Day: August 18, 2026
Pro-Israel moderate survives primary challenge by socialist insurgent
The far left on Tuesday suffered a high-profile setback at the hands of the center-left establishment in the battle for the Democratic Party’s ideological future. Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)-backed Oliver Larkin was downed by more moderate Rep. Jared Moskowitz in the Democrats’ primary in Florida’s 25th District, the Associated Press reported. The heavily redrawn
Trump-backed Republican survives primary after bucking him on deportations
Incumbent Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar advanced Tuesday against Michael Arias in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. Miami attorney Arias is a former state prosecutor and SEC enforcement attorney who ran as a political outsider focused on fiscal responsibility, affordability and government accountability. He campaigned on reducing the federal deficit and inflation, lowering South Florida’s cost of
Veteran Dem defeats scandal-plagued former lawmaker, progressive challenger in Trump’s backyard
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has bested a young progressive challenger and an embattled former lawmaker after a hard-fought primary characterized by its racial overtones. Schultz, a 21-year veteran of the House, stressed her seniority on the campaign trail and her ability to deliver services to constituents and secure federal funding for her district. To secure
Sophie Cunningham supporters open up on encounter with security, pro-trans fans in latest WNBA culture clash
A mistaken decision by a WNBA security representative thrust the entire league back into the eye of the storm of a national culture war Sunday. But it began with subtle tension between two groups of fans with opposing views. Kasey Thomason and her 17-year-old daughter Annie attended Sunday’s game between the Atlanta Dream and Indiana
40 looters ransack family-run California business during massive street takeover
A massive street takeover in California led to a family-run business being overrun by looters over the weekend. During the alleged takeover, A-Z Market convenience store in Bellflower was broken into. The city is in southeast Los Angeles. A fundraiser for the family said, “A group of individuals used power tools to break through our
Kristin Cavallari rocks black string bikini months after revealing runway-ready routine
Kristin Cavallari is soaking up the final stretch of summer while putting her own skin care front and center. The 39-year-old reality star and entrepreneur wore a black string bikini in a series of new photos promoting her Uncommon Beauty skincare line. In one of the photos, Cavallari posed beside a sheer white curtain overlooking
Ricky Gervais jokes UK inheritance tax may finally push him to marry longtime partner after 40 years
Actor and comedian Ricky Gervais said Tuesday that the United Kingdom’s inheritance tax could motivate him enough to marry his longtime partner, Jane Fallon, after more than 40 years. In an interview with Saga Magazine, Gervais was asked whether the UK tax, which takes up to 40% of a deceased person’s property and money if
Mysterious polling firm behind fake election surveys closes after admitting ‘social experiment’
A polling outfit that admitted surveys it released on the Los Angeles mayor’s race and the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Wisconsin were fake is now out of business. Median Strategies, the company that released polls indicating Democratic Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles and Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong leading their rivals by wide
Billions spent by key federal agency hasn’t made American dream of homeownership any easier: report
The traditional American dream of homeownership slipped further out of reach across the country over the last decade, even as Washington spent hundreds of billions of dollars on housing programs, according to a new government watchdog analysis. Open The Books, a conservative watchdog that tracks government spending, analyzed a decade of home price and household
Cancer risk may be higher for people with one particular type of job
People who fly for a living could face a higher risk of certain types of cancers, a new Harvard study suggests. Flight attendants and pilots in the U.S. face the highest risk of radiation-related cancer deaths out of a list of more than 500 occupations, the researchers concluded. “As you get high up in the
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