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The White House on Thursday bashed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for starting the House recess without bringing the Senate-passed Ukraine aid package to the floor for a vote.The Senate early Tuesday approved a bipartisan funding measure providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and other allies with 70 votes.But Johnson says the Senate bill lacks the tougher border security measures demanded by House Republicans and that he won’t move it in the lower chamber.White House spokesperson Andrew Bates argued in a memo, first obtained by The Hill, that Johnson is cutting and running early to go on recess “instead of ending the...

MODEL Cara Delevingne is far from the first to suffer an awkward tattoo blunder. We told this week how a misspelled design on the 31-year-old’s arm features the word “walking” instead of “waking”. And spelling isn’t always tattoo artists’ strong point, as Sarah Arnold reveals with these cringe-worthy pictures.

The Biden Administration has declared that elite locales like Montauk and Fishers Island in New York, and parts of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts are eligible for low-income area electric vehicle (EV) charger subsidies. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg explained "here's the deal. The only people who can afford EVs are people with high incomes. Spending some of this high income on expensive EVs effectively lowers their income relative to the rest of the population." "More importantly, the early adoption of EVs by the wealthier segment of the population is essential if we hope to displace our dependency on gasoline-powered...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced new legislation aimed at cracking down hard on retail theft so that crime waves seen in liberal states do not come to the Sunshine State.DeSantis wants to keep the downward trend going, announcing on Tuesday that it will be a first-degree felony if a person commits theft with a firearm or has already had two or more prior convictions of retail theft, under his proposal. A first-degree felony in Florida is punishable by up to 30 years in prison and/or fines of up to $10,000.His legislation will also tackle "porch piracy," the stealing of...

The global economic landscape is facing turbulent times, with recessionary waves hitting major economies. Japan recently slipped into recession for the second quarter in a row, catching many by surprise. Meanwhile, the UK has officially entered a technical recession, marking a challenging period for economies worldwide. The signs are evident not just in economic data but also in the surge of layoffs that have become a common theme in recent months. Industry giants such as Twitch, Hasbro, and Spotify are among those announcing significant workforce reductions. Over 100,000 individuals have been affected by these layoffs in the first few months...

uring Donald Trump’s presidency, Democrats proved they’d impeach a Republican president over a ham sandwich. Sen. J.D. Vance noted this week that Democrats set up the same pretext to impeach Trump again should he win the presidency this fall.Now the same “intelligence community” that framed Trump as a Russian agent and claimed Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian “disinformation” is claiming to have great big major secret information about something bad and Russian as the House considers yet more spending on war with Russia. Meanwhile, Joe Biden has violated his oath of office since his first day in office, yet he’s...

The hysteria on Capitol Hill over Russian nukes in space was a cheap ploy to ram through Ukraine aid and kill FISA reform. It was a busy day in Washington on Wednesday as the intelligence bureaucracy tried to foment a national security panic over Russian nukes in space in hopes of ramming through the Ukraine aid package and killing reforms designed to curb its power to spy on Americans.Lest you think that sounds crazy, consider the timing of the panic provocations, which came almost immediately after House Speaker Mike Johnson said he and other Republicans weren’t going to be “rushed”...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Thursday floated failed presidential candidate Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) as a potential running mate if he were to jump into the presidential race on a third-party ticket. If Manchin enters the race with Romney, they would siphon votes from President Joe Biden, 81, potentially dooming the president’s reelection campaign. “Hypothetically, if I was picking my running mate, really who I would ask right now is Mitt Romney,” Manchin said in Cleveland during his “listening tour.”

Multiple major charities throughout the country are using blacklists compiled by far-left groups to prevent conservative, Christian, and other right-wing organizations from receiving donations, according to a new report. As reported by the Daily Caller, various public records and other documents show that some charities rely on donor-advised funds (DAFs), and thus turn to left-wing groups such as the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for lists of groups that should not receive donations. The SPLC has a reputation for simply labeling every remotely conservative, right-wing, or Christian group as a “hate group” and recommending them for blacklisting. “‘Hate group’ is...

Supposedly he suspected that Mandel was being sarcastic, but Dana agreed to at least appear. Seems like he didn't give Howie much of a chance.

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The deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ victory parade that killed one and injured nearly two dozen was the result of a personal dispute that exploded into violence – and cops have detained three people who may be at fault, authorities said Thursday. Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves emphasized that the Wednesday afternoon attack on the west side of the city’s landmark Union Station had nothing to do with homegrown terrorism or violent extremism. Instead, the shooting “appeared to be a dispute between several people that ended in gunfire,” Graves told reporters at a Thursday press conference.

The Biden administration released its proposal for which struggling borrowers should qualify for its new student loan forgiveness plan. It said that receiving a Pell Grant, a disability and age could be factors signaling hardship.

The FBI and New York City investigators raided the FDNY’s Brooklyn headquarters and the homes of some fire chiefs Thursday morning, sources confirmed to The Post. The feds searched the homes of two top FDNY chiefs in charge of city safety inspections, according to The New York Times, which was first to report on the raids. The probe reportedly began last summer into allegations the chiefs had each been paid $100,000 to expedite or set up inspections, the paper reported. The chiefs, Brian Cordasco and Anthony Saccavino, have not been charged with wrongdoing. Fire sources told The Post the two...

Facts, by Tom MacDonald, is currently No. 1 on two Billboard charts; Rap Digital Song Sales and R&B/Hip Hop Digital Song Sales. Released on Jan. 26, Facts has blown past the genre’s usual stalwarts, pulling ahead of artists such as Megan Thee Stallion and Doja Cat... MacDonald has scored hit songs before, but he got to No. 1 with Facts thanks in large part to his collaborator on the song, popular conservative podcast host Ben Shapiro... Shapiro, a classically trained violinist, has often been a vocal critic of rap and hiphop music — routinely reserving segments of his podcast to...

Special Counsel Robert Hur is reportedly in “final talks” to testify before the House Impeachment Inquiry about his report on President Joe Biden’s alleged theft of classified documents, which described the president as an “elderly man with a poor memory.” House Democrats do not want Hur to answer questions about Biden’s fitness for office. Hur described Biden as not competent to stand trial for allegedly stealing classified documents. Hur said Biden could not remember simple facts about his life, such as when he was vice president or when his son Beau died.

Lael Brainard: 'People are fed up with high prices,' especially for 'things that they buy on a weekly basis, groceries in particular' A top Biden economic adviser on Thursday pressed on with the administration's recent effort to go after grocery stores and food companies over elevated prices, as inflation remains a major worry for voters as November's presidential election nears. "Grocery prices, they are important to people because they pay those prices every week," said Lael Brainard, director of President Joe Biden's National Economic Council, during a news conference at a National Association for Business Economics event in Washington, D.C....

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is leading or tied with his top two potential Democratic challengers in the Maryland Senate race, according to a poll released Thursday. The Emerson College Polling/The Hill/DC News Now survey found Hogan leading Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) in a hypothetical match-up at 44 percent to 37 percent among registered Maryland voters, with 19 percent undecided. When Maryland voters are asked to pick between Hogan and Rep. David Trone (D-Md.), the poll shows a tighter race, with both men tied at 42 percent, and the remaining 16 percent undecided. It’s a remarkable...

Climate Protesters Arrested after Throwing Pink Powder on U.S. Constitution in Museum Two climate activists were arrested on Wednesday after they poured a pink powder on a case holding the U.S. Constitution. The two protesters were caught on camera in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom, claiming their act was to raise awareness for climate change. In a video posted on X, one of the activists can be heard saying: “This country is founded on the conditions that all men are created equally.” “We are calling for all people to have all these rights, not just wealthy white men.”...

Hillary Clinton, Travis Kelce It appears that former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, was tuning in for the Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, as she shared a direct message to tight end Travis Kelce, who is currently dating Taylor Swift, in the aftermath. Clinton, who was the first lady between 1993 and 2001 while her husband, Bill Clinton, was president of the United States, took to X after the Chiefs cinched their Super Bowl win, writing, "Congratulations to Taylor's boyfriend—and the entire Kansas City Chiefs community! 💕🏈.