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Ann Coulter has predicted a Republican “bloodbath” in November’s midterm elections during an episode of her Unsafe podcast. The conservative commentator, 64, once a vocal Donald Trump backer, now forecasts an electoral wipeout for the GOP as the party grapples…
A typo on the signature page of a major artificial intelligence agreement has drawn fresh mockery to President Donald Trump’s push to rebrand the technology as “super intelligence.” The voluntary “Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities” was signed Tuesday at the…
The University of Maine System’s Board of Trustees voted this week to strip former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell’s name from a campus building and scholarship. The board voted 9-5 on Monday, with one abstention, to rename the Senator George…
Sen. Katie Britt’s stunned reaction stole the show at a congressional hearing Tuesday after a GOP colleague’s perjury accusation against Jack Smith collapsed in real time. Britt, 43, was seated beside Sen. Eric Schmitt, 49, during the fiery session when…
Nithya Raman has out-raised incumbent Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race, new filings show. The far-left city councilmember, 42, pulled in roughly $2.53 million in direct contributions and matching funds, edging out Bass, 71, who collected about $2.51…
A record 43% of Americans now view socialism positively, the highest level Gallup has recorded since it began tracking the trend in 2010. The figure, released Wednesday in the polling firm’s latest survey, marks the first time positive sentiment toward…
Nithya Raman voiced support for President Donald Trump’s proposed federal film tax credit during a podcast interview this week. The Los Angeles mayoral candidate, a city councilmember, told Breaking Points she would back the nationwide incentive for film and television…
Bret Stephens has slammed the National Book Awards as a “DEI checklist” driven by “bald politicization.” The outlet columnist, 51, made the attack in a Tuesday column after analyzing the awards’ winners and finalists over the past decade. His critique…
Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a firestorm from abortion rights advocates after vetoing a bill that would have shielded patients and providers from out-of-state extradition. The Democratic governor rejected AB 2164, the Care Without Fear Act, on Sunday, drawing sharp…
Mark Carney has spoken publicly about preparing for the remote possibility of U.S. Military action against Canada. The Canadian prime minister, 60, said in a recent interview that he had spent the past year planning for what he termed an…
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson publicly condemned her colleagues’ reliance on the emergency docket during a speech Thursday at the University of the District of Columbia. Jackson, 56, appointed by former President Joe Biden, delivered an unusually direct attack…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed in an interview this week that his government had prepared for the possibility of the US launching an invasion of Canada amid ongoing trade tensions. Carney, 61, made the disclosure Wednesday to the outlet…
Benjamin Netanyahu concluded his fiery UN General Assembly address with a stark warning to Iran. The Israeli prime minister, 75, spoke Thursday at the UNGA in New York City, where Iranian representatives had already staged a mass walkout and left…
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is under fire after mocking a Republican gubernatorial candidate’s British accent and declaring that California’s governor race is already decided. Bass, 71, appeared on the iHeart podcast “Flagrant and Funny” to discuss her re-election bid…
The White House is pressing states to accelerate a nationwide voter-roll review that has already flagged hundreds of thousands of non-citizen registrations ahead of November’s midterms. Department of Homeland Security officials obtained rolls from at least 47 states under the…
Taylor Swift’s team has moved to strip the audio from another Trump campaign post that used her music without permission. The removal, noticed this week on the official Team Trump Instagram page, follows a pattern of the pop superstar quietly…