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Wrong guy, wrong night: MMA-trained teen drops ax-wielding Florida man in seconds
A routine closing shift at a Florida car wash turned into a showdown straight out of an action movie Sunday night—except the hero wasn’t a cop or a security guard. He was an 18-year-old employee preparing to serve his country. Authorities...
Forbes: A record 989 billionaires are in the U.S., 88 are in Texas
(The Center Square) – The U.S. has the most billionaires in the world – a record 989 with a combined fortune of $8.4 trillion. Eighty-eight of them are in Texas, including the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, who ranks first on Forbes’ new billionaire list. His...
Angry Tim Walz claims he’s furious over fraud in his state — but also that the scandal is just Trump ‘retribution’
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz claimed Thursday that he is the “angriest” person about his state’s vast fraud scheme, about a minute after he called President Donald Trump’s efforts to crack down on the fraud “targeted retribution.” After blasting the president’s...
Pelosi describes SOTU with one laughable word on CNN
Washington’s most seasoned political operator is back in front of the cameras—this time throwing punches at President Donald Trump while once again sidestepping the uncomfortable spotlight on her own astonishing Wall Street wins. During a post-State of the Union...
Democratic sheriff reportedly not giving FBI access to key evidence in Guthrie case
Democratic Pima County, Ariz. Sheriff Chris Nanos is refusing to hand over important evidence related to the suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie to the FBI, Reuters reported Thursday. Guthrie, 84, a Pima County resident and the mother of “Today” host Savannah...
BS daily political cartoons: I can see why you are against voter ID
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Election 2026: Balkcom, Walsh on ballots, ready for campaign sprint
(The Center Square) – Absentee ballots go out for North Carolina voters two weeks from Friday, and late changes are complete in the 11th Congressional District and state District 117 of the House of Representatives. State Rep. Jennifer Balkcom, R-Henderson, is...
Judge: Milwaukee County must contribute to Wisconsin Common School Fund
(The Center Square) – Milwaukee County can no longer keep 100% of certain motor vehicle fines and forfeitures after a judge ruled an allowance for only Milwaukee to do so was unconstitutional. The Wisconsin Constitution requires counties to send at least 50% of...
Newly declassified FBI files blow open the Eric Swalwell–Fang Fang story
BS BULLETIN Newly declassified FBI records say agents investigated whether Christine “Fang Fang” Fang secretly funneled foreign money into Eric Swalwell’s campaigns through straw donors. Swalwell acknowledged to agents that he had a sexual relationship with Fang and...
Trump DOJ zaps gun rights restoration for felons back to life
Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Monday that the Justice Department (DOJ) was reviving a process by which those who lost gun rights due to criminal convictions could have them restored. While federal law provides for a process to restore Second Amendment rights...
Trump wants a makeover for America’s aircraft carriers— critics say his ‘aesthetic whims’ could cost billions
BS BULLETIN The Navy is studying whether to move the Ford-class carrier's command “island” forward after Trump complained about the look of the newer ships. Trump has separately ordered the Navy to develop plans for returning future carriers to steam catapults....
Report: Chinese influence on American education still present with the YES program
(The Center Square) – A new report from Defending Education details Chinese influence on American education from kindergarten to college, with programs such as the Young Envoys Scholarship where China invited 50,000 U.S. students to study in the nation in...
