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(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Tuesday for major reinforcement of sectors in eastern Ukraine of the 1,000-km (600-mile) front line, where Russian forces have made consistent gains in recent months.Zelenskiy issued his appeal as Russia's Defence Ministry said its troops had captured two new front-line villages -- one in Donetsk region, the main focus of the 33-month-old war, the other further south in Zaporizhzhia region.The president was speaking in his nightly video address after a discussion with Ukraine's top commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi. He said much depended on Ukraine's Western allies providing vital weaponry in a timely manner."The Donetsk...

Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump have officially requested to "immediately" dismiss charges against him in New York v. Trump, declaring the "failed lawfare" case "should never have been brought." "President Donald J. Trump respectfully submits this motion to dismiss the Indictment and vacate the jury’s verdicts...," they wrote in their official motion to dismiss submitted to the court on Monday. "The Presidential immunity doctrine, the Presidential Transition Act, and the Supremacy Clause all require that result, and they require it immediately." [snip] Trump attorneys said Biden’s "comments amounted to an extraordinary condemnation of President Biden’s own DOJ." "This is the...

"All children deserve to grow up healthy and whole," a flyer for the event stated. "All parents deserve to make informed decisions to protect their children, without emotional blackmail by physicians blindsided by ideology." The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in a case out of Tennessee regarding child sex changes. Outside the Washington, DC high court, detransitioners and others will speak out against the practice at an event called the Do No Harm rally. The rally will be hosted by Do No Harm, a nonprofit run by medical professionals who oppose child sex changes, to "stand up for...

Elon Musk Announces Tesla's NEW Aluminum-ion Super Battery with 15-min Charging Elon Musk’s latest announcement could change everything about electric vehicles. Tesla is rolling out an all-new aluminum-ion battery that promises to be a game-changer, boasting rapid 15-minute charging times. The technology has been years in the making, but it could lead to a future where Elon Musk is quite literally, on top of the world. Imagine charging your electric car in just 15 minutes—Elon Musk's latest breakthrough could make it a reality and revolutionize the future of transportation as we know it. Curious to know how this innovation could...

What will be Joe Biden's legacy as President? Vice President, and Senator?

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition operation announced on Tuesday that it had belatedly signed an agreement with the Justice Department that will allow the F.B.I. to conduct background checks on people Mr. Trump intends to appoint as senior officials in his new administration.F.B.I. background checks have long been a routine part of transitions. Law-enforcement vetting of a president-elect’s senior team is normally part of decisions about whether they can be entrusted with access to national security secrets, and senators traditionally want to see such dossiers during the confirmation process.But Mr. Trump, who is hostile to the F.B.I. because of its...

ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith has taken a break from giving career advice to NFL coaches and NBA players and decided to give some advice to the Democrat Party. His advice? “Shut up.” Speaking on the most recent edition of the Stephen A. Smith Show podcast, the multi-million dollar hot-take artist blamed Democrats for proving the voters’ lack of trust in the Democrat Party to be accurate.

Prominent American Journalist Tucker Carlson arrives in Moscow to interview Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Despite the never-ending drumbeat that the number of religious "nones" is on the rise and churches are emptying out, there is a curious trend involving Bibles that many religious and social pundits and prognosticators probably didn't see coming: Bible sales are spiking. The Bible has always been a bestseller, but according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Bible sales in the United States saw an increase of 22 percent at the end of October. The WSJ piece attributes the increase to worries about current events, including the recent election that had the entire country, left and right, chain-smoking...

Chad Chronister, Donald Trump’s pick to run the Drug Enforcement Administration, said Tuesday he was withdrawing his name from consideration, becoming the second person selected by the president-elect to bow out quickly after being nominated for a position requiring Senate confirmation. Sheriff Chronister, the top law enforcement officer in Hillsborough County, Florida, said in a post on X that he was backing away from the opportunity, which he called “the honor of a lifetime.” “Over the past several days, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I’ve concluded that I must respectfully withdraw from consideration,” Chronister wrote....

An Idaho beauty salon is facing a boycott after its owner repeatedly branded Donald Trump voters racist, homophobic and misogynists. Tiffney Prickett, from the salon, Voire, in Coeur d'Alene, took to TikTok after the election to share her thoughts of the president-elect's voting base. 'Trump basically gave small men the ability and the courage to be misogynistic and hateful and say s*** like 'your body, my choice' and 'you will bear my child whether you like it or not,'' Prickett said in the November 12 video. The two-minute clip saw the businesswoman rant about 'the things men say to women...

The liberal line on President Biden's pardon of his son Hunter was clear: The Devil Donald Trump made him do it! On Tuesday's CNN This Morning, former Biden communications director Kate Bedingfield said that Biden's pardon on Hunter was "totally defensible,"given Trump's alleged plans to go after opponents in the new administration. As she put it: Biden was responding to what Donald Trump himself and his appointees like Kash Patel have said about how they intend to use the Justice Department. Bedingfield expressed understanding of why Democrats were frustrated that Biden was not more "forthcoming" about his plans, and she...

Hillsborough County Sherrif Chad Chronister, a COVID-19 mandate enforcer, has withdrawn his name from nomination as head of the Drug Enforcement Agency. Chronister announces via Twitter:

Shaun Maguire alleges Hunter Biden failed to pay his family more than $300,000 in rent in 2019, 2020 ... After his unconditional pardon from his father, Hunter Biden faces accusations that he owes former landlords more than $300,000 in unpaid rent. Shaun Maguire ... "So what happens to the $300k+ in back pay rent that Hunter Biden owes my family from 2019-2020? Is that pardoned now? Thanks Joe," Maguire wrote ... The president signed a "full and unconditional pardon" for his son Hunter on Sunday that applies to federal crimes he committed or may have committed from Jan. 1, 2014,...

I’d like to put into words just how much the election results in the United States mean to me even though I’m not an American. I don't cry much, but I found, to my own surprise, that I was choking up on Tuesday night as the returns rolled in. I was born and raised in Canada, where we don’t engage in the level of overt and unabashed patriotism of our southern neighbours. In fact, while most people spoke warmly of Americans themselves, their displays of patriotism were seen to be a bit too much, too over-the-top. Garish. “Sure, we get...

A team sheds new light on the role of marine-source omega-3 supplementation in treating adipose tissue inflammation and reducing the risk for cardiometabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes. The study reveals that subjects with high numbers of blood low density lipoproteins (LDL)—commonly known as "bad cholesterol"—have higher inflammation in their adipose tissue than those with low LDL. The team also demonstrated that, in subjects with high blood LDL, adipose tissue inflammation was associated with abnormalities in carbohydrate (sugar) and fat metabolism that increase the risk for type 2 diabetes. Furthermore, the study revealed that fish-oil omega-3 supplementation was effective in...

On Monday, when asked what the Biden administration is telling Ukrainian counterparts about what will happen once Biden leaves office, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told ABC This Week: Well, first what I’m saying is we’re going to do everything in our power for these 50 days to get Ukraine all the tools we possibly can to strengthen their position on the battlefield so they’ll be stronger at the negotiating table. And President Biden directed me to oversee a massive surge in the military equipment that we are delivering to Ukraine so that we have spent every dollar that Congress...

Ketone bodies, produced by the body to provide fuel during fasting, have roles in regulating cellular processes and aging mechanisms beyond energy production. Research shows that ketone bodies can best be understood as powerful signaling metabolites affecting brain function in aging and Alzheimer's disease. A new study demonstrates that ketone bodies and similar metabolites have profound effects on the proteome and protein quality control in the brain. Scientists, working on mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and aging, and in the nematode C. elegans, reveal the ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate interacts directly with misfolded proteins, altering their solubility and structure so they...

Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister has withdrawn his name from consideration for administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency. Chronister was nominated late last month by President-elect Donald Trump to serve in the post. In a statement Tuesday, Chronister said there remains work to be done as sheriff. "To serve as Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is the honor of a lifetime," he said. "Over the past several days, as the gravity of this very important responsibility set in, I’ve concluded that I must respectfully withdraw from consideration...

The View‘s Ana Navarro-Cárdenas took an unorthodox approach to defending President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, for any and all federal crimes he might have committed over the the last decade and change on Monday. In a tweet fired off on Monday night, Navarro-Cárdenas scoffed at the idea that Biden’s sweeping pardon of his progeny was setting a poor precedent. “Woodrow Wilson pardoned his brother-in-law, Hunter deButts. Bill Clinton pardoned his brother, Roger. Donald Trump pardoned his daughter’s father-in-law, Charlie Kushner. And just appointed him Ambassador to France. But tell me again how Joe Biden ‘is setting...