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The Nevada Legislature has defeated a controversial bill that would have legalized assisted suicide, a decision hailed by pro-life advocates as a victory for the sanctity of life and protections for the vulnerable. Assembly Bill 346, which sought to allow terminally ill patients over 18 to request life-ending medication under specific conditions, failed to advance past a critical committee deadline on Friday, effectively ending its chances in the 2025 legislative session. The bill’s sponsor, Assemblymember Joe Dalia, D-Clark County, cited insufficient Senate support and a promised veto from Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo as key reasons for the measure’s demise. This...

If you watched Donald Trump's cabinet meeting on Wednesday, you may have seen Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins hold up a photo of the Maude family of South Dakota. I'd heard a little bit about the fifth-generation ranching family before that, but I decided to learn more because I couldn't believe the story Rollins told about how the Joe Biden administration treated them. It's unbelievable. Or maybe it's not, given all we're learning about the last four years. ... Trump Admin is reversing Biden-era failures in 100 days! The U.S. Gov has dropped charges against the Maude family, victims of...

A sprawling fentanyl trafficking network stretching from Albuquerque to Salem, Oregon, has been shattered by federal authorities in what’s being called one of the largest operations of its kind in U.S. history. The takedown, made public this week, culminated in a massive sweep across New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Oregon. Federal agents with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration seized staggering amounts of contraband: over 4 million fentanyl pills, $4.4 million in cash, 79 pounds of meth, along with heroin, cocaine, and more than 41 firearms, according to records from the U.S. District Court in Albuquerque. At the helm of...

In a swift and controversial move, the Nevada State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 245 (AB245), a sweeping new gun control measure. According to the official bill overview (AB245 Reprint 1, adopted April 21, 2025), this legislation targets residents under the age of 21, making it illegal for them to possess, handle, or control semiautomatic shotguns and semiautomatic centerfire rifles. The bill passed along party lines with a 27–15 vote, signaling sharp political division over firearm rights in the state. At its heart, AB245 bans most adults under 21 from owning certain types of firearms, even though these individuals are recognized...

Miracles occurred – prayers were answered. On Wednesday, The Gateway Pundit shared this article from JoeHoft.com about how an Obama Judge denied Nevada Judge Michele Fiore a new trial. Fiori was targeted because of her actions during the Bundy Ranch Standoff years ago. On Thursday, Judge Fiore was pardoned by President Trump after he reportedly read this article. Here is Judge Fiore's pardon: Judge Fiore shared the following message: PUBLIC STATEMENT FROM JUDGE MICHELE FIORE “No weapon formed against me shall prosper.” — Isaiah 54:17 Today, I stand before you — not just as a free woman, but as a...

With Valero announcing the pending closure of one of its two remaining California refineries, the state will lose at least 18% of its current refining capacity by the end of 2026. Because California is an “energy island,” meeting demand for California and the parts of Nevada and Arizona that rely on its refineries will require costly imports of volatile fuel by emissions-heavy tanker ships. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has long blamed rising gas prices on refiners’ “price gouging,” but even though his own administration has said that it has no found no evidence of such, he called a special legislative...

A bombshell report from the America First Policy Institute has exposed a staggering $100 million in foreign dark money laundered through the Sixteen Thirty Fund to bankroll radical ballot initiatives across 25 states. The Sixteen Thirty Fund, a notorious hub for progressive causes, has been caught funneling foreign cash into state ballot measures targeting divisive issues like abortion, election law, and drug policy. According to the America First Policy Institute: Non-citizens can influence U.S. elections and domestic policy through donations to ballot initiatives. Instead of the ballot initiative process being decided by state residents who are affected by the result,...

Delaware’s new Governor has dismissed Texas and Nevada's attempts to steal companies incorporated in The First State. Matt Meyer, just two months into office, has already made significant changes to the state's corporate laws, including limiting shareholders’ ability to sue company founders. The rapid changes are an attempt to stem the tide of companies leaving Delaware to incorporate in other states — dubbed 'Dexit' — but critics argue it merely makes the state friendlier to billionaires. Tesla threatened to leave the state when Tesla was sued over the hefty pay package for Elon Musk. More than 60 percent of the...

On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Anne Traum lifted the 1991 injunction barring enforcement of Nevada’s requirement that parents be notified when their minor children seek an abortion. In a 27-page decision, Judge Traum ruled in Glick v. Ford that the parental notice provision will go into effect on April 30. Melissa Clement, Executive Director of Nevada Right to Life, which provided vital financial support for the litigation, said “For 40 years, young girls have been exploited in secrecy, their suffering ignored while those in power turned a blind eye. Today, that silence is broken. Parents will finally be involved,...

The American people are left in the dark on a whole host of things. Sadly, it’s almost become commonplace. So, when a major catastrophe occurs, we’re usually getting half-truths, scripted responses, and total political spin jobs. Or hey, sometimes we get absolutely nothing, like what went down in Las Vegas when a supposed “lone gunman” opened fire on country music concertgoers. Actually, we recently published an interesting update on that very story and shared more of the coverup with our readers, thanks to investigative work from an independent journalist: ‘They slaughtered us like fish in a barrel’—citizen reporter exposes Vegas...

Sheriff Kevin McMahill said Wednesday that he has turned down numerous requests from “various different federal agencies” to use the Metropolitan Police Department for immigration enforcement outside the agency’s limited role at the Clark County jail. “And I just won’t do that,” McMahill told the Las Vegas Review-Journal, adding that his agency doesn’t have the resources to do so. “I’ve got a lot going on when it comes to crime here,” he added. He noted that crime has continued to decrease in the last three years. As President Donald Trump’s administration moves to fulfill his campaign promise of carrying out...

Credit: Las Vegas Review-Journal Las Vegas police arrested Paul Kim, 36, related to his “targeted attack” on a Tesla center. According to police, Paul Kim used Molotov cocktails and firearms during his attack on the Tesla center last Tuesday morning. Kim was charged with third-degree arson, shooting a gun into an abandoned structure/vehicle, destruction of real property, and possession of a flammable device. Paul Kim is expected in court this afternoon. DEVELOPING: @ClarkCountyNV jail records show @LVMPD have arrested Paul Kim, 36, for the @Tesla collision center firebombing. Charges include arson and destruction of property. First court appearance will happen...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont - champions of the left - repeatedly targeted President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk as they kicked off a three-day swing through three electorally important western states. But Sanders, and especially Ocasio-Cortez, also trained some of their fire on the Democratic Party, with the best-known member of the so-called "Squad" of diverse and progressive House members urging her own party to have "the courage to brawl" against Republicans. And Sanders and Cortez took to the stage at their first stop in Las Vegas, Nevada, while...

Authorities say multiple cars were set on fire at a Tesla service center in Las Vegas Tuesday Morning

A recent protest against President Donald Trump and DOGE leader Elon Musk turned violent after a pickup truck driver repeatedly smoked out the crowd with his vehicle exhaust in Reno, Nevada. The incident occurred outside the office of U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev. Online journalist Collin Rugg reports: "Large group of anti-Trump and Elon protesters get smoked out by an individual driving a truck before one man got in a fist fight with him in the middle of the street. … "The young man driving the truck had allegedly driven around the block multiple times, rolling coal as he drove...

A version of the H5N1 bird flu virus that killed a person in Louisiana and severely sickened a teenager in Canada has now been detected in dairy herds in Nevada. The version, known as D1.1, is circulating in wild birds around the nation — causing massive die-offs in places such as Chicago, upstate New York and Ohio. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the finding Wednesday. It’s different from the version circulating in dairy cows, which has caused only relatively mild illness in humans, although it has killed scores of domestic and wild cats....

Sometimes, government makes a bad bet. Case in point: the Ivanpah solar project. Maybe you’ve seen the unsightly, blindingly bright towers while traveling from L.A. to Las Vegas, in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada state line. Maybe you’ve read about birds getting fried to death as they fly through the sunlight directed to the tops of the towers by fields of mirrors.

High-speed rail proponents who look forward to the bullet train connecting Southern California to Las Vegas may get sticker shock from the initial ticket prices.

Before police found a woman in a freezer, Daniel Roush, who became the suspect in her death, told police the woman was out of town visiting her brother. Roush, 38, who is transgender and also goes by the name Jazlynn Roush, faces murder, abuse, burglary and drug charges in connection with the death of 68-year-old Monique Gilbertson. Gina Lopez, Roush’s wife, was indicted alongside Roush and faces burglary and drug possession counts. Gilbertson’s body was found stored in a freezer inside her mobile home in the east Las Vegas Valley on Nov. 6. Body camera footage shows Metropolitan Police Department...

President Trump said the U.S. could possibly eliminate the federal income tax if his tariff plans work out as intended. "If the tariffs work out like I think, a thing like that could happen, if you want to know the truth," he said. "Years ago, 1870 to 1913, we didn't have an income tax. What we had is tariffs." Trump also said the additional IRS agents the Biden administration hired could potentially move to the border.