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The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has asked the Supreme Court to turn away former President Trump's effort to block the release of his administration's records. Lawyers for the House select committee in a court brief on Thursday pushed back against Trump's claim of executive privilege over a trove of records that congressional investigators say are needed for their probe into the deadly riot. “The Select Committee’s work is of the highest importance and urgency: investigating one of the darkest episodes in our nation’s history, a deadly assault on the United States Capitol and...

resident Joe Biden campaigned against President Donald Trump by claiming he, unlike his opponent, would shut down Wuhan coronavirus and get America back to normal. Yesterday, the U.S. posted a record number of virus cases. After Biden rejected a comprehensive testing plan in October, tests for the disease are nowhere to be found. Amid a record-breaking surge, the U.S. is now averaging more COVID-19 cases per day than at any other point in the pandemic, according to new data updated on Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Federal data shows the nation is now reporting an average...

The two biggest misconceptions about the legacy media are “that we are lying” and that they manifest “political bias,” according to CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” The media’s bias actually benefits the people journalists are biased against, the show insisted. “The single biggest misconception is that we are lying,” guest Mara Schiavocampo told host Brian Stelter on Sunday’s episode, which tackled alleged common myths about the state of American journalism. “There is a lot of media mistrust,” she said accurately. Schiavocampo said she frequently encounters media misconceptions “when I’m at a cocktail party.” “I hear this all the time. And here’s what...

CNN)President Joe Biden will hold a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday afternoon "to discuss a range of topics, including upcoming diplomatic engagements with Russia," National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne told CNN. The call was requested by Putin...

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The panic over the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which is milder than previous variants, in New York City is now causing a strain on the city's medical and emergency services as people are jamming up 911 lines and emergency rooms over minor symptoms. New York City Councilmember and Chair of the Health Committee Mark Levine has pleaded with residents to not call 911 for mild symptoms or to go to an emergency room for COVID-19 tests. The New York City Fire Department tweeted a video telling people "ambulances do not provide testing for COVID-19, and patients are not transported to...

ACalifornia man was arrested last week in western Iowa after telling police he was driving straight to the White House "to kill persons in power" and was found with an assault rifle and body armor, according to federal court records. Kuachua Brillion Xiong, 25, of Merced was pulled over for driving aggressively on Interstate 80 in Cass County, Iowa, on Dec. 21. He had an AR-15-type rifle, ammunition and a grappling hook, among other items, authorities said.

A heavily armed California man was arrested during a traffic stop in Iowa after cops discovered a “hit list” including the names of President Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci, officials said. Kuachua Brillion Xiong, 25, a recently fired grocery store clerk from Merced, was stopped for driving aggressively on Interstate 80 in Cass County on Dec. 21, according to a probable cause statement. In his vehicle, Sheriff’s Sgt. Tyler Shiels found an AR-15-style assault rifle, ammunition, loaded magazines, body armor, medical kits and a grappling hook, Secret Service Agent Justin Larson said in the criminal complaint. Xiong, who had the...

Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt was an early critic of Donald Trump, even insisting the GOP dump Trump at the national convention in Cleveland in 2016.Hewitt grilled Trump on Islamist terror leaders in 2015 to the delight of Democrats and fellow RINOs. President Trump later laid out the greatest foreign policy successes, including the decimation of ISIS in Syria-Iraq, of any president in a generation.Since that time Hugh Hewitt has come around and President Trump even sat with him for an interview recently.Hugh Hewitt also sat down with Dr. Tony Fauci earlier this week. Hewitt destroyed him. After rattling off...

Facebook lobbyists attempted to use partisan rancor to head off criticism in the wake of devastating whistleblower leaks, while half of the company's employees doubt it contributes to societal good, according to a new report. After former Facebook employee Frances Haugen came forward in October with thousands of damaging internal documents, company lobbyists worked the phones furiously, calling Republican lawmakers and advocacy groups to accuse her of pushing a liberal agenda, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Wednesday. Within days, similar claims began to appear in certain conservative-leaning publications, including articles calling Haugen 'the frontwoman of a PR...

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SEATTLE—Edmina Romanov fasted all day so she wouldn’t have to worry about calories at her friend’s Communist-themed party, but it was all for naught because no food was offered at the authentic commie get-together. “Yeah, yeah, I’ve got egg on my face,” said Romanov. “I mean not really. I wish I did. I’m so hungry.” “But think of the weight you will lose, comrade!” joked the party’s host, Larry Bolshevik. “Come! Let us play ‘Arrest the Lienz Cossack.’” Another guest of the party, Natasha Summers, didn’t understand why Romanov was so upset. “There’s plenty of food if you know where...

NASCAR driver Brandon Brown is now being sponsored by a cryptocurrency named after the politically charged 'Let's Go Brandon' chant he unwittingly inspired, days after complaining that the phrase had cost him sponsorships. 'I'm excited to welcome @LGBcoin_io aboard my No. 68 Chevrolet Camaro as our 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series full season primary partner!' Brown announced on Twitter Thursday. Brandon shared a glossy video of himself walking up to his red, white and blue shevy emblazoned with the LGBCoin logo. Brown, 28, unintentionally sparked the phrase the national anti-Biden chant after NBC sports reporter Kelli Stavast confused the crowd jeering...

America’s current mass immigration mess is the result of a change in the laws in 1965. Prior to 1965, despite some changes in the 50’s, America was a low-immigration country basically living under immigration laws written in 1924. Thanks to low immigration, the swamp of cheap labor was largely drained during this period, America became a fundamentally middle-class society, and our many European ethnic groups were brought together into a common national culture. In some ways, this achievement was so complete that we started to take for granted what we had achieved and forgot why it happened. So in a...

An endangered tiger was shot and killed in its zoo enclosure after biting a cleaner who had entered an 'unauthorized area' next to its cage. Deputies arrived at Naples Zoo in Florida to find the animal with the man's arm in its mouth and said they were 'forced to shoot' to free him. The maintenance worker was airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries. Collier County Sheriff's Office confirmed the victim was a man with a third-party cleaning service contracted by the zoo. Reports suggest the Malayan tiger, named as eight-year-old Eko, had grabbed the man's arm after he reached...

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Hugo de Jonge, health minister of The Netherlands, has indicated the country could be preparing another three coronavirus booster vaccines. De Jonge wrote a letter to his country's parliament Wednesday suggesting the Netherlands should consider additional rounds of booster vaccines to fight new variants, with two of these in 2022 and another shot in 2023. The letter also said that the Netherlands has enough booster vaccines for its current booster campaign. In the letter, De Jonge wrote: "Certainly because only half of a regular vaccine is needed for a booster dose of Moderna, we now have sufficient vaccines for the...

Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took at shot at progressive Democrats this month, appearing to blame them for the inability of the Democrat-controlled Congress to "get things done," and suggesting they could be the cause of potential party losses in the 2022 midterm elections. During an interview with MSNBC's Willie Geist that took place earlier this month and aired in part on Thursday, Clinton implored Democrats to start thinking about the party's ability to win elections overall and not just in deep-blue districts where they were assured victory. Geist turned the interview's attention to the topic, asking Clinton what she...

After a jury found Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on five counts in her sex trafficking trial, Maxwell's sentence was quickly handed down: ten minutes unsupervised in a room with Hillary Clinton. "Considering the gross immorality of your crimes, the court sees fitting to put you in a room with Hillary Clinton, turn off the cameras, tell the prison guards to take a short, ten-minute break, and, you know, see how it goes for ya," the judge said. He banged his gavel. "May God have mercy on your soul." Maxwell, who had been stoic in court up to this point, broke down...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The United States has become increasingly aggressive about slowing down or halting China’s industrial espionage efforts. As the People’s Republic of China (PRC) emerged from war and revolution in 1949, it became apparent that the Chinese economy lacked the capacity to compete with the U.S. or the U.S.S.R. in the production of advanced military technology. Transfers from the Soviet Union helped remedy the gap in the 1950s, as did transfers from the United States and Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. Still, the Cultural Revolution stifled technology and scientific research, leaving the Chinese even...