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LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — About 100 miles west of Washington DC, at the nexus of quiet country roads, sits a network of bustling small businesses and community connections that helped deliver the swing state of Pennsylvania for President-elect Donald Trump. For nearly a decade, with the smells of fresh manure and homemade shoofly pie in their nostrils, GOP operatives have …

A New York judge will decide Tuesday whether to throw out Donald Trump’s conviction in his criminal hush money case based on the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity earlier this year. The President-elect faces up to four years in prison after he was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records in order to cover off payments …

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to tap South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, two sources told CNN. Noem, a loyal Trump ally once considered a top contender to be his 2024 running mate, would lead the sprawling department in charge of securing the border – one of the president-elect’s main campaign promises. …

Verizon Fios internet outages have impacted millions of customers on the East Coast, causing significant disruptions in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A map of user-reported issues shows the affected area spans about 300 miles from Philadelphia to Richmond, Virginia, according to the third-party website Downdetector, which tracks real-time service disruptions. A map of user-reported issues shows the affected area spans …

Oprah Winfrey on Monday shut down a report that Kamala Harris’ failed presidential campaign paid her $1 million to stump for the Democrat. “I was paid nothing — ever,” Winfrey told a TMZ reporter who approached her as she walked to her car. The reporter asked about the claims that the Harris team paid her the massive figure for the …

Five scuba divers struggling in the water for hours off the Hawaiian coast were rescued last Wednesday by a sailing couple that heard their screams for help and found “five little dots” in the vast ocean. Camila Storchi and her husband were on their sailboat traveling from Kaneohe to Honolulu when they heard the desperate pleas coming from the water, …

A Florida teenager pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting and beating a 91-year-old woman after breaking into her home in June. Jesse Stone, 14, was charged with sexual assault and burglary and he entered into a plea deal on Nov. 7, according to court documents obtained by WCJB. 14-year-old Jesse Stone pled guilty to sexually assaulting a 91-year-old woman. Marion County …

Thirteen women will serve as governors in the US next year, topping the former record of 12 set in 2022. Kelly Ayotte’s win in New Hampshire, which was called by the Associated Press on Monday, toppled the previous high as the Republican is set to become the next governor of the Granite State in January. “It matters to have women …

Dr. Ben Carson — the renowned neurosurgeon who ran a presidential campaign in 2016 — is gunning for the role of Health and Human Services secretary under President-elect Donald Trump, The Post has learned. Carson, 73, served as Trump’s secretary for Housing and Urban Development from 2017-2021, but does not want the position again and is instead open to heading …

Melania Trump declined an offer to head to the White House Wednesday and meet with Jill Biden, citing the Biden administration’s past raid on Mar-a-Lago as part of the federal government’s investigation into classified documents. “She ain’t going,” a source familiar with Melania’s decision told The Post. “Jill Biden’s husband authorized the FBI snooping through her underwear drawer. The Bidens …