The Associated Press reports: On Wednesday, the department’s top public affairs official signed and sent out a new memo requiring all the military services to spend countless hours poring over years of website postings, photos, news articles and videos to remove any mentions that “promote diversity, equity and inclusion.” If they can’t do that by March 5, they have been …

The New York Times reports: As the price of eggs reaches record highs, the federal government is looking into importing more eggs from other countries and increasing funding for efforts to combat the spread of avian flu, the Agriculture Department said on Wednesday. The measures, announced by the department’s secretary, Brooke L. Rollins, in multiple news appearances, do not appear …

“I did a little research on bear attacks and fatalities in North America. During the pandemic, we shut down the national parks and we didn’t have a single park ranger. “You know how many people died from bear attacks that year when there were zero park rangers? One American. “When we rehired all of the park rangers the next year, …

The Hill reports: Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) says he is preparing legislation to feature President Trump on a new $250 bill. “Grateful to announce that I am drafting legislation to direct the Bureau of Graving and Printing to design a $250 bill featuring Donald J. Trump,” Wilson wrote in a Tuesday post on X with a mock-up of the proposed …

Raw Story reports: Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) has a warning for veterans: you’ll have to “contribute” to society if you need food assistance. Speaking to Fox Business on Wednesday, Fallon, a Trump loyalist who has been accused of illegally failing to disclose millions in stock trades, laid down his case for the new restrictions on SNAP. “We have a message for …

Forbes reports: Donald Trump Jr. made $813,000 in 2024 as a director of Trump Media & Technology Group—roughly a quarter of the company’s annual revenue—despite attending just two of the board’s five meetings, according to a filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. He did, however, attend Trump Media’s poolside party celebrating its success in March at …

The New York Times reports: A panel of scientific experts that advises the Food and Drug Administration on vaccine policy — and that has been the target of criticism from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — learned on Wednesday that its upcoming meeting to discuss next year’s flu vaccines had been canceled. The F.D.A. sent an email to members …

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports: Legendary actor, two-time Oscar winner and author Gene Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, were found dead Wednesday afternoon in their home in the Santa Fe Summit community northeast of the city. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza confirmed just after midnight Thursday the couple had died, along with their dog. Mendoza …

Variety reports: The sequel to 2019 documentary “Leaving Neverland,” subtitled “Surviving Michael Jackson,” will be available to watch on YouTube in the U.S. and Canada. Little Dot Studios, an All3Media company, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired the exclusive U.S. and English Canadian rights to the sequel and will premiere it on Real Stories, Little Dot’s premium documentary YouTube …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: Clorox offends conservative viewers in its latest commercial, “Clean Feels Satisfying. Clean Feels Good.” In this ad, a woman is cleaning her house using Clorox, and then, at the end of the commercial, she takes off her bra. It is never appropriate for someone to remove an undergarment during an advertisement. Even …

Gothamist reports: A state panel is exploring whether former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s law license should be in jeopardy for his alleged sexual harassment of women. The previously undisclosed probe by the Attorney Grievance Committee in New York’s Third Judicial Department is still in its early stages, but it could eventually result in the suspension or disbarment of Cuomo, a licensed …

Ars Technica reports: On Sunday, xAI released a new voice interaction mode for its Grok 3 AI model that is currently available to its premium subscribers. The feature is somewhat similar to OpenAI’s Advanced Voice Mode for ChatGPT. But unlike ChatGPT, Grok offers several uncensored personalities users can choose from (currently expressed through the same default female voice), including an …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: In 2023, the rate of people who identified as LGBTQ was 7.6%. At the time, that was a sharp increase from the 3.5% recorded in 2020. However, in just one year’s time, the number has continued to climb. In fact, Gallup released a poll last week that found a record “high of 9.3% …

USA Today reports: Elon Musk has the ear of one of the most powerful people in the world – President Donald Trump – making him one of the most powerful people in the world, too. He’s been given unfettered access to adjust the federal government’s budget and headcount. So what’s he doing posting a slur multiple times targeting the disabled …

CBS News reports: Coffee giant Starbucks is shaking up its drinks menu, removing 13 “less popular” beverages from the list of offerings to help streamline operations and move customers through stores more quickly, according to the company. The move comes as the company also plans to cut 1,100 workers as part of a turnaround plan CEO Brian Niccol hopes will …

“During the campaign the president said he wouldn’t touch Social Security and Medicare — a program for the elderly. Now, he has added, it seems, Medicaid to it, which to me puts the president on thin ice. “I don’t know how they’re going to do what they want to do on Capitol Hill if they can’t make reforms to Medicaid. …

Politico reports: President Donald Trump’s nominee to be solicitor general told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that presidents might rightfully defy court orders in “extreme cases.” “Generally, if there’s a direct court order that binds a federal or state official, they should follow it,” D. John Sauer said at his confirmation hearing, in response to questioning by Sen. Dick Durbin …

The Hill reports: The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) announced it had been gifted the country’s first fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks for law enforcement use. During an address, LVMPD said an unnamed donor gifted the department at least 10 Cybertrucks to use for patrol and SWAT teams. “By the way, we ordered these before the Trump Tower [explosion]” Sheriff …

The Christian Post reports: Less than a year after his wife Mica Miller’s suicide, Pastor John-Paul Miller of Solid Rock at Market Common in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, has been accused of raping a 15-year-old girl more than 25 years ago and sexually assaulting her again in 2023. The allegations against John-Paul Miller by the woman identified as Jane Doe …

CNN reports: An American Airlines flight arriving at Ronald Reagan National Airport was forced to abort its landing to avoid another aircraft Tuesday, officials said, less than a month after a midair collision killed 67 people near the same airport and roughly 90 minutes before a close call between a passenger plane and a private jet in Chicago. The Tuesday …