WASHINGTON — Republicans admit there is a problem with the broad tax and health care law they passed this summer. They are hoping a new name, and some ready cash, can fix it. It was called the One Big Beautiful Bill for months, a nod to President Donald Trump’s desire...
Trump to Name Ben Carson as Nutrition Adviser of USDA
Former housing secretary and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson will take charge as senior nutrition and housing adviser at the U.S. Department of Agriculture temporarily, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. Carson will serve "as a point person" at the USDA to help advance Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda to...
Millennial Democrat Ian Calderon Announces Bid for California Governor
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Former state lawmaker Ian Calderon is joining the crowded 2026 race for California governor, he announced Tuesday. The Whittier Democrat is framing his candidacy as one from a “new generation of leadership.” He was 27 when he became...
Rams’ Front Office Ranked Among NFL’s Best by Head Coaches and GMs
The Los Angeles Rams went from struggling to simply finish with a winning record for more than a decade to now being viewed as one of the premier franchises in the NFL. That didn’t happen overnight, but the hiring of Les Snead and Sean McVay had a massive impact on...
Iran’s President Tells UN: Tehran Will Never Seek to Build Nuclear Bomb
UNITED NATIONS — Iran has no intention to build nuclear weapons, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, just days before international sanctions could be reimposed on his country over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. "I hereby declare once more before this assembly that Iran has never sought...
US New Home Sales Surge in August
WASHINGTON — Sales of new U.S. single-family homes surged in August, but the boost from declining mortgage rates could be limited by a weakening labor market. New home sales shot up 20.5% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 800,000 units last month, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on...
At Least One Killed, Others Wounded in Shooting at Dallas ICE Office
A shooter killed at least one person and wounded others in a shooting on Wednesday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, local and federal authorities said. Police responded to reports of the shooting at the office in northwest Dallas...
Trump Tells World Leaders Their Countries Are ‘Going to Hell’ in Combative UN Speech
UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump argued for lower levels of global migration and urged a turn away from climate change policies on Tuesday in a combative, wide-ranging speech to the U.N. General Assembly that leveled scathing criticism of world leaders. The 56-minute speech was a rebuke to the world...
San Joaquin County Strikes Deal to Get Its First Medical School
CBS reports that San Joaquin County will welcome its first medical school in a bid to tackle a severe shortage of health care professionals, officials announced Monday. The new campus, operated by private nonprofit Aria University, will be housed in a repurposed county building near San Joaquin General Hospital in...
Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies Recapture Inmate After Weekend Escape
Authorities arrested a Lerdo inmate Monday after he escaped from Kern County Sheriff’s custody over the weekend, officials said. Francisco Garcia, 23, fled on foot east from Kern Medical around 11 p.m. Saturday while awaiting sentencing on convictions including attempted homicide, assault with a semi-automatic firearm, shooting at an inhabited...