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Katie Porter expressed remorse for videos showing her scolding a reporter and swearing at an aide, saying she “could have handled things better.” The gubernatorial candidate’s behavior intensified long-standing concerns about her temperament and high staff turnover during her time in Congress. Rival candidate Betty Yee called for Porter to exit the governor’s race, warning her demeanor could jeopardize Democratic control of the U.S. House. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter, under fire for recently emerged videos showing her scolding a reporter and swearing at an aide, expressed remorse for her behavior on Tuesday in her first public remarks since the...

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners who have been accused of mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk.The State Department on Tuesday revealed it has reviewed online social media posts and clips of Kirk following his death at a Utah college campus on September 10.In light of the disturbing content they found, officials recommended six foreign nationals should lose their visas.Among those targeted was an Argentine who said Kirk 'devoted his entire life spreading racist, xenophobic, misogynistic rhetoric' and deserves to burn in hell, as well as a South African who said those grieving Kirk were 'hurt...

Summary Israel to restrict aid and keep border shut at least through Wednesday Hamas fighters execute men in the street Trump says Hamas must disarm or be disarmed, perhaps violently CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Hamas handed over more bodies of deceased hostages to Israel on Tuesday, one sign of progress after a number of apparent setbacks in the day since U.S. President Donald Trump touted his plan to end the Gaza war.The bodies were returned after Israel announced it would cut in half the number of humanitarian aid trucks allowed into Gaza in a move to punish Hamas for...

"This incident is not isolated."Dozens of rioters hurled rocks and formed a mob against federal agents who just faced a ramming attack from an illegal immigrant suspect, according to reports.Border Patrol agents were attempting to detain an illegal immigrant suspect who hit their vehicle and then tried to flee, sparking a car chase, according to WGN9. Demonstrators caught wind of the presence of federal agents and soon gathered, with some throwing rocks and bottles at authorities.Authorities then deployed tear gas to break up the group.“This morning while conducting an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago, a vehicle, driven by an illegal...

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had some choice words for some lower courts on Tuesday over their apparent eagerness to “avoid” ruling on cases involving schools “transing” children without their parents’ knowledge or consent. The comments came in an order released by the high court on Tuesday that listed which pending lower court cases it will and will not be taking up in its 2025-2026 term. Among the cases rejected by the justices was Lee v. Poudre School District R-1, which centers around a lawsuit brought by two sets of parents against the Colorado-based Poudre School District R-1. According to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the nation has ever seen, giving his budget office rare authority to pick winners and losers — who gets paid or fired, which programs are cut or survive — in an unprecedented restructuring across the federal workforce.As the shutdown enters its third week, the Office and Management and Budget said Tuesday it’s preparing to “batten down the hatches” with more reductions in force to come. The president calls budget chief Russ Vought the “grim reaper,” and Vought has seized on the opportunity to fund Trump’s priorities, paying...

United States President Donald Trump has announced on Truth Social that phase two of the Gaza peace plan “begins right now”. Tensions on both sides remain high as Israel announced it will close the Rafah border crossing into Gaza, as Hamas has failed to release the bodies of all dead hostages. US President Donald Trump called on Hamas to release the remaining bodies, and at the White House this morning made a strong demand that Hamas give up its weapons.

The government entered a shutdown at the beginning of the month, after the Senate failed to pass the House's continuing resolution, or a competing one from Senate Democrats. The Senate needs 60 votes to invoke cloture on? the resolutions. The Senate on Tuesday night failed for the eighth time to make serious headway on passing a House-passed continuing resolution that would keep the government open through Nov. 21. The government entered a shutdown at the beginning of the month, after the Senate failed to pass the House's continuing resolution, or a competing one from Senate Democrats. The Senate needs...

History is not indoctrination — or is it? How many people know that the scriptures were cited by our founders more than Locke, Montesquieu, and Blackstone combined? Students learn that James Madison is the father of the Constitution, but do they know that he would likely have failed unless he had promised a bill of rights to Pastor John Leland? Does today’s generation realized that the pilgrims were literally a church plant and that the Mayflower Compact was modeled after a church covenant? It's more likely they believe that America was formed under secular influences with just a tiny tip...

President Volodymyr Zelensky will soon appoint the head of the newly created Odesa Military Administration. As reported by Ukrinform, the President announced this in his evening video address. “Odesa deserves greater protection and greater support. This can be done in the format of a military administration – too many security issues in Odesa have remained without an adequate response for far too long. All effective decisions will be made. I will appoint the head of the military administration shortly,” Zelensky said. As Ukrinform previously reported, on October 14, President Volodymyr Zelensky revoked the Ukrainian citizenship of Odesa Mayor Hennadii Trukhanov,...

The Presidential Medal of Honor ceremony drew prominent conservatives, including Tucker Carlson and Javier Milei.President Donald Trump and a cast of prominent conservatives paid tribute Tuesday to Charlie Kirk, the activist who was a rising figure on the political right when he was shot and killed last month. Trump posthumously awarded Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, comparing the slain 31-year-old podcast host and founder of Turning Point USA to leading figures in history. “Charlie Kirk was a martyr for truth and for freedom,” he said. “From Socrates and Saint Peter, to Abraham Lincoln, to Martin Luther King, those who...

As Californians start voting on Democrats’ effort to boost their ranks in Congress, former President Obama warned that democracy is in peril as he urged voters to support Proposition 50 in a television ad that started airing Tuesday. “California, the whole nation is counting on you,” Obama says in the 30-second ad, which the main pro-Proposition 50 campaign began broadcasting Tuesday across the state. “Democracy is on the ballot Nov. 4.” The spot is part of a multimillion-dollar ad buy promoting the congressional redistricting ballot measure through the election. Proposition 50 was spearheaded by Gov. Gavin Newsom and other California...

Gov. Kathy Hochul embraced mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani Tuesday — calling him “eminently reasonable” and claiming they’ll find a way to cover the tab for his socialist dreams without raising taxes. Hochul offered her comrade in the Big Apple mayor’s race a political lifeline during a news conference in Queens, telling reporters the pair would somehow scrounge up funds for the Democratic nominee’s top agenda items, such as universal childcare. “I found him to be eminently rational and understands this is something that would take an act of the legislature and the governor to sign,” Hochul said when asked if...

Trump supporters less inclined to vote in an off-year election are key to Republican Jack Ciattarelli’s path to victory in the New Jersey governor’s race. Republican Jack Ciattarelli spent part of a recent rally in Wildwood, New Jersey, tossing bright red “Make NJ Great Again” hats to supporters in the crowd. To become the state’s next governor, Ciattarelli needs voters who have long donned “Make America Great Again” hats to head to the polls in three weeks, too. The New Jersey race is one of the first major tests of President Donald Trump’s second term for Republicans looking to turn...

Could the cure be more economic populists running as independents?There has been a lot of talk about the Democrats as a “damaged brand.” The Democratic Party actually has a lower approval rating than Donald Trump does.There are lots of explanations for this. One is that the fragmented party identity adds up to a mixed message. Corporate Democrats on the take to crypto cancel out progressive ones. Another is that much of the disapproval actually comes from rank-and-file Democrats, who rightly blame the party leadership for the poor performance in 2024 that in turn gave us Trump II.The damaged brand stuff...

The foreign-born population in the United States declined by an unprecedented 2.2 million in the first half of 2025. It was not long ago that Washington’s establishment experts announced that the crisis on the U.S. southern border was unfixable. They claimed illegal mass immigration was a historic phenomenon, an unstoppable force that no president could halt. Typical was the Cato Institute’s David Bier, who wrote two years ago in the New York Times: “Biden Can’t Stop Immigration. Time to Embrace It.” Precisely because these open-border illuminati should be held accountable for their irresponsible pronouncements, view a sample of what Bier...

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had communicated to Hamas that the militant group must disarm or it will be forced to. On Monday, Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza, and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees under a ceasefire deal brokered by Trump, but Hamas has not publicly committed to downing its weapons. "If they don't disarm, we will disarm them. And it will happen quickly and perhaps violently," Trump said during a meeting at the White House with Argentine President Javier Milei. Trump said he communicated this to Hamas and they had...

“A MARTYR FOR TRUTH AND FREEDOM” @charliekirk11 ’s wife @MrsErikaKirk is presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Charlie’s behalf

President presented award to Kirk’s widow, Erika, on what would have been the far-right commentator’s 32nd birthdayDonald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, to the assassinated far-right commentator Charlie Kirk at the White House on Tuesday.Kirk, who was shot at an event at Utah Valley University in September, was among the most significant rightwing activists in the modern political era, galvanizing a younger generation of conservatives to engage in politics and support Trump’s candidacy ahead of the 2024 election.But Kirk was also polarizing through his rhetoric, which often criticized gay...

Los Angeles County CEO Fesia Davenport was quietly paid $2 million in a mysterious settlement two months ago, LAist reports. The “confidential” deal was approved in July to “compensate her for damages she claimed — including alleged harm to ‘reputation, embarrassment and emotional distress,’ according to records LAist obtained from the county,” the outlet reports. Many details remain undisclosed about Davenport’s specific allegations and the reasoning behind keeping the settlement confidential, but the timing has raised eyebrows. Earlier this month, Davenport announced she is taking a leave of several months from her position, with plans to return early next year....