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Palestine, Ohio. Fetterman held a roundtable with farmers and leaders to talk about the train derailment and how it's impacted farming and to hear their wider concerns ahead of the upcoming farm bill negotiations he'll participate in as part of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. The senator also toured a dairy farm in Enon Valley. "It was an honor and a privilege to sit down with the hardworking farmers of Beaver and Lawrence Counties to hear their concerns following the train derailment in East Palestine, what they want to see from my office moving forward after the...

Ben Johnson - Sam's monologue, from "The Last Picture Show" (1971)

A former Obama administration staffer is blowing the whistle on the Biden family's business dealings, accusing President Biden of being involved in a "kickback scheme" in connection with his son Hunter's overseas business dealings while he was vice president. Mike McCormick, a stenographer for the White House for 15 years, told "Fox & Friends First" the FBI has been ignoring his alarms on the matter despite his willingness to testify under oath before the federal grand jury investigating Hunter. "In February, I went to the FBI and filed one of their tips on their website. If you do that, and...

Five semis, a car and a truck were all hit. Two people in the Honda Accord were pinned inside the car for about five hours and were pronounced dead at the scene, an OHP report said. Court documents identified one of the victims as Conrad Rodgers. The other victim's identity hasn't been released. Tony Aghaji was charged with causing the crash. At the time, he was taken to a Texas hospital, where he was treated and released. The 38-year-old from West Palm Beach, Florida was arrested after his release. According to an affidavit, Aghaji was talking to a delivery driver...

Nima Momeni is an “IT Consultant/Entrepreneur” who is the suspect accused of stabbing San Francisco, California, tech executive Bob Lee to death, the San Francisco Police Department said at an April 13, 2023, press conference announcing Momeni’s arrest. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in the news conference that Momeni is being charged with murder and with a penalty enhancer “alleging this murder was committed with a knife.” She said her office is asking that Momeni be held without bail.

For months now, the Democrats have been attacking the Republicans, accusing them of attempting to cause the U.S. to default on its financial obligations. Meanwhile, the GOP has insisted they aren’t going to cave on the debt limit but also says they are looking for cuts to address Washington D.C.’s exorbitant spending. That has become the rallying cry that has gotten conservatives behind House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. But, behind the scenes, there appears to be very little progress on actually finding a path forward on this. McCarthy hasn’t spoken with or negotiated with President Joe Biden in months, and the...

A former Energy Department official pleaded “no contest” Wednesday after they were seen on video stealing luggage at Harry International Airport in Las Vegas. Samuel Brinton agreed to pay the victim restitution of nearly $3670, received a suspended jail sentence of 180 days, and must stay out of trouble, according to Las Vegas Justice Court records. Brinton pleaded “no contest” to misdemeanor theft. Nevada state law specifies that the stolen amount is less than $1200. Brinton originally faced a charge of felony theft since police said the stolen amount was $3670. Brinton, who is non-binary and uses the pronouns “they”...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he’s returning to Congress Monday after a nearly six-week absence recovering from a concussion suffered in a fall. His arrival will be met by rumors of an impending retirement. A top McConnell aide told The Washington Times the Kentucky Republican “is not going anywhere,” and rejected reports in the media that suggest he’s stepping down.

CNSNews.com) - President Joe Biden addressed the Irish Parliament today, where he informed them that he would rather have his children playing rugby than football.Biden’s son, Hunter, was with him in the chamber of the Irish Parliament during the speech.“I didn’t play rugby except when I was out of school—out of law school—and I didn’t play it very well,” Biden told the Irish Parliament. “We played in a rugby club.“But I did play American football and a few other sports,” said Biden.“But I realize: You know, you guys are all nuts,” he said.“You know, but the interesting thing is: I...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (FLV) – Gov. Ron DeSantis launched an ad Thursday on social media highlighting parts of his recent speech at Hillsdale College in southern Michigan. “We reject the idea that self-government can be subcontracted out to bureaucratic elite. We insist on the restoration of the timeless constitutional principles that have made this country unique so that government of, by, and for the people shall not perish from this earth,” DeSantis said. “My message of freedom from Florida: it requires us to hold the line and it requires us to never ever back down,” DeSantis continued. Hillsdale College is a...

"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." "And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come." "And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come." 2 Corinthians, Chapter 3 1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? 2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: 3 Forasmuch...

Flight LogFlight 50 Sol 763 Date April 13, 2023 Horizontal Distance 322 m ~1,056 ftMax. Altitude 18 m ~59 ft Max. Groundspeed 4.60 m/s ~10.3 mph Duration 145.7 seconds Route of Flight from Airfield Lambda to Airfield MuFlights 50 (as of 4/13/23)Distance Flown 11,546 meters (~37,882 ft)Highest Altitude18 meters (~59 ft)Fastest Ground Speed 6.50 m/s (14.5 mph)Flight Time ~89.2 minutes (5,350 seconds)

The Florida state House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to outlaw abortions in the state after six weeks of pregnancy. The vote was 70-40 in a body that skews heavily Republican. However, with just 35 Democratic seats, some GOP lawmakers joined the opposition. The law essentially is a total ban on abortions as most women don't realize they're pregnant until after six weeks. Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis supports the bill and has said he will sign it. It previously passed the Florida state Senate. Earlier Thursday, there was chaos in the Capitol as protesters flooded the building. Demonstrators were seen shouting...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police are investigating after someone broke into a trailer containing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of dimes in Northeast Philadelphia. The discovery was made around 6 a.m. Thursday in a Walmart parking lot on the 4300 block of Byberry Road. Police on the scene say an estimated two million dimes, worth $200,000, were stolen. That's an increase from an earlier estimate of one million dimes Dimes were found scattered from the Walmart parking lot to Woodhaven Road. Action News has learned the truck driver picked up the dimes from the Philadelphia Mint on Wednesday but then...

The super PAC supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for 2024 rolled out its first national ad Thursday. Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting DeSantis’ unannounced prospective candidacy for the White House in 2024, released its ad publicly. The super PAC is spending at least $1 million to place the ad, which will be broadcast nationally beginning Monday. "When the world went mad, we stood as a refuge of sanity," the ad states. "Whether forged in our upbringing, built on the belief to compete and win, or cemented in service to country." "Across the country men and women willing to...

"Liberal commentator Ana Kasparian recently went viral after raging over the cost of a shift to electric cars and other utilities in California."

James Roguski has prepared templates of emails to send regarding the WHO's Pandemic Treaty. There are four emails to send to Members of Parliament, which is supposed to start debating the treaty on Monday. There are also emails for those of us in the USA & those in Australia. Lots of other links for information here, too. This treaty must be opposed. I urge everyone to utilize this resource & contact your house & senate members.

Just days after an outraged mob of pro-LGBTQ activists at one of his state universities assaulted a young woman who criticized gender ideology, left-wing California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a video that warned of the growing “authoritarianism” in Florida. “Last week, I went to New College in Florida — ground zero for what the @GOP are trying to do to education in this country,” Newsom tweeted on Wednesday along with his video.

Florida's largest LGBTQ advocacy group issued a travel advisory on Wednesday. Equality Florida warned LGBTQ individuals against visiting or moving to the state. The advisory is an "unprecedented" response to a slate of "hateful" laws and policies in Florida, it said. Florida's largest LGBTQ advocacy organization took the rare step of issuing a travel advisory on Wednesday, warning queer individuals, families, entrepreneurs, and students against visiting and taking up residence in the state. Equality Florida said that issuing the travel advisory was an "unprecedented" move and a response to a slate of "hateful" laws and policies signed by Gov. Ron...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The man who leaked hundreds of classified U.S. military documents online made claims, without evidence, about the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Markets, according to a Washington Post report. Documents with classified intelligence were brought home by the leaker from his job on a “military base" and then shared on Discord, an acquaintance told the Post. Discord is an online chat app used by millions of people, including Tops gunman Payton Gendron. The leaked documents contained information about the war in Ukraine, U.S. intelligence-gathering and surveillance technology. The leaker, called "OG" by some Discord users, told...