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While inflation, the economy and a historic wave of illegal immigrants flowing into the country rank as high concerns for Americans, these troubling factors were not the top concern. A new Gallup poll shows a lack of leadership from President Joe Biden and Congress is the country’s biggest problem, which is appropriate considering they are largely responsible for the problems noted above. “The government ranks as the top problem for both Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (24%) and Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (18%),” Gallup reported.

Priscilla Presley is challenging the validity of her late daughter Lisa Marie Presley's will. In a legal filing in Los Angeles Superior Court last week, Priscilla Presley disputed the validity of a 2016 amendment to Lisa Marie Presley's living trust that removed her and a former business manager as trustees and replaced them with Lisa Marie Presley's two oldest children, Riley Keough and Benjamin Keough, if Lisa Marie died or became incapacitated. Benjamin Keough died in 2020. Lisa Marie Presley, a singer and the only child of Elvis Presley, died at a California hospital at age 54 on Jan. 12...

Using the electrically conductive single-cell organism known as "slime mold," the researchers created a watch that only works when the organism is healthy, requiring the user to provide it with food and care. They then tested how this living device affected its wearer's attitude toward technology, changing the usual one-way service into a mutually beneficial partnership. The watches were designed and built by Lu to tell time and measure the wearer's heart rate. However, the second function is dependent upon the health and unique characteristics of Physarum polycephalum, a species of slime mold sometimes called "the blob," for its rapid...

The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday will hold its first hearing on wasteful pandemic-era spending. Rep. James Comer (R-KY), committee chairman, announced the hearing last week in an effort to investigate the “rampant waste” of taxpayer dollars on pandemic relief programs. Those set to testify are Michael Horowitz, Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General, U.S. Government Accountability Office, and David M. Smith, Assistant Director, Office of Investigations, U.S. Secret Service.

The Left runs Oceania, and we work for their various bureaus.The 1960s revolution was both anarchic and nihilist. But it was waged against—not from—the establishment. Hippies and the Left either attacked institutions or, in Timothy Leary fashion, chose to “turn on, tune in, drop out” from them.The current revolution is much different—and far more dangerous—for at least three reasons.The Establishment Is the RevolutionThe current Left has no intention of “dropping out.” Why would it? It now controls the very institutions of America that it once mocked and attacked—corporate boardrooms, Wall Street, state and local prosecuting attorneys, most big-city governments, the...

On Saturday, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed Senate Bill 16 into law. Under SB0016, sex change operations or “gender-affirming” surgery for minors is banned in the Beehive State. The bill also places limitations on the use of hormone treatments and puberty blockers. Along with banning sex change surgery for minors, the key takeaways from the bill are that the state Department of Health and Human Services will “conduct a systematic review of the medical evidence regarding hormonal transgender treatments and provide recommendations to the Legislature.” The bill also directs the Department of Professional Licensing to create a certification for providing...

President Trump took a shot at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a Sunday statement posted to Truth Social, touting his superiority in the polls and railing on DeSantis for his policies during the Covid pandemic.“The revelations about Ron DeSanctimonious doing FAR WORSE than many other Republican governors, including that he unapologetically shut down Florida and its beaches, was interesting, indeed,” Trump wrote. “DJT leading BIG!!!”The president also shared a picture from another Truth user on Monday that included screenshots of headlines written in 2020, comparing his Covid pandemic policy against Gov. DeSantis’s. “Remember this?” Trump commented. “Some Republican states...

New York City required all of its employees to undergo a radical "mandatory" critical race theory training that promoted an "equity lens," "antiracism," and "safe spaces," Fox News Digital reported. According to a city email obtained by Fox News Digital, "The training provides all NYC employees with a framework to understand … the importance of racial equity … in the workplace." The training materials stated that while race has "no genetic or scientific basis," it has a "real impact on people's lives." It argued that race is a social construct invented to "justify systems of power, privilege, exclusion and oppression."...

The Russian military blogger Igor Girkin has issued his latest broadside against how Russian President Vladimir Putin is conducting his invasion of Ukraine. Also known as Igor Strelkov, Girkin is a former Russian intelligence officer who played a major role in Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the conflict in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. He has given perceptive but unflattering assessments of Russia's military failures in Ukraine and his views on the military shortcomings of Putin and his commanders. In a video posted on his Telegram social media channel on Monday, Girkin told an audience in St. Petersburg how...

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...

They’re icing out rats in Battery Park City. Local maintenance crews are dumping dry ice in the pesky rodents’ burrows in the trendy Lower Manhattan neighborhood so that when it melts, it leaves behind carbon dioxide, which suffocates them. “Here in Battery Park City, we’re no stranger to having rodents, and so we wanted to make sure that we were able to manage them while keeping everything chemical-free,” Ryan Torres, vice president of parks operations at the Battery Park City Authority, recently told The Post. In addition to effectively killing rats, dry ice is hailed as an environmentally sound way...

It’s always good to start the week off with a little zing, and what better way to do that than by writing a column that contains some heartfelt and valid criticism of former President Donald Trump? At least my hate mail will be buzzing for a few days. As I am going to have to do every time I write one of these things in the coming months, I will remind everyone that people are allowed to be supportive of Trump AND critique him from time to time. This is a political movement, not a cult.

According to a source familiar with the situation, embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos informed House Republicans on Tuesday that he will resign from his committee positions. Santos reportedly told House Republicans in a closed-door meeting that will step down from his positions on the House Small Business Committee and the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee because “he’s a distraction” after it was revealed after his election that several aspects of his resume are fabrications. Santos has faced numerous calls for his resignation, even from within the Republican Party despite the Republicans’ extremely slim majority in the House....

A cystatin C (cys)-based European Kidney Function Consortium (EKFC) equation has similar accuracy to the creatinine (cr)-based equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR), according to a study. Hans Pottel, Ph.D. and colleagues used data from patients in Sweden to estimate the rescaling factor for cystatin C level in adults. Rescaled serum creatinine in the EKFC eGFRcr equation was replaced with rescaled cystatin C, and the resulting EKFC eGFRcys equation was validated in cohorts of White and Black patients in Europe, the United States, and Africa. The rescaling factor for cystatin C was estimated at 0.83 for men and women...

Rep. George Santos told the House GOP conference on Tuesday behind closed doors he wants off of his two committees until his issues are resolved, three members told CNN. The New York Republican who has faced calls for his resignation for false statements – including regarding his professional experience, education history and identity – is a member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Small Business. Federal prosecutors are also investigating Santos’ finances, and he continues to face a myriad of questions about his personal finances. He was first elected last fall. Santos declined to...

Just so people understand what a ground war means in this part of the world. Russia is not the Soviet Union. Can they repeat their tenacity now Is it worth finding out? Why was The Battle of Stalingrad so Deadly?

President Donald Trump delivered bold executive remarks at the South Carolina State House in Columbia on Saturday afternoon, outlining his priorities for 2024 and setting his sights on conquering inflation.“We’re going to beat inflation rapidly,” he promised.He reflected on his time in the White House, noting that he had “handed Biden a great economy, the fastest economic recovery ever recorded…but now families are being crushed with real wages down 21 months in a row – 21 months in a row!”“I did it before and I’ll do it again, and it won’t even be difficult.” – President Donald J. Trump 💪💪💪...

President Donald Trump fired a shot downrange in a series of fiery comments on Truth Social on Sunday, pulling back the veil on the longtime conservative group, “The Club for Growth,” and warning Americans from supporting their endeavors.“The Club For No Growth is a GLOBALIST group that I have been taking to the cleaners for years,” Trump explained. “We worked together for a period, but they couldn’t get away from China, Europe, Asia, and parts unknown. They know I won’t play that game. I am America First all the way. That’s the ONLY way we will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.”Trump...

Police officers in Miami-Dade County, Florida, reportedly arrested a man found with 16 types of U.S. identifications and 47 debit cards. Luis Bonachea, 32, was arrested Sunday, Jan. 29, in Sweetwater, Florida, reported Local 10 Miami. Police allegedly found 16 different forms of U.S. identification, including driver’s licenses and Social Security cards, and 47 debit cards, in Bonachea’s wallet and car. Police charged Bonachea, who appeared in Miami-Dade County court Monday, with a third-degree felony. He is facing “16 counts of unlawful possession of the personal identification of five or more persons,” reported Local 10 Miami. The debit cards were...

Gov. Ron DeSantis and State University System of Florida Chancellor Ray Rodrigues spoke at the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota in Bradenton. The event was centered on “bringing accountability to the higher education system” in Florida. ....DeSantis said the “dominant approach” [to education] was common around the U.S., and that people see it “manifested” around the country as “DEI bureaucracies,” saying that they were “hostile to academic freedom and constitute a drain on resources” by committing to things like Critical Race Theory and mandatory diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.