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Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) is ceding his position as top Democrat on the powerful Judiciary Committee amid a tough challenge from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), — a stunning shift on a powerful committee that’s sure to play a considerable role in the oversight of the second Trump administration. In a letter to colleagues, Nadler said he’s endorsing Raskin for the spot. The move marks a stunning fall for Nadler, a fiery Manhattan liberal and 34 year veteran of Congress, who rose to the top of the Judiciary panel in 2017 and helped to guide the two impeachments of President Trump....

Nigel Farage says Britain should 'pretty much' close its borders following a period of record migration. The leader of the Reform Party said anti-white discrimination is becoming systemic in institutions like the RAF, and warned that parts of English cities are not recognisably English. He advocated for 'net zero' migration and said he intellectually admires Enoch Powell. Farage slammed Tory leadership contenders as 'nobodies' and discussed increasing threats to his security. Steven Edginton also cited census data from 2001 and 2021, which showed the white population in Britain declined from 87% to 74%. .....

People are being urged to avoid 'mass gatherings' in the Congolese province at the center of the mystery disease outbreak that has killed up to 143 people. The country's health ministry also warned people to wash their hands regularly with soap and water and not to touch dead bodies. A total of 376 people have been sickened in the outbreak, that has hit Kwango province in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Patients are mostly children over 15 years old, officials say, and are suffering from a flu-like illness with symptoms including a fever, headache, nasal...

The man wanted for fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Wednesday morning was spotted inside a nearby Starbucks before killing his target, police said. The NYPD released a new photo of the hooded suspect standing in front of the counter at the Starbucks at W. 56th Street and 6th Avenue, just minutes away from the Hilton hotel where he gunned down Thompson, 50. It was not immediately clear how long the gunman, who has yet to be identified, was at the Starbucks or if he purchased anything. Officials said that after firing at Thompson multiple times, with bullets...

Surveillance video showing the chilling moment a masked gunman executed United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was released Wednesday afternoon as new details of the targeted shooting death emerged. As previously reported, United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot in the chest Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan in what is believed to be a targeted attack. Thompson, 50, arrived before 7 am for a conference when he was shot at multiple times by a masked man who police say was waiting for him to arrive, the New York Post reported. The assailant calmly executed Brian Thompson and...

Israel conducted a daring mission Wednesday to retrieve the body of a hostage who was kidnapped and murdered, and published an analysis that concluded that six other hostages were murdered by Hamas, not killed by an airstrike. Hamas has often claimed that Israeli hostages who have died in captivity were killed by Israeli airstrikes. The purpose of such claims is to dissuade airstrikes on Hamas terrorists, and to demoralize the Israeli public. Such inadvertent strikes have occurred, and last December Israeli soldiers mistakenly shot and killed three escaped hostages in northern Gaza who were trying to signal to them, and...

A group of orcas off the west coast of North America has brought back a bizarre fashion trend not seen since the late 1980s: wearing a single dead salmon on their heads as if it were a hat. Experts are at a loss to explain why orcas would want to wear fish in the first place, let alone why they would want to bring back the practice almost 40 years after it stopped. The salmon hat craze was first observed in 1987 when a female orca in the Puget Sound area of the northeast Pacific was seen carrying a solitary...

High quality video of Biden's nap during his meeting with world leaders in Africa

French lawmakers on Wednesday voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office, a historic move which plunged the country further into political chaos. For the first time in over 60 years, the National Assembly lower house toppled the incumbent government, approving a no-confidence motion that had been proposed by the hard left but which crucially was backed by the far-right headed by Marine Le Pen. Barnier's rapid ejection from office comes after snap parliamentary elections this summer which resulted in a hung parliament with no party having an overall majority and the...

Explanation: Does the Sun return to the same spot on the sky every day? No. A more visual answer is an analemma, a composite of sky images taken at the same time and from the same place over a year. At completion, you can see that the Sun makes a figure 8 on the sky. The featured unusual analemma does not, however, picture the Sun directly: it was created by looking in the opposite direction. All that was required was noting where the shadow of an edge of a house was in the driveway every clear day at the same...

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his eight-year-old daughter and the attempted murder of her mother in County Wexford. Malika Al Kattib died following an incident at her home in New Ross on Sunday night. Her mother, Aisha Al Kattib, was also injured in the incident and was hospitalized with injuries that are not life-threatening. 34-year-old Mohammad Al Shaker Al Tamimi, with an address at Lower William Street in New Ross, was brought before Gorey District Court this evening. […] An Arabic interpreter translated court proceedings for Mr. Al Tamimi. …

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and Tel Aviv University have discovered a large 30 metre wide moat that separated the City of David from Temple Mount.Excavations in the Jerusalem Walls National Park revealed a massive impassable channel up to 9 metres deep by 30 metres wide.Archaeological evidence indicates that the moat was cut when Jerusalem was the capital of the Kingdom of Judah. At this time, the moat would have separated the southern residential part of Jerusalem from the upper city, where the palace and temple were located...The exact date the moat was cut is inconclusive, however, most...

“Zero” Senate Republicans are opposing Pete Hegseth’s confirmation, sources told The Post on Wednesday, as the defense secretary-designee was making the rounds on Capitol Hill and defiantly proclaiming he will “never back down” in the face of widespread allegations of past misconduct. “There are zero ‘nos’ right now,” one GOP source familiar with the matter said, ripping smears against the former Army combat infantryman in the press as “BS.” At least six Republicans have privately expressed reservations about President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee, NBC News reported Tuesday, as claims of binge drinking, sexual impropriety and financial mismanagement during his tenure as...

A South Florida TikTok influencer has been arrested again for stealing from her local Target - just 10 days after her first arrest for stealing from the same store. Marlena Velez, 22, who has nearly 300,000 followers on the video sharing app in which she posts videos about her life as a mom to two kids, was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with an additional count of petit theft in connection to a shoplifting incident at the Cape Coral Target on November 20, NBC 2 reports. Police say she entered the store, selected 16 household goods and clothing...

GB News National Reporter Charlie Peters & Charlie Downes of the Centre for Migration Control discuss the record levels of foreign-born citizens in UK social housing, the Department of Working Pensions no longer publishing welfare claims by nationality. Are we hiding the truth? Join the Charlies as they dissect. Transcript linked below video.

Wisdom the albatross, photographed in 2022. Image credit: Keegan Rankin/USFWS The oldest known wild bird – an albatross named Wisdom – has laid an egg at the ripe old age of 74, after finding a new mate earlier this year. Wisdom was first identified and banded by biologists after she laid an egg at Midway Atoll in 1956. As albatrosses do not lay eggs before the age of five, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service now estimates her age to be at least 74 years old. Every year in November, this population of albatrosses returns to Midway Atoll in the...

A liberal volunteer has been captured on doorbell footage refusing to assist a Hurricane Helene victim due to Donald Trump signs in her front yard. The interaction, filmed on Trump supporters Ring doorbell, shows the volunteer walking up to the house with supplies. While a barking dog muffles the initial conversation, the victim can be heard saying, “I’m sorry.” WokeSpy reports: “That’s alright,” replies the volunteer. “I’m really conflicted. I have a lot more stuff to give, but I am not a fan of Donald Trump, so these signs are a problem for me.” “So, I’m gonna gave to think...

Radio host Charlamagne Tha God sparred with “The View” co-hosts Wednesday on whether President Joe Biden lied about pardoning his son, Hunter Biden. VIDEO AT LINK................ Biden issued a “full and unconditional” pardon for his son on Sunday after he repeatedly assured the American public that he would not grant one to Hunter over his conviction, pending cases or potential criminal charges against him. The co-hosts rebuked Charlamagne for arguing that Biden blatantly lied about his plans to pardon his son and for criticizing Democrats over their alleged “moral high ground.” “The criticism is valid because you know, Democrats stand...

[Catholic Caucus] Grandmothers protest closure of parish's LGBTQ+ ministry in Milwaukee ArchdioceseAfter Jean's oldest grandchild turned 17, she learned from her daughter during a family gathering at their lake house that he had planned to come out as transgender, but was struggling with how to tell his family. Taking a moment to speak with him privately, she let him know she understood, and he finally shared his truth: He was a boy and had always felt that way.When she asked if he was sure it wasn't a phase, he responded, "No, Grandma, I would not choose to be this way."...

An Idaho beauty salon is seeing customers “dropping like flies” after its owner called supporters of President-elect Donald Trump “racist, homophobic, and misogynistic” in a now-viral TikTok. “Trump basically gave small men the ability and the courage to be misogynistic and hateful and say s–t like ‘Your body, my choice’ and ‘You won’t have a choice’ and ‘You will bear my child whether you like it or not,’” Tiffney Prickett, the owner-operator of Voiage Salon in Coeur d’Alene, said in the video. “The comments are so gross. The things men say to women are so gross. And I don’t know...