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A DoJ official says the department is discussing delaying Hunter Biden's plea hearing – following a firestorm of 'sweetheart deal' allegations by whistleblowers and claims that the Attorney General lied to Congress about the Biden criminal probe. On July 26 a Delaware federal judge is set to decide whether to accept the First Son's plea deal with prosecutors over two tax misdemeanors. Republican lawmakers are calling for Judge Maryellen Noreika to toss out the 'slap on the wrist' and 'sweetheart' deal entirely, after whistleblowers from the IRS who investigated Hunter for five years say that he could instead have been...

Anderson was the wife of Bobby Byrd, another longtime collaborator of Brown’s, and the mother of another successful soul vocalist, Carleen Anderson.US soul vocalist Vicki Anderson Byrd, whose career was closely associated with that of James Brown, in whose band she sang in two spells in the 1960s and 1970s, died on Monday (3) at the age of 83. She was the wife of Bobby Byrd, another longtime collaborator of the Godfather of Soul, and the mother of another succesful soul vocalist, Carleen Anderson. The news was confirmed by her goddaughter Margie Randle, who wrote on Facebook: “A large part...

AMSTERDAM, July 7 (Reuters) - The Dutch government on Friday collapsed after failing to reach a deal on restricting immigration, junior coalition partner Christian Union said, a move expected to trigger new elections in the fall.

Eoin O’Faodhagain, from Co Donegal, was monitoring a webcam of the loch when he saw movement in the waterThe Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register hasn’t recorded a new entry since October 11, 2022 Jaw-dropping footage reveals “the first Nessie sighting of 2023” after a mysterious presence “too big” to be a fish was recorded in the water. Veteran Nessie hunter Eoin O’Faodhagain was monitoring a webcam of the loch when he spotted something that he “couldn’t believe”. In two clips captured roughly seven minutes apart, something stirs in the loch, seen first as a long, dark shape near...

Kayla Rooney passed away unexpectedly, her club, St Brigid's LGFCC New York, based in the Bronx, confirmed A young sportswoman who played GAA and Camogie in New York has died suddenly. Kayla Rooney, who played for the U17s, passed away unexpectedly, St Brigid's Ladies Gaelic Football and Camogie Club announced this morning. The teenager is survived by her parents, Michael and Siobhán, brother Jack, and sister Sarah, who, along with her sibling, have been members of St Brigid's, located in the Bronx, since they were young girls. Kayla's age and cause of death are not known at this time. Following...

Currently, at least 85,000 children are believed to be missing. "Whether intentional or not, it can be argued that the US Government has become the middleman in a large scale, multi-billion-dollar, child trafficking operation run by bad actors seeking to profit off the lives of children.... Realizing that we were not offering children the American dream, but instead putting them into modern-day slavery with wicked overlords was a terrible revelation.... They threatened me with an investigation. They... took my badge. It is a terrible thing when you blow the whistle to try to save children and you're retaliated against for...

White House press secretary Kraine Jean-Pierre called out Caitlin Doornbos, a reporter with the New York Post, who asked her during Friday's briefing to state on the record that a bag of cocaine allegedly found in the White House on Sunday did not belong to a member of the Biden family. REPORTER: Can you just say once and for all whether or not the cocaine belonged to the Biden family? KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: We're not avoiding the question, that is not true, we've answered the question, and we've litigated the question for the past two days exhaustively. You know, there has...

The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday sent letters to several asset managers and climate organizations over potential antitrust violations related to "decarbonization" agreements between firms as part of a larger investigative inquiry into Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices in the financial sector. ESG investing is the practice of using investor capital to advance non-financial goals, among them those outlined in ESG initiatives. Conservative critics have contended that the practice may constitute a breach of an asset manager's fiduciary duties to its investors. The Judiciary Committee in June issued a subpoena to climate group Ceres over a concern that its...

At the very moment last month that images of President Joe Biden falling on stage at the Air Force Academy’s commencement rocketed around the internet, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was reminding her state’s business executives and political leaders about what could have been. Speaking at the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual conference on this resort island, Whitmer won repeated applause from the centrist crowd by reciting the fruits of her party’s so-called trifecta in Lansing. With Democrats in control of the governor’s office and both chambers of the state Legislature following last year’s election, Whitmer noted, they had pushed through tax...

Anthony Edwards sent a PSA to women interested in him after agreeing to a five-year, $260 million max contract extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves. While in bed with his girlfriend, Jeanine Robel, the All-Star guard said she’s the “only one” who will be reaping the benefits of his massive payday. “All you females who think you gonna come up off a n[igger]from signing a contract, she the only one,” Edwards said, before panning the camera to his Robel. The 21-year-old then put the camera on his dog, and joked, “No, her.” That’s when Robel said, “Boy, don’t lie.” “She the...

Leave it up to a Democrat to figure out how to spend even more taxpayer money for centuries on end. On Wednesday, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) issued a line-item veto to increase taxpayer funding of K-12 public schools by $325 per student each year until 2425. Originally, the state budget passed by a Republican-controlled legislature earmarked a school district revenue-raising limit boost of $325 per student for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years. But using his broad power to issue partial vetos, Evers edited the bill on the fly, striking the "24" from the reference to the first school...

There have been quite a few books written incorporating the “ivory tower” shorthand for American higher education. The latest is by Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Will Bunch—After the Ivory Tower Falls. That interesting title caught my eye. I have been arguing for many years that higher education is an overinflated bubble that’s due to burst or at least deflate. What does this author have to say about the prospects for American higher education? As I investigated further, I found that the book has been recommended by people with deep leftist sympathies, including Duke history professor Nancy MacLean and Democratic Congressman Ro...

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Friday requesting a briefing on the details surrounding the discovery of cocaine in the White House, as the committee investigates what happened. “The presence of illegal drugs in the White House is unacceptable and a shameful moment in the White House’s history,” Comer said in the letter. 🚨The presence of illegal drugs in the White House is unacceptable and a shameful moment in the White House’s history. Congress funds White House security procedures & @GOPoversight has oversight jurisdiction over Secret Service operations. I’m...

A grocery store employee in Colorado was fired after he videotaped three men loading stolen laundry detergent into a vehicle. Last month, Santino Burrola went viral after posting a video to social media showing three men loading a basket full of stolen laundry detergent into a mini van in the parking lot of a King Soopers grocery store. "Damn, these guys are good— look at 'em, stealing," Burrola said in the video. "Really, bro? You got to resort to this? The economy's not that bad. Better get it while the gettin's good." As the vehicle drove off, Burrola managed to...

A national mass surveillance system boosted by artificial intelligence (AI) took root in another state. The town council of Jackson, Wyoming, agreed in a close vote last month to install the 30 solar-powered license plate recognition (LPR) cameras along their streets and traffic lights, which feeds into a centralized surveillance system managed by the private company Flock Safety. The town is the first in the state of Wyoming to install the cameras. Council members who agreed to the measure expressed reluctance with their decision. Councilman Jonathan Schechter indicated his belief that the cameras marked a negative trend down an undesirable...

THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST: DOES IT SAVE US?(Ecclesiastes 12:12 [KJV]) And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. WHEN YOU GO INTO THE MAINSTREAM YOU FLOAT DOWNSTREAM, and God never once asked you to follow any man, only Him. Even Paul said to follow him as he follows Christ. A mainstream rank heresy, out out by some famous preachers, such as John MacArthur, of another Gospel (Galatians 1) is that the Blood never saves us. Jesus Christ could have been strangled, whatever,...

Explanation: This pretty starfield spans about three full moons (1.5 degrees) across the heroic northern constellation of Perseus. It holds the famous pair of open star clusters, h and Chi Persei. Also cataloged as NGC 869 (top) and NGC 884, both clusters are about 7,000 light-years away and contain stars much younger and hotter than the Sun. Separated by only a few hundred light-years, the clusters are both 13 million years young based on the ages of their individual stars, evidence that they were likely a product of the same star-forming region. Always a rewarding sight in binoculars, the Double...

The Biden administration will soon open a new immigration program to allow some Central Americans and Colombians to enter the U.S. legally and discourage would-be migrants from these countries from journeying north to cross the U.S. southern border illegally, officials announced Friday. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiative, which will formally start on July 10, will allow eligible migrants from Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to fly to the U.S. and gain government work permits if they have relatives who are U.S. citizens or legal residents and have filed visa applications on their behalf. A Homeland Security spokesperson...

Air Force officials are investigating a series of land acquisitions amounting to nearly $1 billion near a major air base in California, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Journal found that over the past five years, investment group Flannery Associates has become the largest landowner in Solano County after purchasing nearly $1 billion worth of land. An attorney for the company told the newspaper that it's controlled by American citizens and that 97% of the firm's capital comes from U.S. investors, with the remainder coming from British and Irish investors. Local and federal officials said they have yet to uncover...

The Eagles, one of the most successful and longest-running acts in the history of popular music, have announced the first of what they say are their “final” tour dates. After 52 years, more than a thousand concerts and over 150 million albums sold, the group has announced the initial 13 dates of their final farewell tour, beginning on Sept. 7 in New York, with more to be added. According to the announcement, the Eagles — Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, with Vince Gill and Deacon Frey — will perform “as many shows in each market as their...