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NYT, CNN: Callista Gingrich to get Vatican ambassador slot

As time ticks down to Donald Trump’s first foreign trip, which includes a meeting with Pope Francis, it appears that the White House will soon move to fill the empty ambassadorial spot at the Holy See. Both CNN and the New York Times reported yesterday that Callista Gingrich, wife of Trump ally and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, will get

President Trump says he had ‘absolute right’ to share information with Russia

Watch Video WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday he had the right to share information with Russia related to terrorism and other issues, his first public response to the revelation he disclosed classified information at an Oval Office meeting last week. “As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the

Retired homicide investigator says ‘Precious Doe’ case lingers long in his memory

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In honor of “Precious Doe,” organizers turned what would have been the 20th birthday of Erica Green into a push to save other lives. The 3-year-old’s remains were found back in 2001, and weren’t identified as Green until 2005. Some police investigators took her death personally. FOX 4 heard from a now-retired homicide detective who investigated

“Muslim refugee” arrested for killing his wife for not covering his head during lunch

Afar Ssain, a resident of the city of Columbus (Ohio), has reportedly killed Farheen, his wife;  after he noticed her scarf slipping off her head while she was having lunch. He then asked his daughter to bury the body of her mother in the house which she refused to do. His neighbors described him as unstable mentally and a staunchly religious

WaPo: Trump revealed “highly classified information” to Russian foreign minister and ambassador; Update: McMaster denies

This reads like a broad satire of what Trump skeptics were worried about when he first started getting intelligence briefings. Sitting around with the Russians, shootin’ his mouth off about what he knows about ISIS and how he has really great intelligence, the best intelligence, while they sit there taking notes and side-eyeing each other. At least he hasn’t revealed

How to ruin Mother’s Day with trigger warnings

First of all, let’s get the obligatory feel-good declarations out of the way. Happy Mother’s Day (and yes, it’s “Mother’s” in the singular, not Mothers’ as will be explained below ) to all of you mothers out there. I hope your families make you feel as special as you are. With that sincere recognition out of the way it’s time

Coulter: You know, the “Trump haters” could have been right

Has Donald Trump’s most prominent conservative-commentator supporter abandoned ship? Not quite yet, but as the Daily Caller’s Alex Pfeiffer discovered in his interview with Ann Coulter, she’s got a flotation vest on and has begun searching for a lifeboat. A lack of progress on the border wall and the rise of nepotism has Coulter despairing of the Trump presidency she

Impeachable? Trump gets TWO scoops of ice cream while the peasants all get one

Crank up the outrage machine, but perhaps not at the wanton gluttony of President Trump. Still, according to CNN that’s where the story begins. I caught wind of this story from Mike Lachance at Legal Insurrection and it’s really less about the President’s dietary habits than how the media reacts to any tidbit of potentially damning news they can lay

Oregon man, drenched in blood, reportedly carries human head into store, stabs employee

A man is behind bars after allegedly walking into an Estacada, Oregon, grocery store on Mother’s Day, covered in blood and carrying what appeared to be a human head. KATU 2 reports that the incident occurred at the Estacada Thriftway store off of North Broadway Street. The suspect, whose name is unknown at this time, was drenched in blood as

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