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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent blasted Target’s nearly $1 billion tariff refund as “corporate welfare,” even as trade courts and analysts describe the payouts as required by law after recent rulings. Story Highlights Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called large tariff refunds a “corporate bonanza.” Courts ordered refunds after tariffs under emergency powers were ruled unlawful. Target […]
Google’s new Gmail “Verified Sender” program will steer more political fundraising emails into your inbox starting September 8, raising fresh worries about digital gatekeepers shaping our attention. Story Highlights Gmail will deliver messages from verified political committees to inboxes, including fundraising appeals. Senders must pass identity checks and keep spam complaints under 0.3% over 14…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported a convicted child sex offender back to Mexico after he abused his own daughter in Virginia, underscoring a zero‑tolerance stance for criminal noncitizens. Story Highlights Homeland Security confirmed the removal of Marcelo Vasquez-Reyna, a Mexican national convicted in Virginia. The conviction was for “indecent liberties with a child,” tied to […]
Prosecutors say a Stockton City Council candidate listed a bar and an apartment she did not live in, and now she faces five felony counts. Story Snapshot San Joaquin County prosecutors charged Desiree Lynch with three perjury counts and two election-fraud counts. Investigators say Lynch lived in Lodi and North Stockton, not in District 5 […]
A state supreme court opinion accused the United States Supreme Court of “white sight,” and a national group is asking the justices in Washington to punish the authors for it. Story Snapshot Hawaii’s high court opinion said, “The Roberts Court sees only white,” in a 91-page case. America First Policy Institute asked the United States […]
America’s cancer patients are being told to wait longer for lifesaving treatment, even as studies link each week of delay to higher risks of death. Story Snapshot A national study of 2.7 million patients found longer waits to start cancer treatment since 2012. Delays grew across six major cancers, with the biggest jumps at high-volume […]
Federal immigration officers removed a convicted child sex offender from Virginia after warning that Governor Abigail Spanberger’s policies risked keeping criminals on the street. Story Highlights Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported Marcelo Vasquez-Reyna after his Virginia conviction for indecent liberties with a child. Department of Homeland Security urged Virginia to transfer custody…
Thirty years after Tupac Shakur was shot dead on the Las Vegas Strip, prosecutors told a jury the man accused of orchestrating the killing confessed to it himself, on camera. Story Snapshot Opening statements began Monday in the murder trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis in Las Vegas, nearly 30 years after Shakur’s 1996 death. […]
Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor says two Penn State fraternities became hubs for a cocaine ring that used pledges to cut and bag drugs, leading to 14 criminal charges. Story Highlights Attorney General Dave Sunday charged 14 people tied to a campus cocaine ring. Investigators say two fraternities handled drug cutting, packaging, and sales. Pledges were allegedly […]
World Health Organization data show Ebola cases and deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are surging across several eastern provinces, with thousands infected and no licensed vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain driving this crisis. Story Highlights World Health Organization identifies Bundibugyo virus in Ituri and names this the DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak. As […]
Iran’s army chief publicly offered a cash reward for killing or capturing invading U.S. soldiers, a move that escalates already tense stakes in the region. Story Highlights Iran’s Major General Amir Hatami announced a $30,000 reward tied to “invading” U.S. troops. Reports say the payout could be funded by public or private contributions. Several outlets […]
The detail that turns this case from a shocking crime story into something more instructive is not the five-hour drive with a body in the passenger seat — it is the fact that the victim was, by her own friend’s account, actively planning to leave. Decades of domestic-homicide research show that the weeks and months […]
Parents from multiple faiths have filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit claiming a California public school crossed the line by turning a mosque field trip into religious promotion. Story Snapshot Parents say Palo Alto High School’s mosque visit promoted religion instead of teaching about it neutrally. Students were allegedly encouraged to wear hijabs, given Qurans, and […]