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Bill Clinton has revealed why the CIA scrapped a pre-9/11 mission to kill Osama bin Laden. The former president, 80, told WABC’s Cats Roundtable show host John Catsimatidis this weekend that he had approved an operation to eliminate the Al-Qaeda…
President Trump has indicated he will not pardon Lindsay Clancy, calling her case a state matter beyond his reach. The commander-in-chief addressed the request Sunday after Clancy’s defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, 75, made a direct appeal to him on national…
Chris Gallant’s attorney is pushing back after racy photos surfaced of the Democratic House candidate modeling fetish gear. Gallant, 37, the Democratic nominee challenging Republican Rep. Nick LaLota in New York’s 1st Congressional District, appeared in multiple images for San…
Rep. Jasmine Crockett took the stage at AT&T Stadium outside Dallas on Saturday to present a congressional proclamation to Chris Brown and Usher during their joint concert performance. Crockett, 43, was joined by State Rep. Venton Jones and music producer…
Bill Maher unloaded on news organizations for shying away from the word “terrorism” during his Sept. 11 broadcast. The comedian, 69, devoted a chunk of his HBO program “Real Time With Bill Maher” to the 25th anniversary of the attacks…
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has publicly declared that Representative Ilhan Omar “married her brother” and warned the naturalized congresswoman could face deportation if federal investigators prove immigration fraud. Mullin, 47, made the explosive allegations Thursday during an interview with…
The Trump administration on Friday declassified more than 100 pages of presidential daily briefs from the months before the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The documents, which span from February 1998 through September 2001, cover the final stretch of President…
President Trump tied the war with Iran to the memory of the September 11 attacks during a Pentagon ceremony marking the 25th anniversary. Trump, 78, spoke Thursday at the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, where hijacked American Airlines…
State Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs has condemned a statement by the Young Democrats of Albany County that accused Israel of genocide in Gaza. Jacobs, who is Jewish and the descendant of Holocaust survivors, told The Post on Wednesday that…
President Trump closed the first-ever Republican midterm convention by declaring he had kept every campaign commitment. The two-day gathering in Dallas, Texas, wrapped Wednesday night with the president’s 25-minute finale before red, white, blue and gold balloons — his signature…
Donald Trump’s flood of AI-generated memes is driven by a deliberate social media strategy, journalist Michael Wolff has claimed. Wolff, who has covered Trump extensively, said on the Inside Trump’s Head podcast that the approach was “very precisely developed” and…
Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman is within striking distance of unseating Gov. Kathy Hochul, according to a campaign-commissioned poll that puts him just 4 percentage points behind the Democratic incumbent. The survey, conducted by McLaughlin & Associates for the Blakeman campaign…
Mike Huckabee has publicly defended Donald Trump’s dual-track strategy against Iran. The US Ambassador to Israel, 69, told Newsmax in a Monday interview that the president has taken “the fight to them” in ways no predecessor would. Huckabee pointed to…
Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has forcefully denied explosive new allegations that he received a direct warning about Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack more than a week before it happened. The Israeli prime minister, 75, rejected claims published in a new book…
Georgetown University has condemned anonymous social media posts promoting a Charlie Kirk lookalike contest timed for the anniversary of his killing. Heidi Sui, Turning Point USA’s Georgetown University Chapter President, said in a statement: “The TPUSA Chapter at Georgetown strongly…
President Donald Trump unveiled a new Space Force uniform concept on Truth Social Sunday, drawing immediate online comparisons to fictional fascist regimes. The 80-year-old president shared a graphic showing a model in the proposed “next generation” design, which the accompanying…