30, 2026, during his State of the Force address, FORTRESS stands for Federal Operations for Resilience, Troop Resources, Energy, Supply, and Survivability. According to documents reviewed by Fox News Digital and reporting published on October 25, 2026, the initiative aims to reduce military dependence on civilian infrastructure and global supply chains. Under the plan, major U.S. bases must...

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's second attempt to sue the Wall ​Street Journal was dismissed with prejudice on ‌Saturday, ending his pursuit of a defamation lawsuit over the news outlet's reporting on his ties to ​sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The US District Court ​for the Southern District of Florida held ⁠that Trump again did not show actual ​malice, a requirement for a public figure's defamation ​claim. "As with his first attempt, he has failed," Judge Darrin P. Gayles wrote.Gayles highlighted the paper's "thoughtful and detailed ​investigation" and reporters' efforts to seek comment ​from Trump and other officials before...

The legal challenges to Donald Trump’s proposed memorial arch are mounting, with the District of Columbia and Virginia suing in federal court on Saturday as the administration says construction could begin as early as next week. There are now three lawsuits calling for a halt to potential work on a monument that would rise 250ft (76 meters) on a patch of grass off the bridge that spans the Potomac River, connecting the city with the Arlington national cemetery. That would make the arch 100ft taller (30 meters) than the Statue of Liberty is from its base to the top of...

“This was not something I expected to see from the White House on October 31st.” From the article.

This remains one of the most shocking things of my entire life. In early November 2024, I submitted a light rewrite of some of the Communist Manifesto to a "right-wing" Christian Nationalist publication called American Reformer. It was obvious what it was; it just swapped out proletariat for "New Christian Right" and bourgeoisie for "classical liberals" and their "postwar consensus." It was so obviously the Communist Manifesto that once it got published, one of their own readers spotted it and commented with proof almost immediately. I didn't realize it had been published for 11 days, however, and that comment and...

Washington — Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has asked his Democratic primary rival, Rep. Haley Stevens, to stay away from all remaining campaign events in the final days before Tuesday's election, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The pair clashed Friday ahead of what had been a planned Sunday campaign event where they were expected to make a rare appearance together. Politico was first to report El-Sayed had asked Stevens to stay away. The public rift between the two Democrats comes just days before one of the country's most hotly contested Senate races, as Republican nominee Mike...

It is the biggest bombshell to break right before a midterm election we’ve seen in our lifetimes — and that’s not hyperbole. Earlier this year, an Alaska Democrat Senate campaign allegedly recruited a regular citizen to also run for Senate. Only one prerequisite was required: He had to be named Dan Sullivan. The goal, of course, was to confuse voters seeking to vote for Dan Sullivan, the Republican incumbent, by having someone with the same name on the ballot. And in a political climate that abandoned civility and sanity, this gambit proves that rock bottom has a basement. The current...