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DOJ Sues San Jose Over $1,600 Concealed Carry Fee: ‘An Unconstitutional Tax on the Second Amendment’

September 17, 2026 1:00 pmSeptember 17, 2026 1:00 pm

The Justice Department sued the City of San Jose and the San Jose Police Department on Wednesday, arguing the city’s nearly $1,600 concealed-carry permit fee is an unconstitutional barrier to the Second Amendment, the highest such fee in the nation...

Spencer Pratt Drops Video Showing Palisades Reservoir Still Bone Dry

September 17, 2026 11:42 amSeptember 17, 2026 11:42 am

Pacific Palisades resident and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt released new drone footage this week showing the Santa Ynez Reservoir remains bone dry — nearly 20 months after the January 2025 Palisades Fire that destroyed his family’s home...

DOJ Uncovers $75 Million Funneled Through LAHSA After CFO, CEO and Mayor Bass Quit

September 16, 2026 2:43 pmSeptember 16, 2026 2:49 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass left the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Commission last week, citing time constraints, and refused a House summons the following Tuesday for a hearing titled “Fixing Fraud and Failure in Federally Funded Homelessness Services.” On...

Randy Villegas Cements Socialist Ties With Joint Fundraising Committee for Michigan DSA Founder

September 16, 2026 12:06 pmSeptember 16, 2026 12:35 pm

Randy Villegas, the Bernie Sanders-backed Democrat running against Republican Rep. David Valadao in California’s 22nd Congressional District, has formalized a fundraising partnership with William Lawrence, a self-described socialist running for Congress in Michigan. The newly listed Lawrence Villegas Victory Fund...

Operation Cradle to Grift: DOJ Charges 12 Foreign-Born Defendants in $10M San Diego ‘Ghost Daycare’ Fraud

September 15, 2026 3:20 pmSeptember 15, 2026 3:20 pm

Attorney General Todd Blanche highlighted a coordinated federal takedown Tuesday as the Justice Department charged 12 individuals with siphoning more than $10 million from programs meant to help low-income families pay for childcare. The defendants, naturalized U.S. citizens and lawful...

SCOTUS Blocks Trump USPS Mail-Ballot Security Rule for Midterms, Citing Timing

September 15, 2026 10:15 amSeptember 15, 2026 10:18 am

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday night refused to lift a nationwide injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s U.S. Postal Service rule on federal mail-in ballots, leaving California’s universal vote-by-mail system, and Nevada’s, untouched less than seven weeks before the November...

A Kamala River Runs Through Newsom’s 2028 Presidential Campaign

September 14, 2026 6:04 pmSeptember 15, 2026 3:21 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom told CNN’s Jake Tapper he will not run for president in 2028 if former Vice President Kamala Harris enters the race—a concession delivered not in Sacramento, but waist-deep in a Montana river. “I don’t know if...