Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from prison early Tuesday, after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. Bannon left the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, according to Kristie Breshears, a spokesperson for...
CA’s Anti-Crime Measure Has 73% Support, but Rent Control Appears Headed to Defeat: Poll
With Election Day approaching, California voters are solidifying their choices in key races and state propositions, according to the latest Public Policy Institute of California survey conducted Oct. 7-15. Key Propositions Draw Mixed Support California voters will also weigh in on 10 state propositions, including two $10 billion state bonds,...
Freddie Freeman Homers in Fifth Straight World Series Game, Ties George Springer’s Record
NEW YORK — Told he had tied a World Series record by homering in five straight games, Freddie Freeman grinned. "Let's hopefully make it six," he said. Freeman put Los Angeles ahead 15 pitches into the game with a two-run homer off Clarke Schmidt, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat...
Trump Repeatedly Refers to CNN’s Anderson Cooper as ‘Allison’
Former President Donald Trump has spent the past several days calling CNN host Anderson Cooper by a woman’s name, as he devotes much of the final stretch of a close presidential campaign to increasingly unfiltered displays of grievance and bigotry. On at least three occasions since Friday, twice at rallies...
6 Takeaways From Donald Trump’s 3-Hour Podcast With Joe Rogan
Former President Donald Trump taped a nearly three-hour episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” on Friday. He courted the show’s young male audience by floating the idea of eliminating the income tax, talking about mixed martial arts fighters, praising the military skills of Gen. Robert E. Lee and speculating that...
Six Fresno Gang Members Shot and No One Is Saying a Word: Police Chief
Six people were injured but are expected to survive in what Fresno's top cop called a gang-related shooting Saturday night. “Well, on Saturday night, the same time that we were investigating the officer-involved shooting and murder over in southeast Fresno, we received a call for service in Amador and A...
How Bad Do You Want It, Ladies?
Opinion by Maureen Dowd on Oct. 26, 2024. WASHINGTON — Usually, I get political wisdom from Rahm Emanuel, not his brother Ari. But a quote from Ari, the Hollywood macher, to Puck’s Matthew Belloni about the gender chasm in 2024 caught my eye. “This election is gonna come down to...
LGBTQ Supporters Drown Out Westboro Baptists’ Anti-Gay Message in Fresno
The southeast corner of Cedar and Tulare avenues next to Roosevelt High School had been filled with hundreds of rainbow-clad LGBTQ supporters Monday afternoon when a miniscule group of protesters from Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas showed up bearing anti-gay and anti-abortion signs. Up until that moment the busy...
MAGA Unchained in Madison Square Garden
Opinion by Michelle Goldberg on Oct. 28, 2024. Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again Lollapalooza at Madison Square Garden on Sunday began with an iconic scene from the 1970 biopic “Patton” on the jumbotron. Strutting in front of a giant American flag, George C. Scott, playing the legendary World War...
Harris Leads Trump by 4 Points in New National Poll
Vice President Kamala Harris holds a 4-point lead over former President Donald Trump among likely voters in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, reported by The Hill. Conducted Oct. 18-22, the survey shows Harris leading Trump 51% to 47%. Among registered voters, her lead narrows to 49% to 47%. This follows...