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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., stood firm in his support for President Donald Trump over the weekend amid news that the Manhattan district attorney’s office is poised to indict the 45th president in relation to years-old allegations surrounding the tired Stormy Daniels case.“Alvin Bragg is abusing his office to target President Trump while he’s reduced a majority of felonies, including violent crimes, to misdemeanors,” McCarthy stated on Twitter. “He has different rules for political opponents. Republicans stopped the radical DC crime law, and we will investigate any use of federal funds that are used to facilitate the perversion...

The State of Texas has blocked the Biden administration’s Clean Water Act rule in federal court, the state’s Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Monday morning. “Big victory against Biden: Last night a federal court blocked the Admin’s radical ‘waters of the US’ rule, which imposes a leftist environmental agenda on Texas, crushing new regs, and oppressive economic costs. I will always fight to keep Biden’s boots off the necks of Texans!” Paxton tweeted.

At CPAC 2023, President Donald Trump made it public that he is setting his sights on dismantling the “Deep State.” “If you put me back in the White House, their reign is over – and they know it,” Trump stated. “…I will totally obliterate the Deep State. I will fire the unelected bureaucrats and shadow forces who have weaponized our justice system like it has never been weaponized before.”Is it a coincidence that Trump’s stated intention to “obliterate the Deep State” preceded the Manhattan District Attorney’s office’s rumored move to indict President Trump on ancient allegations that he paid adult...

Created by Black people for Black people—and now a pillar of white supremacist capitalism. If you consume coffee, you are helping an industry built on racism.If you’re a person of color, you know what I’m talking about. You walk into a new coffee shop and your senses are overwhelmed with whiteness and you get the glare from the Karens. The white hipster barista lines herself up between you and the bathrooms, ready to tell you non-customers aren’t welcome.If you have a white coffee drinking friend, he or she may have even let you in on the old coffee joke white...

Last Friday night, the same news network engaged in a de facto blackout on Trump broke some ominous news: Sometime this week, Trump will be arrested and indicted for…something. Tell us if you’ve heard this one before: The walls are closing in. Sources tell Revolver that Trump may be arrested as early as today. Many would say that Trump’s indictment became inevitable after January 6, or after he announced his 2024 campaign. Those voices would be wrong, though. The indictment of Donald Trump has been inevitable since the moment Trump won the 2016 election, because all along, winning that election...

Artificial intelligence has developed a treatment for cancer in just 30 days and can predict a patient’s survival rate. In a new study published in the journal Chemical Science, researchers at the University of Toronto along with Insilico Medicine developed a potential treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with an AI drug discovery platform called Pharma.AI. HCC is the most common type of liver cancer and occurs when a tumor grows on the liver, according to Cleveland Clinic. Researchers applied AlphaFold, an AI-powered protein structure database, to Pharma.AI to uncover a novel target — a previously unknown treatment pathway — for...

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Is he Putin on a front? A top adviser to the Ukrainian government stoked conspiracy theories Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been using body doubles to attend public events in his place. Anton Gerashechenko, an adviser to the minister of internal affairs of Ukraine, shared three recent photos of the Russian leader on Twitter — including two that were supposedly taken during a trip this weekend to Ukrainian territories. The side-by-side images feature red circles around the neck and chin area of the man in each photo, seeming to suggest not all three men pictured are Putin. An...

Amanda Bynes has been placed on a psychiatric hold after she was found roaming the streets naked and alone ... TMZ has learned. An eyewitness tells us ... Bynes was seen walking near downtown Los Angeles early Sunday morning without any clothes. We're told Bynes waved a car down, telling the driver she was coming down from a psychotic episode. Amanda herself then called 911. Our law enforcement sources say Bynes was taken to a nearby police station, where a mental health team determined she needed to be placed on a 5150 psych hold. Fortunately, our sources say it doesn't...

Atlanta-area prosecutors are considering bringing racketeering and conspiracy charges in connection with Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation. Investigators have a large volume of substantial evidence related to a possible conspiracy from inside and outside the state, including recordings of phone calls, emails, text messages, documents, and testimony before a special grand jury. Their work, the source said, underscores the belief that the push to help Trump was not just a grassroots effort that originated inside the state. The special grand jury met for roughly seven months...

President Biden’s FY 2024 budget promises to reduce future deficits by $2.8 trillion over the next 10 years. That’s a big number. It is not enough, however, to prevent the debt from climbing to a record 110 percent of GDP in 2033, up from 98 percent this year and more than twice its average over the past 50 years. It is also not enough to prevent interest on the debt from doubling over the next 10 years and reaching a record high as a share of the economy by 2032. The record is 3.2 percent of GDP in 1991. It...

Former President Trump quickly took a swipe Monday at Ron DeSantis, his main potential rival for the GOP presidential nomination, after the Florida governor weighed in on a potential Trump indictment in New York. “Ron DeSanctimonious will probably find out about FALSE ACCUSATIONS & FAKE STORIES sometime in the future, as he gets older, wiser, and better known,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that linked to a story making claims against DeSantis. “I’m sure he will want to fight these misfits just like I do,” Trump wrote. DeSantis has previously hit back at Trump’s attacks on Truth Social,...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied ahead of the next Fed meeting. First Republic (FRC) stock plunged despite reports the troubled bank is seeking the aid of JPMorgan Chase (JPM) as it battles to stay afloat. The Donald Trump SPAC, Digital World Acquisition (DWAC), rocketed despite more Stormy Daniels legal drama. There was some bullish action even though the stock market is still gripped by a correction. Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM) attempted a weak breakout, while Royal Gold (RGLD) joined Leaderboard amid an encouraging move. The Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, which will be led by Fed Chair Jerome Powell...

President Joe Biden issued his first veto on Monday, rejecting a bipartisan bill that would have reversed his Labor Department rule allowing left-wing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies to be considered in retirement investing. “I just vetoed my first bill,” Biden said in a tweet announcing the move. “This bill would risk your retirement savings by making it illegal to consider risk factors MAGA House Republicans don’t like,” Biden claimed. “Your plan manager should be able to protect your hard-earned savings — whether Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene likes it or not.”

Minnesota is seeking to become the third state in the nation to employ ranked-choice voting (RCV) for state and federal elections, following in the steps of Alaska and Maine. While five cities in the Gopher state already use RCV for municipal elections — Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Bloomington, Saint Louis Park, and Minnetonka — Minnesota state Sen. Kelly Morrison has introduced a bill that would require RCV for all state and federal elections. The bill is currently in committee, and it has a companion in the Minnesota House waiting for a hearing. RCV requires voters to rank candidates in order of...

The second Russia-Africa international parliamentary conference in Moscow brought together more than forty delegations from the continent. The first conference of 2019 was attended by participants from 36 countries. The growing number of participants confirms the special nature of the friendship ties between Russia and Africa. The two-day conference will conclude on March 20, as a prelude to a major Russia-Africa summit to be held on July 27-28, 2023 in St. Petersburg. The consultative forum aims to develop parliamentary cooperation between Russia and African states in the context of the emerging multipolar world. The two sides plan to synchronize their...

A new study from the Department of Defense revealed that military pilots and ground crews experienced higher rates of certain cancers compared to the general population. The big picture: The study examined cancer rates among nearly 900,000 air and ground crew from 1992 to 2017. Overall — compared to the general population after adjusting for age, sex and race — aircrews saw a 24% higher rate of cancer of all types while ground crews saw a 3% higher rate of cancer of all types. However, both air and ground crews saw "lower or similar" cancer mortality rates for all cancer...

Customs officials found six giant “highly invasive” snails with destructive potential in a traveler’s suitcase at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The giant African snails, which were alive, are “a prohibitive organism” that have the potential to wreak havoc on the environment and cause diseases in humans. They have an affinity for devouring plants, produce, flowers, tree bark, and even the paint and stucco off houses The gastropods also carry parasites that can lead to meningitis in humans Nevertheless, the snails are a popular finger food in some countries, which appears to be the reason the passenger flew the snails to Detroit...

Jordan, Comer, Steil Demand Communications, Documents, and Testimony from Manhattan DA Alvin BraggMarch 20, 2023 Press ReleaseWASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), and House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) sent a letter to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg demanding communications, documents, and testimony relating to Bragg's unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority and the potential indictment of former President Donald Trump. Excerpts of the letter to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg: "You are reportedly about to engage in an unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority: the indictment of a former President...