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During an interview with NBC News aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of “NBC Nightly News,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin responded to Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth calling for the firing of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. over his support of diversity initiatives by stating that “I think it’s important that young officers, young soldiers, young sergeants, be able to see themselves in our senior leadership.” And stating that Brown is “one of the most competent officers I’ve ever worked with.” NBC News National Security and Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube asked, “Your likely successor...

The Democratic chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee blasted the heads of the FBI and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, issuing a rare but sharp rebuke of the two officials for failing to appear for a public hearing. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) said both Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray “refused to appear” before the panel for its annual hearing about threats to the homeland, saying it was the first time in 15 years officials have done so.

The rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from fringe figure to the prospective head of U.S. health policy was fueled by skepticism and distrust of the medical establishment—views that went viral in the Covid-19 pandemic. People once dismissed for their disbelief in conventional medicine are now celebrating a new champion in Washington. Scientists, meanwhile, are trying to figure how they could have managed the pandemic without setting off a populist movement they say threatens longstanding public-health measures. Lingering resentment over pandemic restrictions helped Kennedy and his “Make America Healthy Again” campaign draw people from the left and the right, voters...

In my long life there have been a number of times post-election when pundits nationwide have claimed that the results signaled a major cultural transition. This claim was made in 1980 when Ronald Reagan was elected president. It was made again in 1994 when voters gave the Republicans their first majority in the House of Representatives in about four decades. A similar claim was made in 2016, when Trump was elected for the first time. In every single one of these cases the claim was false. There was no major cultural transition. Republicans might have won control, but the American...

The FBI arrested and charged a 30-year-old Florida-based homeless man for allegedly plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange before Thanksgiving. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, of Coral Gables, Fla., was recorded telling an undercover agent that he felt "like Bin Laden,” a reference to Osama bin Laden, the former al-Qaeda leader and the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, according to federal authorities. The homeless suspect somehow gathered enough resources to arrive in New York from Florida to construct an explosive device to bomb the NYSE on Wall Street, according to an FBI affidavit filed on Nov. 20. The FBI charged...

Maximus Crane was sitting in a barber’s chair in Moscow when he received the greatest news of his life. It was August 19, the day Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing foreigners to immigrate to Russia. Now, the forty-six-year-old native of Virginia Beach, Virginia, could finally achieve his life’s dream of remaining in Russia forever. “For me, the decree is the best thing that ever happened in my life besides, you know, family and children,” says Crane, a charismatic bear of an American who sports a long Old Testament beard and perfectly coiffed hipster hair. “I got the notification about...

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s office says it’s “outrageous” that the illegal migrant convicted of killing Laken Riley may have taken a free Biden administration flight from the Big Apple before he carried out the heinous murder. The furious reaction came as Jose Ibarra, 26, was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday for killing the 22-year-old nursing student in Athens, Georgia in a case that ignited a national immigration firestorm. “The recent revelation of how Laken Riley’s alleged killer made it to Georgia is outrageous,” the Republican governor’s spokesman told the Daily Caller just before the Tren de Aragua gang member...

President-elect Donald Trump intends to revive the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office—just like President Biden shut it down on his first day in office. A Politico report citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the situation said that the president-elect’s transition team was discussing Keystone XL with a view to bringing it back to life. “It’s on the list of things they want to do first day,” one of the Politico sources said. The 1,200-mile pipeline, developed by TC Energy, was supposed to carry some 800,000 bpd of Canadian heavy crude to U.S. refineries....

President-elect Donald Trump’s landslide victory over the Democrats’ hapless nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, has given him a clear mandate to vigorously pursue his policy priorities. These include strong immigration law enforcement, lowering prices and reinvigorating domestic manufacturing to create more good paying jobs, U.S. energy dominance, strengthening national security, conducting foreign policy that puts America first, and protecting free speech.Mr. Trump emphasized these policy goals repeatedly during his campaign. He left no doubt with the American people what he would do if elected. The American people responded with overwhelming approval in a fair, transparent election – across demographics,...

A charity led by billionaire and Democratic mega-donor Bill Gates funneled millions of dollars into government departments run by the Chinese Communist Party as well as organizations that collaborate with the Chinese military, newly released tax forms show.In 2023, the Gates Foundation directed roughly $11.7 million into various arms of China’s communist-controlled government, as well as $2 million to a corporation the Department of Defense determined works with the Chinese military and an additional $6.7 million to state-run universities that help prop up Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regime. The multitude of six and seven-figure grants from the Gates Foundation to...

Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring November 20, 2024, as “Transgender Day of Remembrance.”

Why wouldn’t it happen in countries that have admitted millions of Sharia observers? On November 7, Muslims — mostly Moroccans with an admixture of other Arabs — conducted a “Jodenjacht,” or “Jew Hunt,” in Amsterdam. Gangs of Muslims went running after and assaulted Jews, including Israelis who had come to the city to cheer on the Maccabi soccer club earlier that day for its match with a local Dutch club, Ajax. Maddened by antisemitic hate, these Muslims surrounded Jews, punched them to the ground, kicked them in the head. Some required hospitalization. The Dutch were embarrassed and apologetic. “We failed...

Democrats confirmed two more Biden judicial nominees to lifetime posts Wednesday in narrow votes, in part due to the absences of Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Braun (R-IN). If the two senators had voted, the nominees would not have been cleared Wednesday because Vice President Kamala Harris would have been unavailable to break the 50-50 tie.

The Middle East shifts in advance of a Trump era. The Biden administration indicated that Qatar bowed to the US request to expel the Hamas from its country, but other US officials contradict that claim, saying that Qatar decided on its own to expel Hamas over frustrations in hostage negotiations with the US, Israel and Hamas. Whatever happened, now Hamas has apparently relocated to Turkey. “Hamas leadership reportedly relocates to Turkey amid Qatar’s ban,” by Sam Halpern, Jerusalem Post, November 17, 2024:Senior members of Hamas’s leadership outside of Gaza have been in Turkey in recent days, Israeli state broadcaster KAN...

Who were the agents who vetted Asif Rahman? Information about this federal worker who wanted to harm Israel can be found here: “US government worker charged with leaking classified documents on Israel’s plans to strike Iran,” by Eric Tucker, Associated Press, November 13, 2024:Now let me guess…A man who worked for the U.S. government has been charged with leaking classified information assessing Israel’s earlier plans to attack Iran, according to court papers filed Wednesday.The man, identified as Asif William Rahman, was arrested by the FBI this week in Cambodia and was due to make his first court appearance in Guam.He...

CHILLING footage shows what is thought to be the first ever use of an intercontinental ballistic missile in war - as part of Russia's revenge attack on Ukraine. Video showed rockets raining down on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro - reportedly six different warheads from a nuclear-capable Russian R-26 Rubezh ICBM. Reports say it was fired from the Kapustin Yar test range in Russia’s Astrakhan region and struck the Yuzhmash defence plant in Dnipro. The outdated R-26 Rubezh had never - until now - been used in anger. It was designed to carry a deadly nuclear payload but appears to...

A federal court in Washington, D.C., ruled an online claim made by a legal analyst at MSNBC against a former White House attorney in the Trump administration is potentially defamatory

A paper shredding truck was spotted on Tuesday outside the Justice Department, according to a photo from the Oversight Project. The truck’s appearance suggests the agency is destroying sensitive paperwork before the Trump administration takes power. "Today a paper shredding truck arrived,” the Oversight Project posted on X. “We have maintained a physical investigative presence by the @TheJusticeDept, which also is more convenient for cooperating sources.” The sighting comes after President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Rep. Matt Gaetz last week as attorney general to clean up the bureaucracy. “Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and...

Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. WASHINGTON, Sunday, Nov. 20. It is not contraband now to state that it is known Gen. SHERMAN will touch at Macon. He has five corps of veteran infantry -- the Fourteenth and Twentieth of the Army of the Cumberland, and the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth of the Army of the Tennessee, consisting in all of over 50,000 men. He has 9,000 picked cavalry, under KILPATRICK, and has thirty days' rations for man and beast. He goes fully equipped in every particular. His scout system and courier line is so complete as to guard against...

This morning, I used duckduckgo to do a search for Trump's pick for Secretary of Transportation. This is a relatively noncontroversial appointment. Sean Duffy, a Fox News contributor and former Congressman from Wisconsin, was chosen. The first 17 picks were from liberal websites (CNN, AP, NBC, MSN, NPR, CBS, BBC, Reuters, Washington Post, USA Today, MSN, MSN, Politico, New York Times, MSN, Politico, MSN). It was not until the 18th pick that a conservative website (Redstate) came up. The search results were no better than Google, in fact even worse, as the 11th pick there was from a neutral site...