today’s hot news
DAILY RUSH HOUR: California bans your tires to save you money. Stop laughing.
Hey folks—I know not everyone gets a chance to catch Rush Hour live, so I'm going to start including a link to each episode right here in the blast. That way, if you missed the show or just want to hear it again, it's only a click away - or check out my thoughts...
Alleged $10 million bounty on Barron Trump, Iranian State TV airs video showing how to track him
BS BULLETIN: Iranian state television aired a roughly three-minute segment depicting efforts to track and reach Barron Trump. The broadcast referred to an alleged $10 million reward and claimed the president’s 20-year-old son was “fully monitored.” Independent...
Musk drops bomb into George Floyd case: ‘Derek Chauvin was unjustly convicted’ and should go free
BS BULLETIN Elon Musk says Derek Chauvin was “unjustly convicted of murder” and should be released, declaring that Chauvin “is not a murderer.” Chauvin has launched another attempt to overturn his Minnesota conviction, alleging structural due-process violations...
What the SHELL? WNBA’s newest mascot is a non-binary turtle with pronouns
BS BULLETIN: The Toronto Tempo unveiled two mascots: Dez the snapping turtle and Dot the Arctic hare. The team’s official bio identifies Dez with “she/they” pronouns and Dot with “she/her.” The reveal came against the Indiana Fever — right in the middle of the WNBA’s...
Trump wants cheaper burgers — MAGA ranchers say they’re getting grilled
BS BULLETIN: Trump will temporarily allow up to 300,000 metric tons of imported ground-beef product into the U.S. at lower tariffs to attack record beef prices. Republican senators and major cattle groups are pushing back hard. One problem: economists question whether...
Trump goes nuclear on Tucker, MTG and Massie: ‘LOSERS ALL!’
BS BULLETIN: Trump erupted Friday night at Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie, branding the trio “LOSERS ALL!” The feud follows their public charge that Trump has “betrayed” America First, particularly over foreign wars. The intrigue: JD Vance...
Exclusive: Fauci’s institute worked hand in glove with CIA, new documents confirm
Anthony Fauci’s division at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provided cover for sensitive CIA research on bioterrorism threats, according to documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. An undated interagency agreement between the CIA and Fauci’s...
El-Sayed faces bipartisan backlash in key U.S. Senate race over far-left ties
(The Center Square) – Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers is blasting his opponent, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, over his ties to controversial far-left influencer Hasan Piker. El-Sayed, who previously appeared alongside Piker, has since distanced himself...
Supreme Court mulling whether to hear case against Maine’s waiting-period law
The Supreme Court is considering whether to take up a case challenging a three-day waiting period imposed by Maine on firearms purchases. Maine’s waiting period took effect in 2024 when Democratic Gov. Janet Mills refused to veto the legislation, instead allowing it...
Pritzker mocks Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario amid trade discussion breakdown
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday renaming Lake Ontario, the smallest of the Great Lakes by surface area, to Lake America. With Canada as Illinois’ top international trade partner, the largely symbolic renaming is...
$3 trillion later, only 3 in 10 kids can read and do math proficiently
BS BULLETIN: The Trump administration says roughly $3 trillion has been spent since the federal Department of Education was created. Yet only about 3 in 10 American students are proficient in reading and math. Education Secretary Linda McMahon says those results are...
Trump admin sounds alarm on global Chinese AI expansion
The global expansion of Chinese artificial intelligence data centers sounded alarm bells for the Trump administration, leading them to create an American coalition that seeks to counter China. Huawei, a major Chinese AI infrastructure manufacturer, pitched the...
