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House Democrats are urging President Joe Biden to end migration controls at the United States-Mexico border to help slow the Chinese coronavirus in foreign countries. In March 2020, former President Trump imposed a CDC order known as Title 42 that allows federal immigration officials to quickly return border crossers to their native countries to prevent adding to the current public health emergency in the U.S. Nearly 460,000 border crossers have been expelled and deported from the U.S. since March 2020 thanks to Title 42. In the last four months, alone, between 62,000 to 65,000 border crossers have been expelled and...

**SNIP** “At long last, will you and the Cuomo Administration admit to your culpability in these deaths and finally issue an apology to the thousands of families impacted?” asked Sen. Jim Tedisco (R-Glenville). Zucker, who accused critics of pushing “a lot of fiction” around the order, argued that data supports the Department of Health’s July report which found thousands of Covid-19-related long-term care deaths in New York - and across the country - were largely driven by community spread from infected staff or visitors in the early days of the pandemic. “There were 37,000 staff who ended up having Covid...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) administration refused to answer questions from legislators Thursday about her coronavirus nursing home policy. During a House Oversight Committee meeting, chairman Rep. Steve Johnson (R) acknowledged a representative from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) declined to participate:

Texas Governor Greg Abbott told reporters he is considering lifting the statewide coronavirus mask mandate. The governor said he is also considering stopping other statewide COVID-19 related orders. During a news conference in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Thursday, Governor Abbott responded to a question about when he would end the statewide mandate requiring the wearing of masks. The governor called it a “great question,” the Texas Tribune reported. “We’re working right now on evaluating when we’re gonna be able to remove all statewide orders, and we will be making announcements about that pretty soon.”

President Joe Biden is big on equality and has spent much of his life fighting and campaigning for it. Indeed, in his inauguration speech on January 20, he reminded us that the American dream is predicated on the belief 'that we are all created equal'. But he did so with this sobering caveat: 'Our history has been a constant struggle between the American ideal, that we are all created equal, and the harsh, ugly reality that racism, nativism, and fear have torn us apart. The battle is perennial and victory is never secure. Through civil war, the Great Depression, world...

Former Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) said Thursday on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” that former President Donald Trump’s “popularity and strength” were fleeting every day.

ORLANDO, Florida — Republican Study Committee (RSC) chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), someone who was first elected in 2016 alongside President Donald Trump and has since risen to lead the largest organization of conservative lawmakers in Congress, told Breitbart News in a lengthy exclusive interview that he intends to help flesh out the Trump agenda after the former president’s exit from office and to use that to help push the GOP further in the right direction. When Republicans are focused on policy, and not personality, Banks said, they win. And Banks wants to lead the GOP’s efforts to frame a...

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Donald Trump was playing golf on Thursday at his Florida course as he readies for his return to the political fray with an eagerly-awaited speech at CPAC on Sunday. As he took to the greens, in New York City prosecutors were beginning to comb through millions of pages of Trump's tax returns. Danny Frost, spokesman for the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr, confirmed on Thursday that the tax returns had been received.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday night he would 'absolutely' back former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race if he was the nominee of the Republican Party. McConnell, who Trump referred to earlier this month as an 'dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack,' was interviewed by Fox News Channel's Bret Baier, who asked the Kentucky Republican if he believed Trump would win the party's nomination in three years. 'There's no incumbent,' McConnell said. 'Should be a wide-open race and fun for you all to cover.'

The FBI is reportedly investigating whether the dognapping of Lady Gaga's bulldogs was politically motivated because she sang at President Joe Biden's inauguration last month. According to The Sun, FBI agents who specialize in kidnapping and ransom cases are working with the Los Angeles Police Department to find out 'exactly what motivated this incident'. A source familiar with the incident told the news outlet: 'Lady Gaga is high profile of course but she sang at President Biden's inauguration which takes this case to another level.'

A gorilla and two lions have tested positive for Covid-19 at the Prague Zoo, which is closed amid lockdown restrictions in the country. Richard, a western lowland gorilla, who was tested positive for Covid-19 on February 25, 2021, sits inside its enclosure at closed Prague Zoo amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Prague, Czech Republic, November 10, 2020. “Lions Jamvan and Suchi and male gorilla Richard tested positive today. Their symptoms have been mild so far. The lions have a cold and cough. Richard is tired and lost his appetite,” Director Miroslav Bobek said on his Facebook account. The...

Ashli Babbitt did not hide her far-right political views. Outside her San Diego bungalow, located blocks from the beach, she flew both an American flag and a QAnon flag emblazoned with a giant Q and the acronym WWG1WGA, for “Where we go one, we go all.” She plastered her SUV with pro-Trump bumper stickers and a Blue Lives Matter flag. On the door of the local pool-servicing company that she ran with her husband, uncle, and brother, a poster declared it to be a “mask free autonomous zone, better known as America” and added, “If you need to wear a...

“As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife” (Proverbs 26:21).

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“The record of the Waco incident documents mistakes. What the record from Waco does not evidence, however, is any improper motive or intent on the part of law enforcement.” – Joseph Biden, U.S. Senator, Delaware (D) and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which issued the Waco Investigation Report The siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, is an important event in American history because it directly led to one of the biggest terrorist attacks on American soil – the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal Building. It’s not necessary to defend this act of terrorism to understand...

Wow. I am not sure how to post a Tweet here, but I just saw a remarkable (fake) Tom Cruise tweet. It was remarkable. Starts with a close-up of "Tom". Then zooms out, to watch him put on a pair of sunglasses, make a shot, then he comes back to the camera in another close-up where he again removed the sunglasses, and says "sports and tictoc fans" of you like this, just wait until you see what's next.

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So successful professionally, Rush also faced some dark times personally – but when I went to visit him last year, I was profoundly encouraged by the faith I found. Here’s the story the rest of the media won’t tell you. JERUSALEM – How did Rush Limbaugh become the most-listened-to and most-influential radio broadcaster in American history? A brilliant conversationalist Absolutely the most original thinker on the American political and cultural scene A cover story, a lightning rod, never boring – ever – and usually side-splittingly funny Heard on more than 600 stations across the country Listened to by more than...

Jeep said it will resume airing its Super Bowl commercial starring Bruce Springsteen after the pro-Biden singer-songwriter pleaded guilty on Wednesday to consuming alcohol in a restricted area. The “Born in the USA” rocker managed to avoid the more serious charges of driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. A spokesperson for Jeep said in a statement sent to multiple news outlets that the automaker is “unpausing” the commercial. “As we stated previously, we paused the commercial until the facts were established. Now, that the matter has been resolved, we are unpausing the film,” the spokesperson said. Watch below: Jeep had...