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Even the most powerful figures in the NFL were unable to stop the tush push. A proposed ban of the tush push play that the Philadelphia Eagles have popularized did not receive enough votes at the spring meeting Wednesday in Eagan, Minnesota. Before the vote, retired Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce and team owner Jeffrey Lurie spoke to the owners to lobby for the merits of keeping the play. Sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter that the final vote was 22-10 on the proposal, which was submitted by the Green Bay Packers. The proposal needed 24 votes to pass. Among the...

Sales at Target fell more than expected in the first quarter as the retailer faced boycotts for ditching its DEI efforts and felt the impact of President Trump's tariffs. Target cut its forecast for the rest of the year warning that sales would slip further as its customers pulled back on spending amid an uncertain economic environment. Earlier this year the company conceded to the Trump administrations attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives by scaling back its own efforts. However, the retreat created a fierce customer backlash leading to store boycotts that further damaged sales. Sales for the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a rare display of full bipartisan support, President Donald Trump's "No Tax On Tips" bill passed through the Senate unanimously after legislators received clarification that bribes can count as tips. Speculation swirled that the bill could potentially face opposition in the Senate from Democrats looking to stonewall a key Trump campaign pledge, but senators enthusiastically jumped on board after finding out that all of the bribes, kickbacks, slush fund contributions, and lobbyist donations would be categorized as tips and, therefore, tax-exempt. "We are thrilled to support this measure," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. "It's rare...

President Donald Trump’s meeting Wednesday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa began cordially — but when Ramaphosa protested against claims of “genocide,” Trump turned on a video. The video showed radical leader Julius Malema and other black political figures addressing rallies, chanting slogans such as “Kill the farmer!” and “Shoot to kill!” The video also showed threats to seize white-owned farmland, and a large memorial to murdered farmers featuring over a thousand crosses along a roadside. Ramaphosa had begun by avoiding the issue, saying instead that he wanted to focus on trade, investment, and efforts to promote peace around the...

In testimony before the Congressional Committee on Appropriations this week, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy, Jr. wrangled with Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Id) over whether governments should be adding fluoride to drinking water. Simpson questioned whether Kennedy's opposition to fluoridating was wise, saying "as a dentist I am acutely aware of statistics showing that where water is fluoridated cavities are rarer. I fear that removing it will lead to an epidemic of rotting teeth among our population. Are you indifferent to this risk?" Kennedy responded saying "the National Toxicity Program issued a report in August 2024, a...

Let's all act as if we have wax in our ears and cannot hear or even understand Putin's simple set of claims he has always put forward if the SMO is to end. Let's all pretend Putin is Genghis Khan 2.0 wanting to take over the 'free' and 'democratic'(laughs) world. Let's all pretend everything we say and do is destroying Russia, its economy, and Putin's government. Let's also pretend Russia is also running out of weapons and many more of its soldiers are dying than those in Ukrainian forces. Let's pretend that there is no BRICS or SCO Let's pretend...

An Ohio high school discovered that a proclaimed 17-year-old Venezuelan migrant student is actually a 24-year-old illegal immigrant, authorities say. Police in Perrysburg, Ohio, arrested Anthony Emmanuel Labrador Sierra on Monday for identity fraud, according to a police report obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Police say Labrador Sierra ... falsely posed as a minor and successfully enrolled himself in a local high school for more than a year before an investigation uncovered his actual identity. Labrador Sierra approached Perrysburg Schools in November 2023 and requested to be enrolled as a student, according to police. The Venezuelan national told...

An autopen is a device that mechanically reproduces signatures. On Tuesday, Rep. Burchett appeared on “The Benny Johnson Show” and stated, “You are gonna find staffers that were able to take forms, get them and run them through some sort of bogus legal system, then they auto-penned them.” Burchett said he believes there was a pay-for-pardon scheme happening, and pointed to a historical scandal involving former Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton, who was implicated in selling pardons in the 1970s. “Tennessee has had a history of this; we had a governor … he sold pardons,” Burchett said. “You can look it...

America is at a crossroads: Will we cave to the radical left’s vision for our nation, where men win trophies in women’s sports and our border is wide open for illegal aliens, or do we stand with President Trump in his mission to Make America Great Again through America First policies? I know where I stand, and I’m running for Senate to fight for the future of our nation where taxpayers, not criminals and foreign governments, are put first. The stench of the Biden-Harris administration’s lawlessness and economic devastation still lingers in the air today. President Trump inherited a mess...

As President Donald Trump attempts to muscle his GOP agenda through a narrow House majority, Rep. Chip Roy is perhaps the most important holdout to win over. He may also be the toughest. Speaker Mike Johnson and his team have been confident they can pass Trump’s massive reconciliation bill, because they don’t believe any Republican will want to stand in the way and face Trump’s wrath. But Roy, the unapologetic fiscal hawk, is the rare GOP lawmaker willing to publicly challenge the president. He has already survived multiple calls by his own party to oust him — including from Trump...

Sorry, I have time on my hands, and I don’t trust ANYBODY in politics except Scott Adams and he’s not long for the world 🥺😥😱

Foreign leaders have learned that there is a nearly fail-safe strategy to surviving an Oval Office visit: show up ready to make deals and lather praise on President Donald Trump. But that may not work for South Africa’s president. Cyril Ramaphosa could be in for a tongue-lashing on Wednesday when he meets the U.S. president. His country is the rare partner on the world stage that has managed to anger nearly every faction of Trump’s party – from the MAGA acolytes fixated on South Africa’s racial politics to more traditional Republicans who believe it has chosen the wrong side in...

The One, Big, Beautiful Bill is a generational chance to protect Medicaid for Americans by removing at least 1.4 million illegal immigrants from the program.Read more in Breitbart:“House Republicans are moving to block an estimated 1.4 million illegal aliens from receiving American taxpayer-funded Medicaid as Democrats struggle to message their support for the unpopular position.The House Energy and Commerce Committee completed its markup of its portion of the budget reconciliation bill Wednesday morning after an all-night session which included a provision blocking anyone unable to verify citizenship, nationality, or satisfactory immigration status from coverage.The committee projects 1.4 million illegal aliens...

President Trump is having press conference meeting with South Africa President.. Trump has been presenting evidence of white genocide and calls for killings of white farmers to the S.A. president, and S.A. president has been denying knowledge or involvement of calls for violence against whites....

A woman from Kansas has sued a number of porn websites after her teenage son found her old laptop in a closet and used it to visit the explicit sites. According to the lawsuit, the sites in question failed to institute appropriate guardrails to keep young users away from the adult content. 404 Media originally reported on the litigation, which was filed with the help of The National Center on Sexual Exploitation Law Center (NCOSE), an organization that focuses on a variety of sex crimes, including sex trafficking and child sexual abuse material. The suit lists as defendants Chaturbate.com, Jerkmate.com,...

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) revealed that federal air marshals surveilled now-Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard during domestic flights last year, according to documents reviewed by the senator’s office. The Kentucky lawmaker made the revelation during a Capitol Hill hearing on Tuesday involving Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, who was testifying about her department’s budget request for the fiscal year 2026. “I commend you and the Trump administration for ending all government-sponsored censorship using DHS personnel. Just last night, I received the first set of records from the department regarding Tulsi Gabbard’s placement on the TSA Quiet...

Our national parks offer an opportunity to get away from it all. Deep in the bowels of neo-Bolshevism, the most gut-wrenchingly disgusting manifestations of moonbattery are shoved down your throat. But escape to Yosemite National Park and you will be greeted by unspoiled nature… …unless leftists have gotten there first: A coalition of transgender, queer and LGBTQIA+ ally rock climbers hung the 55-by-35-foot transgender pride flag from the towering El Capitan rock formation in the central California national park around 10 a.m. PT on Tuesday, May 20, a group spokesperson told USA TODAY. The coalition, operating under the project name...

A 24-year-old Venezuelan migrant was arrested for pretending to be a minor to enroll in an Ohio high school. The Venezuelan man claimed to be a trafficked teenager and enrolled in the school in January 2024. Perrysburg, Ohio, police officers arrested 24-year-old Anthony Labrador on May 19 during a traffic stop after learning of his alleged fraudulent school enrollment. The Venezuelan migrant was illegally present in the United States after his visa expired in 2023. A Perrysburg family with adopted children took the man, claiming to be a 16-year-old boy, into their home, WTVG ABC13 reported. Labrador’s plans came unraveled...

In stark contrast to the previous administration's DEI-ladened grant programs and priorities, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said Tuesday her three priorities for grants are focusing on literacy, school choice, and states’ freedom. McMahon’s “first three proposed priorities” for the U.S. Department of Education discretionary grants include “evidence-based literacy, expanding education choice, and returning education to the states,” according to a news release. “These will be used in grant competitions across the Department to address the urgent needs of our students, families, and states,” the release said. The Department of Education did not immediately respond to The Center Square’s...

A Houston resident reportedly chased a furniture mover he had hired to move a box containing a corpse Friday, leading to a road crash that left the resident injured and in police custody, authorities said. The furniture mover told the Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) that Steven Eberly, the suspect, hired him to move furniture at his home, according to a statement published Sunday by HCSO Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. The furniture mover allegedly “observed a deceased individual in the boxes he was instructed to help move.” He then fled the residence in the Eberly’s truck with the suspect in its...