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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Huntington Beach’s Appeal in Fight for Local Control Over Housing Mandates

February 24, 2026 1:43 pmFebruary 24, 2026 1:43 pm

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that rejects the City of Huntington Beach’s constitutional challenge to California’s aggressive state housing laws, delivering yet another blow to local control in the conservative Orange County...

LAUSD Borrows Another $250 Million for Sex Abuse Settlements — On Top of $500 Million Last Year

February 24, 2026 11:54 amFebruary 24, 2026 11:54 am

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) — the second-largest school district in the nation — is quietly borrowing yet another $250 million in special “judgment obligation bonds” to pay off a mounting pile of sexual misconduct claims, just months after...

Newsom Pardons Convicted Attempted Murder Illegal Alien, Shields Him From Deportation

February 23, 2026 10:52 amFebruary 24, 2026 7:39 am

In a blistering statement released Monday, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) condemned California Governor Gavin Newsom for pardoning Somboon Phaymany, a Cambodian national and illegal alien convicted of attempted murder and assault with a firearm — crimes that...

RNC Petitions Supreme Court to Uphold Arizona Voters’ Mandate for Proof-of-Citizenship Requirement

February 20, 2026 2:50 pmFebruary 20, 2026 2:51 pm

The Republican National Committee filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday seeking review of Ninth Circuit rulings that have blocked key elements of Arizona’s long-standing, voter-approved proof-of-citizenship law. Approved by Arizona voters more than two decades ago...

Ninth Circuit Blocks California’s Entire ‘No Secret Police Act’ in Major Win for Trump DOJ

February 20, 2026 12:15 pmFebruary 22, 2026 8:43 am

In yet another humiliating defeat for Governor Gavin Newsom’s war on federal immigration enforcement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a full stay Thursday blocking enforcement of California’s entire “No Secret Police Act” (Senate Bill 627),...

Trump DOJ Moves to End LAUSD’s Outdated Race-Based PHBAO Program

February 19, 2026 3:56 pmFebruary 19, 2026 3:59 pm

The Trump Justice Department has moved decisively to dismantle one of California’s most blatant examples of institutionalized racial discrimination in the second-largest school district in the country: the Los Angeles Unified School District’s PHBAO program. In a motion to intervene...

From Silver State to Stolen State: Nevada’s 2020 Election Heist Exposed

February 19, 2026 12:40 pmFebruary 19, 2026 4:02 pm

A bombshell X post that has racked up thousands of views in hours lays bare the mechanics of what many Nevadans have long suspected: the 2020 presidential election in the Silver State was compromised by a deliberate, pandemic-fueled overhaul of...