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7+ min ago (248+ words) Vice President JD Vance is holding a commanding lead over potential rivals in the early 2028 Republican presidential primary landscape, according to a newly released Saint Anselm College poll. Conducted on November 1819 with a margin of error of "2.1 percent, the survey of likely Republican voters in New Hampshire shows Vance with 57 percent support " a towering figure that places him miles ahead of the rest of the prospective field. The poll, shared by WMUR's Adam Sexton, initially listed Vance at 54 percent, but a correction posted shortly afterward clarified that the vice president's support actually sits at 57 percent, reinforcing the scale of his lead." The next closest contenders " Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis " trail significantly at nine percent and seven percent, respectively. A second tier of candidates, including Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, and Tulsi Gabbard, each registered four…...

8+ min ago (447+ words) Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) expressed that he believes Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate in New York City's mayoral election, cost him "the election." During an interview on 77 WABC radio station, Cuomo described Sliwa as being "a total fraud for decades." Cuomo also declared that if Sliwa had not run, he "would've won" the election over now-Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani (D). Speaking with former New York Gov. David Paterson (D), the two spoke about the NYC mayoral election. Paterson admitted that he had "never heard" of Mamdani's name until February and questioned how Mamdani was "able to do what he did." "I always believed he [Sliwa] would drop out because there was no way for him to win," Cuomo said. "All he could do is be a spoiler and be responsible for Zohran's victory. I couldn't believe that as a Republican, he would…...

8+ min ago (582+ words) The centralized office of the Department of Government Efficiency has closed, but the individual DOGE teams operating within federal agencies remain active, according to information provided to Fox News Digital. The teams continue to work launched under President Trump's January executive order directing federal agencies to identify and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse. White House spokeswoman Liz Huston told Fox News Digital on Monday that "President Trump was given a clear mandate to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal government, and he continues to actively deliver on that commitment." MORE NEWS: GOP Senator Slams Zohran Mamdani's Netanyahu Arrest Pledge, Unveils Defunding Bill Reuters previously reported that DOGE no longer existed, citing remarks made earlier in November by Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor. He wrote that "the principles of DOGE remain alive and well: de-regulation; eliminating fraud,…...

10+ min ago (849+ words) Peter Franklin is an Associate Editor of UnHerd. Last week we lost another two local by-elections (both to Reform). But this was balanced by two pieces of good news. Of course, that's a mixed blessing " because these numbers reflect our diminished status. Yet they also underline the benefit that could come our way from tactical voting. We're much less hated than Reform among Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters and barely hated at all among Reform voters (or, at least, they hate Labour a whole lot more). The other piece of good news from last week's locals was a Conservative gain on Trafford Council. Located in Graham Brady's old constituency,Haleis not the sort of ward we should have lost in the first place " but winning it back with almost half the vote is a cause for hope. What's more,…...

12+ min ago (759+ words) A Manhattan psychotherapist says he has received a wave of hostile messages, including death threats, after publicly stating that some of his patients exhibit what he describes as "Trump derangement syndrome," a psychological pattern marked by obsession and emotional instability related to President Donald Trump, as reported by Fox News. Jonathan Alpert, author of the forthcoming book Therapy Nation, said the response intensified after he appeared on Fox News last week to discuss his Nov. 12 Wall Street Journal op-ed. In the op-ed, Alpert wrote that "patients across the political spectrum" frequently bring up President Donald Trump in therapy sessions "not to discuss policy but to process obsession, rage and dread." MORE NEWS: Adam Schiff Freaks Out At Donald Trump Over Saudi Visit, Despite Past Biden Cooperation [WATCH] After the column circulated, Alpert said he began receiving hostile text messages and…...

14+ min ago (853+ words) ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 781 The rulings from US District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie halt at least for now a pair of prosecutions that had targeted two of the president's most high-profile political opponents and amount to a sharp rebuke of the Trump administration's legal maneuvering to install an inexperienced and loyalist prosecutor willing to file the cases. The orders do not concern the substance of the allegations against Comey or James but instead deal with the unconventional manner in which the prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, was named to her position as interim US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Defense lawyers said the Trump administration had no legal authority to make the appointment. In a pair of similar rulings, Currie agreed and said the invalid appointment required the dismissal of the cases. "All actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment,…...

18+ min ago (153+ words) Brazil's federal police arrested former President Jair Bolsonaro preemptively on Saturday, days before he was set to begin his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt, officials said. A close aide said the embattled former leader was taken to the police force headquarters in the capital, Brasilia, from his house arrest. The force said in a short statement, which did not name Bolsonaro, that it acted on the request of Brazil's Supreme Court. Neither Brazil's federal police nor the Supreme Court provided more details. The 70-year-old former president was taken from his house in a gated community in the upscale Jardim Botanico neighborhood to the federal police headquarters, Cirino said. Bolsonaro was placed under house arrest in early August, weeks before he was convicted in his coup trial. His lawyers were pleading with Brazil's Supreme Court to keep him…...

18+ min ago (142+ words) It had been previously thought that the Poverty Point earthworks in northeastern Louisiana were inhabited some 3,500 years ago by a complex, hierarchical society ruled as a chiefdom, but traces of long-term dwellings and burials have not been uncovered at the site. According to a statement released by Washington University in St. Louis, archaeologists T.R. Kidder, Olivia Baumgartel, and Seth Grooms suggest that Poverty Point was used as a meeting place by egalitarian hunter-gatherers who lived all over the Southeast and the Midwest. "When these earthworks were being constructed, the Southeast was prone to severe weather and massive floods," Kidder... If you enjoy using FR and agree it's a worthwhile endeavor, please consider making a contribution today: Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you,...

20+ min ago (1086+ words) Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. For more information on his work, visit lordashcroft.com BBC bias, the licence fee, the two-child benefit cap, do we spend too much or tax too little, and do people feel they're "doing their bit'? We also analyse the differences between 2024 Conservative defectors to Labour, Reform, the Lib Dems and those who stayed at home, and the relative importance of different issues in their likelihood of returning to the Tories at the next election. What have people noticed? And who noticed what? Rachel Reeves, the Budget and the two-child benefit cap Current Labour and SNP voters were the most likely to say the government currently doesn't tax enough for all the things it needs to do (though only half thought this). Overall, more than 6 in 10 of all voters…...

24+ min ago (671+ words) In these times of trouble and tribulation, with all that's happening in the world today, it's easy to succumb to a spirit of hopelessness, despair, and grief " for the deceived, lost and perishing people around us, and yes, even for ourselves." It's especially grievious when those deceived, lost and perishing are people we know and love." Perhaps even our own spouses, children and grandchildren. Having said that, I'd like us to consider today, just how much JOY, PRAISE, and BEAUTY we also find in God's holy Book." And though it's easy to take our eyes off of our Creator and dwell on the negative, there are virtually countless Scriptures that talk about God's goodness, His peace, the Comfort of the Holy Spirit, and especially giving thanks. I'm reminded of the old hymn by John Oatman, written in 1897, titled "Count Your…...