It's hardly surprising that gas prices are up in the United States. After a showdown with Iran ended in attacks that spread to other Gulf states, the Strait of Hormuz is a dangerous place to be, and shipping crude from the world's biggest producers of energy is going to be...

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A van plowed into a security barricade outside the White House early Wednesday. The Secret Service is investigating the early morning incident, according to WTTG-TV. The van drove through a barricade at Connecticut Avenue and H Street, triggering a response form the Metropolitan Police and the Secret Service. The driver...

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The illegal immigrant who was convicted of killing Laken Riley has lost his bid for a new trial. Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan man who had a police record even before he killed Riley in February 2024 while she was running on the Athens campus of the University of Georgia, had...

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An illegal alien from Honduras who's wanted on 59 felony charges of child sexual exploitation was arrested in Gaston County, North Carolina, after police raided the apartment complex where he had been hiding. At the time of his March 4 arrest, Jose Isaias Martel-Arriaga was already wanted under an Immigration...

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The U.S. military has sunk 16 Iranian mine-laying craft near the Strait of Hormuz in military action on Tuesday, according to reports. The sinkings come after warnings from President Donald Trump that, had Iranian forces tried to mine the Strait, they needed to be removed posthaste. This apparently didn't go...

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune delivered a sobering reality on Tuesday that many Republican voters did not want to hear. The SAVE Act, a bill designed to secure U.S. elections by ensuring only citizens vote in federal elections, does not have the votes in the Senate. And according to Thune,...

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Although the public hasn't forgotten the 2020 election for the suspicious circumstances surrounding former President Joe Biden's victory, the 2024 election also deserves attention for some apparently unscrupulous practices by officials. The focus of this latest inquiry is one that raised voters' concerns six years ago -- Maricopa County, Arizona....

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently warned California law enforcement agencies regarding a potential retaliatory drone attack from Iran related to Operation Epic Fury. The alert, reviewed by ABC News, said that Iran could begin launching attacks against the West Coast as revenge for U.S. strikes in the Middle East....

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President Donald Trump said he will "soon" end U.S. military operations in Iran because there are few remaining targets left, adding that America is in full control of the situation. The commander in chief spoke with Axios during a short phone interview Wednesday to discuss the nation's ongoing presence in...

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There are few axioms in journalism as rock-solid as this one: WaPo's gonna WaPo. The Washington Post is a source of endless amusement, inasmuch as it will reliably give you the worst take on any story, especially in the headlines. No, there's been no "austere religious scholar" when Ayatollah Ali...

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio's stock is on the rise after reports emerged that GOP donors supported him staging a 2028 White House run during a closed-door meeting with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. NBC News reported that three attendees from the Feb. 28 donor meeting spoke with the outlet...

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Baltimore teacher Deborah Tolson, who was said to be "beloved" by the local community, was found dead Monday morning before school after having passed away over the weekend. School officials confirmed that Tolson, a mathematics interventionist, had been with Baltimore City Public Schools for 23 years and had been working...

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Former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, we hardly knew ye. Which is just as well, since the winner of the GOP primary to replace you in the House seems like he's actually committed to the MAGA agenda. In a jungle primary, Clay Fuller -- the district attorney for the Lookout...

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In an insensitive, if not outright brazen display of disrespect for the firefighters who lost their lives on 9/11, Muslims placed their prayer mats right in front of a plaque at the Fire Department of New York's headquarters that memorializes the 343 dead. Independent reporter Susan Edelman wrote about the...

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Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas called on fellow Senate Republicans to change the chamber's filibuster rules and pass the "SAVE Act" as he faces a primary runoff against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton wrote an op-ed that was posted to his official website and published by the New...

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HBO "Real Time" host Bill Maher laid the perfect trap for California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff over the weekend on the issue of President Donald Trump's decision to launch military operations in Iran. Like so many issues related to Trump, Maher showed a prominent Democrat to be a complete hypocrite....

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Hours after Team USA’s manager said the team was already a lock to reach the World Baseball Classic’s quarterfinals, the team ended up on the brink of being eliminated. Team USA lost to Italy 8-6 Tuesday night, which means that its fate will be determined by the results of Wednesday...

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On Tuesday night, CNN’s “NewsNight” offered viewers a glimpse into how modern media narratives are spun. It happened just before a commercial break. "NewsNight" host Abby Phillip told her audience, “Two Republicans say Muslims don't belong here after an attempted terror attack against New York's Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and the...

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Should we file this story under causation, correlation, or coincidence? Tuesday on LinkedIn, longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced that he and his wife Sheri had retired to Miami, Florida. Meanwhile, in far-away Olympia, Washington, legislators passed their state's first-ever income tax, the so-called "Millionaires' Tax." Could the latter have...

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer admitted on camera that the main reason he opposes the SAVE America Act is that it requires states to clean up their voter rolls, ensuring only those eligible to vote are listed. The Democratic leader actually listed a series of falsehoods when arguing against the...

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Someone was calling law enforcement dispatchers from a terror suspect's home over the weekend -- hours after the suspect himself had been put behind bars. Fox News reported Wednesday that emergency dispatch logs in Bucks County, Pennsylvania -- an area northeast of Philadelphia that was home to both men arrested...

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