Kamala can’t get a call back. California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom reportedly didn’t even pick up the phone when former Vice President Kamala Harris called him this week about the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles County. The former vice president “wasnt able to connect with her longtime political friend and rival but left him a ...

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) on Thursday grilled New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul during a hearing on sanctuary states over crimes committed by illegal aliens. Stefanik, who is rumored to be eyeing a run for governor, first highlighted executive orders signed by Hochul that maintain New York as a sanctuary state, meaning the state will ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admitted he had to laugh when Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) claimed that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had implemented updated technology in recent years. During a Thursday hearing on Capitol Hill, Bessent fielded questions from a number of House members on the One Big, Beautiful Bill and he said that ...

When riots broke out in Los Angeles in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, the police response was hamstrung by politics, according to one California sheriff. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco says the violence and destruction that erupted in Los Angeles over the weekend would never have happened in his county. “We know ...

Three dozen federal contractors are at high risk of violating President Donald Trumps executive orders barring the implementation of diversity, equity, and inclusion policies among those who do business with the federal government. A new report from the 1792 Exchange highlights which federal contractors have previously advanced the DEI agenda most ...

A former CIA analyst who leaked Israeli strike plans against Iran was sentenced to just three years and one month in prison on Wednesday. Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, Virginia, was convicted of unlawfully retaining and transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information to people who were not entitled to receive it, the U.S. Department ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations nuclear watchdog, on Thursday found that Iran had breached its non-proliferation obligations. It is the first time in almost two decades that the IAEA has taken that stance. The last time the IAEA adopted that position was in September 2005, when clandestine nuclear activities in Iran ...

Republicans clobbered Democrats for the fifth consecutive year in last night’s Congressional Baseball Game. Rep. August Pfluger, the Republican Study Committee Chairman, who clinched his second MVP title, joined Crain & Company before the game to share his thoughts on why the GOP has won every game since 2022. “What I’d say to America is, ...

Health and Human Services (HHS) SecretaryRobert F. Kennedy Jr. has named eight people to serve on the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), a highly influential vaccine panel he gutted earlier in the week. The new members include Dr. Robert Malone, who worked on early research for mRNA vaccine technology and is a vocal critic ...

The United States and China agree to a trade framework, slashing tariffs and unlocking rare earth minerals. Inflation finally cools but L.A. remains hot. We break down the latest on the economy and the political unrest. And, as chaos erupts on the L.A. streets, the real battle is for the narrative whos winning ...

Many people are believed to be dead after an Air India plane carrying 242 people crashed just after taking off from an airport in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday. The plane, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, was headed to the Gatwick Airport in Britain, Reuters reported. According to Indian authorities, the aircraft crashed into a civilian area ...

Kids who came of age in the early aughts know that ohana means family. And family means nobody is left behind. Disneys 2002 animated film Lilo & Stitch tells the story of a young Hawaiian girl named Lilo, who lives with her older sister, Nani, after their parents passed away. As Nani struggles to keep ...

Hamas attacked a bus on Wednesday night, killing at least five Gazans working for the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and injuring several others. A bus carrying two dozen members of GHF was en route to one of the aid distribution centers west of Khan Yunis when the attack occurred, according to the group. There ...

David Hogg, of 1270 SAT fame, who was elected Democratic National Committee Vice-Chair earlier this year, saw his job evaporate on Wednesday, as the DNC voted overwhelmingly to hold new elections for the position. In a 294-99 vote that concluded Wednesday, DNC members agreed to move forward with redoing the contest earlier this year that ...

The National Park Service is nearing completion of a renovation of the Jefferson Memorial that turns the site into a condemning portrayal of the presidents legacy, City Journal recently reported. The project aims to completely renovate the basement exhibit level of the memorial to [provide] more perspectives as it shares Thomas Jeffersons multi-faceted ...

The Israel Defense Forces announced Wednesday that it recovered the bodies of two more Israeli hostages from Gaza. The IDF announced that it recovered the body of 59-year-old Yair Yaakov from the Khan Yunis area of the Gaza Strip. The other hostages name has not yet been released. Yaakov is believed to have been abducted ...

A New York jury on Wednesday delivered a mixed verdict in Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault retrial, finding the former Hollywood mogul guilty of one count while acquitting him of another. The jury found Weinstein guilty of forcibly performing oral sex on former “Project Runway” production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006, but acquitted him of criminal ...

Actress Zoe Saldaa claims the golden Oscar statue she won for Best Supporting Actress in the musical drama Emilia Prez is gender fluid. We have it in my office and my Oscar is gender fluid, the 46-year-old celeb told People during a red carpet premiere for her new movie, Elio. Saldaa added that the statue ...

Major developments began unfolding in the Middle East on Wednesday, following the announcement that the United States is reducing staff at its missions in Baghdad and Erbil and reportedly permitting dependents to leave other countries in the region, such as Bahrain and Kuwait. The move comes after Irans Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh threatened to strike ...

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) immediately regretted his decision to demand an example from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of a medical research project that he believed the Defense Department was justified in terminating. Hegseth appeared on Wednesday before the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Durbin used some of his time in an attempt to ...

Conservative Argentinian President Javier Milei, a staunch supporter of the state of Israel, announced on Wednesday that Argentina will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, declaring, In a world of cowards, Israel bravely defends its right to exist. Argentina will not stand aside; we will support Israel with all our strength. BREAKING: ...

Fake Gavin Newsom is leading the resistance, and he’s making dramatic speeches about it. Newsom, the real-life Ken doll governor of California, has presided over a great exodus from his state. I’m one of the people who left. I’m a lifelong Angeleno, lived in LA for virtually my entire life, but then I took myself, ...

The University of Michigan said on Tuesday that it is “actively reviewing all relevant policies” after two Chinese nationals working with the school were arrested for smuggling potentially dangerous “biological materials” into the United States. The university, which boasts of being one of the top public research schools in the world, has come under ...

Macklemore, a rapper best known for the 2012 song Thrift Shop, was the victim of a home invasion at his Seattle residence over the weekend while his children and nanny were there. According to the police report, two men allegedly entered the residence just after midnight on Saturday morning. A woman later identified as the ...

Music icon Brian Wilson, co-founder of the musical group The Beach Boys, has died at the age of 82. Wilsons family made the announcement on Wednesday via social media. “We are heartbroken to announce that our beloved father Brian Wilson has passed away,” said the Instagram statement shared alongside a photo of the musician smiling. ...