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Smirking Hegseth dressed down as ‘immature’ to his face over Pentagon firing non-answer
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s evasive and smirking answers to questions about his firing respected military officials at the Pentagon earned him a dressing down Wednesday from Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), a retired Air Force officer. Under questioning about the Pentagon purge initiated by the former Fox News weekend host, who was tapped by Donald Trump…
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TikTok star Noah Beck’s mom put on leave from teacher job over explicit resurfaced video
TikTok star Noah Beck’s mom, Amy Beck, was placed on administrative leave from her teaching job after a resurfaced video showed her appearing to simulate oral sex with him. The matriarch’s leave from Coyote Hills Elementary School in Arizona went into effect on Monday after the State Board of Education received a complaint about the…
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Afghan man convicted of conspiracy in deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport during U.S. withdrawal
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An alleged Islamic State group militant was convicted on Wednesday of a conspiracy charge in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Mohammad Sharifullah faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years after his one-count conviction in an international terrorism case that President…
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White House admits Trump’s big gold card boast is bogus in new court filing
The White House has been struggling to sell its highly priced gold card visa that only the wealthy can afford, according to new court filings revealed in a Washington Post report on Wednesday. Just 165 people have paid the non-refundable $15,000 fee to start processing the application, according to legal filings. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick…
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Photos: A Century of Sidecar Racing
Keystone-France / Gamma-Rapho / GettySidecar racers lean into a turn during a race in the United Kingdom on October 6, 1965. Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive / GettyOriginal caption from June 1923: “F W Dixon, winner of the Tourist Trophy sidecar race on the Isle of Man, on his Douglas motorcycle.” Julia Hoyle /…
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United Airlines pilot reports possible drone strike 3,000 feet over San Diego
A United Airlines pilot arriving in San Diego Wednesday morning reported encountering a drone thousands of feet in the air as the plane approached the airport, according to airport tower audio. United flight 1980 departed from San Francisco International Airport at 6:53 a.m. and flew roughly 90 minutes before landing at San Diego International at…
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Kash Patel blows past alcohol test deadline as critics label him ‘raging alcoholic’
Nearly 20 House Democrats demanded last week that FBI Director Kash Patel take and share the results of an Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test by Tuesday amid accusations of excessive drinking, but as of Wednesday, Patel has yet to respond to the lawmakers’ request, a House Judiciary Democrats spokeswoman confirmed to Raw Story. On April…
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Police make disturbing find as search continues for missing 5-year-old girl in Australia
Sharon Granites’ grandmother has made a desperate plea for the five-year-old girl to “come back” after she was believed to have been snatched from her Alice Springs home. “I want you to come back – grandma missing you,” Karen White told NT News on Wednesday afternoon as tears streamed down her face. White delivered her…
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America’s Blood Populists
There are three major problems when it comes to understanding political violence in America. First, Americans cannot seem to agree on a definition of political violence. Second, people are too busy blaming their perceived political foes to see the larger problem for what it is. And, third, the big one, nobody knows how to make…
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San Diego man admits impersonating a Border Patrol agent to disrupt deportations
A 53-year-old San Diego man pleaded guilty Tuesday to impersonating a U.S. Border Patrol agent as part of an effort to disrupt deportations, according to authorities. Jaime Ernesto Alvarez-Gonzalez, who authorities said is an undocumented Mexican citizen, pleaded guilty to one count of impersonating a federal agent and three counts of illegally possessing firearms, according…