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The White House invited Marti Gould Cummings, a nonbinary drag queen who has repeatedly attacked police online, to attend the Respect for Marriage Act signing ceremony Tuesday.Cummings thanked President Biden and first lady Jill Biden and shared an image of the digital invitation in a social media post Monday. Last week, the House passed the legislation, which mandates the federal government recognizes same-sex marriages instates where they are legal, in a 258-169 vote that included 29 Republican votes days after the Senate approved the bill in a 61-36 vote.”To be a non binary drag artist invited to the White House…

Swing state Republicans are plotting an overhaul of their state parties’ leadership structure after a string of high-profile defeats this election cycle that saw the GOP fail to capitalize on a much predicted “red wave.”GOP operatives in prime swing states like Arizona, Michigan and New Hampshire say their individual state parties need to be better prepared for 2024. Not only are the states key to a potential GOP White House victory, several also hold key contests that could determine control of the U.S. Senate and House Representatives.In Virginia, for instance, the state party can decide whether it holds a primary…

The hero NYPD detective who was allegedly shot by an ex-con — only to watch the suspect get bailed out with the help of a former NFL player — calls the situation “absolutely insane. “That’s the cherry on the cake of the worst crime in New York you could ever think of — a cop getting shot,” wounded Detective Dominick Libretti, 34, told a pal, who recounted the conversation to The Post on Monday. “And the [accused shooter] is out walking around? “I think the whole thing is absolutely insane,’’ said Libretti, who still only has about 40% feeling in…

A version of this story appears in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN  —  It is the most productive time of year on Capitol Hill – after the election and before Republicans take over the House of Representatives – when the current Congress tries to cram some of its most vital work into a few short weeks. The US government is up against some hard deadlines, a narrow timeline and a whole lot of unfinished business. Lawmakers need to avert a government shutdown, authorize Pentagon policy, decide what to do…

Assistant Defence Minister Matt Thistlethwaite says the gas industry has “been on notice” for months regarding the Albanese government’s price caps. He said there have been ongoing negotiations since the Labor Party came into government about “ensuring a reasonable price” for gas. “They had ample warning and the government’s been forced to act because we know these price increases, which are in the vicinity of 35 per cent for electricity prices, are coming next quarter,” he told Sky News Australia. “So we have to act, we have to do something and we have chosen to go down this route because…

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan declined to call Viktor Bout, the convicted international arms dealer, a terrorist Monday despite his conviction for conspiring to kill Americans.”Does the (Biden) administration consider Viktor Bour a terrorist,” Sullivan was asked during a White House press briefing in which he spoke about Bout’s release from a U.S. prison last week in exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was being held in Russia. “What we consider him to have been was a convicted criminal convicted of arms trafficking and other crimes,” Sullivan replied, noting that Bout is not listed as a terrorist by the State…

I’m always falling in love. With people, with places, with fragrances, with anything. Every time I do, I want to keep that thing as close to me as possible for the rest of my life and into the next. Forever in a single kiss, an eternity in a spritz of perfume. But more often than not, life has other plans. As a beauty and fragrance writer, I spend much of my time interrogating my personal relationship with beauty. I often create ties to color and scent that are more than just skin deep. So imagine my shock when I began…

Another man who worked for state Attorney General Letitia James was quietly bounced for allegedly harassing women in the office, The Post has learned.  Enny Pichardo, a former deputy in the AG’s press office, was forced to resign under the threat of termination in 2019 after being found to have inappropriately touched female staffers and commented on their bodies in the Manhattan office, sources familiar with his case said. “He was a problem,” said a source familiar with the probe that led to Pichardo’s termination. Pichardo was seen inappropriately touching women on the face “and commenting on women’s legs and buttocks,”…

Christmas is just 13 days away, and many Americans across the country are doing last-minute online shopping for gifts. With packages they’ve ordered arriving at their homes on a regular basis, many people are experiencing missing packages — specifically stolen ones. Over 260 million packages have been reported stolen in the past year alone. HOLIDAY SHOPPING: BEST TIPS FOR SAVING MONEY THIS SEASON, FROM A RETAIL EXPERTCyberGuy Kurt Knutsson joined “Fox & Friends” on Monday to discuss ways to prevent holiday packages from getting stolen this season. Knutsson said this is as big of a problem as he’s ever seen — and called out…

“No one can beat us. We can only beat ourselves.” That’s a common metaphor that you’ll hear in sports. The meaning is rather straight forward: our team is more talented and tactically superior than everyone else. The only way that we will lose to those lesser teams is by making mistakes. In today’s world, that perfectly encapsulates the United States. And our enemies know it.Last week, the US executed a prisoner swap with Russia. In exchange for sending Viktor Bout, nicknamed “The Merchant of Death,” back to his homeland, we received WNBA player Brittney Griner who was arrested and convicted of drug…