today’s hot news
World Cup fans are falling in love with America, one Waffle House at a time
For years, Americans have been told that the rest of the world views us as some kind of dystopian nightmare. Turn on cable news and you'd think foreign visitors expect to land at the airport, dodge political unrest, survive a mass shooting, and then spend the rest of...
AP finds a way to turn deported illegals into earthquake victims
There is a heartbreaking human story buried inside the latest Venezuela earthquake coverage: people survived a devastating disaster, families were terrified, and survivors crawled out of wreckage not knowing who was alive or dead. That should have been the whole...
Joy Reid says Black people won’t celebrate July Fourth; they hate it like they do Thanksgiving
Every year around this time, Americans fire up the grill, wave the flag, complain about the heat, and pretend they know how to safely light fireworks. It's one of the few traditions that still manages to bring together people who disagree about almost everything else....
GOP reacts to Los Angeles proposal for noncitizen voters
(The Center Square) - The Los Angeles City Council is facing criticism from a Republican Party leader after deciding to move forward with a Nov. 3 ballot initiative to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections. The council voted Thursday to put the measure...
‘Oh, boy. Oh, boy …You may need a lawyer’: On-air warning for Bakari Sellers after dropping Musk smear
For a network that constantly lectures America about misinformation, CNN had quite a moment this week. During a panel discussion about Elon Musk's growing wealth and the possibility that the SpaceX founder could someday become the world's first trillionaire,...
Tucker Carlson says Trump now sees ‘the biggest threat to his administration is Israel’
Tucker Carlson devoted a significant portion of the latest episode of The Tucker Carlson Show to discussing U.S.-Israel relations, suggesting the president's thinking has shifted after months of growing tensions surrounding the conflict involving Iran. Carlson has...
Company powering Truth Social lands $13,700,000,000 American AI deal
A Trump-linked media company locked in a huge artificial intelligence data center deal with a mystery customer as the market for the technology rises. RUM Group Inc., formerly known as Rumble Inc., scored the $13.7 billion AI infrastructure agreement despite lacking...
Massachusetts’ top dog climate regulator under for over ‘missed’ records
Massachusetts’ top environmental regulator is taking heat after it “missed” records it had been asked to hand over in a records request. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) asked the Superior Court Friday to extend a deadline for summary...
‘Purged’ CIA officials plan their return at ‘Deep State plot’ party at gay karaoke bar
LGBTQ officers in the intelligence community who claimed to have been “silenced or purged” by the Trump administration are seemingly plotting their return to intelligence roles, according to HUMINT founder and intelligence correspondent Sasha Ingber. Ingber wrote in...
Fifth Circuit to hear Louisiana challenge to mail-order abortion pills
(The Center Square) — Louisiana's effort to keep mail-order abortion pills out of the state is headed back to a federal appeals court next month, with the legal fight potentially affecting how mifepristone is distributed nationwide. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court...
Bessent unveils ‘economic D-Day,’ penalizing countries aiding Iran
(The Center Square) – The Trump administration is launching “Operation Economic Outcast,” a plan to broaden secondary sanctions on entities that financially aid Iran. The goal, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the press Monday, is to economically...
Trump administration announces $100M in school lunch programs
(The Center Square) - The Trump administration will invest more than $100 million into school lunch initiatives across the country, the White House said Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services said it would fund...
