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Ruben Gallego Fuels 2028 Presidential Speculation Amid Campaign Spending Scrutiny

June 24, 2026 8:53 amJune 24, 2026 8:53 am

Arizona Democrat Sen. Ruben Gallego is leaving the door open to a 2028 presidential campaign, fueling speculation that the first-term senator is already positioning himself for a national run while facing new scrutiny over his use of campaign and political...

The Pride of Benicia: The 57-Year Legacy of a Refinery and Its People

June 23, 2026 4:26 pmJune 23, 2026 4:27 pm

When people discuss the closure of the Valero Benicia Refinery, the conversation usually centers on fuel production, energy policy, and economics. But what we lost was more than a refinery. For 57 years, the Benicia Refinery was a source of...

Las Vegas Middle School Teacher Admits Breaking District Policy to Affirm Pronouns, Coach Students on ‘Coming Out’ as Queer

June 23, 2026 2:01 pmJune 23, 2026 2:01 pm

An undercover investigation by O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) has exposed a Clark County School District middle school teacher who openly admitted to violating district policy on student pronouns, coaching children as young as 11 on coming out as queer, promoting...

$906M Medicare Fraud: Nevada Nurse Indicted for Bilking Taxpayers with Fake Grafts on Hospice Patients

June 23, 2026 9:35 amJune 23, 2026 9:35 am

A Las Vegas-based nurse practitioner has been federally indicted in one of the largest Medicare fraud schemes in recent years, accused of billing taxpayers nearly a billion dollars for medically unnecessary wound grafts, including on terminally ill hospice patients who...

LA Councilman Wants To Tax LA’s Private Country Clubs, Protected Under Prop 13

June 23, 2026 7:00 amJune 23, 2026 7:01 am

Six of Los Angeles’s highest-end private golf and country clubs are facing a property tax battle with local LA City Councilman and former Democrat Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian, who wants to drastically raise their taxes after learning that they “have a...

Pattern Emerges Of Gallego Campaign-Funded Family Perks— Disney, Super Bowl Trips, Child Care

June 22, 2026 3:33 pmJune 22, 2026 3:34 pm

U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) is facing renewed scrutiny over campaign spending after Politico reported that his political committees paid for family travel, child care reimbursements, Disney trips, and Super Bowl-related expenses. The report follows previous California Globe coverage of...

Elon Musk Vows to Sue Rep Ro Khanna: ‘Robber Khanna Should Be In Prison’

June 22, 2026 2:49 pmJune 22, 2026 2:58 pm

In a sharp escalation of their long-running online feud, Elon Musk publicly declared “Time to sue this liar” after Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) accused the tech billionaire and former DOGE co-leader of “possibly sentencing to death” 4.5 million children through...