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American health insurance seems to frustrate everyone. Patients complain that it’s expensive and complicated. Providers say it buries them in paperwork and can negatively affect patient care.Poll after poll indicates that most people simply don’t trust their health insurance provider or the health care system itself. Fully 70 percent of the country thinks American health care has major problems or is in a state of crisis. Consumer satisfaction is at a 24-year low.Frustration with health insurers may have turned to rage in a young man accused of killing a UnitedHealthcare executive in New York City on Dec. 4. The alleged...

New York City has lost a lot of police officers lately, to the point where the current number of cops on the job is the lowest the city has seen since around 1990.The number of NYPD cops on the job this year and last is the lowest it’s been in more than three decades – with about 200 cops leaving each month, according to data obtained by The Post.The current NYPD headcount is 33,695, just 154 more than last year — and the lowest since 32,451 in 1990, stats from the department and city Independent Budget Office show.The problem is...

A daring Israeli commando raid deep into Bashar Assad's Syria in early September not only destroyed an Iranian factory producing missiles for Hezbollah to shoot into Israel, it may have been a test of a concept that puts all of Iran's nuclear facilities at risk. On the night of September 8-9, a 120-man unit of elite Israeli Air Force Shaldag commandos in CH-53 attacked the underground factory in the Masyaf area of Syria, west of Hama, using a combination of landing and fast roping. This is a video of US Marines fast roping from the same type of helicopter used...

Teddy Stiga took a breakaway pass from Zeev Buium and beat Petteri Rimpinen between the pads at 8:04 of overtime to give the United States the gold medal at the 2025 World Junior Championship. This is the first time the Americans have won back-to-back gold.

Justin Trudeau is expected to resign as the leader of Canada's Liberal Party, a move that will set up his ouster as Prime Minister as well. According to the Globe and Mail, Trudeau could announce his departure as soon as Monday in a bid to get ahead of an all-important caucus meeting on Wednesday. RELATED: Is Justin Trudeau's Resignation on the Table? The controversial far-left leader has led his party to the abyss over the last several years, with the Pierre Poilievre-led Conservative projected to win a resounding victory in October's elections. Once he's resigned his party position, Trudeau will...

Pope Francis has called out nuns with 'vinegar faces' and told them to avoid gossip in a bizarre tirade. The pope, 88, urged a group of Dominican nuns from the Union of St Catherine of Siena of the Missionaries to 'distance' themselves from tales. 'Gossip kills, gossip poisons. Please, no gossiping among you, none. And to ask this of a woman is heroic but, come on, let's move forward and no gossip', he said in one of his off-the-cuff speeches that are fast becoming part and parcel of his papacy. 'That's not something that helps to attract people. Vinegar is...

Hollywood celebrities are reportedly getting extra armed protection for Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony in Beverly Hills following the terrorist attack in New Orleans and the Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas last week. Organizers are beefing up security for the stars — many of whom are vocal gun control activists — by rolling out more regional and federal personnel from the Los Angeles Sheriffs’ Department, FBI, and Homeland Security, according to a Deadline report. In addition, snipers will be placed in the vicinity of the Beverly Hilton hotel, another report from Inside Edition states. Snipers are typically deployed during Hollywood...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to resign within a matter of days amid public outcry within his country over his liberal politics. Trudeau may announce as early as Monday that he will resign as the Liberal Party leader, sources familiar with the prime minister's plans told The Globe and Mail. Although it was uncertain when Trudeau will make his announcement, sources stressed that it would be before a key national caucus meeting on Wednesday. One person with knowledge of Trudeau's plans told The Globe and Mail that he realizes he needs to make an announcement before he meets...

On Dec. 12th, 2024—the D.O.J Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report evaluating the FBI’s role in intelligence gathering and handling of Confidential Human Sources (CHS) leading up to certification day for the 2020 presidential election. The report touched on several aspects in which the FBI was both functionally successful and in which it failed to adequately meet its own standards of due diligence. It also made clear that there was no evidence of undercover FBI agents being present within the Capitol crowd, and that none of the CHSs who were at the riot were authorized by the FBI...

More than 60 million people are under winter alerts nationwide, with a powerful weather system expected to bring a potent mix of snow, ice and blizzard conditions, accompanied by winds gusting up to 50 mph. The winter storm, which has already caused snowy and icy conditions in the Central Plains, will create treacherous travel conditions and potential power outages across a vast region stretching from Kansas to the mid-Atlantic. “For some, this could be the heaviest snowfall in over a decade,” NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center warned.

Paczki Day 2025 Fat Tueday is March 4, 2025 and we will be ready with a host of goodies including the famous Polish Paczki! Paczki (pronounced poonch-key) is a traditional Polish donut eaten on Fat Tuesday. Like many Fat Tuesday food traditions, paczki are eaten in an attempt to fill up on sweets before the fasting of Lent begins. So before you head into Ash Wednesday, come check out one reason we love Fat Tuesday with one of our favorite donuts! Filling Options Our version of this donut is a simple formula of a sweet donut dough with plenty of...

Big retailers already dominate Americans’ lives. Their grasp on consumers is only getting stronger. The three biggest retailers by revenue in the U.S.— Costco , Walmart and Amazon AMZN — accounted for about 11% of total retail sales back in 2014, based on their reported figures measured against national retail sales data from the Commerce Department. Their share of the market has been growing since then. In their last three reported quarters, the behemoths selling everything from groceries to appliances made up about 17% of retail sales and roughly 57% of retail sales growth over that period. Supermarkets have been...

A mob of gleeful onlookers laughed at and mocked a cop lying unconscious on the ground after he was hurled from a speeding car while trying to arrest a woman in Texas early Friday, disturbing video shows. The video from Beaumont first shows a woman running across a parking lot and hopping into an open convertible, chased by a police officer. When the officer tries to leap into the car’s back seat to stop her, the woman hits the gas, sending the cop flying head-first into the pavement. As the officer — who suffered a serious head injury, authorities said...

Back in the day, you could buy an entire pizza or a couple gallons of gas for just a dollar. Today, you’d have a hard time finding anything that inexpensive unless you’re shopping at the dollar store. Dollar stores are a fantastic place to buy certain essentials that other places charge far too much for. But despite the plethora of high-quality goods available, some of the items sold at dollar stores are priced that low for a reason. In these cases, it’s worth paying a little bit more for better quality and durability. Here are seven items that you should...

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Constellation Energy has been awarded a record $1 billion in contracts to supply nuclear power to the U.S. government over the next decade, the company said on Thursday. Constellation, the country's largest operator of nuclear power plants, will deliver electricity to more than 13 federal agencies as part of the agreements with the U.S. General Services Administration. The deal is the biggest energy purchase in the history of the GSA....

Recent reports in the Arabic and Turkish media and social media claim that Turkey intends to establish new military bases in Syria as part of a defense agreement with the new Syrian government formed by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) under the leadership of Ahmed Al-Sharaa (aka Abu Muhammad Al-Joulani). Turkey has been the primary supporter of HTS, which has a jihadist background “Damascus and Ankara are drafting a mutual defense agreement that includes the establishment of two bases in Homs and Damascus and the deployment of an air defense system against Israeli attacks.”

Turtles are allegedly being brutally beaten and butchered in San Francisco's Chinese 'wet markets', and the 'illegal' activity has now been caught on video by an animal charity. Exclusive video obtained by DailyMail.com showed workers cutting open turtles while their legs were still moving, part-suffocating frogs then decapitating them alive, leaving fish out of water to slowly die and bludgeoning other animals... A DailyMail.com reporter visited the three Chinatown markets on Christmas Eve to investigate what was uncovered in the nonprofit's footage....

Joe Biden lost it on reporters on Sunday evening after he delivered remarks at a reception for new Democrat members of Congress in the State Dining Room. As usual, Biden’s speech was full of lies and embarrassing gaffes. He rambled on about eating lunch with segregationist Jim Eastland. After his remarks 82-year-old Biden snapped at the press and said because of his old age, he knows more leaders than they everyone else. “I might be the oldest president – I know more world leaders than any one of you ever met in your whole goddamn life,” Biden said. WATCH:

Jan 5 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, The Globe and Mail reported on Sunday, citing three sources. The sources told the Globe and Mail that they don't know definitely when Trudeau will announce his plans to leave but said they expect it will happen before a key national caucus meeting on Wednesday. It remains unclear whether Trudeau will leave immediately or stay on as prime minister until a new leader is selected, the report said.

President Trump went off on far-left judge Juan Merchan on Sunday night ahead of his sentencing in Alvin Bragg’s lawfare ‘hush money’ case. Trump will be sentenced in Alvin Bragg’s lawfare hush money case on January 10 before his inauguration. “This court finds that neither the vacatur of the jury’s verdicts nor dismissal of the indictment are required by the Presidential immunity doctrine, the Presidential Transition Act or the Supremacy Clause,” Judge Juan Merchan wrote last Friday. ..... Snip..... President Trump blasted Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Judge Merchan and Biden’s DOJ ahead of his sentencing. “D.A. Alvin Bragg never wanted...