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September 11, 2023 12:17 PM Smuckers announced a major acquisition on Monday, purchasing Hostess, the maker of Twinkies, for roughly $5.6 billion. The acquisition of Hostess Brands will give the J.M. Smucker Company ownership over multiple products, including Donettes, Zingers, and Mini Muffins, and will also give the company ownership to multiple Hostess Brands manufacturing […]

September 11, 2023 12:10 PM About three-quarters of likely voters would like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to resign from his leadership post, his most negative rating since suffering a second mental freeze while speaking to the media. While a congressional doctor has cleared him to return to work, 73% said it’s time for

September 11, 2023 11:48 AM Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced on Friday that she would run for a 20th term in the House, largely unencumbered by the scrutiny over age that has vexed her octogenarian colleagues. At 83, Pelosi is older than Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who is dealing in very public

September 11, 2023 11:15 AM Elliot Page, the Canadian actor formerly known as Ellen Page, attended the Toronto International Film Festival to celebrate the release of Close to You and Page’s first role as a “leading man.” The film tells the story of Sam, a transgender man, coming home after a battle with depression and

September 11, 2023 11:15 AM House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is facing several headaches as the House returns to session this week, and the absence of fellow House Republicans will only add to the difficulties in avoiding a government shutdown. McCarthy has indicated that he expects to pass a continuing resolution to give Congress more

September 11, 2023 10:57 AM Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) are headed to the California Republican state convention on Sept. 29, mere days after the GOP debate in Simi Valley at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The top two candidates for the Republican nomination for president will be at the convention

September 11, 2023 10:56 AM A pro-communism group held a protest outside a Jason Aldean concert on Saturday night, during which they burned a United States flag. The group, called the Revolution Club Chicago, had 20 people at the protest outside Aldean’s concert, which was being performed in Tinley Park, Illinois. The group’s burning of

September 11, 2023 10:28 AM The death last month of one of the nation’s top experts on Abraham Lincoln has devastated the “Lincolniana” world, taking from it a “walking encyclopedia” of everything about the former president. According to friends and New York City police, Jonathan Mann, 61, was taking a regular midday walk across the

September 11, 2023 10:21 AM A California pit bull puppy was revived with Narcan after appearing to overdose on its owners’ fentanyl, authorities said. The incident occurred Wednesday after the dog discovered the fentanyl stash in a couple’s vehicle outside of a Walmart, according to a release from the Irvine Police Department. MEET THE OBAMA-APPOINTED

September 11, 2023 09:57 AM The House will be back in session this week, with Republicans back on the battlefield with multiple investigations into President Joe Biden and his family that some GOP members hope will lead to an impeachment inquiry. Several hard-line conservatives have floated or outright called for an impeachment inquiry into Joe