Welcome to The California Post's Pirate Wires column. This week we've got San Francisco's misguided CEO tax, a defense of Stanford's pipeline to wealth, and a takedown of the...
Construction began this week on a temporary octagon on the White House grounds in preparation to host several UFC fights on Flag Day, which is also President Trump’s 80th birthday. Photos taken by The Associated Press showed workers building pieces of the red and blue UFC fighting ring for the “UFC Freedom 250” event on...
The U.S. embargo against Cuba has been a disaster for both countries, and the answer to the problem is ending the embargo and letting capitalism grow in Cuba, rather than military intervention.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.) on Monday said President Trump's withdrawal from former President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran left the country "weeks from nuclear breakout." Wasserman-Schultz blasted the reported memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran, which would include unfreezing Iranian assets and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. She argued that President Trump leaving...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the Iranian government is alone in pushing for itself to control passage through the Strait of Hormuz via a tolling system. “The Russians are not in favor of a tolling system, the Chinese are not in favor of a tolling system,” Rubio told reporters on board his...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling as a reptile wrangler, sharing a video showing him grabbing hold of a pair of mating snakes with his bare hands. The Health and Human Services secretary is seen trying to capture the slithering duo in a video posted on his X account on Tuesday. The snake showdown — captured on...
President Trump is set to make a rare appearance at Camp David on Wednesday to conduct a Cabinet meeting, just hours after U.S. strikes on Iran left a peace deal hanging in the balance. Every member of the Cabinet will be in attendance, including Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who announced her resignation last...
The Republican primary runoff election in Texas saw a 103% increase in early voting turnout compared to 2020, likely due to the battle between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who received an endorsement from President Trump.
Kerry Sheron was left in critical condition on Wednesday after being beaten outside his Escondido home, which is decorated in pro-Trump flags and signs.
A Democratic House candidate in Texas is blaming local media for twisting her words as she faces accusations of antisemitism from national and local Democrats over comments she made on social media. Maureen Galindo, the candidate for Texas’s 35th Congressional District, drew fierce pushback from Democrats and Republicans alike after writing in a post on Instagram earlier...
The woman and her husband were dining on the patio when a sudden, strong wind lifted an umbrella from a table and struck her, the coroner's office said.
Companies will not win by turning AI into a fear test. They will win by creating workplaces where human judgment gets more valuable as machine output gets cheaper.
Even as the U.S. and Iran inch toward a deal to end the nearly three-months long conflict, tensions are running high. On Monday, the U.S. launched strikes in southern Iran that it described as "defensive," and Iran claimed to have brought down an American drone. President Trump demanded the Islamic Republic immediate turn over its...
