Darline Graham insists voters aren’t concerned about Taiwan: ‘Worried about the price of groceries’

WASHINGTON — Sen. Darline Graham insisted that voters aren’t fazed by her stumble over a debate question about Taiwan and are more focused on affordability, which is her priority. Graham (R-SC) claimed that voters are sticking by her since admitting on a debate stage that she didn’t know why Taiwan or the South China Sea are national security priorities for the US. “I talked to a lot of people, and they said, ‘You know what? I’m proud of you,’” the Graham scion told “Fox & Friends” in an interview that aired Monday. “They said, ‘Because you are honest.’ They said,…

Card skimming scam is stealing food benefits nationwide

You swipe your card at the checkout, grab your receipt and walk away. Nothing looks unusual. However, a device sitting right on top of that payment terminal may have copied your card information and PIN. U.S. Secret Service agents recently swept hundreds of retailers across Los Angeles looking for skimmers. What they…

Historic day at UCLA as former NFL minicamp participant joins team

By simply walking onto UCLA’s practice field Monday morning, Trent Hendrick made history. The linebacker became the school’s first player to have practiced with an NFL team before joining the Bruins’ roster. “He’s a nice addition of a kid that we trust and believe in as part of our family,”…

The shine coming off Nolan McLean only solidified his Mets importance

Nolan McLean is probably not going to win the Rookie of the Year Award in the National League this year. JJ Wetherholt has held the pole position most of the season, although the Cardinals second baseman is only hitting .193 since July 7. Reds infielder Sal Stewart has surged into…

Exclusive | House Judiciary Committee probes Queens DA’s sanctuary policies

WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee is renewing a May request to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz to hand over all records on migrants accused of crimes who have received “preferential treatment” by her office as a result of so-called “sanctuary” policies. Katz’s office was asked to hand over the…

Lady Gaga’s tech bro fiancée launches weird new startup with a skin-crawling touch

Lady Gaga’s techie fiancée Michael Polansky has quietly launched a buzzy startup that harvests human skin left over from plastic surgery to help develop super-advanced cosmetic products. Polansky, the 42-year old entrepreneur and Harvard grad who got engaged to the Mother Monster in 2024, gave details on the skin-scrawling enterprise…

Meta loses bid to toss lawsuit alleging Facebook and Instagram addict children

A federal judge rejected Meta Platforms’ bid to dismiss a lawsuit by 29 state attorneys general accusing it of designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children and knowingly concealing the harm from the public. In a decision late on Monday night, US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland, Calif., denied Meta’s motion to…

LeBron James leaving Lakers in free agency

LeBron James’ time in Tinseltown has come to an end. James has informed the Lakers that he will finish out his NBA career elsewhere and that the Lakers are free to move on without him. LeBron James is leaving the Los Angeles Lakers and will be an unrestricted free agent…

Supreme Court upholds state bans on trans athletes in girls’ sports

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court upheld state-level bans on transgender competitors playing girls’ sports in Idaho and West Virginia in a landmark decision with major implications for more than half the country where similar policies are in place. In a 6-3 opinion, in which the liberal justices concurred and dissented in part, the…

Scientists figured out how to shrink huge ultrafast lasers so they fit on a tiny chip ‪‪—‬ the ‘holy grail’ of the field

A breakthrough in photonic chips could make large, costly, ultrafast lasers dramatically smaller, leading to portable and affordable imaging, diagnostic and information-processing devices, researchers say.By using a decades-old overlooked laser architecture, scientists managed to fit an ultrafast laser onto a tiny photonic chip — a chip that uses light, rather…

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