A "yes" vote supported the following: prohibiting state and local governments from restricting access to natural gas; prohibiting the state building code council from discouraging or penalizing the use of natural gas in any building; requiring gas companies and utility companies, or any cities or towns that provide natural gas, to provide natural gas to any person or corporation even if other energy services or energy sources may be available; and prohibiting the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission from approving any multiyear rate plan requiring or incentivizing a natural gas company or utility company to terminate natural gas service or implementing requirements that would make access to natural gas service cost-prohibitive. Read more
Typhus, a flea-borne bacterial disease, is on the rise in Los Angeles County, with the latest localized case reported in the Wilshire Center neighborhood, public health officials said Tuesday. The disease is spread to humans by infected fleas that commonly live on rats, opossums, stray cats and other animals. Common symptoms include headaches, chills, muscle aches and rash. The Wilshire Center case is the second localized typhus outbreak this year, according to the LA County Department of Public Health. Read more
The number of Americans who file for bankruptcy is growing. More than 500,000 people took this step in 2025, nearly 50% more than in 2022. And the numbers have kept on climbing, with a 12% jump in June 2026 from a year earlier as many consumers struggled to pay their bills. Read more
According to the FDA, Intercon Chemical Co. has issued a voluntary recall of six of its soaps that are sold nationwide due to potential bacterial contamination. Below, we're sharing everything you need to know. Read more
Donald Trump disclosed, in a filing released Tuesday, more than 1,100 securities transactions made on his behalf in July, including sales of as much as $25 million each of Microsoft and Amazon shares, as his sprawling investment portfolio underwent another month of heavy trading. Read more
Hurricane Polo has rapidly intensified off the coast of Mexico to become one of the most powerful storms of the season in the Pacific Ocean. A Hurricane Hunter aircraft, operated by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), flew into the storm on Tuesday and recorded sustained wind speeds near 180 mph (285 km/h), with stronger gusts. Read more
The Department of Justice's website took down a list of President Donald Trump's pardons, only to partially return it after online outcry. On Tuesday, Democratic political strategist and CNN commentator Xochitl Hinojosa flagged the sudden change in a post on X, noting that "all Trump pardons have been scrubbed" from the DOJ website. "They're gone....," confirmed MeidasTouch Capitol Hill journalist Scott MacFarlane in a quote post reacting to Hinojosa. The DOJ Rapid Response account responded to Hinojosa's post by saying what she saw "was due to a technical issue and it was promptly fixed. The page has been restored." Hinojosa noted, "They reinstated parts of it after this tweet," but she maintained, "No, it wasn't just a 'website error' on their end."
When Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping meets with President Donald Trump this week, he should thank him. (We know from President Zelenskyy's first Oval Office visit with Trump's team how much they like it when you say thank you!) In the first two years of his second term, Trump has taken a series of foreign policy decisions that have weakened America's global position and strengthened China's. In turn, Trump's foreign policy has significantly damaged America's reputation in the world, while China's standing has risen"so much so that China is now viewed more favorably than the United States in many countries that are traditional U.S. allies. Xi has much to be thankful for. Read more
President Donald Trump's top media attack dog used to be involved with a sketchy addiction recovery group where women were allegedly sexually exploited by male group leaders. Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission, was formerly associated with the Midtown Group"a rogue chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous based in Washington, D.C., that some former members described as a "cult," according to The Guardian. The group's one-time leader, Michael Quinones, was the mastermind behind its manipulative and sexually exploitative conduct, former members told the outlet. Quinones, who died of cancer in 2007, was a controlling force in their lives, dictating where they lived, worked, and went to school.
Government contractors are banned from making political contributions. The FBI anti-corruption squad was circling Susan Collins, who received $150,000 in an illegal plan in which a defense contractor donated through a shell company in return for $21,000,000 in federal naval contracts " until Trump got in the way
WASHINGTON " An overwhelmed U.S. postal worker in Utah threw 300 mail-in ballots into a parking lot dumpster shortly before the state's June 23 primary election in which both Democrats and Republicans were on the ballot, Justice Department officials said Tuesday.
The Justice Department said late Tuesday that three major national media can be shut out from areas of the White House at the president's will, and because their coverage could be a threat to national security. A court filing from the Trump administration late Tuesday night argues "access to the White House is a privilege, not a right," in spite of First Amendment protections around press freedom. Read more
Republican Senator John Curtis is demanding an investigation into Donald Trump Jr. after a Russian oligarch close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Umar Kremlev, bankrolled his wedding party. In a post on X, Curtis posted a three-page letter he sent to the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, and the committee's ranking member, Democratic Senator Dick Durbin, calling for Trump Jr. to be subpoenaed as part of a larger investigation into his business dealings and relationships with foreign individuals. Curtis also called for the same scrutiny of Hunter Biden. Read more
Social media users called out Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins as "ridiculously out of touch" after she made an eyebrow-raising remark about the high beef prices in America on Monday's episode of "The Benny Show." "It's like, the gas price, the steak price " no good. What are we doing about that?" Johnson asked. Rollins countered that prices were slightly down, and then attempted to blame former President Joe Biden and Democrats for the high cost of beef, citing what she called "the leftist agenda to destroy our cattle herds, take them off of our grazing lands, basically say they're responsible for climate change." "We have more people eating beef than ever before," she claimed. "But if it is too expensive " unlike fuel, Benny " you can eat chicken, pork, salmon, eggs. There are other sources of really good protein, and all of those prices are coming down as well."
In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen. Susan Collins walked into a perilous meeting at a Corner Bakery in Washington, D.C. For the first time in her two-decade Senate career, the Republican lawmaker from Maine was in danger of losing her seat. President Donald Trump's dismal approval ratings were dragging her down in the polls, and she was falling behind her likely 2020 Democratic challenger in fundraising. Read more
Pasta sold nationwide at Walmart stores is being recalled over possible listeria contamination, according to a recent announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Bettergoods Authentic Italian Lemon Alfredo Fettuccine was recalled after "routine sampling" in two states found the finished product may contain listeria monocytogenes, "an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems."
