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As House Speaker Mike Johnson aims to retain his role, Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisc., targeted fellow Republican Rep. Chip Roy, R-Tx., who has indicated that he is "undecided" on whether he'll vote for Johnson.President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Johnson for the job this week, but Roy noted during an appearance on Fox Business that he does not think the speaker will have the votes needed to win during the upcoming Friday vote.Van Orden asserted in a post on X that Trump "received a mandate from the American people in November," while Roy "did not.""It is the America First Agenda, not

EXCLUSIVE - Lee Greenwood and Sara Evans are releasing new songs with a surprise songwriter in the credits, the late President Ronald Reagan.Reagan may have been busy running for president of the United States back in the 1970s and finishing out his tenure as California governor, but he still made time to co-write a few patriotic songs with record producer Mike Curb, the founder and chairman of Curb Records. Curb said that he met Reagan in 1974, his last year as governor, at an event for Junior Achievement, a charity that teaches students the concepts of free enterprise. The two hit it

More than a third of Americans report making New Year’s resolutions, statistics show, many of which are focused on kicking bad habits.Whether it’s smoking, overeating, drinking excessive alcohol or "doom-scrolling" on social media instead of sleeping, 72% of U.S. adults report having at least one unhealthy behavior, according to data from the United Health Foundation.Dr. Adi Jaffe, a California-based psychologist, knows firsthand the dangers of unhealthy habits, as he once struggled with drug addiction himself.CDC WARNS OF DEADLY DRUG 100 TIMES MORE POTENT THAN FENTANYL, OVERDOSES SPIKE IN PAST YEAR"I got trapped in the world of drugs and alcohol, from

Saquon Barkley addressed his team's decision to rest him in the last game of the season, causing him to miss out on a chance to break the NFL single-season rushing record. The Philadelphia Eagles star told reporters on Wednesday that he was "down," amid a chance to break the league rushing record against his former team, the New York Giants. Barkley said that he talked with Head Coach Nick Sirianni about the decision after last Sunday's win against the Dallas Cowboys, and wasn't as eager about it then, but became more invested in breaking the record after sleeping on it. Now, he won't

The Philadelphia Eagles are set to turn down the chance to let Saquon Barkley break the NFL's single-season rushing record. Head coach Nick Sirianni told reporters on Wednesday that the team will be resting several key players in their season finale against the New York Giants — Barkley's former team. The Eagles are already locked into the No. 2 seed in the upcoming NFC playoffs and have nothing to gain with a win.Barkley, with 2,005 rushing yards this year, is 100 shy of Eric Dickerson's record for the most rushing yards in a single season. But the team will opt to

A University of Georgia student was critically injured in an apparent terrorist attack in New Orleans on Wednesday morning that killed at least 10 people and injured dozens more, the school confirmed in a statement on social media. The student, who has not been identified, was "critically injured" when a driver plowed through a crowd on Bourbon Street in a pickup truck just after 3 a.m. local time on New Year’s Day.  The student was likely in the city ahead of the College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, which was scheduled to be played at

Comedian Kathy Griffin warned her fans to check out her comedy show before President-elect Donald Trump locks her up during his second term.Griffin promoted her touring comedy show "My Life on the PTSD-List" on Chicago’s WGN radio Tuesday afternoon. During her segment, Griffin described being able to travel again after her controversial decapitated Trump image from 2017 put her on the "no-fly list."She joked the situation could get even worse after Trump returns to office."Come see me before I’m in one of those internment camps," Griffin said.KATHY GRIFFIN TALKS LIFE AFTER TRUMP PHOTO SCANDAL: 'I DIDN'T COMMIT A CRIME'She later

Heartbroken family and friends moved to identify the growing number of victims after a terrorist suspect plowed a car into a large crowd in New Orleans on New Year's.The suspect, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, was "hell-bent on creating the carnage and damage that he did," New Orleans police chief Anne Kirkpatrick said."It was very intentional behavior," the superintendent of police said. "This man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could."At least 15 people were killed in the Wednesday morning suspected terrorist attack, and dozens others injured, the FBI said. New Orleans Coroner Dr. Dwight McKenna said in a

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill weighed in on the postponement of the Sugar Bowl game after a deadly attack in New Orleans on Wednesday.Murrill told NBC News that she believes the game should be postponed to Friday. The game has been pushed back just one day to Thursday afternoon so far. "Not my decision, but I would like to see it delayed at least another day. If they asked my opinion, I would tell them that," Murrill said. "I think that it was wise to delay it at least a day. This is an active crime scene, and they just finished