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Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani protested Wednesday that “I’m not an alcoholic” when asked about claims that he’s been hitting the bottle hard — even while providing legal advice to former President Donald Trump. “I’m not an alcoholic. I never have been — not even close,” Giuliani told The Post in response to a New York Times report that federal prosecutors are probing his drinking habits as part of their case against Trump, 77, over his attempt to remain in power following his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden. Special counsel Jack Smith reportedly has questioned witnesses about Giuliani’s boozing while...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a likely roadblock from House Republicans on aid for Ukraine, Presidentsaid Wednesday he’s planning to give a major speech on the issue and suggested there may be “another means” to provide support for Kyiv if Congress continues to balk.“I'm going to be announcing very shortly a major speech I’m going to make on this issue and why it’s critically important for the United States and our allies that we keep our commitment” to Ukraine, Biden told reporters after giving unrelated remarks at the White House.White House officials declined to say when Biden planned to give his...

FOOTAGE FROM LAST NIGHT: Video captures a large group of invading migrants storming the border of El Paso, Texas

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in a panic over former President Donald Trump’s lead in the GOP polls and she lied through her teeth to try to stop him. Hillary said Trump “manipulated social media and also some so-called mainstream media” to forge an unbreakable connection to his base. But that is a lie because the media knew exactly who Trump was, as did people like the Clintons who sucked up to Trump to get donations. He did not manipulate them, they used him for clicks, ratings, and dollars. It wasn’t until he ran to fix the mess...

Acting Speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry ordered Nancy Pelosi to vacate her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday. ... Jeffries staffers tossed Pelosi’s belongings in bags and hauled them away as the room was re-keyed.“This eviction is a sharp departure from tradition. As Speaker, I gave former Speaker Hastert a significantly larger suite of offices for as long as he wished,” Pelosi whined.

More than 50 progressive activists marched across Capitol Hill on Wednesday to protest the war in Ukraine and call on lawmakers to push the Biden administration to negotiate an end to the war. At least 11 of the protesters were arrested outside the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) after congressional aides demanded they leave a sit-in inside the senator’s office. Several senior citizens, including a handicapped elderly woman, were either handcuffed by officers or escorted out. The protest movement, organized by the nonprofit organization Code Pink and the Peace in Ukraine Coalition, entered 12 congressional offices, all progressive and...

A 25-year-old man in Kansas is facing the steepest possible legal penalties for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing a 5-year-old girl. Mickel Wayne Cherry was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with one count of first-degree murder in the commission of a felony and one count of raping a victim under the age of 14 in the horrific slaying of Zoey Felix, jail records reviewed by Law&Crime show. Officers with the Topeka Police Department on Monday at about 6 p.m. responded to a call about a young girl — later identified as Zoey — suffering from life-threatening injuries at...

A Russian doctor has been convicted of “promoting fascism” — for sharing the music video for The Cranberries’ anti-war mega-hit “Zombie.” Valery Kochnev, a surgeon and aspiring politician who had been running for a seat on the Veliky Novgorod’s City Council as a candidate from the Yabloko opposition party, was found guilty Tuesday of “displaying extremist symbols” and fined the equivalent of $20, his party said. The case revolved around a 2021 post that was published on Kochnev’s “V Kontakte” social media page — and which was discovered by a prosecutor with the Russian Internal Affairs Department’s Center for Countering...

Conservative conspiracy theorists are apparently convinced that an upcoming emergency broadcast is going to turn everyone with a Covid-19 vaccine into zombies. FEMA's national Emergency Alert System — recognisable by the startling beep heard on the radio or television prior to an announcement — will test its delivery capabilities on Wednesday at approximately 2.20pm est. The test will include both the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts. While the EAS will be broadcast to radios and televisions, the WEA will be sent to mobile phone users bearing the text “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert...

SARS-CoV-2 infection can inflame heart arteries, elevating heart attack and stroke risks. This study, based on older individuals, provides insights into increased cardiovascular risks among COVID-19 patients. NIH-funded research sheds light on link between COVID-19 infection and increased risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can directly infect the arteries of the heart and cause the fatty plaque inside arteries to become highly inflamed, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The findings, published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research, may help explain...

If you remember, one of the J6 protesters, Adam Johnson, carried Nancy Pelosi’s lectern across the chamber and then put it down. Mr. Johnson spent only minutes in the Capitol. As a joke, he had his picture taken with Nancy Pelosi’s lectern. It was a joke! For that, he was treated worse than a NY felon, given a 75-day prison sentence, followed by a year-long supervised release. He also had to pay a $5,000 fine and complete 200 hours of community service. He also had to abide by a curfew. Recently, the prosecutor, who gave him this extreme sentence went...

A web-like substance was seen falling from the skies across the Central Coast Wednesday morning. The sticky and fluffy substance has been seen falling in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties. It is reminiscent of spider silk, but that has not been confirmed to be the source. Wednesday's winds were coming from the east across the mountains. So far, the substance was reported in Hollister, Santa Cruz, Salinas and Monterey. If you have seen the substance falling, you can send photos and videos to KSBW by uploading them here: ksbw.com/upload.

Explanation: Does this nebula look like the head of a witch? The nebula is known popularly as the Witch Head Nebula because, it is said, the nebula's shape resembles a Halloween-style caricature of a witch's head. Exactly how, though, can be a topic of imaginative speculation. What is clear is that IC 2118 is about 50 light-years across and made of gas and dust that points to -- because it has been partly eroded by -- the nearby star Rigel. One of the brighter stars in the constellation Orion, Rigel lies below the bottom of the featured image. The blue...

First they came for the top 1%. Now they’re aiming for the next 4% down. How long before socialists like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez come for you? The congresswoman and her fellow far-lefties are now demanding new tax hikes on not just the top 1%, but the top 5% of New York earners — meaning tax filers making as little as $250,000 a year, as the Empire Center’s Tim Hoefer notes in the Wall Street Journal. For couples, that’s a mere $127,000 each — roping in, for starters, more than 168,000 New York state and local government employees, including many school...

El Salvador’s 2024 presidential election campaign officially began on Tuesday, with incumbent President Nayib Bukele poised to be reelected by an ample margin despite the nation’s constitution explicitly forbidding him from running. The election, slated for February 4, 2024, will see more than six million Salvadoran voters head to the polls and cast their votes to elect the country’s next president, vice president, and all 60 members of the Salvadoran Congress for the next five years.

Jordan Peterson has distanced himself from Andrew Tate saying he did not want to be associated with the controversial influencer. The Canadian psychologist was being interviewed on Piers Morgan's Talk TV show on Tuesday when the topic of Tate came up. Morgan quizzed Peterson on recent comments made about him by California governor Gavin Newsom. Jordan Peterson has distanced himself from Andrew Tate saying he did not want to be associated with the controversial influencer. The Canadian psychologist was being interviewed on Piers Morgan's Talk TV show on Tuesday when the topic of Tate came up. Morgan quizzed Peterson on...

CBS's Catherine Herridge looks into some of the documents released by House Republican investigators about Hunter Biden's international business dealings: CATHERINE HERRIDGE, CBS NEWS: The Republican-led House Ways & Means Committee has released hundreds of new documents from the Hunter Biden investigation, and I want to walk you through exhibits 202 and 203. Exhibit 202 is an email from Agusut 2020 sent by prosecutor Leslie Wolf to senior FBI and IRS investigators who are drafting a search warrant. Wolf tells them to keep the scope narrow and limited to potential violations of foreign lobbying laws, or FARA, and to remove...

A drone called the T-600 -the same name as the Terminator - successfully launched a torpedo from the sky. BAE Systems demonstrated the feat during a NATO training exercise, which saw a human controller fly the quadcopter strapped with the torpedo from a dock and over the ocean, where it let the weapon drop. The electric-powered, car-sized T-600 has a payload capacity of 441 pounds, tops speeds of 87 miles per hour and has a range of up to 50 miles. The demonstration aimed to showcase the anti-submarine warfare capabilities of the T-600 and its potential for automated logistics, resupply,...

Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) holds an early 6-point lead over Republican David McCormick in Pennsylvania’s Senate contest, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. Less than a month after McCormick jumped into the race to challenge the incumbent, Casey leads with 50 percent of registered voters in the state to McCormick’s 44 percent, according to the new polling. Nearly 9 in 10 Republicans back McCormick, while 96 percent of Democrats back Casey. Independents were split roughly half-and-half, with 45 percent for the Republican and 44 percent for Casey.

'He was using his company FTX to commit fraud on a massive scale and the money he was spending to build his empire was money he was stealing from FTX customers. 'Sam Bankman-Fried was committing a massive fraud and taking billions of dollars from thousands of victims.' 'While the defendant told customers they could deposit money and FTX would keep it safe, in reality he was taking those deposits and spending them for himself 'He spent the money on lavish houses for himself, his parents and his friends'. Rehn said that Bankman-Fried spent the money to meet celebrities and to...