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Senate committee kills bill mandating insurance coverage for wildfire safe homes
A bill that would have required insurers to offer coverage to homeowners who take steps to reduce wildfire risk on their property died in the Legislature. The Senate Insurance Committee on Monday voted down the measure, SB 1076, one of the most ambitious bills spurred by the devastating January 2025 wildfires. The vote came despite…
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Trump’s big marijuana move
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is loosening restrictions on medical marijuana. What changed? On Thursday, the Justice Department announced that state-licensed medical marijuana and products…
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Dem confronts Commerce Secretary for laughing at union job losses
Rep. Frank Mrvan (D-IN) confronted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Thursday, after Lutnick appeared to laugh while discussing job losses affecting Mrvan’s Indiana district. Mrvan described British Petroleum’s, BP, lockout of approximately 1,000 United Steelworkers at the nation’s third-largest oil refinery due to contract negotiations, noting his Republican governor…
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Registered sex offender turned himself in after sexually assaulting several women over a six-hour window
A registered sex offender accused of targeting women in a brazen, hours-long spree across the San Fernando Valley is now in custody after what police describe as a string of six assaults in a single day. Damian Denzell Robinson, 29, was arrested following an LAPD manhunt tied to a six-hour series of attacks in North…
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James Pearce Jr. enters program that could drop charges from domestic dispute involving Rickea Jackson
Atlanta Falcons edge rusher James Pearce Jr. has entered into a pretrial intervention program that should result in the dismissal of all charges against him stemming from a domestic dispute involving his ex-girlfriend, former Sparks forward Rickea Jackson. Pearce is facing three felony charges from the Florida State Attorney’s Office in Miami-Dade County — aggravated…
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Trump’s Navy chief fired for failing to deliver ‘nearly impossible’ dream: NYT report
A New York Times report on Thursday revealed more details behind what led to President Donald Trump‘s decision to fire Navy Secretary John Phelan. Trump apparently wanted Phelan to deliver on building a new class of battleships by 2028, but “the timeline was nearly impossible,” according to The Times. Trump had even bragged about the…
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Stocks fall on a shaky Wall Street as Brent oil briefly barrels above $107
Stocks pulled back from their record heights on a shaky Wall Street on Thursday following mixed profit reports from Tesla and other big companies. Oil prices jumped on worries about what will happen next in the war with Iran. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 0.4% and halted a weeks-long rally that had erased…
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‘Republicans lied’: GOP warned broken promises will keep MAHA voters home for midterms
A once-prominent support group for President Donald Trump and the GOP has warned that they may take their votes elsewhere at the midterm elections. Sheryl Gay Stolberg, writing in The New York Times, highlighted the growing dissatisfaction with the Make America Healthy Again movement. Leading MAHA figures, who backed Department of Health and Human Services…
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Patriots release statement on Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini’s photo scandal
The New England Patriots are supporting head coach Mike Vrabel after Page Six published photos of him with NFL reporter Dianna Russini at a hotel in March, and kissing in a bar six years prior in New York City. “The New England Patriots fully support Mike Vrabel’s decision to prioritize his family first, as well…
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Eric Reibe rejected UConn to solve USC’s recurring problem: Finding a real big man
Earlier this month, days after Connecticut lost to Michigan in the national title game, Eric Reibe said Huskies coach Dan Hurley came to him with an offer. Hurley wanted the 7-foot-1 German big man to stay in Storrs and anchor the Connecticut frontcourt next fall. It was a tempting offer at such a prestigious hoops…