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  • Vice President JD Vance Blows The Whistle with Announcement

    ย Getty Images Vice President JD Vance sent another warning to โ€œrogueโ€ federal judges who he feels are abusing their authority to improperly impede President Donald Trump as head of the Executive Branch. Of note, the courts have blocked Trumpโ€™s efforts to end birthright citizenship, freeze federal grants, and overhaul federal agencies like USAID and the…

  • Why Ryan Oโ€™Nealโ€™s son wasnโ€™t invited to the starโ€™s funeral

    Ryan Oโ€™Neal battled two types of cancer until the very end. After his passing in 2023, Hollywood mourned a great actor โ€“ but his own son didnโ€™t attend the funeral. After a long battle withย leukemiaย and prostate cancer, Ryan Oโ€™Neal passed away on December 8, 2023, at the age of 82. The cause of death was…

  • GOP-Controlled House Blocks Effort To Challenge Trumpโ€™s Tariffs

    ย Getty Images The Republican-controlled House voted this week to block Congress from quickly challenging tariffs imposed by President Trump that have unsettled financial markets. The 216-214 vote, largely along party lines, delays lawmakersโ€™ ability to force a vote to revoke Trumpโ€™s tariffs and immigration actions for the rest of the year, Reuters reported. Since taking…

  • Supreme Court Upholds VA Court Ruling Denying Veteransโ€™ Benefits

    ย Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against two veterans who contended that their disability claims were unfairly denied, despite the evidence in their cases being evenly balanced. In a 7-2 decision, the court held that the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims does not have to review the Department of Veterans Affairsโ€™ use…

  • Amy Schumer Says John Cena Was โ€˜Physically Inside Herโ€™ During Wild Movie Scene

    Amy Schumer humorously recalled filming an intimate scene with John Cena in *Trainwreck*, saying he was โ€œactually inside her.โ€ Schumer played a commitment-averse woman dating Cenaโ€™s fitness-obsessed character.Commenting on Cenaโ€™s physique, she joked, *โ€œThat butt is like a whole universeโ€ฆ It felt like a refrigerator was on top of me.โ€* Schumer also quipped about her…

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