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Republican candidate for Congress in Arizona has triggered a social media sensation with an ad in which he fights off the Ku Klux Klan with an AR-15. Former NFL running back Jerone Davison released a 30-second ad  Wednesday entitled “Make Rifles Great Again” that shows him preparing to confront a dozen Klansmen…

The step comes after an extraordinary 36 hours in British politics in which more than 50 ministers and senior government aides resigned. Following a string of scandals, five cabinet members and a wave of more junior members of government quit over the past week, saying they no longer had confidence in the…

Joe Biden has shipped five million barrels from the United States’ Strategic Oil Reserve abroad, after claiming that releasing them would help ease Americans’ pain at the pumps. The president faces accusations of a sneaky sleight of hand as it was revealed that between a fifth and a sixth of…

After Biden devoted much of last month denying his spending contributed meaningfully to inflation running at a 41-year high. “We have the strongest economy in the world,” Biden defiantly told reporters at a press conference in Madrid to close out his European trip. “Our inflation rates are lower than other nations in the…

Joe Biden has pledged to provide financial and military aid for as long as necessary to prevent Ukraine’s defeat. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Ukrainian troops following Russia’s withdrawal from the strategic Snake Island in the Black Sea, which it captured in the early days of the war. Ukrainian forces…

“As long as it takes, so Russia cannot in fact defeat Ukraine and move beyond Ukraine,” Biden told reporters Thursday in Madrid. “As long as it takes, so Russia cannot in fact defeat Ukraine and move beyond Ukraine,” Biden told reporters Thursday in Madrid, in response to a question about…

In a blockbuster 6-3 decision penned by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court said the Environmental Protection Agency had overstepped when it devised the Obama-era regulatory scheme, known as the Clean Power Plan. “A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an agency acting pursuant to a clear delegation from…

One question Becerra faced following his prepared remarks was whether possible avenues include opening abortion clinics on federal land, which would not be subject to any states’ laws that ban abortion. “Every option is on the table,” Becerra said. “We will take a look at everything we can. And everything we…

Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows who testified before the House committee investigating the attack on Tuesday. “The Secret Service has been cooperating fully with the select committee since its inception in spring of 2021 and we will continue to do so by responding…

3.1% year-over-year decline, with the majority coming in the fossil fuel industry. Onshore and offshore petroleum companies shed 31,593 jobs, a 6.4% decline, the coal industry lost 7,125 jobs, down 11.8% year-over-year, and fossil fuel extraction jobs declined by 12%. “The DOE jobs report is not only reflective of the…