SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A conservative federal appellate court judge who was a key author of the so-called torture memos under the Bush administration criticized personal attacks on the judiciary even while defending President Donald Trump’s authority to ban travelers from mostly Muslim nations. Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jay Bybee did not mention President Donald Trump by
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Cuts to affordable housing funding in President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would be devastating to California, Democratic state lawmakers said Friday, stressing that the White House’s plans increase pressure on them to address the state’s housing crisis. Trump’s budget blueprint calls for more than $6 billion in cuts to the federal Housing and Urban Development Department,
Wikimedia Commons A misleading video purportedly showing an abused monkey at a L’Oréal animal testing facility is not quite what it seems. The claim that a monkey was injured due to animal testing by L’Oréal is fake, however, the video does actually depict a monkey that was injured in India—completely unrelated to the French cosmetics company. The video, which was
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The chief justice of the California Supreme Court asked federal immigration agents Thursday to stop making arrests at courthouses, saying “stalking undocumented immigrants” at the facilities thwarts people’s access to justice. Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye wrote in a letter to top federal officials that she is concerned about recent reports of immigration agents going to
President Donald Trump is meeting with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny ahead of St. Patrick’s Day. The president decided to read his favorite Irish proverb; however, some on social media are claiming that it is neither Irish or a proverb. To steal a phrase from a Mike Myers character on Saturday Night Live, “discuss amongst yourselves.” Here is video of
This will have the effect of creating seven 100% Muslim cities all over Canada. In those cities, will the Muslims, in their gratitude, forget all about Islam’s doctrines of warfare against and subjugation of unbelievers? Of course they won’t, but Canadian officials, like officials all over the West, do not recognize that those doctrines even exist, and so are not
Customs officers discovered four Chinese citizens crammed into the trunk of this car (U.S. Customs and Border Protection). SAN DIEGO – Customs officers arrested a 24-year-old man Tuesday at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in California after they discovered four Chinese immigrants crammed in the trunk of his car. The driver, a U.S. citizen, was crossing to the U.S.
McDonald’s in a tweet on its corporate account called President Trump “a disgusting excuse of a President” on Thursday morning. The tweet, which was briefly pinned to the top of the account before being deleted, mocked Trump and called for the return of former President Obama. “@realDonaldTrump You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President and we would love
A bank security guard acted quickly, when a would be bank robber burst through the door and fired at him. The two began a gun battle which the guard ultimately won resulting in the death of the robber. All it takes to protect innocents is a good man holding a gun. A heroic security guard has been caught on camera
Landlady, Mandy Miles, hurried to unlocked the door to her tenants apartment, but what she saw shocked her beyond belief. Miles said she had been in her apartment when she heard screams for help coming from another room. The screaming belonged to pretty 22-year-old store clerk, Cerys Yemm. Miles told officers she grabbed her keys and ran to the Flat.
