More than a dozen people were shot Sunday night when a party at an Oklahoma campground ended in violence. Police said 13 people were taken by ambulances to hospitals across the Oklahoma City metro region, according to KOCO-TV. The number of victims could increase, police said, because some victims were...

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The national debt exceeded the size of the entire U.S. economy -- marking the first time the grim milestone has been reached since World War II. The current national debt held by the public was $31.27 trillion on March 31, but nominal gross domestic product was $31.22 trillion for the...

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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is facing heated backlash for defending a $9 cup of coffee as a worthwhile, "premium" experience. Appearing this past Wednesday on The Wall Street Journal's "What's News AM" podcast, Niccol argued that Starbucks is faring well despite troubling economic conditions and rising income disparity. "What we're...

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A former Michigan State University student reportedly used the school's research labs to cook methamphetamine in a stunt that bears some similarity to the premise of the cult classic "Breaking Bad." The former student, 31-year-old Xin Tong, began visiting Wells Hall on April 10, continuing up to the day he was...

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The White House currently displays an incomplete construction site where the East Wing stood. This visible symbol of governmental dysfunction represents more than architectural debate — it represents institutional failure. America needs adult leadership to end the partisan squabbling and complete this project. The solution is straightforward: secure cross-party commitment...

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President Donald Trump unveiled a new retirement savings option for Americans who lack plans provided by their own employers. Trump signed an executive order on Thursday providing up to $1,000 in federal matching contributions for Americans who start Individual Retirement Accounts, also known as IRAs, through TrumpIRA.gov. The IRAs will...

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President Donald Trump's "Project Freedom" to end Iran's stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz began with success on Monday. “U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers are currently operating in the Arabian Gulf after transiting the Strait of Hormuz in support of Project Freedom,” U.S. Central Command posted on X. “American forces are...

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Iran has threatened to attack "any foreign armed force" that enters the Strait of Hormuz in response to President Donald Trump's unveiling of Project Freedom. The president announced Project Freedom in a Truth Social post published Sunday, writing that U.S. military ships will "guide" foreign-owned ships that are stuck in...

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One of the nastier nicknames for California Gov. Gavin Newsom is "Patrick Bateman." He's the thoroughly amoral yuppie protagonist of the novel and film "American Psycho." The reason is that Gavin bears more than a slight resemblance to him morally and a massive resemblance to the Christian Bale portrayal in...

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A vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike was struck by a United Airlines jet that was landing Sunday at Newark Liberty International Airport The underside of the Boeing 76-400 struck a light pole and a tractor-trailer at about 2 p.m., according to Reuters. The Federal Aviation ⁠Administration said Flight 169...

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Three people are dead and three others have fallen ill in what officials believe is an outbreak of hantavirus aboard a cruise ship. The MV Hondius is now anchored off the coast of Cape Verde, an island off the west coast of Africa,  according to CNN, citing a statement by...

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President Donald Trump reportedly said Monday that Iran will be "blown off the face of the earth" if it attempts to fire on American ships within the Strait of Hormuz. Fox News' chief foreign correspondent, Trey Yingst, spoke with Trump for 20 minutes about Project Freedom, an effort to end...

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Besides enriching themselves, America's leadership class has failed at everything, including their promises to educate young people. In a pair of viral videos posted on the social media platform TikTok, students at Philadelphia's Preparatory Charter School of Mathematics, Science, Technology and Careers -- one of Pennsylvania's "most diverse schools," per...

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A federal judge overseeing the case of Cole Allen, who is accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump and other top officials, issued an apology to the defendant on Monday for his current living conditions. "I'm sorry," Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui told Allen, according to USA Today. "Whatever...

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At this point, one wonders whether sanity will ever return. President Donald Trump's decade-old political ascendancy has rendered adult liberals incapable of defining themselves by anything other than their hatred of the president. Thus, they have made no effort to restrain behavior that decent people in normal times regard as...

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has spent the past seven years reshaping the Sunshine State's politics. After a razor-thin victory in the 2018 governor's race, DeSantis turned the one-time swing state into a reliably Republican bastion -- including a 2022 re-election victory that was the GOP's biggest moment in a disappointing...

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Democrats performed well in the 2025 elections and now enjoy a favorable climate ahead of the 2026 midterms. Still, party insiders have expressed trepidation and even panic over leadership at the Democratic National Committee. According to The Bulwark, which bills itself as an outlet "founded to provide analysis and reporting...

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The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization said Monday that European countries have "gotten the message" from President Donald Trump and are stepping up to assist the U.S. with the Iran conflict. Certain European nations are honoring agreements with America regarding the use of military bases and are...

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A staffer for Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, who was arrested last year for bringing a pistol into the Capitol without a license, saw the charges quickly dropped and walked away from the incident without further consequence, despite lingering questions. This is quite a surprise, especially given how...

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Gunshots rang out not far from the White House Monday as a gunman fired on Secret Service agents. The shooting took place around 3 p.m. at 15th Street and Independence Avenue, near the Washington Monument and about a half-mile from the White House. The shooting involved agents with the Uniformed...

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New court filings show that the alleged arsonist who started the January 2025 Pacific Palisades fire in California is a deranged leftist who hated capitalism, resented the rich, and was angry at the world. As a reminder, these are the hallmarks of today's unhinged, anti-American, anti-social left. These findings were...

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