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Under Senate Bill 132, signed by Governor Newsom in September 2020 and authored by Senator Wiener, any male inmate who declares a female gender identity must be housed, addressed, and treated as a woman, regardless of criminal history, surgical status, or biological sex

Pamela Genini, a 29-year-old model and entrepreneur who also appeared on reality TV in Italy, was stabbed to death on her balcony in Milan in October last year, allegedly by her wealthy, 52-year-old ex-boyfriend, who’d been stalking her and begging her to take him back, according to officials. When her body was being moved to her final resting place on Monday, cemetery workers became alarmed when they realized the coffin would not close properly — and there were loose screws, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. The coffin was opened — and the stunning model’s head was missing. Fresh silicone...

1. Introduction In recent decades, distortions resulting from pervasive non-market policies and practices have left critical minerals supply chains of market-oriented economies vulnerable to a myriad of disruptions, including economic coercion. Correcting these vulnerabilities is imperative, as critical minerals are strategic assets integral to modern and innovative industrial economies, and diverse, resilient, and market-based supply chains are essential for our economic and national security. To this end, the United States and the United Mexican States (“Mexico”) (collectively, “the Participants”) seek to develop a new paradigm for preferential trade in critical minerals supported by price floors and other measures, and have...

Sir Keir plans to appoint the Mayor of London to the House of Lords after May's local elections, according to reports. Labour faces major losses at the local elections based on current polling. Suggestions that Sir Sadiq could soon become a life peer come after the mayor was awarded a knighthood last January. A person familiar with the matter told the Financial Times that conversations had also taken place involving the PM offering Sir Sadiq a cabinet role. Such a move could form part of the a potential cabinet reset after the local elections. It is a move that would...

IDF finds Hezbollah tunnel near south Lebanon church as group 'exploits' Christian population. The IDF also stated that Hezbollah prevents Christian civilians from fleeing combat zones and "has even fired at them" in the past. The IDF uncovered a Hezbollah tunnel stocked with weapons near a church in southern Lebanon, the military announced on Friday, emphasizing the threat the terrorist organization poses to Lebanon's Christian population. The tunnel was discovered by the IDF's Givati Brigade in the Lebanese village of El-Khiam. The area had previously been cleared by the IDF in December 2024. Therein, three shafts were discovered, as well...

We have long heard about the financial plights of solidly blue states. Places like New York and California have the highest taxes and the highest costs of living in the country. But there is a new blue state story where Democrats refuse to back off their ideological insistence that high taxes will get their state to the fiscal promised land. That place is Massachusetts. Massachusetts is on the verge of a financial implosion. The reason: Massachusetts Democrats' grand plan to replace the state's taxpayers with migrants is not the grand plan they expected it would be, and the state is...

The Idaho Senate on Friday afternoon passed a GOP-backed bill that would criminalize transgender people for using bathrooms aligned with their gender identity, sending the measure to Gov. Brad Little for his signature. It is one of the harshest anti-trans measures in the U.S.

A massive power outage left tens of thousands of people without electricity Thursday night across South Orange County and parts of San Diego County. San Diego Gas & Electric reported that more than 100,000 customers were initially affected. Video taken near the Civic Center in Mission Viejo showed one of the areas impacted by the blackout. Other areas that were impacted included Laguna Hills and Laguna Niguel. The cause of the outage was not immediately known.

On July 27, 2022, a video was posted to the IslamicTV YouTube channel of Shiite children in Houston, TX performing a song titled “Salute, Commander”, which is an Iranian children’s anthem pledging allegiance to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The video had been first posted by the Islamic Education Center of Houston, TX, on its Facebook and YouTube accounts, but these posts were later removed. The children performed the song in English and Farsi. The song’s lyrics say: “[Khamenei] is calling on his children, his soldiers… In spite of my age, I will be your army’s commander… May my father...

Car crash-prone Tiger Woods reportedly rolled his luxury SUV on Friday in yet another Florida roadway washout for the golf great. Woods’ condition after the Jupiter Island rollover crash wasn’t immediately clear, but a witness told TMZ that the golfer appeared to be fine. Photos from the two-vehicle crash shared by local outlet WPTV showed a Range Rover on its side along Beach Road. The fender fracas comes days after Woods, 50, made his golf return at the TGL Finals.

On March 17, the U.S. national debt slipped past $39 trillion. If you're thinking, 'Wow, it seems like we just crossed the $38 trillion threshold,' you are correct. It was a mere 150 days ago on October 21. As of March 17, the national debt stood at $39,016,762,910,245.14. This happened despite a 294 percent increase in tariff revenue and the media relations program known as DOGE.The pace of debt accumulation is staggering, and it’s accelerating. In 2020, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that the debt wouldn’t hit $37 trillion until 2030. Oops. Just how fast is Uncle Sam shoveling...

The House of Representatives has formally rejected a Senate-passed funding measure that would have reopened most of the Department of Homeland Security while leaving Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection without resources. Speaker Mike Johnson labeled the Senate’s late-night proposal a “joke” and confirmed the House will instead advance a clean 60-day continuing resolution to fund the entire department. The partial shutdown of DHS, now stretching into its sixth week, continues because Democrats have demanded new restrictions on immigration enforcement as the price for any deal. President Donald J. Trump issued an emergency directive directing the use...

US Vice President JD Vance held a tense phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week, in which he chided the premier for making overly optimistic predictions about the war in Iran, Axios reports. Vance took Netanyahu to task over how likely the latter said regime change would be, the outlet reported. “Before the war, Bibi really sold it to the president as being easy, as regime change being a lot likelier than it was. And the VP was clear-eyed about some of those statements,” a US official tells Axios, using Netanyahu’s nickname.

CARROLL COUNTY, Tenn. (WZTV) — A school bus carrying students and staff from the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System was involved in a deadly crash in Carroll County while traveling to a field trip, authorities said. Officials said the bus, from Kenwood Middle School, was headed to Jackson when it was involved in a crash with another vehicle near the intersection of Highway 70 and Cedar Grove. The Tennessee Highway Patrol is leading the investigation. Families of everyone on board have been contacted, according to school officials, who said they do not yet have additional confirmed details about the crash.

Hello Senator Thune, At 3 AM on Friday, March 27th, in a near-empty chamber, you passed a bill by voice vote that excludes all funding for ICE and CBP. Let me repeat that: voice vote. No roll call. No record of who was there. No accountability. Just you, Barrasso, and a handful of senators shuffling paper in the dead of night while America slept. You could have demanded a recorded vote. You chose not to. You could have held the line for five more days until the House returned. You chose not to. You could have used the same procedural...

<p>Vice President JD Vance said Friday that Rep. Ilhan Omar defrauded the US by allegedly marrying her brother to help him remain legally in the country.</p><p>Vance added that he’s been discussing legal remedies with White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, explaining that questions have been raised: “How do you go after her?"</p>

An ex-security staffer for President Joe Biden who posed for pics with former VP Kamala Harris in front of a presidential jet was arrested for a chilling murder in San Francisco. Nation Wood, 25, was arrested Wednesday, just 24 hours after he allegedly shot and killed Samantha Emge, 22, a 2025 graduate of San Francisco State University, at a home in San Francisco’s Sunset District. Wood identified himself as a part-time security staffer for Biden’s White House Secret Service team starting in November 2023 on his LinkedIn profile. He worked at the White House through July 2025, finishing out his...

Paying Our Great Transportation Security Administration Officers and Employees Presidential Memoranda March 27, 2026 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET SUBJECT: Paying Our Great Transportation Security Administration Officers and Employees As the Democrat-caused shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues well into its sixth week, America’s air travel system has reached its breaking point. This is an unprecedented emergency situation. Currently, more than 60,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees, including approximately 50,000 transportation security officers who perform security functions at domestic airports, are not being paid due to...

Golf superstar Tiger Woods was involved in a rollover car crash in Jupiter Island, Florida, on Friday, authorities said.

Parents of more than four million children have claimed Trump Accounts, according to a report. The tax-deferred investment accounts for children were instituted by President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year, providing a $1,000 contribution from the federal government for all children born to U.S. citizens between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028, the Washington Examiner reported. Parents can claim the accounts for their children either through an IRS portal or by filing Form 4547 with their federal tax returns. Per IRS data reviewed by the news outlet, 983,784 children have qualified for the $1,000 bonus via...