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Homeless encampents are threats to public safety — and we need real action

Story after story is emerging from local and national media about the impact of homelessness on LA — including crime, decay, and fear. The California Post has found that...

Parents must hold failed school leaders accountable at the polls

As parents, when we send our children to school each morning, we trust that...

Xavier Becerra needs to tell the truth about the lost children

Xavier Becerra owes an explanation to the parents of over 130,000 migrant children. He...

El-Sayed hits Stevens over $30M AIPAC spending in Michigan Senate debate

Abdul El-Sayed warned Monday in the final debate with Rep. Haley Stevens that a vote for her in next week's primary is a vote for the same corporations, billionaires and special-interest groups that he says have left the working class suffering.

A final Lindsey Graham moment in DC, South Carolina

A FINAL LINDSEY GRAHAM MOMENT IN DC, SOUTH CAROLINA. There will be funerals this week in Washington and in South Carolina for Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly from a heart condition on July 11. The fact that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have traveled to Washington for Graham’s national funeral […]

Air Force One features new color scheme

President Trump flew out of Michigan on Monday inside the Air Force One 757, which now features a new painted color scheme.  The plane is now dark blue with a gold stripe and red trim, according to a pool report from Ana Ceballos, a Washington Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. It now matches the...

Fiery Michigan Senate primary reaches final stretch: Takeaways from El-Sayed, Stevens debate

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and former Wayne County health director Abdul El-Sayed squared off in their second one-on-one debate to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) — just one week out from the Aug. 4 Democratic Senate primary. The duo clashed once again over corporate influence and support for Israel, with El-Sayed hammering Stevens over the tens of millions of dollars pouring into the...

Minnesota prediction market ban paused by federal judge days before rollout

A federal judge on Monday halted a prediction market ban in Minnesota days before it was set to roll out.  District Judge Katherine Menendez wrote that the Trump administration, Kalshi and Polymarket are “likely to succeed on the merits” in the case arguing that the state ban is pre-empted by federal law.  “Specifically, it appears...

Academics call on Congress to restore agency independence after Trump v. Slaughter

A group of more than 50 academics on Monday wrote a letter to congressional leaders urging them to restore agency independence following last month’s Supreme Court ruling, which granted President Trump the authority to fire commissioners of independent agencies without cause.  The professors argue that the ruling stalled business for the Consumer Product Safety Commission,...

Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong urge UK to take action against Paramount-Warner Bros. merger

Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong wrote an op-ed Monday citing the dangers to industry competition, jobs and a concentration of power if Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merge. “We have watched, with growing alarm, what consolidation does to the breadth and depth of the work we produce: independent film acquisitions at the...

Pentagon mum as US casualties in Iran war rise

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Pentagon mum as US casualties in Iran war rise The Pentagon’s Iran war casualty count topped 600 over the weekend, following a quiet update as the department faces questions about the absence of transparency. © AP...

Senate tees up final vote on Jay Clayton intel chief nomination

The Senate cleared a final procedural hurdle Monday night on President Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), teeing up Jay Clayton for a final vote this week. The 51-43 vote to advance the nomination means the Senate could confirm Clayton as early as Tuesday night to be the...

EPA: Data center power not subject to acid rain restrictions

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EPA exempts data center plants from acid rain rules The Trump administration announced Monday that it is excluding power plants that only serve data centers and do not connect to the broader grid from pollution limits that seek to prevent acid rain. © AP...

Paul releases Fauci’s diary entries ahead of hearing

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Health Care   The Big Story Paul releases Fauci's diary entries ahead of hearing Former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci will appear before the Senate this week for a hearing. Leading up to his appearance, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released thousands of pages...

Canada tariff fight hands Democrats cudgel in Michigan midterm races

Escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada could play into Democratic messaging around the economy, particularly in the battleground state of Michigan, which has some of the highest cross-border trade of any state. Trump slapped an additional 50 percent tariffs on Canada, accusing the country of “discriminatory” trade practices last week. The president has...

40 percent report buying less produce amid cyclospora outbreak: Poll

A poll released Sunday shows that 40 percent of U.S. adults are buying or eating less produce after the cyclospora outbreak.  Comparatively, according to survey results from CBS/YouGov, 4 percent of people said they are eating more produce. Among respondents, 56 percent said there has been no change in their diet.  Earlier this month, the...

Federal panel votes to propose changes to historic preservation rules that Trump administration says holds up projects

A federal panel on Friday voted to advance a revamp of the nation’s historic preservation rules that Trump administration officials say slow down projects. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, which is made up primarily of Trump appointees, voted to propose to rewrite requirements to consult with the public if a project may impact historic...

Companies rally behind open-source tech 

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Nvidia launches new open-source AI security alliance Nvidia is launching a new alliance focused on building and sharing open-source AI tools to boost cybersecurity defenses, as the push for open-source technologies ramps up in the U.S. © AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File Nvidia announced Monday that the Open Secure AI Alliance will use open-source...

Top Democrat calls on Taylor Farms to provide information on Trump administration cyclospora communications

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Monday called on Taylor Farms to provide information about its connections with the White House amid a parasitic outbreak potentially linked to the company's lettuce supply. Garcia wrote a letter to Taylor Farms CEO Bruce Taylor questioning whether the...

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