December 6, 2025

Why are Floridians so susceptible to ID theft and fraud? Calif.’s nearly as bad 

Each year, millions of people find themselves victims of identity theft and fraud. A new study from WalletHub found that residents of some states are more vulnerable than others, though.  The financial website compared the fifty states and District of Columbia across what it called “15 key metrics” to see which place in the U.S. […]

December 6, 2025

National Guard member injured in shooting ‘slowly healing’: WV governor

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said in a statement Friday that National Guard member Andrew Wolfe’s head wound is “slowly healing” and that “he’s beginning to ‘look more like himself,’” according to his parents. Wolfe,24, was injured after he and another West Virginia National Guard member, Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, were shot near the White […]

December 6, 2025

Judge orders release of Epstein grand jury records in Florida case

A federal judge in Florida ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the federal sex trafficking case of convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to The Associated Press. The ruling comes after Congress passed a law requiring the Department of Justice to release files related to the case.  On Friday, District Judge Rodney […]

December 6, 2025

Unsecure database exposes 1 million pornographic AI images, deepfakes

More than 1 million mostly pornographic images and videos generated by an artificial intelligence tool — some of which appear to feature underage individuals and some based on photos of real people — were left exposed online, according to new research published on Friday. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler, who made the discovery in October, said […]

December 6, 2025

Proposal could shift Virginia’s House delegation to 10-1 Democratic advantage

Virginia voters may be asked to approve a proposed constitutional amendment that could transform the state’s congressional delegation from its current 6-5 Democratic-Republican split to a 10-1 Democratic advantage. The amendment would let the Virginia General Assembly redraw the state’s U.S. House map in 2026, sidelining a bipartisan commission on redistricting. Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger, a […]

December 6, 2025

Trump’s birthright citizenship order heads to the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear arguments over President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship. Signed early in his second term, the order states that children born in the U.S. to parents who are undocumented or in the country temporarily are not citizens.   Lower courts have said the order is unconstitutional, […]

December 6, 2025

DOJ’s failure to indict Trump enemy Letitia James won’t stop it from trying again

Although a federal grand jury declined Thursday to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges, the case isn’t necessarily over. At the urging of President Donald Trump, the Justice Department says it will again try to bring charges against James, one of the president’s most prominent perceived enemies. The grand jury’s […]

December 6, 2025

Dept. of Education to fund nonpartisan 2nd Amendment high school curriculum 

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the University of Wyoming nearly $1 million to develop what the college calls a “historically grounded” school curriculum on the Second Amendment. The university’s Firearms Research Center said the initiative will give educators nationwide tools to better understand the constitutional right to bear arms.  The two-year, $908,991 grant […]

December 6, 2025

Trump declares ‘our hemisphere’: Monroe Doctrine gets 21st-century makeover

The new National Security Strategy from President Donald Trump calls for invoking the Monroe Doctrine and adding a “Trump Corollary.” Among many things, the new strategy calls for U.S. dominance of the Western Hemisphere. What is the Monroe Doctrine? “We will assert and enforce a ‘Trump Corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine,” the strategy reads.  Trump’s […]