Los Angeles County has hired a consulting firm associated with anti-Trump retied general Stanley McChrystal to handle public engagement about recent wildfires — rather than simply listening to the public — among other duties. McChrystal, the former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was fired by President Barack Obama in 2010 over a Rolling Stone
‘Real Housewives of Orange County’: Did Alexis Bellino Just Get Fired on Air?
Shannon Beador is 60 years old, and she’s finally learning how to fight back. After years of being a Bravo-branded punching bag, Ms. Storms Beador has taken charge on The Real Housewives of Orange County—and her first order of action is snatching Alexis Bellino’s orange by declining her entry to London. That’s right, the meta
Nolte: PA’s Cambria County Extends Voting Hours After Software Malfunction
Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty A software malfunction that caused ballot scanning issues in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, has resulted in the Court of Common Pleas extending voting hours an extra two hours, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Pennsylvania Department of State Tuesday xweeted Tuesday morning: The Department of State is in contact with
‘Real Housewives Of Orange County’ Star Katie Ginella Says She’s “50/50” About Returning After Bumpy Rookie Season
Katie Ginella wasted no time getting into trouble in her first season of The Real Housewives of Orange County. The former golf reporter joined the show as a full-time cast member in Season 18, where she came in through longtime star Gina Kirschenheiter. However, loyalties were quickly tested when Ginella dared to face off against […]
13th Oregon County Passes ‘Greater Idaho’ Measure to Secede from State
A 13th county in Oregon passed a measure that would allow the county to move forward with efforts to secede from the state and join the Republican-governed state of Idaho. Voters in Crooks County passed Measure 7-86, also known as the “Greater Idaho” measure, 53 percent to 47 percent on Tuesday, according to the Central
Watchdog Sues California County for Refusing to Disclose Foreign Nationals Registered to Vote
The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) is suing election officials in Alameda County, California, which includes Oakland and Berkeley, for refusing to disclose those foreign nationals who are on the voter rolls and have voted in past elections. This month, PILF filed a lawsuit against Alameda County Registrar of Voters Timothy Dupuis, accusing him of violating the National
Chicago Progressive Suddenly Closing Gap After 10,000 Votes ‘Found’ in Cook County State’s Attorney Race
The progressive candidate for Cook County state’s attorney is suddenly closing the gap in his primary election after more than 10,000 votes were suddenly “found” in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Elections added more than 10,000 votes Saturday after director Max Bever claimed the board somehow forgot to count mail-in votes. “In adding up the
Maryland Sanctuary County Freed Illegal MS-13 Killer from Prison After Obama’s DHS Released Him into U.S.
Officials with Prince George’s County, Maryland, a sanctuary jurisdiction, freed from prison an illegal alien MS-13 Gang member who had been convicted of voluntary manslaughter. Already, former President Barack Obama’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had released the 26-year-old gang member into the United States via the southern border after he arrived as an Unaccompanied
Federal Appeals Court Deals Blow to Mark Meadows in Fulton County Case
Mark Meadows received unwelcome news Monday in his appeal to move his election interference case in Georgia to the federal court. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit scheduled to hear his oral arguments will be comprised of two Democrat appointees and one Republican appointee – bad news for Meadows
The High Cost of Crime: Oregon County Loses $1 Billion as Residents Flee Lawless Portland
The High Cost of Crime: Oregon County Loses $1 Billion as Residents Flee Lawless Portland Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Residents who fled Multnomah County, Oregon, in 2020 took over $1 billion in income as they searched for a better life in other areas. The news is according to an analysis of data from the Internal Revenue
Fulton County DA Charged 18 Co-Defendants in Case Against Trump
Former President Donald Trump and 18 others were indicted by a Georgia grand jury on Monday as part of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s investigation into former President Donald Trump. The indictment out of Georgia marks Trump’s fourth indictment in the past five months. Willis had been investigating Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the
Trump Campaign Raises $7.1 Million After Fulton County Mugshot
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has raised $7.1 million since he surrender himself into custody at the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday. Trump surrendered himself into custody after being indicted alongside 18 others in a 98-page, 41-count indictment by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Notably, Fulton County made Trump take a mugshot, marking
Gov. Brian Kemp Stands by Fani Willis, Dismisses Calls to Impeach Fulton County DA
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) stood by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and dismissed Republican calls to impeach Willis over her 41-count indictment against former President Donald Trump and 18 others. Kemp dismissed calls to impeach Willis as “political theater” during a press conference on Thursday. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis
Bucks County power struggle could hint at shifting suburban politics for 2024
“There are definitely Republicans who are motivated by it, but we’re seeing in this county, the backlash is huge,” incumbent Democratic Commissioner Bob Harvie said. | Zach Montellaro/POLITICO DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — An obscure race for county commissioner underway here in a suburb outside of Philadelphia could tell us a lot about who will win the
Catalytic-Converter Theft Suspect Stabbed to Death in Los Angeles County Driveway
A suspected catalytic converter thief was stabbed to death in a driveway early Friday morning in Los Angeles County, California, CBS News reported. Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responded to a house in South El Monte on the 1100 block of Thienes Avenue at 2:37 a.m. and found a man dead at the scene, sheriff’s Lieutenant
Oklahoma County Sheriff in Disturbing Audio Sued Over Man’s Death
For more than a year, Barbara Barrick didn’t know the details of how and why her husband Bobby was killed while in custody of Oklahoma law enforcement.“We had no answers. There was no investigation. I was contacted by no entity of the law,” Barbara told The Daily Beast in an interview on Thursday—the same day
Yavapai County judge arrested on suspicion of extreme DUI
Yavapai County Superior Court officials were continuing to gather information Tuesday about Judge Celé Hancock’s arrest on suspicion of extreme DUI last weekend. Prescott police said Hancock was arrested Sunday afternoon after they got a call about a possibly impaired driver. They said Hancock was parked outside a grocery store before driving off and was […]
Florida GOP Celebrates Republican Turnout, Including a Flip, in Duval County: ‘We Out-Hustled and Outperformed’
The Republican Party of Florida celebrated Tuesday evening after positive turnout in local elections, as well as a Republican councilman flip, in Duval County — which voted for President Biden in 2src2src — following chairman Christian Ziegler’s commitment to getting involved in local races. “We flipped Duval in 2src22 and tonight we out-hustled and outperformed Democrats
DACA Illegal Alien, Freed by Sanctuary County, Sentenced to Life in Prison for Triple Murder
An illegal alien, once enrolled in former President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and previously freed by a sanctuary county, has been sentenced to life in prison after murdering three Americans. Luis Perez, a 27-year-old DACA illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced this month to five consecutive life sentences after having been
Georgia county home to Atlanta approves task force to study reparations for Black residents
A county government in Georgia approved $250,000 to fund a reparations task force. The funding was approved during a Jan. 18 Fulton County Board of Commissioners meeting in a 4 to 3 vote, according to a Fulton County press release. Fulton County is home to Atlanta. The reparations task force will provide recommendations “to the […]
Loudoun County Parents Allege Sexual Assault by Teacher, Incompetence from Title IX Office
A teacher in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) has been accused of multiple sexual assaults of students, but parents allege the school district is protecting itself instead of students. “The mandate, the driving philosophy seems to be to protect LCPS at all costs,” Jason Harding, parent of an alleged victim, told ABC 7 News. “It’s not
San Bernardino County Residents Vote to Study Secession from Far-Left California
San Bernardino County residents voted for officials to study the possibility of seceding from California as more grow increasingly tired of the state’s far-left policies. The county approved the advisory ballot proposal, which was voted upon in November, earlier this week, the Associated Press (AP) reported. San Bernardino’s Board of Supervisors’ next step is likely to
North Carolina County Declares State of Emergency over Power Outage Believed to Be Caused by Gunfire
Moore County, North Carolina, is suffering a massive power outrage that authorities believe may have been intentionally caused via gunfire. More than “40,000 [county] residents were powerless on Sunday afternoon after two substations were taken out by gunfire on Saturday night,” FOX News noted. Moore County began to fail around 7 p.m. Saturday and law enforcement
Kari Lake Trails Hobbs by ~26,000 Votes After Sunday’s Maricopa County Results
Officials from Arizona’s most populous county, Maricopa, released results from 98,618 ballots Sunday night that broke 54.6 percent in favor of Republican Kari Lake, bringing her closer to Democrat Katie Hobbs. ABC 15 Data Analyst Garret Archer reported the batch breakdown to be 54.6 percent in favor of Lake and 45.4 percent in favor of
Arizona Ballots Make Stop at Runbeck Printing Company to Sort Ballots Before They Are Sent to County — WITH NO OBSERVERS
Ben Bergquam was outside the Maricopa County election center and followed a Penske truck leave the center and return to Runbeck. Once at Runbeck, the gate is closed. Every mail-in ballot that is returned in the county is sent to Runbeck first. Runbeck is scanning the Maricopa ballots before they are sent to the Maricopa […]
Official: Problems with Vote Tabulation Machines at 20% of Maricopa County, Arizona, Voting Locations
Updte, 7:28 p.m. ET: The headline for this story has been revised to reflect the current facts on the ground. Update, 6:47 p.m. ET: Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richard apologized to “any voter who has been frustrated or inconvenienced today in Maricopa County,” adding that “every legal vote will be tabulated. Broadly speaking, the County Recorder
Arizona Secretary of State Says Maricopa County Election Machines May Be Decertified
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, sent a letter to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Thursday warning that she may decertify the election machines used by the county in the 2020 election that were turned over to the organization conducting the Arizona State Senate audit of those election results. Hobbs wrote in…
Orange County is Hitting Yellow Tier Metrics
Orange County, Calif. has begun to close in on entering the state’s least-restrictive COVID-19 stage after reporting three consecutive days of yellow tier metrics. According to metrics released May 9, the county’s daily case rate per 100,000 people was down to two, qualifying it for yellow tier status. The other two metrics required to make yellow tier, overall positivity rate and health equity…
Los Angeles County Supervisor: U.S. Should ‘Make Amends,’ Return Land to Black Families
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said Friday that it is time for the U.S. to “make amends” with black families in America by returning land their ancestors owned which was taken from them. Hahn, who recently announced this month that she would give back land black owners lost through eminent domain to their descendants,…