California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills on July 1 that roll back parts of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), aiming to accelerate housing.
In a new book, former Congressman Jason Chaffetz alleges that the non-profit group VOT-ER partnered with hospitals across the country to register sedated and even psychiatric patients to vote ahead of the 2024 election. Speaking on The Drill Down podcast, Chaffetz called it a “dark money-driven” effort bankrolled by the Tides Foundation, Open Society Foundation, and the Gates Foundation.
Former President Trump intensified his feud with Elon Musk amid fierce debate over his massive tax-and-spending package, dubbed the "One Big Beautiful Bill."
Comedian Rosie O’Donnell launched a scathing poetic attack against billionaire Jeff Bezos, his new wife Lauren Sánchez, and Oprah Winfrey following the couple’s lavish $50 million wedding in Venice. O’Donnell, writing from her self-imposed exile in Ireland, condemned the star-studded celebration as “gross excess” and accused the A-list attendees of “worthless performative nonsense.”
Leonardo DiCaprio, longtime Democrat supporter and vocal climate activist, attended Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding in Venice, Italy—joining a host of Hollywood elites who arrived via private jet or superyacht for the luxury event. The three-day celebration drew criticism as over 90 private jets flew into Venice, a city slowly sinking and often cited by climate activists as a symbol of environmental urgency.
A pivotal legal battle over Illinois’ ban on semi-automatic firearms is now on track to reach the U.S. Supreme Court, with a possible final decision expected by mid-2026. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled oral arguments for September 22 in a case that could determine whether any state can legally prohibit commonly owned firearms.
New Hampshire’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state’s current K-12 education funding system is unconstitutional, ordering Governor Kelly Ayotte and the legislature to address major shortfalls. The decision affirms a six-year legal challenge by school districts that argued the state has failed to meet its constitutional obligation to fund an adequate public education.
