LAST YEAR, NEARLY all Cybertrucks had to be recalled because Tesla used the wrong glue on a steel trim panel that the carmaker said could become detached while driving. Now, yet another embarrassing recall exposes that the electric pickup could see wheels come off certain models due to the use of the wrong grease. In what is the 11th Cybertruck recall so far, alongside concerns that the stainless steel trucks could be rusting, Tesla is recalling its Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) Cybertruck Long Range over faulty brake rotors. In a notice posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Tesla states that "brake rotor stud holes may crack and allow the stud to separate from the wheel hub."
Donald Trump is not much of a reader. But there's a book in the White House that " if he cracked it open " could change the course of his presidency and of America itself.
Three years ago, in the pages of Vanity Fair, I wrote about a manual that almost no one in America has ever seen. Inside the White House complex, in a secure location known to only a handful of people, sits an instruction book informally called the "Doomsday Book".
Its contents are formally known by an anodyne acronym " PEADs, or Presidential Emergency Action Documents. Read more
President Donald Trump announced on Friday afternoon that there will be a brief pause in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, effective this weekend. When Trump took office for his second term, he bragged that he could solve the conflict in Ukraine within 24 hours. This did not happen, and he spent several months alternating between trying to force either side to capitulate. All of this comes as the president struggles to navigate the war he started in Iran, which currently has no resolution in sight.
WASHINGTON ' The Pentagon released "never-before-seen" files on unidentified flying objects, and armchair investigators are furiously combing through them for evidence of "smoking gun" information that some believe the government may have been withholding in the 80-plus years it's been investigating reports of such sightings.
A private event for Muslims at a Texas city-owned water park has been canceled following backlash and a direct threat by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to withhold more than $500,000 in state public safety funding.
Foreign Interference in American Governance
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the state's redistricting referendum was unconstitutional and struck down the redraw of the state's House maps. "We hold that the legislative process employed to advance this proposal violated Article XII, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia," they wrote. "This constitutional violation incurably taints the resulting referendum vote and nullifies its legal efficacy." The decision is a considerable blow to House Democrats, who had hoped to balance out the redistricting efforts of several Republican-leaning states to improve their odds in the November midterms.
Quantum weirdness may be quietly blurring time itself--offering a tantalizing clue to the universe's deepest laws. Read more
Nonfarm payrolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 115,000 in April, down from the 185,000 created in an unusually strong March, but better than the 55,000 forecast. The unemployment rate held at 4.3%, further proof that the labor market has reached a point where only modest job creation is needed to keep the jobless level steady. Following recent trends, healthcare led with 37,000 new positions, though multiple other sectors also saw gains.
The Virginia Supreme Court overturned the results of the state's redistricting referendum, which voters narrowly approved last month. Why it matters: The ruling upends one of the most closely watched redistricting fights in the country. It follows months of legal challenges over whether the referendum was unconstitutional. Read more
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday struck down a voter-approved Democratic congressional redistricting plan, delivering another major setback to the party in a nationwide battle against Republicans for an edge in this year's midterm elections.
Pope Leo XIV granted USSECSTATE Marco Rubio an audience at the Apostolic Palace where America's top diplomat presented His Holiness with a crystal football.
Was US Funding of Israel or IDF Blasphemies Against Christians in Gaza or Lebanon Discussed?
Donald Trump-endorsed Ohio Republican Congressman Max Miller (37) has been accused of beating his ex-wife Emily Moreno (32), the daughter of Ohio Republican Senator Bernie Moreno, and hurling a pot of boiling water at her.
The couple were married at Bedminster Club in Aug 2022 with Dummkopf Trumpf in attendance
OpEd: Thousands of miles from the Persian Gulf, economic and political shrapnel from the Iran war has left longtime American allies nervous about the staying power and stability of their partnerships with the United States.
The new law, signed this month by Gov. Bob Ferguson, terminates the overfunded pension account at the end of June 2029. It would then reinstate the fund, leaving 110% of what the state expects to owe its members. As of June 2024, the fund was 160% funded. By 2029, it's expected to reach more than 200%. This move is expected to sweep nearly $4 billion from the Law Enforcement Officers' and Firefighters' System Plan 1, or LEOFF 1, with that surplus put into a separate pot where it could potentially cover general state expenses. Read more
Today is day 69 of the Iran war. Read more
While the IDF has been intensifying its brutal operations in Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, photos of an IDF soldier smoking while putting a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary surfaced, the latest IDF effrontery against Christianity.
IDF Sacrileges and Looting Will Continue
