The former chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department has filed a lawsuit against the city over her termination last year. Mayor Karen Bass fired Kristin Crowley nearly two months after the Palisades Fire killed 12 people and burned more than 6,000 structures. Bass’ office responded to the suit in a statement to Straight Arrow […]
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Winter is usually Mick Sharpe’s slow season. The founder of Protection Far Left of Center teaches firearms and self-defense training courses for people who lean left, politically. He typically holds two or three concealed carry classes a month with between five and eight participants in each course. But in the weeks since […]
Opening statements began Monday in the murder trial of Utah mother and children’s book author Kouri Richins. Prosecutors accuse her of killing her husband, Eric Richins, by slipping a lethal dose of fentanyl into a drink in March 2022. Richins has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and nearly three dozen related charges. A conviction […]
The USA Olympic women’s hockey team declined President Donald Trump’s invitation to the State of the Union address on Monday, citing scheduling conflicts, after winning the gold medal at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games. The men’s hockey team, which also took home gold after defeating Canada in overtime on Sunday, was also invited. What USA […]
President Donald Trump’s global tariffs take effect Tuesday at 10%, not the 15% he threatened over the weekend. The White House said the higher rate is still coming, as Europe delays a trade deal and FedEx sues for refunds. Plus, up to 40 inches of snow blankets parts of the Northeast, grounding thousands of flights […]
President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs took effect Tuesday, but at a lower rate than he threatened over the weekend, rather than the 15% tariffs he announced in a social media post on Saturday. After the Supreme Court ruled last week that Trump had no authority to impose his sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), […]
A powerful winter storm, described by meteorologists as the strongest in a decade, dumped 1 to 3 feet of snow across parts of the Northeast and triggered blizzard conditions, according to CNN. National Weather Service forecasters characterized the system as a textbook nor’easter that rapidly intensified into a “bomb cyclone” off the Atlantic seaboard. The […]
Legislation in Tennessee is drawing sharp criticism for imposing the harshest punishment in the nation for an abortion. The state is one of at least 12 this year to address abortion access through legislation or ballot measures. Tennessee state Rep. Jody Barrett and Sen. Mark Pody, both Republicans, drafted bills in their respective chambers to […]
House Republicans are calling for Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, to step down after he was accused of coercing a sexual relationship with a staff member who later died by suicide. The calls stem from newly released text messages, allegedly between Gonzales and the staffer, Regina Santos-Aviles, who set herself on fire in September 2025. Reps. […]
In this Media Miss Minute, bipartisan lawmakers are moving to ensure President Donald Trump cannot launch military action against Iran without congressional approval. Plus, dozens of Palestinian journalists say they were abused while detained in Israeli prisons. Media Miss by the left: Khanna, Massie seek vote on Iran war powers vote Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna and […]
