While the future of reparations in California remains uncertain, state lawmakers are continuing to push forward with related legislation despite a lack of clear consensus on broad direct cash payouts. Most recently, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Ladera Heights, introduced Assembly Bill 2599, known as the Truth in Disclosure Act. The bill would require major corporations doing […]
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Caitlin Clark kept from reporters despite triple-double night as coach goes viral for women’s sports comments
The WNBA’s crossover of controversy with the “Save Women’s Sports” movement deepened on Friday night. Caitlin Clark was not made available to speak to reporters despite recording the fourth triple-double of her career. Her teammates that were made available fled the scene when a reporter attempted to ask about Sophie Cunningham’s recent stance on protecting […]
Iranian fans flood SoFi Stadium with banned Lion-and-Sun flags despite FIFA’s crackdown at World Cup
FIFA tried to ban the pre-revolutionary Iranian flag. Iranian fans at SoFi Stadium made sure everyone saw it anyway. For the second straight World Cup match in LA, Iranian supporters openly flooded the stands with the Lion-and-Sun flag during Sunday’s 0-0 draw against Belgium, completely ignoring FIFA’s efforts to keep the symbol out of the […]
BROADCAST BIAS: Networks spin Trump’s Xi meeting as weakness despite strategic gain
President Donald Trump flew to China to make nice with communist leader Xi Jinping this week. It didn’t sound like the Cold War, or the recent trade wars. The word “détente” was in the air, so for anti-communists who didn’t love President Richard Nixon in China or President Jimmy Carter kissing Soviet dictator Leonid Brezhnev […]
Cowboys lock in George Pickens on $27.3M franchise tag despite failing to reach long-term contract
The Dallas Cowboys announced George Pickens has signed his franchise tag for the 2026 season. Pickens has now guaranteed himself $27.3 million this season following his breakout first year with the Cowboys in 2025. Though the Cowboys and Pickens couldn’t reach a long-term deal, Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones maintains the team has no intention to […]
Dems block bid to defund Cesar Chavez monument despite child sexual abuse allegations
Senate Democrats blocked an attempt to defund and abolish a monument to a prominent labor union activist who was recently hit with bombshell allegations of being a serial predator. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, tried to pass legislation that would have defunded the monument to Cesar Chavez, who co-founded the United Farm Workers. The monument sits […]
AI-Driven school expanding to major US cities despite union pushback
An unconventional private school model that replaces traditional classroom lectures with artificial intelligence is gearing up for a massive nationwide expansion this fall, even as critics and powerful teachers unions sound the alarm. Alpha Schools, which says its students learn twice as fast as those in “standard” schools, is planning to open new campuses in […]
Tarik Skubal leaves Team USA to return to Tigers camp despite mixed feelings after successful start
Tarik Skubal is staying with his original plan after all for the World Baseball Classic, as Team USA manager Mark DeRosa announced the 2025 Cy Young Award winner will be heading back to the Detroit Tigers after his start against Great Britain. Skubal was always supposed to return to his ballclub after Team USA’s second […]
Dem Senate hopeful holds event at bookstore selling ‘ABOLISH ICE’ merch despite pledge to ‘secure the border’
A Democratic Senate hopeful in Iowa is pitching himself as a candidate who believes in the party’s “old Democratic values.” However, on Saturday, State Senator Zach Wahls hosted a campaign event at a radical activist bookstore, Dog-Eared Books, that has been vocal about abolishing ICE, financially supports anti-ICE nonprofits, holds drag story time for kids, […]
Judge forces CA hospital to keep trans treatments for minors despite Trump funding threat
A California judge is requiring a San Diego children’s hospital to continue providing transgender treatments to minors for now, extending a temporary restraining order as hospitals in California and New York take sharply different approaches to President Donald Trump’s executive order threatening to pull federal funding. San Diego Superior Court Judge Matthew Braner agreed last […]
Cambodian PM says Thai forces occupying disputed land despite Trump-brokered ceasefire
FIRST ON FOX: Last year when President Donald Trump helped broker a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia, he took a victory lap. “Who else could say, ‘I’m going to make a phone call and stop a war between two very powerful countries, Thailand and Cambodia?’” he said. Now, that agreement appears under strain, as […]
ICE nabs convicted pedophiles and murderers over weekend despite smears at Super Bowl: ‘Risking their lives’
FIRST ON FOX: A spokesperson for the Trump Department of Homeland Security told Fox News Digital that despite ICE being “demonized” at the Super Bowl, agents continued to carry out operations, arresting pedophiles, murderers and rapists over the weekend. President Donald Trump and many conservatives took issue with the Super Bowl, especially the halftime show, […]