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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is once again placing himself at the center of the national political conversation, using claims that the Department of Justice is investigating him and his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, to argue that President Donald Trump sees him as a political threat. After announcing Monday that federal authorities were scrutinizing both

Power banks are useful but boring. Trust me, after testing more than 100 power banks, I’m qualified to bemoan the lack of innovation. These rectangular battery packs are mostly utilitarian. You get big laptop power banks and slim phone power banks, but fresh designs are rare, so Nimble’s SharePower immediately brought a smile to my

A Mexican man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a “prolific” human smuggling ring that helped people from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East illegally enter the United States at through Mexico. Raul Saucedo-Huipio of Mexicali, Mexico, received 87 months, or just over seven years, for facilitating the travel of more

Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) called Tuesday for abolishing the death penalty in the Buckeye State, abandoning a position he held for decades and distancing himself from a law he helped write more than 40 years ago. “The moral justification I had no longer exists,” DeWine told reporters during a Tuesday news conference with less than

Chicago Cross-Burning Incident Blamed on ‘White Supremacists’ was Carried Out by Leftist Anti-Trump/Anti-MAGA Protester by Margaret Flavin Jun. 16, 2026 12:00 pm Merlin Lu discusses his anti-Trump, anti-MAGA motivations for burning a cross in Chicago. /Image: video screenshot via NBC News On June 9, 2026, police and firefighters responded to a burning cross in Chicago’s

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To build one family’s dream house on a flood-prone Mississippi bayou, AD100 architect Tom Kundig decided the sky’s the limit. Photograph: Eric Petschek Tom Kundig absorbed lessons in resilience before he even knew the word. As a child, he saw many of the industrial and agricultural buildings of the rural Pacific Northwest abandoned but still

Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized President Donald Trump for starting a war with Iran, saying that if she won the 2024 presidential election, she “absolutely” wouldn’t have started the conflict. When asked if she would have started the war if she were president, Harris said: “Absolutely not.” “Let’s be clear about this,” Harris said

EXCLUSIVE — The National Institutes of Health is facing congressional scrutiny after two of its scientists were charged with allegedly smuggling vials of the infectious monkeypox virus and other biological samples into the United States, according to a copy of a letter shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner on Tuesday. NIH researchers Vincent Munster and

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) accused President Donald Trump of using the Justice Department to “send a message” to political opponents, warning that those who challenge Trump risk retaliation. “Go after Donald Trump and he’ll send the DOJ after you, your family, and anyone else who stands in his way,” the Newsom Press Office wrote Tuesday