The Justice Department scored another big win for parents when it forced the Cleveland Clinic Foundation to stop performing pediatric sex‑rejection procedures. The settlement ends puberty blockers and cross‑sex hormones for minors at one of the nation’s largest health systems, carries a $308,000 penalty for alleged false billing, and requires the Clinic to fund $2 More

Enough panic already. A viral clip claimed the EPA had quietly signed off on releasing billions of genetically altered mosquitoes — a story that sent social feeds into a frenzy and a lot of folks asking whether someone had lost the plot. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin went on the record to say the viral post More

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer just gave voters a master class in political dodge. After meeting privately with Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner on Capitol Hill, Schumer refused to answer repeated questions about the scandals dogging Platner. Instead, he kept repeating the same line: “We’re going to beat Susan Collins, take back the Senate.” More

Pope Leo XIV’s Mass and Eucharistic procession in Madrid drew a crowd so big it looked like a street festival for the soul. The pope rode through packed streets in his popemobile, walked over elaborate flower-petal carpets, and presided over a Corpus Christi celebration that organizers say attracted more than a million people. For a More

The theater lights in Beverly Hills dimmed for a different kind of show this weekend. A “Block the Merger” town hall billed as the first stop of a three‑city “Main Street vs. The Merger” tour brought together writers, actors, union bosses, small business owners and even a sitting Federal Communications Commissioner to protest the proposed More

The latest twist in the Los Angeles mayoral primary is exactly the kind of theater Democrats love: a late-count surge of mail-in ballots that looks set to shove Republican hopeful Spencer Pratt out of the top two. What began as a surprising splash by a reality TV star has turned into a lesson in math More