House GOP leadership letter from Steve Scalise warns committee chairs to prepare defenses against expected Democrat-led probes of Trump allies.

Colorado Democratic Gov.-elect Phil Weiser signaled possible legislative changes to Proposition 134, the girls sports measure leading in early returns.

Harmeet Dhillon has officially resigned as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice.

The Justice Department is pursuing a criminal investigation into the leak of the Supreme Court's draft opinion overturning the constitutional right to abortion, with prosecutors issuing grand jury subpoenas and seeking information from former court employees.

Kyler Murray's hamstring issue opens the door for Carson Wentz as coach Kevin O'Connell looks to improve a struggling offense before Monday Night Football

An illegal alien is accused of killing a 71-year-old man in Polk County, Florida, in a fatal hit-and-run crash, police say.

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A group of allies supporting Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) has formed a committee to encourage the California Democrat to seek the presidency in 2028, according to an exclusive report from NBC News on Thursday.

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Anthropic has filed its S-1 paperwork publicly with the SEC, setting up a possible stock market debut as early as the week of November 16. The Anthropic IPO will provide a huge boost to extreme leftist causes and the Effective Altruism (EA) movement by minting an untold number of millionaires and billionaires who embrace the extreme politics of Silicon Valley.

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British comedian Russell Brand was found guilty of rape and three counts of sexual assault on Thursday. The jury deliberated for eight hours over two days, according to the AP.

Brand is accused by six women of rape and sexual assault during a period when he was one of Britain's top performers.

'If I want something ... I will determinedly, resolutely, remove anything that’s in the way, until I possess the object of my desire.'

The 51-year-old has denied the allegations and claimed that all the encounters were consensual. He said he was addicted to sex when he was younger.

"My entire life has been consumed by these events, these allegations, these accusations," he said to jurors during his testimony.

"Brand used his influence, status, and fame to exploit and sexually offend against women," said Andy Furphy of London’s Metropolitan Police. "As his profile grew, so too did his sense of entitlement."

The comedian was convicted of raping a fan at his home in 2009.

The woman said they met after one of his comedy shows and that she went home with him and consented to sex. However, he went on to anally rape her, causing her physical injuries, she said. She claimed she told him to stop but that he ignored her pleas.

Another conviction involved the sexual assault of a woman during a birthday party in London in 2004.

He was acquitted of other allegations of sexual assault.

Prosecutors cited a quote from Brand's memoir, "My Booky Wook," as evidence in court.

"If I want something — whether it’s a job or a woman — I will determinedly, resolutely, remove anything that’s in the way, until I possess the object of my desire," he wrote in the 2007 book.

His attorneys argued that the victims had gone to police only after a Channel 4 documentary aired anonymous accusations against Brand in 2023.

Judge Joel Bennathan rejected Brand's request for bail so that he could spend time with his three children. Bennathan said the chance of Brand fleeing before sentencing was too great.

"I regret the hardship caused to the children, of course," said the judge. "But the hardship has been caused by serious criminal offending by their father."

Some legal experts said he could face a lengthy prison sentence for the offenses, with a chance at life in prison.

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Brand's wife had testified for him as a character witness in the trial that lasted four weeks.

In recent years Brand sought the spotlight less and became a wellness and spiritual influencer. He has quoted the Bible and said he converted to Christianity.

Critics accused him of using the Bible to shield himself from rape allegations.

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A fake Amazon invoice charging $988.18 for an iPad lists the same customer support phone number three times to steer panicked victims into calling.

In the wake of Tuesday night’s blue wave that left the GOP shell-shocked and conservatives reeling, BlazeTV host Steve Deace has a blunt message for his audience: “Go harder.”

“I’m not wearing black today for a funeral. I’m wearing it because it’s time to raise the black flag. To quote Andrew Breitbart: ‘War,’” he says.

As devastating as the midterms were, they delivered a clarifying warning every patriot needs to hear, says Deace: “We are a culture deeply at war within itself and two difficult cultures warring among themselves.”

He acknowledges that there are real problems inside the GOP and the Trump administration, but only the people in the room can fix them. For conservative Christians, the assignment is different.

“Here’s your call to action this morning after what you just heard,” says Deace. “It’s not to whine; it’s not to lament; it’s not to get another anonymous screen name online; it’s not to check out; it’s not to quit.”

“Your job now is to America even harder.”

That doesn’t mean louder outrage, more keyboard warring, or waiting for someone else to fix the party. It means intensifying the concrete, daily work that actually sustains a culture — starting with the things only you control.

“You will go to church Sunday harder. You will listen to the sermon harder. ... You’ll repent harder. You’ll pray harder. You will love your spouse harder. ... You’ll love your children harder. You will work harder,” Deace implores.

“If you’re an activist, you will activate harder. You will tailgate this weekend harder. You will Christmas harder. You will Thanksgiving harder. You will 'Merica even harder.”

This is the Christian’s way of going to war, Deace argues.

“We don’t roll over. We are the people of the stone was rolled away. ... We don’t black-pill. ... If you’re a Christian, it’s never over.”

Midterms, he says, handed conservatives the “energizing, mobilizing” gift of “clarity.”

“We can only control what we can control, and what we can control is caring and sharing our traditions and heritage and legacies as Americans even harder,” he declares.

“As Charlie once said to me before he got murdered ... ‘Go hard,’ so what I’m saying to you ... is your job now after [midterms], whatever you’re doing as an American, is to go harder.”

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The Metropolitan Police are investigating additional misconduct allegations against Russell Brand.

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President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele on Wednesday published video footage of Salvadoran forces marching through the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, remarking, "it seems the gangs don’t want to fight us."

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Israel’s many fractious parties are still struggling to cobble together a coalition strong enough to claim the prime minister’s office, more than a week after a tumultuous election that reshuffled the deck of Israeli politics.

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Democratic Iowa state House candidate Eric Armstrong, who announced in September that he was dropping his campaign due to health struggles, still won the election contest.

Tuesday night was a disaster for Republicans, and we should stop pretending it was only about the issues. Democrats took back the House and the Senate. They flipped seats in Texas and North Carolina. Here in Georgia, Jon Ossoff won another six years.

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‘came out guns a-blazing’

California has seen two U.S. House seats flip blue after decades of Republican leadership.