Good morning. A growing Ebola outbreak overseas is triggering new American travel restrictions, another bizarre chapter emerges from the legal wars surrounding President Trump, and a Democratic Party fracture erupted in Colorado. America Tightens Travel Restrictions as Ebola Outbreak Expands in Africa The Department of Homeland Security announced sweeping new travel restrictions Wednesday as an […]
Kyle Busch, one of the most accomplished and controversial drivers in NASCAR history, has died at age 41 following a sudden illness, according to statements released Thursday by NASCAR, his family, and Richard Childress Racing. Earlier Thursday, Busch’s family announced the two-time Cup Series champion had been hospitalized with what they described as a “severe […]
Senate Republicans delayed key budget and immigration funding votes Thursday as internal backlash over President Donald Trump’s controversial $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” intensified on Capitol Hill. According to reporting from multiple outlets, Republican senators privately voiced serious concerns about the proposed compensation program during closed-door discussions — including questions about how it would legally operate, […]
On Monday, May 18, 2026, two attackers opened fire outside the Islamic Center of San Diego, the largest mosque in the county. Three adult men were killed before the attackers fled the scene and were later found dead in a nearby car from what police describe as self-inflicted gunshot wounds. By Jacob Paulsen for Concealed Carry […]
A California man is facing attempted murder charges after a brutal daytime attack outside a well-known San Diego “Trump House” left an elderly homeowner fighting for his life and a bystander injured, according to police. Authorities say 32-year-old Thomas Caleb Butler is accused of critically injuring the homeowner outside a residence on Buchanan Street in […]
The Department of Homeland Security announced new travel restrictions as an expanding Ebola outbreak in Central and East Africa has prompted heightened concern among global health officials. Under the new rules, all civilian flights carrying passengers who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda, or South Sudan within the previous 21 days […]
California’s prison tablet program is facing growing backlash after reports revealed a convicted child sex offender allegedly used the communication system to contact and exploit a young girl from behind bars. The controversy centers on a multimillion-dollar initiative backed during Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration that distributed roughly 90,000 digital tablets to inmates across California prisons […]
Republican attorneys general are intensifying a legal offensive against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing practices inside major American corporations, with Nebraska becoming the latest state to sue one of the country’s most powerful proxy advisory firms. Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced Wednesday that the state filed […]
The Colorado Democratic Party voted Wednesday to formally censure Gov. Jared Polis in a sharp rebuke of his decision to grant early release to former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, triggering a growing political firestorm within his own party. Peters was convicted in Colorado state court in 2024 on seven charges — including four felonies […]
There is a particular kind of intellectual fraud that flourishes only when no one with the relevant expertise is paying attention. The “Thucydides Trap,” a phrase invented by Harvard political scientist Graham Allison and elevated since 2015 to the status of a scientific law of international relations, is exactly that sort of fraud. Earlier this […]
Coming Up Short: Robert Reich Doesn’t Know What An Effective Tax Rate Is
There is a particular sort of dishonesty available only to a man with credentials. The ordinary liar must hope his audience does not check. The credentialed liar trusts that his audience will not check, because surely a Cabinet secretary, a Berkeley professor, the subject of a Netflix documentary on inequality, would not say something obviously […]