Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles say they’ve opened “multiple” election‑fraud investigations and want a full audit of California’s voter rolls. State officials say handing over unredacted records would violate voter privacy and break the law. The fight landed squarely in public view this week, and it’s exactly the sort of federal‑state standoff that leaves working […] More

Senator Rick Scott didn’t mince words on Bloomberg’s Balance of Power. After the Department of Justice unsealed a superseding indictment charging former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, Scott told viewers he expects Castro and his family will slip out of Cuba “before we pick him up.” That line […] More

Gov. Tim Walz pushed a sweeping Minnesota gun control bill, but it died on the House floor when a tied vote left it dead in the water. Democrats staged a dramatic sit‑in and shouted for votes, but theater couldn’t change numbers. The bill — Senate File 4067 — failed despite the protest, showing once again […] More

The FBI has made the first arrest from its new “Most Wanted Fraudsters” list. Said Abdullahi Ereg, a one-time Minneapolis grocery owner wanted in the Feeding Our Future pandemic fraud probe, surrendered to federal agents at the Minneapolis–St. Paul airport. This is the news: a fugitive came home, was taken into custody, and the Biden-era […] More

The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern. The move centers on a rare Bundibugyo strain, uncertain case totals, and troubling cross‑border spread. That announcement should wake up every health minister and border official — and make U.S. […] More

The short version: a K-8 principal in St. Johns County was put on administrative leave after a Fetty Wap lyric showed up under her name in the school yearbook. Parents complained, the district opened an investigation, and now Trout Creek Academy principal Katie O’Connell is sidelined — even though she and staff say she didn’t […] More

Mayor Zohran Mamdani skipped the city’s Israel Day Parade — the first New York City mayor in 61 years to do so. That choice was not a neutral bureaucratic scheduling quirk. It was a political signal, and in a city with the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, signals like that matter. A snub with […] More

Secretary of State Marco Rubio went to New Delhi this week and did what sensible people expect from a tough negotiator: he defended a new U.S. immigration rule and told audiences the change is about fixing a broken system — not punishing one country. No, he didn’t literally torch green cards, despite what clickbait clips […] More

Katie Zacharia did not tiptoe around Stephen Colbert this week on Finnerty. She said what a lot of people on the right have been thinking: the late-night host “deserves exactly what he got” after his show was pulled from some airwaves. Love him or hate him, Colbert made his bed with politics. Now some are […] More

President Donald Trump’s team just sent a clear message to Berlin: don’t expect the United States to quietly finance the world’s drug research while other wealthy nations keep cutting prices for themselves. A recent meeting in Washington brought U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and HHS chief counselor Chris Klomp face-to-face with German Ambassador Jens Hanefeld […] More

A new video from a conservative outlet is making big claims about Representative Thomas Massie — alleging a dark, abusive affair with a staffer and even an attempted payoff. These are serious charges, and they deserve a serious response: careful reporting, protection for any victim, and a fair process for the accused. Let’s walk through […] More

Jeff Bezos stepped in front of a CNBC camera this morning and did something rare: he called out the political theater of “tax the rich” and offered a plain-spoken alternative. In an interview on Squawk Box, the Amazon executive chairman said doubling his taxes “is NOT gonna help that teacher in Queens” and proposed zero […] More

A recent Reuters report says Pakistan quietly sent a squadron of fighters, a Chinese-made air-defense system, two squadrons of drones, and about 8,000 troops to Saudi Arabia during the Iran war. This is the first public accounting of a major Pakistani deployment meant to honor a mutual defense pact with Riyadh. It changes the conversation […] More

Governor Gavin Newsom trumpeted a “balanced” May Revision to California’s budget last week. Don’t be fooled by the press release spin. The plan only looks neat on paper because it borrows, raids reserves, and counts on wildly high tax receipts that can vanish overnight. How Governor Newsom “Balanced” the Budget The May Revision leans on […] More

Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a fresh $4 billion state rescue for New York City, and the mayor simultaneously rolled out a $124.7 billion executive budget that leans hard on one‑time fixes and accounting tricks. That’s the development everyone should be talking about — a short‑term bailout dressed up as a long‑term […] More

Washington’s talking tough again, and Tehran is twitching like a cornered animal. President Trump has put the U.S. military on notice for possible strikes on Iran — and that kind of posture never stays tidy for long. Expect Tehran to answer, but not in the way generals drew up during the Cold War. What Tehran […] More

Donald Trump Jr. and his fiancée Bettina Anderson are reportedly planning a small wedding over Memorial Day weekend on a private island in the Bahamas. The news comes from entertainment reporting that cites unnamed insiders, so take the gossip with a grain of salt — but it’s already stirring a predictable media circus. What the […] More

The South Carolina Supreme Court just did something few expected: it wiped away Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and sent the case back for a brand‑new trial. The unanimous opinion said the original trial was tainted by outside interference from a county official and by trial rulings that risked biasing jurors. For everyone who watched the […] More

Fresh fighting in the Gulf has thrown a serious wrench into delicate U.S.–Iran peace talks that were finally showing some progress. What should have been careful, mediated diplomacy now smells like a round of military messaging — and that kind of message is a poor substitute for a real deal. Diplomacy needs time and trust; […] More

New York City is seeing a fresh push from City Hall to remake some of its busiest streets. Mayor Zohran Mamdani and NYC DOT have rolled out plans for Park Avenue, a river‑to‑river protected bike lane on 72nd Street, an expanded 31st Avenue bike boulevard in Astoria, and a Canal Street overhaul. These are big […] More