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Former president Donald Trump flew a newly-freed Nelson Mandela from South Africa to the United States in 1990 when there were no other options, according to a recently resurfaced report from the Los Angeles Times. The story reappeared on X (formerly Twitter) in the context of repeated claims by Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign, and by the left-leaning media, that Trump is a racist who should not be returned to office. The story, “Trump Takes Mandela Under His Wing,” appeared in the Times on June 25, 1990: One of the last details to be arranged in Nelson Mandela’s hastily orchestrated...

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On Tuesday, CNN host Chris Wallace said on ABC’s “The View” that former President Donald Trump is “sticking to the basement” like then-presidential candidate Joe Biden did in 2020. Co-host Sara Haines asked, “Your dad, the late, great Mike Wallace, was an incredible investigative journalist and one of the original correspondents on 60 Minutes. What did you think of the former president refusing to do a 60 Minutes interview, which has been a tradition for more than half a century?” Wallace said, “You know, I don’t have a firm answer in terms of but I have a gut feeling. And...

Elections officials in Georgia have to certify results by the date required in state law, a judge ruled Monday, saying they have no discretion to delay certification because of fraud concerns or other potential issues that may arise as votes are being counted. Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney wrote in an order Monday that "election superintendents in Georgia have a mandatory fixed obligation to certify election results" by Nov. 12. The ruling came in a case filed by Julie Adams, a Republican member of the Fulton County election board, who argued election board members had leeway around certification. She wrote...

Vance highlighted all the things that went wrong with the 2020 election without taking the Democrats’ bait.. The legacy media continues to push Sen. J.D. Vance to say Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, with Martha Raddatz on Sunday’s “This Week” being the latest in a string of interviewers pressing the vice-presidential candidate on that question. While Vance responded as before, that “of course Donald Trump and I believe there were problems in 2020,” the full exchange revealed that the fundamental flaw is in the question — not Vance’s answer. For a full two minutes during yesterday’s interview, Raddatz demanded...

DALLAS — The Senate race between Republican incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz and Democrat challenger Congressman Colin Allred is heating up, and the two candidates' first face-to-face encounter will come on WFAA. At 7 p.m. on Oct. 15, "The Texas Debate" between the two candidates will take place at WFAA's studio, and it will be broadcasted across Texas. Three weeks before Election Day, it will be the only debate between the incumbent Cruz and Allred, his Democrat opponent.

The net change in voter registration over the last seven days: 🔴Republicans: +22,188 🔵Democrats: +9,428 🟡Others: +8,893 Republicans increased registration margins again this week and are doing a good job of matching Democrats on the ballot requests day over day. We're at the point in the process where, on the returns side, the margin will only get tighter every day until election day. With Allegheny, Philadelphia, and Montgomery reporting returns well over the state average and more than a dozen Republican counties yet to start counting, the trend will only go one way from here on out.

A new migrant caravan of approximately 1,000 migrants departed from Mexico’s southern border this weekend to make its way to Mexico City. From there, the group is expected to disperse and find various ways to reach the U.S. border. The caravan is the second to start in Mexico since October 1, when the country’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, took office. The caravan began early Sunday morning in Tapachula, Chiapas, and has been officially named “God is Guiding Us.” The caravan comprises approximately 1,000 migrants from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Haiti, Panamá, and Costa Rica, as well as some migrants from...

There has apparently still been no conversation between former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and President Joe Biden (D) since he was pushed out of the 2024 presidential race. Pelosi revealed the information during a recent appearance on the Guardian’s Politics Weekly America podcast, Fox News reported on Tuesday. She said, “Not since then, no, ” adding, “But I’m prayerful about it.” Pelosi continued by stating she has the “greatest respect for him” and believes he is “one of the great consequential presidents of our country.”

“If Nick Begich has it his way, the fisheries we rely on won’t be around for future generations,” one Facebook ad paid for by Mary Peltola for Congress says. “Do not let this happen.”

During an appearance Monday on NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Geraldo Rivera said that no Latinos with “any self-respect” could vote for “absolute racist” former President Donald Trump. Rivera said, “He’s chosen to become an absolute racist when it comes to speaking of particularly Latin, undocumented immigrants, comparing them basically to animals. It’s horrifying. I don’t know how any Latino person of any self-esteem, any self-respect would be in favor of the ranting, the ‘poisoning the blood of the country’ Guest host Leland Vittert said, “More Latinos are voting for Donald Trump or polling for Donald Trump how than in 2016 and in...

ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform that has collected millions of dollars for Kamala Harris, has been named in a bombshell racketeering lawsuit by a Wisconsin Republican strategist who alleges his identity was stolen to make at least 385 fraudulent donations to left-wing causes — including to the Harris Victory Fund.Mark Block, former chief of staff to Republican 2012 presidential candidate Herman Cain, alleges that a total of $884.38 given in his name and without his knowledge between May and October was designed to circumvent federal election law and may be part of a larger scam involving tens of thousands of...

The small South Caucasus nation of Georgia has become a multi-billion dollar hub for the international used car market. The vehicles are mostly sourced from the US, and many appear to be ending up in Russia. Equivalent in size to more than 40 football pitches, it hosts thousands of vehicles up for sale. He says that his company has responded to “a lot of demand for Western-produced vehicles”. Today the firm has 600 employees.

Commemorating the anniversary of the battle of Tours. We have just passed the anniversary of an epic event that is not widely known in America except among history buffs, but which nonetheless dramatically shaped the future of the Western world, and which may still hold inspiration for us in the West today.After the death of the Muslim prophet Muhammad in 632, Islam spread like a bloody tide throughout the Arabian peninsula, north to the Caspian Sea and east through Persia and beyond, westward through Egypt and across North Africa all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. From there it crossed...

Let's remember the 101 people whose lives still hang in the balance. One year has passed and if you have been in captivity for 365 days by Hamas, it has been the most horrendous year of your life. You don’t know if you’re going to live or die. You have no idea if you’ll ever be free again. You worry about your family and loved ones back home and how they are suffering. And that’s just for openers.One Candidate Will Take ActionIf you are the family of a hostage it has been the most trying, frustrating, fearful, and rage-filled years...

Russian forces have made significant advances on the front line, capturing 5.5 times more territory in August and September 2024 than they did throughout all of 2023. This data comes from analysts at the UA War Infographics project, who shared their findings on Tuesday, Oct. 15. According to the report, in the first half of 2024, Russian troops were capturing up to 200 square kilometers per month at most. However, in August, they managed to seize 351 square kilometers, and by September, this number had increased to 468.

Google announced a deal on Monday to purchase energy from small nuclear reactors that the startup Kairos Power plans to start bringing online in the U.S. by 2030. Why it matters: It's Google's first nuclear foray as the tech giant — and its peers — hunt for zero-carbon power to fuel energy-thirsty AI data centers. Google says it's the world's first corporate agreement to buy power from multiple small modular reactors. Driving the news: If successful, it will bring 500 new megawatts of power to U.S. grids, with the first SMR targeted to come online by 2030 and more through...

Brooks auditioned unsuccessfully in 2021, and has since battled through myocarditis SNIP The Mount Shasta, Calif. native said that after her failed audition, she “felt sad but really inspired” by what the coaches had to say, and had plans to finish school and start gigging. But life soon threw Brooks “a huge curveball” when she was diagnosed with myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle. “It was really scary because I couldn’t get out more than three words at a time… The first thought that came to my mind was, ‘Am I going to be able to sing again?’” she...

New research suggests intensive lifestyle interventions are an effective way of treating and improving liver disease. In this study of 24 patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a common liver disease caused by excessive fat buildup, one group followed a restricted diet and a high intensity interval training exercise program for 10 months. They dramatically improved their liver health over the control group of patients who received standard of care treatment. Diet and exercise are the first lines of treatment for liver disease; however, this study is the first to examine the impact of diet and exercise on liver health...

Health-benefit costs are expected to exceed salary increases despite the Biden-Harris administration claiming to have helped redress the issue, a study from advisory firm Mercer found.Employer-provided health insurance expenses rose 7% in 2024 and are expected to rise 5.8% in 2025, with over half of the 1,800 employers surveyed telling Mercer they plan to cut insurance plan costs in the new year, often through increasing out-of-pocket costs for employees. The increase in healthcare expenses is expected to outpace salary growth, with performance-based raises and total salary budgets predicted to rise just 3.3% and 3.6% next year, respectively.Prescription drug spending is...