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An Army initiative to create a stronger, fitter fighting force has yielded a dramatic gender gap, raising questions about whether the service might unintentionally compound barriers for women trying to move up the ranks.

Dr. Anthony Fauci told Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday that New Jersey is in “good shape” and “well positioned” compared to other states as the United States prepares for a second wave of the coronavirus this fall and winter, as long as the state continues to reopen its schools and economy “gradually, prudently, and carefully." The man who has become America’s most famous doctor spoke with Murphy during a half-hour morning conversation on Facebook Live, discussing recovery from COVID-19, what lies ahead, and how soon a vaccine might be distributed. Fauci praised the Garden State — one of the country’s...

Alecia Kitts, of Marietta, Ohio, was a tased and arrested by a police officer for not wearing a face maskThe incident happened at a middle school football game in Logan, Ohio, that Kitts and her family attendedKitts resisted arrest by the officer, who eventually deployed a taser on her Footage of the altercation was shared to social media on Wednesday  An Ohio woman at a middle school football game was tasered and arrested by a police officer for not wearing a face mask in the bleachers. Around 300 people attended a Marietta City Schools football game where Alecia Kitts, of...

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents tasked by fired former Director James Comey to take down Donald Trump during and after the 2016 election were so concerned about the agency’s potentially illegal behavior that they purchased liability insurance to protect themselves less than two weeks before Trump was inaugurated president, previously hidden FBI text messages show.

RUSH: Now, look at this, folks. Police in Greenville, Wisconsin, found three trays of mail in a ditch. And the three trays of mail included absentee ballots. “Police in Greenville, Wisconsin, found three trays of mail, including absentee ballots, in a ditch. The Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office discovered the trays in a ditch on Tuesday morning, near Appleton International Airport –” Been there many times. This is according to WLUK. “The mail was returned to the U.S. Postal Service -” Why would these people be looking in ditches? You see the story, yeah, they found three trays of mail in...

President Donald Trump took swings at Chris Wallace days before the Fox News host is to moderate the first presidential debate – accusing Wallace of being 'controlled' by the left. The president has long complained that he gets unfair treatment in debates, and his team spent months seeking to negotiate better terms as he prepares to face Democrat Joe Biden stage. But with a prime-time clash set on dicey topics as the coronavirus, race, and social unrest, Trump opted to go after the moderator with the ability to sift questions and pursue follow-ups. He'll ask me tough questions and it'll...

Montgomery County authorities on Thursday announced the dismantling of a gun trafficking network that put dozens of illegally obtained firearms on streets across the region, including some that were later used to commit violent crimes. The group was led by a trio of teenagers who paid straw purchasers to obtain large quantities of weapons from gun shops across the region, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. Some of those involved in the network were as young as 14

RUSH: All right, sir. Let’s see how many of you remember. Pretty much this entire busy broadcast week when the subject of Judiciary Committee hearings for the next Supreme Court nominee have come up, many of you have said, “We need to do it, Rush, we need to have the hearings so that the Democrats do their usual, predictable meltdown and that everybody can see it, everybody can see what the Democrats are doing right before the election. We need to do it.” And by extension you are saying, “Screw our nominee. Our nominee needs to have a spine of...

The White House on Thursday rebuked the “appalling” booing of President Trump by mourners as he paid his respects to late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “I think the chants were appalling but certainly to be expected when you’re in the heart of the swamp,” press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters during a White House briefing. “I travel with the president all across the country — Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Nevada — and everywhere we go, the streets are lined with support like I don’t think any other president has had previously,” she went on. A coronavirus-masked Trump and first lady...

President Trump speaks first in Charlotte, NC - focus is Healthcare.

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A group of vulnerable House Democrats on Thursday began circulating a new letter calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) to hold a vote on a bipartisan coronavirus relief package before Election Day. The moderates, led Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chair Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and freshman Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) and Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), said they did not support a GOP resolution to force a vote on emergency aid for small businesses — a tactic that had gained some momentum in recent days from centrist Democrats anxious about heading home without money for constituents struggling with...

A family trying to enjoy a spring camping barbecue on an idyllic Australian island got more than they bargained for when quickly surrounded by dozens of giant robber crabs. The ferocious looking crustaceans, also known as coconut crabs, measure up to a metre in length and have a strong sense of smell. As the unwitting family enjoyed an al fresco barbecue while camping on isolated Christmas Island, off Western Australia's far north-west, the crabs swarmed around them looking for food.

Today, Governor Tom Wolf thanked House Democrats for upholding COVID-19 mitigation measures that protect the health and safety of Pennsylvanians. The governor released the following statement: “I am thankful to the House Democrats for continuing to stand with me and showing a commitment to working collaboratively to protect the people of Pennsylvania during this ongoing public health crisis. Pennsylvanians should be thankful as well. “Throughout this pandemic, my administration has maintained that school districts should have local control on decisions over school sports and extra-curricular activities and has no intention of changing course on this recommendation. Important mitigation measures such...

The U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs on Wednesday morning unanimously passed legislation to reform how the Department of Veterans Affairs provides care to service members who face toxic exposure. "Passage of the TEAM Act out of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is a positive step to ensure that all veterans are given a fair and uniform process to receive the health care and benefits to which they are entitled following exposure to toxicants during their service,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who sponsored the legislation, in a statement.

If you are tired of seeing radical leftists riot in the streets, just wait until they run our federal government with the help of Joe Biden. The Democrat Party and the liberal media want us to believe that Biden would tame the violent progressives who have been ransacking and pillaging our cities if he gets elected president this November. This appealing promise, however, is nothing but a deadly trap designed to deceive the American people into voting against our own best interests.Despite his desperate, superficial pivot to the center in recent weeks, Biden always has been and always will be...

It’s open season on Amy Coney Barrett, the appeals-court judge reported to top President Trump’s list of candidates to fill the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court. Barrett is a devout Roman Catholic and a member of an ecumenical charismatic community, so naturally, Democrats and their media allies are trying to cast her as Dangerous Theocrat. But the least they can do is get the facts right. Sadly, it seems that’s too much to ask. Witness Villanova professor Massimo Faggioli’s flatulent hit piece published at Politico Thursday. Faggioli charges Barrett with membership in a “Christian group with...

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Wednesday American households should receive two $1,000 stimulus checks per month for the next two months. Cuban first proposed the idea in May and maintained the same notion that “Those without [help] are struggling badly,” he told CNBC. “We need to get them help.” The coronavirus pandemic has brought devastating outcomes to many families struggling to provide for themselves and loved ones as the national unemployment average remained above 10.2 percent from March until recent reports from August show it fell to 8.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. "In addition, because this...