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A major Hollywood media outlet is seeing backlash online from top Republicans and conservatives after publishing a column on Friday arguing that Chuck Norris’ film legacy is overshadowed by politics.The Variety opinion piece argues that many of the roles Norris played throughout his career were centered on a lone ranger who takes the law into his own hands, which is difficult to perceive in today’s tumultuous political climate.The headline said, "Chuck Norris Was a Great Action Star — but Politics May Overshadow His Legacy." "In nearly every Norris movie, he’s muscling into a foreign land or othered community, kicking a

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., invoked his collegiate soccer career while introducing a package of bills to prevent immigration enforcement behavior in and around World Cup sites this June.More than a dozen American cities will be hosting World Cup soccer matches, including East Rutherford, N.J., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington – while three Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee want to prevent what they call racial and linguistic profiling that would instill fear in fans."How can our country host the World Cup while deporting visiting fans from around the world?" Swalwell said in a statement introducing his "Safe

As a partial government shutdown blows past the one-month mark, Democrats are demanding lawmakers shrink the size of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) funding lapse — while leaving out the agency at the heart of Trump’s immigration crackdown.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in their view, can stay shut down."We already said we'd open everything in the department except ICE, so the answer is yes," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said when asked about partial funding for DHS."Republicans won't agree because they're trying to hold the security of the country hostage."SCHUMER, DEMS AGAIN BLOCK DHS FUNDING, FORCE STATE OF THE UNION

A Kansas man has been charged with attempted first-degree murder after allegedly stabbing a woman in an unprovoked attack at a park in Olathe, authorities said.Kwan Noble Trezvant, 27, was arrested following a report Thursday of an armed disturbance that left a 38-year-old woman, identified in court documents as Jamie Trumpp, with critical injuries, the Olathe Police Department said.Police said they responded at 12:06 p.m. near the 1000 block of North Ridgeview Road and found the woman suffering from stab wounds.NYC TEEN ARRESTED, CHARGED FOR SETTING HOMELESS SUBWAY RIDER ON FIRE, POLICE SAYTrumpp was taken to a hospital for treatment

Newly released police video shows Justin Timberlake struggling through field sobriety tests during a 2024 Hamptons traffic stop that led to his arrest on suspicion of drunk driving.Timberlake was arrested in June 2024 after police suspected him of driving drunk. He later pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of driving while ability impaired and received community service, along with issuing a public apology, as part of a plea agreement.The roughly eight-hour footage shows the "Can’t Stop the Feeling!" singer's initial stop after Sag Harbor police said he ran a stop sign, veered out of his lane and exited his BMW

Someone was playing possum — or stuffed animal.Among plush kangaroos, dingoes and Tasmanian devils ready to be bought by parents of antsy children, a live brushtail possum waited in a gift shop at an Australian airport this week.The wild animal was first noticed by a shopper in the store on Wednesday, retail manager Liam Bloomfield of Hobart Airport in the state of Tasmania said."A passenger reported it to …. one of the staff members on shift who couldn’t quite believe what she was hearing," Bloomfield told The Associated Press. "She then called the (airport) management and said we’ve got a

A California man who killed a Los Angeles mother of six less than a year after being paroled for a double murder under a youthful offender law was sentenced to life in prison, authorities said Friday. Darryl Lamar Collins, 55, was handed down the sentence for the killing of his girlfriend, Fatima Johnson, a 53-year-old mother of six who was found dead by her daughters in her apartment on July 4, 2021. She was found with her wrists and ankles bound with shoelaces and duct tape and she was gagged with underwear, and duct tape was placed over her mouth and nose. Collins stole Johnson's cell phone, jewelry and her Lexus,

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer says a string of recent terrorist attacks by naturalized citizens exposes serious flaws in U.S. immigration law, arguing it's "more imperative now than ever" to pass the Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation (SCAM) Act to allow the government to remove "America-hating terrorists" from the country.First introduced by Emmer in January, the SCAM Act would expand the U.S. government’s ability to revoke citizenship from naturalized citizens convicted of being involved in terrorism, fraud or espionage. The Senate version of the bill was introduced by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo."This has to be dealt with," Emmer, a Minnesota