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A newly released Harvard study on human intelligence has provided conclusive evidence that while nobody thinks they're stupid, many are. According to the results of the study, 100% of people think they are not stupid, which means that 100% of all stupid people think they are smart. But they're not smart. They're stupid. "The results of this study were particularly shocking to me and my colleagues," said Dr. Anton Phoenix, a Harvard psychologist. "According to our findings, there is a possibility that we might be stupid. We certainly don't think we are, but according to the study, that's exactly what...

A New York woman shared her story about the night President Donald Trump saved her life by convincing her not to commit suicide during a chance encounter, long before he entered politics. The interview was aired on Newsmax’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” A woman, identified only as Debbie, recounted how years ago she was in a vulnerable state and contemplating suicide near the Brooklyn Bridge, when a chance encounter with Trump saved her. Debbie has lived in New York for 50 years and told Newsmax, “Trump saved my life, literally.” “My dad and my mom passed at the same time. I...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before Republicans unveiled their sweeping tax cut plan, the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee had one last person to consult. He went to the White House, where he and President Donald Trump went over the legislation “line by line.”“He was very happy with what we’re delivering,” said Rep. Jason Smith, a Republican from Missouri.Trump had every reason to be pleased. His imprint is all over on the bill making its way through the House, starting with its title — the “ One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The legislation realizes many of Trump’s campaign...

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss stopping the war in Ukraine, days after the first face-to-face talks in three years between Russia and Ukraine took place in Istanbul.Trump had offered to travel to Turkey for the talks while in the Gulf last week if Putin would also attend, but Putin declined to take him up on the offer.The Reuters Tariff Watch newsletter is your daily guide to the latest global trade and tariff news. Sign up here.The president has been pressuring Putin...

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A new supertall structure in Brazil is set to surpass NYC’s Central Park Tower as the world’s tallest apartment building — and its top floor units comes with sky-high price tags. Soaring above the upscale Brazilian beach resort of Balneário Camboriú, the Senna Tower, said to be inspired by the life of Formula 1 racing legend Ayrton Senna, will rise more than 1,800 feet into the air — slightly higher than the Big Apple’s One World Trade Center. The costly complex will top out with two triplex penthouses, spanning 9,700 square feet apiece — each priced at a whopping $53...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said this week that she has not gotten a response from the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the potential investigation into her over a migrant webinar she held in February. “I asked them; they haven’t responded to me, but, you know, once again, I’m fully using the First Amendment to inform people of their constitutional rights. They say a lot of things, but I’ve written a formal letter, and they won’t respond,” Ocasio-Cortez told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. She set the deadline for the DOJ to respond by March 5. The New York Democrat said...

BREAKING VIDEO: Domestic suspect attempting to stab his ex-girlfriend, filmed paying the ultimate price after attacking a responding police officer in Jacksonville Florida. Men attacking women w/ scissors are cowards. Men attacking cops w/ scissors are shot dead.

Ed Martin, the incoming Department of Justice pardon attorney and director of the DOJ's Weaponization Working Group, announced Tuesday that he will review the rash of questionable "autopen" pardons issued in the final days of the Biden White House, noting that they "need some scrutiny." "They need scrutiny because we want pardons to matter, and to be accepted, and to be something that's used correctly. So I do think we're going to take a hard look at how they went and what they did," Martin told reporters. The Justice Department's probe could spell trouble for controversial Biden pardonees such as...

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Tammy Bruce: Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today. Secretary Rubio welcomed the prisoner exchange agreement reached during the May 16 Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul and delivered President Trump’s strong message: the United States is committed to achieving a lasting end to the Russia-Ukraine war. The comprehensive peace plan proposed by the United States outlines the best way forward. The Secretary emphasized President Trump’s call for an immediate ceasefire and an end to the violence.

Illinois Republicans say there is more than $1 billion of Illinois taxpayer funds going to non-government organizations with little oversight and accountability. Among the spending some members of the Illinois House Republicans highlighted was more than $14 million going to the Indo American Center. State Rep. Brad Halbrook, R-Shelbyville, said that’s just a drop in the bucket. “Today, we’re turning our attention to a staggering amount of taxpayer money, over $1 billion that’s been funneled into politically connected non-government organizations, or NGOs,” Halbrook said during a news conference in Springfield Tuesday. State Rep. Chris Miller, R-Oakland, said hundreds of millions...

Nine people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on a civilian minibus in north-eastern Ukraine, officials say. Regional military leaders said seven others were also injured in the attack on Saturday morning in Bilopillia as a minibus travelled to Sumy, the regional capital close to Russia's border. The strike occurred just hours after Russia and Ukraine held their first face-to-face talks in more than three years. Little was achieved but a prisoner swap was agreed. Ukraine president Volodymr Zelensky said the attack on the bus was "a deliberate killing of civilians". Russia has not commented but state media...

Hillary Clinton isn’t convinced that Qatar’s lavish gift to President Donald Trump will actually be “free.” On Wednesday, Clinton took to X to weigh in on the heated debate surrounding Trump’s decision to accept a $400 million plane “free of charge” as a gift from the Qatari Defense Ministry to the Pentagon. “No one gives someone a $400 million dollar jet for free without expecting anything in return,” she wrote. “Be serious.”

U.S. President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post published Saturday morning declared he would speak with his Russian counterpart on Monday to discuss how to end the "bloodbath" in Ukraine. "I WILL BE SPEAKING, BY TELEPHONE, TO PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN OF RUSSIA ON MONDAY, AT 10:00 A.M.," Trump wrote. "THE SUBJECTS OF THE CALL WILL BE, STOPPING THE "BLOODBATH" THAT IS KILLING, ON AVERAGE, MORE THAN 5000 RUSSIAN AND UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS A WEEK, AND TRADE," he continued. "I WILL THEN BE SPEAKING TO PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY OF UKRAINE AND THEN, WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, VARIOUS MEMBERS OF NATO," Trump added. "HOPEFULLY...

President Donald Trump demonstrated once again why he's the master of the art of the deal. During his trip to the Middle East, Trump made it clear that countries dragging their feet on trade negotiations are about to face the music. So far, the trade negotiations are going well, and the economic apocalypse that Democrats claimed was going to happen hasn’t. It's nothing new for Democrats to be wrong, and while they’re still harboring delusions that Trump is going to kill the economy, his latest move is likely to send them into a tailspin. Trump isn't playing around. With over...

On Saturday, April 12, former Amazing Facts evangelist Ryan Day—until very recently the general manager of Three Angels Broadcasting Network’s (3ABN) Praise Him Music Network—publicly announced his departure from both 3ABN and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In a YouTube livestream titled “Ryan Day Update” on his newly-created Re-Think Adventism channel, Day cited longstanding theological doubts and a religious culture he felt discourages honest questioning as primary reasons for his decision. Originally from northeast Arkansas, Day’s public ministry trajectory began after he earned a degree in education, focusing on music and history. After graduating, he and his wife Stephanie felt called...

According to an email sent May 13, 2025, by Department of Natural Resources Director Dan Gibbs, Nicole Rosmarino is the sole finalist for the director of the State Land Board, which is the state’s second largest landowner with 2.8 million surface acres and 4 million mineral estate acres. Gibbs said, per statute, the board provides public notice for 14 days prior to a formal appointment which will occur at the next regularly scheduled public board meeting, which is June 11 and 12 in Denver. An email sent to DNR confirmed the hire Friday. The mission of the State Land Board...

New York University has denied a diploma to the student who used a graduation speech to criticize Israel and condemn the 'genocide' in Gaza. Logan Rozos, 24, gave the controversial remarks at NYU's Gallatin School commencement ceremony on Wednesday. 'My moral and political commitments guide me to say that the only thing that is appropriate to say in this time, and to a group this large, is a recognition of the atrocities currently happening in Palestine,' the graduate said to roaring applause.

Whoever had control of the “AUTOPEN” is looking to be a bigger and bigger scandal by the moment. It is a major part of the real crime, THAT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2020 WAS RIGGED AND STOLEN! Millions and millions of people knew that, but the Radical Left Democrats waged a campaign of inoculation and innocence like none that had ever been waged before. THIS IS WHY THE UNSELECT COMMITTEE OF POLITICAL THUGS, WHO WERE GIVEN A FULL AND COMPLETE PARDON BY THE PERSON WHO WIELDED THE NOW ILLEGALLY USED AUTOPEN, DELETED AND DESTROYED ALL EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION FROM THEIR...

A common energy drink ingredient has been linked to the progression of the blood cancer leukemia, prompting researchers to voice concerns about the consumption of those beverages. Taurine — an amino acid that occurs naturally in proteins like meat and fish — is a common ingredient in energy drinks like Red Bull. As the Mayo Clinic explains it can help balance fluids, salts and minerals. But according to research published in Nature, taurine may promote leukaemogenesis — the development of leukemia cells — and “identifies taurine as a key regulator of myeloid malignancies,” which, like leukemia, are cancers that begin...