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Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wisconsin)…became House speaker at the age of 45 on Oct. 29, 2015, 10 years ago Wednesday. … The legislative turnover has been remarkable: Roughly 60 percent of the current House Republican Conference never served with Ryan, who retired in January 2019. Those few House Republicans who served under Ryan and remain in Congress have mostly sworn off their allegiances to that previous era. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) was a freshman lawmaker in spring 2016 when she warmly introduced Ryan as a “happy warrior” …By 2020, Stefanik had reinvented herself as a Trump loyalist who would...

Some women, confident in their abilities, challenge men and even step into the ring, believing they can compete on equal footing. However, this often backfires, resulting in a humbling experience that serves as a harsh lesson in reality. Equal Rights, Equal Fights! When Guys Fight Back [video]

A North Carolina Democratic state lawmaker resigned from his position after being charged with felonies tied to alleged sexual conduct with a minor. The move from Rep. Cecil Brockman of High Point comes after he faced bipartisan calls to resign and a potential committee investigation, announced by North Carolina’s House speaker, into his alleged misconduct. "I am currently facing criminal charges brought against me in Guilford County. Due to the seriousness of these accusations, I need to focus on my defense of these allegations," Brockman, 41, said in a statement obtained by WXII. "As a result, I am unable to...

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Julia Fox is defending her controversial 2025 Halloween costume. For an Oct. 30 Halloween party in New York City, Fox dressed up as Jackie Kennedy in a blood-soaked pink ensemble, re-creating what the former first lady wore the day her husband, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated. The look elicited many strong reactions online, with some social media users calling it “disrespectful.” On Instagram, Fox revealed why she chose the look for Halloween. “I’m dressed as Jackie Kennedy in the pink suit. Not as a costume, but as a statement,” she said. “When her husband was assassinated, she refused to...

Two people have been arrested after multiple people were stabbed on a train. British Transport Police are currently responding to the incident after an LNER train was stopped in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Armed officers attended the scene and two men were arrested following 999 calls at 19.39 GMT. More than 30 officers were sent to the scene. No details about how many people have been stabbed have been released, or how serious the injuries are. A Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson said: "Two men have been arrested by police this evening after more than 30 officers were called to Huntingdon Train Station. "We...

Atlantic City’s Mayor Marty Small Sr. is expected to cruise to reelection — but will go on trial for allegedly abusing his teenage daughter next month, which could prevent him from taking office. The beleaguered Dem is facing a challenge from Republican Naeem Khan, a Garden State native and businessman who is seeking office because of “how badly [Atlantic City] is being managed,” according to his campaign website. If he wins as expected Tuesday, Small, 51, will be sworn into court on Dec. 1 — facing a slew of abuse charges — before he takes office in January. He will...

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This past week, social media was flooded with images showing a new metro station in Tehran called the “Virgin Mary” station. The photos went viral, sparking widespread debate among those who hail it as a rare gesture of openness, those who dismiss it as a staged act to polish the regime’s image, and others who simply wonder if it even exists. According to the posts circulating online, the “Virgin Mary” station is located on Line 6 of the Tehran metro near the St. Sarkis Armenian Cathedral. According to France 24, the station has been under construction for 10 years. Its...

Police said the group, which increased in size "to several hundred juveniles" at about 8 p.m., was initially peaceful Over 100 juveniles on Halloween night in Washington, D.C., fought and caused mayhem in one of the city's most notorious problem zones for such behavior, according to a news report Saturday.A video that captured chaos appears to show National Guard members chasing after young people in the Navy Yard neighborhood, where this summer similar situations resulted, at least in part, in President Trump sending National Guard members to the nation's capital.The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, the city's police department, reportedly responded...

Imams and community leaders turn grievance into political and PR strategyWhen New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani stepped to the microphone outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx last week near Yankee Stadium, his voice broke as he spoke about "the memory of my aunt who stopped taking the subway after Sept. 11 because she did not feel safe."Behind him, a Yemeni-American educator in sunglasses named Debbie Almontaser nodded. Almost two decades ago, in 2007, she was forced to resign as principal of a city school after defending a T-shirt with the slogan "Intifada NYC." City officials viewed it...

NORFOLK, Virginia — Former President Barack Obama lambasted his successor, President Donald Trump, on Saturday as part of his appeal to boost voter support for Abigail Spanberger, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Virginia.“We’ve got a president who thinks it’s OK to use the Justice Department to go after his political opponents,” Obama said at the Ted Constant Convocation Center as the audience jeered. “Don’t boo, vote,” Obama quipped, referencing his usual get-out-the-vote phrase on the same day that early voting ends in Virginia. “We’ve got a commander-in-chief who fires decorated officers because he thinks they might be more loyal to...

Shortly after October 7, 2023, Israeli forces sorting through the remains of the 1,200 people killed during the deadliest attack on Israel since the 1973 Yom Kippur war recovered drones that Hamas and other Iranian proxies had used to target Israeli civilians. Officials found that the unmanned aerial vehicles contained multiple U.S.-origin electronic components, and further investigation showed that these parts had been procured by Chinese firms then transferred to Iranian front companies, which in turn passed them on to Hamas. The Iranians distributed U.S.-made technology bought by the Chinese to other proxies as well, including the Houthi rebels, who...

Ukraine's top military commander has admitted his soldiers are facing "difficult conditions" defending Pokrovsk - a key eastern front-line town - against massed Russian forces. Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi said Ukrainian troops were facing a "multi-thousand enemy" force - but denied Russian claims that they were surrounded or blocked. He confirmed that elite special forces had been deployed to protect key supply lines which, army sources said, were all under Russian fire. The defence ministry in Moscow reported that Ukrainian troops were surrendering and 11 of their special forces had been killed after landing by helicopter, something denied by Kyiv. In...

The chancellor of Syracuse University has revealed he believes Iran was behind the pro-Palestine protests that swept across US campuses. 'When things happened - that I really believe were encouraged from Iran - it did not have the involvement of very many if any of our own students,' Chancellor Kent Syverud said on Tuesday. He revealed his hypothesis on a panel with other chancellors from Washington and Vanderbilt Universities. It has not been confirmed that there was outside influence on the chaotic protests which overwhelmed campuses across the country.Syracuse students were among those who staged a sit in on campus...

A California police chief is under fire for allegedly commuting hundreds of miles from his home in Idaho. Eamonn Allen, a San Mateo County sheriff's office captain, is accused of sleeping in the Millbrae police station in between the mammoth journeys. Records indicate that Allen moved into a $1 million 3,773-square-foot home in Meridian, Idaho, last summer. That places him nearly 700 miles and either a 10-hour drive or about a two-hour flight from Millbrae, where he is the chief of police. 'Not [being] able to return to work on short notice in the event of an emergency is ridiculous,'...

Following the verdict, Scott told The New American that an appeal was unlikely. However, the Scharas are now petitioning the circuit court of Outagamie County for a new trial based on evidence they say has recently come to light.The New MotionScott’s motion describes bias on the part of the judge in the previous trial. “During my pretrial hearing on May 20, 2025, after one of my attorneys informed Judge [Mark] McGinnis that I had given an interview to the Appleton Post-Crescent several days prior, Judge McGinnis stated that he found that offensive and that there would be a consequence and...

Beijing’s nationwide wave of raids on independent churches marks an escalation in the CCP’s war on faith unseen since the days of Mao’s Red GuardsWhen police stormed homes across nine provinces on the night of Oct. 9, 2025, it marked more than just another chapter in China’s decades-long persecution of faith. It was the beginning of what human-rights observers are now calling the most sweeping coordinated crackdown on Christianity since the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s. The target: Beijing’s Zion House Church, the largest and most influential urban house church network in China’s modern history. For 40 years, since the...

On Friday President Trump noted (off-the-cuff) he was ambivalent to the trade interests of Canada and had no intention to restart discussions. However, Trump also said he holds no personal animosity toward Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for the stupid and antagonistic move they made in purchasing a manipulative television ad intended to undermine the Trump trade position. On Saturday, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed he did apologize to President Trump for the Canadian effort. GYEONGJU, South Korea, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Saturday he had apologised to U.S. President Donald Trump over an...

Donald Trump has threatened military action against Nigeria if the government continues to allow terrorists to kill Christians. The African country is being roiled by internal violence, including a jihadist insurgency spearheaded by extremist group Boko Haram in the northeast since 2009. Amid the various forms of bloodletting around the country - including ethnic rivalry and banditry - the Islamist militants have been slaughtering Christians as well as Muslims they regard as 'apostates' for failing to comport with their brand of Islam. There has also been a separate onslaught by Fulani Muslim tribesmen against mainly Christian farming communities, a protracted...