A physician at the Fresno County Jail appeared before Fresno County supervisors last week, revealing how private-equity management company Wellpath makes decisions on inmates' care. Despite being run by a physician-owned company on paper — California Forensic Medical Group — inmate medical equipment, referrals, and diagnostic tests are evaluated for...
Houthi Official Says Group Will Intervene to Support Iran Against Israel
(CAIRO) (Reuters) - A member of Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Al Jazeera Mubasher TV on Tuesday that the group will intervene to support Iran against Israel like it did in support of Palestinians in Gaza. Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi movement's political bureau, also reiterated to...
How Trump Shifted on Iran Under Pressure From Israel
By the end of last month, American spy agencies monitoring Israel’s military activities and discussions among the country’s political leadership had come to a striking conclusion: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was planning for an imminent attack on Iran’s nuclear program, with or without the participation of the United States. Netanyahu...
Trump Calls for Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ as Israel-Iran Air War Rages On
WASHINGTON/DUBAI/JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for Iran's "unconditional surrender" and warned that U.S. patience was wearing thin, but said there was no intention to kill Iran's leader "for now", as the Israel-Iran air war raged for a fifth day. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said meanwhile that...
US Supreme Court Justices Disclose Income From Book Deals and Teaching
WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received a book advance of more than $2 million for her bestselling memoir, and other justices reported lucrative law school teaching positions in annual financial disclosure forms released on Tuesday. Eight of the nine justices disclosed their 2024 outside income and...
Fresno Approves $2.4 Billion Budget. What’s In, What’s Out?
Without the benefit of federal dollars found in budgets past and still waiting on a $200 million state commitment, the Fresno City Council passed a balanced budget on Tuesday. At a budget hearing, the council approved Mayor Jerry Dyer's $2.4 billion spending plan. The final step was for Dyer to...
The S&P 500 Is Nearing a Record. Really.
Investors have a lot to worry about at the moment. There are tariffs and the growing federal deficit; immigration raids that have targeted businesses across the country; and, most recently, another major war in the Middle East, between Israel and Iran. Consumers are worried, business confidence is low, and corporate...
Only Nonviolence Will Beat Trump
For Saturday's No Kings protests, an estimated five million people marched in over 2,000 cities and towns. The marches were a striking display of nonviolent dissent amid an increasingly volatile political environment. Together with the military deployment in Los Angeles and the military parade that President Trump presided over in...
Kaweah Health CEO Says He’s Ready to Retire After 34 Years at Hospital
After 34 years with the hospital, Kaweah Health CEO Gary Herbst says he will retire in June 2026. Retirement for the 66-year-old comes after the hospital's board of directors unanimously extended his tenure one more year from his original June 2025 retirement date, according to a news release. The hospital...
Obama Steps Back Into Public Eye at a Stormy Political Moment
Former President Barack Obama will gingerly step into the public fray Tuesday night, after weeks of quiet grumbling from some demoralized Democrats for what they say is his silence in the face of a frontal assault on liberal America by the Trump administration. Obama will participate in a discussion in...