(José Niño, Headline USA) Republicans in competitive midterm races are confronting voter anger over surging fuel costs, with little time left to deliver meaningful relief. The Wall Street Journal report identified expensive diesel and gasoline as an increasingly serious electoral problem, especially across rural states where farming and trucking...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The high-profile fashion designer behind Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's, D-N.Y., "Tax the Rich" dress is facing a $1 million civil lawsuit alleging she failed to pay event planners for a "celebrity mega bash," according to a recent news report.
Aurora James is facing the lawsuit from The Gathery, which alleges that James never paid the company...
(The Center Square) Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has filed hundreds of state-mandated “transparency” reports intended to disclose millions of dollars donated to third parties at her behest, but at least 23 filings reviewed by The Center Square show her requesting money from "Anonymous."
Anonymous donations are legal in some...
(José Niño, Headline USA) At least six major hospital systems have agreed to stop providing transgender-related medical interventions to minors under settlements with the Trump administration, according to a New York Times report published on Tuesday. The agreements end Justice Department inquiries into possible billing misconduct and consumer fraud...
(Headline USA) A Republican California sheriff must return more than a half-million ballots he seized for an investigation into unfounded voting improprieties in a special election last year, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in February seized approximately 650,000 ballots from a November 2025 special...
(Headline USA) Starbucks plans to close 250 North American stores later this week.
It is the second big round of store closures under Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol, who joined the company in 2024. Last September, Starbucks closed 627 stores in North America and Europe.
In a letter to employees,...
(Headline USA) Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan on Thursday toured one of the largest Asian art museums in the United States, celebrating cultural ties between the U.S. and China during a high-profile diplomatic visit to Washington.
Leaving their husbands behind at the White House, the first ladies visited the Smithsonian's...
(Headline USA) Authorities in Florida have arrested N.C. State’s former director of sports medicine, who is accused of sexually abusing former Wolfpack male athletes under the guise of treatment, which previously led to more than 30 athletes outlining allegations in civil lawsuits.
Robert M. Murphy Jr. was arrested Wednesday night...
(Headline USA) The Pentagon is investigating how parts of the nation's most advanced fighter jet ended up in Hong Kong, with a news outlet reporting Wednesday that China has obtained the F-35 equipment.
The F-35 Joint Program Office said in a statement that it and the Defense Department are aware...
(Headline USA) Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders Thursday in a defiant speech that asserted his nation’s right to wage war against Iran — and was not heard by scores of...
(Headline USA) Eight sailors attempted suicide while deployed with the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, which spent a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war, the Navy's top civilian leader said this week.
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao provided the information to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) The Treasury Department will buy back another $6 billion in long-term Treasuries today (Thursday, Sept. 24) as it continues efforts to tamp down rising yields.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced this second expanded buyback on Wednesday.
And once again, the markets shrugged.
The 30-year Treasury hit...