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Former President Donald Trump is leading Vice President Kamala Harris in the swing state of Pennsylvania, according to a recent poll. An InsiderAdvantage poll conducted between October 7-8, 2024, which surveyed 800 likely voters, found that Trump received 49 percent support, while Harris received 47 percent support. The poll also showed that Trump’s support with “independent, senior, and African American voters” in the state appeared to be “increasing or holding steady.”

Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips’ over 12-year legal battle to defend his free speech rights ended Tuesday.The Colorado Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit against Phillips after finding the attorney who challenged him in 2017 for declining to create a cake celebrating a male-to-female gender transition did not properly file the case.“Enough is enough. Jack has been dragged through courts for over a decade. It’s time to leave him alone,” ADF senior counsel Jake Warner said in a statement. “Free speech is for everyone.”The attorney, Autumn Scardina, called Masterpiece Cakeshop to request a “a pink birthday cake with blue frosting” symbolizing...

Tim_Walz calls for eliminating the Electoral College during a fundraiser at Gavin Newsom's private residence in Sacramento. "I think all of us know the electoral college needs to go," per a pool report. "We need national popular vote, but that's not the world we live in." ... Democrats: “We need to destroy the Constitution!" ... Walz wants mob rule ... Gavin is happy he said it. You know Gavin wants Kamala to lose so he can attempt to run in 2028. He’s slippery that way.

High school students across New York plan to participate in a walkout later this month to protest transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports. The statewide demonstration, set for Oct. 24, is being organized by The Coalition to Protect Kids, a group that has strong backing from the Catholic Church and the New York Republican and Conservative parties. “It’s not right for boys to compete against girls in sports. It’s a huge disadvantage for girls,” said Hannah Pompeo, a 16-year soccer player at Eden High School near Buffalo, who is participating in the “Walk Off for Fairness Day.” Millie McCormack, a...

A lawsuit by a high school senior has been filed to prevent the sale of Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball, which was scheduled to go up for auction Friday with a starting bid at $500,000. Max Matus, an 18-year-old resident of Broward County, Fla., filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit Court stating that he is the rightful owner of the ball (snip) Matus is seeking an injunction preventing the three defendants — Goldin Auctions LLC, and Florida residents Chris Belanski and Kelvin Ramirez — from “transferring, encumbering, selling, or concealing the 50/50 Ball.” In addition to...

There’s been a year of gaslighting, denialism, hatred and war but let’s remember how it started. With thousands of terrorists and ordinary civilians invading Israel and murdering, kidnapping and raping civilians. This is a clip from a new documentary which will be on Channel 4 on Wednesday called One Day in October. It’s taken from Hamas cameras and shows their glee as they get close to Kibbutz Be’eri - a socialist kibbutz where many people from Gaza worked - and their plans for the civilians who live there: ‘It’s time for the nation of Jihad! Be’eri! I swear to God...

[Catholic Caucus] The Modernists Will Continue to Divide the Church over The Mass“Hello. We’re from the Vatican and we’re here to help you.” Those are words I always believed I would be very happy to hear. The unyielding persecution of Catholic Tradition from the very top in the Eternal City has changed that. And the Mass is at the center of the battle for our faith and salvation. Anything else is a distraction from the evil one.The novus ordo is a service with Catholic components. But as a “Mass” it’s not pleasing worship to God. We have such a Mass...

As part of its Black History Month celebrations, TUI operated two flights crewed entirely by black and mixed heritage colleagues from Manchester to Boa Vista and London Gatwick to Jamaica today. Guests were entertained by traditional steel bands as they checked in to the historic flights which aimed to showcase the contribution of the black and mixed heritage communities in the travel industry. And to specifically highlight TUI’s Caribbean and African employee Network’s (TUI CAN) mantra “you can’t be what you can’t see”. TUI’s Wellbeing and Inclusion Lead and co-founder of TUI CAN Miranda Simms said: “We are committed to...

Israel strikes a building in the heart of Damascus, which was holding a top level meeting between Iranian officials and Hezbollah leaders. Will Syria now play a larger role in this escalating Middle East war? Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan just made ridiculous, yet troubling comments, claiming that he believes Israel wants to conquer parts of Turkey. Watch now.

Bringing 155mph winds and storm surges of up to 15 feet to major cities including Tampa, Orlando, and Fort Myers, experts have warned Milton is expected to be even more destructive than Hurricane Helene. Scientists have suggested that the damage to Florida's west coast could be permanently altering after the two storms in such short notice, as Hurricane Helene hit just weeks ago. Helene struck some of the same areas last month and killed 230 people. As Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida, millions of people who were placed under mandatory evacuation orders are attempting to flee, causing travel mayhem...

The Republican National Committee and Michigan GOP on Monday announced another win for election integrity in the Wolverine State.After suing Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for giving election officials improper guidance—telling local clerks and election inspectors to process and count mail ballots that did not include stub numbers—the court held that the absentee ballots must be corrected.Secretary Benson even acknowledged at the hearing that voter fraud could be committed through ballots that do not have matching serial numbers, the RNC noted.“The RNC applauds the finding by the Court requiring Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to follow Michigan law...

It's been more than four years since the pandemic hit the U.S. and made remote work commonplace, and as companies continue to try to lure employees back to the office, some workers say they are ignoring the pleas. A new survey from ResumeBuilder.com found one in five workers admit they are not following their employer's return-to-office (RTO) policies, with some acknowledging they leave early or even solicit a colleague to swipe or sign them in during their absence – and the most common policy-violators are those who work a hybrid schedule. In the survey that polled more than 1,000 workers,...

President Donald Trump is coming to California this weekend, and plans to speak near Coachella. The question is why, given that no Republican presidential candidate has won the state in more than three decades, nor will he.The answer is that there are several close congressional races in California that could determine control of the House of Representatives. Plus, there is lots of fundraising cash in California, even among the remaining Republicans.In 2018, during the midterm elections that were held while Trump was president, Democrats won seven seats in California, using a hitherto-unknown practice called ballot harvesting, which the state first...

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Republican Senate nominee Bernie Moreno is tied with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) in Ohio after eroding the incumbent Democrats’ once-substantial lead.Moreno has fought through both a bruising primary and tens of millions in attack ads from Brown and Democrat groups in what has become the most expensive Senate race of the cycle.An internal poll from the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has Moreno tied with Brown at 46 percent, the Hill reported.In April, that same poll had Moreno down seven points to Brown.Republicans have rushed to support Moreno in the deepening red state, outspending Democratic groups by $41 million during...

On Tuesday, ABC News Reporter Patrick Reevell said that it’s “very dangerous” for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call on people in Lebanon “to try and push out Hezbollah and sideline them.” Even if communities in Lebanon “may have very difficult relationships with” the terror group. Reevell said, “[T]his, of course, I think is worth noting, what Prime Minister Netanyahu in his speech announcing the likely killing of Safieddine, he said that — he called, basically, on the people of Lebanon now that they have a chance to, essentially, overthrow Hezbollah and try and take their country back is...

Rasmussen Real Unemployment Rate: Again, Double the Official Rate... National unemployment was 8.7% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, up from 8.4% last month and significantly more than double the 4.1% rate officially reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. The Rasmussen Real Unemployment rate is derived by asking American Adults who they work for. Those who respond “unemployed, but looking for work” are aggregated at the end of the month and weighted to match the nation’s demographic profile.

Remember Kamala’s word salad answer about Israel on 60 Minutes? It’s gone. This is what many Americans will now see. ...

On Tuesday, the Justice Department unsealed an indictment against an Afghan national living on Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for "conspiring to conduct an Election Day terrorist attack in the United States on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO)" ... Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, conspired and attempted to provide material support to ISIS and obtained firearms and ammunition to conduct a violent attack on U.S. soil in the name of ISIS." Both Tawhedi and his juvenile co-conspirator were in the U.S. on Special Immigrant Visas. Tawhedi is married to the juvenile's sister....

A top political handicapper shifted its rating for the Wisconsin Senate race on Tuesday to "Toss Up" with less than a month until Election Day. The race in Wisconsin, a pivotal battleground state in both the presidential and Senate matches, was most recently considered "Lean Democrat" by the Cook Political Report. The handicapper cited changes in polling in recent days, with Hovde appearing to close the gap with Baldwin. But Cook also referred to private polling from both campaigns, which it said each showed the race within the margins of error. A source familiar confirmed to Fox News Digital that...