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Florida voters headed for major split on abortion and Trump: Poll

Florida voters are seemingly very supportive of an abortion rights amendment while also heavily favoring former President Donald Trump.  A new poll from the University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab shows 69% of those polled said they would vote yes on Florida’s “Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion,” and 23% of those […]

Trump team celebrates ‘demise’ of Project 2025: ‘It will not end well for you’

Former President Donald Trump’s team raced to celebrate the “demise” of Project 2025 when its director stepped down Tuesday afternoon. Separating themselves from the massive policy program Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats are attaching to the Trump campaign, the former president’s team tried to shoot down any insinuation they were involved in the shake-up […]

Judge temporarily bars LaPierre from NRA leadership

A New York judge barred Wayne LaPierre from returning to lead the National Rifle Association. State Supreme Court Judge Joel Cohen issued a 10-year ban following a jury’s verdict that found the NRA and its executives guilty in a civil corruption trial. However, he rejected New York Attorney General Letitia James’s proposal to appoint an […]

Costco class action: Customers have 10 days to submit claim for part of $2 million settlement

Costco customers in New York have 10 days to submit a claim to receive money from a class-action lawsuit settlement if they purchased Kirkland Signature Moist Flushable Wipes between 2011 and 2017. The lawsuit claims that Costco falsely advertised the wipes as flushable when they were not, that they damaged pipes and septic systems, and caused other […]

IOC cites transgender athletes’ passports in allowing them to play in Olympics

The International Olympic Committee has defended its decision to allow two transgender boxers to compete in this year’s games, as “they are women in their passports.” The two athletes competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics are Lin Yu Ting from Taiwan and Imane Khelif from Algeria, both of whom have competed in the Olympics before […]

Amazon responsible for more than 400,000 hazardous products sold by third-party sellers, CPSC finds

Amazon is responsible for recalling more than 400,000 hazardous products sold by third-party sellers on its website, the Consumer Product Safety Commission found. The CPSC issued a decision and order against the company Tuesday, finding that Amazon was a “distributor” of products that were defective or failed to meet federal consumer product safety standards. The […]

London Breed wants to pay drug users on welfare $100 a week to kick habit

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Supervisor Matt Dorsey unveiled legislation on Monday that would reward some welfare recipients who stay drug-free an extra $100 per week.  The legislation, called “Cash Not Drugs,” relies on incentives rather than punishment to encourage sobriety.  “I want to make it just as easy to get treatment as it […]

Israel targets Hezbollah commander behind soccer attack with strike in Beirut

Israel’s military carried out what it described as a “targeted strike” in Beirut on Tuesday, targeting the Hezbollah commander whom it said was responsible for the strike last weekend in the Golan Heights that killed a dozen children. “The IDF carried out a targeted strike in Beirut, on the commander responsible for the murder of […]

Key takeaways: Secret Service hearing highlights communication failures between local and federal agencies

The FBI and Secret Service testified before a joint Senate hearing that carried a much calmer atmosphere compared to a similar hearing held last week by the House on the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, with both agencies’ leaders conceding that it was a “failure on multiple levels.” Despite a few heated exchanges […]

Congressional staffers notified TikTok parent company will be banned on ‘House-managed devices’

The parent company that owns TikTok and other apps will be banned from House-managed devices according to a new notice sent to congressional staffers. House staffers received an email Tuesday from the Capitol’s Office of Cybersecurity stating that all apps owned by ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, CapCut, Hypic, Lark, and Lemon8, will be […]
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