(The Center Square) – Los Angeles’ $19.7 million response to the June protests and riots was almost entirely spent on police, highlighting the growing cost of police overtime amid an enduring officer shortage. According to a new report from government transparency group Open The Books, the city of Los Angeles spent $1.1 billion on overtime […]
Bluesky, a social media platform popularly used by liberals, temporarily suspended Vice President JD Vance’s account because it was concerned that someone was masquerading as him. “Vice President Vance’s account was briefly flagged by our automated systems that try to detect impersonation attempts, which have targeted public figures like him in the past,” the company told […]
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) speculated that former first lady Jill Biden was actually leading the country while her husband was “incapacitated,” comparing the alleged situation to what happened during President Woodrow Wilson’s administration. Congressional Republicans are investigating the cover-up of former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline, of which Schmitt said the voting public “deserve to […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has endorsed three Democratic candidates in high-profile races over the last week, including a Wisconsin politician running for House in the state’s 3rd Congressional District. Sanders announced his endorsement of Rebecca Cooke, who lost to Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) in the 2024 election by less than 3 percentage points. Cooke […]
The Department of Justice plans to eliminate two-thirds of federal gun licensing inspectors amid the Trump administration’s push to streamline the government by consolidating agencies and removing redundancies. The DOJ’s recently released 2026 budget proposal details plans to merge the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives with the Drug Enforcement Administration, downsizing the ATF […]
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz hinted that assassinating Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should be part of their attack plans after a ballistic missile strike targeted a hospital. On Thursday, an Iranian ballistic missile struck the Soroka Medical Center in the city of Beersheba, as part of a wider salvo that heavily damaged other […]
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) says he agrees with Republicans that there shouldn’t be any illegal immigrants in the U.S., but his solution is to grant them all legal status rather than deport them. “To my Republican colleagues who say I don’t want any undocumented people in this country, I actually agree with you,” the 28-year-old […]
Israel attacked Iran’s nuclear development sites with a wave of airstrikes on Thursday, seeking to decimate the country’s nuclear program. Israel’s Air Force bombed Iran’s Arak Nuclear Complex on Thursday morning. The facility is known as IR-40 and is used as a heavy-water nuclear reactor, according to the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance. Heavy water helps […]
The Supreme Court has issued a flurry of decisions this month as it nears the end of its term, but the Trump administration has been left waiting for key decisions on the high court’s docket. Requests from President Donald Trump and his administration have dominated the Supreme Court’s emergency docket, and the high court heard […]
Lawmakers are growing increasingly frustrated with President Donald Trump’s decision to keep TikTok from going dark as he prepares to let the social media giant operate in the United States for another 90 days. Republicans want to see TikTok sold or shuttered, in compliance with a 2024 law that was supposed to force the app […]
