The state estimates tax revenues could climb into the tens of billions of dollars over several years.SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A one-time 5% tax on California billionaires has qualified for the November ballot after supporters submitted enough valid signatures to place the measure before voters.The 2026 Billionaire Tax Act needed…
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Luigi Mangione’s defense team is expected to present a “psychiatric defense” at his murder trial, arguing Mangione was undergoing “extreme emotional disturbance” when he allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to CNN. Mangione was charged with the stalking and murder of Thompson in December 2024. Then-Attorney General Merrick Garland…
The Shasta County Board of Supervisors building in Redding, Calif., on March 5, 2022. Cynthia Cai/The Epoch TimesAfter California sued Shasta County to block a ballot measure that seeks to limit voting by mail and require voter photo IDs, the county Board of Supervisors on June 16 unanimously agreed to…
Barack and Michelle Obama sat down for an interview with Good Morning America host Robin Roberts to promote the opening of the new Obama Presidential Center. The Obama Presidential Center, which cost more than $850 million to look like a trash heap on the South Side of Chicago, will officially…
The Department of Justice announces charges against 11 illegal immigrants among 15 suspects in a $1.4 million benefit fraud crackdown in Massachusetts on June 18. …
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, June 18, 2026The National Hurricane Center at Florida International University in Miami. | DHS photo by Sydney Phoenix/Public DomainThe remnants of the first named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season are expected to bring major flooding to the U.S. Gulf Coast as…
In Japan’s harsh criminal justice system, critics say innocence is not always presumed and that authorities rely heavily on confessions.TOKYO (AFP) — The mother of a 16-year-old girl who died from emaciation following lengthy detention and menacing interrogations by Japanese authorities is seeking compensation, in the latest so-called “hostage justice”…
(Headline USA) The Federal Trade Commission and four states sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health on Wednesday, in the latest push by President Donald Trump’s administration and others to limit treatments for transgender minors.The suit alleges the group, known widely as WPATH, made deceptive claims about treatments for…
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Thursday, June 18, 2026U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during an announcement at the Department of Health and Human Services on Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration held an event “to announce actions to protect children from…
Players on a minor league baseball team in York, Pennsylvania, refused Thursday to comply with LGBT messaging, and their game was forfeited. York Revolution canceled the game against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs due to an issue with players who were supposed to wear pride jerseys for a “Pride Night”…
President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted that the deal to end the Iran war did not include a $300 billion payment from the U.S. and derided reports to that effect as inaccurate.”There is no 300 Billion Dollar payment to Iran by the U.S. That’s Fake News! All there is for…
A man who burnt a cross in a Chicago park, claiming it was a protest of President Donald Trump, was charged with a hate crime, arson and other offenses. Merlin Lu, 21, told NBC Chicago, that, while he knew that a burning cross was historically a symbol of racism, he had…
The United States and Iran signed a landmark agreement aimed at ending the nearly four-month war. U.S. gas prices dropped below $4 for the first time since March. Federal authorities said the suspected ringleader in the UFC terror plot is an illegal immigrant from Mexico accused of helping plan a…
Unfortunately, the resolve he displayed on the battlefield appears to have dissipated at the negotiating table. The post The Art of the Cave: Trump’s Iran MOU Sparks Rare Bipartisan Rebuke first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
A group of minor league baseball players took a bold stand against a forced political statement this week, even at the cost of a potential win on the field. As NBC News reported, the York Revolution announced they were canceling today’s game after multiple players declined to wear jerseys with…
Researchers found that the first animals with limbs hatched ready to feed, challenging a century-old assumption about tetrapod evolution.(CN) — New fossils from an Illinois site are forcing scientists to rewrite one of evolution’s biggest chapters: The first four-legged animals never went through a tadpole stage. They hatched from their…
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While Vice President JD Vance is on a media tour for his new book “Communion,” the war in Iran is seemingly coming to a close. The way he is handling both is setting the stage for his future in politics. The Iran War has been unpopular with most Americans. Some…
Federal prosecutors and investigators from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division on Thursday announced the arrests of 15 individuals—11 illegal aliens and four U.S. citizens—in Massachusetts for their roles in stealing more than $1.4 million in benefit fraud schemes. The charges were unveiled…
Vice President JD Vance fired back at Israeli cabinet members who have targeted President Donald Trump over the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Iran released on Wednesday. During a Thursday press conference, Vance responded to an Axios report that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was frustrated…
The G7 Summit, held June 15-17, 2026, in Évian-les-Bains, France, brought together European leaders and President Trump in what looked like one big, happy family. Warm handshakes, smiles all around, and a generally positive atmosphere filled the room at the French lakeside resort. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed up too, predictably…
A meeting between American and Jamaican diplomats takes place at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, on March 11, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds, Pool via AP, FileJamaica is in talks with the United States to accept U.S. deportees from third countries, joining a growing number of nations prepared to work with…
Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, Twitter, YouTube Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is again urging Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to bring the Save America Act to the Senate floor “today,” asserting that the already House-passed bill to ensure election integrity would ultimately pass the Senate.…
A self-hating white leftist woman is facing massive backlash after she tarnished a taco restaurant just because its owners are white. The woman, Lily Kaplan of Arizona, posted a TikTok video on June 1 to her now-missing TikTok Account, @LilyInArizona, containing a review of a new Phoenix restaurant called Poolboy.…
Fox News’ Jessica Tarlov unleashed an impassioned defense of Hillary Clinton after her co-host claimed she would be a “footnote” in history. When the discussion on Wednesday’s edition of “The Five” turned to Clinton, Jesse Watters noted how the former first lady and former secretary of state was just a…
Had someone the ability and the intestinal fortitude to be a fly equipped with a teeny, tiny camera on Angela Merkel’s wall yesterday morning, there is no doubt in my mind they would have caught a time-lapse sequence of Merkel’s bucket gourd doing a 360° rotation akin to Linda Blair’s…
The ringleader of the group that planned to hijack the UFC Freedom 250 fight is an illegal alien who benefited from the left’s DACA program. The illegal, Abraham Alvarez, came to America as a child and was later granted deportation relief by the Obama administration in 2014 via the Deferred…
The sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) warned that illegal street racers and cars used in street takeovers will be confiscated and destroyed via an auto shredding device during a Wednesday press conference. Sheriff Kevin McMahill held the press conference in front of the auto shredding device…
War Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a scathing rebuke of NATO allies and announced a six-month review of U.S. forces in Europe. Hegseth spoke to officials at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, announcing that the outcome of the Pentagon review of American forces will hinge on how quickly European nations…
Fitness star Jillian Michaels reflected on her political views and the journey of leaving the left for a more conservative ideology after realizing the news she had been “ingesting” was a “lie.” “Honestly, it felt a bit like Neo in the Matrix at first because I really did think that,…
US Supreme Court; Public Domain. Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gettr, Truth Social, Twitter, YouTube In a landmark 9-0 decision that puts the ACLU on the same side as the National Rifle Association, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the federal government’s prosecution of Ali Danial Hemani under 18 U.S.C. §922(g)(3) — which prohibits firearm…
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday said criminal defendants who waive rights to appeal shouldn’t lose those privileges when faced with outlandish sentences.In an 8-1 ruling, the high court said appeal waivers were unenforceable when they would result in a miscarriage of justice, noting that such a result…
A unanimous appeals court decision in Florida found that restricting the gun rights of 18- to 20-year-olds would make the Second Amendment a “second-class” right. A three-judge panel of Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that adults ages 18 to 20 should have the same Second Amendment rights…
Tianrui Liang, whom his lawyer has described as an “obsessive” airplane spotting hobbyist, was questioned by the FBI in Omaha before being arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.OMAHA, Neb. (CN) — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Chinese man who pleaded guilty to photographing sensitive…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech After SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO last week, it’s facing an agonizing crunch to show investors that it has a viable path to profitability. Fortunately for its CEO Elon Musk, he’s spent years currying favor…
Katy Perry teased her new single “Watch It Burn,” but it seems more like we’re watching her crash and burn instead. The video is supposed to reflect the famous singer’s attempts at grappling with anger and challenges in her life, but in true Perry form, it comes off cheesy and…
By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, June 18, 2026Vice President JD Vance speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two on April 8, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary. | Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty ImagesVice President JD Vance found himself in the hot seat during a recent appearance on ABC’s “The View,”…
Screenshot The Trump Justice Department continues its crackdown on government fraud and abuse, announcing charges against 15 individuals allegedly involved in a massive food stamp fraud scheme in Massachusetts that prosecutors say cost taxpayers approximately $1.4 million. Fifteen individuals have been charged and arrested for stealing more than $1.4 million…
The left is up to their slimy tricks again. Steven Bracco, who is a reporter for San Francisco media outlet Hoodline, is out here portraying himself as a Giants fan in a letter to the team whining about the Pride Night rebellion from multiple pitchers on the roster. The letter…
MANHATTAN (CN) — What could have been a straightforward Manhattan murder case may now be confounded by the politics of the for-profit healthcare system in the United States, thanks to the revelation that Luigi Mangione will be mounting an “extreme emotional disturbance” defense at his upcoming state trial for the…
Over 150 Million Watched the UFC America 250 from the White HousePer GROK:Around 4,300 in-person on the South Lawn + tens of thousands (up to ~85,000–200,000 estimated) at the nearby Ellipse fan fest/viewing area, plus over 150 million streaming/TV views.ADVERTISEMENTThe event (UFC Freedom 250, held June 14, 2026, on the…
The rule has been on the books in New York since the Revolutionary War — and after a ruling by the state’s top court, jurists will have to step down by age 76.(CN) — New York’s mandatory retirement age for judges will remain in place after the state’s top appellate court…
Please Follow us on Truth Social, X , Youtube , Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Gab, Instagram US Vice President JD Vance issued a sharp rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Thursday, cautioning that Israel risks alienating its sole remaining powerful international backer in President Donald J. Trump. Speaking during…
Senator Jon Ossoff is being trolled for seemingly pulling one of the oldest celebrity stunts in the books — calling the paparazzi to put attention on himself. TMZ shared a video of Ossoff firing back at Donald Trump after the president unleashed a slew of insults at him on Truth…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday agreed to let large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and electric transmission system to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data centers.Energy Secretary Chris Wright had urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to act in an effort to help…
In the left’s ongoing crusade to separate vulnerable children from the influence of their parents, Democrats in the Failed State of California are pushing a bill that would allow minor children to divorce their parents. As you read this, keep in mind that this has nothing to do with protecting…
During a Friday pride night game, several San Francisco Giants pitchers wrote Bible verses on their gay-ified hats. One player made clear there was “no hate at all. It’s just what I stand for, and what I stand on: I believe in God.” The same player added that the rainbow…
In March 2021, The Gateway Pundit began reporting on articles that referenced or relied on VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) data in reguard to the COVID vaccine deaths and injuries. Since that time, The Gateway Pundit has published over 100 articles on the COVID VAERS numbers. The heaviest number of…
“The nuclear weapons program is destroyed. It is gone. If the Iranians decided tomorrow to build a nuclear weapon, they simply don’t have the capacity in order to do that.” The post Vance: Iran Won’t Get Anything Unless ‘They Fully Comply and Change Their Behavior’ first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.