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Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt accused the L.A. mayor of “desperation.”

Hugh Jackman is used to getting top billing on his movie projects like for his latest film, “The Sheep Detectives.” In the midst of a global press tour to promote the feature, Jackman has announced a new role — Head of Impact for Humanitix, an innovative charity that takes ticket fees and turns them into…

Democratic candidates gave Newsom no lower than a B-minus on homelessness, drawing sharp criticism from Republicans at a California gubernatorial debate on Wendesday.

An 18-year-old North Carolina woman allegedly conspired to attack a Houston synagogue in a plot to cause mass casualties, according to court documents.

Atlanta Falcons rising star James Pearce Jr. could avoid trial on felony battery and fleeing charges by entering an intervention program, his attorney said.

The US is ramping up its minesweeping operations in the Strait of Hormuz, where underwater Iranian explosives have kept the oil chokepoint shut for weeks, President Trump said Thursday.

Dave Grohl reveals his unconventional pre-show ritual of beer and whiskey that has kept his vocal cords in shape for over 30 years of rock music.

Prince Louis celebrated his eighth birthday with a smiling portrait taken in Cornwall by royal photographer Matt Porteous during a family trip.

A former North Carolina law enforcement officer was arrested for allegedly threatening a mass shooting at a New Orleans festival ahead of Jazz Fest.

Lefty political commentator Hasan Piker and New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino boasted about shoplifting on a New York Times opinion podcast that praised so-called “microlooting” as a form of anti-capitalist protest — but low-income shoppers in the Big Apple say it actually hurts their pocketbooks. 

The suspect knifed a 39-year-old woman in the left hand and stabbed her boyfriend, also 39, in the back, when he spotted their dog doing its business, according to police and law enforcement sources.

Joe Rogan, Theo Von and Dave Smith are among the podcasters who boosted Trump’s 2024 win but now criticize his Iran war policy as a betrayal.

A female Utah lawmaker running for US Congress allegedly made aggressive and unwanted sexual advances on four women — with one accuser claiming she was choked and another saying an “incredibly embarrassing” incident left them in tears. Salt Lake City Councilwoman Eva Lopez Chavez allegedly accosted the women between 2019 and 2022, with her accusers…

Sophie Cunningham speaks out at Fever media day, calling for honesty in sports media after her contract comments were clipped and taken out of context.

A bill aimed at protecting people from being “roofied” in bars and nightclubs cleared the state Assembly floor with unanimous support Thursday, advancing a proposal to make existing requirements for drink lids and drug-testing devices permanent.

Bob Woodson, an 89-year-old civil rights champion who faced jail time for his advocacy in the Jim Crow South, condemned the SPLC for its “insidious” ploy.

A Santa Monica executive sent a disturbing letter to his friend before he shot his wife in a shocking murder-suicide, according to law enforcement sources.

Described as a “beautiful family,” Meera Varma, 25, who appears in pictures with Joe Biden and Oprah Winfrey, and her 59-year-old mom, Arti Varma, were stabbed at about 6am on Monday.

Peter Hook flatly rules out a Joy Division and New Order reunion at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, citing years of legal battles and personal betrayal.

In a letter sent Wednesday to the California Energy Commission, lawmakers blasted the commission and the California Air Resources Board for not providing information on the fuel situation.

Shamim Mafi, dressed in a white jumpsuit with her hands shackled looked frightened during her court appearance in a Los Angeles courtroom Thursday.

Army Special Forces Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke allegedly nabbed $409,000 from the bets and took steps to conceal his identity and winnings, placing his ill-gotten proceeds into foreign cryptocurrency accounts.

The America First Policy Institute launched an investigation into the Virginia redistricting amendment vote, targeting mail-in ballot procedures and alleged school political activity.

Manhattan prosecutors said Daniel McAvoy secretly recorded intimate encounters with about 75 women in his Upper East Side home over 15 years.

Scott Baio says he was almost fired from “Happy Days” for not taking his job seriously until director Garry Marshall and his father intervened.

Sen. Josh Hawley urges House Speaker Mike Johnson to immediately block taxpayer funding for sex change treatments for minors in a new letter Thursday.

Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Dave Merritt was charged Thursday with misdemeanor domestic battery after a complaint accused him of causing bodily harm.

Fox News’ “Antisemitism Exposed” newsletter brings you stories on the rising anti-Jewish prejudice across the U.S. and the world.

Riley Gaines discusses five health and fitness strategies on her podcast, emphasizing consistency, protein intake and early-morning workout routines.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan demands documents from the SPLC, alleging coordination with the Biden DOJ after the nonprofit’s federal indictment.

A new poll shows support for U.S. military action in Iran rising to 45%, but a majority of voters still oppose the conflict and question its costs.

A Fox News Poll finds most voters see artificial intelligence as a threat to privacy and jobs, driving an overall 54% unfavorable opinion of AI.

Megan Rapinoe attacks WNBA media as sexist and misogynistic, calling for DEI-focused reporters and PR teams to protect players and queer culture.

A registered sex offender accused of targeting women in a brazen, hours-long spree across the San Fernando Valley is now in custody after what police describe as a string of six assaults in a single day.

The DOJ’s inspector general is investigating whether the agency fully complied with the Epstein Transparency Act in releasing related records.

The New York Yankees’ new alternate jersey decision rests with owner Hal Steinbrenner, with fan reaction and economic impact as key factors in the timing.

Federal authorities announced a sweeping takedown of an alleged Mexican Mafia network in Southern California, charging over 40 in an Orange County crime ring.

Ali Larter, 50, turned heads in a monochromatic khaki utility look in New York while stepping out with “Landman” co-star Michelle Randolph this week.

The preliminary NTSB report on the deadly LaGuardia Airport runway collision found failures in air traffic control, communications and safety systems.

They have budgetary FOMO. Sidelined pols outside the Big Apple are frustrated that the cash-hungry metropolis is gobbling up attention amid ongoing state budget talks — as their own cities and towns starve for funds. Some state lawmakers have even tried to emulate Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose high-profile demands to help close a $5.4 billion…

Analysts say the IRGC seized two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz in a tit-for-tat move after a U.S. naval blockade and seizure of an Iranian ship.

Who ordered a Great Gats-B.E.C.! A pair of Bronx schoolteachers are opening bite-sized libraries inside bodegas in an attempt to foster a love of reading beyond the classroom. Boogie Down borough denizens Suzanne Likeness and Zoeya Garcia launched the brainy initiative, Books x Bodegas, last fall to boost residents’ exposure to reading by placing free-to-take…

Traders once again have Tom Steyer in the driver’s seat.

The crying student left the room with another teacher, who saw the distressed child reaching for his back and spotted a chilling “blood-red mark” on his backside.

President Trump said Thursday afternoon that he plans to resume bombing Iran if there’s no peace deal.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) swept up a woman believed to be an MS-13 killer, who was hiding in a Washington, D.C., suburb. Idalia Isabel Morales-Mejia, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, was wanted in her home country over charges of aggravated homicide and illicit associations before she was nabbed, according to ICE. Authorities in …

Would you steal from Whole Foods to make a statement? Some Democrats answer that question with a resounding yes, but it leads one to wonder what happens to a society when the most basic forms of morality are at stake. In a recent episode of The New York Times podcast “The Opinions,” leftist streamer Hasan …

Iran’s newly installed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is reportedly recovering from severe injuries and may require plastic surgery after an airstrike that killed his father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei. The attack, which also killed his wife and son, has left the 56-year-old leader physically debilitated, largely isolated, and increasingly reliant on hardline military commanders to …

Conservative organizations that have faced years of vicious attacks from the Southern Poverty Law Center feel vindicated after a sweeping federal indictment accused the left-wing group of secretly funneling millions to white supremacist groups. On Tuesday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a federal grand jury in Montgomery, Alabama, the same city where the SPLC …



Some conservatives are pushing back against a possible federal government deal to avoid Spirit Airlines’ collapse, as the company struggles to emerge from bankruptcy. The Trump administration is weighing a $500 million bailout that could result in the federal government taking a significant ownership stake in the budget airline, according to the Wall Street Journal. …

For decades, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has had an outsized influence on American government and society, much of it malignant, but that may be coming to an end. Federal prosecutors have announced that a grand jury has indicted the SPLC for financial offenses related to its alleged funding of supposed infiltrators in various …

Florida could be the Republicans’ last stand in the mid-decade redistricting battle, as the state legislature prepares to convene a special session Tuesday to consider new congressional maps. If approved, the proposed maps could add three to five seats that favor Republicans in the state, according to Politico, potentially shaping the balance of power in a …

“Theft is virtue.” “Stealing is altruism.” “Murder might be excusable.” “Burn it all down.” These are the principles of the radical Left. And that radical Left is increasingly embraced by the mainstream Democratic Party.  You may have heard of Hasan Piker. There have been a ton of New York Times profiles of him. He’s associated …

Beginning in the early 1960s, one after another, former Nazi scientists and engineers were targeted for assassination in an Israeli intelligence operation called “Operation Damocles.” The scientists had taken new jobs developing rockets for Egypt, and it was very clear that Mossad — Israel’s intelligence agency — didn’t want that program to continue. So Mossad …

Concerns are mounting over the status of Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ), as fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill say they have not heard from him recently. The congressman has not been around for roughly 50 roll votes beginning March 5, according to Politico. Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) told NJ Spotlight News, “Nobody’s covering up. …

It’s NFL Draft Day, but the main story heading into Round 1 on Thursday night is the off-the-field drama between New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel and former NFL reporter for The Athletic, Dianna Russini. New pictures of the pair dropped on Thursday, showing the two kissing in New York six years before photos taken …

In November 2020, by a margin of nearly two to one — 66 percent to 34 percent — Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment creating a bipartisan redistricting commission to draw the state’s legislative maps. The measure carried every county and independent city in the Commonwealth except one. It was a resounding expression of the …

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When Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), came to speak at Claremont McKenna College in the 1990s, I was a student there. I don’t remember what he said, but I remember the gun sticking out of his sports coat. It was a .357, something Clint Eastwood would carry in Dirty Harry. …

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Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego partied late into the night at a Bogotá nightclub during an official trip to Colombia last year despite warnings that his life was in danger, according to a new report.  Citing sources familiar with the August 2025 trip, Gallego, a close friend of disgraced ex-Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA), was informed …

The fate of Virginia’s redistricting referendum hinges on the state Supreme Court, after voters narrowly decided to redraw the maps 10-1 in favor of Democrats on Tuesday. The Tazewell County Circuit Court ordered a pause on the election results from going into effect on Wednesday. The judge in the case also ruled against the vote …

Diplomats from Israel and Lebanon are set to meet today for a second round of face-to-face negotiations, as both sides weigh whether a fragile ceasefire can be extended and potentially transformed into a longer-term framework for peace. The meeting comes as tensions remain high, with Israeli officials accusing Hezbollah of repeatedly violating the ceasefire. A …

Police are investigating claims that cyberbullying may have contributed to the death by suicide of reality star Darrell Sheets, who was best known for starring in the popular A&E series “Storage Wars.” Law enforcement told Page Six that they are “aware of these cyberbullying accusations and that is a part of the active investigation.” Fans …

In a feel-good moment for movie fans, it was announced on Wednesday that puppeteer James Ortiz is eligible for a Best Supporting Actor award at next year’s Oscars, per Variety. Ortiz was the puppeteer and voice actor for the rock-shaped alien, Rocky, who became one of the best-loved parts of Amazon’s smash hit “Project Hail …

As the risk of fighting between the United States and Iran threatens to reignite, China is caught in a bind, trying to protect its interests without getting dragged into the conflict. Although China may soon feel pressure from reduced energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, Beijing’s approach so far has been defined by restraint, …

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said on Wednesday that some lawmakers on the committee are in favor of a pardon for Jeffrey Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange for Maxwell answering questions on her and Epstein’s sex trafficking scheme. Maxwell appeared for a virtual deposition before the committee in February, but she pled …

After Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer disparaged ICE and Border Patrol, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin didn’t just push back; he lit a match and scorched Schumer’s credibility on national television. “It makes my ears red,” a visibly incensed Mullin fired back following Schumer’s claim that Border Patrol and ICE are agencies “nobody respects.” Mullin continued …

America is watching Michigan. Extreme far-Left organizations are embracing and influencing Democrat candidates across our ticket. U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is attending rallies with Hasan Piker. Current secretary of state and gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson is the star operative of a group indicted by the Department of Justice for funding extreme, neo-Nazi organizations. I’m …

If you’re a liberal Gen Z commentator, the last person you want to see on the other end of the debate stage is Isabel Brown. And yet that’s exactly the position influencer Harry Sisson found himself in at the University of Virginia, when he joined The Daily Wire host for the latest installment on CBS …

A nonprofit co-founded by a Republican running for Georgia governor on an anti-DEI platform encouraged corporations to adopt racially-focused recruiting efforts and embed diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in the “fabric” of company culture.  Rick Jackson, a billionaire healthcare executive hoping to succeed Governor Brian Kemp, has pledged to ban DEI programs in state government …

Elizabeth Smart, 38, has moved on to the next phase of her life with a strong new hobby: bodybuilding. The former kidnapping victim who became an advocate for child safety and an ABC News correspondent said she never expected this would happen.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Elizabeth Smart …

The Houston City Council voted Wednesday to walk back a policy that prevented local police from assisting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the state of Texas threatened to pull more than $110 million in funds. Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) accused the city of violating the terms of the public safety grants after the …

In August of 2017, extremists came out of the woods, carrying torches, their veins bulging from their necks, carrying Nazi swastikas, chanting the same exact antisemitic bile that was heard in Germany in the early ’30s. Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan — “so emboldened by [President Trump] that they saw him as an …

In a blistering new memoir titled “Moments,” former Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff has broken his silence on the franchise’s painful departure from the Bay Area. The 90-year-old real estate developer, who served as the team’s public face from 2005 to 2015, points the finger directly at the San Francisco Giants, saying the team’s move …

The Trump administration on Thursday moved to reclassify state-licensed medical marijuana, easing research restrictions on the substance and marking the most significant shift in federal drug policy in decades. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed an order reclassifying FDA-approved products containing marijuana as a Schedule III drug, placing them alongside prescription medications. The administration also …

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The GOP-led Senate moved early Thursday morning to pass a budget plan that would provide funding for the Department of Homeland Security and allocate another $70 billion for immigration enforcement for the remainder of President Trump’s time in office. The proposal passed the closely divided chamber 50-48, with Republicans backing the measure and Democrats voting …

Now that Virginia’s redistricting amendment has passed, the political campaign is over. The legal fight is just beginning. The next phase will not be decided at the ballot box. It will be decided in courtrooms across the Commonwealth. The questions ahead are not minor. They go to the timing of implementation, the certification of the …

The political war over the American map reached a fever pitch this week as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivered a blistering takedown of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY). After the New York Democrat attempted to use a narrow, legally shaky victory in Virginia to threaten the Sunshine State’s redistricting plans, DeSantis didn’t just push …

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the decision to cancel the IRS’s Direct File program during a Senate exchange on Wednesday, arguing the “free” service cost taxpayers $72 million annually. During a hearing, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) pressed Bessent on why the program was scrapped, calling it “free and easy to use.” Bessent pushed back, saying …

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The Trump administration’s top civilian Navy official is stepping down at a critical moment, with the Pentagon confirming that Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his post “effective immediately” as tensions with Iran remain high under a fragile ceasefire. In a brief statement Wednesday, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the department was “grateful to Secretary …

The now scandal-plagued Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) once falsely claimed that Border Patrol agents whipped Haitian migrants at the southern border, a review by The Daily Wire found. In June 2022, the SPLC released a statement for World Refugee Day, stating that “U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback infamously chased Black Haitian asylum-seekers with …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is throwing his weight behind a bipartisan push to overhaul how the United States detects emerging health threats, backing legislation to expand wastewater surveillance and build a national early-warning system for infectious diseases. Appearing before lawmakers on the Senate Finance committee on Wednesday, Kennedy made clear the issue is a priority …

The Southern Poverty Law Center, a left-wing organization that has found itself as the subject of a massive federal indictment, previously urged the Biden administration to release a transgender immigrant convicted of sexually assaulting a child, according to documents obtained by the Oversight Project. In a 2021 email obtained via a Freedom of Information Act …

If you’ve ever thought that everything is a giant psy-op — that major events, the kind that dictate the course of American politics, are all fake and engineered — then the news that broke yesterday was as close to a total vindication as you’ll ever get. On the other hand, if you thought that “Color …

For years, the legacy media has uncritically pointed to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as an authoritative source on extremism, frequently relying on its designations of “hate lists” in coverage of political and cultural issues, going so far as including Christian groups alongside neo-Nazi organizations and the KKK. On Tuesday, however, the Justice Department …

Right-wing internet troll-turned-anti-MAGA commentator Chuck Johnson may end up in prison over a fraud and extortion lawsuit in which he was found to have lied to victims by presenting himself as an intelligence asset. Johnson, whose name has resurfaced in recent months over his false claims regarding Jeffrey Epstein, finds himself at the mercy of …

Apparently, one of the most powerful leftist charities in the world has been donating money to groups like the Ku Klux Klan. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a left-wing agitprop organization that raises roughly $100 million every year, has been handing money to white supremacists. Why in the world would they do that? What …

The SAS (Special Air Service), Britain’s most elite fighting force, is used to fighting in the shadows. It is world-renowned, most famously for the London Iranian Embassy siege in 1980, which boosted Britain’s confidence and reputation after Margaret Thatcher’s difficult first year in government. Now, however, it finds itself under threat, not from the enemies …

The Trump Administration may offer Spirit Airlines a $500 million financial lifeline as the carrier teeters on the brink of collapse, according to reports. The federal government is considering providing the airline with a convertible financing facility that would allow it to convert debt into equity. According to Bloomberg, the arrangement could give the government …

There is a long-honored pattern among progressive media figures when it comes to any form of new media. Prolific X (formerly Twitter) user David Burge (@Iowahawkblog) made this observation in 2015, and it has not been stated better since: 1. Identify a respected institution. 2. kill it. 3. gut it. 4. wear its carcass as …

Bill Clinton caused a minor commotion when he dropped by the pre-draft conference for the Dallas Cowboys. Owner Jerry Jones stopped the meeting to get up and go greet the former president, which led to many comments online about the 90s vibes given off by the whole interaction. “President Clinton is coming through the door,” …

Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave after a deadlock over hostage releases was broken.

Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in.

Some of the women were held alone for extended periods and spent eight months in tunnels, an Israeli medical official said.

The alliance mounted its first coordinated response to a suspected sabotage campaign against critical infrastructure after another cable was severed in the Baltic Sea.

Residents of Goma reported gunfire and shelling after rebels overran Congolese troops. U.N. officials estimated that more than one million displaced people were now inside the city.

Attacks by powerful militias against civilians reflect the state’s inaction eight years after a peace accord removed a powerful rebel group from the field.

The U.K., Italy and Japan have already partnered on the Global Combat Air Programme, which aims to put a new stealth fighter with supersonic capability in the skies by 2035.

The world’s top three container operators said they fear instability in Gaza and broader regional tensions mean continued danger.

The dictator, eager to shut out the influence of Hollywood and K-pop, has been exalting a “shock brigade” of 300,000 teens and 20-somethings drafted into flood reconstruction.

The president has made immigration an early priority to start second term, with ICE making more than 900 arrests Sunday.

Pilots’ actions after that strike are an early focus of the investigation, according to people familiar with the probe.

The country is focused on exports, but China is slowing imports and U.S. tariff threats are growing. Politicians are offering few alternatives.

The president, calling the heavily bombed enclave “a demolition site,” proposed relocating Palestinians temporarily or long-term, a move rejected by Arab countries since the war began.

The hostages are the second set to be released since the multiphase agreement came into effect, raising hopes for a lasting end to the war.

Israel says 91 hostages abducted on Oct. 7 remain in captivity, including the bodies of at least 34.

Aid workers estimate as many as 300,000 people are fleeing advances by the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group, which has taken two strategic towns on the approaches to Goma over the past several days.

Israelis held their breath as four soldiers, all women, were released from the Gaza Strip, the second group to be freed as part of a fragile cease-fire agreement with Hamas.

The swap for four soldiers stationed on the border of the Gaza Strip at Nahal Oz follows 15 months of captivity and a campaign by their families.

The Chinese foreign minister spoke by phone with Marco Rubio, the new secretary of state who has been a critic of Beijing.

The drug is increasingly manufactured in and trafficked from the U.S.’s northern neighbor, though the numbers remain small compared with Mexico.