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After meeting with President Biden at the White House on Monday, Edmundo Gonzalez, the man who won Venezuela’s presidential election in July, traveled to Argentina and then Panama with the ballots to prove that he, not Nicolás Maduro, is Venezuela’s democratically elected leader. “We elected by a landslide, a good man and Edmundo Gonzalez. We…
FIRST ON FOX: A group of more than 60 former Democratic and Republican attorneys general sent a new letter to Senate leaders Thursday urging the confirmation of Pam Bondi to head up the Department of Justice, praising what they described as Bondi’s wealth of prosecutorial experience— including during her eight years as Florida’s top prosecutor—that they…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Watch Duty, a nonprofit-run app that tracks wildfires with live maps and alerts, has shot to the top of Apple’s App Store charts this week as Californian residents look to navigate catastrophic blazes devastating the area. The app launched in 2021 and is now available in 22 states,…
A former FBI informant who prosecutors say fabricated a phony story of President Biden and his son Hunter Biden accepting $10 million in bribes from the Ukrainian gas company Burisma was sentenced Wednesday to six years in federal prison. Alexander Smirnov, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, has been behind bars since he was arrested last February…
Last month, 18-year-old George Mason University freshman Abdullah Hassan, described as “tall and skinny,” who is studying Information Technology, appeared in a federal magistrate’s courtroom in Virginia. The charge? Plotting a mass casualty attack targeting Jews. The case began in May when the Fairfax County Police Department passed an anonymous tip to the FBI about…
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge We might be skeptical of some Nvidia’s claims, like whether a $549 RTX 5070 will truly deliver the performance of a $1599 RTX 4090. But it’s almost impossible not to be impressed by the RTX 5090 Founder’s Edition, where Nvidia fit 575 watts of graphics power, including 21,760…
Former NASCAR star Danica Patrick wondered why water was an issue for firefighters and first responders who were called upon to battle the raging California wildfires this week. Several wildfires popped up across the Los Angeles area on Tuesday and through Wednesday, which were fueled by the high winds that plagued the region. The widespread…
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is leading the charge for a national ban on trans athletes in college sports. Tuberville previously told Fox News Digital he will be re-introducing the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act to Congress after the new House rules package passed last week, which would punish schools financially if they allow…
Actor and longtime Los Angeles resident Zachary Levi expressed strong criticism as California battles devastating wildfires, urging state leaders to be held accountable and describing the situation as “very personal” to him. “This is the most devastating fire in Los Angeles history,” a visibly shook-up Levi told “Jesse Watters Primetime” Wednesday night. “My family’s from…
It’s fire season again in California and again, returning like the sunrise, politicians are blaming the extent of the fires on climate change. A representative example comes from Sen. Bernie Sanders’ X account, where he posts: “…Eight months since the area has seen rain. The scale of damage and loss is unimaginable. Climate change is…