The Republican National Committee is in a funding drought, listing less cash on hand as of October 30 than on any report filed to the Federal Election Commission since February 2015, according to a report from The Washington Post. A comparative analysis by the Post found that with only $9.1 …
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Four-year-old Abigail Mor Edan is returning home. The dual American Israeli citizen is the first American hostage to be released since the four-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on Friday. President Joe Biden celebrated the girl’s release, but said, “What she endured was unthinkable.” Edan is one of 17 …
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Very early in the morning on Donald Trump‘s last day in office, the president announced he was pardoning Jonathan Braun, a loan shark who had been convicted of running a vast marijuana ring. Braun, who at the time was serving a 10-year sentence, was pardoned along with 142 others, including …
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Chris Christie laid the blame for rising antisemitism and Islamophobia directly at Donald Trump‘s feet. “When you show intolerance toward everyone, which is what [Trump] does, you give permission as a leader for others to have their intolerance come out,” Christie said during an interview with Dana Bash on CNN’s …
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The Israeli government has approved a deal for the release of hostages captured by Hamas in exchange for a brief ceasefire in Gaza. The decision was announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in a WhatsApp message early Wednesday, according to the New York Times. In exchange for a 4-day …
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Islam Moustafa says his New York City halal cart on 83rd and 2nd Ave. has never experienced anything like the harassment leveled against it by former Obama National Security Council Director Stuart Seldowitz — videos of which went viral on Tuesday. “We’ve been here since the [2nd Ave. Q train] …
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Border crossings between Canada and the United States were shut down on Wednesday after a vehicle crashed and then exploded at the Niagara Falls Rainbow Bridge, as MSNBC reports. Two people died and a Border Patrol officer was injured in the incident, according to two U.S. law enforcement officials, per …
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After Elon Musk threatened a “thermonuclear lawsuit” against Media Matters Friday, his company X (formerly Twitter) sued the media watchdog group on Monday for defamation, alleging the non-profit “maliciously” tried to drive away advertisers after it published a report on ads appearing alongside posts featuring antisemitic rhetoric. ”Media Matters knowingly …
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A Florida Republican wants to expand the some of the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” gender identity restrictions into the Sunshine State’s workplaces. On Tuesday, Florida state Rep. Ryan Chamberlin introduced HB 599, a bill that would ban government employees from being required to use the preferred pronouns of their colleagues, …
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A meeting where high-level strategists for Florida Governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis were supposed to discuss strategy against his rival Nikki Haley almost descended into a melee, according to a report from NBC News. Sources who spoke to NBC revealed that the near-brawl, which took place last Tuesday, reflected …
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