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In December of 1776, General Washington and his small army were retreating back across New York, New Jersey, and into Pennsylvania. They were hungry, cold, and so lacking in necessities that many men were barefoot in freezing temperatures. Why were they there? Because just five and a half months earlier, the Declaration of Independence had been signed. These men believed in those self-evident truths so much, they were willing to die for them — as Nathan Hale said, his only regret was that he had “but one life to lose for his country.” As much as we might want to,...

A federal law prohibiting people under felony indictment from buying firearms is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Texas has concluded, citing a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that significantly expanded gun rights.

MOSS LANDING, Calif. — A section of Highway 1 in Moss Landing is closed as fire crews respond to a fire at an energy storage facility on Tuesday morning.

What is it with singer James Taylor and the Democrats? In 2015, secretary of state John Kerry brought Taylor to France to sing "You've Got a Friend" in response to a major terrorist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris. The Guardian called this a "tone-deaf performance" and a "hokey" idea. Foreign Policy called the Kerry-Taylor musical hug "awkward." Vox called the performance an apology by the Obama administration for failing to send a high-level U.S. official to a large anti-terrorism rally. National Review noted that Kerry was "roundly mocked" as an "international laughing-stock" for bringing Taylor to...

The 50 migrants who landed on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts last week were shipped off the island so fast one local resident was left lamenting she didn't have time to help. "I wish that I had been more involved, that I had heard [about] it when it [the migrants' arrival on the island] originally happened," Joyce Dresser told Fox News Digital on Saturday as she sold books during a street festival in Oak Bluffs. That island town is famous for its colorful "gingerbread house" Victorian homes. Listen to this article 0:00 / 3:09 1X BeyondWords The 50 migrants who landed...

There is a massive stock market crash on the Russian stock exchange taking place following the announcement of various referendums including in the Luhansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, as reported on Tuesday, September 20. Twitter rapidly began to flood with reports of the Russian stock market crash after various referendums were announced: “The Russian stock market began to collapse after referendums were announced.” “Russian stock market crashed due to rumours about general mobilisation.” “Russian stock market went kaput.” The Russian stock market crash comes after the public council of the Kherson Region has asked the head of the region, Volodymyr...

The House is in play for the first time this cycle as Democrats continue to build momentum, but the GOP remains the favorite to take control. This edition of the Fox News Power Rankings looks at shifts toward Democrats in nine battleground House races and two key Senate races. Meanwhile, the GOP makes gains in the Georgia and Oregon governor races. Republicans can expect a 13-seat majority in the latest House forecast (a total of 231 seats), leaving the Democrats with a 14-seat deficit (204 seats). These numbers reflect a shift of three seats away from the GOP since August....

Ethereum, the world’s second-most valuable digital currency by market capitalization, completed a long-awaited upgrade to its system on September 15. The move, known in the cryptocurrency community as “The Merge”, is expected to slash energy costs and lay the groundwork for more use of crypto technology in mainstream applications, including finance.Skip advertThe upgrade was one of the most eagerly anticipated events in crypto’s history. But the process is complicated. Here’s what to know about it.What is Ethereum?Ethereum is a blockchain – a publicly-viewable, distributed ledger that verifies and records all transactions on the network. The platform was conceived by Russian-born...

In testimony before the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee, Dr. Anthony Fauci steadfastly refused to answer any questions regarding potential financial conflicts of interest in the decisions surrounding the approval and mandating of the Pfizer covid vaccines. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ken) wanted to know "whether anybody on the vaccine committees gets royalties from the pharmaceutical companies." Dr. Fauci's response was "I'm not going to answer that question. Under the law, I don't have to answer that question." "Which law is that?" Paul asked. "I don't have to tell you that either," Fauci stubbornly replied. Paul speculated that Fauci was...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...

Four Russian-occupied regions in Ukraine have said they are planning to hold “referendums” on joining the Russian Federation in a series of coordinated announcements that could indicate the Kremlin has made a decision to formally annex the territories. Moscow may be betting that a formal annexation would help halt Russian territorial losses, after a successful Ukrainian counteroffensive that has reclaimed large portions of territory in the Kharkiv region. The occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions have said they are ready to hold “polls”, which will be universally viewed as rigged, as soon as this week, with announcements also made in Kherson...

Lord John Acton once said "“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." I cannot be completely certain, but I think he was referring to Mark Zuckerberg. Money brings power and Zuckerberg has lot and lots of money. When Facebook was created, it promised to allow free speech. It also had plenty of criticsThe problem is that Facebook doesn’t offer free speech; it offers free amplification. No one would much care about anything you posted to Facebook, no matter how false or hateful, if people had to navigate to your particular page to read your rantings, as in the...

Many Californians right now are no doubt feeling the whipsaws of conflicting government policies. Not a month ago, they learned that the state will ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035, mandating that all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state must be electric vehicles (EVs). Then, in a dizzying about-face, residents were asked not to charge their EVs to conserve energy as California’s electrical grid was pushed to the limit due to a punishing heatwave. A recent Newsweek headline perfectly summarizes the apparent absurdity of it all:Click to enlarge Today, about 1% of our vehicles are...

Investors are running scared. Chalk it up to the August CPI reading, which prompted a brutal sell-off on Wall Street last Tuesday. Stocks suffered their largest one-day drop in more than two years. Why? The market took a “glass half empty” view of positive news: The headline inflation rate decreased from 8.5% in July to 8.3% in August. As you can see, inflation has continued to trend downward since peaking in June:Click to enlarge Readers, this is good news. And it’s part of why our inflation nightmare could end within six months. Let me explain… The CPI core rate is...

Latest estimate: 0.3 percent — September 20, 2022 The GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the third quarter of 2022 is 0.3 percent on September 20, down from 0.5 percent on September 15. After this morning's housing starts report from the US Census Bureau, the nowcast of third-quarter residential investment growth decreased from -20.8 percent to -24.5 percent.

New footage shows a forensics team working for allies of former President Trump spent hours handling voting equipment in a Georgia county elections office on Jan. 7, 2021, two months after the 2020 presidential election and the day after riots at the U.S. Capitol over the results. According to reports from The Washington Post and The New York Times, the videos show the Trump contractors copying data from voting machines in rural Coffee County, Georgia, as they handled poll pads with sensitive voter data.

There are eight happy people in four photographs on the cover of this publication. NOT ONE IS A WHITE MALE. ML/NJ

Last week, Joe Biden showed what it looks like when the ruling class loses all connection with the realities of the pain and stress of the people it serves. His White House shindig to celebrate his own economic accomplishments was an orgy of self-back-patting and bragging over the Inflation Reduction Act. Experts agree that it won’t reduce inflation, and there was a bit of irony to the fact that stocks plunged (and with them many ordinary people’s retirement savings) over terrible inflation news even as Biden was speaking. (snip) All of this happened just two weeks after Biden had announced...

by Josh Ford | 24NewsPresident David Olive of Bluefield College received news that the school’s basketball players continued to kneel during the National Anthem despite him telling them to stop immediately or face consequences.Some players continued to kneel as they reportedly believe it’s their way to take a stand against racial injustice.However, Olive shot back that the protesting reflects poorly on the Virginia school. He informed the team that he is suspending multiple players who refused to stop kneeling.“The basis for my decision stemmed from my own awareness of how kneeling is perceived by some in our country, and I...

Young man asking simple question of youngsters on the street and they can not answer.