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‘George Washington was not the first president.’ What?!

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‘George Washington was not the first president.’ What?!

Who was the first president?I know, you are going to say George Washington.Nope.Wrong.It was President John Hanson.Who?SECRETS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLEFIELDS EMERGE 250 YEARS AFTER AMERICA'S FOUNDING"There's no question about it. Chronologically, he certainly was," says Hanson descendant Peter Michael. "For a nation to be a nation, it has to have a government and a head of state. So the first thing the newly seated government did was elect a […]

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Dems join Republicans to crush Tlaib’s war powers resolution in lopsided House vote

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Dems join Republicans to crush Tlaib’s war powers resolution in lopsided House vote

The House of Representatives rejected a measure from Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., targeting U.S. military involvement in Lebanon. Tlaib’s measure failed in a bipartisan vote of 189-235 on Tuesday, with 22 Democrats joining nearly all Republicans against it. The resolution would have specifically barred U.S. forces from engaging in "any hostilities" in the country, despite the U.S. military not joining Israel's war in Lebanon and conducting few operations there. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., […]

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House conservatives derail GOP agenda in SAVE America Act showdown

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House conservatives derail GOP agenda in SAVE America Act showdown

The House floor remained effectively shut down Tuesday after more than a dozen House conservatives continued their blockade in protest of the stalled SAVE America Act.The group of holdouts, including Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., blocked a procedural vote, effectively freezing legislative business for the foreseeable future, after forcing GOP leaders to punt several votes last week.The hardball tactics have forced the chamber into legislative paralysis as House Speaker Mike […]

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Atlanta-area amusement park with largest zero-G stall roller coaster in America to close

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Atlanta-area amusement park with largest zero-G stall roller coaster in America to close

An Atlanta-area amusement park with the largest zero-G stall roller coaster in the U.S. is planning to close later this summer, with fans only having a few more weeks to attend the park.Fun Spot America Atlanta's location in Fayetteville will close permanently after its final day of operation on August 2, though it remains open until that date from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Additionally, season passes and gift cards […]

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Kathie Lee Gifford admits she ‘wanted to die’ after misdiagnosis and multiple surgeries for chronic pain

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Kathie Lee Gifford admits she ‘wanted to die’ after misdiagnosis and multiple surgeries for chronic pain

After a year marked by multiple surgeries, chronic pain and moments when she questioned whether she could keep going, Kathie Lee Gifford says she's finally getting her life back.The TV veteran is opening up about the "debilitating" health battle that once left her praying to "go home.""I wanted to die a few times," Gifford told People. "I wasn't going to hurt myself. I wasn't going to kill myself. I just […]

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Americans are giving up multivitamins for a different daily health habit, study finds

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Americans are giving up multivitamins for a different daily health habit, study finds

Americans are popping more supplements – and fewer multivitamins – than ever before, a new study found.Research published in JAMA Network Open, led by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, looked at 25 years of U.S. dietary supplement use data from 1999 to 2023.This included more than 63,000 adults over the age of 20 who […]

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Mississippi district attorney Jody Owens resigns after pleading guilty in federal bribery case: report

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Mississippi district attorney Jody Owens resigns after pleading guilty in federal bribery case: report

Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens resigned on Monday after pleading guilty in a sprawling federal bribery case in Mississippi.Owens pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge Monday in U.S. District Court in Jackson, according to a report by local outlet WAPT.An October 2024 indictment initially charged Owens with conspiracy, federal program bribery, wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements, according to the report.The case stemmed from a 2022 FBI […]

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Mamdani-backed socialist in hot seat again over deleted posts praising communism, Marxism: ‘Crazypants’

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Mamdani-backed socialist in hot seat again over deleted posts praising communism, Marxism: ‘Crazypants’

Socialist New York congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier is facing criticism over a deleted social media account that featured posts where she expressed support for communism, Marxist principles, and reverence for Soviet figures. Avila Chevalier, backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), operated the Twitter account Darializabonet until it was deleted in June 2022. The account, according to CNN, called Karl Marx a […]

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