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MIAMI — A video shoot involving a multi-platinum rap star outside a popular Miami Gardens soul food restaurant Thursday night erupted in gunfire injuring 10 when a man — for reasons not yet known — opened fire with an assault-style rifle while standing behind a $400,000 car being used as a prop. Others are believed to have returned gunfire. When the shooting stopped, New Orleans rapper French Montana had managed to escape after being whisked away by security, multiple law enforcement sources told The Miami Herald. Читать дальше...

On Friday, POLITICO's Olivia Beavers reported that Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) is now planning to stay in Washington, D.C. for as long as is necessary to get GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) elected Speaker of the House.

On Thursday evening, The Daily Beast reported that a former staffer for Herschel Walker's Senate campaign alleged that CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp repeatedly grabbed his crotch against his will.

Two teenagers suspected ofdesecrating dozens of Christian graves at a Jerusalem cemetery have been arrested, Israeli police said Friday. Toppled crosses and damaged graves were discovered earlier this week at the Protestant cemetery on Mount Zion, where Christians believe Jesus's Last Supper took place. The area is adjacent toJerusalem's Old City. Officers on Thursday evening "arrested two suspects, residents of central (Israel) aged 18 and 14", a police statement said. The pair were set to appear in court on Friday, the statement added. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) who is known for asking Donald Trump for a pardon for Jan. 6, 2021, tweeted that he finally reached an agreement for the speaker spot but was cagey on what the actual deal was.

Prosecutors wanted “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star Jennifer Shah to spend a decade in federal prison after leading a yearslong telemarketing scheme that scammed Americans nationwide, including many older individuals, officials said. Now U.S. Attorney Judge Sidney Stein, of the Southern District of New York, has issued her a slightly lesser sentence of six-and-a-half years in federal prison on Jan. 6, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. “Jennifer Shah finally... Читать дальше...

From January 3-5, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California failed to secure the House speaker nomination in no less than 11 roll-call votes. On Friday, January 6, he hoped that he would finally win over enough “Never Kevin” holdouts to close the deal. And when a 12th roll-call vote was held that Friday afternoon, McCarthy made some progress but still didn’t have enough votes.

Many believe our particularly large brain is what makes us human – but is there more to it? The brain’s shape, as well as the shapes of its component parts (lobes) may also be important.

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered former President Donald Trump's lawyers to turn over names of private investigators who searched Trump's properties last month for additional classified documents, according to The New York Times.

Dolly Parton made a surprise appearance on this week’s episode of Fox’s “Call me Kat” to pay tribute to the show’s late co-star Leslie Jordan. “Dear friend, there’ll be no sad farewell, there’ll be no tear-dimmed eyes,” the country superstar sang to Jordan in a prerecorded message that aired during Thursday’s episode of the beloved sitcom. The verse is from a song she recorded with Jordan for his 2021 album “Company’s Comin’” titled “Where the Soul Never Dies.” “I know usually at a memorial, people talk about somebody. Читать дальше...

A convicted U.S. Capitol rioter has announced a campaign for Congress.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) continued to be a thorn in Republican leader Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) side on Friday and it was apparently too much for some of his fellow Republicans to stomach.

According to a report from the Associated Press, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy may or may not become the next House speaker after multiple votes went nowhere and his struggles may lead to a primary challenge back in his California district.

A popular televangelist and spiritual advisor to former President Donald Trump is being accused of improperly accessing the bank account of legendary rock group Journey, according to a new report in the New York Post.

Nearly three years after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked worldwide protests demanding far-reaching reforms to stop law enforcement agents from perpetrating violence against the communities they're meant to protect, new data shows 2022 was the deadliest year on record for people who had police encounters in the United States.

Newly-elected, and yet-to-be sworn-in, Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) was pulled up short by CNN's Kate Bolduan on Friday when he tried to claim that one of Rep. Kevin McCarthy's giveaways to the "Never Kevin" wing of the GOP was no big deal.

"Stop the Steal" organizer Ali Alexander posted a video on the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection portraying himself as a victim.

During an appearance on Fox Business this Friday, former Trump staffer Max Miller discussed the fight within the Republican Party to elect a House Speaker and GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy's refusal to abandon his bid for Speaker despite losing 11 votes on the matter.

On Thursday, January 5, four-term Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan announced that she won’t be seeking reelection in 2024. It wasn’t an announcement that Democrats welcomed; Michigan is a key swing state for Democrats, and Stabenow has been a strong campaigner over the years.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis is aware that hundreds of Cubans and Haitians have been arriving in South Florida by boat in recent weeks, but he is not saying what his administration — one that has embraced hardline immigration policies — plans to do about it. The Keys, and South Florida, have seen a jump in migrant arrivals in recent years, but incidents have spiked in the last few months. Since Christmas alone, almost 500 Cubans and 130 Haitians have arrived in South Florida, overwhelming... Читать дальше...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Just months after a losing bid for U.S. Senate in Missouri, former Marine Lucas Kunce is launching another campaign — this time in an attempt to take down Republican Sen. Josh Hawley. Kunce announced his new campaign Jan. 6, two years after Hawley objected to the certification of the 2020 presidential election amid an insurrection on the U.S. Capitol and more than a year and a half before the 2024 election. “When things get tough, Missourians deserve a U.S. senator who will stand up for them... Читать дальше...

During an appearance on CNN, the father of one of the victims in the mass stabbing attack in Idaho described his first chance to see the man who allegedly murdered his daughter -- and left no doubt that he will be seeking vengeance.

Two years after the Jan. 6 insurrection, important questions remain unanswered about the lack of National Guard response.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator Richard Burr said in a statement on Friday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission informed him this week it has concluded investigation concerning him with no action.

On Friday, CNN revealed new details about Bryan Kohberger, the Washington State University graduate student arrested in Pennsylvania in connection with the brutal stabbing murders of four students at the University of Idaho — including alleged behavior consistent with trying to eliminate evidence.