Sen. Joni Ernst admitted Thursday that she was not ready to vote “yes” on Defense Secretary-designee Pete Hegseth — in a setback for President-elect Donald Trump’s pick who is facing a slew of sexual impropriety and professional misconduct allegations. In an interview on Fox News, “America’s Newsroom” co-anchor Bill Hemmer asked Ernst if she had “gotten to a yes” after …
Read More »Kamala Harris’ camp wanted Adrian Wojnarowski to break Tim Walz pick
Even presidential candidates wanted a Woj Bomb. Vice President Kamala Harris’ camp wanted former ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski to break the news that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had been selected as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election, Sports Illustrated revealed in a profile of the new St. Bonaventure’s men’s basketball general manager. “Consider: In August, representatives from …
Read More »Another blast of arctic air charges into US with bone-chilling temps in South
Another blast of arctic air is charging into the U.S. behind a powerful winter storm sweeping across the northern tier. Wind chills reached subzero Thursday morning in some places, with lows into the single digits across portions of the Dakotas and Upper Midwest. The cold air is pushing in behind an arctic front impacting hundreds of millions across the eastern portion of the country. High …
Read More »Only 6% of federal workers show up in person on a full-time basis, scathing Senate report reveals
They’re being remote-ly professional. A paltry 6% of the federal workforce “report in-person on a full-time basis” while almost one-third of federal workers are remote on a full-time basis, in a sharp turn-around from the pre-pandemic era in which only 3% teleworked daily, a report from Sen. Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) office found. Ernst, who has long crusaded against the rise …
Read More »Brian Thompson’s ex-security shocked UnitedHealthcare CEO was unguarded after company’s Minn. HQ rocked by protests
The Minnesota headquarters of UnitedHealth were rocked by two large protests just months before CEO Brian Thompson was executed in Manhattan Wednesday — as the boss’ former security provider expressed shock he did not have protection in the Big Apple. Slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, was stationed at the company’s headquarters in Minnetonka, Minnesota, where more than 100 demonstrators …
Read More »Texas killer Jason Thornburg convicted of dismembering 3 people is sentenced to death
A Texas jury on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing and dismembering three people whose bodies were found in a burning dumpster in Fort Worth in 2021. The Tarrant County jury found Jason Thornburg, 44, guilty of capital murder last month in the deaths of David Lueras, 42, Lauren Phillips, 34, and Maricruz Mathis, 33. According to his …
Read More »Missing photographer Hannah Kobayashi allegedly linked to ‘scam marriage’: report
Missing photographer Hannah Kobayashi may have been intertwined in an alleged marriage scam with an Argentinian national before her disappearance, according to a shocking report. Kobayashi, 30, landed at Los Angeles International Aiport on Nov. 8 with her alleged new husband, Alan Cacace, an Argentinian man, and his girlfriend, Marianna, just days before she was seen crossing the border into …
Read More »12-year-old girl handcuffed at NYC school after fight with student as mom demands answers
A 12-year-old girl was handcuffed at a Bronx middle school following an altercation with another student last month, police said Wednesday — as her mom demanded answers over the ordeal. The saga involving the sixth-grader unfolded at the Intermediate School 584 on St. Anns Ave. in the South Bronx after she got into the “physical altercation” back on Nov. 19, …
Read More »Barron Trump heard in clip of dad talking to UFC’s Dana White
A video clip of President-elect Donald Trump and his son, Barron, speaking to UFC founder Dana White went viral Wednesday as social media users noted it was the first time they had ever heard the 18-year-old’s voice. The 17-second clip from the documentary series “Art of the Surge,” which chronicles Trump’s most recent presidential campaign, shows the president-elect introducing his …
Read More »UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s assassin may have left message on bullets used in murder: sources
The at-large suspect who gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown hotel may have left a message on the bullets he used to kill the executive Wednesday morning, according to police sources. The NYPD is investigating the possible message — which appears to include the words “deny,” “depose” and “defend” — engraved on live rounds and shell casings left behind …
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