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President-elect Donald Trump thinks former Rep. Liz Cheney could face serious consequences after a House panel called for her to be investigated by the FBI for possible witness tampering during her handling of the Capitol riot probe. “Liz Cheney could be in a lot of trouble based on the evidence obtained by the subcommittee, which states that ‘numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney, and these violations should be investigated by the FBI,’” Trump posted about his old foe on Truth Social early Wednesday. His comments came hours after the Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight issued...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has commented on U.S. President Joe Biden pardoning his son, Hunter Biden, APA's Moscow correspondent reports. During a year-end press conference, Putin said he does not criticize Biden for pardoning his son. "Biden pardoned his son, even though he had said he wouldn't. When discussing Biden, one must consider that he is a politician. The important question is which trait of his dominates—politics or humanity. It seems humanity prevails in Biden. I wouldn’t criticize him for that," the Russian leader emphasized. Putin compared Hunter Biden's pardon to Stalin's decision not to exchange his captured son.

On Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) declared a state of emergency in response to an outbreak of avian influenza, also known as “bird flu.” As Breitbart reports, the disease, also referred to as the H5N1 virus, has primarily been found in dairy cattle. It can be transferred to humans through such methods as drinking raw milk, although it is not yet known if it is contagious between humans. In his statement, Newsom said that he had “proclaimed a State of Emergency to streamline and expedite the state’s response to Avian influenza A (H5N1), commonly known as “Bird Flu.” “This...

French President Emmanuel Macron is reportedly leading efforts to deploy a European force of up to 100,000 troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers in the event of ceasefire deal brokered by incoming President Donald Trump. According to a report from Reuters, President Elect Trump impressed upon Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting on the sidelines of the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral earlier this month that American troops will not play a role in guaranteeing the safety of Ukraine following any peace deal negotiated with Moscow.

The fast-food giant KFC will open a new restaurant Monday in Orlando, Florida, that focuses on sauces and aims to give its “finger lickin’ good” slogan a new twist, CNN reported Wednesday. “Saucy,” the new restaurant, will feature 11 new dips and chicken tenders in a nod to its Gen Z customers seeking bolder flavors and boneless chicken, according to the report. The sauces, to be served in flights of four, range from spicy, including a jalapeño pesto ranch and a creole honey mustard, to sweet, including teriyaki and Thai sweet and spicy. Pictures of what appears to be the...

With little time left to force his liberal agenda on the United States, President Joe Biden and his administration have launched a “striking escalation” of rules and regulations that conservative critics hope President-elect Donald Trump can reverse once in office. Over the past month, the administration has broken the record for the number of pages of regulations in Uncle Sam’s book of rules, the Federal Register. And this year, the administration has pushed through a high number of economically impactful rules, those with a hit of $100 million or more. Conservatives are hopeful that the incoming Trump administration is paying...

George Stephanopoulos was repeatedly told by his executive producer not to “use the word rape” before going on the air to discuss Donald Trump but the ABC News anchor ignored the warning — a decision that cost the network $16 million, The Post has learned.

In a new documentary from the Independent Women's Forum, "Kill Shot: How Payton McNabb Turned Tragedy Into Triumph," a former high school athlete is hoping to prevent other women and girls from experiencing what happened to her. In 2022, her dreams of pursuing college sports were shattered when a boy who "identified" as a girl spiked a volleyball with such force that she was almost killed. https://notthebee.com/article/watch-former-high-school-volleyball-player-payton-mcnabb-gives-testimony-about-major-injury-she-sustained-after-being-injured-by-an-opposing-trans-student McNabb was knocked unconscious for 30 seconds, and was later diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury, a brain bleed, partial paralysis, and a partial loss of vision. "If my story can in any...

Christmas is the most wonderful time of year. Christmas has also been celebrated through the years at the White House. Through the centuries, many presidents have reflected on the true meaning of Christmas. Here are four examples of presidents, of different parties, reflecting on the season—even during times of war—when we celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace.

Drone swarms over American cities spark frustration as a distrustful public suspects the Biden administration knows more than it admits. New Jersey is now subject to nonstop and often sensational civilian reports of swarms of nocturnal drones crossing city skies and violating the airspace of airports and military bases. Terrified thousands demand to know what these drones are doing and to whom they belong. In response, the Biden administration had initially kept mum. Then, under mounting public pressure, it assured the public to be calm, given that most of the drones were likely launched by hobbyists and private citizens. When...

Is there a politician more sanctimonious, more smug, than Ireland’s president, Michael D Higgins? His pompous scolding of Israel this week after it had the temerity to call out the anti-Israel animus of the Irish elites was a truly unedifying spectacle of false virtue and cant. Shaking with fury, every word bitterly spat out, he said it is a ‘gross defamation and slander’ to ‘brand a people’ anti-Semitic just because they ‘criticise Benjamin Netanyahu’. He seemed to be in the grip of a paroxysm of pique. I’ve never seen him quake and froth like this over anything else: not poverty,...

A notorious Mexican cartel boss was gunned down in a shootout with police — after pulling off a hit at a local cockfight that left two dead and others wounded, according to reports. Jose “El Chabelo” Isabel, the top honcho for the Sinaloa Cartel in the Mexican city of Manzanillo, got into a fatal shootout with cops after he and his cohort pulled off the cockfight bloodbath on Sunday, according to the Spanish-language news outlet Excelsior. Isabel’s crew stormed into the clandestine arena in the Las Parotas neighborhood and opened fire on the crowd, killing two before fleeing, the reports...

Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to provide a specific timeline for when Ukrainian forces might be expelled from Russia's Kursk region during a news conference on Thursday, in response to a question from a resident who asked for clarity on the situation in the border area. Putin responded by saying: "I cannot and do not even want to name a specific date when they will be knocked out. There is a battle going on now, such serious battles. We will definitely knock them out. Sorry, I cannot name a specific date. I imagine there are plans, and they will be...

The trend line of 2024 as the fifth highest for gun sales and National Instant Background Check System (NICS) checks is holding for the year. November 2024 had the sixth-highest gun sales for that month. It was close. November of 2022 had .28% higher numbers. The NICS background checks were the fifth most for the month. November 2020 holds the record for gun sales in the month, with about 3.6 million sold in November 2020.With about 1.48 million gun sales, as recorded by NICS and our estimation process, November of 2024 continues the trend of 63 consecutive months of more...

SEATTLE — The world’s largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the “murder hornet” for its dangerous sting and ability to slaughter a honey bee hive in a matter of hours, has been declared eradicated in the U.S., five years after being spotted for the first time in Washington state near the Canadian border. The Washington and U.S. Departments of Agriculture announced the eradication Wednesday, saying there had been no detections of the northern giant hornet in Washington since 2021.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested Wednesday that Democrats will oppose any federal spending bill that strays from the bipartisan deal announced a day before, accusing GOP leaders of reneging on the agreement at risk of a government shutdown. In a brief statement, Jeffries invoked the growing conservative outcry over the negotiated continuing resolution (CR) — including opposition from President-elect Trump — and warned Republicans that they will “own” the economic and political fallout if a shutdown occurs. “House Republicans have been ordered to shut down the government. And hurt the working class Americans they claim to support,” Jeffries...

"Ryan Routh, the man who tried to assassinate President-elect Donald J. Trump in September, has been slapped with more charges. As Mr. Routh fled the scene of his attempt on Mr. Trump’s life, he crashed his vehicle, causing severe injuries to a six-year-old girl. After reviewing the evidence, the state of Florida has decided to file attempted murder charges"

Vladimir Putin bizarrely suggested that Russian eating habits were to blame for rising food prices. His comments came in response to questions about the economy during a marathon press conference broadcast live on state TV. -snip- In an attempt to answer his own question about how to address food inflation, he noted that consumption of some goods had risen beyond supplies. As an example he pointed to meat consumption, saying Russians were eating "significantly" more than the global average. -snip- Putin also appeared to target Russian farmers, blaming a lack of milk production for rising butter costs. -snip- Russia's central...

As noted by Chief Justice John Roberts in his landmark July 1, 2024 immunity decision in Trump v. U.S., a former president of the United States had never been indicted by the United States prior to Jack Smith’s filing charges against President Trump. The case of USA v. Trump was, ipso facto, a perverse joke. It was a diabolical move to change America. Nonetheless, the federal court system, up to and including the Supreme Court, had to take it seriously. That is why the nefarious forces behind Jack Smith saw to it that the grossly politicized District Court for the...

Driven by surging electricity demand in China and India, global coal use is set to hit an all-time high in 2024, disproving past predictions from energy “experts.” The International Energy Agency (IEA) — a Paris-based intergovernmental organization that provides energy policy recommendations — said in its Coal 2020 report that “coal demand is expected to flatten” and that “it is likely that global coal demand peaked in 2013 at just over 8Bt [billion tons].” Now, however, a Wednesday report from the agency predicts coal demand will reach a new record of nearly 8.8 billion tons in 2024, as increased coal...