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At the end of his first term in office, then-President Donald Trump sought to install Kash Patel, a hard-line MAGA loyalist, as deputy CIA director. But the head of the agency at the time, Gina Haspel, a career intelligence officer, threatened to resign in protest, and the appointment was scuttled. Now, four years later, Patel is considered a possible pick for CIA director or another high-level national security post in a second Trump administration. And there likely will be no one to stand in his way this time. Patel is one of several fiercely loyal political allies who President-elect Trump...

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What we know so far is that fans were ambushed, 6 reported missing, attackers were armed with clubs and knives, Israelis were thrown into rivers and run over by cars, their passports were stolen and published online, fathers walking with their children were attacked by mobs, women were beaten in the streets, many beaten unconscious, two emergency planes have been dispatched from Ben Gurion airport to evacuate citizens immediately

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U.S. — The results of a new Gallup poll reveal Americans are excited to finally have a new president for the first time in four years. According to the poll, many Americans decided that having no President for the last 4 years was a terrible idea in retrospect. "Whose idea was that anyway?" asked one citizen who was interviewed. "I think I like having a President in office better than having no President. That's just my personal opinion." Per Article II of the United States Constitution, the President acts as commander-in-chief and head of the executive branch of the government,...

Gas prices could soon be going up as California aims to hit carbon emissions goals. Members of the California Air Resources Board are set to vote Friday on an update to the state’s clean air rules, specifically the low carbon fuel standard. The issue is hitting an emission reduction goal set by Gov. Gavin Newsom to nearly half of 1990 levels by 2030. Amending the rules to reach that goal likely translates to significant increases in gas prices. While the Air Resources Board hasn’t issued an updated estimate on a gas price hike, its last one was 47 cents a...

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Donald Trump is poised to regain power across America after winning all seven swing states and upping the Republican vote share in all but two states. That shift to the right was also reflected in San Francisco and California, despite both the city and the state giving the majority of their votes to Vice President Kamala Harris. According to the current count, 10 of California’s 58 counties flipped from blue to red — choosing Joe Biden in 2020 and Trump in 2024. Here are the 10 counties that turned red, starting with the narrowest move right, with around 55% of...

My theory is that Democrats steal races by spoiling ballots. For example, in the US President and Senate race in Michigan the discrepancy in votes between President Trump and Senate candidate Mike Rogers is vastly different than between Kamala and Slotkin:Trump: 2,802,428 votes Kamala: 2,720,831 Rogers: 2,685,804 Slotkin: 2,705,115 The difference between the Democrats is only 15,000 (reasonable) while the difference between Trump/Rogers is 117,000. Now why would a Trump voter choose to send Slotkin to DC instead of an ally of Trump? What I think happens is that in nefarious blue precincts there is a concerted effort to spoil...

Violent attacks against Maccabi Tel Aviv fans continue to take place in Amsterdam following a soccer match between Maccabi and Ajax on Thursday evening. Local authorities and Israel's Foreign Ministry have reported that ten Israelis have been injured so far in the pogrom, with consul members currently searching hospitals. Three people have been reported missing. Among those missing is 33 year old Israeli-Bulgarian Guy Avidor, who traveled from London for the game. The last contact his family had with him was a post on social media before the match, and he has since been missing for 10 hours, according to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will become the first sitting president to visit the Amazon rainforest later this month when he travels to Brazil as part of a six-day trip to Latin America for a pair of international summits, the White House said Thursday. Biden will start his trip with a Nov. 14-16 visit to Lima, Peru, where he will meet with President Dina Boluarte and attend the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. From there, he will travel to Manaus and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil from Nov. 17-19. In Manaus, Biden will visit the rainforest....

Yair Pinto and Mati Shoshani discuss the significant increase of U.S. military presence in the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran. The U.S. show of force includes the strategic deployment of bombers, submarines, aircraft carriers, and thousands of troops as a clear message of deterrence. Yair and Mati also share the importance of a strong partnership between Israel and the United States and the crucial role of public support from American citizens.

For much of the 2024 US presidential campaign, polls and pundits rated the race too close to call. Then Donald Trump delivered a commanding victory over Kamala Harris, winning at least five battleground states, and performing unexpectedly well in other places. He is now poised to become the first Republican in two decades to win the popular vote, and could enter office with a Republican-controlled House and Senate at his back. So were the polls wrong about it being a tight contest? At the national level, they certainly appeared to underestimate Trump for the third election in a row. But...

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In retrospect, maybe running the DEI hire for president was not a good idea. On the other hand, President Joe Biden's revenge plan worked perfectly. As reported by The New York Times, after his catastrophic debate, Biden’s White House staff kept presenting congressional Democrats with data proving he still had a much better chance of beating Trump than his vice president did. Then, the moment he was defenestrated, guess who Biden endorsed? Kamala Harris, the candidate he’d told them could not win. But she was a black lady, so … checkmate! Inasmuch as the sole motivating factor of the modern...

Sir Keir Starmer last night denied he was too left-wing to get on with Donald Trump as the Government faced more embarrassment over Labour MPs' previous comments about the returning President. The Prime Minister insisted they had a positive phone call after this week's election and that the special relationship between the UK and US is more important than ever. He was asked by reporters at the European Political Community summit in Hungary yesterday about claims that Mr Trump had privately described him as 'very left-wing', suggesting relations between the administrations would be strained. Sir Keir replied: 'I had a...

I asked an employee if they had Trump’s new book on how to deport illegal immigrants? She immediately told me “get the **** out of here and don’t come back”. I said “YES that’s the one!”

The Meltdown over Kamala losing and Donald Trump being elected has started!

Two House Democrats have been ousted by their Republican challengers in Pennsylvania, bolstering the GOP’s chances of defending its slim majority as it inches closer to the 218-seat threshold. Republican candidate Ryan Mackenzie defeated three-term incumbent Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, securing a big win for Republicans. Mackenzie defeated Wild with 50.7% of the vote with more than 95% of ballots counted so far. The Associated Press called the race at 1:44 p.m. on Thursday. Machu Picchu: Entry Ticket www.getyourguide.com Machu Picchu: Entry Ticket Ad The race quickly became one of the most competitive in the...