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Unscripted: Cheryl Hines' Hilarious, Heartfelt Journey from Florida to the Frontlines
WASHINGTON / November 22 / BPALiveWire Cheryl Hines has released her memoir Unscripted . The 200-page book traces her journey from a middle-class childhood in Tallahassee Florida to a two-decade run as Cheryl David on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and later to life as the wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr former 2024 independent presidential candidate and current Secretary of Health and Human Services in the second Trump administration. Hines describes her early years in Los Angeles
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Gratitude Offers Major Health Benefits
WASHINGTON / November 22 / BPALiveWire - A 2024 study from the Nurses’ Health Study followed nearly 50000 women and found that those with the highest gratitude levels had a 9 percent lower risk of death over four years. The causes included heart disease, cancer and other major illnesses. Researchers say gratitude cuts stress hormones, lowers inflammation, boosts sleep and encourages exercise and healthy eating. Dee Dee Bass Wilbon, reporting from the National Mall, explained
5 days ago1 min read
AFPI Taps Benny Johnson, Dr. Ben Carson and Mike Burkentine to Help Make Housing Great Again
WASHINGTON / November 22, 2025 / BPALiveWire - The America First Policy Institute has launched a major initiative to tackle the nation’s housing affordability crisis and restore homeownership opportunities for younger Americans. The new effort, called Restoring the American Dream: Make Housing Great Again , will be led by conservative media influencer Benny Johnson. Johnson’s social media reach is in excess of 5 million followers. Former Housing and Urban Development Secret
5 days ago2 min read
Common Sense Campaign:'Stronger People Are Harder to Kill'
BPALiveWire / November 11 / WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army launched a gritty recruitment campaign in February 2025, ditching touchy-feely vibes for raw toughness with the tagline: "Stronger people are harder to kill." The 30-second spot features a ripped Special Forces master fitness trainer grinding through brutal workouts — deadlifting 500 pounds raw, yoke carries, combat drills — before delivering the line with steely resolve. No pronouns, no parades: just sweat, grit and Ame
Nov 111 min read
Dick Cheney, Powerful and Polarizing Vice President, Dies at 84
WASHINGTON / November 4/ BPALiveWire— Dick Cheney, the influential vice president who wielded unprecedented power in the George W. Bush administration and became the chief architect of the post-9/11 “war on terror,” including the invasion of Iraq, died Monday. He was 84. Cheney’s death from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease was announced in a statement from his family, which said he was surrounded by his wife, Lynne Cheney, daughters Liz and Mary, an
Nov 42 min read
Off-Year Elections: Democrats Prevail in Familiar Turf, But Divisions—and Shutdown—Deepen
Democrats notched wins in Tuesday's off-year elections, sweeping Virginia's top races, New Jersey's governorship, and New York City's mayor's race. These gains in blue-leaning battlegrounds offer a post-Trump morale boost, but they're no earthquake. The map looks much the same. Blue stayed blue, red held red, and the nation's partisan chasm grew wider. In Virginia, Abigail Spanberger ousted Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears to claim the governorship, the state's first f
Nov 42 min read
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