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LA Superintendent Resigns after FBI Raid
(Headline USA) The superintendent of Los Angeles public schools has resigned four months after he was put on paid leave during a federal investigation, the district’s Board of Education said Monday. Alberto Carvalho denied any wrongdoing earlier this year and had asked to be reinstated as head of the nation’s second-largest district. The FBI served search…
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Pentagon Tells Lawmakers It Needs Additional $80 Billion for Iran War and Other Costs
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Pentagon has told Congress that it needs $80 billion to pay for the Iran war and other non-war-related costs, The Wall Street Journal has reported. The Pentagon had previously claimed that the war cost $29 billion as of mid-May, a number that doesn’t hold up to scrutiny, as an analysis from Stephen…
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‘Toy Story 5’ Rakes in the Biggest Box-Office Debut of the Year
(Headline USA) “Toy Story” still has a friend in moviegoers. The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily setting a new franchise record and notching the biggest opening weekend of the year. Launching 31 years after the original “Toy Story” first landed in…
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Donald Trump Slams Illinois Governor After Deadly Chicago Weekend
(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump challenged Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker to seek federal assistance after a bloody weekend left multiple dead and dozens injured across Chicago, Just the News reported. “Why isn’t Governor Pritzker calling me for help,” Trump wrote Sunday morning on Truth Social. “I could make Chicago a safe City…
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Teaching Christian Philosophy Lands ASU Professor in Trouble
(José Niño, Headline USA) An Arizona State University professor found himself penalized in his yearly performance evaluation over allegations of “bias” and “slant” toward Christianity stemming from his instruction on theologian Thomas Aquinas and classroom inquiries about the “highest good,” The College Fix reported. Owen Anderson, who has been an outspoken critic of ASU’s diversity,…
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan Dies at 100
(Headline USA) Alan Greenspan, the jazz-playing U.S. Federal Reserve chair who was celebrated for engineering a decade of prosperity but later shared the blame for a devastating financial crisis, died Monday. He was 100. Greenspan died from complications of Parkinson’s disease, said his wife of 29 years, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell. “To me he…
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Milwaukee Mayor Criticizes Investigation into 2020 Election
(Benjamin Yount, The Center Square) Milwaukee’s mayor is again questioning and criticizing the federal investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 election. Mayor Cavalier Johnson was on UpFront over the weekend and framed the FBI’s questioning of Milwaukee County election officials and Milwaukee police officers as an attempt to undo the 2020 presidential vote. “We’ve got a president…
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Vance Says ‘Progress’ Made in Talks with Iran
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) Following what appeared to be a bumpy weekend between the United States and Iran, Vice President J.D. Vance said progress is being made. Vance, leading a U.S. delegation in talks with Iran, mediated by Pakistan and Qatar, reassured that talks remain ongoing in Switzerland after Iranian representatives threatened to walk…
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Report: Secret Service Funds Redirected to Pay for White House Ballroom
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Secret Service received $1.17 billion last year to hire more agents and improve its security, but about $352 million of that amount is being redirected to pay for the White House ballroom construction project, according to the Washington Post. “The administration’s budget office on Friday disclosed in a public database…
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Judge Denies Biden’s Bid to Block Release of Transcripts Linked to Special Counsel Inquiry
(Headline USA) A federal judge on Friday rejected former President Joe Biden’s attempt to block the Trump administration from releasing to a conservative group the recordings that Biden made with a ghostwriter. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich found that the public interest in the material outweighed whatever privacy rights Biden had. The recordings were obtained…
