Democrats on Monday officially claimed a second upset in Florida’s recent special elections when The Associated Press declared an electrical workers union leader to be the winner of a tight state Senate contest in reliably Republican West Tampa. Brian Nathan, a Navy veteran and member of a new cadre of...
Merced County Authorities Seek Relatives of Deceased Man
The Merced County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Bureau is asking for the public’s help locating the family of 51-year-old Jose Antonio Bermudez IV. Officials said they believe Bermudez has family somewhere in California, but their whereabouts and contact information are unknown. Locating immediate family members is necessary for the Coroner’s Office to...
Woman Injured After Sneezing, Running Red Light in Fresno Crash
A woman was injured Tuesday afternoon after police said she sneezed, ran a red light, and was struck by another vehicle near Perrin and Maple avenues in Fresno. The two-vehicle crash was reported at 12:32 p.m. Police told GV Wire that the woman was driving to Costco when she sneezed...
As Trump’s War Grinds On, California Diesel Hits Record $7.45 a Gallon
President Donald Trump's promise to cut inflation during his second term is blowing up at the diesel pump. The average price for a gallon of diesel soared to an all-time high in California at $7.45 a gallon, AAA reported Tuesday. And in the Bay Area, diesel prices are surging to...
Trump Urges Countries Seeking Oil to Go to Strait of Hormuz and ‘Just Take It’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged countries that did not help in the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran to buy American oil and go to the Strait of Hormuz and "just TAKE it." Trump singled out Britain and France as unhelpful in the month-long war that has roiled global markets, driven up energy prices and...
Judge Halts Trump’s $400 Million White House Ballroom Project, for Now
A judge blocked President Donald Trump on Tuesday from proceeding with construction of a $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House's demolished East Wing, halting for now one of the Republican president's most visible efforts to reshape the seat of American power. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon...
Marco Rubio Urges US Diplomats to Use X to Fight ‘Anti-American Propaganda’
U.S. diplomats should use social media platform X and partner with military psychological operations units in an effort to "counter foreign anti-American propaganda," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a cable reviewed by Reuters. The cable, whose existence was first reported by The Guardian, was devoted to ways to...
US Counterterror Officials Plan Antifa Summit, Sources Say
The Trump administration is organizing an international summit focused on countering the left-wing movement antifa and other groups, three sources familiar with the matter said, an effort that highlights the shift in the U.S. government's counterterrorism priorities over the past year. The conference, tentatively planned for June or July, will...
Pentagon Declines to Reaffirm NATO’s Collective Defense, Says up to Trump
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined on Tuesday to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to NATO's collective defense, saying that would be up to President Donald Trump after key European allies refused to stand with the United States in the war against Iran. The remarks by Hegseth at a Pentagon briefing were...
B-52s Start Flying Missions Over Iran, Pentagon Says
The U.S. military has begun flying B-52 bombers over Iranian territory for the first time since the war began, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday, suggesting that Iran’s air defenses have been significantly degraded. But despite a monthlong U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign, Iran still retained the ability...