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As I’ve said all along—the DC judges are the real villains in J6 prosecutions. Bannon wants to make them famous. We start today with Judge Amit Mehta, who has presided over some of the most consequential J6 cases including civil suit against President Trump

Former ESPN personality Jemele Hill has finally made her pronouncement about the 2024 election, and it might surprise you to discover that she thinks Kamala Harris lost because of “racism” and “sexism.” Well, maybe “surprise” isn’t the word since it was predictable that she would ascribe Harris’s loss to racism and sexism because she describes everything that ails America to racism and sexism. Immediately after the election, Hill refrained from commenting on the outcome of the 2024 election. But she is now speaking up, and what she has to say is not just predictable but arrogant, as well, because she...

David Cassady, 55, a convicted violent sodomizer serving life behind bars at Phillips State Prison in Georgia, is set to receive a taxpayer-funded sex change after suing for one last December—a lawsuit supported by the Justice Department. Cassady and Georgia’s Department of Corrections filed a joint status report Monday, revealing the impending sex-change surgery. Cassady’s lawsuit was filed anonymously under the “Jane Done” pseudonym, but Headline USA uncovered the inmate’s true identity in July. “The Gender Dysphoria Committee convened on November 1, 2024. The Committee has medically cleared Ms. Doe for surgery and has informed the Georgia Department of Corrections...

President Joe Biden’s selection to command the US Army in Europe and Africa was quietly promoted to full general Monday after a delay that might have had something to do with his role in the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Lieut-Gen. Christopher Donahue was the commander of the 82nd Airborne when US forces left Afghanistan and also left billions of dollars of military hardware to the Taliban. The Senate agreed to his promotion after at least one of its members finally dropped his reservations about it, Politico reported. Donahue's file was not part of a bundle of...

[cut] This quote came in response to a question from Breitbart News about where Tillis stands on Hegseth’s nomination, and the fact that Tillis’s office is saying that he will vote for every Trump nominee that gets reported favorably out of committee is extremely important and a huge shot in the arm for Hegseth, as the Trump Pentagon pick faces an onslaught of attacks from the establishment media.

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The Ukrainian president is still set on joining Nato, but Trump's team seems to have ruled that out. MORE details of Donald Trump’s clever plan to bring a swift end to the war in Ukraine have emerged. Trump's top team has hatched a carrot and stick plan to force the warring leaders to the discussion table and bring peace to the region when he enters office in January. The clever scheme uses America’s military support for Ukraine as a double-edged sword to encourage Zelensky and threaten panicky Putin. If the Russian war-mongerer kept snatching land and refused to join peace...

CRIME Published December 4, 2024 9:55am EST | Updated December 4, 2024 11:11am EST UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot outside Manhattan hotel, no arrests UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot in the chest By Danielle Wallace , Alexis McAdams FOXBusiness NYPD Crime Scene Unit arrives at the scene where United Healthcare CEO was shot to death in Manhattan A van arrives near the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan where 50 year-old, Brian Thompson was murdered. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital) NEW YORK, N.Y. – UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning, Fox...

I do not have an economics degree from Boston University, like AOC, and I’m not a professional economist by trade. I only play one. Nevertheless, here are five cases for Trump’s tariffs.1. As we saw last week with his new tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China, Trump’s plan is to use tariffs punitively, to alter behavior.The president-elect said that he would impose across-the-board tariffs on Day 1 and that they would stay in place until Canada, Mexico and China halted the flow of drugs and migrants.All three countries have wittingly produced fentanyl (China) or aided in the smuggling and distribution...

THORNTON TOWNSHIP, Ill. (WLS) -- The decision was made within minutes, with Thornton Township supervisor Tiffany Henyard receiving a blow to her reelection efforts on Tuesday night. A packed gym room at the Homewood-Flossmoor Park District erupted in cheers as the Democratic Party Caucus for Thornton Township decided to deny embattled current Township Supervisor Henyard's name from being on the ballot in April. Illinois State Sen. Napoleon Harris is now nominated as the Democratic challenger for that position. "So, to hear the people, tonight - you heard them express how wonderful it was to finally, finally get rid of her,"...

... Fighters from the Wagner Group have been in CAR since 2018, when they were invited by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra to help tackle rebel groups. The group’s subsidiaries went on to win contracts to operate gold and diamond mines. They are also operating in several other African countries but their most significant presence is in CAR. ... Prigozhin and Utkin died alongside others on 23 August 2023, after their private jet came down north-west of Moscow, killing all those on board. It came two months after their aborted mutiny in Russia. The Kremlin denied speculation it was to blame for...

One of the best ways to create an environment in which an economy can thrive is to have abundant, reliable, reasonably priced energy; a sure way to destroy an economy is to make it so only the rich can afford the utilities.Here, Pakistan accepted China’s help, just like many poor countries around the world, and became energy dependent on China. Now, the Pakistani people can’t afford the energy bill, and Pakistan is in massive debt to China.Pakistan’s Reliance on Chinese-Built Power Plants Is Strangling Its EconomyPakistan turned to Beijing to solve a crippling energy shortage. Now, crushed under debt and...

A 100-year-old concentration camp guard dubbed last Nazi should stand trial accused of murdering 3,300 Holocaust victims, the German high court has ruled. Gregor Formanek had successfully appealed a decision to put him on trial for the "cruel and treacherous killing" of victims at Sachsenhausen concentration camp, back in May. The Hanau Regional Court excused him from prosecution, based on medical evidence declaring that he had a "permanent incapacity to stand trial". But now the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court has overturned that decision and sent the case back to Hanau for another hearing. This means that Formanek is likely to...

As the world’s focus turns to the devolving chaos in Syria, do jihadi groups in that war-torn country openly threaten Israel? Meanwhile, Iran and Russia brace for a showdown in Syria. What prophetic role might Turkey play in this brewing turmoil? Watch now.

KOLWEZI, Democratic Republic of Congo — Little about Kolwezi, a small city in southern Democratic Republic of Congo, hints at its global importance. Nondescript and ringed by slag heaps, pits and quarry lakes, the city is home to some of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world. Now, Kolwezi is at the center of U.S.-Chinese competition over critical minerals. Earlier this year, mining firms began shipping ore along a U.S.-backed railway that terminates in Angola's Atlantic port of Lobito. A massive infrastructure project is focused on this rail line -- which is viewed as a bid to counter...

Pete Hegseth told reporters Wednesday morning that President-elect Donald Trump has told him to “keep fighting” as he faces serious doubts about his ability to get confirmed as Defense secretary. “I spoke to the president elect this morning. He said, keep going, keep fighting,” Hegseth said. “Why would I back down? I’ve always been a fighter.”

Daily Readings from the USCCBThen he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied. They picked up the fragments left over–seven baskets full. Matthew 15:36–37This line concludes the second miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes as told by Matthew. In this miracle, seven loaves and a few fish were multiplied to feed 4,000 men, not counting the women and children. And once everyone ate and was satisfied, seven full baskets remained. It’s hard...

Penelope Hegseth, the mother of President-elect Donald Trump‘s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, defended her son after a 2017 email surfaced in which she claimed he had abused women. The New York Times reported last week on the elder Hegseth’s email, in which she said, “On behalf of all the women (and I know it’s many) you have abused in some way, I say … get some help and take an honest look at yourself,” as the younger Hegseth and his then-wife were going through a divorce in 2017. Penelope Hegseth said Wednesday on Fox News’s Fox and Friends that...

House Republicans will enter the 119th Congress with a razor-thin majority after an election that saw Democrats score a net gain of one seat — a rare bright spot for the party that decisively lost the White House and the Senate last month. The final race to be decided — nearly one month after Election Day — was in California’s 13th District, where Democrat Adam Gray ousted Republican incumbent John Duarte, who had ranked second on Roll Call’s final list of the 10 most vulnerable House incumbents. That means Republicans won a total of 220 House seats this year, while...

WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, on Wednesday said he is not backing down even as his nomination to lead the Pentagon faces trouble in Congress over allegations about his personal and professional life. "I’m doing this for the war fighters, not the warmongers. The Left is afraid of disrupters and change agents. They are afraid of @realDonaldTrump — and me. So they smear w/ fake, anonymous sources & BS stories. They don’t want truth. Our warriors never back down, & neither will I," the former Fox News...