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CSPAN @cspan .@PressSec Karoline Leavitt reads statement from President Trump: "The drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized to be flown by FAA for research and various other reasons...this was not the enemy."

DeepSeek AI has disrupted the AI landscape in the US. In just a few weeks after the launch of its AI model, DeepSeek overtook ChatGPT to become the number one free app on the App Store. Not only this, DeepSeek's rise in popularity sent shockwaves to the tech industry, leading to a $400 billion in market cap loss for NVIDIA in the US. Recently, DeepSeek launched its Janus-Pro 7B, a groundbreaking image generation model that started making headlines, as it outperformed the likes of OpenAI's DALL-E, Stability AI's Stable Diffusion, and other image generation models in several benchmarks. The popularity...

Ever since its creation in the aftermath of World War II, the United Nations has looked for ways to stick its nose into all manner of policies and programs that often have little, if anything, to do with its basic charter of ending hostilities between nations and preserving international peace. Since the turn of the 21st century, that meddlesomeness has led bureaucrats at the U.N. and in other international organizations to claim authority over firearm policies and activities by member nations, including, of course, the United States. These threats by the U.N. and other international organizations target rights guaranteed to...

LOS ANGELES -- LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammy Awards will look a little bit different this week. Each year, the Recording Academy hosts a multitude of events to welcome the music industry during Grammy week and record labels do the same. However, many institutions have canceled their plans — Universal Music Group, Sony, Spotify, BMG and Warner Music Group among them — and instead are allocating resources to help those affected by the devastating Los Angeles-area wildfires. The Grammys will still take place on Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles but now will focus its attention on...

The AI app soared up the Apple charts and rocked US stocks, but the Chinese chatbot was reluctant to discuss sensitive questions about China and its governmentThe launch of a new chatbot by Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek triggered a plunge in US tech stocks as it appeared to perform as well as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other AI models, but using fewer resources.By Monday, DeepSeek’s AI assistant had rapidly overtaken ChatGPT as the most popular free app in Apple’s US and UK app stores. Despite its popularity with international users, the app appears to censor answers to sensitive questions about...

The Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, has denied claims that Israel intends to transfer Russian-made weapons captured in Lebanon to Ukraine. In an interview with Radio Svoboda, Brodsky clarified that such reports stem from miscommunication and that there is no ongoing initiative from Israel to facilitate such a transfer. “I will probably disappoint you, but this is not an Israeli initiative. There seems to be some miscommunication here. Someone must have misunderstood something,” Brodsky said, referencing earlier reports. The confusion appears to have originated from a private legislative proposal made by Sharren Haskel, now Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel,...

It was less than a year ago, in April 2024, that then-candidate Donald Trump went on a late-night tear against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “I lived with RFK Jr. in New York and watched him convince Governor Cuomo to make Environmental moves that were outright NASTY,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Upstate New York was not allowed to drill or frack as Ohio, Pennsylvania, and others ripped off New York Energy. Because of this, prices have skyrocketed all over that part of the Country.” “I’d even take Biden over Junior, because our Country would last a year or two longer...

Outraged Chicago locals have slammed CNN for selective reporting of migrant raids in the city. The liberal broadcaster has largely focused on the human tragedy of the raids, despite violent criminals and a pedophile being among those also seized. In one news item, CNN showed an Illinois woman breaking down in tears saying her grandfather had been deported after 30 years in North America. 'They opened the door because they thought maybe one of us were in trouble or something happened to us,' said the interviewee, Yelitza Marquina of Waukegan. 'I'm already heartbroken myself and I can't imagine little kids...

Tune in on RSBN for Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's first White House Press Briefing on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, at 1 pm EST.

Olivia Dunne sounded the alarm about the lack of viewership in women’s gymnastics and suggested that the judges and the scoring system may be to blame. Dunne fired off an uncharacteristic critical post on X about the state of the sport. It came as LSU was upset in an SEC matchup against Arkansas. The Tigers came into the meeting as the No. 2 squad in the country. “I am sitting here watching NCAA gymnastics and the empty seats are concerning. I care deeply about the growth in women’s sports especially in the NCAA,” she wrote. “If you want fans to...

A furious liberal resident boasted about berating ICE agents during an 'embarrassing' raid at his apartment building where a migrant mom accused of child abuse also lives. The neighbor, who did not give his name, described how he was awoken at 6:15 am on Sunday by 'aggressive' knocking at the door of his home in Alexandria, Virginia. Officers said they were searching for someone going by a Hispanic name he did not recognize. 'I told them that they should be ashamed of themselves, that they were breaking up families, that what my government was doing was embarrassing and they are...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis cautions nuns with “vinegar faces” but omits the real cause of decline in religious lifeThe pope with some of the sisters on January 4thIn the Clementine Hall of the Papal Palace on January 4th, Pope Francis addressed a gathering of the general chapter of the union of ‘St Catherine of Sienna’ school missionaries.Founded in 1924 by Luigia Tincani, the order comprised Dominican tertiaries, mainly college students or teachers and were, according to their current website, ‘intending a precise and sympathetic presence of consecrated persons in state schools and in society.’ Tincani and her companions made their...

It will be a few months before Florida fills two vacancies in its congressional delegation. But the most likely candidates to fill the seats will be the winners of Republican Primaries in Florida’s 1st and 6th Congressional districts today.Republicans in the Florida Panhandle will choose between 10 candidates vying to replace former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who vacated his seat last year. In the CD 6 contest to succeed U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, now President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser, there will be both Democratic and Republican Primaries.In both contests the Republican who emerges tonight will head to an April...

Jim Acosta issued a bitter final diatribe as he confirmed that he is quitting CNN after being booted out of his prime slot. Concluding his CNN Newsroom show just before 11am ET Tuesday, Costa, 53, looked directly into the camera and said: 'One final message - don't give in to the lies. 'Don't give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth and to hope,' he continued, eventually calling Donald Trump 'a tyrant'. 'Even if you have to get out your phone,' he went on. 'Record that message. "I will not give in to the lies. I will not...

So many Democrats shouted things like "we're never going back" during last year's election season, and I think they might be right. It's just that the way forward was not what they thought it would be. Their open-borders, pro-criminals policies over the last four years have created an anti-immigration zeal in the U.S. Take for example, Mississippi House Bill 1484, which if it is passed will create the Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program. The bill was authored by state Rep. Justin Keen (R) and authorizes certified bounty hunters to round up illegal immigrants for deportation at $1,000 a pop....

Democratic Michigan Senator Gary Peters has announced he will not seek a third term in 2026, giving Republicans a top target in a state likely to become a major midterm battleground. Peters, who won reelection in 2020 by a narrow margin of less than 2 points, surprised many with his decision.

A squinting modifier is a grammatical quirk that creates ambiguity, often confusing readers who are unsure if the modifier is attached to the word before or after it.Imagine you’re approaching a traffic light intersection with both signals red, and you’re unsure which direction will turn green first. You’re forced to shift your gaze back and forth, trying to determine your next move. This feeling mirrors the experience of reading a sentence with a squinting modifier. It forces the reader to pause, looking back and forth, unsure which word is actually being modified. For example, consider the sentence, “Studies show that...

Friday’s Senate confirmation of Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon was a major win for those hopeful that a second Trump administration will bring transformational change to the federal government. But the uncertainty over whether the Senate GOP would approve his nomination inadvertently shined a light on a glaring problem with the Republican Party.Until the moment Vice President J.D. Vance cast the tie-breaking vote in his favor, it was virtually unknown whether Hegseth had the votes necessary to become America’s next secretary of defense. The Wall Street Journal reported that Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. — who previously pledged to support...

Social media posts mistakenly identified a law enforcement-themed Las Vegas ice cream truck as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle.