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CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a secret trip to Moscow this week to deliver a blunt assessment directly to Vladimir Putin’s top spy. Ratcliffe, 59, flew to the Russian capital for a clandestine meeting with Aleksandr Bortnikov, 73, chief of…
Gavin Newsom claims he was unaware of the 5,000-bottle wine cellar in his own $7.5 million home. At a press conference last week, the California governor, 57, was put on the spot about whether he had filled the massive cellar…
An international pro-life group is offering to cover legal fees for activists who clash with a new New Jersey law restricting protests near abortion facilities. 40 Days For Life, which runs nine annual vigils in New Jersey with an estimated…
Usha Vance has spoken publicly about her husband’s potential 2028 presidential ambitions. The second lady, 39, addressed the speculation surrounding Vice President JD Vance, 41, during an interview that aired on “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday from Washington. She made…
Usha Vance laughed off a social media attack from Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed that critics called racist. The Second Lady, 39, addressed the controversy in a Fox & Friends interview taped for Wednesday’s broadcast, responding to El-Sayed’s weekend post…
Jelly Roll mocked Donald Trump’s weight during his guest-hosting stint on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The country-rap star, 40, opened the Monday, August 24 episode with a monologue that pivoted from his own 300-pound weight loss to the president’s recent physical…
President Trump floated renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America” in a Truth Social post Tuesday, escalating his trade war with Canada. Trump, 78, wrote that the United States is “giving serious consideration” to the name change because “we don’t expect…
The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for President Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting to take effect before the November midterms. The 6-3 decision, with liberal Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor dissenting, overturned a lower…
Desiree Lynch has withdrawn from the Stockton City Council race after her arrest on felony election fraud charges. Lynch, a mother and nurse who was seeking the District 5 seat, dropped out Monday, effective immediately, according to a statement from…
Abdul El-Sayed asked Fox News host Jesse Watters if he was circumcised during a heated on-air exchange about transgender medical care for minors. The Michigan Democratic Senate candidate, 40, appeared on “Jesse Watters Primetime” Monday night and quickly turned the…
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, 78, declared himself a “walking contradiction” to critics who expect black Americans to hold liberal political views, likening that pressure to “indentured servitude” in a podcast interview that dropped Monday. Thomas, the second black justice…
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California’s controversial “Stop Nick Shirley Act” into law on Saturday. The Democratic governor put pen to paper on Assembly Bill 2624 just days after a bizarre confrontation outside the state Capitol in Sacramento, where a top…
Retired NYPD Chief of Department John Chell is promising to make the NYPD the highest-paid police force in the nation if he wins his longshot bid for New York City mayor in 2029. Chell, 57, who served as the highest-ranking…
A politician named Dan Sullivan has publicly backed his namesake incumbent over another namesake rival in Alaska’s bizarre three-way Senate naming collision. Former Anchorage Mayor Dan A. Sullivan, 71, endorsed Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan on Facebook last Tuesday, injecting himself…
Maria Cardona, a Democratic strategist who advised both Barack Obama and Joe Biden, says the United States still is not prepared to elect a woman president. Cardona, who also worked on Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, told the Irish Independent…
Jeff Bezos has called for eliminating federal income taxes entirely for the bottom half of U.S. Earners. The Amazon founder, 61, made the proposal during a CNBC interview at his Blue Origin facility in Florida on Wednesday. Bezos, whose net…