House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said Friday that he supports calls from Melania Trump for Congress to hold public proceedings involving individuals who accuse disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein of wrongdoing. In a public statement Thursday, the first lady denied any connection to Epstein and urged lawmakers to let survivors...

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The war in Iran has led to rising prices not only for fuel, but for countless products downstream of fuel. That includes luggage on business trips and vacations for millions of people in the coming months. Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines raised their checked bag fees by $10 this...

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After Iran refused to allow ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. Navy would be blockading the critical passage starting on Monday. “The United States to Blockade Ships Entering or Exiting Iranian Ports on April 13 at 10:00 A.M. ET. Thank you for...

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America’s NATO allies are steering clear of the blockade President Donald Trump is imposing on Iran. As noted by U.S. Central Command in a post on X, the blockade that takes effect Monday only targets ships coming to or going from Iran. Other ships are free to go about their...

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Democrat Texas state Rep. James Talarico faced backlash Friday over a resurfaced 2019 interview in which he defended a bill requiring schools to maintain at least four mental health professionals for every one police officer on campus. Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian and former middle school teacher, defeated Democratic Texas Representative...

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President Donald Trump on Sunday published an AI-generated image to Truth Social so "blasphemous" it triggered an outpouring of condemnation from his own side of the political aisle. The AI-generated image seemingly depicted Trump as the savior Jesus Christ as he hovered over and blessed a man with his hand....

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Republicans in the Tennessee House walked out of an invocation last month after the guest minister denounced "white Christian nationalism" and President Donald Trump during his prayer. The highly politicized invocation -- delivered by Michael Eric Dyson, who serves as an ethics professor at Vanderbilt University -- occurred because of...

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman did not give a straight answer when directly asked why people should trust him to spearhead artificial intelligence (AI) development during a Monday interview. Axios co-founder Mike Allen posed the question to Altman amid OpenAI’s Monday release of a blueprint for how the government should handle...

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Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) did not mince words when he pulled back the curtain on where some American tax dollars are going this past week. In an interview with radio host Jesse Kelly, the Tennessee Republican described a system that sounds less like foreign aid and more like a revolving...

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The government of Nicaragua banned at least 18 Christian groups from operating within the country as persecution from the Latin American nation's regime worsens. Christian Solidarity Worldwide said in a report published last month that they were able to identify 15 Protestant groups and 3 Roman Catholic groups stripped of...

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Not long ago, Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California had reasonable hopes of winning his state's 2026 gubernatorial election. Now, however, the congressman faces serious allegations of sexual misconduct that even his fellow Democrats cannot ignore. According to Politico, prominent House Democrats made the rounds on Sunday news shows and...

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A GOP senator who voted to convict President Donald Trump accused the Republican establishment of not pouring enough money into his already cash-rich reelection campaign, Punchbowl News reported Friday. Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy is set to face voters for the first time since his vote following Trump’s second impeachment,...

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After an attack targeted at Christians rocked the nation of Syria, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox leaders within the country restricted worship on Easter to inside churches only. According to a report from The National, assailants on motorcycles carried out an attack in late March in Suqaylabiyah, a city in...

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President Donald Trump will have another chance to file his defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and others. So said U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles, who ruled Monday that the president, in suing the WSJ for publishing the contents of what it called a "bawdy" 2003 birthday...

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President Donald Trump took down an image that he posted on social media on Sunday, appearing to depict him as a Christlike figure. Trump also explained what his intention was with the post after receiving intense backlash. The AI-generated image seemingly depicted Trump in biblical-like attire, placing a hand on...

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The California Supreme Court halted an investigation by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco last week into ballots from a November 2025 special election, after his office seized them following accusations of potential voter fraud. Bianco, who is also running for governor of California as a Republican, seized more than 650,000...

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It appears President Donald Trump had a backup plan regarding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, as empty oil tankers are now on the move to the United States in search of oil. Over 100 "empty oil tankers are making their way to the U.S. to fill up as the...

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Warning: This story contains graphic details. There are stories you are revolted to have cover in this business, and then there are stories that you wish you had never come across, as they make your blood boil. After years of covering just about every kind of story, it is difficult...

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Sadie Robertson Huff of "Duck Dynasty" fame publicly thanked God on Instagram on Sunday, after her baby survived a choking incident that required emergency medical attention. "Vulnerable post here," she said. "I’m starting with that because this feels hard to talk about in my real life, much less on social...

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Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California is now under investigation by the House Ethics Committee. The embattled lawmaker had to abandon his gubernatorial campaign amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him, including allegations by women that he had sex with them when they were too drunk to be able...

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Woke pop star Sabrina Carpenter is apologizing after a viral moment at Coachella of her reacting to a traditional Arabic celebratory scream that many might associate with terror. Her response over the weekend was immediate, unscripted, and extremely genuine. “I don’t like it,” she said with an uncomfortable look on...

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