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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said that a legal theory supported by the Republican National Committee in a case related to mail-in ballots “imperils a lot of different things.” Jackson noted during oral arguments in the case on Monday that election practices have changed over time, which she said undermines the idea that there was ever a consistent practice across all states. “It's been changing throughout the course in a way that undermines the notion that there was one consistent practice first of all, or that Congress's law, the meaning of Election Day in the federal statutes, somehow was...

(snip) I've been at both ends of the spectrum, financially. Becoming a millionaire is definitely not as simple as pulling yourself up and just doing the hard work. There's so much else that factors in — including a lot of luck. I got lucky. It makes me mad when people say, "Well, I did it, so you can."(snip) People should be able to get wealthy — there's nothing wrong with that. The thing is, just pay your fair share of taxes. That's the bottom line.(snip) It's just a healthier way of structuring society than holding people down and taxing people...

Which party do you trust more on healthcare? Voters trust Democrats more, sometimes by a two-to-one margin. Start every discussion of healthcare by reminding Americans of an undeniable truism: Obamacare has been a catastrophic mistake. The Affordable Care Act has made healthcare much LESS affordable. When asked who they believe bears the greatest responsibility for rising healthcare costs, voters point to insurers and providers.

President Donald Trump made a surprise stop at Graceland Monday during his visit to Memphis, taking a private tour of Elvis Presley’s legendary home. During a roundtable earlier in the day, the president hinted at the detour, telling the audience, “I’m going to Graceland after this. I love Elvis.” Minutes after the event wrapped up, the president arrived at the Whitehaven landmark — the second most visited home in America, behind the White House. The president spent roughly 30 minutes inside the mansion. During his visit, access to the property was closed to the public, and portions of Elvis Presley...

WASHINGTON — Delta Air Lines is punishing Congress for failing to fund the Department of Homeland Security. The airline company has temporarily yanked its special congressional desk service to lawmakers and staffers on Capitol Hill until Congress finally funds the DHS, which has been in a partial shutdown since Feb. 28. “Due to the impact on resources from the longstanding government shutdown, Delta will temporarily suspend specialty services to members of Congress flying Delta,” the company said in a statement first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

U.S. — CNN announced a shift in its reporting of the US-Israel war with Iran on Monday, declaring the conflict resolved. In light of this major update, CNN officially called the war for Iran. "We can now make it official: Iran has won the war," CNN anchor Sara Sidner reported. "With over 70% of battlefields reporting, we are officially calling this war for Iran. Iran has now defeated the U.S. in what is sure to be a major upset for geopolitics going forward." According to sources, Iran had been decimated by joint American and Israeli attacks, which had taken out...

Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion doctor who was convicted in 2013 of killing three babies who were born alive in a case that made nationwide headlines, has died. He was 85. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokesperson Maria Bivens said Gosnell died March 1 at a hospital outside the prison system. He had most recently been incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution-Smithfield, about 60 miles south of Pittsburgh. A cause of death was not disclosed. Gosnell was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder of the newborns as well as involuntary manslaughter in the drug overdose death of a patient who...

Leonid Radvinsky, a Ukrainian-American entrepreneur who was the owner of the adult content platform OnlyFans, has died. In a statement, the company confirmed his death from cancer at the age of 43. A spokesman for OnlyFans said: "We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Leo Radvinsky. "Leo passed away peacefully after a long battle with cancer. "His family have requested privacy at this difficult time." Mr Radvinsky acquired Fenix International ⁠Limited, the parent company of OnlyFans, in 2018 and served ‌as its director and majority shareholder. He also ran Leo, a venture capital ‌fund he founded in 2009...

The move by Moody's is the latest sign of distress in the private credit world. Retail investors have been rushing to withdraw funds, running into gates amid concerns about upcoming credit losses, especially related to software [company] loans.

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@VigilantFox Ted Cruz says Tucker Carlson is “the most dangerous demagogue in America.” “He hates Israel.” “He’s attacking Jews on a daily basis.” “He’s also said there’s no one on planet Earth he hates more than Christian Zionists. And he’s identified by name, me and Mike Huckabee, as the two people he hates the most.” “He had Nick Fuentes, who is an open Nazi. And by the way, I don’t use the term Nazi lightly.” “Tucker has also defended Mamdani and defended Maduro.” “Tucker hates President Trump. He opposes everything about his foreign policy, and he’s attacking President Trump on...

The U.S. government is insolvent. That’s not hyperbole — it’s the conclusion drawn directly from the Treasury Department’s own consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2025, released last week to near-total media silence. The numbers: $6.06 trillion in total assets against $47.78 trillion in total liabilities as of September 30, 2025. Importantly, the $47.78 trillion in reported liabilities does not include the unfunded obligations of social insurance programs like Social Security and Medicare — those are disclosed separately in the off-balance-sheet Statement of Social Insurance (SOSI). The government’s consolidated balance sheet position, excluding the SOSI, deteriorated by nearly $2.07 trillion...

@wendyp4545 Graham is going to win his Primary again because the people in South Carolina repeat the same mistakes every single time that he is up for reelection. To the voters in South Carolina: To get rid of Graham, you need to rally your vote around 1 single challenger. As it stands today, you're splitting the vote between the 2 challengers which allows Graham to slide in and win it. Graham has used this same strategy every reelection and like clockwork, the people in South Carolina keep repeating the same mistake.

@CollinRugg NEW: Kentucky family rejects $26 million offer to convert part of their farm into a data center despite the offer being about 10 times the going rate for farmland in the area. "If it's my way, I'll stay and hold and feed a nation. 26 million doesn't mean anything." "As long as I'm on this land, as long as it's feeding me, as long as it's taking care of me, there's nothing that can destroy me if I've got this land." Video: Local 12 WKRC

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A Gen X woman has pushed back against the idea that women become "ugly" in mid-life, telling viewers online that embracing aging has been the most-liberating part of her life and rejecting the pressure to perform femininity as she gets older. Jennine Jacob, 51, from San Francisco, California, shared her perspective to Instagram after seeing a viral discussion about women’s looks in their 40s. In comments to Newsweek, Jacob said she wanted to offer an alternative view—one rooted in acceptance rather than anxiety. "I had seen a woman speak about how no one prepared her how ‘ugly’ she would be...

Too old to be hired, too young to retire: 11 ways to survive the midlife reinvention years (Article can only be linked to, per FR rules.)

A 72-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the death of a man at a house in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. She is being questioned on suspicion of assisting an offender, with three other people arrested on Sunday continuing to be held on suspicion of murder. Emergency services were called to the property on Chestnut Avenue on Friday just before midnight, where a man was found in cardiac arrest and later died. The woman along with a 24-year-old man, another woman, 49, and a 16-year-old boy remained in custody, Warwickshire Police said. "While I know this will cause shock in the...

After prominent antisemitic podcaster Tucker Carlson visited the Oval Office in January, a White House official told Jewish activist Shabbos Kestenbaum, “Just trust the plan.” It was also the approach that Israelis took toward the president on most issues. Trump and his advisers — especially top envoy Steve Witkoff — might occasionally have said things that confused Israel and even undermined its interests, but they trusted that he was a president who could distinguish good from evil, and was not about to be pushed around by Iran and friends.