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Sen. Brian Schatz to fundraise for Graham Platner amid scandals
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) is set to help rally donors for Graham Platner on Sunday — a major show of support from a top establishment figure for the embattled Maine Senate candidate. Schatz is listed as the special guest at a “virtual pre-primary event in support of Graham Platner,” according to two donors familiar with…
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Unearthed docs show ICE plans to arm police with ‘flawed’ facial recognition tools: report
Internal government documents reveal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, plans to distribute a “flawed” facial recognition app called the ICE Task Force Module to over 1,200 local police departments across 32 states. The technology scans faces against a database of 250 million Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, and State Department records to identify…
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NJ school district slams ‘offensive’ watermelon graphic on Juneteenth menu
Families in a New Jersey school district were left outraged after a cafeteria menu distributed for June displayed a watermelon graphic on Juneteenth — prompting school officials to condemn the image as racially offensive and demand immediate action from the district’s food-service contractor. Montclair Public Schools said the image appeared on a June cafeteria menu…
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Mountain lion found lounging in Pasadena captured by wildlife officials
The Pasadena community was on high alert Friday after a mountain lion was spotted lounging near an elementary and middle school and a packed graduation ceremony, officials said. The Pasadena Police Department received a call around 11 a.m. that a puma was in the front yard of an apartment complex at Del Mar Boulevard and…
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Trump’s pick to lead the entire US intelligence community faces bipartisan criticism
President Donald Trump appointed Bill Pulte, a wealthy housing finance official and PulteGroup founder’s grandson, as acting director of national intelligence without any prior security clearance or vetting process. CNN reported that three sources confirmed Pulte had no evidence of even the lowest-level security clearance before being named to oversee all 18 U.S. intelligence agencies,…
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New Fed chair headed towards ‘collision’ with Trump’s biggest demands: WSJ
The new chairman of the Federal Reserve is already expected to have a tough time following through on one of Trump’s main demands, according to the Wall Street Journal. Trump tapped Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell in January, but the economy back then looked a lot different, the Journal noted. What hasn’t changed is…
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‘Next Life’ Review: Emilia Clarke’s Sliding Doors Romance Needs One More Alternative Existence
What if you had the potential to experience two lives, but neither of them was particularly exciting? That’s the question Drake Doremus’ alternate-reality romance asks, even if it arrives at its conclusion inadvertently. The biggest issue, really, is that it’s clear from the first which reality he wants Ivy (“Game of Thrones”‘ Emilia Clarke) to…
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Susie Wiles breaks silence as report drops she’s eyeing the exits
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles put out a statement on X on Friday in reaction to reporting from the Daily Mail that she was expected to leave the Trump administration soon. “After an accomplishment filled week by President Trump, I have the pleasure of reading a piece of Friday fiction, courtesy of the…
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James Handy Murder Suspect to Undergo Competency Evaluation Before Trial
Michael Ray Gledhill, the son of actor James Handy’s girlfriend and the suspect in his fatal stabbing, is set to undergo a competency evaluation, a Los Angeles County judge ruled Friday. Specifically, according to AP News, Superior Court Judge John H. Reid ruled that 44-year-old Gledhill be moved to mental health court, where he’ll undergo…
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Coachella kills massive data center project after resident backlash and considers future ban for similar ‘tech campuses’
The City of Coachella is moving to ban data centers following public outcry in a massive U-turn just months after unanimous approval from lawmakers. The city in Riverside County imposed a 45-day temporary ban on data center developments Thursday and voted unanimously to terminate its agreement with Stronghold Power, the company behind the initial proposal.…