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“I think having this internal team will really help us transform our [AI] adoption across the organization,” Secret Service CIO and CAIO Chris Kraft said about the push to bring fresh tech talent into the agency.

June Lake is part of Mono County, which has the highest average gas price in the United States. “My husband and I were watching the news this morning, and it came on about $4 gas and I said, ‘Well, where are you? Ours is $7.50!’” she said, citing the price at the only gas station in her town.

A Chinese researcher at the University of Michigan took his own life after being subjected to 'hostile questioning' by federal agents, it is claimed. Danhao Wang, an assistant research scientist in the school's College of Engineering, died on March 20 inside the university after falling to his death. Police said they are investigating his death as a 'possible act of self-harm', with the China Ministry of Foreign Affairs claiming he took his life after 'hostile questioning'. A statement, which did not name Wang, said that the postdoctoral scholar took his life 'after being subjected to hostile questioning by U.S. law...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom is a filmmaker whose documentaries have been seen by millions —but that didn’t happen purely because of talent. Siebel Newsom leaned on her powerful hubby and his education board to push preachy flicks about “toxic masculinity” into classrooms, casting her husband as an enlightened Democratic savior —all while raking in up to $300,000 annually through her nonprofit, The Representation Project, and for-profit outfit Girls Club Entertainment. “I turned the lens on boys and men and looked at the boy crisis in America and how we were failing our boys and men with this...

President Trump vowed Monday to catch the “leaker” who revealed that US forces were not immediately able to rescue the second F-15 pilot shot down over Iran — as he retold of the wounded airman’s dramatic weekend rescue. “We’re looking very hard to find that leaker,” Trump said in the White House briefing room. “They basically said that we have one and there’s somebody missing. Well, [Iran] didn’t know there was somebody missing until this leaker gave the information.” “We think we’ll be able to find it out, because we’re going to go to the media company that released it,...

Based on the CPI, inflation is relatively cool. Don't be fooled. It's much higher than advertised, and you can see it clearly if you look at the right data. When talking heads on CNBC or Fox Business talk about inflation, they always reference the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This metric measures the price changes in a “basket of goods.” This gives a fair approximation of price inflation (although intentionally understated), but it doesn’t give us a good gauge on the trajectory of inflation as historically economically defined. Inflation isn’t just “rising prices.” Historically, inflation was defined as an increase in...

While American forces conducted an astonishing rescue of a downed Weapons Systems Officer, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) escalated the stakes against Iran's leadership yet again, going after the men in charge of Tehran's oppression and terror organizations. One of this weekend's big names is Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, now confirmed dead, who until the moment of his vaporization served as the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence organization. Khademi's death was confirmed Monday by an IRGC statement carried by the Iranian state Fars news service. The same IRGC statement said that funeral and burial arrangements would...

Rep. Eric Swalwell, a top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee and candidate for California governor, relentlessly pressed to release all the Jeffrey Epstein files — even if innocent people were implicated — going so far as to suggest withholding funding to the Justice Department. “If the president is not implicated, then why not release everything?” Swalwell asked FBI Director Kash Patel in a tense exchange at a congressional hearing late last year that typified his pressure campaign. But Swalwell’s tone on unlimited transparency shifted markedly last week when he learned the Trump White House might release a long-secret trove...

Editor's note: This column contains embeds of a social media post with language that might offend some people. Then again, you probably knew it was coming when you clicked the link.Well, sure: It wasn’t the most traditional Easter Day message (NSFW):“Open the Fuckin’ Strait,” Trump writes on Truth Social. “Praise be to Allah.” pic.twitter.com/7riSpTVLWJ— bryan metzger (@metzgov) April 5, 2026Naturally, all the people who already hated Donald Trump were aghast:On Easter morning, this is what President Trump posted.Everyone in his administration that claims to be a Christian needs to fall on their knees and beg forgiveness from God and stop...

Political media habitually use “race” to describe contests for public office. However the word implies movement and therefore would be inaccurate if applied to this year’s election of a new governor. Sixty-one names will be on the June 2 primary ballot, including 10 leaders who profess to be serious about seeking the office. However, they aren’t racing. Rather, the eight top-polling Democrats seem to be in a children’s game, sitting in a circle staring at each other, waiting for someone to blink. Meanwhile, the two top Republicans are taking potshots at each other, potentially undermining the GOP’s only chance to...

Election integrity is not some paranoid concern.AdvertisementIt is a real, documented, ongoing challenge that persists even in jurisdictions that have made serious efforts to secure the vote. Nowhere is that reality more evident than in Florida. Over the past several years, its Republican statehouse has enacted some of the most comprehensive election integrity reforms in the country.In 2021, lawmakers passed a sweeping overhaul that tightened voter registration rules. It shortened the duration of mail ballot requests, strengthened identification requirements for absentee voting, and imposed strict controls on ballot drop boxes and third-party registration groups. These were not cosmetic changes. They...

Not long ago, Iran was described as an imminent threat.AdvertisementNow we are told it wasn’t a threat at all.What changed?AdvertisementNot the facts. The politics.That shift is playing out in real time as the narrative around the Iran war evolves. A recent Rasmussen Reports poll found that a majority of likely U.S. voters believe the conflict has been successful so far. Under normal circumstances, that would invite a sober reassessment.AdvertisementInstead, it has produced something closer to denial.AdvertisementImage created by ChatGPT AdvertisementFrom the beginning, critics warned that confronting Iran would spark chaos across the Middle East, destabilize global markets, and drag the...

I just saw a list of the commodities that are undergoing restriction of distribution in the Strait of Hormuz. When seeing a stark view of them, together as a group, I hadn't realized how extensive it is: 1) oil (gasoline and deisel), 2) liquid natural gas (LNG), 3) urea (fertilizer for food), 4) sulfuric acid (phosphate fertilizers for farming), 5) helium (microchips). (Source: Larry Johnson, today 04/06/2026 at 9 AM E.S.T.). I would like to hear from someone who has a good, fundamental understanding of economics, about the following question, (not someone who is an academic egghead, not anyone who...

Iran on Monday rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war, even as Israel attacked a major gas field and U.S. President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to open the Strait of Hormuz loomed. “We only accept an end of the war with guarantees that we won’t be attacked again,” Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, head of Iran’s diplomatic mission in Cairo, told The Associated Press. He said Iran no longer trusts the Trump administration after the U.S. bombed the Islamic Republic twice during previous rounds of talks. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency said Tehran conveyed its...

On a warm Sunday afternoon in February, the Huntington Library was packed with Lunar New Year festivities and early spring fever. A dozen giddy preteens gathered at the entrance, eager to walk on the pristinely landscaped San Marino grounds. Sporting brown berets and screen-printed vests with colorful hand-sewn badges, they followed chaperones inside as guests waiting in line recognized them. "Oh, my God," one fangirl said as another clapped. "It’s the Radical Monarchs!" Remaining calm and composed amid the applause, the tightknit group of girls strutted straight past bright red-clothed calligraphy tables and tea ceremonies to the MaryLou and George...

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif), who is currently a leading candidate to become his state's next governor, issued a cease-and-desist letter to FBI Director Kash Patel contending that "the FBI's intrusion into my relationship with Christine Fang is a violation of my privacy. She was a student who helped me campaign for Congress and is still a friend. The allegation that I may have divulged sensitive classified data to her that she passed on to China was proved false when Christopher Wray was the FBI Director while Biden was president. The case against me was dismissed. There is no need to...

President Donald Trump complained that Americans won’t let him stay in Iran long enough to take the country’s oil, which is what he’d really like to do. The president was answering reporters’ questions during the traditional White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday when one asked, “What do you say to Americans who are not a fan of the war?” “They’re foolish because the war is about one thing: Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Had we not broken the Barack Hussein Obama agreement — you know that, you know what I’m talking about, the Iran nuclear deal. This is...

Jamie Dimon has issued a stark warning that the Iran war could send inflation surging again and deal a fresh blow to financial markets. The JPMorgan boss said rising oil and commodity prices risk pushing up the cost of living - and forcing interest rates higher just as Americans were hoping for relief. That combination could hit everything from mortgage rates to stock portfolios.For households, that means higher prices at the gas pump, in grocery stores and across everyday essentials as rising energy costs ripple through the economy. It could also spell trouble for retirement savings, with Dimon warning that...

Imtiaz Mahmood@ImtiazMadmood·5hThis isn't Beirut or Tehran. This is Macron's France.Images of the destruction caused by riots from Kurdish immigrants in France are making headlines around the world.This is a reality that the mainstream media isn't reporting on. Why?- @HJB_News_ April 6, 2026

Donald Trump has branded Mexico a narco-state, accusing it of failing to control its border.