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Democrats push amendment to remove transgender care ban from defense bill

Fourteen Democratic senators plan to bring to the floor an amendment that would remove from the massive defense-spending bill a ban on the use of Pentagon money to pay for minors' sex changes.

December 16, 2024

Police identify suspect in assault on Rep. Nancy Mace

Authorities identified the man accused of assaulting Rep. Nancy Mace in what the South Carolina Republican called an attack over her stance on transgender issues.

December 10, 2024

Rep. Nancy Mace says she was assaulted by pro-transgender man

Rep. Nancy Mace said Tuesday that she was assaulted over her stand on transgender issues and that the attacker has been arrested.

December 10, 2024

Journalist releases full text of Luigi Mangione’s manifesto

Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein released the full text of the "manifesto" written by murder suspect Luigi Mangione, in which he said health-care officials "had it coming."

December 10, 2024

Reports: Luigi Mangione had been reported missing by family after back surgery

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, had been reported missing by his family after a recent back surgery.

December 9, 2024

‘Rats everywhere’: Reviewers crush Altoona, Pa., McDonald’s after tip on suspect in CEO’s killing

McDonald's restaurants in Altoona, Pennsylvania, are getting pounded with one-star reviews and derisive remarks on Yelp, Google and other public-review sites in the wake of the arrest of Luigi Mangione in last week's shooting death of Brian Thompson.

December 9, 2024

Liberal writer tries to justify CEO’s killing: ‘And people wonder why we want these executives dead’

Prominent liberal journalist Taylor Lorenz used the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson to say that such officials should be killed.

December 4, 2024

2 children wounded, suspect dead after school shooting in California, police say

Two children were wounded in a shooting Wednesday at a small religious K-8 school in Northern California and the shooter died from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot, sheriff's officials said.

December 4, 2024

Report: Trump considering Ron DeSantis for defense secretary as Pete Hegseth nomination sputters

President-elect Donald Trump is considering replacing Pete Hegseth as his nominee to lead the Pentagon with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

December 3, 2024

Village People sailor changes tune on Trump’s use of ‘Y.M.C.A.’: ‘He’s having a lot of fun with it’

Numerous artists have complained about President-elect Donald Trump's use of their songs at his rallies. The sailor in the Village People is no longer among them.

December 3, 2024

CNN panelists liken South Korea under martial law to U.S. under Trump

Two members of a CNN panel discussion Tuesday looked at the images of South Korea under martial law and saw America under Donald Trump.

December 3, 2024

‘All for it’: Bernie Sanders backs Trump’s talk of making Canada the 51st state, with a caveat

If Donald Trump wants to make Canada part of the U.S., as he jokingly suggested last week to Canada's prime minister, he'll have an ally on the Democratic left: Sen. Bernie Sanders.

December 3, 2024

‘Enough’s enough’: Stephen A. Smith calls on Biden to pardon Trump, after pardon for son Hunter

Commentator Stephen A. Smith suggested that having already issued a sweeping pardon for son Hunter Biden, President Biden should even the scales by doing the same for President-elect Donald Trump.

December 3, 2024

Canada can become 51st state if it can’t handle tariffs, Trump tells Trudeau

President-elect Trump reportedly made the suggestion when demanding that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau do more to curtail illegal immigration and drug trafficking across America's northern border.

December 2, 2024

Charlamagne tha God rips Dems after Hunter Biden pardon: ‘Stop acting like y’all are the pure party’

Charlamagne tha God blasted President Biden's sweeping pardon of son Hunter Biden on numerous grounds, saying it proved Democrats are no better than Republicans.

December 2, 2024

NYC mayor calls federal cases against him retribution

New York Mayor Eric Adams thinks the corruption cases brought against him are political retribution -- and he and President-elect Donald Trump have shared a bond over that.

November 28, 2024

‘Executed, not euthanized’: Peanut the squirrel’s owners sue New York, county over seizure, death

Owners Mark Longo and Daniela Bittner sued New York state, Chemung County, and several of their agencies for having seized and "executed" Peanut the squirrel and fellow pet Fred the raccoon.

November 27, 2024

Mexico’s president agrees to stop migration into U.S. after tariff threats, Trump says

President-elect Donald Trump said Mexico has agreed to stop the flow of migrants north into the U.S.

November 27, 2024

Ignorant voters fueled Trump’s win, Alec Baldwin says: ‘Americans are very uninformed about reality’

Americans were too dumb to pick Kamala Harris. That was the explanation Alec Baldwin had for the election result earlier this month.

November 26, 2024

Reports: Trump team finds top adviser Boris Epshteyn engaged in pay-for-play scheme

Boris Epshteyn, a key transition figure and attorney for President-elect Donald J. Trump, is being investigated by Mr. Trump's own team on suspicion of corruption.

November 25, 2024