Conservatives unhappy with the 2026 midterm election results have been raising questions about the election's legitimacy -- or lack thereof. One data point they have seized on is the estimated approximate number of people who voted for each party in the Tuesday elections. One popular chart posted on the social...

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Despite Tuesday's massive blue wave, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's gloating has been cut short by turmoil within his own coalition. While Schumer will likely continue leading Democrats in the upper chamber, both private citizens and politicians aren't entirely sold on the idea. As ballots were tallied on Wednesday morning...

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In downtown Prince George, a local crow rescue group has begun using nasal naloxone, which is used to treat opioid overdoses, to heal birds that turn up motionless on the street. The animals arrive with wings splayed, eyes shut, and heart rates that have dropped significantly. Most regain enough strength...

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A teenage rape victim was put on the spot during the trial of her rapist, a former police officer who claims he is now a transgender woman, over Germany’s laws against misgendering those who are gender-perplexed. Maja Schmid, 55, a former police officer, was sentenced to three years and three...

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There are plenty of people who might make interesting additions to a governor's transition team. Hollywood filmmakers probably aren't the first group that comes to mind. But Democratic Georgia Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms apparently has a different perspective. Bottoms announced Friday that filmmaker and entertainment mogul Tyler Perry would serve...

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Three soldiers were awarded with Purple Hearts and given special recognition for their efforts providing aid to other wounded U.S. service members during an Iranian attack on a U.S. airbase. The U.S. awarded Staff Sgt. Kalob Mitchell, Sgt. Xavier Jones and Spc. Nicholas Cabo of the 6th Battalion, 56th Air...

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Democrats hoping to win back Congress are split over whether to revive a Biden-era tax break for electric car buyers. Rank-and-file House Democrats want to restore the $7,500 credit Republicans ended in 2025, but party leaders have not committed to it, Politico reported Oct. 26. Democratic Ohio Rep. Greg Landsman...

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Microsoft offered voluntary buyouts to approximately 60,000 employees Oct. 26, the company confirmed, as the technology giant adjusts its workforce while pouring billions of dollars into artificial intelligence infrastructure. The offers extend to roughly 27% of Microsoft’s global workforce, giving eligible employees an opportunity to leave the company with financial...

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The first brief supporting Connecticut’s ban on modern semiautomatic firearms was filed at the Supreme Court Oct. 26, arguing that part of the Second Amendment was “extinct.” In briefs filed Oct. 21, Connecticut and Cook County cited prohibitions on obscure weapons like launcegays and slungshots while arguing the justices should...

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Big Tech could be carrying substantially more financial exposure tied to artificial intelligence than investors realize, S&P Global warned Oct. 19 as concerns mounted over the debt financing Wall Street’s AI boom. Technology companies are increasingly relying on outside investors, financial guarantees and complex financing arrangements to fund their enormous...

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Tuesday's blue wave didn't just affect the U.S. Congress. State legislatures and governor's mansions changed hands, too, and that has serious implications for plenty of people -- including the most vulnerable, the unborn. To that end, I give you one of the people who would most like to change abortion...

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A prestigious medical journal published an opinion piece that claimed giving parents’ the right to make their child’s healthcare decisions is a threat to physicians providing care. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) — arguably one of the most affluent publications in the world — published an opinion...

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Of all the NeverTrumpers who fled to "principled conservative" outlets that carried water for the left in the years since The Donald took his ride down the escalator, Jonah Goldberg has usually been one of the more tolerable, thoughtful, and insightful ones. Usually. In the wake of Tuesday's blue wave,...

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China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier strike group is heading toward waters where an American supercarrier is conducting massive military exercises alongside allied warships. The Chinese carrier and its accompanying destroyers sailed beyond the first island chain, a strategic maritime boundary stretching from Japan through Taiwan to the Philippines, the South China...

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Of all the measures that passed on Tuesday, one that flew mostly under the radar has many saying that the state of California could be creating a second housing crisis by encouraging the conditions that led to the meltdown of 2008 -- only this time, with a taxpayer-funded bond initiative....

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani appeared to grin gleefully on Friday as New York Gov. Kathy Hochul teased the prospect of new taxes. Mamdani and Hochul were speaking together at a joint news briefing when a reporter asked them about the prospect of raising taxes on the "wealthy." Pointing...

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A surprising number of conservatives lashed out at the Trump administration on Friday after the White House published a post to social media that many of them deemed tone-deaf. Early Friday morning, the White House posted a picture to the social media platform X of its proposed Military Triumphal Arch....

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First came the blue wave. Now comes the blue crime wave. In more evidence that Democrats are still going to Democrat, no matter what the circumstances, no less than three Democrats who won their elections as part of Tuesday's midterm sweep have been either criminally charged since their victories or...

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Podcaster Jennifer Welch often gets called the left's Joe Rogan. I don't quite get it, but okay -- maybe if you squint. For one, the left's Joe Rogan is... actually technically Joe Rogan, who supported Bernie Sanders during the 2020 primaries and is partially responsible for launching Sen.-elect James Talarico...

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Salon lasted 31 years. On Nov. 5, the editors posted a short notice titled “Goodbye from Salon.” It said, “Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication.” They blamed the business, writing that their “publishing model is no longer sustainable.” I read it twice,...

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