By ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter — the disease’s highest death toll in at least four decades. The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, revealed the total in an interview Tuesday night with The Associated Press. Flu experts knew it […]
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712 People in Washington State Being Monitored for Coronavirus Symptoms
By Zachary Stieber Featured Image: A self-contained breathing apparatus and a photo of recruits inside a Washington State Patrol Fire Training Academy dormitory which has been designated as a Novel Coronavirus quarantine site, in Washington on Feb. 6, 2020. (Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images) Only one person has tested positive for the new coronavirus in […]
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In 2020, DC will be mostly about politics, not legislation
By Chad Pergram | Fox News This is around the time of the winter break that children have busted most of the toys they acquired for Christmas and mom and dad can’t wait for the kids to go back to school. It kind of works this way in Congress, too. Everyone has played with all of the […]
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Newt Gingrich: George Washington experienced America’s first Christmas miracle – And it changed our history
By Newt Gingrich | Fox News As I gather with family and friends for the holiday, I like to think about the most important Christmas moments that we have shared together. This year, as I was thinking about it, I also thought about the most important Christmas moments in American history. My mind immediately went to the first – George Washington’s victory at the Battle of Trenton […]
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Officials still puzzled about ‘hovering’ object that prompted lockdown in DC
By Chad Pergram, Andrew O’Reilly | Fox News Security officials on Capitol Hill are still puzzled by what sparked the security threat to be issued Tuesday morning that put both the White House and the Capitol on lockdown. The incident caused an abrupt security situation, with jets being scrambled and officers warning people outside Capitol facilities to stay far away. The U.S. Secret […]
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Dems launch longshot bid for DC statehood at rare hearing, as Republicans hammer local corruption
By Alex Pappas | Fox News House Democrats, in their first hearing on D.C. statehood in more than 25 years, on Thursday advocated for the District of Columbia to become the country’s 51st state as Republicans raised concerns about recent corruption scandals involving local D.C. officials. Critics of D.C. statehood have long cited local corruption as one reason to […]
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Whistleblower complaint, reportedly on Trump ‘promise’ to foreign leader, touches off DC firestorm
By Judson Berger | Fox News A whistleblower complaint that reportedly involved allegations President Trump made a troubling and unspecified “promise” to a foreign leader touched off a new Washington firestorm on Thursday, as the intelligence community’s top watchdog was questioned by Congress on the matter and the president adamantly denied the accusations. The details surfaced overnight in a Washington […]
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Ilhan Omar issues terse denial on allegations of affair with married DC consultant
By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is denying allegations of an affair with a married Washington, D.C., consultant. The accusations emerged earlier this week in a divorce filing from the man’s estranged wife, just over a month after it was reported that Omar had separated from her husband and father of her three children, Ahmed Hirsi. […]
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America’s Biggest Medical Facility for Transgender Youth Is Shutting Down
By Tom Ozimek Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), the nation’s largest provider of gender procedures for youth identifying as transgender, announced it will shut down its program on July 22, citing mounting legal and financial pressures stemming from the Trump administration’s policies. In a recent statement, CHLA described the decision as “heartbreaking” for staff, adding […]
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Winter Storm Disrupts Flights as 80 Million Americans Expected to Travel for Thanksgiving
By Naveen Athrappully Thousands of flights have been disrupted across the United States on Thanksgiving week due to winter weather, with cold temperatures expected to persist throughout the week. Winter storm advisories and warnings were in effect in several parts of the country on Nov. 25. More than 4,200 flights in the United States were […]
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Harris Supports Tax on Unrealized Gains, Sparking Controversy
By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—As part of her campaign platform, Vice President Kamala Harris has advocated for a tax on unrealized capital gains from assets like stocks and bonds. The proposal, although not new, has faced opposition from both sides of the aisle, with some critics questioning its constitutionality. Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, has backed […]
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We Missed: The Dark Attempt to Silence Trump
By Stephen Zogopoulos, USNN World News Corporation In a chilling and unprecedented act of political violence, former President Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. This heinous act has sent shockwaves across the nation, leaving us to grapple with the ramifications of such a brutal attempt on a former leader’s life. The incident, […]
