A 117-million gallon Los Angeles reservoir was empty when the disastrous fires struck the City of Angels because city leaders scheduled it for maintenance—during fire season. And just a week before the firestorm exploded, Mayor Karen Bass called for nearly $50 million in cuts to the Los Angeles Fire Department—after its chief had already warned
The struggle is real for #Resistance icon Neal Katyal (Zillow, Wikimedia Commons) Neal Katyal is a multifaceted man. He’s a Georgetown Law professor who served as acting solicitor general of the United States under former president Barack Obama. He’s a hotshot attorney and partner at Hogan Lovells who represents a range of clients, including al
The Supreme Court appears poised to uphold a divest-or-ban law on TikTok, with even the Court’s liberal justices punching holes in the Chinese-controlled app’s arguments that the law is unconstitutionally stifling its free speech rights. Justices from across the ideological spectrum agreed that TikTok’s CCP-controlled parent company, ByteDance, does not have a fundamental right to
The Biden White House and Senate Democrats have touted their funding for an anti-terrorism initiative they say “has been critical to the security of Jewish institutions.” But the program has given hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent months to mosques whose clerics have preached anti-Semitic hate, cheered Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel,
Sanctions aim to erode Russia’s ability to bring in revenues from its energy sector and to give the incoming U.S. administration leverage for a cease-fire deal. The United States and the UK are unveiling a sanctions regime against Russia to increase the cost of the Eurasian power’s war in Ukraine. The sweeping new sanctions aim
Those countries include Ukraine, Sudan, El Salvador, and Venezuela, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended protections from deportation to individuals, including those who entered the country illegally, from Ukraine, Sudan, El Salvador, and Venezuela, with just 10 days to go before the Trump administration takes office.
Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, is cutting its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs for hiring, training, and picking suppliers. The company has also eliminated its DEI-focused team and will instead build programs “that focus on how to apply fair and consistent practices that mitigate bias for all, no matter your background,” according to