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Speaking with CNBC in an interview set to air in full Monday evening on Last Call, DeSantis said that he and his allies have 'basically moved on' from the fight with Disney. 'They're suing the state of Florida. They're going to lose that lawsuit,' he added, claiming that if Iger called him today he would give him the advice to 'drop the lawsuit. 'All we want to do is treat everybody the same, and let's move forward,' DeSantis said, ready to bury the hatchet. 'I'm totally fine with that. The lawsuit against DeSantis launched after he stripped the former Reedy...

American Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin vowed Saturday that Washington would not stand for any “coercion and bullying” of its allies and partners by China, while assuring Beijing that the United States remains committed to maintaining the status quo on Taiwan and would prefer dialogue over conflict. Speaking at the so-called Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual forum bringing together top defense officials, diplomats and leaders, Austin lobbied for support for Washington’s vision of a “free, open, and secure Indo-Pacific within a world of rules and rights” as the best course to counter increasing Chinese assertiveness in the region. The U.S. has...

Ron DeSantis is determined to recruit Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders as his running mate before making a formal announcement on his 2024 presidential bid, sources close to his campaign told RadarOnline.com exclusively. Insiders claim that DeSantis has set his sights on the former Trump press secretary to be his VP pick after she won the race to become the state's first female governor in November, succeeding Gov. Asa Hutchinson who served in the role since 2015. "He really only has one strong choice: Sarah," the source told RadarOnline.com exclusively. "He is desperate to lock up his running mate before...

Former President Donald Trump has warned about the potential of "death and destruction" should he be charged as part of the Stormy Daniels hush money investigation. In a post on Truth Social, Trump denied any wrongdoing while hitting out at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg amid strong indications that a potential historic arrest is forthcoming. Last weekend, Trump called on his supporters to protest his apparently upcoming arrest, which he claimed was due to take place on Tuesday, March 21. The arrest never occurred, but Democrats accused the former president of attempting to rile up his supporters to carry out...

Let’s enter Fantasyland for a moment. Let’s pretend for a sec that our country had a news media that was interested in bringing you the news, not in lecturing you about your moral inferiority (You’re so bad) or lying to you in transparently obvious ways (January 6 was an insurrection, guys) or even in forcing you to repeat whatever childish slogan they’ve come up with this week.Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. OK. Transwomen are women. All right. Say it or else.

U.S. — A new study has found that everyone at the gym is, in fact, watching you and laughing at your little sissy dumbbells. "Our study concluded that the feeling you get of being watched at the gym is because everyone is snickering at how weak you are," said lead researcher Dr. Graham Hadwin. "People are actually mocking you so much more than you ever thought possible." Men who lift weights have long sensed that all the other gym-goers were secretly laughing at their pathetic muscles and terrible form. "Just as I suspected," said local man Dan McMillan, upon hearing...

The Solomon Islands has informed U.S. authorities that all naval visits have been suspended until further notice following an earlier incident on Aug. 23 when a U.S. Coast Guard vessel, the Oliver Henry, was denied permission for a scheduled port call. The incident comes amid mounting concerns about Beijing’s influence in the region and Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare’s moves to deepen ties with the Chinese regime while solidifying his hold on power. According to the U.S. Embassy in Canberra: “On Aug. 29, the United States received formal notification from the Government of the Solomon Islands regarding a moratorium on...

The U.S. economy shrank at an annualized pace of 1.6% in the first quarter, reflecting a deeper contraction than previously reported. The Bureau of Economic Analysis's third and final estimate of first-quarter GDP released Wednesday morning showed a 1.6% annualized drop in economic growth to start 2022, more than the 1.5% previously reported and which was expected by economists, according to estimates from Bloomberg. Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the first quarter of 2022, according to the Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in...

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap)--North Korea appears to have fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the East Sea from at least two locations Sunday, an informed source here said...

America, and by extension the rest of the West, are afflicted with a sickening pathology that is rotting away the strength and power of our nations. Like a cancer that eats away at the strength of a healthy body, this pathology has been systematically weakening the social and physical infrastructure that made the West strong and capable. This pathology is nothing less than progressivism. Progressivism is an especially divisive and destructive force because it combines three features that individually are bad enough, but when fused become an absolutely horrid composition. The first of these is a penchant for undermining and...

Vladimir Putin is a brutal, violent, vicious dictator. There’s no doubt about it. There’s only one bad guy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. This war is on him. But the feelings of impotence as we sit in the most powerful nation on earth and helplessly watch an enemy ruthlessly bomb an ally should serve as a wake-up call. When America is weak and inconsistent, the world is more dangerous. Our nation’s politicians and business elites have made years of stupid decisions that have weakened this country to such a degree that we are paralyzed when a madman with nuclear weapons is...

During an appearance on FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) blamed “weakness” on display from the Biden administration for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s advance on Ukraine. The Wisconsin Republican also referred to the first Trump impeachment, which he said weakened the United States on the Ukraine issue in the eyes of Putin.

Even prior to the stunning display of American failure in Afghanistan, President Biden appeared slow-witted and spineless on crucial U.S. national security matters.For example, Biden handed Russia’s Vladimir Putin gift after gift: extending the START Treaty, lifting Nord Stream 2 pipeline sanctions despite bipartisan legislation and essentially surrendering Ukraine to Russia. During the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva, Biden was tougher with an American journalist than with Putin. After Biden’s advisers and the first lady told the press how extensively he prepared for the meeting, he cut it short.Biden also responded to the several major cyberattacks traced to Russia—including the meat...

The headlines of the Wall Street Journal today call attention to a great American weakness—love of money over the country.The headline says: “China’s Huawei Hires Democratic Lobbyist Tony Podesta.” By itself that may not mean much to the vast majority of readers. So let me explain. Tony Podesta is the brother of John Podesta. John is a long-time Washington political veteran of the Democratic Party. He served as Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton, has been a prodigious fundraiser for the Democratic Party, and founded the very liberal leaning Center for American Progress think tank in Washington. He is...

The White House on Wednesday scrambled to explain what Joe Biden meant when he nodded affirmatively in response to a question about whether or not he could trust Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden briefly appeared with Putin for the press ahead of their meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.

Noted China expert Roger Garside stated on Monday that the Communist regime of China is “outwardly strong, but inwardly weak” during a discussion on the potential for regime change and democracy in China hosted by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.Garside, a British former diplomat who was stationed in China, as well as the author of “China Coup: The Great Leap to Freedom” and “Coming Alive: China After Mao,” called the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) “fearful,” and stated, “The regime which rules China today is totalitarian, not authoritarian.”He said that while the CCP works to project a strong image, it...

The White House on Monday called an early afternoon lid on President Joe Biden’s public activities after an extended weekend at home in Delaware. The president ended his schedule of public events at 1:48 p.m. EST — after about four hours of work.

Skip Bayless is baffled at the fact that LeBron James isn’t playing right now and calls him weak as the Lakers are currently in the play-in. The Los Angeles Lakers are currently in the midst of enduring a rollercoaster of a season. With their two superstars in LeBron James and Anthony Davis being sidelined for extended periods of time, the Lakers faltered down to the bottom few seeds of the Playoffs. The only semblance of hope for them was the fact that they’re defense remained dominant due to Frank Vogel’s schemes. The Lakers did however, have their team at near...

Wrapping up an outdoor rally in Georgia on Thursday night, a fully vaccinated President Joe Biden spent 30 seconds looking for his mask, only to later realize it was in his pocket the entire time. Speaking to a drive-in rally in Duluth, Georgia, Biden stayed behind the lectern as the music blared ruffling through his binder on the hunt for his face covering. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-GA., Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-GA. and First Lady Jill Biden walked onto the stage, waving to the sea of cars. Moments later, Jill Biden joined her husband in his search for his mask, flipping...

Nature abhors a vacuum. So does the international stage. And with Joe Biden showing all the toughness of tissue paper, our rivals and enemies are on the move to take advantage.Russia on the Ukraine Border and Our Own DoorstepRussia has moved heavy artillery and tanks towards the Ukraine border, raising fears of an imminent offensive action. 4,000 heavily armed troops are on the move in Crimea, a US defense official told CNN. Russia insists it’s just a “training exercise.”Russian military equipment on the Crimean Bridge. 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzers, various trucks, BMP-3 IFVs.29.03.21 pic.twitter.com/c4W2aNqp5M— Status-6 (@Archer83Able) March 31, 2021“But Al,...