November 11, 2025

Father says ICE pepper-sprayed him and infant child outside Sam’s Club

A father is speaking out after alleging he, his wife and the couple’s 1-year-old daughter were pepper-sprayed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent outside a Chicago-area Sam’s Club last week. The incident occurred on Saturday in the parking lot of the store in Cicero, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, according to Rafael Veraza, […]

November 11, 2025

Bob Ross paintings auction aims to raise money for public television

LOS ANGELES – Three original Bob Ross paintings will hit the auction block Tuesday to raise funds for public broadcasting. The sale comes as government funds for public television have run out after cuts made by the Trump administration. Auction “I think this actually would have been Bob’s idea,” Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross […]

November 11, 2025

Trump threatens to extend his legal fight against the media to the BBC

President Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1 billion over a documentary about him that aired shortly before the 2024 election. The threat follows a spate of lawsuits against the press that Trump has filed in the United States. Along with payments that would “appropriately compensate President Trump for the harm caused,” […]

November 11, 2025

The race for AI superintelligence intensifies. Can humans maintain control?

Microsoft is the latest company to announce efforts to develop superintelligence, a hypothetical form of artificial intelligence that would surpass human capabilities. However, some experts fear that such a technology would be impossible to control and, therefore, could endanger humanity’s future. Microsoft is attempting to ease those concerns with its MAI Superintelligence Team, with the […]

November 11, 2025

FDA reverses policy, removes black box labels for hormonal menopause drugs

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday that it will remove black box warning labels from hormone replacement therapies (HRT) used to ease symptoms of menopause. Black box warning labels are the strongest safety warning the agency can give a medication and highlight serious health risks.  Warnings removed Since 2003, the agency has required […]

November 11, 2025

Turning Point USA event met with protests, arrests at UC Berkeley

A Turning Point USA event was met with reported protests, some of which turned violent, at the University of California, Berkeley, on Monday. The campus event marked the final stop for the American Comeback tour, which conservative activist Charlie Kirk had begun before being shot and killed at a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University […]

November 11, 2025

Senate approves ban of THCA, other THC products in shutdown bill

The temporary federal funding bill that the Senate approved late Monday contains language that would effectively end the multibillion-dollar, hemp-derived THC industry. The bill, which still needs House approval, closes a loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill that allowed the sale of psychoactive substances derived from hemp plants. The new bill’s language redefines “hemp” to […]

November 11, 2025

Utah judge rejects GOP’s redistricting effort, adopts map favored by Democrats

Utah will use congressional maps that give Democrats a chance to win elections in two districts after a state judge struck down state Republicans’ redistricting attempt, according to court records. The new map now keeps most of Salt Lake City together, forging a path for more competitive elections for next year’s midterm elections.  A state […]

November 11, 2025

How Speaker Johnson is holding up a vote on the Epstein files

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., has refused to swear in Arizona Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva for nearly two months, as he blames the government shutdown for the delay, and pledges to go forward with the process once the House resumes its normal schedule. Once she takes office, Grijalva is expected to become the 218th […]