Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow and one of the country’s most prolific spreaders of election disinformation, announced Thursday that he was running for governor of Minnesota. A close ally of President Donald Trump, Lindell is best known for promoting the falsehood that voting machines in the United States are...
FBI Official Calls Antifa Biggest US Threat but Provides Few Details
A top FBI official called the anti-fascist movement antifa the biggest domestic terrorism threat to the U.S. during a congressional hearing on Thursday, but struggled to answer detailed questions about the unstructured far-left campaign. Michael Glasheen, operations director of the FBI's National Security Branch, said antifa was the agency's "primary...
$100,000 Save Mart Gift to Fresno Food Bank Builds Lasting Impact
A donation to California charities from the Save Mart Companies includes one to the Central California Food Bank. And, according to Romel Martinez Escarrega with the food bank, that gift will be felt far into the future. The grocer's CARES Foundation on Tuesday announced it would give $201,000 to four...
Valadao Joins Bipartisan Effort to Extend Obamacare for a Year
Fighting for his political life, Rep. David Valadao (R-Hanford) is one of 16 Republicans to sign on to a bipartisan bill extending Obamacare subsidies. Valadao's position isn't in line with House Speaker Mike Johnson's goal of killing Obamacare. However, it's understandable in light of the extreme poverty and lack of...
Can Trump Invalidate Biden Actions Recorded by Autopen?
WILMINGTON, Delaware., Dec 11 — President Donald Trump has claimed, without evidence, that some actions by former President Joe Biden were invalid because he signed them using an autopen, including appointments to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. Below is a look at the controversy and legality of the device....
Amnesty Says Hamas Attacks and Gaza Hostage Treatment Amount to Crimes against Humanity
A new report by Amnesty International has found that Palestinian militant group Hamas committed crimes against humanity during its attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023 and against hostages it took to Gaza. The London-based human rights group said that its report, published on Wednesday, analyzed patterns of the...
Republican Healthcare Bill Failing in US Senate
A Republican bill to create new federal subsidies to help Americans fund health insurance savings accounts rather than extend Affordable Care Act subsidies expiring on December 31 was failing to win enough votes to advance in the U.S. Senate on Thursday. — (Reporting by Richard Cowan; editing by Scott Malone)
Revised Proposal to End Ukraine War Sent to US, German Chancellor Says
KYIV, Ukraine — Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany said Thursday that the United States had been sent a revised proposal to end the war in Ukraine as Kyiv and its allies worked to steer President Donald Trump away from his insistence on a peace resolution that would favor Russia. Merz,...
Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
On a Thursday in early September, more than 40 strangers logged in to Instacart, the grocery-shopping app, to buy eggs and test a hypothesis. Connected by videoconference, they simultaneously selected the same store — a Safeway in Washington, D.C. — and the same brand of eggs. They all chose pickup...
Trump Troop Deployments to US Cities Have Cost More Than $340 Million, Senator Says
The deployment of U.S. troops to cities around the United States has cost more than $340 million, a U.S. Senator said on Thursday, highlighting the expense of President Donald Trump's use of the military in the Democratic-led cities. Trump has deployed National Guard troops to Washington D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago,...