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Target-rich environment: JD Vance probes California fraud

How many “Learing Center” equivalents and other galling fraud schemes exist in California? And: How do we shut them down and hold them accountable? Take heart, dear and beleaguered taxpayers:...

Karen Bass and the cover-up of the cover-up

Mayor Karen Bass claims that she did not edit the LAFD’s after-action report on...

The Talking-Filibuster Quagmire: Objections and Responses

It’s hard to see how the idea is any less objectionable today than it...

Justice delayed, Justice denied: Trump DOJ frustrates parental rights activists

There's a growing sense of frustration with the Trump Justice Department among some parental activists who say they had expected a friendlier ear from the new team at DOJ.

Wrestling fans chant ‘F– ICE! F—ICE!’ before main event

Fans at an All-Elite Wresting event in Las Vegas on Wednesday offered a profane chant condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ahead of a main event bout. “F— ICE! F---ICE! F---ICE!” the crowd roared as Brody King, a fan favorite who has backed abolishing ICE, faced off against AEW Maxwell Jacob Friedman, also known as MJF....

Musk grapples with fallout from X deepfakes, Epstein emails

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Musk grapples with fallout from X deepfakes, Epstein emails Elon Musk has once again found himself at the center of controversy, as the tech billionaire deals with the fallout from a surge in sexualized deepfakes on his social platform X, while newly revealed emails between him and Jeffrey Epstein...

Judge rules Texas anti-ESG law is unconstitutional

A federal judge this week determined that a Texas state law that seeks to prevent state funds from being invested with financial firms that boycott fossil fuel companies is unconstitutional. Texas federal Judge Alan Albright, an appointee of President Trump, found that state law S.B. 13 was a violation of the First and 14th amendments....

Live results: Democrats vie to fill Mikie Sherrill’s House seat in New Jersey

Nearly a dozen Democrats are vying to replace New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) in the House. Former Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), Essex County Commissioner Brendan Gill, former Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way (D) and Analilia Mejía, who served as a top aide to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) 2020 presidential campaign, are among the candidates in Thursday night's crowded primary. Malinowski...

Republican senator suggests Billie Eilish should forfeit her Grammy over ICE remarks

GOP Sen. Eric Schmitt (Mo.) said Billie Eilish should give up her Grammy Award after the singer denounced Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during her acceptance speech Sunday.  “I think Billie Eilish ought to give the Grammy back and probably her mansion, which, I guess, is on stolen land, too,” Schmitt told independent journalist Nicholas...

5 takeaways on the search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother

Law enforcement provided new details Thursday on the search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie who went missing from her home this weekend in what officials believe to be an abduction. At a lengthy press conference, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos and FBI agent Heith Janke briefed media on...

CIA shuttering World Factbook reference tool

The CIA shut down its World Factbook resource Wednesday, after it spent more than six decades in existence. The agency announced on its website that the World Factbook “has sunset” without providing further explanation. The Hill has reached out to the CIA for clarification. The Factbook first launched as the classified National Basic Intelligence Factbook...

Vance: Trump insulting Kaitlan Collins for not smiling was ‘so perceptive’

Vice President Vance said Thursday that President Trump was "so perceptive" when he insulted CNN's Kaitlan Collins in the Oval Office this week for not smiling. "There was a moment in the Oval Office — I wasn't even in there, I was in the West Wing, and somebody sent me where he was talking to...

Stephen A. Smith: Democrats ‘playing right into Trump’s hands’ on voter ID bill

Commentator Stephen A. Smith on Thursday slammed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for comparing a GOP bill that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to vote to “Jim Crow 2.0,” warning him and other Democrats against speaking in “that kind of hyperbole” ahead of the 2026 midterms. Smith played a clip on his podcast...

Christie on 2028 GOP nominee: Rubio, Vance and Kemp ‘come to mind really quickly’

Anticipation is already building for the 2028 presidential race. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) named Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp as the likely GOP front-runners in 2028 during an interview on Wednesday with NewsNation. “We have some really good folks in our party who might...

Slotkin rejects DOJ interview request over ‘illegal orders’ video

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) on Thursday said she declined to be interviewed by federal prosecutors, saying the Trump administration has embarked on a campaign of “physical and legal intimidation” in response to a video produced by her and other lawmakers. Slotkin was one of six Democrats with a military or intelligence background to tape a video...

Slotkin rejects DOJ interview request over ‘illegal orders’ video

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said Thursday she declined to be interviewed by federal prosecutors, saying the Trump administration has embarked on a campaign of “physical and legal intimidation” in response to a video produced by her and other lawmakers. Slotkin was one of six Democrats with a military or intelligence background to tape a video message telling...

Nationwide recall on Chips Ahoy! expanded

A previously issued nationwide recall on Chips Ahoy! Baked Bites Brookie is now being expanded.

Nationwide recall on Chips Ahoy! expanded

A previously issued nationwide recall on Chips Ahoy! Baked Bites Brookie is now being expanded.

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