today’s hot news
USDA: California owes $1.4 billion because of SNAP errors
(The Center Square) – California saw $1.4 billion in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program errors for Fiscal Year 2025. That accounts for $3.8 million every single day. That's part of a trend of Southwestern states having to repay the federal government for...
Hunter Biden unloads to Lemon on Jake Tapper: ‘a complete and utter ahole …full of f**ing sht’
BS BREIF: Hunter Biden unloaded on CNN anchor Jake Tapper during an appearance on Don Lemon's podcast, calling the veteran journalist "a complete and utter ahole" and saying he is "full of fing sht" over Tapper's reporting on former President Joe Biden and the book...
Walz’s unimaginable response after Rubio deports convicted child rapist he pardoned
Tim Walz is finding himself in the political hot seat once again after offering a defense of a controversial pardon that ended with the Trump administration deporting a convicted child rapist out of the United States. The controversy centers on Tou Lue Vang, a Laotian...
Lawyer says white crystals in ICE shooting van were salt, not narcotics
BS BRIEF: The attorney for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's brother says the white crystalline substance found in the van was granulated salt used in a homemade electrolyte mix, not illegal drugs, and urged the FBI to expedite laboratory testing. Federal investigators have...
Texas hospital caught marketing birth packages to foreign mothers at border
A South Texas hospital is facing a state investigation after admitting it was behind a controversial advertising campaign promoting childbirth packages to foreign nationals near the U.S.-Mexico border. The controversy erupted after photos of Spanish-language...
Fauci’s private COVID diary sparks outrage, shows fixation with fame, warped priorities
BS BRIEF: Newly released excerpts from Dr. Anthony Fauci's personal COVID-era diaries are drawing intense scrutiny after Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul published entries showing the former White House COVID adviser documenting his growing...
Newsom to sign law banning child marriage
(The Center Square) – California is the next state poised to ban child marriage after human rights groups have been calling on state legislatures to ban the practice. Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign AB 1267 before a legislative deadline at the end of the...
Appeals court upholds onerous Hawaiian gun-purchase laws
A closely-divided federal appeals court upheld restrictive laws imposed by Hawaii governing firearms sales Tuesday, overturning lower courts’ decisions. An 11-judge panel from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned lower court rulings that...
Cook Report: U.S. Senate a ‘True Tossup’
(The Center Square) – Cook Political Report, which conducts election forecasting in races across the country, shifted its prediction outcomes for the U.S. Senate to a “true toss up,” meaning either party has a chance of winning control of the body. The national...
Congress may be out of time to strike deal on permitting reform
Republican members of Congress are running out of time to strike a permitting reform deal after the House passed its own overhaul and left Washington for the midterm campaign trail. The House passed the bipartisan Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic...
Absentee voting underway in Minnesota
(The Center Square) – Minnesota voters have begun casting ballots for the 2026 general election, making it one of the first states to begin absentee voting. With the 46-day absentee voting period kicking off last Friday, Minnesota voters have already begun...
Diesel hits record even as oil prices fall
Diesel prices hit a record $6.53 a gallon Tuesday even as benchmark crude oil fell to a two-week low. The national average for diesel stood at $6.52 on Wednesday after dipping by one cent overnight. This is compared with $3.69 a year earlier — several months before...
