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
The April 28 attack was condemned by Christian clergy in Jerusalem and came amid a rise in harassment of religious officials and pilgrims by religious Jews in the walled Old City, home to sites holy to Christians, Muslims and Jews. Yonah Shreiber, 36, was arrested a day after the attack. CCTV footage shows the attacker, wearing a Jewish kippah and ritual tassels, chase the nun from behind before pushing her to the ground. He then began to kick a passerby who tried to intervene, the footage shows.
Today is day 69 of the Iran war. Read more
'Thank You Jesus' sign founder accepts guilty plea deal for third degree sexual exploitation of a minor charge. Lucas Hunt, recognized for popularizing yellow "Thank You Jesus" yard signs in the community, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor during a court hearing in Randolph County.
President Donald Trump's abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after a key Gulf ally suspended the U.S. military's ability to use its bases ...
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
GEO Group CEO George Zoley, the head of a private prison group that owns and operates 23 ICE detention facilities, whined to investors that lawsuits over the deplorable and inhumane conditions at their for-profit gulags are "fundamentally unconstitutional."
Oligarch George Zoley is not a good human being
"Starting 1 July, ICE is reverting to 72 days of instruction at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia, scrapping a 42-day accelerated program implemented last fall. The change is taking place because the agency has completed a hiring surge that more than doubled the number of immigration officers to 22,000."
Too Little, Too Late
SDNY USDJ Kenneth M. Karas unsealed the suicide note purportedly left by Jeffrey Epstein in July 2019:
MCC Prison Cell
What if we're becoming the cable company of countries?
Physical assaults against Jewish people in the U.S. last year reached the highest levels since 1979, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced Wednesday. Why it matters: An overall decline in anti-Jewish harassment and vandalism didn't extend to a reduction in violence. Read more
May 6, 2026
Stephen Colbert travels to Chicago to interview former President Barack Obama at the newly-completed Obama Presidential Center.
Watch as they discuss the president's love for Chicago, his long-term hopes for his legacy, and which presidential powers are ripe for abuse.
Keep watching for three more segments with President Obama and grab tickets to the Museum at the Obama Presidential Center starting May 6th.
Oil prices have plunged on on reports that the US and Iran are nearing a peace deal, a development that paid off big for traders that happened to be shorting crude just ahead of the news.
The Institute for Primary Facts has compiled more than 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files for public display at the newly opened Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room. 17,000 pounds of analog evidence and documents related to Jeffrey Epstein's crimes and his association with Donald Trump.
Acquitted killer Kyle Rittenhouse said he was hospitalized after a venomous spider bite on Wednesday.
The right-wing darling, who was acquitted of murdering two people and shooting another with an AR-15-style rifle during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest when he was 17, shared photos of himself in the hospital and where the apparent spider bite was located on his leg.
Iran says a US proposal to end the war is "still being considered", after reports the two sides could be close to an agreement.
US news outlet Axios reported on Wednesday that the White House believes it could be closing in on a 14-point memorandum of understanding with Iran.
A senior member of Iran's parliament dismissed it as a "wish list", while a foreign ministry spokesman said Tehran would share its views of a US proposal with Pakistani mediators.
