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Controversial Bari Weiss pick pops up at bizarre galaxy-brained ‘Nostradamus’ wedding
Ross Douthat, the former New York Times columnist recently hired by CBS News chief Bari Weiss as a "60 Minutes" correspondent, has a side gig his new bosses may not have anticipated – officiating weddings for Silicon Valley's AI elite.The conservative commentator officiated the wedding…
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Military families infuriated as sailors left behind grapple with ‘horrid’ conditions
The USS Abraham Lincoln is heading back home to San Diego after a grueling nine-month deployment, but the families of sailors aboard two of its escort destroyers that have been ordered to stay behind are heartbroken and furious.The USS Spruance, USS Michael Murphy and USS…
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‘They are scared’: Troops beg to flee Trump’s war over ‘breaking point’ orders
A growing number of U.S. service members are seeking formal discharge as conscientious objectors, with two organizations that assist troops through the process reporting the sharpest spike they've seen in decades.Mike Prysner, who runs a hotline for conscientious objectors at the Center on Conscience and…
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The NRSC’s Weak Ties Between Brown and Deadly Interstate Crash in Ohio
In the Ohio Senate race, a Republican ad blames...
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Video: Hearst on the First GOP Debate
Our article about the first Republican debate of the 2024 election was the basis for this fact-checking video segment produced by Hearst Television —...
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FactChecking Trump’s Interview with Carlson
In lieu of joining his fellow Republican presidential candidates in the Aug. 23 debate, former President Donald Trump granted an interview to former Fox...
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Viral Video Repeats Bogus Claim About Vaccines and Visible Ailments
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A video repeating the claim that COVID-19 vaccines are responsible for the sudden onset of various visible ailments — such as fainting and...
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Republicans Oversell Archer’s Testimony About Hunter and Joe Biden
Congressional testimony by Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Devon Archer, on July 31 led to competing narratives about what Archer said, and how damaging...
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Posts Exaggerate Significance of Swiss Study on Heart Risk and COVID-19 Vaccination
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A Swiss study found that after a COVID-19 booster, less than 3% of people briefly had a slightly elevated blood level of a...
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RFK Jr.’s COVID-19 Deceptions
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s battle against vaccines — and against the institutions that promote them — goes back to at least the mid-2000s, as...
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National News
Controversial Bari Weiss pick pops up at bizarre galaxy-brained ‘Nostradamus’ wedding
Ross Douthat, the former New York Times columnist recently hired by CBS News chief Bari Weiss as a "60 Minutes" correspondent, has a side gig his new bosses may not have anticipated – officiating weddings for Silicon Valley's AI elite.The conservative commentator officiated the wedding…
National News
Military families infuriated as sailors left behind grapple with ‘horrid’ conditions
The USS Abraham Lincoln is heading back home to San Diego after a grueling nine-month deployment, but the families of sailors aboard two of its escort destroyers that have been ordered to stay behind are heartbroken and furious.The USS Spruance, USS Michael Murphy and USS…
National News
‘They are scared’: Troops beg to flee Trump’s war over ‘breaking point’ orders
A growing number of U.S. service members are seeking formal discharge as conscientious objectors, with two organizations that assist troops through the process reporting the sharpest spike they've seen in decades.Mike Prysner, who runs a hotline for conscientious objectors at the Center on Conscience and…
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The NRSC’s Weak Ties Between Brown and Deadly Interstate Crash in Ohio
In the Ohio Senate race, a Republican ad blames...
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Trump’s ‘No Tax on Tips’ Claim Doesn’t Add Up
The White House has provided no federal data to...
