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Reforms Coming for Sequoia Union High School District over Anti-Semitic Harassment of and Pro-Hamas Propaganda

May 31, 2026 6:00 amMay 31, 2026 6:01 am

The Sequoia Union High School District in Redwood City this week agreed to sweeping reforms to settle a federal lawsuit over the anti-Semitic harassment of Jewish students and pro-Hamas propaganda in classrooms. The Deborah Project, a law firm that specializes...

New Undercover Video Raises Fresh Questions About DEI Practices At ASU

May 30, 2026 11:23 amMay 30, 2026 11:23 am

Arizona State University is facing renewed scrutiny following the release of another undercover video appearing to show a university staff member discussing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programming amid continuing federal and state scrutiny of such initiatives. The latest video,...

California’s State of Emergency for Transportation Fuels

May 30, 2026 8:00 amMay 30, 2026 8:01 am

By Mike Ariza and Ronald Stein California is the fourth-largest economy in the world and an “energy island” that is separated from the other 49 States by the Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountain ranges. There are no pipelines over these...

Trump Endorses Air Force Veteran Flippo in Nevada CD-2 Primary Over Lombardo-Backed Settelmeyer

May 29, 2026 6:54 pmMay 29, 2026 6:55 pm

President Donald J. Trump has thrown his considerable weight behind retired Air Force Lt. Col. David Flippo in Nevada’s fiercely contested Republican primary for the state’s 2nd Congressional District, delivering a major blow to James Settelmeyer, a born and raised...

Taxpayer-Funded Gang Murderer Hired as ‘Peace Ambassador’ in DSA-Run MacArthur Park

May 29, 2026 2:06 pmMay 29, 2026 2:18 pm

Los Angeles taxpayers are once again footing the bill for a convicted gang murderer’s lifestyle, this time as a city-hired “Peace Ambassador” embedded in the very neighborhood his gang has turned into an open-air drug market. This morning, FBI agents...

Sacramento Democrats Push Bill to Gut Prop 36, Advance ‘Criminals-First Agenda’

May 28, 2026 2:22 pmMay 28, 2026 2:23 pm

Just months after voters approved Proposition 36 to restore felony penalties for repeat theft and drug crimes, Democrats in the Assembly passed AB 2108, a bill authored by Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins (D-La Mesa) that creates a pretrial diversion program for...

Newsom Signs SB 73 to Block Ballot Seizures and Election Oversight

May 28, 2026 11:59 amMay 28, 2026 12:12 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 73 into law on Wednesday, just days before the June 2 statewide primary. The legislation, authored by Sen. Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) with co-author Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Orange County) and Assemblymember Gail Pellerin (D-Santa Cruz),...