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In Malibu, the fire is over — but the math has just begun

The Palisades Fire didn’t just destroy Malibu homes. It is quietly changing who will own Malibu for generations to come. Drive Pacific Coast Highway today and the devastation remains...

Michael Goodwin: Fauci’s refusal to answer questions at Senate hearing reveals important truth

Because Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly cited the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering any questions,...

Houthis push back on report of planned Red Sea shipping fees

Yemen’s Houthi-run maritime authority pushed back on Saturday against reports that the group is considering charging toll fees to commercial vessels passing through the Bab el-Mandeb strait, saying ships can continue to pass through the waterway without paying. The Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center said in a statement that its safe-passage service is voluntary and does...

Democrats slam Trump admin after DOJ drops Reflecting Pool vandalism case

Democrats are reacting to the Justice Department’s move to drop its Reflecting Pool vandalism case against a former Olympian David Hearn, saying the move validated their longstanding criticism that the administration is weaponizing the Justice Department. The Justice Department on Friday moved to dismiss its felony destruction of property charge against Hearn after finding that...

Rob Bonta is pro-choice — as long as the choice is abortion

A man has gone to court to tell California women what to do with...

Congress can’t seem to figure out that sports gambling is just sports gambling

Every parent should worry that Washington seemingly cannot tell the difference between trading and obvious sports gambling.

Fauci hearing thrusts COVID fights back into spotlight

In today's issue: ▪ COVID-19 tensions in Senate spotlight ▪ Iran launches ‘surprise attack’ ▪ Graham sanctions bill advances ▪ ICE targeting Haitian, Syrian migrants The COVID-19 pandemic will return to center stage Wednesday as the man whose briefings dominated daily life for more than a year testifies before Congress. Former White House chief medical adviser Anthony...

Collins says State Department will reinstate funding for global humanitarian vaccine alliance

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Tuesday that the State Department is set to reinstate funding for a global humanitarian vaccine program after the Trump administration previously paused the program. “It is welcome news that following our recent outreach, the State Department has committed to contributing the full $600 million for GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance,” Collins...

Ex-Trump health official shocked by Fauci’s ‘unabashed narcissism’ from diaries

A former Trump health official on Tuesday slammed Dr. Anthony Fauci over his recently-released journal entries. “I'd like to see honesty and transparency and I'd like Tony to come clean with all the things that he's really been caught in contradictions,” Dr. Brett Giroir, a former assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health...

South Dakota governor fends off challenger in primary runoff 

Gov. Larry Rhoden (R) is projected to defeat businessman Toby Doeden in Tuesday's GOP primary runoff for South Dakota governor, according to Decision Desk HQ. Rhoden will now take on Democrat Dan Ahlers, a former state senator, in November. He is expected to hang on to the seat given the state’s reliably Republican leanings. Rhoden and...

Special election for Scott’s House seat in Georgia heads to runoff

The special election to fill the remainder of the late Rep. David Scott’s (D-Ga.) term in the House is headed to a runoff, according to Decision Desk HQ. None of the five candidates jostling for the vacant seat scored more than 50 percent of the vote, pushing the top two finishers, Scott's daughter Marcye Scott and Gwinnett...

Zelensky asks senators for air defenses, tells them Ukraine is winning war 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with senators in the Capitol on Tuesday to press his case for additional U.S. support for Ukraine, specifically anti-ballistic missiles, and to emphasize his country's gains in the war against Russia. The meeting occurred shortly before senators voted to advance legislation further sanctioning Russia and imposing steep tariffs on countries...

Senate advances Graham bill to put harsher sanctions on Russia, Iran

The Senate, in a rare bipartisan vote Tuesday night, advanced a bill that would impose harsher sanctions on Russia and buyers of Russian oil and gas than the U.S. has previously enforced and extend existing sanctions on Iran, aiming to economically squeeze the two countries amid ongoing military conflicts.  The bill, named for its co-author,...

Senate confirms Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence (DNI) in a 51-47 party-line vote, potentially reviving a stalled battle over renewing the nation’s warrantless spy powers. Clayton, currently a U.S. attorney who served as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the first Trump administration, does not have the broad foreign...

Trump hits lowest point in YouGov poll since return to office

President Trump’s approval rating has hit its lowest mark in the poll conducted by The Economist/YouGov since he returned to office last year. In the poll, 34 percent of respondents said that they either “somewhat” or “strongly” back Trump’s job performance, while 62 percent said they either “strongly” or “somewhat” do not back his job...

Comer warns Fauci: Biden’s pardon doesn’t cover testimony this week

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) warned Dr. Anthony Fauci that the presidential pardon he received does not extend to his awaited hearing at Capitol Hill. The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is set to testify before a Senate panel Wednesday, following Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) release of...

Iran launches ‘surprise attack’ on US forces in Middle East

Iran fired multiple ballistic missiles at a U.S. base in the Middle East on Tuesday evening, in what U.S. Central Command (Centcom) called an attempted surprise attack. It was the first publicly disclosed attack on U.S. service members in the region since President Trump ordered a halt on attacks against Iran last week. The missiles,...

Jensen hits the Hill

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Nvidia's Huang hits Capitol Hill amid open-source debate Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a trip to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, as his company has become a key voice advocating for open-source models. © Jeffrey McWhorter, Associated Press Huang met with Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who serves as vice...

Fauci set for high-profile hearing after Paul released diaries

Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci is set to be under the microscope for a tough Senate hearing on Wednesday, just days after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci's diary entries from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.  In the weekend leading up to the hearing before the Senate...

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