Graham Platner, the populist political newcomer who Democrats had hoped could flip a critical U.S. Senate seat in Maine, ended his campaign Wednesday night with a bitter and defiant statement after a woman he previously dated publicly accused him of sexual assault. Maine Democrats have until July 27 to choose a replacement candidate to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R).
Two teens who engaged a Waymo car for an afternoon of carousing were busted after the vehicle delivered them to the San Mateo police. The 15-year-olds allegedly were drinking alcohol and shooting water beads from a toy gun as they rode in the driverless car Monday, the police's social media post said. Waymo stopped the car in a parking lot and notified the police, who detained the teens. Read more
If a Democratic politician suggests a slight tax increase or says that, perhaps, the government should regulate certain matters so as to protect the health, safety, and well-being of Americans from demonstrable risks and harms, they are painted as Stalin 2.0 and the political press goes on a weeks-long jag about whether radical socialism is right for America. Meanwhile, Trump has opened up nationalized, price-controlled gas stations Read more
Dummkopf Trumpf bleated that the viscerally disliked Bill Pulte, Acting Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), can declassify "whatever" records he wants and can declassify "almost everything."
Unpopular mega-oligarch Scott Bessent threatened the hated Bill Pulte with physical violence a few months ago. Cat fight!
US District Judge Lynn Adelman sentenced former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan (67) $5,000 for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade brutal ICE agents: "I think this is a situation where an otherwise good person, upset by immigration policies in this country, made a bad decision in the moment."
The Honorable USDJ Lynn Adelman
Worst-run USDOD in inter-galactic history, no doubt whatsoever
If Republicans are really looking for election fraud, they might want to check on their own party members. In Massachusetts, the State Ballot Law Commission ruled last week to disqualify Republican candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general from the state's primary election after they submitted allegedly forged signatures to get their names on the ballot. Ahead of the 2024 general election, residents in St. Johns County received flyers that listed the Republican Party's "official 2024 membership-approved endorsements""but included a very different list of candidates from the one the party actually supported. St. Johns County Commissioners Sarah Arnold and Christian Whitehurst, St. Augustine Beach city commissioner and former Mayor Dylan Rumrell, and Jamie Lynn Johnson each face two misdemeanor counts for conspiracy and producing a false voter guide. Read more
A park that President Donald Trump bragged that he had "renovated" for $16 million suddenly had its water turn a murky brown this week, the latest in a string of his D.C. beautification "disasters."
Meridian Hill Park " also known as Malcolm X Park " saw its iconic cascading fountain go from sparkling blue to a thick, opaque brown by Tuesday, just months after the National Park Service completed a full restoration.
The agency blamed sediment flushed from pipes that had been out of service for years.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been accused of a potential ethics violation over a major rare earth minerals deal announced by the US government that has links to his family-run financial firm, Cantor Fitzgerald. .
US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) letter
Florida's anti-woke law restricting how lessons on race and gender can be taught in colleges and universities -- policies championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis -- violates the free speech rights of professors, a panel of appeals court judges ruled Tuesday.
The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division sent letters to election officials in all 50 states on Tuesday threatening criminal action if they knowingly allow non-U.S. citizens to vote or to remain on their voter rolls, the department confirmed to CBS News.
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was leaving Turkey aboard an older Air Force One aircraft rather than a recently renovated Qatari-donated jet, an unexpected switch that renewed scrutiny of the costly, fast-tracked retrofit.
Nairobi's 'Birdman' Rodgers Magutha rescues injured birds and lives with them, while defending his unusual bond with wildlife and conservation work.
Maybe someone from an embassy in Nairobi could get Rodgers Magutha this book
The longer the Ukraine war continues, the more Putin loses touch with reality. With the fuel crisis in Russia and the Crimea siege, Russians are unhappy with Putin more than ever before.
Recently Putin was interviewed by Russian TV about the fuel shortage, and it's one of the most embarrassing interviews he's ever done.
Let's react to Putin's cope and see why Russians are making fun of this interview.
At a US Border Patrol checkpoint in southern Texas, federal authorities arrested Luke David Brader (80) and Susan Brader (74) after discovering more than 345 pounds of cocaine inside a trailer they were towing.
Life imitates art
