Donald Trump has failed at so much in his life that it may seem unfair to say his recent foray into music is unique in its badness. After all, the former president has bankrupted a casino, defaulted on an airline, and flubbed ownership of a professional football team, to name …
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JERUSALEM —Ask Israelis what has taken hold of their country — which has been paralyzed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s “legislative blitz” and the massive protests it has triggered — and they’re more likely to reply with a sound than with an actual word. A grunt, or a long, drifting …
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The U.S. was forced to bring down one of its own drones on Tuesday after a Russia fighter jet collided with the drone’s propellor over the Black Sea, the Pentagon announced. “At approximately 7:03 AM (CET), one of the Russian Su-27 aircraft struck the propeller of the MQ-9, causing U.S. …
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Congress’ resident liar George Santos (R-N.Y.) has filed paperwork to potentially run for reelection in 2024, despite facing multiple federal investigations and a Congressional Ethics investigation regarding the many falsehoods he’s told voters. While the Long Island congressman is polling abysmally in his home district, the move opens up a …
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Republican state Senator Steve Drazkowski claimed he has “yet to meet a person in Minnesota that is hungry” in a speech opposing a bill that would provide free breakfast and lunches to students in the state. “Hunger is a relative term… I had a cereal bar for breakfast, I guess …
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KHERSON, Ukraine — The city is free between the hours of eight a.m. and three p.m. The rest of the day belongs to the Russians: by late afternoon, the streets are empty, the few businesses left operating mostly closed. Traffic dies down to almost nothing. Before the war, 220,000 people …
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The New York Times reported last week that the Manhattan district attorney’s office offered Donald Trump an opportunity to testify before a grand jury investigating a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. The offer signals that DA Alvin Bragg is getting ready to indict Trump. It’s now …
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Members of the South Carolina State House are considering a bill that would make a woman who has an abortion in the state eligible for the death penalty. The “South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023” would amend the state’s code of laws, redefining “person” to include a fertilized …
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Democratic lawmakers are condemning the Biden administration’s approval of ConocoPhillips’ massive Willow oil drilling project on Alaska’s North Slope. The decision represents a clear reversal of Biden’s 2020 campaign promise to end the approval of new oil and gas permits on federal lands and waters. In a joint statement released …
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellendismissed the possibility of a federal bailout for Silicon Valley Bank after it collapsed last week. “We’re not going to do that again,” she said, referring to the bailouts during the 2008 financial crisis. “But we are concerned about depositors, and we’re focused on trying to meet …
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