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Director Ridley Scott compared Denzel Washington's character in "Gladiator II" to President-elect Trump during a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter. [...]

A St. Bernard dog escaped from its home through a window and wound up on the family's slippery roof. Once a neighbor spotted the pet, rescuers were called to the scene. [...]

Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell is reportedly under consideration by President-elect Trump to be special envoy for the Russia-Ukraine conflict. [...]

• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies [...]

A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, a lawyer for the company said. [...]

The year 2025 marks the centenary of modern conservativism’s founder, William F. Buckley Jr. But given the takeover of the Republican Party by Donald Trump, whether conservative still means what it once did is an open question. In these times it’s natural to ask: What would Bill have to say? The question is the flip side of the related allegation — deployed in conservative circles by those confused, troubled, or even irate over the Trump ascendancy — which begins: “If Bill Buckley were alive today, he’d …” 'Drain the swamp' grates on many a conservative ear. But it is a… [...]

Does your state charge you for every mile you drive? Oregon's been doing it since 2015. Utah since 2020. And more states are planning to follow suit. There's just one problem: So-called mileage taxes are blatantly unconstitutional. The right to travel freely is a fundamental right; as such, it is protected under the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV and the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. The $1.2 trillion "Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal" Sec. 13002 contains provisions that implement a federal per-mile user fee on drivers of passenger vehicles and requires carmakers to build driver monitoring technology. How… [...]

China's latest AI advancements highlight the urgency for America to support its open-source community. Chinese companies, such as Alibaba, are driving innovation with projects like the Qwen 2.5-Coder, an open-source model that reportedly outperforms all global open-source models and rivals some tasks performed by the leading closed-source model, GPT-4o.These achievements stem from a sharp policy contrast. China actively subsidizes its open-source ecosystem, encouraging global collaboration and rapid innovation. It provides indirect funding and supports major open-source AI conferences. Meanwhile, U.S. politicians and policymakers are increasingly at odds with their own open-source community, creating barriers that hinder progress. If this trend… [...]

Democrats are wrong in contending that Republicans do not have a mandate to implement the Trump agenda, Montana Sen.-elect Tim Sheehy said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday. The post Exclusive — Tim Sheehy: Democrats Wrong, GOP Has a Mandate, Strapping ‘Rocket Boosters’ to Trump Agenda appeared first on Breitbart. [...]

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that “there are not going to be a lot of the Trump appointees like Jim Mattis, who want to be liked, who want to do a responsible job for The post NYT’s Brooks: Most Trump Picks Won’t ‘Want to Be Liked’ or Be ‘Responsible’ appeared first on Breitbart. [...]

The former leader of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, declared that World War III has already started, as tensions rise amid escalating strikes from both sides of the European conflict. The post Former Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Declares World War III ‘Has Begun’ appeared first on Breitbart. [...]