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Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas has questioned the legitimacy of Jack Smith's appointment as special counsel as the Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump is partially immune from prosecution for actions taken while he was in the White House. In a 6-3 ruling, the justices returned Trump's case to the trial court to determine what is left of special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of Trump.

Fauci says Biden 'right on point on things,' though did not elaborate. Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday spoke about President Biden’s age following the president’s much-criticized debate performance against former President Trump. Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appeared on ABC's "This Week" and was asked about whether Biden, who is 81 years old, should be running for re-election. "You know, I think it's just an individual choice, and you really can't generalize," Fauci said. Fauci, who helped lead the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, said one must look at each person...

A four-man burglary crew was caught on surveillance cameras hugging and high-fiving after successfully breaking into a safe at a West Hollywood jewelry store and making off with precious, one-of-a-kind pieces made by the shop’s owners. The incident occurred at Huener Jewelry in the 7900 block of Santa Monica Boulevard on June 16 – Father’s Day. “To be honest with you, it’s very hard,” Robert Goukasian, an owner of the shop, told KTLA’s Mary Beth McDade. “I’ve been going through hours of surveillance videos and it’s hard to watch.

The man who correctly predicted nine of the last 10 presidential elections — including that Donald Trump would defeat Hillary Clinton — has some thoughts about the recent debate. Chill out, Democrats. And maybe stop listening to the talking heads on TV. From Lichtman: “All of these pundits and pollsters, and panelists that you see on all the cable channels and all the networks, have no track records in predicting elections. And if they come on and they claim they know how this debate is going to affect elections, they have no idea. It’s sports talk radio. It may be...

Official video for " I Love Rock 'N Roll” by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Kamala Harris this week had clearly, finally, and decisively earned a piece of the action. It sure took long enough.

Rebecca Boggs Roberts opens Untold Power, her delightful new biography of First Lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, with a gripping scene that seems scripted for Hollywood. To set the stage: In the fall of 1919, after a grueling seven months in Europe negotiating the end of World War I, a bruising battle with the Senate over the treaty’s ratification, and a cross-country train tour to promote the League of Nations, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a series of strokes that left him partially paralyzed, intellectually diminished, and often incoherent. Remarkably, Edith Wilson—the president’s second wife, of just four years—along with...

Amid the documented false statements and truth-stretching during Thursday night's presidential debate, Donald Trump did manage to speak at least one truth: "This shouldn't be a debate." Trump called the first general election debate of the 2024 season a waste of time, and for once, I couldn't agree more with him. There should be no discussion today about who won the debate. There was no winner, but it sure feels like our country lost big-time. There's a saying that goes, "We get the government we deserve." I don't know that any of us deserved the farcical mess we witnessed Thursday...

“He told the truth. And Donald Trump told lie after lie after lie.” The first lady’s decision to don the bizarre dress came just hours after her hubby’s disastrous face-off against former President Donald Trump, during which the president spoke in a weak voice and repeatedly lost his train of thought while answering questions. The president’s shockingly poor performance has triggered fresh calls for the Democrat to consider stepping aside as his party’s nominee — just over four months before the election

The View cohosts have changed course — and are urging President Joe Biden to do the same — when it comes to the 2024 presidential election. After Biden's performance in Thursday night's debate against Donald Trump was universally derided by both sides of the political divide, the ladies of the morning talk show brought to the Hot Topics table an impassioned call for the 81-year-old to step down and let another Democrat take his place in facing off against Trump in November. "Most of us are in mourning," Sunny Hostin said at the top of Friday morning's episode, and while...

Donald Trump lied about the economy on his watch, about veterans care, about crime and even about the violent participants in his Jan. 6, 2021, coup attempt ― and was able to go largely unchallenged by President Joe Biden, who managed a weak and unfocused performance from the start. As he did during his four years in office, Trump claimed that he created “the best economy in history.” In fact, the economy during his administration was essentially the same as that of his predecessor, Barack Obama, and actually created fewer new jobs in his first three years than Obama’s did...

Thursday night's election debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump sparked "panic" within the Democratic Party according to CNN chief national correspondent John King, after the 81-year-old president repeatedly appeared to lose his train of thought, triggering widespread mockery on social media.

The origin of this phrase dates back to the tale of Hans Christian Andersen, titled “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” which was published in 1837, along with The Little Mermaid. The story tells of an exhibitionistic emperor who is obsessed with clothing and fashion. Two swindlers pull a fraud on him by telling him and his court that they will tailor an outfit that can only be seen by the wise. This results in nobody admitting that the emperor is, in fact, naked, up to the very end of the story, when a boy exclaims that “The Emperor Has No Clothes.”...

A couple arrested after some of their adopted children were found locked in a shed at their West Virginia home are set for trial later this year on charges that a judge said involved their use as “slaves.” Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather face trial later this year after they were arraigned on 16 counts each accusing them of civil rights violations, human trafficking, forced labor, gross child neglect and falsifying an application seeking a public defender. All but one of the counts are felonies.

The coronavirus pandemic has become the deadliest disease outbreak in recent American history with tolls surpassing the estimated deaths of the 1918 flu. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, 681,253 individuals in the United States have died from Covid-19 infections, while over a century ago, the country lost an estimated 675,000 people during the 1918 influenza pandemic, reports Holly Yan for CNN.

An Israeli family visiting Paris was denied service at a hotel after an attendant noticed their Israeli passports, continuing a record spike in antisemitism across France that has increasingly led to violence against the Jewish community. According to the French magazine Le Point, the Israeli family of three intended to spend three nights in Paris. Although they had booked their Novotel Paris Porte de Versailles hotel room online, an attendant informed the family, after seeing their Israeli passports, that the price of the room had increased. “He completely changed face,” the father said in a complaint to French authorities, according...

An individual who is believed to have purposely butchered the national anthem at a Pittsburgh Pirates game has been taking heat after controversially changing the words to the patriotic song. The performer altered the words of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ before the game, changing “and the rocket’s red glare” to “And the rocket’s blue glare.” Needless to say, Pittsburgh Pirates fans were not best pleased. “At the :50 mark. This is totally embarrassing and self-important. This guy — Bethany Hallam’s boyfriend — sang the anthem last night at the Pirates game and changed the lyrics to “…and the rockets’...

Fashion designer gets security after threats for yoga at Golden Tempple. A Vadodara-based fashion designer has been provided police protection in the wake of death threats received by her after she performed yoga at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, an official said Monday. Fashion designer and social media influencer Archana Makwana performed 'Shirshasan' at the temple on June 21 to mark the International Yoga Day and posted pictures of it on social media which went viral, drawing criticism, abuses and death threats

Oklahoma’s Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the approval for the state’s soon-to-be-opened and highly contentious publicly funded religious charter school, a loss to religious conservatives in the state amid concerns of the blurring of religion and public school. The state Supreme Court ruled in a 6-2 decision that the St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic Charter School in Oklahoma City violates Oklahoma’s constitution, finding publicly funded charter schools must be nonsectarian. In its decision, the high court found the school is a governmental entity that, under state law, must be “equally free and open to all students as traditional...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Stinging jellyfish, rays with their whip-like tails and sharks on the hunt are some ocean hazards that might typically worry beachgoers. But rip currents are the greatest danger and account for the most beach rescues every year. Six people drowned in rip currents over a recent two-day period in Florida, including a couple vacationing on Hutchinson Island from Pennsylvania with their six children and three young men on a Panhandle holiday from Alabama, officials say. About 100 people drown from rip currents along U.S. beaches each year, according to the United States Lifesaving Association. And more...