The stock market was still in a party mood early Thursday after a raucous Wednesday that saw the S&P 500 hit a new high. S&P futures, Nasdaq 100 futures, and Dow Jones futures all were pointing upward early in the day, according to CNBC. The catalyst for the optimism was...

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The Trump administration wants automakers to put the pedal to the metal to help rebuild America’s weapons stockpiles, according to a new report. As wars in the Middle East and Ukraine have consumed missiles and other weapons, the Trump administration is turning to a tactic from World War II in...

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Former Democratic Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax and his wife were found dead early Thursday in what police say was a murder-suicide inside their Annandale home. Officers responded shortly after midnight at the home for a reported death investigation, according to authorities and multiple reports. Inside the home, police discovered...

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It's a string of words famously uttered by Morrissey in a Smiths hit, and which should have been uttered more often by former President Joe Biden: "Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before." In Texas, the great blue savior has arrived. His name is James Talarico,...

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According to a report published Wednesday evening, the Eric Swalwell sex scandal cancer may be spreading in the Democratic Party -- specifically, to his former self-professed "best friend," who just so happens to be a 2028 Democratic presidential hopeful. The Daily Mail reported that at the site of Arizona Sen....

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“We’re getting very creative." Those could be the words at the top of the résumé or LinkedIn profile for Dr. Alister Martin, New York City's new health commissioner. Heaven knows, I'll give him that much. It's true! He, and others around him in New York state, are indeed getting very...

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If you're going to pick public beefs, admittedly, it's best if you're not doing it with the man who Roman Catholics see as the vicar of Christ on earth. No, the pope isn't himself infallible, one of many points of Roman Catholicism that those not in the faith or raised...

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Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has fired off a blistering response to a social media post from Tucker Carlson praising Islam. The spat began Tuesday when Carlson’s network issued a pro-Muslim post on X. “The people in charge don't want you to know this, but Muslims love Jesus,” the...

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Ships that are on a mission to support Iran will face the full military might of the United States, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine said Thursday. During a briefing, Caine said the blockade is an active operation, not a passive one. “Let me be clear: This blockade...

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Europe is staring down a reality that its leaders should have seen coming from miles away. The continent that once projected power across oceans now may not have enough jet fuel to keep planes in the air. According to the Associated Press, the head of the International Energy Agency warned...

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The Houston City Council got a rude awakening when they decided to impede the work of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Center Square reported Wednesday that Houston Democratic Mayor John Whitmire called an emergency city council meeting to discuss repealing Proposition A, which limits how much contact Houston Police Department...

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President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Lebanon and Israel have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, and he has invited the leaders of both countries to the White House for peace talks. "I just had excellent conversations with the Highly Respected President Joseph Aoun, of Lebanon, and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu,...

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“Malcolm in the Middle” was one of those rare, modern-ish, long-running shows that never felt forced, as far as the writing went. If you grew up middle-class or with parents who worked to pay the bills, it felt like a funnier version of your own family, barely holding it together....

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A quick-thinking and courageous gas station clerk helped rescue a 16-year-old girl from a kidnapping and probably worse. According to WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan, Abdulrahman Abohatem, store clerk at the Detroit-area Sunoco gas station into which the alleged abductor brought the girl around 7:30 a.m. Monday, recognized something odd in...

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Minnesota prosecutors announced Thursday that they have charged and issued an arrest warrant for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer they said brandished his weapon at two motorists during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis in February. "A nationwide warrant has been issued for Gregory Donnell Morgan Jr., 35, of Temple...

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House Democrats managed to pass a bill on Thursday to poke President Donald Trump in the eye over immigration enforcement -- and they had double-digit help from Republicans to do it. Ten Republicans bucked their party and their president while voting to keep temporary protected status in place for more...

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You know, the cynics are wrong. Well, maybe not all the cynics. For instance, people who are cynical about the Kardashians' effect on good taste and women's mental health are right. But there's a broader class of cynic out there -- the cynic who says that pain is the most...

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Chicago, Illinois, once again proved itself to be one of the worst cities in the nation. A father and former business owner died after receiving blunt force trauma from his assailants during an altercation at a bar last month. CBS News reported that 25-year-old Alexander "Zander" Kazanowski was discovered unresponsive...

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The Godfather might have put it best: "It's nothing personal. It's strictly business." That was the message a coffee shop chain born in San Francisco is putting out about its decision to remove "pride" flags from its stores' decor -- a decision that sparked outrage among the kind of gay...

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The Iranian economy, which was already on shaky ground before the war with the United States and Israel began, may face collapse if the U.S. naval blockade of the country continues. The U.S. Central Command posted on social media Thursday that it has turned 14 ships around since the U.S....

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In the ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, it's not the president who appears ready to fire off the latest salvo. Rather, it appears Powell is planning a move against the man who has long been tied to his potential ouster, per Politico. The...

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