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The ex-congresswoman Mayra Flores, a Republican seeking re-election in southern Texas, was busted this week ripping photos from Latin American Facebook pages and posting them as if they were taken by her, the Texas Tribune and the conservative blog Current Revolt reported Wednesday.

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The next Star Wars movie isn’t set to be released until 2026, but it’s already igniting controversy online.

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Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) tore into Jesse Watters after the Fox News star seemingly accused the Texas lawmaker on Tuesday of insider trading, calling the primetime host a “fucking hack” while invoking Watters’ past infidelity.

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New details are coming out surrounding pop star and talk show host Kelly Clarkson’s divorce from ex-husband Brandon Blackstock, who for years also acted as her manager.

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I’d hazard a guess that when most people think of Pokémon, they think of collecting and battling with cutesy monsters, in either video game or cartoon form. But as a lifelong, extremely obsessive Poké-nerd, I’ve always had a penchant for the series’ lighter side.

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Pat McAfee apologized Wednesday after Aaron Rodgers suggested on his ESPN show on Tuesday that ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel was linked to the list of Jeffrey Epstein associates scheduled to be released this month, saying that he and his team were “rolling on two hours of sleep” because of the Rose Bowl game prior to going live.

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Several state capitol buildings across the United States were evacuated early on Wednesday after what officials said were a series of bomb threats issued via email that have yet to produce any tangible threat.

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) announced Wednesday he’s endorsing Donald Trump in this year’s GOP primary, picking the former president over challengers Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ron DeSantis, who he appeared to be leaning toward last winter.

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Rapper T.I. and Tameka “Tiny” Harris have been accused of sexual battery, assault, negligence, and false imprisonment in a new lawsuit from an anonymous Jane Doe.

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Scientists have created a new technique that allows them to “switch” genes on or off like a light—which could open the doors to more effective and safe gene therapy.

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Three days after the Queen Margrethe II of Denmark’s dramatic announcement that she was abdicating the throne in favor of her son, the mood between Crown Prince Frederik, and his wife, Princess Mary, reportedly seemed to be “at freezing point.”

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A West Virginia woman says a bartender working on a Margaritaville at Sea cruise ship snuck into her cabin in the middle of the night and raped her, leaving her pregnant and forced to get an abortion.

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Billionaire Bill Ackman blasted out a 4,000-word essay on X at 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, saying DEI was the “root cause of antisemitism” at Harvard University following president Claudine Gay’s resignation.

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At least 103 people were killed and 141 others injured by explosions at a ceremony in Iran marking the fourth anniversary of the U.S. drone assassination of the country’s top general Qassem Soleimani on Wednesday, according to state media reports.

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A former rock musician was arrested in California on Tuesday after authorities found human remains during the search for his missing girlfriend, police said.

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A rabbi and Utah Jazz fan says he was told to put down a sign reading “I”m a Jew and I’m proud” while sitting courtside during the team’s game against the Dallas Mavericks after Kyrie Irving complained.

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A man died at Salt Lake City Airport on Monday night after crawling inside the jet engine of a Delta plane, authorities said.

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As Special Counsel Jack Smith makes the case that former President Donald Trump shouldn’t have vast immunity to commit crimes, Smith has compiled a very curious list of theoretical misdeeds that seem to telegraph potential bombshells at his upcoming D.C. trial.

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The first time Jordan Klepper and Roy Wood Jr. worked together was for a 2015 Daily Show field piece that asked the question, “Are all cops racist?” Now, they are kicking off 2024 by joining forces once again for a series of “comedic town halls” across the country.

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When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s former communications director started a Political Action Committee to kill the Senate filibuster, he mostly pocketed the six figures he raised. Now he wants more dough to compel President Joe Biden to step aside from the 2024 election.

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Most people break into a sprint when they spy the finish line. With the Iowa caucuses right around the corner, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley are barely stumbling towards Des Moines.

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Fox News host Jesse Watters concluded his first show of the new year with a look toward the political futures of President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and did so by calling upon not any sort of political authority, but rather a psychic and self-described “ghost hunter” who foresaw “a sense of loss” for the former president.

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Fox News host Neil Cavuto may be regretting his decision to periodically read viewer mail on his show.

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Michael Skakel, the Kennedy cousin who was freed on procedural grounds after he spent more than a decade behind bars for the 1975 murder of his teenage neighbor, has sued the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, and its lead investigator on claims he was targeted for financial gain.

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Two longtime GOP operatives who were once aligned with Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign admitted Tuesday they accepted money from the Qatari government in exchange for their efforts to sway U.S. foreign policy, and engaged in a scheme to deceive the Department of Justice about their work, POLITICO reported.