So now it's clear: The Trump administration has not kept sensitive details of national security secure. As the Trump administration has responded with a mixture of denials, brush-offs, lies and vitriolic attacks on Mr. Goldberg, I've found myself worrying less about the leak and more about the character of the people in charge of our nation's defense. The breach is serious, but security breaches can be plugged. Men and women who have shown themselves to have no character, though, can never be trusted. Not with national security, not with anything. Read more
Another federal judge has blocked enforcement of Trumpf's order banning transgender people from serving in the military, the second nationwide injunction against the policy in as many weeks. The order from US District Judge Benjamin Settle in Tacoma came in a case brought by several long-serving transgender military members who say the ban is insulting and discriminatory, and that their firing would cause lasting damage to their careers and reputations. "The government's unrelenting reliance on deference to military judgment is unjustified in the absence of any evidence supporting the military's' new judgment reflected in the Military Ban." Lieutenant Colonel Bree Fram was the highest ranking transgender officer in the Department of Defense in 2021 (pictured below). Read more
Police identified and charged Ilya Kukhar (26) for impersonating an immigration agent, after allegedly stalking a Ukrainian market with fake "ICE" decals on his car in Fife, Washington. Kukhar, who is "not employed by any federal law enforcement agency," has been charged with one count of Criminal Impersonation in the Second Degree.
He is currently not in police custody and his initial arraignment is scheduled for 11 Apr. As if things weren't bad enough with ICE raids, this lunatic was stalking Ukrainians. Read more
The National Transportation Safety Board said all of the data that shows the regular near misses and close proximity events at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) was publicly available data. "Between October 2021 and December 2024 there were over 15,000 close proximity events between commercial aircraft and helicopters at DCA," NTSB Chairman Jennifer Homendy said as she and Rocheleau testified before the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space and Innovation. Read more
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- The leader of a small group of self-described satanists and at least one other person were arrested Friday following a scuffle inside the Kansas Statehouse arising from an effort by the group's leader to start a "Black Mass" in the rotunda. About 30 members of the Kansas City-area Satanic Grotto, led by its president, Michael Stewart, rallied outside the Statehouse for the separation of church and state. The group also protested what members called the state's favoritism toward Christians in allowing events inside. Gov. Laura Kelly temporarily banned protests inside, just for Friday, weeks after Stewart's group scheduled its indoor ceremony. Read more
Billionaire Elon Musk on Friday said his artificial intelligence startup xAI is buying his social networking platform X in a deal valuing the company, once known as Twitter at $33 billion. "This combination will unlock immense potential by blending xAI's advanced AI capability and expertise with X's massive reach," Musk said in a post on his social network. X has more than 600 million users, and its future is "intertwined" with that of xAI, launched two years ago, according to Musk. "Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent," Musk said of combining the two companies. "This will allow us to build a platform that doesn't just reflect the world but actively accelerates human progress." Expand article logo Continue reading The companies are being combined in an all-stock deal that values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, factoring in the social network's $12 billion debt.
US stocks tumbled Friday and a broad selloff gripped Wall Street as investors digested slightly stubborn inflation data and weakening consumer sentiment while wrestling with continued tariff anxiety.
The Dow tumbled and closed lower by 716 points, or 1.7%. The broader S&P 500 fell 1.97% and the Nasdaq Composite slid 2.7%. The slide on Friday put all three major indexes in the red for this week. Read more
"This is a revolution, and I think it might be the biggest revolution in the government since the original revolution," Musk, flanked by seven DOGE colleagues, told Fox News. Read more
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from dismantling the Voice of America, the U.S.-run international broadcasting service.
The city of Los Angeles has issued just four rebuilding permits in the Pacific Palisades 75 days after a fire devastated most of the coastal community, highlighting the city's struggle with providing basic government services. After the city dedicated significant resources to tearing down a 20-year-old family treehouse earlier this month over permitting disagreements, many individuals highlighted their struggles with obtaining permits for building even simple structures. According to Los Angeles City Councilwoman Traci Park, who represents the Pacific Palisades, only four permits have been issued for rebuilding thus far after a fire destroyed 6,000 structures and leveled much of the community. Read more
In an attempt to strengthen his populist base, Trump is considering letting his previous tax cuts expire to eliminate taxes on tips.
"We applaud the Trump administration for stepping up to end the free trade disaster that has devastated working-class communities for decades. Ending the race to the bottom in the auto industry starts with fixing our broken trade deals, and the Trump administration has made history with today's actions."
[...] idiot.
Is it scientific impossibility or simply human ego that stops us from entertaining the idea of extraterrestrial visitation? Read more
U.S. House members in two of Alabama's three districts with major automotive plants Thursday criticized President Donald Trump's plans to impose 25% tariffs on automobiles and automobile parts. The tariffs could hit Alabama's car plants hard. Most of Alabama's leading imports in 2023 " including oil, engines, transmissions and ignition sets " went toward building automobiles. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Selma, whose district includes the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance, wrote on social media Thursday that she has not supported tariffs on automobile parts since Trump proposed them in his first term in 2019.
For the 13th consecutive year, the city of Chicago once again reigned as the nation's homicide capital in 2024 with 573 murders. Ted Dabrowski, the president of Wirepoints, believes that the illness has festered for too long. Even as overall murder rates across the country dipped, Chicago also claimed the top spot for the highest murder rate per capita among big cities at 21.5 per 100,000 population. That's three times the level of Los Angeles and nearly five times that of New York City. "It means we have a real problem and we're sick," Dabrowski told The Center Square. "Until we get serious, this murder problem is going to be a drag on the city in terms of attracting people, attracting businesses and, worse, it's going to keep chasing people away and chasing businesses away. It's something we have to get our hands around."
