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Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) voted on Jan. 21 with Republicans to advance the nomination of Pete Hegseth, President Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, but said that he will not switch to the Republican Party. Fetterman was the only member of the Democratic Party to join Republicans in passing a motion to proceed with Hegseth’s nomination. Every other Democrat who voted, as well as the two independents in the Senate, voted against advancing the nomination. Fetterman’s vote was not required to move the nomination forward because Republicans hold 53 seats in the 100-member chamber, and a simple majority was needed....

Golden State Warriors Steve Kerr, who is a staunch critic of President Donald Trump, said he avoided watching the inauguration of the 47th president of the United States on Monday. Kerr was asked if he watched any of the festivities before the team took on the Boston Celtics. "I didn’t watch the inauguration. I chose to watch Celtics tape," he told reporters, adding that he loved playing on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Warriors went on to have the worst home loss since Kerr took over as head coach. The Celtics defeated the Warriors, 125-85. Kerr had been one...

According to the Slovak prime minister, foreign "specialists" have already arrived in SlovakiaPRAGUE, January 22. /TASS/. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has called an emergency meeting of the republic’s Security Council after security services received intelligence about an impending coup d’etat with the involvement of "foreign experts" who helped launch the color revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine, the Dennik N web portal said. Fico stressed that he was ready for anything "but the country cannot be overthrown." According to him, foreign "specialists" have already arrived in Slovakia. He said that attempts to overthrow legitimate authorities may be carried out by...

Top Senate Republicans are vowing to stay in session until all of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees are confirmed — a pledge that could keep senators in Washington for weeks due to Democratic delay tactics.“We’re not intending to go on recess,” said Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the No. 2 Senate Republican. “We want to get the entire Cabinet confirmed before we talk at all about going into a recess.”Senate Majority Leader John Thune said in a Tuesday night tweet that “Senate Republicans are ready to work as long as needed to confirm President Trump’s nominees. Nights. Weekends. Recesses.”The GOP’s vow...

Strange happenings! Just wondering is it just bad luck, or what? Our rooms at the Embassy, Crystal city, we rented 2 rooms apart from each other different floor, There was No Heat in the rooms! Then our friend Judy traveled Amtrak from New York to Washington D.C. Guess what!? She froze on the train, NO HEAT! She said it was like riding a refrigerated train! When she called to complain, (She paid400 dollars for 2 round trip tickets, AMTRAK told her they would refund her 50 dollars.

According to a statement released by the Max Planck Society of Evolutionary Anthropology, DNA samples from all of the human remains unearthed in lower Austria from the neighboring early medieval burial sites at Mödling and Leobersdorf have been analyzed. The study determined that all of the nearly 150 individuals buried at Leobersdorf were mostly of East Asian origin, while the 500 individuals buried at Mödling shared an ancestry associated with European populations. "The genetic difference between these groups was very clear and consistent for most of the individuals at the sites," said geneticist Ke Wang of Fudan University. Yet the...

German authorities keep blaming “knife violence” for Muslim terrorism committed with knives. They’re doing it again after an Afghan Muslim asylum seeker attacked a group of kindergarteners, and stabbed one to death. German authorities are saying that the Muslim child-stabber was an Afghan refugee who was denied asylum and ordered to leave. They’re refusing to blame terrorism and blaming mental illness.Last year, Germany rolled out a “knife control” program after an ISIS terrorist slashed middle-aged Germans at a ‘diversity festival’The ISIS mass stabbing in Solingen came after the previous Muslim mass stabbing attack at a Counter-Jihad rally condemning Islamic terrorism...

In the giddy hangover of our tumultuous celebration of American liberation, let’s chat about some of the legal aspects of what’s happening and what’s going to happen because there are a lot of bad legal takes out there (follow the essential Twitter account of the same name), and you don’t want to be repeating the same kind of nonsense that other people do. Let’s be clear about something. I’m not telling you what I think the law should be. I’m telling you how the law actually is. And then I’ll give my opinion, which might be wrong. Of course, my...

The moment a girlfriend tried to hold hands with her man to show the dog's reaction left viewers in stitches. A January 16 TikTok video by user @blacksheep6012 showed the couple sitting together on the couch with their dog minding her business at the footrest. Although she was resting, the canine closely watched the woman, ensuring no funny business would happen under her nose. The dog couldn't bear seeing them together; that was her man, and she needed to make sure the woman knew. All was fine among the three of them until the woman reached out and grabbed her...

President Donald Trump has given a cryptic warning that Joe Biden should have pardoned himself before he left office. Trump made the ominous comment in his first Oval Office interview since his swearing-in on Monday. Fox News star Sean Hannity asked Trump his thoughts on Biden's decision to give last-minute preemptive pardons to members of his own family, and some of the Republican president's political enemies. 'And you know what the funny thing, maybe the sad thing is - he didn't give himself a pardon,' Trump pointed out. 'And you look at it, it all had to do with him,'...

Yle catches up with a 'freegan' who's been using dumpsters to stock his pantry for years.Teemu Arppe tells Yle that he loves a good find, which is why he dives into dumpsters for nearly all of his groceries. The Helsinki-based chemistry teacher is also a self-professed 'freegan', which means he wants to help the environment by reducing waste. "You never know what you'll find, and that's what makes dumpster diving so much fun," he said. Arppe, who's been getting his dinner from dumpsters for years, says people are generally adopting a more positive attitude towards rescuing food. Also known...

Kamala Harris was all smiles and affection for her 'beloved' second gentleman Doug Emhoff in the immediate aftermath of her crushing presidential election defeat. But now that President Donald Trump has been sworn into office, for sore loser Harris, it is now all about the blame game, and her target has flipped to her 'dead weight' husband.

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Facing a looming tariff war with the US, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has threatened the stick - now, he's hoping a carrot will work. In a change of tone from his previous warnings about economic hardships, the Canadian leader is promising to help Donald Trump achieve America's "golden age," which was alluded to in the US president's inauguration speech. "Canada is a safe, secure and reliable partner in an uncertain world," Trudeau said this week. The alternative, he said, "would be more resources from Russia, China or Venezuela". The focus on American prosperity and national security is the latest pivot...

Axel Rudakubana did not appear out of the blue. By the time he carried out the brutal murders of three young girls, the teenager was well known to police, anti-extremism authorities and a number of other public agencies. But despite repeated concerns about Rudakubana's taste for violence, there was only ever limited intervention. The government now says several opportunities were missed to stop him turning his dark obsessions into a reality. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the state had failed. This is what we know about his journey to becoming a killer - and whether it could have been...

he beginning of President Donald Trump's second term has seen his net approval rating reach a historic high, according to Rasmussen Reports, with the latest Presidential Tracking Poll showing a net approval of +14. This marks a significant milestone for Trump, breaking previous records set during his first term. The poll, conducted by the conservative-leaning polling company over a two-day average from approximately 829 U.S. likely voters, showed that 54 percent of respondents approve of Trump's job performance, while 40 percent disapprove. A three-day rolling average of this data is set to be released on January 23, with a five-day...

Warner Bros. Discovery's CNN plans to lay off hundreds of employees Thursday as it refocuses the business around a global digital audience, according to people familiar with the matter.The layoffs come as CNN is rearranging its linear TV lineup and building out digital subscription products. The cuts will help CNN lower production costs and consolidate teams, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss nonpublic changes.Certain shows that are produced in New York or Washington may move to Atlanta, where production can be done more cheaply, said the people.For the most part, the job cuts won't...

President Donald Trump is preparing to send around 10,000 troops to the southern border, and Border Patrol agents have been directed to deny entry to asylum seekers because they pass through countries where communicable diseases are present, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection briefing document obtained by The Washington Post.The order does not list any specific disease, essentially closing the border to anyone attempting to exercise the right to seek humanitarian refuge under U.S. law.To start, the Defense Department is expected to order at least 1,000 additional U.S. troops to the southern border in what could be the...

Bobby recounts the exact details of his father's murder

The federal government is considering new options to aggressively counter foreign cyberattackers, with some in Washington considering the use of private companies to hit back. The Biden administration created new partnerships with thousands of cyber companies, ostensibly to fortify defenses, share information and build resilience. As Republicans take charge across Washington with President Trump at the helm, some policymakers are considering using those private-sector partners in an offensive capacity.During the House Homeland Security Committee’s first hearing of the new Congress, Rep. Clay Higgins questioned CrowdStrike Senior Vice President Adam Meyers about his view on his sector’s lack of ability to...