Democrat and socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday the city is not actually experiencing a much-reported exodus of wealthy residents over high taxes. A surge of affluent New Yorkers leaving the city and moving to places with lower taxes such as Florida was a major story in...

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This past Wednesday was April 15 -- the notorious day on which most federal income tax returns are due. But as millions of Americans received tax refunds, some received bigger payouts than others, according to a report from travel and personal finance company Upgraded Points. The report noted that federal...

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European Union President Ursula Von Der Leyen said Monday that the conflict between the United States and Iran “confirmed” the EU’s plans to “decarbonize” the continent. President Donald Trump announced the Strait of Hormuz would be closed to ships that paid Iran a “toll” for passage through the maritime chokepoint...

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A major expo for the trucking industry expressed gratitude for Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's participation, noting the Trump administration's work to recognize the sector. The Mid-America Trucking Show last month welcomed over 53,000 guests and more than 800 exhibitors, while Duffy delivered a speech to attendees. The Cabinet official posted...

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There’s a famous line in the movie “The Graduate” where a young Dustin Hoffman receives this bit of career advice from a businessman: “One word, Benjamin: plastics.” He wasn’t talking about credit cards, but he might as well have been. Back in the 1960s only about 30% of Americans had...

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Trump administration officials agreed on Monday to allow the "pride" flag at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City to fly once more. The change comes after the Trump administration had removed the flag earlier this year, a move which immediately sparked legal challenges from LGBT activist groups. The...

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Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves had a laugh at the expense of the United Kingdom after an analysis by Polymarket revealed how impoverished the nation's people are in comparison to Americans. On Wednesday, Polymarket posted on X that Brits believed their country would rank 7th among the states for income,...

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Big Tech spends metric tons of lobby money.  On just about everyone in D.C. to ensure that no one in D.C. does anything Big Tech doesn’t like. And it’s worked – like a charm. Thirty years of the Internet? And D.C. has passed ZERO limits on how Big Tech collects...

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A streamer has received six months of hard labor in a South Korea prison after making lewd sexual gestures toward a monument to commemorate women who were made into sex slaves by the occupying Japanese forces during World War II. 25-year-old Johnny Somali -- whose real name is Ramsey Khalid...

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Christian advocacy groups are raising major concerns over a bill in Uganda that would establish a parallel court system functioning on the basis of Sharia law. ADF International said in an April 7 release that the Islamic judicial system would handle marriage, divorce, custody, and other personal law matters for...

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The Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) is backing a Biden-era gun rule over objections from Second Amendment advocates. The administration intends to maintain the Biden administration’s “Frame or Receiver” definition, which subjects firearm parts kits, or “ghost guns,” to the same regulations as traditional firearms, according to an email shared...

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The pro-life activist and father of seven who was targeted with an FBI raid under the Biden administration won a lawsuit payout of over $1 million, one of the ministries supporting him announced earlier this month. Mark Houck, who lives near Philadelphia, regularly ministered outside the Planned Parenthood location in...

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an unusual apology Wednesday after she acknowledged making critical remarks about the upbringing of her conservative colleague, Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Sotomayor released a statement through the Supreme Court in which she said that she made inappropriate comments at the University of Kansas School of Law and...

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America is planning an aggressive response to Iran's action Saturday to close the Strait of Hormuz, according to a new report. After Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it would block any ships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the United States is preparing to ramp up its naval...

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White House economists estimated that the United States has a shortage of 10 million houses, according to a new report out Monday -- and said regulatory cuts could lead to more construction to stabilize prices, increase home ownership, and fuel faster economic growth. The analysis, part of the Economic Report...

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Podcast host Joe Rogan appeared with President Donald Trump on Saturday during an Oval Office ceremony in which Trump signed an executive order aimed at increasing the potential usage of some psychedelic drugs that might be effective against mental health issues. “Today’s order will ensure that people suffering from debilitating...

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Voters in Independence, Missouri, voted on Tuesday to oust two city councilmembers after they backed an AI data center in the community. Independence councilmembers Bridget McCandless, who was running for mayor, and Jared Fears both voted in favor of giving $6 billion in tax breaks to Nebius to build a...

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President Donald Trump will participate in the upcoming America Reads the Bible event. Trump will read 2 Chronicles 7:11–22 during the event, which is commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence. The event features 475 American political, cultural, and religious leaders reading the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. It begins...

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A prominent Trump detractor who served as a top aide to former Vice President Mike Pence appears to be running for Congress as a Democrat in a new seat the party is seeking to gerrymander in its favor, a Federal Election Commission filing shows. Olivia Troye, 49, who spent time...

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It was a headline that probably caught plenty of Christians -- both conservative and liberal -- off-guard: an assertion that President Donald Trump had posted a letter from Rev. Franklin Graham assuring him that his "soul is secure" and "bound for heaven." Was the assertion true? As usual with matters...

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This Tax Day, families shouldn’t just think about how much they will get back. They should also know about an opportunity that could change their child’s future trajectory. In the years ahead, filing taxes may start to feel very different for taxpayers and parents. The Working Families Tax Cut, which...

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