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There’s a new sheriff in town, as Fox Business host Charles Payne alluded to when praising President Donald Trump for sticking it to the uppity global elites at the World Economic Forum (WEF). Trump spoke via teleconference at the WEF meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 24 and threw all political candor to the wind and basically said to heck with it. He boldly told the woke elitists that his administration was ending absurd diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) measures in federal agencies, squashing government censorship, asserting U.S. policy of recognizing only two genders (male and female), and axing the Green...

Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged in their first policy decision of 2025. “Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. The unemployment rate has stabilized at a low level in recent months, and labor market conditions remain solid. Inflation remains somewhat elevated,” the Fed said Wednesday in a statement released at the conclusion of its two-day meeting. The Fed said that it views the risks of inflation and a softer labor market to be roughly balanced. Language from past statements noting progress on bringing inflation down was dropped from the official statement....

International investment banker Rahamim Shy, 47, travelled to Bedfordshire from New York in February 2024 to have sex with the girl following more than a month of planning. This followed correspondence with an individual describing herself as 'Debbie', the girl's grandmother. However, unbeknown to Shy, the girl did not exist and 'Debbie' was in fact an undercover officer with Bedfordshire Police. Shy, a US citizen, who lives in New Jersey, worked for the White House under president Barack Obama and secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Shy described in acute detail the disturbing acts he wanted to do to the girl...

an. 29 (UPI) -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is appearing before the Senate Committee on Finance on Wednesday as he seeks confirmation to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.Kennedy, a former Democrat, addressed criticism that he is anti-vaccine, saying this is not true."News reports have claimed I'm anti-vaccine or anti-industry. I am neither," Kennedy said. "I am pro-safety. I believe that vaccines play a critical role in healthcare. All of my kids are vaccinated. Nor am I the enemy of food producers."Democrats on the committee remained unconvinced, continuing to hone in on conspiracy theories Kennedy has espoused and...

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Chairman of the Lenawee County Democratic Party, Bill Swift, called for the hanging of supporters of President Donald Trump while labeling immigration officials as “Nazi collaborators” in a Facebook post. Despite his deleted post following the backlash, he doubled down on his statements during a call-in appearance on Talk Back Radio with Doug Spade and Mike Clement. Swift claimed he removed the post because Trump supporters “might do violence to people in our community.” However, he stood behind his statements, saying, “We as a party and I as an individual absolutely 100% support the statements that we made.” Swift defended...

In a video aired today on Morning Joe, Caroline Kennedy, opposing her cousin RFK Jr.'s nomination as head of HHS, criticized him in the harshest terms, calling him unfit to serve. Among other things, Caroline branded RFK a "predator," and even accused him of responsibility for the death of relatives, whom, according to her, he enticed into drug abuse. Rough stuff. Caroline had the right to make her statement. But in praising her, Mika Brzezinski went over the top, getting choked up when she talked about how "painful" it was for Caroline to go public, she's a "very private person."...

PITTSBURGH — A worker was injured when a toilet tank shattered at the City-County Building in Pittsburgh. A spokesperson for the mayor's office said a plumbing fixture failed on the toilet on Monday. The employee reportedly suffered a cut to his leg. "We're not taking care of our own house," Councilman Anthony Coghill said. For months now, our NBC sister station in Pittsburgh has been reporting on the poor conditions at city hall, municipal courts and other city-owned facilities. There are fountains with mold, elevators that don't work, broken urinals and peeling paint.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Adding to a list of bold initiatives that had included speculative goals to annex Greenland and absorb Canada as a new state, President Donald Trump announced a new plan to make California a part of the United States. According to inside sources, the plan came about due to Trump's dream to provide the oppressed people of California with the same freedoms and liberties experienced by citizens of the United States. "It's time to once again spread democracy outside our borders," Trump said in a brief statement to the media. "For far too long, the downtrodden people of...

A Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) source told Breitbart News on Tuesday that there were not enough officers available to direct traffic and assist the evacuation from the Palisades Fire because they were guarding President Joe Biden. Biden was in Los Angeles from January 6 through 8, largely for family reasons, as his first great-grandchild was born. But because LAPD officers had been detailed to help protect him and his family, officers struggled to reach the Pacific Palisades as the Palisades Fire began to burn, and frightened residents became stuck in a traffic on Sunset Boulevard. “We tried to get...

The apparent migrant worker aired his frustration with Trump's immigration overhaul in a taunting video shared to TikTok this week. 'Daddy Trump, you wanna take us the f*** out of here? Come do this s**t, then,' the laborer, wearing an A&M Contractors branded hardhat, jeered. He snidely questioned who would carry out America's construction projects if Trump deports all the undocumented migrant builders. 'Look who the f*** built your house, look who the f*** built your streets,' he sneered, before telling Trump: 'Come get it, b**ch.' It is unclear where the builder, whose profile indicates he works on projects in...

Yes, they actually posted this. The proper response to this, in the spirit of the Prophet Elijah mocking the priests of Baal, goes something like this: But it's worth reading a few of the more civilized replies: The email: A person with common sense might conclude that Christianity Today has a lot less to do with Christ these days and more to do with left-wing talking points from 1985. It's be an insult to spend my time debunking the whole article, but Trump isn't "upending life" for refugees. He's rounding up criminals like this: WATCH: Dr. Phil joined Tom Homan...

⚖️Report to DoD and FBI Officials. Gen Mark Milley may have received a pardon, but his subordinate and legal counsel, Admiral Christopher French did not. This morning at 1134, I submitted, to both the FBI and DoD leadership, evidence of crimes committed by Admiral Chris French and a coverup by Admiral Darse Crandall. I was provided this information by a whistleblower. Under military regulations I have a duty to report this information and have fulfilled that duty. Since the initial contact by the whistleblower, a small group of Constitution-defending officers and I vetted what was provided and confirmed the whistleblower’s...

[Catholic Caucus] Fr. Gerald Murray debunks Fr. James Martin, USCCB claims on immigration and deportations‘If we let every single poor person from the world into the country, we would destroy the United States as a society, and that is certainly not an obligation,’ Father Murray explained. ‘In fact, that would be a neglect on the part of our government.’Fr. Gerald Murray rebuked Fr. James Martin’s claims on immigration and mass deportations, explaining that the Catholic Church recognizes a nation’s right to determine its immigration policy.In an interview with Catholic radio host Joe McClane, canon lawyer Fr. Murray responded to viral...

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of a pig organ transplant – healthy and full of energy with her new kidney for 61 days and counting. “I’m superwoman,” Towana Looney told The Associated Press, laughing about outpacing family members on long walks around New York City as she continues her recovery. “It’s a new take on life.” Looney’s vibrant recovery is a morale boost in the quest to make animal-to-human transplants a reality. Only four other Americans have received hugely experimental transplants of gene-edited pig organs – two hearts and two kidneys...

Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) says "we will buy as much mifepristone as we can get our hands on so every woman who needs a chemically-induced abortion can get it. As the Supreme Court ruled, each state can craft whatever policy on abortion it wants to. I believe every woman is entitled to obtain this drug at no cost to herself regardless of where she lives. So, our state's policy will be to serve as the last hope for women living in places that have more restrictive policies." "Though the 1873 Comstock Act prohibits the mailing of anything that could cause...

President Donald Trump is ordering the deportation of foreign students who took part in pro-Hamas protests on college campuses in the US as he launches a wide-ranging crackdown on anti-Semitism. Trump said he would instruct his Justice Department to 'aggressively prosecute terroristic threats, arson, vandalism and violence against American Jews'. He added: 'To all the resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests, we put you on notice... we will find you, and we will deport you. 'I will also quickly cancel the student visas of all Hamas sympathisers on college campuses, which have been infested with radicalism like never...

The Trump’s administration’s Office of Management and Budget released a memo Wednesday rescinding a controversial order that froze a wide swath of federal financial assistance, which had paralyzed many federal programs and caused a huge uproar on Capitol Hill. The decision came amid strong behind-the-scenes pushback from Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill, according to a GOP senator who was apprised of the decision to reverse the policy order. The reversal was signed by Matthew Vaeth, the acting director of the White House budget office. One GOP senator expressed relief over the decision. “Chaos is never good,” the lawmaker said.

Security agents escorted the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Agriculture out of her office on Monday after she refused to comply with her firing by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Phyllis Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department, had earlier told colleagues that she intended to stay after the White House terminated her Friday, saying that she didn’t believe the administration had followed proper protocols, the sources said.

Volunteers were hard at work this weekend building the Eagles Mere Toboggan Slide. The ice blocks are slid into place after they have been cut far out on the lake and driven up the hill 6 at a time. The slide has not been in operation in over 10 years. Opening day is planned for Friday Jan. 31 at 6:30 p.m. DAVE KENNEDY/Sun-GazetteRecent temperatures may have had many piling on extra layers while pining for sunny summer days, but the frigid air has also made the return of the beloved Eagles Mere Toboggan Slide possible after it was cancelled for...