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Donald Trump and JD Vance injected themselves further into an escalating fight over federal spending, demanding that House Republicans scrap a plan that would avert a government shutdown within days.

Dre Greenlaw is ignoring all talk of impending free agency and concentrating on the last three games.

"Israel must remain strong and open to partnerships with those seeking stability,'

Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams will now come home in March at the earliest, to allow SpaceX and NASA engineers to complete development of a new Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula have long been proposed as an alternative cause for the demise of the dinosaurs. This phase of active volcanism took place in a period just before Earth was struck by a meteorite, 66 million years ago. The effect of these volcanic eruptions on Earth's climate has been the topic of fierce scientific debate for decades.

Amid uncertainty stemming from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's planned measures, the US dollar soared Wednesday against the Brazilian real, hitting a new record of R$ 6.26 = US$ 1 while the stock market fell above 3%, also driven by the 0.25 percentage point interests cut by the US Federal Reserve (Fed).

"I love the idea of making America Florida again."

The post John Phillips at Restoration Weekend: Biden, Trump, and America’s Future appeared first on Frontpage Mag.

Chinese-British designer Margaret Sam is taking an East-meets-West approach for the label she created, Sum London.

The Fulton County district attorney's office said the president-elect had presented the court with an "underbaked" argument for dismissing the case.

First-half goals from Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott put Arne Slot’s side into the last four.

The problem of illegal tour guides has worsened, attributed to longer visa-free stays and weak law enforcement, enabling foreigners to illegally operate both tour company and guide services in most major tourism cities, says the Professional Tourist Guides Association of Thailand.

Suspense Comics #3 from 1944 is one of the most infamous Golden Age comics, featuring an unforgettable Alex Schomburg cover. A copy is currently up for auction, with a high bid of $110,000. According to the Heritage Auctions listing, this particular copy "has never been offered for public sale before," and while higher-grade copies exist, they would cost "the price of a house." — Read the rest

1. United Front Work: What does China's 'magic weapon' of influence do?  BBC
2. What Christmas will look like for Prince Andrew and Fergie as they are sidelined from royal festivities  The Independent
3. I spy another Prince Andrew disaster. Pity the royals: how could they possibly have seen this coming?  The Guardian
4. Duke of York’s former right-hand woman works for Chinese firm  The Telegraph
5. Gordonstoun: King's former school ends deal with spy row firm  BBC.com

The UFWD is a decades-old - and increasingly controversial - arm of China's Communist Party. What does it do?

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, which houses FCI Fort Dix prison, confirmed that it's taken defensive measures after numerous attempts to sneak drugs and other contraband into the federal penitentiary.

Some of the most effective tools for addressing the challenge of hostile and unidentified drones may come from Israel, which has honed cutting-edge advances during its ongoing war.

The singer and bassist died on December 28 2015.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft bought nearly 500,000 Nvidia Hopper chips this year, more than twice that of any of its biggest rivals.

I feel like I start many of my blogs by saying this, but it bears repeating:New cars are too damn expensive. As someone living in a major metropolitan area on a writer’s salary, I have no idea how anyone is able to afford a new car right now, but Nissanis here to help out all my fellow poor people. It announced that…

LG’s new transparent OLED television set is nearly here and you can pre-order it now. The TV can display both transparent and opaque video and it does so wirelessly. And if you want this new fancy TV, you just have to shell out $60,000.

Slim Dunlap joined the Replacements in 1987, replacing its original lead guitarist Bob Stinson and earning him the moniker "the replacement Replacement." Dunlap would go on to record two critically acclaimed albums with the band.

Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliot’s first-half strikes were enough to see Liverpool edge managerless Southampton 2-1 at St. Mary’s to reach the EFL Cup semi-finals. Arne Slot made eight changes to the side that drew against Fulham, leaving the likes of Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah at home, but that made little difference for […]

The Dallas-based department store targeting working-class American families is working hard to reverse years of declining sales trends.

The first article I wrote in 2023 was titled “Is the pessimism engulfing Magellan overdone?” Two years later, and with the benefit of hindsight, the answer to that question was probably ‘yes’ although the premise was reached a bit prematurely. At the time the share price was $8.73 having plunged from its high above $72 in February 2020. It continued to slide, reaching a low point of $6.22 in October 2023, a total fall of 91%. Many investors (self included) were badly burnt during this fall from grace. Читать дальше...