Conservative lawmakers and pundits alike spoke out on the internet Friday after President Donald Trump announced a new deal that will temporarily lift certain tariffs on ground beef imports, with Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) warning "this will further harm" American ranchers, "most of whom are MAGA Republicans." In addition to Sheehy, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) also chimed in Friday, writing, "I'm extremely disappointed by this decision from the White House. We all want lower grocery prices, but as I've said for months, we cannot do it at the expense of American producers."
A Security Aviation aircraft carrying a pilot and seven passengers crashed Thursday en route to Southwest Alaska, authorities say. The Cessna 441 was bound from Anchorage to Cape Newenham, according to National Transportation Safety Board investigator Millicent Hill. The plane crashed west of Cape Newenham's airport around 12:15 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It departed from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. read more
California is in the midst of a record-shattering investment wave, fueled by the artificial-intelligence boom in Silicon Valley. Companies based in the Golden State have drawn around $366 billion of venture capital since the beginning of the year, according to data provider PitchBook. That's more than three times the amount of venture funding that has gone into the other 49 states combined, and nearly double California's previous record, set in 2025. New York state ranks a distant second in venture-capital investment, with $27 billion in deals announced so far this year.
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President Donald Trump's close aide Natalie Harp apparently worked inside the White House for a year without a security clearance, according to a report on Wednesday. Both people said Harp's reasoning for failing to complete the process was unknown," Traylor wrote in a post on X. "After concerns mounted among the White House counsel's office and security officials, the president himself intervened and Harp in recent months filled out the forms to launch a formal federal background investigation and received the clearance, one of the people said."
Stinky will pawn off horse meat as beef.