The two-week ceasefire in Iran is already in question. Iran has accused the United States and Israel of violating the terms of the deal. The allegations come after Israel launched what it calls its most powerful attacks yet on Lebanon Wednesday. The Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah said in retaliation, it launched “a large barrage” of rockets at a settlement in Israel. The Israeli military announced Thursday morning it killed Ali Yusuf Kharshi, the […]

The endangered species list now includes two new — and, frankly, adorable — species, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) says climate change is at fault.  The IUCN updated its Red List of Threatened Species on Thursday, and moved the emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal to its endangered category.  The Red […]

More than 1,100 Afghan nationals are stuck in what could be called immigration limbo in the middle eastern country of Qatar. Evacuated by the Biden administration as the U.S left Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover, the evacuees say they helped the United States during the Afghan war. They were told they could come to the […]

In this Media Miss Minute, a Trump-backed California gubernatorial candidate says most kids shouldn’t have smartphones. Plus, West Virginia’s governor has vetoed foster care and health care bills, calling them unaffordable — after approving a tax cut. Media Miss by the left: California governor candidate thinks no one under 16 should have a smartphone Steve […]

Courtney Williams went public last year with allegations of harassment inside an elite Army unit. Now, federal prosecutors say that by doing so, she also disclosed classified national defense information to a journalist.  A federal grand jury has indicted the 40-year-old former Army employee on a charge of transmitting classified national defense information to a […]

Often accused of spreading misinformation about public health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is promising “a new era of radical transparency in government” through a podcast he’s launching next week. “We’re going to name the names of the forces that obstruct the paths to public health,” Kennedy, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human […]

Oil prices fell Wednesday on news that the United States and Iran agreed to a ceasefire, but Americans will have to wait a few days before changes in the oil market affect prices at the pump. And long-term price decreases are not guaranteed, as the future of the conflict and the status of the Strait […]

California’s high court has put the brakes on an investigation alleging voter fraud in last year’s election to allow a Democratic-favored congressional map redraw.  The California Supreme Court has ordered Riverside County sheriff and gubernatorial candidate Chad Bianco to stop his investigation into alleged voter fraud last November.  This all comes from the election in […]

President Donald Trump’s ceasefire deal with Iran isn’t swaying Democrats. The party’s leaders said they will continue pushing to limit the president’s war powers — but only after Congress returns from its spring break next week.  The move has faced fierce criticism from their opponents, who say they are overreacting to Trump, and from their […]

A new budget proposal from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy included reductions for a federal program tasked with managing lone migrant children. His budget is one of several cabinet officials sent to the White House for possible adoption by Congress.  From fiscal year 2024 to 2025, the department’s Office of Refugee Resettlement […]