Feb 22, 2018 – A man threw an explosive device, likely a hand grenade, into the US Embassy compound in Montenegro at approximately midnight local time Wednesday. After throwing the device, the man killed himself. (2 of 2) Most probably, the device was a hand grenade. Police investigation and identification is under way...

Feb 20, 2018 – Last Christmas we brought you the story of Craig Coley, a California man who was imprisoned for 38 years for a double murder he didn’t commit. After DNA testing was performed on key pieces of evidence – and Coley’s DNA was nowhere to be found – he was granted a...

Mar 9, 2018 – It took Angela and Jesus Aguilar eight years to conceive their daughter, Grace. After saving up for in vitro, they joyfully welcomed their “angel.” By the time she was six years old, she was known throughout the neighborhood as “Gracie” and had a reputation for being friendly and a sweet,...

Mar 7, 2018 – As my colleague, Jennifer van Laar, has reported, the Department of Justice has filed a suit in the Eastern District of California…

Mar 6, 2018 – Ahead of a Wednesday morning speech in which Attorney General Jeff Sessions will reportedly make a “major announcement” about sanctuary jurisdictions, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit late Tuesday against the State of California and two of its elected officials, Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Xavier Becerra. The...

Mar 6, 2018 – Xavier Becerra, center, accompanied by Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., right. 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) When the Trump administration decided to withhold federal law enforcement grant funds from California because of its sanctuary laws, Attorney General Xavier Becerra promised to #resist and fight through the courts. His resistance hit...

Mar 5, 2018 – The Trump administration’s plan to phaseout the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is legal, a federal judge ruled Monday. Judge Roger W. Titus said the DACA rescission memo and the six-month phaseout provided an opportunity for Congress to do their job. “This decision took control of...

Mar 5, 2018 – Abraham Riojos of Florida had no idea at least two other men were attempting to use his birth certificate and Social Security number to receive government benefits – or that one had successfully done so for 37 years. Luckily for the real Abraham Riojos, the multiple felonies Andres Avelino Anduaga...

Mar 20, 2018 – The city council of Los Alamitos, California passed an ordinance essentially opting out of adhering to the “California Values Act,” better known as the Sanctuary State law. They also voted in favor of submitting an amici brief supporting the federal government’s position in the case of the United States vs....

Apr 3, 2018 – SCROLL DOWN FOR MULTIPLE UPDATES. At 12:57 p.m. Pacific time, YouTube executive Vadim Lavrusik tweeted that there was an active shooter at the company’s headquarters in San Bruno, CA, and that he was barricaded inside a room with coworkers. (UPDATE: No longer active. See updates below.) Active shooter at...

Jan 10, 2020 – FILE- This Dec. 15, 2016, file photo shows a Taco Bell in Metairie, La. Yum Brands, Inc. reports financial earnings Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Forget the Fight for $15! Head straight to a management position (in certain areas) at Taco Bell and you can be making...

Jan 10, 2020 – Fitness guru Jillian Michaels, former host of the Biggest Loser, was dragged on social media over the last two days because she failed to board the “fat acceptance” train and make positive comments about the (obviously extremely obese) R&B and Hip Hop artist Lizzo’s body. During an Buzzfeed AM2DM interview...

Jan 19, 2020 – Despite their hopes and dreams, the California legislature cannot do away with the laws of economics. The state’s highly unpopular AB5, touted as a measure that would force Uber and Lyft to “treat their workers humanely” (read: create thousands of new union members) will have entirely anticipated side effects:...

Jan 19, 2020 – If it wasn’t already blatantly obvious, Democrats and mainstream media reporters (but I repeat myself) are hoping for conflict and bloodshed at tomorrow’s Lobby Day in Richmond. As Elizabeth Vaughn covered, one pro-2A Virginia State Senator warned, “We are being set up Elected officials from Gov. Ralph (“Blackface”) Northam...

Jan 19, 2020 – A companion to California’s anti-freelancing bill, AB5, is going national, as my colleague Kira Davis covered previously. H.R. 2474, the “Protecting the Right to Organize Act,” was amended this fall to cut-and-paste AB5’s language into the bill. Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) is sweeping and vague but basically it redefines...

Jan 16, 2020 – Oh, Lorena, Lorena. California Asm. Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) authored the terrible anti-liberty bill, AB5, that effectively outlaws any kind of independent contracting. Tens of thousands of Californians have either seen all of their income immediately dry up or severely decrease as companies instead opt to contract with people...

Jan 16, 2020 – Tuesday night we covered the breaking story that Creepy Porn Lawyer Michael Avenatti was arrested during a break in his California State Bar disbarment proceedings in Los Angeles by federal agents, and that he was alleged to have violated the terms of pre-trial release. Avenatti appeared Wednesday in federal court...

Jan 14, 2020 – “Creepy Porn Lawyer” Michael Avenatti was arrested during a break in a disciplinary hearing at the California State Bar in Los Angeles Tuesday night. Avenatti, who is fighting disbarment, was taken into custody by IRS agents after allegedly violating the terms of his pre-trial release. Just moments ago ex-Stormy Daniels...

Jan 11, 2020 – As Nick Arama covered previously, massive protests are occurring in Iran after the government was forced to admit that it shot down a Ukranian airliner as it took off from Tehran Airport. Various US government officials and politicians have voiced their support throughout the day, and now President Trump has...

Jan 30, 2020 – At the culmination of  multi-year, multi-agency investigation, US authorities in the San Diego Tunnel Task Force announced the discovery of a 4,309 foot smuggling tunnel between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego. The entrance to the tunnel was adjacent to the Tijuana International Airport, which is located along the border...

Jan 29, 2020 – Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna watch the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between Connecticut and Houston, Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Within hours of the announcement that Kobe Bryant had been killed in a helicopter crash, Washington Post reporter Felicia...

Jan 28, 2020 – A city worker uses a power washer to clean the sidewalk by a tent city along Division Street Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, in San Francisco. Homeless people have until the end of Friday to vacate a rambling tent city along a busy San Francisco street declared a health hazard by...

Jan 28, 2020 – Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is questioned by reporters as she leaves the Capitol following votes, in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. The Senate Judiciary Committee is finishing its investigation into the meeting between Russians and President Donald Trump’s campaign in June 2016...

Jan 27, 2020 – Just before Christmas I wrote about Joshua Kaufman, a Holocaust survivor who still works as a plumber in Los Angeles and whose van was stolen. While writing that piece I read numerous articles about Kaufman and watched videos in which he spoke about his experiences in Auschwitz and Dachau and...

Jan 22, 2020 – On Monday both RedState and I were tagged in a tweet thread by Jack Burkman, a lobbyist/podcast host based in Washington, D.C., claiming that a “senior House Republican” had sent the site “a salacious photo of Adam Schiff and Ed Buck” and expressing confidence that the site would “do the...