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EXCLUSIVE: Fentanyl deaths plunge 22% as Trump White House touts crackdown on deadly drug crisis

The Trump White House says synthetic opioid deaths fell from 48,913 to 38,084 in one year, crediting its border crackdown and ICE fentanyl arrests.

Singham-linked nonprofits fight House subpoenas, accuse lawmakers of McCarthy-era ‘witch hunt’

Breakthrough News and People's Forum accuse the House Ways and Means Committee of McCarthyism over subpoenas tied to Neville Roy Singham's network.

LA socialist’s fumbled answer to Graham Platner question draws groans from Dem audience

Nithya Raman drew groans from the crowd at the Los Angeles mayoral debate over her decision to hire the firm behind Graham Platner's campaign.

Top Dems go silent after McCarthy vindicated for booting Swalwell off intel committee

Democrats rallied behind Eric Swalwell as Republicans raised alarms over Fang Fang — newly declassified FBI files are now casting fresh light on what agents knew.

Knee-jerk Flock panic threatens a tool that’s making our cities safer

Rolling back Flock won’t reverse this vast change that’s been decades in the making...

FBI seizes Swalwell’s devices at airport as sexual misconduct investigation escalates: sources

Eric Swalwell's cell phone was seized at San Francisco International Airport as part of an FBI probe into sexual misconduct, a source confirms.

Blue-city drug gear exposes hypocrisy as cleanup group faces probe, leader cries foul

We Heart Seattle founder Andrea Suarez says the state is investigating her volunteer needle cleanup group while the government hands out drug supplies.

Dem’s ‘sexist’ remark against cancer survivor provokes Republican to go scorched earth: ‘Guy’s got a problem’

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins calls Jon Ossoff's viral remark about White House aide Natalie Harp "sexist" and "misogynist."

Battle over federal courthouses erupts as GSA warns against giving judiciary more control

GSA says past judiciary property management led to costly maintenance problems, while the courts point to an $8.3 billion backlog under GSA.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—August 20

1985—Extending an error it made two years earlier, the Sixth Circuit (in Policy v. Powell Pressed Steel Co.) distorts ordinary contract principles as it construes...

Los Angeles Should Follow San Francisco’s Path to Recovery — Says Man Who Helped Set Back Both

A former aide who served and defended two disastrous DAs now offers advice on urban governance.

Why Andy Burnham’s Redistribution of Migrants Won’t Work

The British prime minister’s self-flagellating approach to immigration is as morally unjust as it is counterproductive.

The Right Has Forgotten What Beauty Is For

The strange celebration of sorority-rush videos suggests parts of the online right have confused female beauty with sexual desirability.

Trump urged to stop targeting fellow Republicans as GOP fights to keep majority

Some Senate Republicans worry President Donald Trump isn't making a strong enough case for electing more GOP senators and is bashing his own party instead.

Biden admin released illegal immigrant accused of fatally stabbing Fairfax County mother

A federal source says the Fairfax County stabbing suspect is a Salvadoran illegal immigrant caught and released at the border during the Biden era.

How one NYC suburb could decide which party controls the House

Mike Lawler accuses Cait Conley of ducking national debates in the New York City suburbs race that could decide the House majority in midterms.

Texas mom backs Ten Commandments in classrooms as legal battle reaches Supreme Court

Brittany McFarland says Texas Ten Commandments classroom displays gave her a renewed sense of hope as families ask the Supreme Court to block the law.

Luxury travel, shopping, six-figure income: Battleground Dems ripped for ‘phony’ working-class narrative

Dems running in battleground districts criticized over middle-class bios they are presenting to voters as financial records and other materials paint a picture of wealth others don't often have.

Trump reveals exact number of North Korea’s nuclear weapons

Trump cited 57 nuclear weapons in North Korea's arsenal, marking the first time a U.S. official has publicly put an exact number on Pyongyang's stockpile.

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