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The week in whoppers: Gavin Newsom flips reality on Cali taxes, NY Times downplays Paul Ehrlich’s doom-mongering and more

Gavin Newsom is straight up wrong. California’s top income-tax rate, 14.4%, is America’s highest.

Valuable Lessons from the ‘Afroman’ Trial

A search warrant inadvertently led to an exceptionally entertaining civil trial.

Arkansas governor asked to leave restaurant because it made people ‘uncomfortable’

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said she was asked to leave a restaurant in Little Rock because her presence made the employees feel "threatened."

From hero to zero: U.S. grapples with how to cancel Cesar Chavez

American communities spent the past few decades memorializing Cesar Chavez in their roads, schools, a National Park Service site and even a U.S. Navy ship. Now the rush is on to erase them.

DHS funding talks bog down after Senate Democrats add new demands

Top Senate appropriators and centrist dealmakers met with White House border czar Tom Homan on Thursday to negotiate an end to the month-long shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, but left the negotiating session still far from a deal.

Crowded California governor’s race creates opening for Republicans

The crowded field of Democratic candidates running for governor in California could give Republicans a rare opening in the deep blue stronghold. More than a half-dozen Democrats seen as serious contenders are competing in the Golden State’s June 2 primary, where all candidates will appear on the same ballot and the top two vote-getters will...

Trump lambasts Maher rhetoric as ‘very boring, anti-Trump’

President Trump on Saturday lashed out at comedian Bill Maher over his criticism of the commander in chief from the day before, with the president referring back to his dinner with Maher at the White House last year. The president in a lengthy Truth Social post praised how Maher was "a nice guy" who was...

US eyes 30 ISIS targets in latest strikes on Syria

The U.S. military conducted strikes against dozens of ISIS targets inside Syria this month as part of an ongoing “relentless military pressure” campaign on the terrorist network following a December ambush that killed three Americans, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). CENTCOM announced Saturday that forces had carried out 10 strikes against more than 30...

US ambassador to NATO: ‘We need strong allies, not dependents’

The U.S. ambassador to NATO on Saturday expressed the need for “strong allies, not dependents” in response to a question about NATO defense spending contributions at the Munich Security Conference.  The Czech Republic has refused to increase the country’s defense spending above 2 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), in violation of NATO’s new...

Reversing the endangerment finding, Trump’s EPA puts polluters over people

The Trump administration is repealing scientific findings that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare, exacerbating the effects of climate change on vulnerable communities and reversing progress towards justice.

Zelensky commends US senators for ‘unwavering bipartisan support’ after Munich meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday expressed his gratitude after meeting with U.S. senators on the outskirts of the Munich Security Conference, thanking them for their “support for Ukraine and its warriors." “Thank you to the senators for their unwavering bipartisan support for Ukraine and Ukrainians,” Zelensky wrote on social platform X. “Thank you to...

Ty Cobb rips Trump admin over political attacks: ‘All those people should be impeached’

Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb warned Friday that the Trump administration's attacks on its perceived political enemies could lead to impeachment proceedings against top Cabinet officials if Democrats win back control of Congress in November. "All of those people should be impeached, for sure," Cobb said in an appearance on "The Beat with Ari...

Alarms of China’s repression are ringing in Tibet — Washington is pivoting back

China’s vocational training and labor transfer schemes are coercive instruments threatening the irreversible erasure of Tibetan identity. 

Pelosi calls out Trump over FBI raid in Georgia ahead of midterms: ‘Not right’

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday blasted President Trump and his administration over what she called "surveillance" ahead of November's midterms, citing the recent FBI raid on an election office in Georgia. "I hear that all over the United States, not just in Europe, that there is concern about the election," Pelosi told...

America still needs Elon Musk

Surely many believe that Musk has now done more than enough for humanity with his massive fortune and technological vision. I am not one of them — nor, I suspect, is Musk.  

The Memo: Epstein scandal feeds suspicion of unaccountable elites

The Jeffrey Epstein scandal isn’t going anywhere — despite the recent release of roughly 3 million documents by the Department of Justice. The story’s longevity is partly because of the horrific scale of Epstein’s predations. The latest releases also placed a shadow over the previous accounts given by allies of President Trump — from Commerce...

Lincoln tops presidential rankings; Trump records most ‘poor’ marks: Poll

Americans overwhelmingly view former President Abraham Lincoln as an "outstanding" leader, while President Trump ranks near the bottom, according to a new poll. The YouGov survey, released Friday, found that 74 percent of U.S. voters collectively rank Lincoln, known affectionately as Honest Abe, as "outstanding" or "above average." Another 12 percent said he was "average"...

Russian opposition leader Navalny killed by ‘deadly toxin’ from frog: European leaders

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed by a “deadly toxin” extracted from an Ecuadorian frog, according to the foreign ministries of five European countries.  Navalny died in February 2024 at the age of 47 while serving out a 19-year sentence in a Russian prison after being convicted on charges of extremism. The opposition leader...

47 years after Iran’s revolution, Washington still has no strategy 

The United States and Iran are unable to bridge the gap between their red lines, resulting in a diplomatic deadlock and a potential for miscalculation leading to conflict.

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