Gov. Bob Ferguson (D-WA) declared a state of emergency on Saturday as “unusually high temperatures and high winds” exacerbated record-setting wildfires and prompted evacuations throughout Spokane County and surrounding areas. “More than 200,000 acres are burning in 12 large fires” across eastern Washington, the announcement said, as the state “is in the midst of a […]
The State Department released a security alert Saturday morning advising Americans in the Middle East to “exercise caution and heightened vigilance” amid reports the United States might launch escalatory strikes at Iranian energy infrastructure over the weekend. Travelers in the region should “be prepared for flight cancellations, periodic airspace closures, and potential travel disruptions,” the […]
A top U.S. general reportedly warned his superiors this week that Washington lacks sufficient military power to protect the United States’ allies in the Middle East. The U.S. has positioned naval destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to stabilize the Middle East and bolster Israel’s security for years, with the destroyers rising to particular use […]
Michigan officials on Saturday reported cyberattacks on nine of the state’s water systems, as investigators look into whether Iran is linked to a spate of similar hacks on states across the country. The FBI is investigating after Michigan received a federal cyber alert Tuesday about attempts to tamper with the water systems’ operational technology. The […]
Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s outspoken opposition to the Jewish state, arguing that such positioning is antithetical to creating peace in the Middle East. Herzog voiced concerns during an interview with Fox News Digital published Saturday, after Mamdani called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest and condemned […]
President Donald Trump on Saturday denounced the Justice Department’s lead federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., for seeking to dismiss charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro filed a motion to dismiss the indictment against David Hearn earlier this week, leading […]
Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher returned from his summer break on Friday for Real Time with Bill Maher, where he suggested California has more in common with Spain, highlighting parallels in natural disasters and migrant populations. Maher started out by welcoming fans back to the show for the midsummer, and joked about U.S. immigration. […]
President Donald Trump’s social media company on Saturday launched a new plan that offers high-paying clientele real-time access to posts on the platform. Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, is offering Truth API, or application programming interface, to subscribers as of Aug. 1. APIs are data feeds used by social […]
Former New York Republican Rep. George Santos on Friday agreed to a multi-thousand-dollar settlement with the government after a federal agency investigated him for suspicious trades on prediction marketplace Kalshi. Santos is paying $35,000 in his settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, following allegations he engaged in insider trading on whether he would attend […]
Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher returned from his summer break with a tribute to late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), calling him the “Trump whisperer.” “Lindsey was kind of the Trump whisperer. You know, he really was the guy. They, the Senate, they said they’re going to miss him for that,” Maher said on Real […]
