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Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock looks as if he's headed for a tough race to defend his Georgia seat against GOP contender Herschel Walker in November's midterm. Walker, who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, won't be the Georgia Republican Party's official nominee until after May 24's primary. Recent polling shows that he's dominating the GOP field, however. A survey conducted by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in April had the former NFL player with nearly two-thirds of Republican voters' support, while all his opponents were in the single digits. Warnock hopes to hold on to his hard-won seat, which he...

Сorrespondent Yuriy Kotyonok has published a document sent by the defense department of Ukraine to the head of the state border service of the country. It orders to ensure the passage of the joint Lithuanian-Polish "peacekeeping contingent" from Poland. In the period from May 22 to 24, 4 battalions, including 9,500 military personnel and 279 units of military equipment, must cross the border. "Another confirmation of the development of plans for the occupation and further division of the country," the military journalist said. He did not rule out that the published document could be a fake, but such an order...

Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) is surging ahead of former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory in the final stretch before the state’s Senate primary, according to a new poll from The Hill and Emerson College. In a 14-way primary match-up, Budd tops the field at 43 percent, while McCrory trails in a distant second place at 16 percent. The only other Republican in the race to notch double-digit support is former Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.), who sits at about 12 percent support. The poll suggests that Budd, who once trailed McCrory in early polls, is now the primary’s clear front-runner and...

Amidst the Omicron variant era of the pandemic, secondary disasters have been constantly taking place in many cities in communist China under strict lockdown. Some hospitals flat out refuse patients that don’t have a nucleic acid amplification Covid test report, leading to multiple deaths of people who could not receive treatment. What has caused these heartbreaking cases? And is the unimaginable happening in China a warning for the rest of the world? A shocking psychological experiment, the “Obedience Experiment” designed and conducted by psychologist Stanley Milgram, may be able to shed some light on this issue. The Hippocratic Oath: A...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- “But she told me she was 16 years old.” Under a new criminal code being considered by the District of Columbia city council, that statement would be what is called “an affirmative defense to liability” for an adult who has sex with a minor. Put more plainly, an adult accused of sexual activity with a minor could avoid culpability if found to have “reasonably” believed the child’s claim at the time to have reached the age of consent. This more lenient approach to child sexual abuse is just one of many changes being considered by the council....

Vladimir Putin's decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine is a monstrous act of aggression that has plunged the world into a perilous situation. By any reasonable standard, his move was an over-the-top response to any Ukrainian or NATO provocations. However, that conclusion is different from saying that there were no provocations, as far too many policymakers and pundits in the West are doing now.

A former director of data science at Thomson Reuters said he was fired for sharing research on the company's internal social media platform that showed police killed more unarmed white people than black people and that the Black Lives Matter movement allegedly caused the deaths of thousands. Zac Kriegman, who worked at Thomson Reuters for six years before being fired last summer, claimed he was let go from his $350,000 job because he stood against the company's reporting conventions on BLM in order to dispel what the 'false narrative' that black people were the largest victim of police violence. In...

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) stated that increased oil production is “so critical to addressing the inflation issue,” and responded to the Biden administration canceling oil and gas leases by stating companies “can up production now on the wells they have.”

MOSCOW. May 12 (Interfax) - Indian refineries took advantage of the sharp discounts for Russian Urals, ESPO and Sokol grades, to buy substantial volumes via tender and spot purchases for delivery in May and June, the IEA report said. An estimated 25-30 million barrels were picked up, mostly through trading houses. They have also begun to negotiate longer-term contracts. Trading houses (Trafigura, Vitol) reportedly sold the crude to Indian refiners on a delivered basis, covering shipping and insurance costs, which resulted in a price paid by India's refiners that is higher than the quoted discounts for Russian spot crude sales....

When it comes to food, not every hot new trend ends up being a good idea — just crack open some old cookbooks and see how many savory Jell-O molds and mayonnaise salads you'd want to dine on today

A detailed list of the destroyed and captured vehicles and equipment of both sides can be seen below. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available.

U.S.—After having their homes surrounded by hordes of bloodthirsty commie protestors, the five originalist judges on the Supreme Court reached out for protection from the government, but were denied. Left with no other choice, they have activated the Kyle Rittenhouse signal to summon America's sharpshooting protector before it's too late.

The formula shortage is finally bringing attention to the FDA’s labeling games that have angered many moms for years.Months after distressed moms have been vocally upset and concerned about the baby formula shortage, the media is finally starting to ask, how could this happen? The short answer is lockdown supply chains and the shutdown of one of the country’s largest formula plants in Michigan over an alleged bacterial outbreak. The long answer is that, unlike the problem of sky-rocketing lumber prices or your West Elm furniture stuck on cargo ships, this crisis is intertwined with an already highly regulated industry...

Melting ice sheets in Norway have revealed a bunch of incredibly well-preserved arrows from the distant past. The array of arrows was found around the ice patches of the Jotunheimen Mountains in southern Norway during a 2019 expedition by Secrets of the Ice, a team of glacier archaeologists who scour the receded ice sheets for historical relics. One of the most impressive discoveries includes an Iron Age arrow, approximately 1,500-year-old, that was found lodged in the icy ground before being thawed out using lukewarm water. The team described the condition of this arrow as “awesome,” noting that it still had...

owner says its best for the horse...kinda wanted to see him go for it..

For decades, Russia has been the world's second most powerful military. Today, it is the second most powerful military inside Ukraine. How in the world did a nation with such a significant military overmatch get into a quagmire against a much weaker power? Just what is wrong with the Russian military?

What began as a straightforward U.S. policy of arming the Ukrainians has expanded into a dangerous and rapid escalation.The New York Times on Wednesday published an op-ed by Tom Stevenson arguing what some of us have been arguing for a while now: the Biden administration is openly — and recklessly — pursuing a policy of escalation in Ukraine that represents a new and very dangerous phase in the war.Stevenson, a journalist who reported from Ukraine in the opening weeks of the war, argues that initially the United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies responded to Russia’s invasion...

Channeling former Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum, incoming Florida House Minority Leader Ramon Alexander has called it quits after sexual misconduct and harassment allegations were levied on him earlier this week by a former male athletics employee at Florida A&M University. Rep. Alexander, who is accused of groping the male individual and sexting him with inappropriate images and videos, admitted to having a "consensual, adult relationship" with the former college employee behind his wife's back. "Representative Ramon Alexander has decided to not seek reelection to the Florida House of Representatives. He and his family are in my thoughts as they...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) has endorsed Kelly Tshibaka for the U.S. Senate in Alaska, Breitbart News learned exclusively on Thursday. “Kelly Tshibaka will be an America First senator who knows that what’s good for Alaska is also good for America. She will fight for the constitutional rights of all citizens and work to revive the Alaskan economy, which has been devastated by the horrendous policies of the Biden administration,” Noem said in a statement. “I am proud to endorse Kelly and look forward to working with her on issues we have in common for years to come.” Tshibaka...

Matthew Fox Wed, May 11, 2022, 7:45 AM·3 min read Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)David Dee Delgado/Getty Images An economic recession would send the S&P 500 another 25% lower to 3,000, according to DataTrek Research. DataTrek believes the Fed is trying to drive a slowdown in job growth to contain rising inflation. Slowing job growth could cascade into a recession, but for now the S&P 500 is proving resilient. The stock market could fall another 25% if interest rate hikes from the Federal...