DAILYCALLER (Leena Nasir) - Nick Reiner Murder Trial Delayed Due To Pending Autopsy Reports
Rob and Michele were murdered in December
DAILYCALLER (John Loftus) - We Are Trapped Inside Dystopia
Have we created aliens?
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Iran War Has Cost $25 Billion So Far, Pentagon Confirms.
The United States has spent approximately $25 billion on the Iran war thus far, according to Acting Pentagon Comptroller Jules Hurst III.
The United States has already spent $25 billion on the Iran war , according to high-ranking Pentagon officials. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - As the war nears its 60-day mark, the bulk of its costs have reportedly come from munitions, operations, and equipment replacements and maintenance. DETAIL: The figure , announced during a House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, is the first cost update since Operation Epic Fury began in late February. Acting Pentagon Comptroller Jules Hurst III indicated that a request for supplemental funding would be submitted after a full cost assessment. Previous estimates indicated that roughly $11.3 billion had been spent in the first six days of the war alone. IMPACT: The cost update comes as the war…Open
NYTIMES (Derrick Bryson Taylor) - Tupac Shakur’s Stepbrother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit, 29 Years After Murder
Maurice Shakur said in a complaint filed against Duane Keith Davis, who was charged in 2023 with the rapper’s murder, that the “threads are starting to come together.”
WASHINGTONPOST (Noah Robertson) - Hegseth clashes with Democrats over Iran war, dismissal of top military leaders
The defense secretary sought to rebut lawmakers’ criticism of the Trump administration’s handling of the conflict, which has cost about $25 billion so far.
AXIOS (Andrew Pantazi) - SCOTUS' voting rights decision deals big down-ballot blow
Statehouses, county commissions and city halls — not the halls of Washington — will absorb the heaviest blow from the Voting Rights Act's collapse. Why it matters: Most Voting Rights Act lawsuits have targeted local and state governments: the entities that decide what's taught in schools, who polices the streets and which neighborhoods get sidewalks. - Those suits typically fall under Section 2 of the Act, which lets minority voters challenge maps and election rules that weaken their voting power. The latest: The U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act with a Wednesday decision that essentially gives local and state bodies carte blanche to ignore minority voters as long as it serves some other purpose, like partisan…
Statehouses, county commissions and city halls — not the halls of Washington — will absorb the heaviest blow from the Voting Rights Act's collapse. Why it matters: Most Voting Rights Act lawsuits have targeted local and state governments: the entities that decide what's taught in schools, who polices the streets and which neighborhoods get sidewalks. - Those suits typically fall under Section 2 of the Act, which lets minority voters challenge maps and election rules that weaken their voting power. The latest: The U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act with a Wednesday decision that essentially gives local and state bodies carte blanche to ignore minority voters as long as it serves some other purpose, like partisan…Open
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Senate confirms new Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives director
Cekada, who served as the acting ATF director, was confirmed in a 59-39 split. Six Democrats and Independent Maine Sen. Angus King voted in favor of his confirmation.
DAILYCALLER (Harold Hutchison) - Democrats Are So Mad About Ron DeSantis’ Redistricting Play, They’re Blowing Bullhorns Over It
'This is an assault on our democracy!'