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Washington homeowners could face tens of thousands of dollars in costs to convert natural-gas homes to electric after the Washington Supreme Court struck down the voter-approved initiative designed to protect natural gas as an energy option. The Building Industry Association of Washington has estimated that converting an existing natural-gas home to all-electric can cost approximately $40,000, depending on the home and upgrades required. Conversion can involve replacing gas furnaces and water heaters, installing electric appliances, and upgrading electrical panels and wiring. The court’s ruling does not itself require homeowners to convert to electricity. Rather, it eliminates Initiative 2066, which restricted...

President Donald Trump told Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst that “very big things are going to be happening in the not-so-distant future” on Iran and that “my question is, if and when do I blow the entire nation up?” In a Sunday morning appearance on Fox & Friends Weekend Yingst reported he had just spoken with Trump and conveyed the substance of his conversation with the audience. “He tells Fox News he’s in a ‘deciding mode’ and that ‘very big things are going to be happening in the not-so-distant future,'” Yingst said. “The president described the current choices...

Iran’s central military command said in a statement on Sunday that it had received information that the United States, with the backing of some regional countries, was preparing to resume military actions against it, state media reported. The statement said that any US attack would trigger sustained strikes on US bases and interests in the region, warning that regional countries supporting US aggression against Iran would be considered parties to the conflict. On Saturday, Al Jazeera cited Iran’s security chief Mohsen Rezaei as saying in an interview that Iran had conveyed to mediators its conditions for re-engaging in negotiations aimed...

CARLSBAD, Calif. — A judge denied bail Friday for the man accused of fatally striking a Carlsbad mother of three while driving under the influence and fleeing the scene. Fernando Saldana, 26, of Escondido pleaded not guilty to murder, gross vehicular manslaughter, DUI causing injury or death, and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in injury or death. He was also driving on a suspended license at the time of the crash, prosecutors said. ... A judge ordered that Saldana's face be blurred for broadcast, but his supporters and Wheyland's saw him in person for the first time since...

Trafalgar Square isn’t some random patch of concrete where London needed something colorful to fill an empty corner. This is one of the most famous historic spaces in Britain. Nelson’s Column towers over the square. Statues of King George IV, Sir Henry Havelock, and Sir Charles James Napier have stood there for generations. Whatever anybody thinks of those men today, they represent actual pieces of British history. And now, into the middle of all that comes Lady in Blue… She’s an overweight black woman in a bright, skin-tight blue dress, striding forward on the Fourth Plinth. The idea is that...

The Talk Shows Sep 20th, 2026 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Sen. Bill Cassidy (RINO-La.); Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.); Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.); Gary Cohn, former Director of the National Economic Council in the first Trump administration. FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Michael Kratsios, Science advisor to President Trump; Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.); Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.). Panel: Richard ‘Dick’ Fowler, Stef Kight, Josh Kraushaar and Reince Priebus. MEET THE dePRESS (NBC): Hosted by Kristen Welker: Chief NBC pollster Steve Kornacki with new polling; Senate...

At least two people have been killed and six injured in a "massive" overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, Governor Andrei Vorobyev has said. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 450 drones heading for the capital had been shot down in what he called an "unprecedented attack". The city's main oil refinery was damaged and several homes were set ablaze. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Kyiv had hit a "key" Russian oil facility and a logistics site in the region, representing "billions of dollars that sustain the war machine". The overnight attack is thought to be among the largest...

Crooner Ed Sheeran called Israel’s actions in Gaza “unjustifiable” as he wept and broke his silence during his first concert since booting rapper Macklemore from his tour for tirades against the Jewish state. “I’ve never wanted to be an activist musician, but this put me in the middle of an important and passionate argument about freedom of speech and the most complex political issue on the planet,” Sheeran told the Philly crowd of concertgoers Saturday night. Sheeran spoke multiple times about the controversy during Saturday night’s show at Lincoln Financial Field, growing progressively more upset as the night wore on...

This is the first time since Yemen's civil war resumed that strikes have threatened Riyadh.The United States warned on Saturday (Sep 19) that hostilities between Saudi Arabia and Iran-backed Houthis could "escalate rapidly" after a missile attack targeted Riyadh for the first time since the Yemen conflict resumed. US President Donald Trump cut short a weekend at Camp David, a secluded presidential complex in rural Maryland, to return unexpectedly to the White House on Saturday. The White House gave no explanation for the early return, which comes as a new threshold was crossed in the conflict between Saudi Arabia and...

(VIDEO) Breakdown of the Houthi offensive on the Red Sea coast that led to the capture of the strategic town of Mocha {in Yemen} 0:00 Turning point in the Middle East 3:54 Background on Yemen’s civil war 7:13 Government offensive 11:48 Fall of Mocha 14:29 Houthi breakthrough explained 20:58 Strategic situation for Saudi Arabia 22:01 What happened after Fall of Mocha

Sherrod Brown slams Ohio data centers in ads but quietly took big money from Google lobbyists tied to the same projects. Google PAC and its lobbyists gave Brown over $30,000 while Brown now pretends the company is hurting working families with higher electric bills. Trump-backed Sen. Husted’s bill to make data centers pay their own power costs passed the House but got blocked by Senate Democrats. Former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is running a new attack ad blaming Republican Sen. Jon Husted for bringing data centers to Ohio. The spot claims the facilities drive up electric bills for local families....

Left-wing rapper Macklemore has been embroiled in controversy this month for his virulently antisemitic antics on stage during the Ed Sheeran “Loop Tour,” actions which got him fired as Sheeran’s opening act. But the Seattle-based activist has a long history of unhinged, hate-filled behavior.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted lefty leaders from across the globe on Saturday to kick off a three-day summit pushing progressive agenda items like dealing with climate change. Mamdani delivered opening remarks at the Urban 20 Summit in New York City, where he and other mayors discussed “practical solutions” to address “rising housing costs, the climate crisis and migration,” according to a propaganda press statement released by the socialist mayor’s media team. Details of the summit were scarce and released Soviet-style. Most of Saturday’s activities were closed to the press. Only select media – which did not include The Post...

The Houthi militia in Yemen said on Saturday that it had attacked Saudi Arabia’s capital and oil facilities with a barrage of missiles and drones, a significant escalation in the renewed war between the kingdom and the Iranian-backed group. The Saudis intercepted a Houthi missile launched toward Riyadh, the capital, according to Maj. Gen. Turki Al-Maliki, the spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen. He added in a statement that air defenses had fended off assaults on “civilians and civilian infrastructure” in several other cities in the kingdom, including coastal Yanbu, where the Houthis said they attacked oil facilities....

“MEXICO CITY, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Mexican President Claudia ​Sheinbaum said on Friday her government is doing everything ‌in its power to reach a trade deal with the United States soon, following a fruitful call with her U.S. counterpart Donald ​Trump earlier in the week. "We are doing everything ​we can, within the framework of sovereignty, respect, ⁠and what is best for Mexico, to reach a ​deal soon," Sheinbaum said, adding that Wednesday's call with Trump ​was "very good" and some agreements were reached. She didn't provide further details.”

(FOX40.COM) — A Sacramento truck driver was released from the hospital Friday after becoming the target of a violent crime at a Wyoming rest stop along I-80 last weekend. FOX40 spoke with Jasjit Singh, a local advocate for the Sikh community who works with the organization Jakara Movement. Singh also serves as a trustee for the Sacramento City Unified School District. Singh said officials arrested a 44-year-old suspect from San Gabriel for allegedly stabbing the Sikh man 17 times. According to Sweetwater County court documents, he is facing one count of attempted murder. While Wyoming law enforcement officials have not...

TITLES AND POWER Now I see why powerful people often wear sunglasses--the spotlight blinds them to reality. They suffer from a delusion that power means something. They suffer from the misconception that titles make a difference. They are under the impression that earthly authority will make a heavenly difference. Can I prove my point? Take this quiz: * Name the last ten Heisman trophy winners. * Name the last ten winners of the Miss America contest. * Name eight people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. * How about the last ten Academy Award winners for best...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Administration (FNA) announced a sweeping crackdown on fraudulent SNAP retailers—bodegas, convenience stores, and grocery stores—across New York’s five boroughs. This investigation, dubbed Operation SNAP Back, included hundreds of undercover investigations leading to action against 170 retailers. “This is just the latest action in the Trump Administration's fight against fraud. The message is clear, if you accept any portion of an annual $100 billion taxpayer program, you must follow the rules or face the consequences,” said U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins. “We owe it to every American...

The Iran and Ukraine wars have exposed the world’s reliance on the Middle East and Russia for diesel Persian Gulf states and Russia have invested tens of billions of dollars in refineries over the past decade to grab a bigger share of the global diesel market. Now, war in both regions has sent exports plunging, squeezing supplies of a fuel that powers much of the global economy. Diesel prices are soaring—they eclipsed $6 a gallon in the U.S. for the first time last week and have kept climbing, hitting $6.45 on Friday. The surge has rattled governments and markets around...

The Beatles told us: "All you need is love." They were right, but along with love must come marriage. But marriage rates have plummeted, especially among young men. A Pulitzer Prize-worthy story by Sean Salai of The Washington Times crunches all the numbers. To say they are worrisome would be a vast understatement. -- In 2025, nearly twice as many men ages 18 to 39 were unmarried as were married. -- There were 30.4 million unmarried men ages 18 to 39 in 2025, up 47% from 20.7 million in 2000. -- In the same period, married men in this age...