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Poll: 62% of voters say Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump were president

Most U.S. voters say Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Donald Trump were still president, according to a newly released survey.

Democrats urge Biden to counter pain at pump with more foreign oil production

Congressional Democrats want to counter rising fuel costs spurred by the Russian invasion of Ukraine with more oil production, but they're looking overseas, not at home.

White House moves to fight climate ‘denialism’ amid calls to end fossil-fuel crackdown

The White House held a brainstorming session Friday on how to combat climate "denialism and delay" even as the Russian invasion of Ukraine fueled pressure on President Biden to end his crackdown on domestic oil-and-gas production. "It's clear that a variety of special interests have had a vested interest in sowing doubt on climate change and feeding denialism and delay," said White House senior adviser Neera Tanden in a statement. "We need to confront that reality."

Convention of states movement gains steam with challenge to Washington’s power

Say this for the Biden and Trump administrations: Both rekindled an interest in federalism, judging by the success of the high-flying convention of states movement.

Most U.S. voters disapprove of Trudeau’s trucker crackdown, but most Democrats approve: poll

U.S. Democrats were far more supportive of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's crackdown on the trucker protest than Republican and unaffiliated voters, according to a poll released Tuesday.

Report: CNN’s on-air mentions of Fox News plunge after Jeff Zucker resigns

Sniping at Fox News has long been a CNN hallmark, but the chatter has apparently tailed off since network president, Jeff Zucker, was forced out over an undisclosed workplace affair.

Rodeo industry bucks Los Angeles City Council bid to bust up sport

Rodeo organizers are calling bull on a Los Angeles City Council proposal to hog-tie the sport in the name of animal rights.

Lia Thomas crowned high-point swimmer of Ivy League women’s championships

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas was recognized as the top swimmer of the Ivy League championships on Saturday.

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas breaks more records with second win at Ivy League championship

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas notched her second individual win Friday at the Ivy League championships, setting new pool and meet records in the process as she continues to inflame the debate over fairness and inclusion in women's sports.

Louisville fund that bailed out accused shooter backed by Democratic fundraising network

Louisville mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg is a Democrat, but the bail fund that sprung his alleged would-be assassin did so despite significant ties to the Democratic money machine, including party megadonor George Soros.

Lia Thomas cruises to first win at Ivy League championships, breaks female pool record

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas won her first individual title Thursday at the Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championship, setting a pool record as she touched more than seven seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.

BLM Louisville defends bailing out activist in assassination attempt of mayoral candidate

A Black Lives Matter chapter took responsibility Thursday for the decision to post bond for an activist accused in the attempted assassination of a candidate for mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, saying that the alleged shooter "needed support."

Hillary Clinton blasts uproar over Durham allegations as ‘fake scandal’

Hillary Clinton broke her silence Wednesday on last week's explosive court filing by Special Counsel John Durham that alleges Democrats spied on Donald Trump in 2016, calling it a "fake scandal."

Move to house transgender inmates in women’s prisons spurs backlash over safety

More transgender convicts than ever are making their way to women's prisons, a victory for the gender-identity movement but not necessarily for female inmates forced to share their living spaces with the new arrivals.

Lia Thomas enters Ivy League women’s swimming championships as No. 1 seed in 3 events

Transgender athlete Lia Thomas heads into the Ivy League women's swimming championship as the favorite in three events -- and the second seed in a fourth race -- as the meet begins Wednesday in Boston amid a national debate over fairness and inclusion in women's sports.

Rep. Vicky Hartzler’s Missouri Senate ad takes on Lia Thomas, ‘men pretending to be women’

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas is beating the female competition in the pool, but she may also be boosting the GOP's chances of winning in November at the ballot box.

Move along: Media goes from ignoring to rebutting Durham revelation Dems spied on Trump

Mainstream media outlets have slowly begun to acknowledge the explosive Durham court filing, but as far as many are concerned, there's nothing to see here.

Prince Andrew, Virginia Giuffre reach undisclosed financial settlement, lawyers say

National School Boards Association chief knew about DOJ memo in advance, email alleges

A top executive at the National School Boards Association was aware of Attorney General Merrick Garland's notorious schools memo before it was published, according to an email released Monday.

Durham’s bombshell court filing ignored by mainstream media

Network and some print media outlets were slammed Monday for ignoring special counsel John Durham's bombshell court filing that alleges the Clinton campaign paid technology experts to infiltrate servers at Trump Tower and the White House.