D.C. Assistant Police Chief Andre Wright and his wife Natasha Wright were reportedly put on administrative leave in March amid an ongoing investigation. New details point to where the Wrights may have run afoul of appropriate workplace conduct. During a 9:00 a.m. meeting, Andre Wright allegedly texted his wife from his…
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Image: Screenshot (Senate Hearing, May 13, 2026) Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) amplified his efforts today to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci accountable for “lying to Congress” about gain-of-function research, with a crucial hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. In an X post from May 12, Fox News…
The American Parents Coalition is urging Congress to investigate the American Academy of Pediatrics’ federal funding, alleging that the group has prioritized promoting transgender ideology “over parental rights,” the Daily Caller News Foundation has first learned. APC Executive Director Alleigh Marré claimed in a Wednesday letter to Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill…
TRUMP TRAVELS TO CHINA … CAN HE GET XI’S HELP IN ENDING THE WAR? … WSJ: Trump Heads to China for First Time in Almost a Decade President Trump is on his way to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, where over the coming two days the leaders…
The Chief William J. Worden Training Facility in Port Jervis, N.Y., on May 12, 2026. Oliver Mantyk/The Epoch TimesMIDDLETOWN, N.Y.—The City of Port Jervis Police Department held an opening ceremony for the Chief William J. Worden Training Facility on May 9, a project that has been 15 years in the…
An illegal alien who was deported from the U.S. four times pleaded guilty May 8 to the 2025 hit-and-run death of an 11-year-old California boy. Hector Amador Balderas pleaded guilty to hitting Aiden Antonio Torres De Paz with his vehicle on Nov. 26, 2025, and then fleeing the scene, according…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech In a classic example of the AI industry’s reputational alchemy, Anthropic has often transformed bad behavior by its flagship model Claude into fresh hype. When it revealed its Mythos Preview model last month,…
A teacher and apparent Black Lives Matter activist is expected to become the Seattle teachers union’s president despite allegedly abusing one of her students, The Seattle Times reported Monday. Ibijoke Idowu-Holiday is a special education teacher at Rising Star Elementary School. However, Seattle Public Schools chief of staff Rev Redmond…
During Tuesday’s The View, co-hosts Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin were both joyless and gloomy as they lashed out at actor Billy Bob Thornton because an interview he did where he explained that he didn’t want to shove his politics down the throats of his fans. Behar, of all people,…
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned attorney Alex Murdaugh’s double murder conviction. In a unanimous opinion, the court ruled that Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill tampered with the jury during Murdaugh’s 2023 trial, which prejudiced the jurors toward a guilty verdict before they began deliberating, WTOC reported. …
House Committee on Oversight Chairman James Commer, announced on Wednesday the creation of a task force that will investigate threats to constitutional rights, including illegal DEI policies, the abuse of immigration and social welfare programs, and efforts by foreign actors and dark money groups to suppress Americans’ free speech.Rep. Brandon…
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals this week temporarily blocked an $83 million dollar payment that President Donald Trump owed to E. Jean Carroll in her defamation case while the Supreme Court mulls intervening.The court order granted Trump’s request for a stay, provided he increase his bond by nearly $7.5…
The Spanish government this week issued a fiery defense of its refusal to allow the United States to use its military bases in the ongoing Iran war.The Trump administration has repeatedly asked NATO allies to allow use of their bases and to contribute to efforts to reopen the Strait of…
The meeting is all business as the two apex economic leaders are scheduled to meet on a summit that is majority framed around finance, trade, AI and economics. At its core, this summit between President Trump and Chairman Xi is about economic power. Within the power dynamic of these types…
“blaming President Donald Trump, and hoping it will spur voters to turn out for them in the midterms” The post In Face of Redistricting Failure, Dems Fall Back on Strategy of Stoking Hatred of Trump first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
When the current maps were shaped and signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D), Pritzker boasted of the racial shape and racial outcome he saw them achieving. He said, “The redistricting plans are crafted in a way that preserves clusters of minority voters if they are of size or…
MANCHESTER, England (CN) — King Charles III opened Parliament on Wednesday with a speech laying out Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s agenda for the coming year, promising closer ties with the European Union, infrastructure investment and public service reforms, yet doubts continue to mount over whether Starmer’s government will survive the…
(CN) — Heavier downpours and longer dry stretches, attributed to climate change, are likely leaving less water available for ecosystems, groundwater and public supplies even in places on the planet that are experiencing more annual rainfall.That’s the key finding from a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.Since soil can…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Let’s face it, sunscreen is important to our health, but can really be a drag. Some feel greasy, they wear off after only two hours, and finding the right one can feel like a…
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Israeli government wants President Donald Trump to order a US special forces operation to secure Iran’s uranium that’s enriched at the 60% level, according to a report from Axios, an operation that is fraught with risks and would mean the resumption of full-blown war in the…
USS Abraham Lincoln continues operations in the Arabian Sea. Courtesy of CENTCOMThe U.S. military has redirected 65 commercial vessels and disabled four ships while enforcing the naval blockade on the Iranian regime, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).“USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) continues operations in the Arabian Sea, including enforcement…
Give Chicago some credit. Their complete breakdown of public order under a socialist mayor hasn’t targeted the Jews, as has begun in New York City. At least … not yet. Advertisement Instead, the wilding on Brandon Johnson’s watch has targeted police. Fox’s Chicago affiliate reported yesterday on two street takeovers…
We will soon mark a full year of Planned Parenthood being defunded, but time is running out to ensure it stays that way. If Congress does not pass another defund by July 4, taxpayer funding will resume on the morning of Independence Day — the day we celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday. We…
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te expressed his gratitude for U.S. military aid on Tuesday just before the U.S.-China summit. Lai thanked the U.S. for the military aid at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2026. President Donald Trump authorized three military assistance packages for Taiwan totaling about $1.48 billion from July 2023 to December…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio sparked some responses on social media when he appeared in a Nike tracksuit instead of his usual suit and tie. White House communications director Steven Cheung posted a photo on X of a more casual Rubio aboard Air Force One as he traveled with President Donald…
The Senate Appropriations Committee holds a hearing to examine the president’s fiscal year 2027 budget request for the Food and Drug Administration at 10:30 a.m. ET on May 13. Witness: Dr. Martin A. Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration …
Through “American flag” blue paint on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a proposed “Independence Arch,” remodeling the Kennedy Center and demolishing part of the White House, Trump is pushing to leave his mark on Washington.WASHINGTON (CN) — Heavy machinery and orange vest-clad construction workers nearly outnumbered tourists on the National…
Wholesale prices in April climbed at their fastest pace since March 2022, the second inflation shock in two days. The producer price index (PPI) rose 1.4% last month on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said in a release Wednesday. Annual wholesale inflation reached 6%,…
A 19th-century economist has been capturing attention lately. William Stanley Jevons, the British marginal revolutionary, concluded 160 years ago that when technology improves the efficiency of a resource, demand for that resource can increase. Today, many people are worried that artificial intelligence (AI) will wipe out jobs, but employment levels…
Before there were bombastic businessmen like Donald Trump and later Elon Musk, there was Ted Turner. He was called the “Mouth of the South,” full of bluster and humor. For better or worse, as he later admitted, he was the man who created 24-hour cable news. There was a time…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Last year, a San Francisco-based AI company called Mercor exploded onto the tech scene, just as US workers were buckling under the grip of unemployment. The online job marketplace connects contractors — often…
Five South Carolina Republicans joined Democrats Tuesday to block a Trump-backed redistricting push that could have helped the GOP target the state’s lone Democratic-held House seat. The state Senate voted 29-17 on a proposal to take up redistricting after the regular legislative session ends, falling two votes short of the…
Below is State of the Day, a morning newsletter by Daily Caller Editor-at-Large Geoff Ingersoll. Sign up here. __________Greetings, Dear Reader, We’re going to keep this one short and sweet. Who gives a d*mn about Canada, right? Well, for one thing, a lot of my favorite comedians are Canadian. Indeed, if…
The New York Times reported that Kuwait on Tuesday said Iran sent several members of its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps to infiltrate a strategically important Kuwaiti island. On May 1, a group of armed members of the Revolutionary Guards arrived at Bubiyan Island in the Persian Gulf aboard a rented…
It turns out that hundreds of millions in U.S. tax dollars was being doled out to a radical George Soros-funded legal group at the tip of the spear of the leftist billionaire’s political war against the American criminal justice system. Talk about law and disorder! Data research outfit Morse Research…
Port vessels accompany the MV Hondius as it departs the Granadilla Port after all passengers were evacuated in Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands, Spain, on May 11, 2026. Chris McGrath/Getty ImagesThe American who tested positive for hantavirus said on May 12 that in April he suffered from a number…
On Tuesday, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show host-of-the-week Jordan Klepper welcomed actor Paul Dano to the set to promote his new movie, The Wizard of the Kremlin, which is a satirical film on Vladimir Putin’s rise to power. According to both Klepper and Dano, the film also has relevant insights…
China rolled out the red carpet Wednesday for President Donald Trump’s pomp-filled arrival in Beijing. Students, waving Chinese and American flags, and a Chinese honor guard lined both sides of the red carpet on the tarmac of the Beijing Capital Airport as Trump disembarked Air Force One. Trump was gifted…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that Kentucky judicial candidates may identify themselves as Republicans or conservatives during campaigns without violating the First Amendment, limiting the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission’s ability to discipline candidates for such speech.The decision Monday arose from the 2022 judicial campaigns of…
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee will hold a hearing titled: ‘Whistleblower Testimony on the COVID Coverup.’
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee holds a hearing to examine whistleblower testimony on COVID-19 at 10 a.m. ET on May 13. …
President Donald Trump boards Marine One as he departs the White House in Washington on May 12, 2026. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump has said that the war in Ukraine is “very close” to ending and that he expects Russia and Ukraine to reach a settlement.“The end of the war…
“Like his powerful backer and ally U.S. President Donald Trump, Milei routinely attacks university campuses as bastions of ‘woke’ indoctrination.” The post Thousands in Argentina Protest Javier Milei’s Cuts to Public University System first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
By Wayne Allyn Root I’m the only national TV host in America who has cracked the code for a decade now. I must be doing something right. I just landed my 2nd national TV show. I’ll be announcing the show in the next week. But it will be a daily…
Los Angeles lawmakers told police to stop pulling drivers over for minor issues because they say it affects too many black and brown people. The city council voted unanimously on May 6 to recommend banning “pretextual” traffic stops over issues such as broken taillights, leaving it up to the Los…
The mayor of Arcadia, California, has been charged in federal court with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Justice Department made the announcement on May 11. Eileen Wang, 58, of Arcadia, is charged via information with one count of acting in the United…
When news surfaced that Interim Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Kyle Diamantas would be replacing Marty Makary, who resigned yesterday, pro-life advocates were concerned. Makary had ignored how the abortion pill has killed millions of babies and injured thousands of women – potentially slow-walking a study meant to limit or…
I am beginning to obsess about the Los Angeles mayor’s race.Not that I, in principle, care that much about Los Angeles. It was Ed’s hometown, not mine. And given that it is in California, where degeneracy, fraud, and pooping in the street are considered by the political class a form…
In recent memory, the Los Angeles mayoral race has been about as much fun to follow as watching paint dry, but this year’s contest has become a first-rate spectacle. A democratic socialist and a political newcomer are challenging incumbent Karen Bass, whose record isn’t doing her any favors. With just…
Judges in Luxembourg reopened a battle over whether the name of one of Europe’s most recognizable comic book characters can legally appear on guns and military equipment.(CN) — Obelix spent decades throwing Romans around with his bare hands, but judges in Luxembourg balked Wednesday at seeing the famous comic-book strongman’s…