House Freedom Caucus conservatives cheered the passage of an amendment to an appropriations bill that would terminate the so-called the Biden-era auto “kill switch.”

“Taxpayer dollars should not fund a surveillance system that treats every law abiding American driver as a suspect. As we work to address very real problems, we cannot allow our Constitutional liberties to be shredded or create a world where every American driver becomes a node for data gathering,” Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) told Breitbart News in a written statement.

When Congress passed the so-called Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act during the Biden administration in 2021, it contained the HALT Drunk Driving Act.

The legislation requires the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) to write new rules that would require automakers to install anti-drunk driving technology within five years. The law orders the agency to require a “passive system” in cars that would monitor a driver’s performance, detect their blood alcohol level (BAC) equal to and exceeding .08, which is the legal limit, and prevent or limit vehicle operation whenever it detects driver impairment.

The law enflamed controversy that the government was planning to mandate a government “kill switch” on all vehicles.

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The Senate on Friday morning blocked a measure to extend a surveillance program used by U.S. agencies, in part because of opposition to President Donald Trump’s new acting director of national intelligence.

The vote was 47–52 against a motion that would have set up a final vote on extending a provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that lets agencies such as the CIA collect communications from foreign targets without a warrant, and has in the past enabled collection of information from Americans communicating with foreigners.

Trump’s selection of Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte, who lacks a background in intelligence, as the acting national intelligence director spurred opposition to the extension measure.

Trump’s selection of Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte, who lacks a background in intelligence, as the acting national intelligence director spurred opposition to the extension measure.

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Donald Trump‘s purge of the federal bureaucracy escalated Wednesday with an executive order making it easier to fire 8,000 federal workers.

The order reclassified the workers as at-will employees, meaning the government can now terminate them without offering a reason.

A rule finalized by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) earlier this year established a new category of these workers, known as ‘schedule policy/career.’

Trump’s order Wednesday put those 8,000 workers, generally senior policymakers, into the new category.

‘It’s been a long-standing problem that it’s almost impossible to fire a federal employee, even in cases of serious misconduct,’ said James Sherk of the Domestic Policy Council at the public signing of the order. ‘And that’s a particular problem if you’re in a senior policy-influencing role.’

The President lauded Sherk as a key architect of the order.

‘What this [order] does is basically treat those employees like private sector workers,’ Sherk added.

Previously, only around 4,000 federal employees could be hired and fired using the at-will procedures. Under the terms of Trump’s order, that number triples to 12,000.

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President Donald Trump dropped a series of bombshell comments during an interview with New York Post columnist Miranda Devine this week, once again declaring that the 2020 election was “rigged” and suggesting that his administration has obtained information that could expose those responsible.

During the wide-ranging interview, Trump made it crystal clear: the election was rigged, it has now been proven beyond any doubt, and the people responsible are known. The only question left is how justice will be delivered.

“Look, we had a rigged election. We can’t have a rigged election,” Trump said.

“You know, we can be nice about it, we can be politically correct. Oh, I don’t want to say— I used to say that a year and a half ago, the election was rigged, and the cameras would literally turn off. Yeah. And the anchor would say, sir, you’re not allowed to say that. You know, now nobody ever turns off the camera because it’s been proven to be rigged… Look at all the stuff that we found out. It was a rigged election. Biden lost in a landslide.”

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A famous New York real estate mogul and reality TV star once proudly declared, “I love debt. I love playing with it.”

While the 1% can certainly use debt as a financial tool, if you finance daily purchases at 22% interest only to pay the minimums, you aren’t playing with debt. You might be getting played as you may find that standard finance charges significantly outpace your repayment efforts

But say you fall for it and open a credit card with a relatively low credit limit, buy a bunch of stuff and set up automatic payments to stay on top of your credit. Are you actually aware of the financial penalty you pay when you only make minimum payments?

Credit card issuers typically calculate your minimum payment using a formula like 1% to 2% of the principal balance plus that month’s interest. For instance, on a $5,000 balance at a 22% interest rate, your first monthly minimum payment would be roughly $141.

However, $91.67 of that $141 goes directly to the bank as an interest fee, knocking a mere $49.33 off what you actually owe. This process turns a temporary balance into a multi-decade financial anchor, potentially forcing you to pay double, triple or quadruple the amount in interest versus the amount you originally borrowed.

A young husband and father to four children was brutally beaten to death by a man who was just released from jail.

Dylan Plouff, 34, was working as a security guard in Milwaukee when he confronted a man who was trying to break into cars on May 18.

The suspect, 32-year-old Daniel Mcrae, brutally beat Plouff.

Mcrae was released from jail on May 12 without any charges for a similar assault. During the May 12 arrest, Mcrae injured an officer.

Donald Trump has ordered his incoming director of national intelligence (DNI) to start purging officials from the Obama and Biden administrations.

The President told Tulsi Gabbard’s replacement, Bill Pulte, that the 18 agencies, including the CIA and FBI, that he now oversees are ‘unnecessary and/or too big.’

Trump told the Wall Street Journal: ‘I’d like to see it smaller. I think there are a lot of people in there that shouldn’t be there.’

The President told reporters he wants Pulte, a former Florida real estate executive, to ‘start the process’ of firing people, even though he is only serving on an acting basis.

Pulte’s extraordinary elevation this week from the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to the country’s top intelligence official sparked backlash among Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

But he will avoid a Senate confirmation process by serving in an acting capacity.

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John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors and is expected to plead guilty to one count of illegal retention of sensitive national security documents, according to CNN, citing three sources familiar with the matter.

Under the agreement, Bolton will pay a fine of more than $2 million. A single count of illegal retention carries a possible sentence of up to 60 months in prison.

A court hearing is currently scheduled for June 26.

Bolton was originally charged in Maryland with eight counts of transmission of national defense information and ten counts of retention of national defense information. The charges centered on diary-like entries from his time in the Trump White House that were allegedly kept at his residence.

Prosecutors accused him of sharing more than 1,000 pages of information through his personal email with two unauthorized individuals – reportedly his wife and daughter – though these transmission allegations are not part of the plea deal.

According to the indictment, Bolton used personal email and messaging accounts to transmit Top Secret intelligence about foreign adversaries, future attacks, and U.S. foreign-policy relations. He also kept classified files at his home, including sensitive intelligence about foreign leaders and U.S. intelligence sources.

The FBI Baltimore Field Office led the investigation, with oversight from the Justice Department’s National Security Division. The indictment outlines two core allegations:

1. Eight counts of transmission of NDI under the Espionage Act (18 U.S.C. §793(d)),
2. and Ten counts of unlawful retention of NDI under §793(e).

The investigation intensified after Bolton’s email was breached by suspected Iranian hackers, during which investigators discovered the classified “diary-like entries.”

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Four violent D.C.-area youths had the tables turned on them after trying to rob a Marine veteran of his vehicle.

As FOX 5 DC reported, an Oxen Hill, Maryland man named Jheyco Borda was operating on his vehicle near Oxon Hill High School around 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday when four teenagers sauntered up to him on the sidewalk.

Oxon Hill is a suburb in Maryland located just southeast of D.C.

Video shared by FOX 5 DC next shows the youths cornering Borda at the bed of his truck. One youth wearing a red, white, and blue sweatshirt then pulls out a pistol and points it at the veteran’s head, demanding his car keys and phone.

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As I drove to Ocean City today, I noticed a number of gas stations with gas at $3.99. I believe that’s about a $ .50 drop in about two weeks. I’m not seeing that reported anywhere. Even the Great FOX News has not mentioned it yet. Bad news is always good for news stations. Good news is not good for their ratings. Call FOX at 1-888-369-4762 and ask them what’s the problem.

Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) went off on Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) during a Thursday committee hearing, where she shamelessly defended violent illegal alien criminals, including murderers, rapists, and fraudsters.

During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, titled “Protecting American Citizenship III: Denaturalization and its Constitutional Limits,” Horino went on an unhinged tirade, accusing the Trump Administration of “terrorizing immigrant communities” and defending immigrants who are convicted of heinous crimes.

“I happen to be the only naturalized citizen sitting on this committee, and I am horrified by the implication that naturalized citizens basically get second-class citizenship,” she screeched. “As a naturalized citizen, I’m proud of it. I can’t think of a more undemocratic, un-American thing to do to someone who chooses to become a US citizen to hold this over their heads and treat us like second-class citizens.”

The hearing focused on Senator Schmitt’s Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation (SCAM) Act, which would expand the federal government’s authority to “revoke the citizenship of certain individuals who demonstrate through their involvement with fraud, other serious felonies, or terrorist organizations that they never met the statutory requirements for citizenship,” according to Schmitt’s office.

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The Roads Department are in the process of pipe replacements. One June 9th -10th, Laws Road will be closed between 34338 Laws RD and 34342 Laws RD.

Wango RD will be temporarily closed on June 11th- 12th for another cross road pipe replacement. This closure will be between Powell School RD and 35094 Wango RD.

All this work is dependent on weather permitting.

For more information call 410-548-4935

Wicomico County Government Offices will be closed Friday, June 19, 2026, in observance of Juneteenth Holiday.

CONVENIENCE CENTERS, LANDFILL, BRUSH PILE, FERRIES
JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

On Friday, June 19, 2026 the Newland Park Landfill and Brush Pile and Main Convenience center will be open. All external Convenience Centers will be closed. Whitehaven Ferry and Upper Ferry will be closed.

For more information, please contact the Newland Park Landfill at 410-548-4935. Ferry information
is available by calling 410-543-2765.

On March 14, ransomware knocked out the water treatment plant serving 80,000 people in Minot, North Dakota. Staff spent 16 hours operating the system by hand. The city took more than two weeks to rebuild. Water quality was not affected, but the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system was gone, and the FBI was called in. The attackers have not been publicly identified. It shouldn’t have been hard to see coming.

When EPA inspectors began showing up at drinking water facilities across the country in 2023, more than 70 percent of the systems they inspected were violating federal law. Not obscure regulatory technicalities. Basic security. Facilities that had never changed the factory-default passwords on their equipment. Systems where every employee, past and present, logged in with the same credentials. Former workers who still had full access to infrastructure serving tens of thousands of people.

On April 7, the EPA, FBI, CISA, and NSA issued a joint advisory on Iranian-affiliated actors targeting water and wastewater systems. The advisory did not describe a potential threat. It described an active one:

U.S. organizations are experiencing exploitation and, in some cases, disruption of commonly used operational technology at drinking water and wastewater systems that are diligently working to ensure that Americans can rely on clean and safe water.

Reported consequences have included wiped system configurations, tampered mechanical sensors, and knocked-out control interfaces, along with direct financial losses. In November 2023, an Iran-affiliated group breached a Pennsylvania water system and forced workers to manually shut down a pumping station. The April advisory was the federal government’s acknowledgment that the threat never stopped.

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“Our Deputies and support staff have tirelessly collaborated to locate and apprehend Pioro.”

A Polish fugitive that was wanted in a $30 million fraud case in his home country was found and arrested while taking part in a US Army boot camp in Missouri, according to officials. Marcin Pioro, 45, CEO of a Polish financial services company Cinkciarz.pl/Conotoxia was discovered by officials at Fort Leonard Wood on May 19 and was wanted by Interpol.

Pióro was wanted on large-scale fraud and money laundering offenses by Polish authorities. Pioro was taken into custody while he was participating in military exercises. He had joined the US Army to gain naturalized citizenship in the United States.

“This fugitive investigation is a testament to the commitment the U.S. Marshals Midwest Violent Fugitive Task Force in the Western District of Missouri has for finding, apprehending, and bringing to justice violent fugitives,” said Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Chris Deaton. “Our Deputies and support staff have tirelessly collaborated to locate and apprehend Pioro. Today’s arrest was a strong symbolic gesture of this commitment.”

Pioro appeared in court on May 20 at the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri before U.S. Magistrate Judge David P. Rush and was then detained and is set to be extradited to Poland.

Police in Poland have had a case against Pioro since October 2024. He was charged with preying on customers with his financial services platform and conducting currency exchanges outside the country. Thousands of victims had alleged that he stole their money.

Two of the Polish fugitive’s associates have also been detained, and both are facing up to 25 years in prison. The arrest of Pioro was carried out by the US Marshals Service deputies in the Western District of Missouri in coordination with ICE.

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Racial hierarchy is embedded in the logic of Black Lives Matter. What it looks like in practice is the murder of Henry Nowak.

Public outrage in Britain is rising after the release of harrowing police bodycam footage in the stabbing and subsequent arrest of Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old university student who was killed December 3, 2025 in Southampton, England, by a 23-year-old Sikh man named Vickrum Digwa.

The circumstances of Nowak’s murder almost defy belief. On their own, they would be enough to send Britain into a spiral of race riots and civil unrest — if Nowak had not been white, and if his killer had not been Indian. As it is, the murder of Henry Nowak will probably not trigger the kind of rioting that George Floyd’s death did in the United States. But it does perfectly illustrate the logic of Black Lives Matter: racial minorities are to be believed and preferred, white people are not — even in cases where whites are the victims of violent crimes.

President Donald Trump is once again sounding the alarm on election integrity, this time zeroing in on California’s notoriously sluggish primary results. As votes continue to trickle in days after polls closed, the president has directed federal investigators to examine what he calls blatant attempts by Democrats to “steal” key races, including the gubernatorial contest and the Los Angeles mayoral primary. The slow pace is no accident in a state engineered for maximum mail-in ballot reliance, where late-counted votes reliably tilt leftward.

This isn’t about procedural inefficiency. It’s a feature of a system that rewards delay and opacity, allowing establishment forces to adjust outcomes long after Election Day enthusiasm has faded. Republican contenders Steve Hilton for governor and Spencer Pratt for Los Angeles mayor surged in early returns, yet the full picture remains murky. In a state that prides itself on “progressive” voting reforms, such opacity breeds precisely the distrust Democrats then decry as conspiracy theory.

The President took to Truth Social to lay it out the way he normally does, declaring the problem they created and the solution he’s launching.

“There’s BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks. Under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Why the vote counting DELAY???”

He followed up by accusing the opposition of flooding the process with late mail-in ballots to reverse early conservative gains.

“The Dumocrats are at it again! They are trying to STEAL THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA PRIMARY, AND THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, PRIMARY, AWAY FROM TWO GREAT REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.”

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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ended a Biden administration policy that required racial considerations be made to determine who was eligible to get a kidney transplant.

CMS published a final rule Monday governing the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model, a mandatory, six-year program that ostensibly sought to “increase access to kidney transplants for patients with end-stage renal disease.” However, the Biden rule, which took effect July 1, 2025, also required participating hospitals to consider race, ethnicity, and “equity” in the decision-making process for allocating organs to patients.

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President Donald Trump has seemingly switched his tune on Tehran’s leadership overnight – in a foreign policy U–turn that has sparked outrage at home and left Iranian citizens utterly bewildered.

Just days after launching fierce rhetorical attacks against Iran‘s newly appointed, reportedly disfigured Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the American President stunned the public by declaring, ‘We seem to be getting along quite well.’

Inside Iran, the whiplash was felt immediately, with citizens reacting in sheer disbelief and anger at how rapidly Trump shifted from maximum pressure to sudden courtship.

The President said on Wednesday he will ‘probably meet with Iran’s Ayatollah at some point.’

Speaking on the Pod Force One podcast, Trump added that Iran’s leader was involved in peace talks with the US, and that ‘Iran situation … will be very good.’

‘I would like to meet him, and we probably will meet at some point, depending on how it all works out,’ he said of the Ayatollah.

Three Iranians, speaking anonymously for safety reasons, told the Daily Mail they feel ‘betrayed’ by Trump, who they say had given them direct hope at a time when their government was killing protesters in the streets.

They say his pivot to negotiating with that same murderous government has left them questioning whether ordinary Iranians were ever part of his equation.

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A baby was pulled out of the midst of a fight at a Pennsylvania kindergarten graduation after a brawl broke out.

An unidentified man has been cited with disorderly conduct for allegedly instigating the fracas at the Ben Franklin School kindergarten graduation on Monday.

Video obtained by WJAC from inside the Harrisburg school showed many parents screaming as two men tussled in the back of the room.

‘Oh my god! Oh my god!’ one woman can be heard screaming.

Caught in the middle of the fight was a toddler. A woman rushed over to rip the child out of a man’s arms as the two men kept hitting each other.

At one point, one man had another in a headlock while other parents desperately tried to untangle them on the floor.

A different man then put one of them in a loose headlock in an attempt to get him off the other parent, the video showed.

Several parents managed to separate the two men. One of the men screamed: ‘I like that!’ several times before being escorted to the other side of the gym.

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President Donald Trump suffered a major blow in his war efforts on Wednesday, when the House of Representatives voted in favor of a ‌Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the Iran war until it is authorized by Congress.

The House voted 215 to ​208, as four Republicans voted with ​Democrats in favor of the war powers resolution, which directs the president to remove US armed forces from engaging in any more hostilities against Iran unless explicitly authorized by Congress, other than to defend America, an ally or partner from ‘imminent attack.’

The vote is largely symbolic as any ‌resolution ⁠would also have to pass the Senate to become effective, and garner the two-thirds majorities in both chambers ​to overcome ​an ⁠almost certain Trump veto.

Still, it represents the latest setback for Trump in Congress despite his party’s slim majorities ​in both chambers and reflects growing congressional concern – even ​among Trump’s Republicans – over ⁠the war.

The Democrats in the House had previously tried and failed multiple times over the year to pass a resolution that would limit Trump’s ability to conduct military operations against Iran, arguing the war was illegal because the president had not sought or received permission from Congress.

But when Democrats accrued enough votes to pass a similar measure last month, House Republicans pulled a planned vote on the bill.

Meanwhile, the Senate advanced a separate, but similar, ⁠resolution ​last month in a ​procedural vote, after seven previous attempts had failed.

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Thirteen Virginia commonwealth’s attorneys have now said they will not enforce Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s (D-VA) new gun ban when it takes effect on July 1, including the top prosecutors in Page, Shenandoah, and Warren counties.

The law Spanberger signed in May bans the future sale, manufacture, transfer, import, and purchase of certain semiautomatic firearms and magazines that hold more than 15 rounds. Anyone charged under it faces up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine, plus a three-year ban on buying or possessing firearms.

Spotsylvania County Commonwealth’s Attorney Ryan Mehaffey was among the first to go on record.

“The assault weapons ban and the public carry ban are obviously unconstitutional. And it’s incumbent upon constitutional officers in Virginia to come out and clearly state that they cannot be lawfully enforced, and to defend the people’s rights to keep and bear arms.”

Mehaffey also drew a contrast with Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, a Democrat who has reportedly dropped charges against multiple violent suspects, including Abdul Jalloh, an illegal alien who went on to murder Stephanie Minter at a bus stop after Descano’s office declined to prosecute him despite police warnings.

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Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio appeared on Bloomberg TV today and delivered a measured yet cautionary assessment of the artificial intelligence investment frenzy. He highlighted classic bubble dynamics – sky-high valuations, rampant speculation, and “paper wealth” vastly outpacing actual cash flows – while drawing direct parallels to the 2000 dot-com era.

“All great technology changes produce bubbles,” Dalio said in the Wednesday Bloomberg Television interview. “Nobody can get it exactly right. You have to either spend a ton of money to capture your market share and don’t worry about whether it’s too much or not, or you don’t spend enough money and you lose your market share.”

Dalio explained the mechanism of how such a bubble eventually bursts: “The pricking is the converting of wealth into money.” He noted that today’s AI-driven market is “following that kind of path, even though it is a wonderful technology.”

AI Will Survive – Many Companies May Not

Dalio also hit on the law of the jungle; a lot of companies simply disappear during massive technological upheaval – as competition sorts out the winners and losers – which is separate of the technology’s lasting impact. In short, the underlying innovations in AI will continue transforming economies and societies, much as the internet did after its own bubble deflated.

Meanwhile, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang just touted “insane” returns for investors willing to bet on the AI boom – with chipmakers notably having been the hottest stocks on Wall Stre

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Image courtesy Maryland State Police

Summary

• State media issues four-stage proposal for deal with US, says indirect talks are ‘ongoing’.
• GCC blasts ‘cowardly attacks’ after Kuwait International Airport rocked by Iranian missiles: one dead, 63 injured.
• Overnight saw US-Iran exchange fire in Strait of Hormuz – as US attacked Qeshm Island – and Iran unleashed more projectiles on Gulf states. Most intense fighting since April.
• IRGC via state media: Tehran has frozen all back-channel communication with Washington over Israeli operations in Lebanon, calls Trump narrative a fantasy.
• Trump says Iran has agreed not to pursue a nuclear weapon, while saying talks are still ongoing. Tells NYP he believes the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz will “resolve itself fairly quickly.“

Trump Claims Iran ‘Close’ To Signing Paper ‘In Theory’

The two sides don’t actually appear to be any closer to a deal or so much as a MOU to get back to the table, but President Trump is still signaling optimism:

Fars: Outline of Iran’s 4-Stage Proposal For Deal With US

Fars Politics on Telegram has issued the following outline on Wednesday (machine translated). Also, somewhat contradicting reports from other state media outlets, Fars has stated that indirect talks with Washington are still ongoing, but that no final decision on a MOU has yet been made.

Phase 1: Ending war and halting military actions.

Phase 2: Tangible measures, including: The issue of the strait and the mechanisms related to it,
Lifting the blockade, Removing restrictions and oil sanctions, Releasing part of Iran’s frozen assets and blocked financial resources.

Phase 3: Dedicated to discussions on sanctions and the nuclear file.

Phase 4: Involves establishing a supervisory committee to oversee implementation of the understanding and monitor the commitments of all parties.

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State law allows liquor board to oversee new permitting for special events

In a Tuesday night per curiam order, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the State of Alabama, allowing them to proceed with using maps drawn in 2023 for the 2026 midterm elections. These maps included only one majority-minority district.

In a lower court ruling, a three-judge panel ordered the state to implement a second majority-minority district under the claim that the 2023 maps violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). On May 11, SCOTUS vacated that ruling and sent it back to the lower court. On May 26, this same three-judge panel once again blocked the use of 2023 maps on the same basis of violation of the VRA, without any consideration of the decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which held that maps drawn along racial lines under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act were no longer valid.

Alabama immediately filed an emergency petition to SCOTUS, which brings us to here.

Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney-Barrett ruled in favor of the state. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.

In the order, the court noted Alabama showed it was entitled to interim relief from the district court’s injunction and that the state would have likely succeeded with its appeals. It dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims of “intentional vote dilution,” stating, “the District Court did not heed the presumption of legislative good faith, see Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, 602 U. S. 1, 10 (2024), because it interpreted the State’s legal disagreement with the court’s earlier remedial order as proof of discriminatory animus.”

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NIH spent five months saying nothing about an incident that now has two of its researchers facing federal charges for allegedly smuggling biological material into the United States from an active monkeypox outbreak zone.

Vincent Munster and Claude Kwe touched down at Detroit Metro Airport on Jan. 25, coming off a flight from Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, where a monkeypox outbreak was actively spreading. Customs officers pulled them aside and asked about the large black plastic case they were carrying. Munster and Kwe said it held diagnostic and testing equipment. It didn’t. Inside: 113 vials packed in Styrofoam coolers.

Munster, a Dutch national, ran the Virus Ecology Section at NIH’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana. The BSL-4 facility works with Ebola, plague, and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, among other pathogens. Kwe, a Cameroonian national, was his research fellow. Both are foreign nationals with full access to one of the most dangerous research facilities the U.S. government operates. According to federal prosecutors, both decided the rules didn’t apply to them.

The place was already under a microscope before Tuesday. Just last week, Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT) asked the HHS Inspector General to open a review of the facility after a lab worker got bitten by a monkey infected with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. Sheehy also flagged a whistleblower complaint against Munster personally, one surfaced by White Coat Waste, the conservative animal rights group. Laura Loomer had been beating the drum publicly, calling for federal intervention against the lab and against Munster directly.

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Worcester approves $300.2M spending plan, OK’s $8.9M increase for school system

Former President Joe Biden crashed his wife Jill’s debut book talk Tuesday, stealing her spotlight to bizarrely ask the former first lady whom she loves the most in a cringe-inducing moment before aides could cut him off.

Jill Biden had been wrapping up a Q&A about her newly released book, “A View from the East Wing,” with moderator Whoopi Goldberg at the 92nd Street Y on the Upper East Side when Biden, 83, left his seat in the audience and wandered up to the edge of the stage.

Goldberg had read a comment from the audience thanking Biden for his service, and Jill, 75, stood up to give her husband a standing ovation when the ex-president’s seemingly unplanned speech began.

“I have a question,” Biden said unprompted, and without a microphone, while flanked by security guards.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz was asked to give medical advice to people who suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome on Tuesday.

The doctor did not have a cure. “Treating stupid is really hard, and it becomes a real problem,” he said.

Oz took the podium at a White House press briefing this afternoon, subbing in for White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is currently on maternity leave.

Various top administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, have stepped in as one-time Press Secretary.

Lindell TV correspondent Cara Castronuova asked Dr. Oz how to treat crazed, Trump-obsessed liberals on Tuesday, and he was stumped.

“I am concerned about folks who have focused their entire life energy on disliking the president,” he said.

“It’s disheartening to see people lost in that way, but treating stupid is really hard.”

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Former New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is facing fierce backlash after calling for a “de-MAGAfication” of America, language many regard as equating millions of Trump supporters with Nazis and helps create the moral permission structure for political violence.

Krugman, an economist, professor, former columnist at the NYT, and longtime critic of President Donald Trump, made the remarks in a YouTube video posted Sunday. Rather than limiting his criticism to Trump or specific policies, Krugman invoked the language of post-World War II Germany and suggested the United States needs a political “purging.”

“We really need to do a thorough purging of the United States,” Krugman said. “We need a de-MAGAfication, and I am not going over the top by using a word that is very similar to the Denazification that we pursued successfully after World War II in Germany.”

The implication is difficult to miss. Denazification, of course, was the Allied campaign to remove actual Nazis from German public institutions after the defeat of Adolf Hitler’s regime, which, as everyone knows, launched a world war, and presided over mass murder of innocents.

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A high school principal in North Carolina set a good example for educators by putting the school’s valedictorian in her place after she hijacked her commencement speech.

As The New York Post reported, Clayton High School senior Leen Hijaz was given the honor of delivering the institution’s commencement speech due to her academic accomplishments. Normally, such addresses are generally uneventful and at least somewhat apolitical.

But Hijaz, a Muslim, soon abandoned her pre-approved remarks to unleash a vile rant against ICE and spread pro-Palestine propaganda.

“Before I leave the stage, I have one last thing to say. Every single person here has a voice; we have the privilege to use it when millions around the world are struggling and suffering to be heard,” Hijaz stated.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz revealed on Tuesday that his agency has identified now $2 billion in fraudulent healthcare payments that have been given to illegal aliens.

“The number has doubled from what I said last year. We’re about $2 billion,” he told The Gateway Pundit during a White House press briefing, adding that some states are cracking down on the fraud.

“The good news is that many states realize this is a problem, and they themselves have stopped doing this.”

“Some states don’t do as good a job as other states. That’s why we’re looking to individual states for leadership, for better ideas, to deal with many of these social problems that unfortunately begin to pile up over time. And they threaten the very foundation of our social net that supports all of us,” he added.

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The most reasonable member of the Democrat party strikes again.

Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was asked about Graham Platner, the Democratic Socialist (communist) running for U.S. Senate in Maine on CNN and called him a ‘creep.’

That’s actually a very good word to describe Platner, who is now embroiled in a sexting scandal, in addition to his many other controversies.

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Socialist pro-Palestinian Democrat Adam Hamawy, who has ties to an al-Qaeda terrorist known as the “Blind Sheikh, has won the Democrat primary for New Jersey’s 12th congressional district. The district is a Democrat stronghold, giving him a good chance of winning the general election and heading to Washington, DC.

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The primaries took place in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.

Americans in six states voted in their respective primaries Tuesday night in Senate, House and gubernatorial races.

The primaries took place in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota.

Here are the Republican nominees in Senate races as of Tuesday night:

Iowa GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson, who secured President Donald Trump’s endorsement last year, won the Republican nomination for Senate, according to the Associated Press. She is running to replace Republican Sen. Joni Ernst.

Sen. Mike Rounds, who is seeking reelection, won his primary in South Dakota and will face Democrat Julian Beaudion in the fall.

Republican candidate Larry Marker, who was a write-in candidate, won the Republican nomination in New Mexico and will face incumbent Democratic Sen. Ben Lujan in November.

Republican candidate Kurt Alme won his party’s nomination for Senate in Montana in a bid to replace outgoing GOP Sen. Steve Daines, who announced he was not seeking reelection in March. He was endorsed by President Trump.

The Associated Press has not called the race for New Jersey so far, where a Republican will take on Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, who is running unopposed for his party’s nomination.

There is no Senate race in California this year.

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Alphanso Talley was unaccounted for in the electronic monitoring system when he allegedly shot Officer John Bartholomew

The accused killer of a Chicago police officer was ordered back into custody Tuesday in a separate carjacking case, after the same judge came under fire for releasing the seven-time convicted felon on electronic monitoring before the alleged murder.

Alphanso Talley, 27, appeared in court Tuesday for a hearing regarding an alleged violation of his release conditions stemming from a 2025 armed robbery and carjacking case.

Talley appeared wearing a green jail jumpsuit and shackles as Cook County Circuit Court Judge John Lyke Jr. granted prosecutors’ request to formally revoke his pretrial release in the carjacking case.

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Jill Biden’s book is not even out yet — and she’s already trying to get it displayed on both the fiction and the non-fiction shelves.

From her husband’s mental decline to the pardoning of her son, the former first lady has moved from the historical to the fanciful.

Thomas Jefferson once wrote that “honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom”  — but if her promotional interviews are any measure, that chapter appears to be entirely missing from “View from the East Wing: A Memoir.”

Last week Biden faced a torrent of criticism, including from Democrats like her former spokesperson, over her claim to CBS News that she thought her husband’s debate meltdown meant he might have been suffering a stroke.

The interviewer didn’t mention the fact that Biden famously declared at the time that her husband was brilliant in the debate, and denied he was showing signs of mental decline.

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The Trump administration appears to be trying to inject new optimism across the nation’s farm belt following the China meeting last month, during which Beijing committed to making billions of dollars of new purchases of U.S. agricultural goods. The White House’s latest move is to reduce tariffs on tractors and combines, a policy shift aimed at easing cost pressures on farmers already squeezed by diesel, fertilizer, and machinery costs.

Late Monday, President Trump signed a proclamation slashing tariffs on imported agricultural equipment, including combines and harvesters, from 25% to 15% to lower costs for US farmers and manufacturers.

More color from the White House:

• The Proclamation adjusts the tariffs on agricultural equipment, like combines and harvesters, as well as certain other equipment, from 25% to 15%.  
• The Proclamation also expands the existing category of industrial equipment subject to a 15% tariff to include mobile industrial equipment, like bulldozers and forklifts, when imported from trade deal countries that are entitled to such treatment.
• The Proclamation encourages foreign companies to use more U.S. steel and aluminum by allowing them to qualify for a 10% duty rate, if their capital equipment include at least 85% U.S. melted and poured or smelted and cast steel or aluminum by weight.
• These tariff changes are temporary, lasting until December 31, 2027, to spur near–term investments that will rebuild the Nation’s industrial base.

The move is a clear attempt by the Trump administration to spur optimism across the nation’s farm belt following China’s commitments last month to purchase $17 billion annually in additional U.S. agricultural goods.

The latest reading of the US ag economy via the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer has been fading from a summer 2025 peak as trade wars and, now, the Gulf-related energy shock hurt farmers’ incomes.

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Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI) on Wednesday made himself look like a fool after accusing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of spreading racism on the internet. 

During a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing, Thanedar told DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, “I’m very concerned that your department is promoting White nationalist, anti-immigrant sentiments on official social media accounts,” pointing to a quote from a song that outraged leftist groups.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), “On Jan. 9, multiple accounts run by DHS communications staff shared an image with the caption “We’ll have our home again” on Facebook and X (the website formerly known as Twitter). The image included the phrase and a picture of a man in a cowboy hat riding through a snowy field as a military plane flies overhead, as well as a link to apply to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).”

What a crime!

“When will you stop DHS from using its social media accounts to spread bigoted and racist words and imagery promoting great replacement theory?” Thanedar asked. But when pressed by Mullin to specifically state what the issue was, it became clear that Thanedar had no idea what he was talking about and was only relying on left-wing sources to attack DHS.

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Most of us have a general idea of how we learn best. Some might retain information better by listening or taking notes, while others may prefer being hands-on with the topic or looking at tables and diagrams. When it comes down to it, there’s no one size fits all.

Today, visual learners are in luck because we’re looking at a subreddit called “Infographics,” a collection of data visualizations in various forms, like bar charts and heat maps. Full of colors and creative imagery, they’re both educational and fun. Scroll down to find the best ones that might change the way you see the world.

#1 Evolution Of The Alphabet

© Photo: Heath-Relecovo

#2 The Average Cost Of Insulin By Country

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A new poll from Elon University has confirmed what many people on the right have known for years. Very few Democrats are proud to be Americans, less than one in five, to be exact.

Of course, these same people were probably very proud to be Americans when Obama was president. That’s how the left rolls. They are only happy about the country if they are in charge of it. When they lose elections, they think the country is awful.

Their love of country is conditional.

The New York Post reports:

Fewer than 1 in 5 Dems feel proud to be American ahead of 250th birthday — compared to 2 in 3 of Republicans

Less than one in five Democratic voters said they are proud to be American in a recent poll ahead of America’s 250th birthday next month — compared to more than two-thirds of their Republican counterparts.

Those surveyed were asked what term best described how they felt when they thought about the United States marking its semiquincentennial anniversary, and Dems had almost nothing good to say.

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Vaping could trigger widespread genetic changes linked to cancer and chronic disease, scientists have warned.

A study has found regular e-cigarette users show altered activity in more than 3,000 genes, including many associated with cancer, heart disease and lung conditions.

Researchers say some of these changes may be driven not just by how much someone vapes, but what e-cigarettes they use, with certain flavours and types linked to far greater disruption.

The findings add to growing evidence that the devices, often marketed as a way to quit smoking, carry their own health risks.

However, experts stress the study was small and does not prove vaping causes disease, instead highlighting early biological changes that could signal potential harm over time.

Because vaping is relatively new, its full long-term health impact remains unclear. But scientists say heating e-liquids produces chemicals that may affect gene expression and could impair the body’s ability to repair damage.

In the latest study, published in Frontiers in Oncology, researchers compared gene activity in 83 people, including vapers, smokers and non-users.

They found that those who vaped had ‘altered expression’ in 3,124 genes – meaning these genes were functioning in a potentially damaging way – compared with people who neither smoked nor vaped.

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The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 215-208 to end the war with Iran.

This is the first time the House has voted to stop Trump’s military action in Iran.

Four Republicans voted with the Democrats: Thomas Massie, Brian Fitzpatrick, Tom Barrett and Warren Davidson.

The resolution is likely dead on arrival in the Senate.

If it passes the Senate, Trump will veto the resolution.

The Hill reported:

House lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation designed to force President Trump to end the Iran War, marking a victory for Democrats and the constitutional purists who say the conflict is illegal without explicit congressional approval.

The tally was 215-208, with four Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Tom Barrett (Mich.) and Warren Davidson (Ohio) — joining every Democrat in supporting the measure.

The development is largely symbolic, since there are lingering disputes about whether the measure, known as a concurrent resolution, carries the force of law. And Trump is certain to contest the authority of the measure even if it’s also passed by the Senate, where it’s headed next.

Still, the vote represents a significant development in the political battle over the Iran War, putting Congress on the record condemning a conflict that has dragged on for more than three months — and rattled the global economy — with no clear end in sight.

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A Super El Niño is on its way, and is almost certain to arrive this summer.

That’s according to scientists from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), who warn there’s now an 80 per cent likelihood of an El Niño event during June–August 2026, and a 90 per cent chance this will continue until at least November.

Worryingly, the experts predict the rare climate event will bring extreme heat ‘nearly everywhere’ – including the UK and US.

So, what does this mean for us?

While each El Niño varies, the event typically brings increased rainfall in parts of southern South America, the southern United States, parts of the Horn of Africa and central Asia.

In contrast, there will be drier conditions over Central America, northern South America, the Caribbean, Australia, Indonesia, and parts of southern Asia.

Meanwhile, scientists say there’s a strong chance 2026 will be the hottest year ever recorded.

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Assemblymember Mia Bonta authored the bill, saying immigrant service providers face harassment and threats

Independent journalist Nick Shirley accused California lawmakers of trying to shield taxpayer-funded organizations from scrutiny after the state Assembly advanced AB 2624, dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act,” a bill the author says is intended to protect immigration service providers from harassment and threats.

“I obviously hit a nerve,” Shirley said during an appearance Wednesday night on “Fox News @ Night” with Trace Gallagher.

“What’s interesting about this, this bill is it’s protecting NGOs and nonprofits,” Shirley said. “These are organizations and groups that receive our tax dollars, yet they want to make it so we can’t find out what they’re doing with our tax dollars.”

Shirley argued the proposal would discourage investigations into organizations receiving public funds.

Independent journalist Nick Shirley criticized California’s AB 2624, arguing the measure could make it more difficult to investigate alleged fraud involving nonprofits and immigration-related organizations. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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The State Department updated its travel advisory for Mexico on May 29, continuing to warn Americans who plan on visiting the country to be wary of terrorism and crimes.

“Many violent crimes take place in Mexico. They include homicide, kidnapping, carjacking, sexual assault, and robbery. There is a risk of terrorist violence, including terrorist attacks and other activity in Mexico,” the advisory said.

Overall, Mexico is categorized with a “Level 2—Exercise Increased Caution” designation for travelers.

“The U.S. government has limited ability to help in many parts of Mexico, a large country in which conditions can vary widely from state to state and even within a state. U.S. government employees may not travel to certain high-risk areas, which may be within states that include low-risk areas,” the department said.

The travel restrictions on U.S. employees prohibit them from traveling between cities in the dark, waving down taxis on the street, driving between border cities and the interior of Mexico, and traveling alone, especially in remote areas

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In a country where big trucks are a big deal, those pickups and SUVs represent a big percentage of auto loans that come with a sizable monthly payment, more than $1,000 a month, according to new data.

Experian Automotive’s analysis of more than 5 million open auto loans and leases in the first quarter shows nearly 19% of new vehicle loans include a monthly payment of at least $1,000. That’s up from roughly 17.4% year over year.

“The assumption is that it’s all luxury, it’s high-line, and that is not the case,” said Melinda Zabritski, head of automotive financial insights for Experian Automotive.

Almost 74% of the auto loans requiring owners to pay $1,000 or more every month are for non-luxury models, with the top five models being popular pickup trucks including the Ford F-150, Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and Ram 1500, according to Experian.

Just five years ago, auto loans with monthly payments over $1,000 accounted for just 5.4% of the market. Then the global chip shortage hit in 2021 and 2022, and automakers around the world prioritized production of higher-end, more profitable models. Vehicle prices soared, and so did the amount borrowed for auto loans.

Zabritski said those higher prices have changed how car and truck buyers look at what it takes to finance the purchase of a new vehicle.

“We haven’t seen a reduction in that MSRP, and in those high loan amounts,” she told CNBC. “I think as time goes on, I think more consumers are getting used to the $1,000 payment.”

The average amount borrowed is now at an all-time high of $43,952, and the average monthly payment has also climbed to an all-time high of $770, according to Experian Automotive. Both are a reflection of a new auto market that is relatively strong.

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Able-bodied recipients must work, volunteer or get an education under the new rule announced by Dr. Oz

The Trump administration is launching a major crackdown on government waste and abuse, targeting billions of federal tax dollars spent on healthcare for illegal immigrants while implementing new work requirements for able-bodied Americans on Medicaid.

During a White House news briefing Tuesday afternoon, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Oz outlined an aggressive strategy to stop “legalized money laundering” that he warned would have cost the program an additional $5.4 trillion over the next decade.

Oz revealed the administration identified roughly $2 billion in federal tax dollars improperly going to illegal immigrants, a number that has doubled since he reported on the issue last year.

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(WHALEYVILLE, MD) – Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred yesterday evening in Worcester County.

The deceased is identified as Gregory Roth, 79, of Ocean City. Roth was the driver and sole occupant of a Nissan Altima involved in the crash. He was pronounced deceased on the scene by EMS personnel from Berlin. Investigators of the crash are awaiting autopsy results by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Shortly before 9:30 p.m. last night, troopers from the Berlin Barrack responded to the area of westbound U.S. Route 50 near MD Route 610 in Worcester County. The preliminary investigation revealed that a silver 2010 Nissan Altima was traveling northbound on MD Route 610 at the intersection of westbound U.S. Route 50 when police believe the Nissan failed to stop at a stop sign located at the intersection. As a result, the Nissan struck a black 2014 Ford F-150 that was traveling westbound on U.S. Route 50. The driver of the Ford F-150 refused medical treatment at the scene.

The westbound lanes of U.S. Route 50 were closed for an extensive period of time for investigation. Deputies from the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene to assist. Personnel from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration assisted with road closures.

The Maryland State Police Crash Team is leading the active and ongoing investigation.

The Wicomico County Council has adopted the Fiscal Year 2027 Budget, totaling $234 million, reflecting an approximate $3 million reduction from the originally proposed budget. The Council’s adopted budget maintains a balanced approach to funding essential County services while promoting fiscal responsibility and investing in public safety, education, infrastructure, and County employees.

The budget continues the Council’s long-standing commitment to providing tax relief to County residents. In accordance with the County’s Revenue Cap, the Council approved a reduction in the real property tax rate from $0.8099 to $0.7799 per $100 of assessed value and reduced the personal property tax rate from $2.0247 to $1.9497 per $100 of assessed value. These actions ensure that taxpayers continue to benefit from growth in the County’s assessable property base while limiting their tax exposure.

The FY27 budget includes a 5% increase for most County employees, consisting of a 2% costof-living adjustment and a 3% step increase, and provides an additional contribution to the County pension system to support its long-term financial stability. The Council also reviewed proposed salary adjustments and approved modifications to ensure consistency and fiscal accountability throughout County government.

In support of education, the FY27 budget fully funds the Board of Education’s request above Maintenance of Effort and includes funding to begin implementation of school weapons detection systems. The budget also continues support for Wor-Wic Community College, the Wicomico Public Library, PAC 14, the Humane Society, Salisbury-Wicomico Economic Development, and numerous community organizations that serve County residents.

The Council’s adopted budget includes more than $25 million in Pay-Go funding for capital improvements and infrastructure projects throughout the County. These investments support public safety facilities, public works projects, educational facilities, and other critical infrastructure needs while reducing reliance on long-term borrowing.

The Council thanks the citizens who participated in the budget process and provided comments throughout the review period. The adopted budget reflects the Council’s commitment to providing quality public services, investing in community priorities, and maintaining responsible fiscal management.
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Contact: Wicomico County Council Administrator (410-546-4696)

HILLSVILLE, Va.—A sheriff’s deputy in Virginia died Friday after a man shot at two deputies who were conducting a welfare check, law enforcement officials said, and a suspect has been arrested.

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said the fatal shooting occurred after law enforcement received a request from a family member to do a welfare check.

A man at the home began shooting, and the deputies returned fire, the sheriff’s office said. Both deputies were hit.

“One deputy sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased. The second deputy was struck in his ballistic vest and is currently receiving medical evaluation and is reported to be in stable condition,” the office said in a statement.

Sheriff Kevin A. Kemp identified the officer who died as Deputy Logan Utt, a military veteran who joined the department in 2023.

“Today, Carroll County has lost a hero, and a family has suffered an unimaginable loss,” Kemp said. “Please keep his wife, children, family, friends, and fellow deputies in your thoughts and prayers.”

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Elmo and Big Bird want to wish your children a very happy Gay-Sex Month. 👇

Guys, I’ve already blocked my kids from watching your woke show. You don’t need to convince me further that I made a good decision.

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Rewriting history: Her memoir comes a year and a half after the Bidens moved out of the White House and into a quieter life. At the time of the disastrous debate performance, she insisted “he did great.” Last week she revealed what everyone knew, but few would say: Joe Biden looked as if he were having a stroke or some other cognitive failure.

Former First Lady Jill Biden has been touring the country promoting her new book, “View from the East Wing: A Memoir,” and promoting a number of falsehoods in the process.

Following a tumultuous four years in the White House with near-constant criticism and suspicion of a president’s declining mental acuity, the wife of Joe Biden has made a number of comments during her multi-stop excursion that have raised eyebrows, covering everything from the president’s physical and cognitive condition, her relationship with former Vice President Kamala Harris, and his final pardons before departing 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

From debate stage to Waffle House instead of hospital

The most glaring whoppers pertain to the former president’s health, which the First Lady addressed on a number of occasions. In a CBS interview Sunday, Biden told interviewer Rita Braver, “I was frightened, because I had never ever seen Joe like that before or since. Never. I don’t know what happened. As I watched, I thought, ‘oh my God, he’s having a stroke.’ And it scared me to death.”

That statement would normally insinuate a spouse’s dire concern about her husband. When someone is suspected of having a stroke, they typically undergo a rapid FAST screening (Face drooping, Arm weakness, Speech difficulty, Time to call emergency services) followed by an urgent non-contrast CT scan of the brain in the hospital emergency department or radiology suite.

However, following the debate that night, instead of insisting he go to the hospital or undergo tests, the first couple went to an Atlanta Waffle House.

The debate Biden is referring to took place on June 27, 2024. Prior to the debate, there were already multiple instances that pointed to a sharp decline in the president’s health.

In June 2022, Biden fell off his bicycle while riding near his Delaware beach home, an event quickly attributed to a mechanical issue but fueling broader questions about his stability. A year later in 2023, Biden tripped and fell onstage at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony in Colorado after catching his foot on a sandbag, requiring assistance to get up. He later joked about being “sandbagged,” but the video circulated widely.

Special Counsel: An “elderly man with a poor memory”

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Honda Motors reported its first annual loss in nearly 70 years, which came as a result of an emphasis on electric cars.

The Japan-based car company has been listed on the stock market since 1957, but the combination of electric vehicle bets and Trump trade policies led to its first-ever year in the red.

“EV demand has declined considerably, due to the rollback of environmental regulations in the U.S. and other factors,” Honda said in a statement, per a report from Fox Business.

The company faces $9 billion in restructuring costs because of the lackluster electric vehicle demand.

It suffered a $2.7 billion loss in the past fiscal year, according to a report from the Associated Press.

Honda Motors CEO Toshihiro Mibe confirmed that it would scrap a previous target to make electric vehicles account for 20 percent of profits by 2030.

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Democrats are trying to find men who can seem the most: seem like a pastor, seem like a working man.

In Maine, Democrat Senate candidate Graham Platner is mired in scandal as evidence of his horrible judgment keeps oozing into the public eye. In Texas, Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico seems like a space alien who’s trying to play a human on television.

The Democrats have elevated terrible candidates in a critical election year.

It’s not a surprise. To understand Platner and Talarico, understand Machaela Cavanaugh and Haley Stevens.

Cavanaugh, a Democrat state senator in Nebraska’s unicameral legislature, famously shut down much of a legislative session in 2023 by filibustering every bill over her opposition to a bill to end transgender child mutilation procedures. Finally allowing trans-focused legislation on puberty blockers and youth sports to reach the floor, she warned that the votes would be preserved in the legislative record: “I want the bloody hands recorded. This is a genocide.”

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An outbreak on board the National Geographic Sea Bird cruise ship has left a dozen people suffering from gastrointestinal symptoms, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on June 1.

The ship was carrying 66 passengers and 24 crew members during the voyage that ran from May 26 to May 31. The CDC said nine passengers and three crew members reported symptoms, predominantly vomiting and diarrhea.

The U.S.-flag cruise ship, operated by National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions, is currently sailing near Alaska, according to Vessel Finder.

In response to the outbreak, the CDC said that Lindblad Expeditions has ramped up cleaning and disinfection procedures aboard the ship and isolated sick passengers and crew members.

The crew also consulted with the CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) regarding sanitation cleaning procedures and reporting of sick individuals, the agency said.

“VSP remotely monitored the situation, including review of the ship’s outbreak response and sanitation procedures,” the CDC said in a statement.

The CDC was notified of the outbreak on May 28, though the causative agent remains unknown.

In this difficult economy, when families across America are struggling to cover rising costs for food, housing, and medical care, every tax dollar must be protected.

President Donald J. Trump is showing strong leadership by taking direct action to stop the massive waste and theft that has drained safety-net programs for too long. His creation of the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud represents real commitment to making government work efficiently for American citizens.

On March 16, Trump signed an executive order that established this task force. Vice President J.D. Vance chairs it, the Federal Trade Commission chairman serves as vice chairman, and senior officials including the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security provide guidance. Cabinet secretaries and agency heads participate as members.

The task force coordinates a full national strategy to combat fraud, waste, and abuse in federal benefit programs covering housing, food assistance, medical care, and cash support. It improves eligibility verification, adds strong pre-payment controls, identifies risky fraud patterns, and works to break up criminal networks. Agencies are required to set minimum anti-fraud standards like proper identity proof and documentation while developing clear implementation plans with measurable goals.

The task force reports progress frequently to Trump.

This initiative is vital for keeping America internally strong. Fraud in these programs steals from taxpayers and from eligible citizens who truly depend on help. It drives up prices for essential goods, adds to the national debt, and undermines trust in government. For years, illegal aliens, criminals, foreign gangs, bureaucrats, and certain nonprofits have exploited weaknesses.

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Every midterm cycle, Republican strategists convene in conference rooms to answer a question they treat as eternally unsolved: what is the message? They commission polling, test slogans, and produce memos. Meanwhile, a young man with a camera and a YouTube channel found the answer for free.

Nick Shirley did not need a focus group to discover that voters of every persuasion despise watching their tax dollars vanish into ghost daycares and phantom hospices. He simply knocked on the doors, filmed what he found, and let the footage do the arguing. The result has been congressional testimony, federal indictments, a governor’s retirement, and a Democratic Party so rattled it is now trying to outlaw the camera.

That last detail is the tell. When the opposition responds to an exposé not by cleaning house but by drafting legislation to punish the person holding the flashlight, they have conceded the argument. The fraud is real, it is overwhelmingly concentrated in the states they govern, and they would rather criminalize the journalism than confront the theft. Republicans heading into November have been handed a message that unites their base, persuades independents, and forces the left into a posture no honest voter can defend.

The strategy is not complicated, and it does not require inventing anything. It requires pointing at what is already there: fraud in every blue state, waste in every Democrat-run program, and a media establishment that would rather discuss almost anything else.

Call it the Nick Shirley Strategy. Shine the light, name the dollar figures, and ask the simple question that has no good answer: why did it take a YouTuber to find this?

What One Camera Accomplished That State Agencies Would Not

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