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The O’Keefe Media Group went undercover at CattleCon in Nashville, Tennessee, and exposed how Tyson, JBS, Cargill and National Beef secretly control America’s beef market. In November, President Trump said cattle prices were falling while beef prices kept rising and launched an investigation into price manipulation. Trump directed the DOJ to investigate the meat packing companies who are driving up the prices through illicit collusion, price fixing and price manipulation. pic.twitter.com/qybOyWN2bl — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 7, 2025 The O’Keefe Media Group went undercover at CattleCon and ranchers spilled the beans on how the “Big Four” control the beef...

The record-setting presence of out LGBTQ athletes at the Milan Winter Olympics extends into the 2026 Olympic women’s hockey gold medal game and the latest chapter in the longstanding rivalry between Team USA and Canada. Thursday’s gold medal game, the seventh in which the U.S. and Canada will determine the Olympic champion since women’s hockey debuted at the Winter Olympics in 1998, will feature nine out LGBTQ players, the most out athletes ever in an Olympic hockey final. Among those ranks are national and Olympic record holders, multi-Olympic medalists, two five-time Olympians, multiple captains and assistant captains, PWHL stars, national...

The investigation revealed Banks allegedly crashed into the family, who were out on a walk with the Harlow in a pink wagon, the Lansing State Journal reported, citing court documents. According to security camera footage cited in court documents, Banks then emerged from the vehicle, dropped a backpack and allegedly opened fire on the family, striking all three members. He then seemed to reload the gun and allegedly began shooting the family again, per investigators.

If a position on the Supreme Court should open up, I propose Ted Cruz as the next Supreme Court justice.

Four people were fatally stabbed by an irate man during a reported violation of a no-contact order in an affluent waterfront community in Washington state on Tuesday morning. Three victims died at the harrowing scene at a cul-de-sac in Gig Harbor – a tourist hotspot just 45 miles outside of Seattle. A fourth was rushed to a nearby hospital, but succumbed to their injuries, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office. The 32-year-old wielding the knife was shot and killed by the lone responding deputy on the street lined with homes ranging from 600,000 to $800,000, authorities said. The relationship...

Live thread for President Trump's State of the Union address. Please chime in with other news sources, and post-speech commentary links. I'm starting with the C-Span coverage. Kit

Hawking was among 21 internationally renowned scientists who attended a conference hosted by Epstein on his island and nearby St Thomas in 2006. He was also previously accused of having 'participated in an underage orgy' on the island by late Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre, according to emails sent by the financier. Epstein furiously denied the allegation and appears to have instructed his associate Ghislaine Maxwell to offer money to Giuffre's friends if they could help disprove the claims against Hawking, according to court documents made public two years ago.

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Vermont has agreed to a policy change that allows Christian foster parents to care for children without being forced to endorse gender ideology. The state’s decision comes after a lawsuit essentially forcing it to back down from revocation of foster-care licenses for families holding traditional religious beliefs on sex and gender. The decision made it difficult for Christian foster parents to adopt children while staying true to Christian and normal biological views that boys and girls are different. The settlement in Wuoti v. Winters and a related case finalized today comes after the Department for Children and Families (DCF) revised...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday dismissed viral videos of New Yorkers pelting NYPD officers with snow – contending it was just a “snowball fight.” The frozen fracas in Washington Square Park on Monday had drawn wide outrage from pro-police pols and unions, with NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch deeming it “criminal” and saying the department was investigating. But when Mamdani was asked if he agreed, he effectively waved off the snowy skirmish as childish mischief gone overboard. ---SNIP--- “This was not just a ‘snowball fight.’ This was an assault — by adults throwing chunks of ice and rocks — that landed...

For the second straight day, CNN This Morning host Audie Cornish served up carefully curated anecdotal voices to suggest broad economic discontent under President Trump. On Monday, we caught Cornish spotlighting one Republican voter — out of tens of millions nationwide — to imply GOP unease over the economy. On Tuesday, she swapped that single poll respondent for a montage of social media complaints. The segment opened with a young woman declaring, “Everything is so expensive, and our wages haven’t changed.” Minutes later, viewers saw a trio of social media clips — including that same young woman again — lamenting...

Explanation: Look up this week and see a whole bunch of planets. Just after sunset, looking west (mostly), planets Mercury, Venus, Saturn, and Jupiter will all be visible to the unaided eye simultaneously. If you have a telescope, planets Uranus and Neptune can also be seen. In order up from the horizon, the lineup this week will be Venus (the brightest), Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Jupiter (second brightest). It doesn't matter where on Earth you live because this early evening planet parade will be visible through clear skies all around the globe. The planets will appear to be nearly...

Team USA women's hockey stars are headed to Las Vegas to celebrate Winter Olympics gold with Flavor Flav - despite shunning Donald Trump over 'previously scheduled... commitments.' That is according to the rap icon, who claims Hilary Knight and Co accepted his offer to throw a party in Sin City after they appeared to be mocked by the president. In a leaked clip from inside the locker room in Milan, Trump phoned the men's hockey team after they defeated Canada to win a first gold medal in 46 years. As FBI director Kash Patel partied with Mike Sullivan's players, Trump...

The Mexican newspaper El Financiero reported on Monday that CJNG’s wave of terrorist violence forcefully left 1,080 tourists stranded at the Guadalajara Zoo. The stranded visitors reportedly came from other states neighboring Jalisco and had arrived on Sunday morning before the violent acts broke out. The visitors were unable to return to their places of origin due to the “narco-blockade” roadblocks that CJNG deployed across the city and were reportedly placed under law enforcement protection at the zoo. “We have 1,080 people of all ages, from babies to seniors, sheltered at the Guadalajara Zoo. They are people from other states...

Transgender individuals commit “disproportionate shares of mass public and active shooting attacks,” a Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) report shows.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, is expected to arrive off Israel’s coast and dock in Haifa on Monday, the latest addition to US reinforcements in the Middle East as Jerusalem and Washington gear up for a potential war against Iran. As part of the reinforcements, US tankers, as well as cargo and refueling aircraft, have arrived at Israeli airports and docks. The Ford carrier strike group, officially known as Carrier Strike Group 12, entered the Mediterranean after transiting the Strait of Gibraltar, a movement reported by multiple outlets tracking US naval deployments. The US Navy...

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can share tax information with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to aid immigration enforcement efforts. The unanimous decision struck down the plaintiffs' request for a preliminary injunction, which attempted to block the IRS from providing addresses of suspected criminal illegal immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The three-judge panel, comprised of Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan, Senior Circuit Judge Harry Edwards, and Circuit Judge Patricia Millet, ruled on Tuesday that the appellants "are unlikely to succeed on the merits of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are betting that Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s affordability-focused message, which helped her flip a Republican-held office last November, will resonate with the country when she delivers their party’s response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. The rebuttal gives Democrats a prime opportunity to make their case against Trump and his policies ahead of the midterm elections. Spanberger’s double-digit victory in Virginia last November was viewed by party leaders as validation of a disciplined message centered on lowering costs — one they now want to elevate in campaigns nationwide. “Virginians and...

'Tucker in hot water after Huckabee interview.' WAYNE ALLYN ROOT (GUEST): Well, look, I think Tucker is getting paid by somebody to divide our movement, to divide MAGA, the GOP, and most importantly, to divide America. Because one thing I know about America, Greg, is America has always been wonderful to the Jewish people, wonderful to Israel. We're a Judeo-Christian nation. There are more important issues to worry about than hammering on Israel and asking for DNA tests to find out if you're a descendant from 3000 years ago. It's the most ridiculous, ludicrous thing I've ever heard. It's the...

In yet another story showing why statism is ridiculous, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is under fire over a rule requiring emergency snow shovelers to show two forms of ID to help clear the roads amid a severe storm. The rule is so absurd that even CNN’s Jake Tapper appeared to take Mamdani to task over it. During a recent broadcast, Tapper brought up criticisms coming from Republicans because Mamdani requires two forms of ID to shovel snow but is a vocal opponent of voter ID laws requiring voters to show one form of ID to vote in federal...