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Ninth Circuit Sides With Nevada, Rules Kalshi Sports Contracts Are Gambling — Not Federal ‘Swaps’

August 28, 2026 2:52 pmAugust 28, 2026 2:52 pm

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday handed Nevada’s gaming regulators a major victory over prediction-market giant Kalshi, ruling that the company’s sports event contracts are sports bets—not federally regulated “swaps”—and that...

Honduran National Charged With Fraudulently Registering to Vote in California

August 28, 2026 11:40 amAugust 29, 2026 2:18 pm

What Democrats have been telling us never happens, keeps happening. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced Friday the arrest of a Honduran national charged with fraudulently registering to vote in California — the latest concrete case after years of Democratic...

Last-Minute Sacramento Ban on Shock Gloves Hits Federal Wall

August 27, 2026 4:03 pmAugust 28, 2026 7:32 am

With four days left in the legislative session, Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins (D-San Diego) stood with fellow Democrats on Thursday and sold Assembly Bill 2760 as a moral emergency: ban local, state and federal law enforcement from buying or using electronic...

A Cultural Anthropologist Ran LAHSA’s Finances While a ‘High-Risk’ Vendor Cashed In

August 27, 2026 1:06 pmAugust 27, 2026 1:06 pm

Los Angeles officials approved millions of dollars in taxpayer contracts to a now-defunct homelessness nonprofit, Abundant Blessings, after their own compliance team labeled it “High-Risk” and delinquent, and they kept writing checks even after obtaining evidence of possible crimes. Alex...

Bonta Sues to Block USPS Mail-Ballot Rule After Supreme Court Stay

August 26, 2026 12:58 pmAugust 27, 2026 10:24 am

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Wednesday launched another lawsuit against the Trump administration, this time targeting a U.S. Postal Service final rule on mail ballots. and invited the public to watch him sell it as a defense of “election...

Assemblyman Carl DeMaio Demands DOJ Intervention Against Newsom’s ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’

August 25, 2026 4:10 pmAugust 25, 2026 4:10 pm

Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego) on Tuesday formally requested U.S. Department of Justice intervention to block implementation of Assembly Bill 2624, the law critics have dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed it into law over...

Trump Administration Proposes $103,265 H-1B Fee To Prioritize American Workers, Fund Immigration Enforcement

August 24, 2026 3:02 pmAugust 24, 2026 3:25 pm

The Trump administration on Monday proposed a new six-figure fee of $103,265 for most new H-1B visa petitions, aiming to overhaul the program for highly skilled foreign workers and prioritize American labor, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Vice...