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House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, confirmed Friday that his committee’s review of Joe Biden’s pardons so far calls into question their legality. Biden granted more acts of clemency than any other president in U.S. history.. During just one term, he gave a total of 4,245, which included 4,165 commutations of sentences and 80 pardons. By comparison, Barack Obama issued 1,927 acts of clemency over two terms, and Donald Trump issued 238 during his first term. The vast majority of Biden’s pardons came during his final two months in office.. The pardon for his son,...

Senate Democrats have undergone a steady tonal shift on Israel, with a recent vote to block arms sales to the Jewish State giving a glimpse at the evolution on the Hill. More Democrats in the upper chamber than ever before voted alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to halt the $675 million sale of thousands of bombs and guidance kits for the bombs and to block the sale of automatic rifles to Israel. […] “What’s going on is unacceptable, and Israel has the power to fix it,” Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, told Fox News Digital. Like Sanders, King typically caucuses with...

Democrats are furious and accusing the president of overreach. “This is dictator-level stuff,” Democrats on the House Oversight Committee posted on X. “Deploying the military on DC’s streets only creates fear and chaos. Donald Trump will be held accountable for this brazen power grab.” House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-K.Y.) plans to hold a hearing with Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) and D.C.’s Attorney General Brian Schwalb (D) in September to discuss Monday’s actions. In a Monday press conference, Bowser called Trump’s actions “unsettling and unprecedented.”

TEHAMA COUNTY, Calif. — The ongoing political clash between Texas Republicans and Democrats over the state's congressional redistricting has taken a new turn to California's court system after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in Tehama County over the weekend. The lawsuit targets six Texas Democratic legislators who, along with over 50 colleagues, left the state more than two weeks ago to block Republicans from advancing a redistricting plan that would add five Republican seats in the U.S. House of Representatives....

Key Points The airline issued a going-concern warning in its quarterly filing, months after emerging from bankruptcy, The budget airline icon has tried to attract bookings by marketing more upscale products like premium economy. The carrier has been challenged by an oversupply of domestic flights, changing consumer tastes and an engine grounding. ============================================================== Spirit Airlines has warned it might not be able to survive as a going concern if it doesn’t raise more cash, five months after the budget-travel icon emerged from bankruptcy. After cutting its debt during restructuring, Spirit has tried to attract bookings by marketing more upscale products...

It was in July 2019 that New York State adopted its Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Our Legislature and Governor (it was Andrew Cuomo at the time) had officially designated us as the climate “leader,” here to show the unsophisticated rubes and provincials in the rest of the country how a small application of political will could transform our electricity system from majority fossil fuels in 2019 to 70% “renewables” by 2030 and 100% “zero-carbon” by 2040. Now six years into the eleven available to meet the 2030 mandate, we actually get less of our electricity from zero-carbon sources...

For most of Renan Aliaga’s adult life, a single name dominated the politics of Bolivia: Evo Morales.

In A Nutshell * Instant noodles are cheap, convenient, and culturally meaningful — offering quick comfort, especially for students, busy workers, and migrants craving familiar flavors. * Nutritional drawbacks: Most packets are high in sodium, low in fiber, low in protein, and lack key vitamins and minerals, which can contribute to long-term health risks if eaten daily. * Potential health concerns: Regular consumption has been linked in studies to higher risk of metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, and poor gut health. * Healthier hacks: Add vegetables and protein, cut back on the flavor sachet, and try whole grain or air-dried...

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian commented on Tuesday on the upcoming meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, stating that China is "glad to see" that the US and Russia are keeping in contact and improving their relations. Lin reiterated China's support for a peaceful settlement to the war in Ukraine. "We hope all parties concerned and stakeholders will take part in the negotiation process in due course and reach a fair, lasting and binding peace agreement acceptable to parties concerned at an early date," he said, without commenting on the absence of Ukrainian...

"The second-order and third-order damages of RussiaGate are incalculable. A murder of American democracy was committed." — Mike Benz on "X". Surely you’ve noticed the ominous cone of silence around the DOJ and the FBI as rumors of “accountability” mount against well-known figures who used government to make war against its own citizens. That is exactly what happened, by the way, in case you’re baffled by the news. The agencies aren’t leaking this time, especially not to the mendacious scribes that infest The New York Times and The WashPo, who function as vanguard to the corps of traitors in the...

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has officially declared its ambition to match and then surpass the U.S. military by 2049, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the PRC. According to an article in the Communist Party’s official newspaper, achieving a “world-class military” requires the PLA to measure itself against the “world’s strongest military”—an apparent reference to the United States.

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A Louisville woman was abducted from her home near The Oxmoor Center, along with her two children before being forced to withdraw $20,000 from a local bank at knifepoint Friday morning, police said. The suspect, Armond Langford, 32, was arrested later that day and faces multiple charges including robbery, kidnapping, and assault. Friday morning, Jennifer Strong was making breakfast for her children when she heard her back door open twice. A man, later identified as Langford, entered her home armed with a knife. “He had a knife …. And he started to yell 'how many people are in this house,'"...

~UPDATE! Following yesterday's story on the banning of Canadians from most parts of Canada, the Premier of New Brunswick has just made the rationale even nuttier: HOLY CRAP 😅 so the Premier of New Brunswick just admitted that the HIKING BAN has NOTHING TO DO with potential fires being started 🤯 crazy turn of events here pic.twitter.com/i47AApsaKo — Melissa 🇨🇦 (@MelissaLMRogers) August 11, 2025 So you can't go outside unless the state has sufficient resources to pick you up if you stub your toe. Gotcha. This is the future they're planning for all of us. Burn it all down. Now....

Scientists developed a safer non-stick surface using a unique “nanoscale fletching” design that repels grease like Teflon, without the toxic baggage. Credit: Shutterstock ======================================================================== Engineers have crafted a new non-stick coating that could finally give Teflon some competition—without the dangerous “forever chemicals” that have raised health alarms. By bonding silicone-based bristles with the tiniest PFAS molecule possible, the team created a surface that resists both water and grease as effectively as traditional coatings. Safer Non-Stick Alternative Emerges Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering have created a new type of material that could provide a...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(8/11/25)[Prayer]Water, Rivers, and Streams in the BibleRevelation 12:13-1713 When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach. 15 Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman...

We are at a turning point in history, the end of the age of politics as religion, of heaven on earth, the rule of the educated elite. In other words, a revolution. About eight years from now, after the reelection of President Vance, experts will agree that there was something rotten in the state of Clinton, Obama, and Biden. Always the last to know, the experts will finally “notice” that something has changed in this city on a hill. Steve Sailer has a book on Noticing. And why not? The most important skill for a human is to notice when...

Claire Hope from Vancouver has just turned 18. Her mother is a real-estate agent, her father a lawyer. Last week, Claire reportedly made more than $1 million in less than three hours, after announcing the launch of her OnlyFans “bday special” on Instagram with a picture of herself sticking her middle fingers up at the camera. She wears a cropped t-shirt embroidered with the phrase “porn star in training”, promising “all content shot at 12.01am on my 18th birthday”. Claire first became famous as a sweary child rapper on YouTube, performing under the name Lil Tay. It is this persona,...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett says President Trump's latest attack on her is a warning sign ... she says he either has dementia, or he's just dumb as a rock. The Democratic Congresswoman from Texas joined us on "TMZ Live" Monday and we asked about Trump calling her a very low IQ individual and challenging her to take a cognitive exam. Crockett says the only one lacking any brain cells here is Trump ... and she rattles off a list of differences between their life achievements -- going jab-for-jab with POTUS, and mixing in some shots at his social media platform. The...

A few months before he was killed, Dumas gave Huff a USB drive with a letter naming soldiers involved in a wider network trafficking opiates from Afghanistan. Huff, who read the letter, called it an "insurance policy" and "seriously incriminating shit." Three other people independently mentioned the letter to Harp on the record. After Huff was arrested, the USB drive was seized by the Winston-Salem Police Department—which told Harp that the drive was completely empty.