Democrat members of the U.S. House of Representatives held a protest outside the Department of Education on Friday amid reports that President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to shut down the department. The Democrat lawmakers attempted to force their way into the building; however, they were blocked by a security guard. According to NBC News,…
The U.S. Coast Guard and other rescue crews are currently searching for a Cessna airplane that vanished in Alaska on Thursday with 10 people on board. As of Friday morning, officials had not located the missing plane. Fox News reported that the missing aircraft is a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX operated by Bering Air….
They only had one shot to save the fish. Ash from the Palisades fire had blown into a stream housing the last population of steelhead trout in the Santa Monica Mountains, degrading the water quality. The first rain following the inferno was closing in, bringing threats of debris flows that could choke Topanga Creek. Mud was already clogging the…
President Donald Trump took dead aim at California’s high-speed rail project Tuesday, promising to lead an investigation into the beleaguered project under construction in Fresno and the central San Joaquin Valley. “The train that’s being built between Los Angeles and San Francisco is the worst managed project I think I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen some of the worst,” Trump told reporters Tuesday. He…
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced on Thursday that Pearson Mayor Robert “Buster” Johnson was arrested and charged with fraud, bribery, theft, violation of his oath of office, and multiple other crimes. In a Thursday press release, the GBI confirmed that the 49-year-old Pearson mayor had been arrested and charged with four counts of…
Idaho moved another step closer Thursday to becoming the only U.S. state with a firing squad as its lead method for carrying out the death penalty. Along a nearly party-line vote, the Republican-controlled Idaho House overwhelmingly passed House Bill 37, by a 58-11 tally. Two GOP members joined the House’s nine Democrats in opposition following limited debate. The bill now moves to the Senate for consideration. Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa,…
