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Fox News host Tucker Carlson tore into Bank of America (BOFA) for allegedly searching and releasing private customer data to federal investigators following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Carlson said his show obtained “exclusively, evidence" that BOFA — which has more than 60 million customers — “is actively but secretly engaged in the hunt for extremists in cooperation with the government.” Carlson said during the February 4 edition of Tucker Carlson Tonight that the nation’s second-largest bank “is, without the knowledge or the consent of its customers, sharing private information with federal law enforcement agencies.” In effect, Bank of America...

The failure of Obama’s “degrade and destroy” strategy The bloodthirsty barbarity of ISIS has reached a new low. A video released by the Islamic terror group shows captured Jordanian pilot, First Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh, inside a cage. A trail of lit gasoline eventually engulfs him in flame, burning him alive. Yesterday, this exercise in brute savagery was confirmed by the Jordanian government. They revealed that al-Kasasbeh was killed more than a month ago on Jan. 3, less than two weeks after his F-16 fighter jet went down over northern Syria on Dec. 24. This reality put a full stop on...

He said there is going to be retribution like ISIS hasn't seen," said Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter Jr., a Marine Corps veteran of two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, who was in the meeting with the king. "He mentioned 'Unforgiven' and he mentioned Clint Eastwood, and he actually quoted a part of the movie." Hunter would not say which part of "Unforgiven" the king quoted, but noted it was where Eastwood's character describes how he is going to deliver his retribution. There is a scene in the picture in which Eastwood's character, William Munny, says, "Any man I...

One week into the general election, the polls show a dead heat. But many presidential scholars doubt that John McCain stands much of a chance, if any. Historians belonging to both parties offered a litany of historical comparisons that give little hope to the Republican. Several saw Barack Obama’s prospects as the most promising for a Democrat since Roosevelt trounced Hoover in 1932.“This should be an overwhelming Democratic victory,” said Allan Lichtman, an American University presidential historian who ran in a Maryland Democratic senatorial primary in 2006. Lichtman, whose forecasting model has correctly predicted the last six presidential popular vote...

Is OBL dead?

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Ford Motor Co., in one of the biggest recalls ever, called back about 3.8 million pickups and SUVs due to a faulty speed-control switch that could cause fires. The recall covers the 1994-2002 model years' Ford F-150, Expedition, Bronco and Lincoln Navigator vehicles. The Ford F-150 pickup truck is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., with consumers buying 90,388 in August -- a 6.3% increase from a year ago despite surging gas prices. During its investigation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ford (F: news, chart, profile) said it found that brake fluid could leak...