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US Senate narrowly confirms Kash Patel as next FBI director

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Key Trump ally, who aligns with US president on range of issues, wins confirmation in 51-49 Senate vote The US Senate has confirmed Kash Patel as the next FBI director, handing oversight of the nation’s premier law enforcement agency to an official who has declined to explicitly say whether he would use his position to … Read more

The EPA weighed two LA beachfront sites for toxic waste sorting. These ‘hippies and hicks’ revolted

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Residents in Topanga Canyon – an area of Indigenous heritage and artists – mobilized against the state’s decision to bring in hazardous materials after wildfires Twenty years ago, it was called Rodeo Grounds – an eclectic neighborhood of artists, musicians and surfers living in beach shacks where Topanga Canyon meets the Pacific Ocean. In a … Read more

DEI-charged claims fly over contract talks for military school’s leader as lawmaker demands ethics probe

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Virginia Democratic lawmakers are raising racially tinged concerns that the Virginia Military Institute’s board might decide against offering a comprehensive contract extension to the historic school’s first Black superintendent. According to Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., a board member at Virginia Military Institute revealed that at least one member of the Virginia legislature had expressed concerns … Read more

Hawley calls for watchdog over Ukraine aid, picking up where Vance left off

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FIRST ON FOX: Amidst a war of words between President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Sen. Josh Hawley is pitching legislation that would install a special inspector general for Ukraine aid. Hawley, R-Mo., is reintroducing legislation he sponsored along with Vice President J.D. Vance, when Vance was in the Senate, for an independent watchdog … Read more

Elon Musk makes surprise appearance at CPAC

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Elon Musk is set to deliver his debut speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday afternoon.  CPAC organizers made a surprise announcement that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) chief and close President Donald Trump confidant would give a surprise address to attendees on Thursday afternoon.  Other CPAC speakers this year include … Read more

Trump’s savage attack on Zelenskyy shaped by pro-Russian coterie

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‘Kremlin whisperers’ have the president’s ear and dissenters are few – but a thin skin and self-interest are also at play Donald Trump’s tarring of Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “dictator” who is to blame for the war with Russia, plunging Ukraine into a Darwinian struggle for its very existence, landed like a bombshell on the … Read more