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Common sense prevails in Sacramento wildfire deal

Gov. Newsom’s plan would have helped utility companies avoid having to pay large sums to wildfire victims.

Markey trounces Moulton in Massachusetts Senate primary poll 

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is handily leading Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) in a primary race for his seat in the upper chamber, according to a new poll. In the Emerson College Polling poll, 60.4 percent of respondents that are likely to vote in the  Democratic primary or have already voted said that they would back...

Freedom Fuel gas stations sold stolen fuel, lawsuit claims

Freedom Fuel gas stations, which the Trump administration promoted last month, sold fuel that its supplier never paid for, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month. The suit, which attorneys for Mansfield Oil Company filed in U.S. District Court in Eastern Pennsylvania on Aug. 19, alleges that KRSM, a foreign corporation, obtained in excess...

This week on the Hill: House aims to pass measure to avert shutdown ahead of midterms 

The House is back in session this week after a monthlong August recess, with lawmakers aiming to avert a government shutdown before funding expires Sept. 30 amid the 2026 election season. The biggest item on the agenda will be a Senate-passed stopgap measure, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), that would keep the government...

Republicans ready for ‘very hasty’ ‘Trump-a-palooza’ convention in Texas

The Republican National Committee’s (RNC) first-of-its-kind midterm convention has been cloaked in mystery until a few weeks ago. Details are finally emerging about what’s expected to be a two-day pep rally to bolster hype and encourage Republicans to get out the vote in November amid President Trump’s shrinking approval rate. But some Republicans are quietly...

The ‘Vocabulary’ Is Only a Symptom of the ‘Problem’

The problem Third Way set out to identify endures, and it endures because the left’s linguistic signifiers are only a symptom of it.

Seen, Heard & Whispered: Clarence Thomas was ‘scary’ in law school; ‘affordability’ hits Ned’s Club

Justice Clarence Thomas says those who dislike him and the direction he's led the Supreme Court should blame the snobbish law firms that didn't offer him a job when he emerged from Yale Law School in the 1970s.

‘We own our privacy’: Flock cameras and firearm rights clash at gun shops

Firearms businesses across the U.S. are pulling down their Flock security cameras because customers fear the cameras have turned into a monitoring network that threatens their gun rights.

Soros prosecutor in danger of being removed after grieving mom’s desperate alarm: ‘Can’t believe this’

Stephanie Minter's mother says Fairfax County prosecutor Steve Descano let her daughter's alleged killer walk free despite 30 prior arrests.

Judge sentences Feeding Our Future fraudsters who faked running child nutrition site

Ahmed Ghedi and Abdihakim Ahmed were sentenced to prison for roles in the Feeding Our Future pandemic fraud that stole millions in COVID relief.

Michigan Dem AG turns on El-Sayed over terror attack response, warns of mentality that ‘bothers me a lot’

Dana Nessel says Abdul El-Sayed's response to the Temple Israel attack appeared to make excuses for domestic terrorism targeting Jewish worshippers.

Mamdani ignites online firestorm after mourning death of inmate charged in grisly murder: ‘WTF are we doing?’

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's post mourning Clarence Woodward, a murder suspect who died on Rikers Island, sparked conservative outrage.

House GOP subpoenas doctor behind ‘Have My Baby in Miami’ birth tourism business

The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the top doctor at Have My Baby in Miami to testify before Rep. Brandon Gill's panel on birth tourism.

One unexpected price surge most Americans don’t see is raising the stakes for Trump before November

President Donald Trump's housing affordability promise faces a new threat as diesel prices spike to $5.65 a gallon, driving up home construction costs.

Florida becomes first state to block welfare cash for tattoos, vapes and more

Florida will bar welfare benefits from covering tattoos, theme-park tickets, video games, vapes and other nonessential purchases under a first-in-the-nation plan Trump wants other states to follow.

Even Abortion Supporters Admit Post-Dobbs Predictions Have Not Come True

A professor at Case Western admits that many post-Dobbs predictions made by supporters of legal abortion haven’t come to fruition.

Judge Bibas and Legal Language

Sometimes the right word is unusual and unusual words stick, for better or worse.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—August 27

1996—In the face of repeated statements by the Supreme Court that the performance of abortions may be restricted to licensed physicians, a Ninth Circuit...

Data Centers Use Little Water, So Where Does It All Go?

In arid states where water is running low, irrigation is close to the whole ballgame.

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