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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...

Dana Bash presses Doug Burgum as he deflects on Patriot Front march 

Moments like these become defining not just because extremists show up, but because history remembers how our leaders responded. 

JD Vance rejects Milton Friedman, embraces socialism? 

Positing that free markets are somehow antithetical to human dignity is explicitly progressive framing.

Live updates: ‘I didn’t tell him what to do,’ Trump explains about call to FIFA chief over Folarin Balogun red card

President Trump's inquiry with FIFA President Gianni Infantino into the penalty drawn by Team USA player Folarin Balogun has caused a furor in the soccer world, just ahead of the huge round of 16 matchup between Team USA and Belgium. FIFA's independent board reversed the red card suspension of Balogun on Sunday, after which it...

From the courthouse to the White House: How corruption becomes routine

It took decades before I appreciated the cultural connection between tawdry corruption in a Cook County courtroom and the breathtaking venality of President Donald Trump. 

Luna calls for Patriot Front investigation after DC rally

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) on Monday called for an investigation into the Patriot Front white nationalist group after its Independence Day rally and march across Washington, D.C. “What I find odd about Patriot Front is how under Biden they were never investigated. Well funded. Never investigated,” Luna wrote in a post on the social...

Trump floats Australia-inspired retirement savings accounts 

President Trump said Monday that his administration is working on a plan to launch accounts for adults that would mirror Australia's retirement savings system. "We're going to be doing also something we're working on later on, and it'll be also, I think, very popular, and I guess the best definition is they have a plan...

Prosecutors to detail case against alleged Charlie Kirk assassin

Prosecutors in Utah this week will reveal some evidence against Tyler Robinson, the man they accuse of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk last September. Robinson will appear in court for a five-day preliminary hearing, during which prosecutors will attempt to convince state District Judge Tony Graf they have enough evidence to try the 23-year-old and...

OPEC+ companies slightly boosting production as oil prices slide

A group of oil-exporting countries has agreed to a modest increase in oil production, though current prices are already relatively low. Seven OPEC+ nations have said they will increase their production goals by 188,000 barrels per day. The participating countries are Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman. Multiple nations in the Middle...

Trump rips ‘a little bit suspect’ FIFA referee who gave Balogun a red card at World Cup

President Trump offered stark criticism from the White House on Monday of the World Cup referee who gave a red card to U.S. men’s soccer star Folarin Balogun, saying he was "a little bit suspect if you check his past." FIFA referee Raphael Claus, who gave Balogun the red card after a video review suggested...

A win-win plan to de-politicize the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is on the verge of becoming a political football. Congress can prevent it — if both sides can trade what they want for what they need.

National Guard members patrolling in Memphis fatally shoot man

Two Tennessee National Guard members fatally shot a 20-year-old man in Memphis on Sunday after he was found with a handgun, according to investigators. Tyrin Johnson was killed by soldiers who were on assignment as part of President Trump’s Memphis Safe Task Force, deployed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R). “Preliminary information indicates the shooting...

Three changes that could restore the Supreme Court’s independence

The goal is to restore balance and accountability to a Supreme Court whose right-wing majority is squandering its legitimacy to advance a harmful political agenda.

Trump-Republican infighting hands the Democrats a chance 

Republican senators increasingly spar with a president who they see as too focused on his own priorities at the expense of their reelection prospects. 

Watch live: Trump participates in Trump Accounts launch; NYSE, Nasdaq bell ringing

President Trump on Monday morning is scheduled to participate a ceremony marking the launch of Trump Accounts. Officials from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq are expected to join the president, who will ring the opening bell from the White House. The Treasury Department officially launched the new investment accounts for children on July 4.....

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