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On Friday, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest took a few shots at Republicans, including a veiled shot at GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Shortly after President Obama made an address and took two questions from the media, Earnest took the podium and began fielding questions.
Earnest responded to the question, "Are you aware that the Chairman of…
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Documentarian and author Dinesh D’Souza had a debate with former Weather Underground leader and radical leftist Bill Ayers on Wednesday.
They debated the question, “What’s so exceptional about America?”
During the debate, the moderator asked the question, “Given your own personal experiences, do either of you feel our criminal justice system has become too…
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The District of Columbia (D.C.) City Council has passed a measure that would pay people $9,000 a year to NOT commit crimes.
The mafia has a word for this: extortion. Except in this case, the mafia are the potential criminals, and the neighborhood business owners are the D.C. government.
Under the measure, which still has to be approved by the mayor, city officials…
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Voice actor Joe Alaskey lost his battle with cancer on Wednesday. He was 63.
Alaskey was best known as the voice of Looney Toon characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck after he took over the vocal helm from the original voice actor Mel Blanc in 1989.
Alaskey also voiced many other well-known characters over the years:
Ralph Kramden in The…
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On the heels of Chicago's most violent January in 16 years, Cook County Board Commissioner Richard Boykin is calling for Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to declare a state of emergency for the city.
The local Fox affiliate reported that according to recent statistics from the Chicago Police Department, there were 51 murders in the city of Chicago in January…
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According to several concerned lawmakers in Washington, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning to cut 50 percent of the budget for aerial surveillance along the Southern U.S. border.
In an effort to understand why DHS are cutting funding, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) wrote a bi-partisan letter to DHS Secretary Jeh…
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Last May, 83 people in Colombia lost their lives as a result of heavy rain and landslides.
This video, shot by the Colombian police, displays a scary situation that happened in the town of Salgar during the catastrophe. A dog got caught in the river that was overrun by flood waters. The Colombian police sprang into action, chasing the dog down the rapidly moving…
Maryland-based blogger Daryush Valizadeh, who advocates for legalizing rape, is organizing an “International Meetup Day” for supporters in numerous locations around the world.
There will be 165 locations in 43 countries where supporters of Valizadeh and his pro-rape ideology can “meetup” on Saturday night.
As reported by WGN, Valizadeh is best known for his books in which he gives advice…
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A Daallo Airlines commercial flight out of Mogadishu had to make an emergency landing after an explosion blew a hole in the cabin, which left one person dead and two others injured.
Late Tuesday night, a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN that Somali authorities confirmed one passenger had been killed after being blown or ejected out of the hole created by the…
