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Monday, May 11, 2026

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, requested that DODIG Platte B. Moring III conduct an investigation after the Trump administration repeatedly awarded lucrative DOD contracts to companies affiliated with the president's family.

DODIG Platte B. Moring III


Most people are well aware at this stage that their activity is being observed on just about every website and platform they visit. But if there is only one place you would hope might be free of invasive trackers, it'd be healthcare exchanges operated by state governments. Don't get those hopes up. According to a report from Bloomberg, all 20 state-run healthcare marketplaces include advertising trackers that share information with Big Tech companies.


A new poll shows that a large majority of Americans say they think there is too much money in U.S. politics. Politico released a poll on Saturday showing that 72 percent of Americans say there's too much money in politics, whereas 5 percent say they disagree.


Sunday, May 10, 2026

The White House released a wide-ranging counterterrorism strategy describing narco-terrorists, Islamist terrorists, and violent left-wing extremists as a triad posing "significant and pervasive" dangers to the homeland.

Proud Boys and Oath Keepers Not a Terrorism Threat to US


The flights are notable not only for their proximity to the coast, which puts them well within range of gathering intelligence, but for the suddenness of their appearance.


Wage growth for workers has stagnated while CEOs' earnings continue to rise, according to a new report released Thursday from Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation. In the U.S., according to Oxfam, CEO pay increased about 20 times faster than workers' wages in the past year, based on an analysis of data from the S&P Capital IQ database, the Federal Reserve and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.


Doctors have been warned to be on the lookout for "imported" hantavirus cases as American passengers return home from a cruise hit by an outbreak of the deadly disease. New Jersey joined five other states on Friday in announcing it was tracking residents who were onboard the MV Hondius, where eight cases of the illness were confirmed, with three deaths. Seven American passengers left the Dutch cruise ship last month, and 17 more are due to disembark in the Canary Islands on Sunday before being brought home.


A prominent Baptist pastor told Fox News on Saturday that President Donald Trump has a "better understanding" of the bible than Pope Leo XIV when it concerns the military conflict with Iran. Robert Jeffress, a Fox News contributor, made the comments on "Fox News Live" two days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with the pope in Europe. While Jeffress, a megachurch pastor in Dallas, said Leo was a "good man" and "sincere in his faith,' he argued that the pontiff is "sincerely wrong when it comes to Iran."


President Donald Trump declared Iran's latest peace proposal "totally unacceptable" in a blistering Truth Social post on Sunday, signaling that negotiations to end the Iran war remain deeply deadlocked. "I have just read the response from Iran's so-called 'Representatives,'" Trump wrote. "I don't like it " TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!"


George Retes woke up on July 10, 2025, hoping the day would change his life for the better. Retes, an Army veteran, worked as a security contractor for a legal cannabis farm in Ventura County, California. After seven months on the graveyard shift, working from midnight to 8 a.m., Retes was eager to move to a daytime schedule and spend more waking hours with his family.


We gathered a list of the foods that these attorneys will never risk eating. Their top three are below, but other items mentioned include raw oysters (an increasing hazard on a warming planet), raw milk, unpasteurized juice, undercooked hamburger or other meat, raw or undercooked eggs and even hotel waffle batter dispensers.

("No way," said personal injury lawyer Mark Hirsch. "Warm, stagnant batter is a breeding ground for foodborne illness.")


Ousted and disgraced Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino is threatening to start his own mass deportation operation as the white supremacist rages against his old bosses and fumes over "illegal aliens" getting free healthcare in Oklahoma.

Greg Bovino is Completely Reviled in his Community


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) " Iran has sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, Iran's state-run media said Sunday. Pakistan confirmed receiving it.


In Maui, a white tourist (37) from Seattle, WA threw a large rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal which narrowly missed its head, then boasted to the witness who was video-recording him: I don't care. Fine me, I'm rich.'

This Wealthy Reprobate is Probably a Tesla-owning MAGA


A Field Guide to the Day After In Russia


Hungary's new prime minister, Pter Magyar, has been sworn in, almost a month after he steered his Tisza party to a landslide victory, sweeping away 16 years of rule by Viktor Orbán. "I will not rule over Hungary -- I will serve my country," Magyar said after he took the oath of office in parliament.


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