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Jeff Bezos and his space company Blue Origin are attempting to capitalize on the recent rift between President Donald Trump and SpaceX founder Elon Musk to secure more government contracts. The Wall Street Journal reports that as the distance caused by the feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk lingers despite Musk’s recent apology to Trump, Jeff Bezos and his space company Blue Origin are positioning themselves to potentially benefit from the fallout. In recent weeks, Bezos and Blue Origin executives have engaged in discussions with Trump and his administration, appealing for a larger share of government contracts in…

An identity theft investigation led to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) workplace raid at a fire equipment factory in North Carolina on Wednesday. The operation led to the arrest of at least 30 people, according to a local news report. ICE Homeland Security Investigations special agents and deputies with the U.S. Marshals Service conducted a workplace enforcement operation at the Buckeye Fire Equipment Company in King Mountain, North Carolina, on Wednesday. The operation followed an investigation by the HSI into allegations of identity theft. ICE officials told Queen City News they visited the plant as part of an investigation…

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) dropped her bid to become the Democrats’ next ranking member of the House Oversight Committee after finishing dead last in a Monday night steering vote, ceding the role to winner Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA). The Texas congresswoman, who vowed to open an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump if she were to become chair of the powerful committee earlier this month, told the Dallas Morning News that she withdrew her name from consideration on Tuesday after receiving just six votes in the steering meeting.  Garcia received the most steering committee votes with 33, with Rep. Stephen…

President Donald Trump benefited from high voter turnout in the 2024 presidential election more than former Vice President Kamala Harris did, a Pew Research Center survey published Thursday found. Trump won a larger percentage of voters who cast ballots last November after skipping the 2020 election, and the poll found roughly equal support between Trump and Harris among eligible voters who stayed home in 2024. That finding bucks a trend in the presidential electorate dating back decades. Historical analysis of presidential elections has indicated Democrats generally have been more popular among nonvoters. In 2020, nonvoters preferred former President Joe Biden…

Zohran Mamdani, the Communist terror sympathizer, is about to become NYC’s mayor.Photo courtesy of Bingjiefu He, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants to open government-funded shops in New York City, selling food below market prices, paid for with tax dollars. This isn’t “progressivism.” It’s straight-up communism. The foreign-born communist with deep ties to terrorist organizations, Zohran Mamdani, just won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City and is poised to unleash the most radical economic destruction ever attempted in an American metropolis. The 33-year-old Uganda-born assemblyman, who co-founded anti-Israel terror groups and refuses…

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND – JANUARY 12: Lewis Miley of Newcastle United celebrates scoring his … More team’s first goal during the Emirates FA Cup Third Round match between Newcastle United and Bromley at St James’ Park on January 12, 2025 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)Getty Images When Lewis Miley made his Newcastle United debut weeks after his 17th birthday on May 28, 2023, it was clear there was something different about this academy graduate. It was the final day of the season, Newcastle had already secured Champions League qualification and was bringing its campaign…

WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 17: Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) … MoreGetty Images Last night, the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that several key aspects of the proposed “Big Beautiful Bill” violate the Byrd Rule. This means that they cannot be included in the budget reconciliation bill, as they would need 60 votes to pass the Senate. According to a press release from the Senate Budget Committee ranking member, the following aspects related to higher education would require 60 votes to pass, and therefore can’t be included in the current proposal: Changes to loan repayment plans for…

Statistics Korea, the official statistical agency of the South Korean government, released data from April on Wednesday that showed the biggest year-on-year increase in childbirths since 1991. The report showed 20,717 babies were born in April 2025, an 8.7 percent increase from births in April 2024. It was the first time in three years that South Korea logged more than 20,000 births in a month. The overall birth rate rose from 0.06 in April 2024 to 0.79 in April 2025 — still far below the level needed for population stability, but movement in the right direction. In fact, natural deaths…

The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of 2025, with the latest government data showing a deeper contraction than previously estimated as consumer spending lost momentum and a surge in imports widened the trade gap. Gross domestic product declined at an annual rate of 0.5 percent in the first quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday, marking the economy’s first contraction since early 2023. The figure was revised down from the previous estimate of a 0.2 percent decline and stood in sharp contrast to the 2.4 percent growth recorded in the fourth quarter of last year. The pullback was…

A man accused of being a co-conspirator in the May terror attack on a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, has died in federal custody, according to authorities. Daniel Park, 32, was accused of shipping explosive materials to Guy Edward Bartkus, who set off a car bomb at the American Reproductive Centers clinic and died in the blast. Park had been facing conspiracy charges, the New York Post reported Tuesday.  “Daniel Park was found unresponsive at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Los Angeles, California. Responding employees initiated life-saving measures. … Mr. Park was transported by EMS to a local hospital and…