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Karen Bass Says She Wasn’t Adequately Warned of LA Fire Risk Ahead of Ghana Trip. Her City’s Weather Service Warned of ‘Critical Fire Conditions’ the Day Before She Left.

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The National Weather Service issued ‘extreme fire’ alerts before Bass’s international travel Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass in a press conference (Apu Gomes/Getty Images) Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass (D.) on Tuesday said she traveled to Ghana ahead of the deadly blaze that scorched through her city because fire chief Kristin Crowley didn’t warn her

Hochul Sues Trump Admin for Revoking NYC’s Congestion Pricing Program

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New York governor Kathy Hochul (D.) on Wednesday moved to sue the Trump administration after it terminated New York City’s congestion pricing program. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a letter earlier Wednesday informed Hochul that the department is revoking the November 21 agreement, which imposed a $9 toll on most drivers entering Manhattan below 60th

DOGE Finds $2 Billion in Taxpayer Funds Earmarked for Stacey Abrams-Linked Group

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DOGE discovered $2 billion in taxpayer funds set aside for a fledgling nonprofit linked to perennial Georgia Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams. The Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration awarded Power Forward Communities the grant in April 2024 as part of the agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund program. Power Forward Communities received the green energy

Trump Admin Halts $769 Million Contract to Left-Wing Group That Says Immigration System ‘Intentionally Designed’ To Exploit Minorities

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Stop work order comes after Free Beacon investigation into Acacia Center (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) The Trump administration this week ended funding for an immigrant legal group that says the immigration system is “intentionally designed” to exploit minorities and has called for disciplinary action against attorneys and judges who fail to use correct pronouns for illegal

Trump Admin Designates Drug Cartels as Global Terrorist Organizations

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The United States has designated Tren de Aragua, the Sinaloa cartel, and six other drug cartels as global terrorist organizations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday in a notice. The cartels threaten U.S. national security, foreign policy, and economic stability, according to the notice. The designations follow President Donald Trump’s executive order directing officials

Trump Admin Freezes Funding to Palestinian Authority ‘Security Forces’ Behind Terror Attacks on Israelis

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Biden admin showered the forces with cash, including for weapons training (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The Trump administration froze funding for the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF), a group that purportedly aims to crack down on terrorism in the West Bank but employs terrorists who have carried out attacks on Israelis. The move, part of the

Trump Loses a Capable Ally, International Red Cross Faces Senate Scrutiny Over Treatment of Hostages, and CBS Braces for ’60 Minutes’ Document Drop

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In the case of Eric Adams, the Trump Justice Department had at its disposal “prudent and imprudent ways to achieve similar ends,” our editors write. President Trump could have pardoned Adams or instructed prosecutors to drop the case against him because it was weak. Instead, Justice Department brass conceded in a memo that its order