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Geraldo Rivera said Wednesday that news of Rep. Matt Gaetz’s attorney general nomination by President-elect Donald Trump left him feeling physically ill. “When I heard that Matt Gaetz was picked to be attorney general, I threw up in my mouth,” Rivera, 81, told NewsNation’s “On Balance with Leland Vittert” Wednesday. “I think it is a horrible, creepy choice. I have no idea why he …

As many as 20 human skulls were found in a New Mexico home after the man who lived there tossed bones out of a car while hitching a ride, according to police. Police made the grisly discovery earlier this month at a residence in Jal “associated with rumors of human remains,” according to the Lea County Sheriff’s Office, which said …

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman described GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz’s attorney general nomination as a “god-tier” level of trolling by President-elect Donald Trump to “own the libs in perpetuity.” Trump, 78, selected Gaetz (R-Fla.) to lead the US Department of Justice on Wednesday, in a move that stunned lawmakers in his own party. When asked about the eyebrow-raising pick, Fetterman (D-Pa.) …

Former national security adviser John Bolton ripped the nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general as the worst “in American history” — while ex-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is adamant that “everybody knows” Gaetz “won’t get confirmed.” “Well, it must be the worst nomination for a Cabinet position in American history,” Bolton, a key adviser to President-elect Donald Trump during his …

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved a ban on transgender students using bathrooms that fit their gender identities and sent the measure to Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. The Republican-backed bill applies to public K-12 schools and institutions of higher education. It requires the schools to designate separate bathrooms, locker rooms and overnight accommodations “for the exclusive use” …

Starbucks revealed the date it will hold Red Cup Day this year. The 2024 edition of Red Cup Day will occur on Thursday at participating locations across the country, according to the coffee house chain. During the annual day-long event, Starbucks said it will hand out free reusable red cups “while supplies last” to customers that buy one of the …

A Secret Service agent landed in hot water after he brought a lover to the Obamas’ beachfront property in Hawaii when he was protecting the ex-president in 2022, the law enforcement officer’s former girlfriend claimed in a new book. “Undercover Heartbreak: a Memoir of Trust and Trauma,” written by the agent’s ex, Koryeah Dwanyen, detailed how the agent broke protocol …

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert has probed top UFO experts on whether aliens had “bases” in the depths of Earth’s oceans. During a hearing held by a subcommittee of the House Oversight Committee in Washington, DC, Wednesday, Boebert asked a group of experts if they had any knowledge that the Department of Defense was involved with any “secretive” projects involving the …

A Pennsylvania college board member, who went viral for a racial slur-filled-road rage outburst, has left his post at the school as video of the blowup has gone viral. Jonathan Spanos, a local restaurant owner, has resigned from his position on the Penn State York Advisory Board earlier this week after he was recorded shouting the slur over several times …

A Maryland mother of a newborn daughter died two days after she was thrown from a golf cart near a members-only golf course over the weekend, according to authorities. Mary Beth Blasetti, 32, was riding as a passenger with another woman driving in Maid Marion Hill Saturday when the golf cart hit a dip and ejected her from the vehicle, …