today’s hot news
Philly DA threatens ICE with handcuffs at airport showdown: ‘the president cannot pardon you’
Philadelphia’s top prosecutor just delivered a head-spinning performance that had everything: threats, accusations, a quick thank-you—and then right back to threats again. District Attorney Larry Krasner opened with a chest-thumping declaration of power, laying down...
Congressional Perks: Senate spending skyrockets by more than 40% in last few years
(The Center Square) – Spending in U.S. senators' office accounts spiked by 43% since 2020, with big jumps in 2022 and the last fiscal year for senators to pay their staff, travel and other expenses, an investigation by The Center Square found. In 2020, the U.S....
State Department quietly slashes citizenship exit fee by 80% after years of legal pressure
Washington’s sprawling bureaucracy has quietly backed down after years of legal pressure, dramatically lowering the price Americans must pay if they decide to give up their U.S. citizenship. The U.S. State Department confirmed in a newly published rule that the cost...
‘They lied’: Kelly Clarkson recalls being stiffed by ‘American Idol’ of $1M prize and a car
More than two decades after her rise to stardom, pop powerhouse Kelly Clarkson is lifting the curtain on what she says was a far less glamorous reality behind winning the first season of American Idol. During a recent conversation on The...
World leaders call for peace after U.S. strikes on Iran
(The Center Square) - World leaders including U.S. allies called for peace in the Middle East after the United States launched strikes into Iran on Saturday. French President Emmanuel Macron said war between the U.S., Israel and Iran brings "grave consequences...
BS daily political cartoons: Dems’ response to SOTU
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Prtizker calls meeting about Bears with NFL productive
(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he and leading members of the General Assembly participated in a productive meeting with National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday. Pritzker’s office released a statement saying the governor...
China puts kibosh on fuel exports a week after Trump asked Xi to send more
China has suspended fuel exports a week after President Donald Trump pressed the Communist nation’s leader to help stabilize global supply. The country’s refiners have suspended fuel exports for October, four people briefed on the matter told Reuters on Thursday. On...
Current high energy prices were decades in the making
It is a common cliché to say that social media and the deluge of content we consume each day have significantly hampered, if not entirely destroyed, our attention spans. Sometimes it seems like memory itself may be a vestige of a bygone era, when we connected current...
Exclusive: UCLA Law discriminated against white and asian students, DOJ says
A Department of Justice investigation found that the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law has illegally discriminated based on race in admissions, the Daily Caller News Foundation first learned. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division is alleging that UCLA Law...
Trump warns guests to take caution on first ballroom tour, jokes ‘only a Hispanic could survive that fall’
BS BULLETIN: President Trump invited guests at the White House Hispanic Heritage Month celebration to become the first group to walk onto the floor of his new ballroom. He warned them to be careful around the unfinished construction site because it was “a long way...
Mystic Alerts Act heads to president to sign
(The Center Square) – A bill to enhance emergency preparedness in the wake of the July 4, 2025, Texas Hill Country floods heads to the president for his signature. Ahead of adjourning on Wednesday, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Mystic Alerts Act. It’s...
