Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's ban on carrying guns was shot down Wednesday by a federal judge, who issued a temporary restraining order to prevent it from taking effect. U.S. District Court Judge David Urias said the order banning concealed and open carry rights in and around Albuquerque...

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Although the office of Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said she is not married, that’s not the story told by her official filings. A March 2023 filing lists fiance Riley Roberts as her spouse, as does a January 2023 form she filed. An August financial disclosure filing lists...

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Even as he was surrounded by law enforcement officials on Wednesday, 14 days after escaping from prison in southeast Pennsylvania, Danelo Cavalcante was not ready to give himself up. When the 34-year-old convicted murderer saw officers closing in on him as he hid behind a tractor store, he tried to...

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The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects the children of illegal immigrants from deportation, is illegal, a federal judge has ruled. The program was created by the stroke of President Barack Obama’s pen in 2012 and currently protects about 580,000 of what are called “Dreamers,” according to CBS....

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Bud Light looks wedded to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney for the foreseeable future following its multibillion-dollar advertising fiasco in the spring. Though Anheuser-Busch is mum on the subject, Mulvaney envisions a day when he will be promoting beer on the biggest stage. “Maybe it’d be epic ... if in like...

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For years, marijuana advocates claimed that if only America would loosen restrictions, we'd all see how beneficial the drug is. But now, more than 10 years after the first efforts to do just that, we are seeing that the critics were right. Liberal pot laws and increased usage are far...

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On July 14, at 4:30 p.m., a would-be robber hastily fled from Furnari Jewelers with a haul of jewelry worth $16,000 clutched in his hands in Holyoke, Massachusetts It was only due to the swift response of the store owner, Joe Furnari, that the ill-gotten wares were promptly recovered. Furnari...

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On Monday, President Joe Biden peddled a fake story about his trip to ground zero in New York City the day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks 22 years ago. During an anniversary speech to members of the military, first responders and their families in Anchorage, Alaska, Biden declared, "Ground zero...

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House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden already has administration officials acting annoyed and lying more than usual. On Wednesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre fielded questions from reporters for the first time since House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday announced the inquiry into what he called a...

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President Joe Biden has finally responded to the impeachment inquiry that Republicans are launching against him, and his answer was less than convincing. On Tuesday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced that House Republicans would be opening a formal impeachment inquiry against the president, citing a "culture of corruption" in the...

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You might not have seen the last of Aaron Rodgers on a football field. The future Hall of Fame quarterback suffered a season-ending Achilles' heel injury during the New York Jets' first game of the year against the Buffalo Bills on Monday. Peyton and Eli react to Aaron Rodgers' apparent...

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Three years after the contents of Hunter Biden’s former laptop began to be splashed all over the globe, attorneys for President Joe Biden's son are suing a former aide in the Trump White House who helped spread the emails and images found on the abandoned computer. The laptop was brought...

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had multiple opportunities to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as President Joe Biden’s running mate again in 2024 and declined to do so each time on Wednesday. Pelosi was somewhat complementary of Harris during an interview Wednesday with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. But it was what...

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Shortly after last week's major earthquake in Morocco, the conspiracy theorists came out of the woodwork. Granted, the so-called "earthquake lights" that appeared just as the shaking started gave them more to work with than usual, as shown in the video below that was posted to X, the social media...

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What's next in the everything-must-go-sale atmosphere at Disney? Well, if reports are to be believed, the House of Mouse is looking to offload its owned-and-operated local ABC stations in eight markets -- and if they do, the potential buyer sees "little friction" if they're put on the market. “We think...

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Disgraced former football star O.J. Simpson is coming under fire for insensitive comments about 9/11. Simpson appeared on the "It is What it Is" sports podcast to discuss the New York Jets' fortunes following their quarterback Aaron Rodgers' season-ending injury on Monday night. In the interview, Simpson expressed optimism that...

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Former CIA agent Tim Ballard, whose fight against human trafficking was told in the hit film “Sound of Freedom,” used a clip from the movie to make his point Wednesday when he testified before Congress. During emotional testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee, Ballard said that the Biden administration’s...

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What would happen if devout Christian men openly mocked the LGBT movement by dressing up in scanty women's clothing and parading around in a public park? It isn't a fair question because devout Christians would never do such a thing. If they did, they would be considered mentally unstable and...

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Apparently, the media isn't going to move Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis from his promise to deploy military hardware to the southern border and use it against cartel members if he becomes president. In part of a Tuesday interview with Norah O'Donnell on the "CBS Evening News" -- during what Politico...

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The White House warned the GOP-controlled House of Representatives that President Joe Biden would veto a proposed bill that includes a military pay raise because the legislation doesn't cater enough to left-wing agenda items such as abortion, climate change, diversity initiatives and transgender issues. "If the president were presented with...

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