COLUMBIA (FN), Dec. 15 – America is a country of undoubted vast strengths—technological, economic, and cultural—yet its government is profoundly failing its own citizens and the world. Trump’s victory is very easy to understand. It was a vote against the status quo. Whether Trump will fix—or even attempt to fix—what really ails America remains to…
Hundreds of thousands of Rhode Island residents’ personal and bank information, including Social Security numbers, were likely hacked by an international cybercriminal group asking for a ransom, state officials said on Saturday. In what Rhode Island officials described as extortion, the hackers threatened to release the stolen information unless they were paid an undisclosed amount…
OMAHA, NEBRASKA — A major ice storm created treacherous driving conditions across Iowa and eastern Nebraska this weekend and prompted temporary closures of Interstate 80 after numerous cars and trucks slid off the road. Many events were canceled across the region when the storm hit Friday evening, and businesses announced plans to open late Saturday…
ABC News has agreed to give $15 million to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over comments that anchor George Stephanopoulos made on air involving the civil case brought against Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll, a court document filed on Saturday showed. The lawsuit, filed on March 19 in U.S.…
President-elect Trump on Saturday seized on the mysterious drone controversy in New Jersey to mock one-time ally turned nemesis Chris Christie. The president-elect, who will take office in just over a month, shared an AI-generated meme of the former New Jersey governor eating McDonald’s with more McDonald’s meals being delivered by drones, mocking his weight…
New York — Unidentified drones were stoking security and safety fears over the U.S. Northeast at the weekend, prompting New York’s governor to seek federal help, as President-elect Donald Trump weighed in to suggest the devices be shot down. “This has gone too far,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said Saturday, lamenting in a statement…
WASHINGTON — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday named ally Devin Nunes, a former U.S. lawmaker who now runs Trump’s Truth Social platform, to serve as chairman of President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. Nunes, a longtime Trump defender who led the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee during part of Trump’s first White House term, will…
WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had hip replacement surgery Saturday at a U.S. military hospital in Germany after falling while at an event in Luxembourg with other members of Congress. Pelosi, 84, “is well on the mend,” said Ian Krager, a Pelosi spokesperson. Krager, said in a statement that she is “currently receiving…
With just over a month before he leaves office, President Joe Biden has spent the past week engaged in a presidential tradition as common as Thanksgiving turkey pardons and Sunday golf outings: burnishing his legacy for the history books. But for a president whose final months have featured a string of frustrations – being pressured…
Democrats have increasingly abandoned the traditional spirit of Christmas, opting instead for a more secular, politically correct (insert eye roll) approach to the holiday season. Critics argue that saying “Merry Christmas” has been all but erased and replaced by generic greetings like “Happy Holidays” to avoid offending people. As the left continues to embrace a…