American Bitcoin quietly agreed to pay $2.5 million to resolve a Justice Department allegation that Gryphon Digital Mining — the business the company absorbed — improperly obtained a pandemic relief loan, a disclosure tucked into a recent 10‑Q rather than trumpeted alongside the upbeat earnings spin management gave investors. The company’s own filing makes clear More

President Trump shrugged off a disruptive heckler during a recent speech in Michigan, dismissing the interruption — in which the protester shouted “pedophile protector” — by calling the man a “communist” and moving on with his remarks. The exchange, captured on video and quickly circulated online, crystallized the president’s latest rhetorical gambit: equate political opponents More

Last week’s spectacle on Capitol Hill exposed Dr. Anthony Fauci for what he has long been to millions of Americans: a man who refuses to answer basic questions about his role in the COVID era and instead clings to legal maneuvers to avoid accountability. Under fire at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, More

Abdul El‑Sayed’s rise from public‑health technocrat to vaunted progressive standard‑bearer is being sold as bold and fresh, but a closer look shows a pattern of alliances and remarks that should worry any voter who values stability over radical experiments. His decision‑making and public associations have repeatedly landed him in headlines for all the wrong reasons, More

Hollywood tried to tell us what people should watch, but the American people decided this week. Spider-Man: Brand New Day blasted past Toy Story 5 to become the highest-grossing film of 2026 just seven days after its release, a sharp reminder that audiences still vote with their wallets — and they made their choice loud More

Washington is waking up to a crisis that Republicans warned was coming years ago: the Social Security retirement trust fund is on track to run out of reserves by the fourth quarter of 2032, meaning benefits would face an automatic cut if Congress does nothing. That stark projection from the Social Security Board of Trustees More