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A federal judge has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must speed up its processing of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for hundreds of thousands of pages of COVID-19 vaccine data. SEE ALSO: FDA Approves COVID Vaccine Boosters for Children 12 and Above Although the government rarely processes FOIA requests efficiently, the FDA argued in court that it needed 55 years to review and release the trove of documents. The whole record wouldn’t have been available to the public until 2076. Now, instead of producing 500 pages of data submitted by Pfizer to the FDA per…

A group of former Trump administration officials is getting together with one mission in mind: keep their old boss from becoming president again. Those involved in the endeavor include former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham and ex-White House Director of Communications Anthony Scaramucci. Watch Grisham announce the news on CNN: https://twitter.com/NewDay/status/1479083198374199299 POLITICO has more on their efforts: The meeting of the group, announced by former White House press secretary and chief of staff to the first lady Stephanie Grisham, is scheduled for next week where they will discuss how to “try and stop” former President Donald Trump and the…

In a heartwarming tribute to a genuine hero, Academy Award-nominated actor Gary Sinise celebrated the life of Lawrence Brooks, a World War II veteran who died at the age of 112 on Wednesday. (RELATED: Read the Manliest Christmas Card Ever, Courtesy of General Patton) https://twitter.com/GarySinise/status/1478762709994782720 Fox News reports: Born in Norwood, La., in 1909, Brooks lived in New Orleans since 1929. Drafted in 1940, he was a private in the Army’s mostly Black 91st Engineer Battalion, a unit that was stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines and built infrastructure such as bridges, roads and airstrips. SEE ALSO: 5 Little…

The U.S. economy added 199,000 jobs in December. The hiring figures came as a disappointment as economists had forecasted 422,000 new jobs. They show that hiring remained sluggish even before the Omicron variant became widespread. SEE ALSO: How Biden’s Policies Deliberately Increase Energy Costs However, the unemployment rate dropped more than expected to 3.9%. Economists had expected unemployment to inch lower by a tenth of a percentage point to 4.1%. WATCH: https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1479447096126287872 https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1479455057837973508 From the White House, President Biden gave his view on the state of the economy: https://twitter.com/newsmax/status/1479495766368469000 CNBC further reports: Job creation was highest in leisure and hospitality,…

Trailblazing Oscar-winning actor Sidney L. Poitier has died. The 94-year-old’s illustrious career in the entertainment industry included two other Academy Award nominations and 10 Golden Globe nominations. Most famously, he became the first Black American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964. “In the Heat of the Night” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” were his most iconic films. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCzTyxXPy1o Poitier was one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood’s Golden Age. As NBC News reports: He said he felt a responsibility to represent Black excellence at a time when the vast majority of movie stars were…

The protests against Kazakhstan’s authoritarian government, sparked by rising fuel prices and anger at ex-President Nursultan Nazarbayev, seem destined to become far deadlier. SEE ALSO: Kazakhstan Government in Chaos as Capital Burns Like the Tiananmen Square massacre three decades ago in China, the government has seemingly abandoned further dialogue with protesters calling for liberalization. Indeed, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced today that anyone who “does not surrender will be destroyed” in a televised address. https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1479192455073435655 Besides giving the authorities the power to “shoot to kill without warning,” Russia and five former Soviet allies, known as the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO),…

Fox News host Tucker Carlson did more than push back against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in an interview yesterday on his top-rated program. First, Carlson said that Cruz had echoed the left’s talking points by calling the Capitol riot a “terrorist attack.” SEE ALSO: Tucker Carlson Warns Other Fox News Hosts Against Pushing Biden Into War Then, he accused Cruz of lying after the senator said he misspoke. Throughout the interview, Carlson said things like “I don’t buy that,” “I do not believe you” and “what you just said doesn’t make sense.” WATCH: https://twitter.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1479274991577452544 Mediaite further reports: The Texas senator…

Former President Donald Trump is challenging one of his staunchest media allies. First, some background: Trump dismissed Sean Hannity’s appeal to then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to never talk about the 2020 presidential election again after the Capitol Building riot. Now, this week, Trump fired back at his opponents — and Hannity — after the Jan. 6 committee made Hannity’s texts to Meadows public. (RELATED: Controversy on Phone Records Intensifies Amid Jan. 6 Probe) As Mediaite reports: “I disagree with Sean on that statement and the facts are proving me right,” Trump said — referring to his baseless claims about the 2020 election being…

Authorities have finally charged a Democratic Party commissioner for allegedly raping a 15-year-old boy in 2017. Marvin Smith, from Darby Township, Pennsylvania, reportedly lured the boy into his car under the guise of giving him a ride home. Instead, the 50-year-old drove to a secluded park and raped him. A Nightmare Gets Worse Smith became Darby Township’s 1st Ward Commissioner in 2019. He won the election after the juvenile reported the attack to the Philadelphia Police Department. It’s unclear why Smith wasn’t charged earlier. According to one outlet, questions referred to the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office went unanswered before the story went…

Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) is the latest member of Nancy Pelosi’s caucus to announce their retirement. Rush has represented the South Side of Chicago for 15 terms. (RELATED: Senior Democrat Announces They Won’t Seek Reelection) WATCH: https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1478147758280167425 Though his seat (Illinois’s 1st Congressional District) isn’t competitive, Democrats face strong headwinds nationally ahead of the midterms. Most expect the party to lose control of the U.S. House. The Chicago Sun Times’ Lynn Sweet further reports: Rush, first elected to Congress in 1992, said in an interview he intends to stay active in his ministry and find ways to use his remarkable…