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Judge Lawrence VanDyke of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, appointed by President Donald Trump during his first term, issued a unique dissenting-opinion video when his colleagues voted to uphold a California ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.In an 18-minute video uploaded to the Ninth Circuit's YouTube channel, VanDyke argued that the other judges on the appellate court lacked "the basic familiarity with firearms to understand the inherent shortcomings and obvious inadmissibility of the test that California was proposing" when they voted by a 7-4 margin Thursday to uphold the ban.Dressed in

Kelly Clarkson returned to her talk show with a cryptic message after an unexplained absence.While the "Since U Been Gone" singer marked a major milestone Thursday with her 1,000th episode of "The Kelly Clarkson Show," she admitted to her fans that she has "lost" a lot of things thorughout the duration of the program."I cannot believe today marks the 1,000th. It’s crazy," she greeted a roaring crowd. "We have met some hugely talented people, tons of big stars and inspiring everyday heroes."KELLY CLARKSON’S KIDS 'CONSTANTLY' TELL HER NOT ‘TO BE WITH ANYBODY ELSE’ AFTER DIVORCE FROM THEIR DAD"For 1,000 episodes,

Maine Rep. Laurel Libby has been largely outspoken about the issue of transgender athletes competing against biological females, to the point where she was censured by the state House.That move was harshly criticized by the Boston Globe's editorial board this week.In a story by its editorial board headlined "Maine Democrats should stop making Laurel Libby a free speech martyr," the outlet said that the voters, "not the House leadership," should decide whether to "disqualify her."Libby was censured earlier this month by Maine's Democratic majority and Speaker Ryan Fecteau for a social media post identifying an underage trans athlete. The censure

As many Democratic-run major cities across America double down on resisting the Trump administration’s illegal immigration crackdown, law enforcement agencies in Texas’ two largest cities are now alerting ICE of encounters with illegal immigrants.This comes after ICE filed administrative warrants in the National Crime Information Center to arrest and deport some 700,000 illegal immigrants.The Houston Chronicle first reported that police officers in Texas’ largest city will call federal immigration authorities whenever they encounter an illegal immigrant with a federal administrative warrant against them.In line with this policy, Houston Police Department officers are directed to communicate with ICE once an illegal

Rick Harrison is officially an engaged man for the fourth time.During an appearance on "In Depth with Graham Bensinger," the "Pawn Stars" personality discussed his recent engagement and his previous marriages, telling host Graham Bensinger, each time he got married he "thought it was forever," but that he is happy right now."Yes, I have been married three times and I just proposed again and I am happy… Everybody gets wrapped up in the stupid s---," he said on the show. "They start arguing about stuff… Maybe fourth time's a charm."Harrison addressed the fact that he didn't sign a prenup before

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., declared that U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for COVID-19 vaccines should be yanked, asserting that the jabs "are causing permanent harm and deaths.""FDA approval for COVID-19 vaccines needs to be pulled and they need taken off the childhood vaccine schedule ASAP," she said Thursday in a post on X. "I’ve been saying this ever since they were created and my personal Twitter account was permanently banned for my outspoken stance against the vaccines until Elon Musk bought Twitter, changed it to X, and restored my account along with thousands of people who were censored

Over the last four years at the United Nations, the international community has witnessed an alarming trend of closer collaboration between Russia and China that poses a significant threat to the "rules-based order" the United States helped design back in 1945.  This increased and renewed level of cooperation presents an unprecedented dilemma for the United States and like-minded partners: how to maintain the existing order, warts and all, when two permanent members of the UN Security Council are now working feverishly to subvert it. To many UN observers, China and Russia have now come to the shared conclusion that the UN

A liberal Canadian member of Parliament claimed the Trump administration has committed an "act of war" over President Donald Trump repeatedly referring to Canada as the U.S.' "51st state" and for leveling tariffs on the nation. "Well, I think Marco Rubio probably needs to be sent back to school because when you say that someone doesn’t have a right to have a country, that’s an act of war. When you rip up, arbitrarily, trade agreements and threaten and say you’re going to break a country, that’s an act of war. And Canadians have responded in kind," Canadian MP Charlie Angus, who

Human skeletal remains have been discovered near the Hoodkroft Country Club golf course in Derry, New Hampshire, according to Attorney General John Formella, Derry Police Chief George Feole and New Hampshire State Police Colonel Mark Hall.The remains were discovered on Wednesday after authorities received a tip and conducted a search of the area.Although the cause of death, person's identity, age and biological sex are unknown at this time, the discovery comes shortly after a news release put out by the Derry Police Department highlighted the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of Amanda Grazewski. HUMAN REMAINS FOUND INSIDE FREEZER OF MICHIGAN TOWNHOME: 'SMELL