The Puget Sound woke up to chaos this week when a handful of engine-room workers at Washington State Ferries called in sick and most of the system stopped running. Twenty‑three absences left ferry operators below the legal minimum crew on many boats. Commuters were stranded. The state scrambled. The question now is not just who […] More
Chick‑fil‑A’s boss told CNBC this week that the chain will not let robots answer the drive‑thru speaker. Chief Executive Andrew Cathy said the company will keep the customer exchange “human to human,” even as rivals race to install voice‑AI systems. The company will still use AI behind the scenes, but at the window and speaker, […] More
Ali Fadavi, a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps adviser, walked onto state television and did what Tehran does best: issue a loud, public threat. He warned that if Washington ever orders a ground invasion of Iran, Tehran would strike U.S. bases and warships across the region. That is the new development, and it deserves a […] More
President Donald Trump’s rally line about Iran being able to “take out Los Angeles, take out San Diego” set off a predictable firestorm — and a viral Instagram post from rocker Jack White calling the president a “Fuhrer” didn’t calm anything. The exchange now sits at the center of a culture-war clash: a blunt rally […] More
The Disney-ABC lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission is the latest clash in our culture-war reality show — only this time the stakes are broadcast licenses, not TV ratings. Disney and ABC say the FCC is using licensing power to punish programming it doesn’t like, and they’ve taken the fight to federal court. If you […] More
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California loudly urged invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump after a clip from a Nebraska rally went viral. He called the president “mentally ill” and “deranged,” demanded action, and ordered state threat-monitoring steps. The move is loud, theatrical, and worth examining — not because it will likely succeed, […] More
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President Donald Trump has moved quickly to fill the gap at the top of the Army by naming Adam Telle as Acting Secretary of the Army after Dan Driscoll stepped down. The change comes after months of friction inside the Pentagon, and it raises obvious questions about leadership, policy direction, and who really runs the […] More
The Minneapolis Office of City Auditor just dropped a report that should make every taxpayer sit up. The Neighborhood Safety Contract Management Audit — covering January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2025 — found that the city’s rush to fund violence‑prevention programs after George Floyd’s death left oversight on the cutting room floor. This isn’t […] More
The White House publicly lashed out at sitcom mogul Chuck Lorre after his acceptance speech at a Los Angeles charity gala turned into a political roast. White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told reporters that Lorre should “immediately seek psychiatric help” for what he called “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” The blunt rebuke has turned a fundraiser for […] More
The “Cornell 7” story is more than a campus scuffle. As Newsmax host Rob Finnerty points out, it reads like a lesson in how politics, ideology, and a selective hunger for headlines can drown out facts and fairness. Whatever the legalities are, the public deserves a clear, even-handed look — not another performance staged to […] More
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is accused of turning City Hall’s influencer operation into a political weapon aimed at New York’s business leaders. The New York Post reports an alleged plan to press CEOs and the Partnership for New York City to back the mayor’s tax hikes. The Mayor’s Office calls the story “categorically false,” but the […] More
New analysis of the CDC’s 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) has produced a surprise: fewer high‑school students now say they are lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB). The drop is not spread evenly. Independent analyst Jean M. Twenge’s breakdown of the raw YRBS file shows the biggest fall is among the youngest teens, especially ninth‑grade […] More
A Connecticut man who tried to join ISIS and plotted violence at home has been sentenced to 92 months in federal prison and lifetime supervised release. U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden handed down the sentence after the defendant, Ahmad Khalil Elshazly, pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist […] More
The Government Accountability Office has just dropped a report that should make anyone who cares about taxpayer dollars sit up. The GAO found that the State Department inherited roughly $52.1 billion in cumulative obligations tied to about 730 former‑USAID awards — and it doesn’t have the basic data or written rules to manage them. That’s […] More
Attorney General Todd Blanche went on Fox News Sunday and shot down one of the silliest election scares of the season: the claim that “armed federal agents” will patrol polling places this fall. Blanche called that idea “completely false,” said the Department of Justice plans to deploy election monitors as it has in past cycles, […] More
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A Florida sheriff has announced he will not charge a father who pulled a gun at an Indiantown school bus stop after teenagers allegedly bullied his son over a slice of pizza. Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek says investigators found the dad acted in self‑defense, and that decision set off a heated community meeting led […] More
The big news this week wasn’t another polling number. It was a long, on‑the‑record TIME Magazine interview with President Donald Trump — and the media cabal’s reaction to it. On MS NOW’s The Briefing with Jen Psaki, journalist and guest commentator Jim Acosta declared the president “just not all there anymore.” That sound bite tells […] More
The S&P 500 has just hit a fresh record this week, and Wall Street is crowing like the party started on cue. That market move matters because it undercuts a long‑standing story investors like to tell: that stocks rally big after midterm elections. The real news is not that stocks are high — it’s that […] More
The Senate Judiciary hearing that put former Special Counsel Jack Smith under oath exposed something that should alarm every freedom‑loving American: Senator Chuck Grassley released records showing Smith’s team collected thousands of personal donor checks tied to President Trump supporters. This disclosure — 4,782 checks spanning all 50 states — raises urgent questions about DOJ […] More
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A short video of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer saying Democrats’ “ultimate goal” includes a path to citizenship for the roughly “11 million, or however many” undocumented people has been recirculating this week. The clip dates back to a press appearance in 2022, but it’s being amplified now by conservative accounts and campaigns as the […] More
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito quietly stepped aside from the big climate case against oil companies this week. The court announced in a one‑sentence letter that he “will not continue to participate” in Suncor Energy v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. No reason was offered. That short note changes the math on a case that […] More
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Congress just did what it always does when the heat is on: pass a short-term stopgap and head for the hills. The House and Senate approved a continuing resolution that keeps most agencies funded at FY2026 levels and hands lawmakers a new deadline of December 11 to finish FY2027 appropriations. Then, with the clock still […] More
President Donald Trump told TIME he regrets nominating Associate Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett because, he said, “they voted against me too often.” The remark is a rare and raw admission that a president is disappointed by lifetime judges he put on the bench. That one line creates a big headache […] More
Senate Republicans lit up the spotlight this week on what looks like one of the most brazen privacy raids in recent memory. At a full Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator Chuck Grassley and his GOP colleagues released whistleblower records and a subpoena tracker tied to the Arctic Frost investigation. Their claim: former Special Counsel Jack […] More
A routine traffic stop in Alhambra turned into a major win for law enforcement when K-9 Otis sniffed out roughly 200 kilos — about 440 pounds — of cocaine packed inside an SUV. Officers say the stop happened on Valley Boulevard near the 710 Freeway, and the driver, identified as Julio Rangel of Huntington Park, […] More
The Pentagon quietly pulled its B-1B bombers out of RAF Fairford and sent them back to the United States after a suspicious incident near the base that left five men arrested and many Americans asking how a forward U.S. installation became vulnerable on allied soil. The move is the kind of blunt, defensive step that […] More
Megyn Kelly sat down with Dr. Sean O’Mara this week to talk about something your doctor and your grocery bill have both been trying to tell you for years: processed foods are not all created equal, and a lot of them are quietly wrecking our health. If you like plain talk, watch the clip. If […] More