People across the Middle East waited uneasily on Saturday for a decision from President Donald Trump about a proposal to end the war with Iran, as the United States reaffirmed its resolve to emerge with a deal he finds acceptable. Trump said on social media Friday that he was meeting...
Israeli Newspaper, Owned by Top Trump Donor, Reveals Alleged Mossad Influence Operations in Iran
According to reporting by Middle East Monitor, an Israeli newspaper owned by major Trump donor Miriam Adelson has published details of a secret Mossad unit allegedly created in 2021 to conduct influence operations inside Iran. Israel Hayom reported that the unit was established under Mossad chief David Barnea and tasked...
Visalia Police Arrest Armed Man After Search Reveals Firearms Manufacturing Evidence
A 26-year-old man was arrested after police serving a search warrant found multiple firearms and evidence that firearms were being manufactured at a residence Friday, authorities said. Officers with the Visalia Police Department’s Special Enforcement Unit, assisted by the department’s Narcotics Unit and the Tulare Area Gun Violence Enforcement Team,...
UN Adds Israeli and Russian Forces to Sexual Violence List
The United Nations on Friday added Israeli and Russian security forces for the first time to an annual report documenting sexual violence in conflicts, including allegations of rape and sexual abuse against Palestinian detainees and Ukrainian prisoners of war. The report lists dozens of countries and nonstate groups “credibly suspected”...
How Much Crow Will Trump Have to Eat on Iran?
Only two questions remain regarding the U.S. war with Iran. One, how big a plate of crow will President Donald Trump have to eat to end this conflict with at least some achievements? And two, will he tell us the crow he’s eating is lobster or filet mignon? Personally, I...
Trump Lifts Restrictions on Off-Road Vehicles on Public Lands
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday rescinded two decades-old executive orders that restricted off-road vehicles on public lands, in a move that could lift prohibitions on their use in most national parks. The first executive order, signed by President Richard Nixon in 1972, established strict criteria for the use...
Fresno Firefighters to Hold ‘Fill the Boot’ Fundraiser Monday
Firefighters with the Fresno City Firefighters Association Local 202 will participate in the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s annual "Fill the Boot" campaign on Monday, continuing a decades-long fundraising partnership between firefighters and the nonprofit organization. Firefighters will collect donations from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the intersection of Blackstone and...
Pressed Over Epstein Files, Bondi Points Finger at Blanche, Patel
Pam Bondi, fired as attorney general by President Donald Trump in April, insisted Friday that she had little real authority in overseeing the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, putting responsibility squarely on her former deputy and successor, Todd Blanche. Her remarks, delivered during a closed-door interview before the House...
Trump Says He Will ‘Transfer’ Kennedy Center to Congress After Court Setback
President Donald Trump on Friday said his administration will transfer control of the Kennedy Center to Congress, after a judge ordered the removal of Trump's name from the iconic Washington venue and blocked his plans to close it for renovations. Trump said on social media that he instructed the U.S....
A Deputy Saw a Phone in a Hand That Was Not There
In February, a sheriff’s deputy was working on traffic enforcement in Lake Worth Beach, Florida, when he stopped a 36-year-old woman named Kathleen Thomas. After approaching her car, he explained why he had pulled her over: She had been holding her cellphone in her right hand. But before he could...
