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Viewers who have grown tired of late-night comedy’s incessant left-wing bias made their feelings known last week by giving Fox News Channel’s Gutfeld! a strong debut, handily beating NBC’s Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon while nipping at the heels of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! Gutfeld! , which stars long-time The Five co-host Greg Gutfeld, drew an average of 1.57 million viewers in its first five episodes last week. The show easily beat the Tonight Show , which averaged 1.38 million viewers and HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher , with 1.08 million. The show also outpaced Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and TBS’ Conan . Watch below: Gutfeld! came close to matching ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live ‘s 1.58 million viewers. CBS’ Late Night with Stephen Colbert topped the ratings chart last week with an average of 1.93 million viewers. Fox News said Gutfeld! has beat every CNN program in total viewers while also topping every MSNBC program in … [Read more...] about ‘Gutfeld!’ on Fox News Beats Jimmy Fallon, Bill Maher, ‘The Daily Show’ in Debut Week

Democrats are welcoming the IRS’s announcement that it’s on track to start making monthly payments of the child tax credit in July, a step that could help their effort to make the expansion of the credit in President Biden Joe Biden IRS to roll out payments for ,000 child tax credit in July Capitol Police told not to use most aggressive tactics in riot response, report finds Biden to accompany first lady to appointment for 'common medical procedure' MORE ’s relief law permanent. Biden’s coronavirus relief law, enacted in March, directs the IRS to issue advance payments of the credit on a periodic basis, so that families receive money in installments throughout the year rather than in a single payment after they file their tax returns. IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig said at a Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday that he expects the agency to be able to start making payments in July, as the relief law prescribes, and on a monthly basis, as Democrats had … [Read more...] about Democrats get good news from IRS

BOSTON (AP) — Young people in Boston will no longer have to worry about racking up library fines. As of Nov. 1, the Boston Public Library will eliminate overdue fines for those under 18. READ MORE: UMass To Freeze In-State Tuition For Second Straight Year The library’s trustees voted to eliminate the fines, saying it will help remove barriers and expand access to services offered at the library. Although youth card holders won’t face fines for returning books late, they will still be required to return any overdue books in order to check out additional materials and be responsible for replacement costs if a book is lost or not returned. READ MORE: Snow Coming To Western Massachusetts, Up To 6 Inches Early Friday The Library Journal found that 5% of public libraries don’t charge late fines for youth materials. The idea has been catching on. Public libraries in Arlington, Merrimac and Ipswich have eliminated overdue fines altogether. MORE NEWS: 4 Massachusetts … [Read more...] about Boston Public Library To Eliminate Late Fines For Young People

WORCESTER (CBS) – Worcester Police have arrested two for allegedly shooting two people — including an elderly woman with a walker — with a paintball gun Wednesday afternoon. Police said the first assault happened on Main Street in Worcester when an elderly woman with a walker was shot in the face. Police said although the woman did not suffer serious injuries, her face was covered with yellow paint and her classes had been knocked off and she was treated by ambulance. READ MORE: Body Found In Connecticut River As Chicopee Police Search For Missing Boy The second assault happened when a man was shot by a paintball gun on Queen Street as a blue vehicle drove by him. He also did not have serious injuries but was bleeding and had welts. READ MORE: I-Team: Revere Residents Plan Protest Over New Parking Meters Police issued a BOLO for the vehicle and arrested Sean Pinkham, 21, of Douglass, and John Slater, 18, of Worcester, after pulling their vehicle over on Lincoln Street. … [Read more...] about Two Arrested After Paintball Shooting Spree In Worcester

Tuesday on FNC’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson opened his program by reacting to an announcement earlier in the day that health officials were recommending to halt the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Carlson said overall, the announcement warranted skepticism about the vaccine’s efficacy and pointed to remarks from Biden health adviser Anthony Fauci and CDC director Rochelle Walensky. Transcript as follows: CARLSON: We’ve heard an awful lot about the coronavirus vaccine over the last several months. It’s a massive achievement as a scientific matter, something all Americans can be proud of, but that’s not the context in which we’ve heard about it. Joe Biden’s first speech to the country urged the entire population to take this vaccine immediately. The celebrity industrial complex has reinforced that demand ever since, “Get the shot. Get the shot. Get the shot.” OK, we will. We’re not against it on principle. Like almost every American, … [Read more...] about FNC’s Carlson: Maybe the Vaccine Doesn’t Work and They’re Simply Not Telling You That