The leaders at the U.S. Justice Department are rallying behind federal prosecutor Jeanine Pirro to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the White House is not opposing, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing sources. President Donald Trump had been open to the idea of dropping the probe into Powell...
Polo & Pan Join San Luis Obispo’s Shabang Music Festival Lineup
French electronic duo Polo & Pan are set to perform at the 2026 Shabang Music Festival, organizers announced Tuesday, adding an international flair to the Central Coast event. The two-day festival, scheduled for May 2–3 at the Dairy Creek Golf Course, will also feature headliners Chris Lake, The Backseat Lovers,...
Trump Says He Told Netanyahu Not to Repeat Iranian Gas Field Attack
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to repeat the kind of attack Israel carried out on a major Iranian gas field, while saying the two countries coordinate their actions. In a social media post on Wednesday night, Trump said Washington "knew nothing...
Mussel Slough Shootout Outside Fresno Reminds Us to Fight Federal Tyranny
Remember Mussel Slough! Most of you can’t remember the massacre that birthed modern California. Because you never learned about it in the first place. Maybe Mussel Slough has been forgotten because the powers-that-be want it that way. They don’t want us remembering Mussel Slough, because it would teach us that...
UC Berkeley Settles Antisemitism Lawsuit, Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Say
The University of California, Berkeley agreed to tighten protections against antisemitism on campus to settle a lawsuit accusing the school of tolerating an "unrelenting" stream of harassment toward Jewish students and faculty, lawyers for the plaintiffs said on Thursday. UC Berkeley had been sued by the nonprofit Louis D. Brandeis Center...
Trump Draws Parallel Between Pearl Harbor and US Strikes on Iran in Meeting With Japanese PM
President Donald Trump on Thursday drew a parallel between U.S. strikes on Iran and Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor decades ago, as he defended the war against Tehran at a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Washington. "We wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why...
US and Israeli War Aims in Iran Are Not the Same, US Spy Chief Says
American and Israeli objectives for the war on Iran are not the same, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Thursday, with Israel focused on disabling Iran's leadership and U.S. President Donald Trump focused on destroying Iran's ballistic missile program and navy. "The objectives that have been laid...
US Fixed 30-Year Mortgage Rate Hits Three-Month High Amid Iran War
The average rate on the popular U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage surged to a three-month high this week as war in the Middle East stoked inflation fears, dealing a blow to the Trump administration's efforts to make housing more affordable. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.22%, highest since early December,...
2 Men Charged With Spying for Iran on Britain’s Oldest Synagogue
LONDON — Two men are accused of carrying out “hostile surveillance” of Israeli and Jewish institutions in England, including on Britain’s oldest synagogue, on behalf of Iran’s intelligence service, according to charges presented at a court hearing Thursday. The men, who both hold Iranian citizenship, have been charged under Britain’s...
US Is Considering New Steps on Oil as Attacks Rattle Energy Markets
The Trump administration said Thursday that it was considering new steps to shore up oil supplies, as it scrambles for solutions to a global energy crisis set off by the U.S.-Israeli bombing of Iran and Iran’s wide-ranging retaliatory strikes. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox Business that the U.S. government...