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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Friday denounced President Trump for saying federal efforts to promote diversity are to blame for this week’s deadly crash between a military helicopter and a commercial passenger plane just outside Washington. Jeffries said the president’s comments were “irresponsible” and “shameful,” especially since the recovery efforts are still underway and the true cause of the crash remains unknown. “It’s a very irresponsible statement that was made by the president,” Jeffries said during a press conference in his district in Brooklyn, N.Y. “Bodies are still being pulled from the Potomac, children were killed, future ice...

Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg told her co-hosts that Republicans like Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) saying there could be strings attached to aid for the California wildfires was “beyond shameful.” Goldberg said, “As wildfires continue to devastate Los Angeles, burning homes and costing billions in damages, some are calling for award shows like The Oscars to be postponed or canceled while others want them turned into telethons to raise funds for the victims. Right now, The Oscars aren’t until March. What I’m concerned about is this: Republicans like Mike Johnson threatening to put conditions on the aid to...

If you thought awarding Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson the Presidential Citizens Award was Biden giving the middle finger to America on his way out the door, you ain't seen nothing yet. We watched as Joe Biden (and his handlers) continued to dishonor the Office of the Presidency as he finally exits the political stage in little more than two weeks. Last week, in a clearly partisan effort, he cheapened the prestige of the nation’s second highest civilian honor, the Presidential Citizens Award, awarding it to J6 Committee chair and vice chair Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney who were complicit...

Rachel Zegler took to Instagram to apologize for her heated reaction last week to the re-election of Donald Trump. Disney's upcoming Snow White star received blowback following her original post, where she declared, "May Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace," and "there is a deep deep sickness in this country," and, "another four years of hatred, leaning us towards a world I do not want to live in." On Thursday night, the 23-year-old actress posted a new message: "Hi everyone, I would like to sincerely apologize for the election post I shared on Instagram last...

Nov 6 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver a speech conceding defeat in the presidential election to Donald Trump at 6 p.m. (2300 GMT) on Wednesday, two sources told Reuters.

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff slammed former President Trump Thursday evening for not disavowing North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R), calling his previous praise for the gubernatorial nominee “shameful.” In an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki, scheduled to air Sunday, Emhoff was asked about past comments reportedly made by Robinson, including calling himself a “Black Nazi. “The fact that Donald Trump was right here in Wilmington, right where I am sitting, where he could not disavow Mark Robinson. He was trying to ignore it, but he did not disavow what Robinson said,” Emhoff told Psaki, who previously served as White...

The White House is taking heat for statements on the deaths of a mother of five children in Maryland and a young Texas girl who were allegedly murdered by illegal aliens. The recent statements, which were short, did not comment on active police investigations regarding the two deaths, Fox News reported on Saturday. “We extend our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Rachel Morin. We cannot comment on active law enforcement cases. But fundamentally, we believe that people should be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law if they are found to be guilty,” the...

Peter Boghossian taught at Portland State University until he saw how DEI turned our education system into social justice factories where grievance and division are the only outputs. While Peter and PragerU CEO Marissa Streit disagree on some issues, they find common ground on the fact that our education institutions need to be abandoned and started anew.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge on Tuesday allowed the Arlington National Cemetery to remove a century-old Confederate memorial one day after blocking the removal over a report that gravesites were disturbed. At a hearing in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. District Judge Rossie Alston said he issued the temporary injunction Monday after receiving an urgent phone call from the memorial's supporters saying that gravesites adjacent to the memorial were being desecrated as contractors began work to remove the memorial.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle on Friday requesting a briefing on the details surrounding the discovery of cocaine in the White House, as the committee investigates what happened. “The presence of illegal drugs in the White House is unacceptable and a shameful moment in the White House’s history,” Comer said in the letter. 🚨The presence of illegal drugs in the White House is unacceptable and a shameful moment in the White House’s history. Congress funds White House security procedures & @GOPoversight has oversight jurisdiction over Secret Service operations. I’m...

'The Five' co-hosts weigh in on President Biden heading to his Delaware home for the weekend instead of visiting Ohio disaster victims.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) rebutted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) comment calling the government funding omnibus bill “one of the most shameful acts” in the chamber’s history, asking if he had forgotten about the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Pelosi responded on the House floor on Friday ahead of the voting to pass the $1.7 trillion bill, saying it would likely be her last speech as Speaker on the floor. “It was sad to hear the minority leader earlier say that this legislation is the most shameful thing to be seen on the House floor in this Congress. I...

Election officials in a rural Arizona county are gearing up for a slew of legal battles after they failed to certify the results of the 2022 midterm elections, facing criminal penalties and at least two lawsuits. Two Republican supervisors in Cochise County, Arizona, voted to delay the county’s election results until Friday — four days after the state-mandated deadline. The vote quickly spurred court battles from state officials as they scramble to complete the statewide canvass, which requires certified results from all 15 counties before being completed. “It’s astounding that Cochise County officials failed to certify the election results,” Alex...

Whoopi Goldberg told her co-hosts Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that Republican senators questioning Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson had a “nasty” tone. The show played clips of Republican Sens Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) asking questions.

Vice President Kamala Harris has said that the US “must not shy away” from the “shameful past” of how the first European explorers “ushered in a wave of devastation for tribal nations.” Harris made the comments Tuesday to the National Congress of American Indians, saying it was “an honor” to address them “as we celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” the newly recognized name for Columbus Day. “Since 1934, every October the United States has recognized the voyage of the European explorers who first landed on the shores of the Americans,” she said. “But that is not the whole story. That has...

Portland Police – what’s left of them – report that eight people were shot overnight in a mass shooting in downtown Portland. Portland Police reported that one of the victims had life-threatening injuries. No one died in the shooting. No arrests have been made. The latest incident is just another example of the “skyrocketing” number of shootings seen by the anti-police city. The latest shooting took place near where months of riots have taken place in 2020 and 2021.

Ana Navarro told her co-hosts Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that it is “shameful” Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is selling merchandise featuring the slogan “Don’t Fauci My Florida,” in reference to the coronavirus restrictions endorsed by Dr. Anthony Fauci. Referencing singer Olivia Rodrigo White House visit to push vaccines, co-host Whoopi Goldberg said, “Ana, will this kind of targeted outreach work in your opinion?” Navarro said, “Whoopi, this is just one thing they’re doing. They’re doing all sorts of outreach at the White House. I did an Instagram live last week with Dr. Fauci. They’re going for people in the...

Sean, you've disgraced yourself...again!

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, news broke that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer struck a deal to finally push the Wuhan coronavirus relief bill through. On Sunday night, the legislation was nearly finalized when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flew back into town after a week in California and blew up the process by demanding a far-left and unrelated wish list be included in the bill. Now, after days of wasted time and additional work, Pelosi has indicated the House won't vote on the Senate bill today. Further, Pelosi may ask for additional adjustments...

A Georgia police chief is defending the use of a Taser on an 87-year-old grandmother after she was seen walking around with a knife near her home, which her family says was for cutting dandelions for a salad. Martha Al-Bishara, 87, whose family says she doesn’t speak English, was gathering the flowers Friday on property belonging to a Boys and Girls Club organization in Chatsworth when a staff member called 911 on her for trespassing, the Dalton Daily Citizen-News reported, citing the police report. “She’s old so she can’t get around too well, but looks like she’s walking around looking...