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Gen Z voters are more confident in Republicans than Democrats, even as they see the Democratic Party as being more open-minded and honest, according to a new poll released on Wednesday. Kiersten Pels, spokesperson for the Republican National Committee (RNC), told Newsweek that the poll shows how Gen Z is “waking up to the fact that the Democrat Party has abandoned them."

Top Republicans banned GOP Rep Dan Crenshaw (TX) from international travel for three months after an alcohol-related episode during a congressional trip to Mexico in August, according to Punchbowl News. The House Intel Chair wanted Speaker Mike Johnson to kick Crenshaw from the Committee, however, Johnson declined. However, Congressman Crenshaw’s ‘cartel task force’ was disbanded according to Punchbowl News. Per Punchbowl News: During an August trip to Mexico, Crenshaw was having drinks with a group of Mexican officials. One Mexican official cracked a crude joke that made a woman present uncomfortable. Crenshaw toasted the remarks. Johnson, Crawford and Crenshaw huddled...

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the Trump administration’s challenge to a New York law that blocks immigration arrests for people traveling to and from state courthouses. U.S. District Judge Mae D’Agostino rejected the administration’s claims that New York’s restrictions create unconstitutional obstacles to immigration enforcement and are preempted by federal law. “To hold to the contrary would improperly elevate the concerns of the federal sovereign over that of a State and deprive New York of its essential ability to protect its sovereign interests in the face of undue federal interference,” D’Agostino wrote in her 41-page opinion. New York passed...

Nov 18 (Reuters) - Kroger (KR.N) will close three automated delivery fulfillment facilities and record an impairment charge of about $2.6 billion in its third quarter, as the U.S. grocer expands its third-party delivery partnerships. The company said on Tuesday it would shutter the centers it operates with British online supermarket and technology group Ocado (OCDO.L) in Wisconsin, Maryland, and Florida in January, while monitoring the rest. Kroger, which had partnered with Ocado in 2018 to deploy the company's Smart Platform for automated fulfillment centers, expects the closures to have no impact on its core sales. Ocado said it would...

@RepTimBurchett I’m ticked off. Let’s see if we have the guts to ban Members of Congress from trading stocks. Thank you to @RepBryanSteil and @HouseAdmin for holding a hearing on this issue. It’s time to prove to America that we are working for them, not just for ourselves.

Tom Steyer, the billionaire climate activist and businessman who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2020, is the latest Democrat to jump into California’s crowded gubernatorial field. His two core promises — which could appear at odds — are to preserve the state’s status as a hub for business and innovation while also lowering California’s cost of living by making corporations pay “their fair share,” he said in a video message.

Convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein had an “extremely deformed” penis that was shaped like a lemon, one of his victims has revealed. Rina Oh, who has long claimed she was among the scores of young women preyed on and abused by Epstein, dropped the unsettling revelation in a recent Substack interview with magazine maven Tina Brown. “He had an extremely deformed penis,” Oh, 46, told Brown. “Some people have described it as the shape of an egg. I think it was more of the shape of a lemon, and it was really small when it was fully erect. It was probably...

CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip got tense on Tuesday (November 18) after MAGA political commentator Scott Jennings felt he was being accused of making a “racial” comment towards a fellow panelist. On Tuesday’s show, Phillip was joined by Jennings, Lydia Moynihan, Tezlyn Figaro, pollster Josh Doss, and The Black List founder Franklin Leonard to discuss the ongoing drama surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files. The debate heated up as the panel discussed whether the files could incriminate President Donald Trump. “You think after ten years of public life, you wouldn’t know it already?” Jennings asked Leonard in regards to evidence of...

“Tough decisions must be made” has become the refrain of a political class that insists British people tighten their belts, again and again, while they continue writing blank cheques to the rest of the world. Whether it was the Tories before, or Labour today, the script never changes: taxes go up, services get worse. What they never admit is that the only people ever asked to sacrifice are the British people themselves, while the state funnels ever larger sums to foreign nationals. Britain has been turned into a global food bank, funded by taxpayers who can barely keep up with...

Six Democrat lawmakers released a viral video urging troops to “refuse illegal orders.” The clip, led by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, warns that “threats to the Constitution are at home.” Conservatives erupted, accusing Democrats of pushing the military to defy President Trump. War Secretary Pete Hegseth hit back instantly, dismissing the video as “Stage 4 TDS.” Democrats insist it’s about law, not politics, as they push bills to curb Trump’s war powers. The showdown has triggered a fierce debate on loyalty, legality and military obedience

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch accepted Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s offer to stay on as top cop when he takes office, The Post has learned — a bridge-building move that comes despite their profound political differences. The highly anticipated appointment fulfills Mamdani’s campaign promise to keep the respected 44-year-old police executive in the prominent role as the far-left candidate looks to ease concerns from the moderate wing of the Democratic Party and Big Apple bigwigs as he builds out his administration.

President Trump has said he will sign the legislation after reversing his position on whether the documents should be released. But some critics and legal experts question whether that will be the end of the matter. The House passed the bill by a vote of 427-1, with GOP Rep. Clay Higgins (La.) the only dissenter. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) backed the bill despite his opposition to the discharge petition that forced the vote. The Senate later passed it by unanimous consent, sending it to Trump for a signature. A White House official reiterated to The Hill earlier Tuesday that the...

Honda announced Tuesday that it is recalling roughly 256,000 Accord Hybrid vehicles in the U.S. due to a software glitch that could cause "loss of power while driving," increasing the risk of a crash or injury. The recall covers certain Honda Accord Hybrids between the 2023 and 2025 model years, the supplier said in a press release.

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Guests have frequented an Audrey Hepburn-themed restaurant chain in the eastern city of Suzhou since 2014. Now, Hepburn’s son has won a lawsuit against the restaurant for its unauthorized use of his mother’s likeness. On Friday, a Suzhou court publicly released its decision affirming a lower court ruling in favor of Luca Dotti, one of two sons of late British actress Audrey Hepburn, in a rare move by a Chinese court recognizing the personality rights of deceased celebrities and their families. Operating under the name “Angel’s Hepburn Time Restaurant,” the business featured Hepburn’s face and name on its signage, website,...

Which came first, the chicken conversation or the frustrated farmer? A Florida man allegedly opened fire at a trio of twentysomethings outside of a bar earlier this month during an argument over how many eggs a chicken can lay. Peter Riera, 44, called 911 on Nov. 4 and said he had been robbed and was being chased by two men and a woman at Harper’s Pub in Port Saint Lucie, according to Port Saint Lucie cops. The trio — identifed in the police docs as Brandon Pace, 23; his girlfriend, Kayla Damiana, 26; and Tyler McHargue, 23 — told responding...

A person of interest was taken into custody after a 26-year-old woman was set on fire while riding a busy Chicago Transit Authority train in the city's popular Loop, police said. Police did not offer additional information on the person of interest, but noted an investigation into the case "remains ongoing." The 26-year-old was riding a Blue Line train just before 9:30 p.m. Monday when police said she got into an argument with a man believed to be about 45 years old. The man ultimately poured liquid on the woman and ignited it, setting her on fire, authorities said. The...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A prisoner is challenging an Australian state’s ban on inmates eating Vegemite, claiming in a lawsuit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breaches his human right to “enjoy his culture as an Australian.” Andre McKechnie, 54, serving a life sentence for murder, took his battle for the salty, sticky, brown byproduct of brewing beer to the Supreme Court of Victoria, according to documents released to The Associated Press on Tuesday.

quick show notes: Don't you just love it as an Australian citizen being told that your rights as an Australian citizen to wear whatever you want to wear in a public swimming pool or a public setting is actually going to be taken over by Muslim women because they feel offended at what they're seeing or more than that they want to actually be respectful of Ramadan. So you as an Australian citizen being here long before these people have been here, you have to actually abide by their standards and be respectful to the Muslims.

Several people were seen fleeing a laundromat in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the weekend as masked ICE agents arrived in the area. Many communities in the city are reeling after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Border Protection teams descended onto the streets, arresting at least 130 people. Security footage shows an incident on Sunday of a man running into a laundromat in Charlotte Plaza from what he believed to be ICE agents.