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Jim de Bree | How Realistic Is Musk’s DOGE Plan?

Amidst great fanfare, President Donald Trump recently appointed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a newly formed Department of Government Efficiency to reduce government waste. Musk and Ramaswamy described

Letters to the Editor

Rick Barker | Reality Check

I would like his naysayers posting on here to give me an example of something that Rep. Mike Garcia did while he was in office that actually had a negative

Letters to the Editor

Gene Rostalski | Bribing Us with Our Own Money

Nov. 19 on the opinion page, two items grabbed my attention; Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo shared an update of her accomplishments, especially the $95 million in “investments” (I just love that

Letters to the Editor

Walter McKee | A Silent Majority Prevails

Re: “Trump Triumphed Due to Left’s Overreach” (letters, Nov. 21). I couldn’t agree more with Clair Bennett’s explanation as to why Donald Trump won the election. I, too, believe there

Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a press conference at the end of the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Fiuggi, Italy, on Nov. 26, 2024. Pool photo by Alessandra Tarantino/AFP via Getty Images.

Blinken: G7 should stay teamed up to confront China 

By Frank Fang Contributing Writer  The Group of Seven countries are “increasingly aligned” in their efforts to confront economic and security risks posed by communist China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken

National News

Trump Cabinet nominees targeted by bomb threats, swatting 

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer  Several of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees were targeted by “bomb threats” and “swatting” attempts on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, a Trump spokeswoman said.  In

Letters to the Editor

Anna Meeks | Calling Their Bluff?

I find it comical that liberal/leftist women across the country are pledging to withhold sex “in protest”  of President Donald Trump’s re-election. If they actually possessed that level of discipline,

Israel news filler

Israel, Hezbollah agree to cease-fire 

By Dan M. Berger Contributing Writer  Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a cease-fire that is set to end more than a year of cross-border air and rocket attacks and two