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A Los Angeles, California, firefighter testified in a lawsuit in January that fire crews were ordered to leave the Lachman fire, which later spread and caused the Palisades fire, before it was fully extinguished. Scott Pike testified in January in a lawsuit brought by Palisades fire victims against the city and the California state government. A 23-year veteran of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), Pike worked an overtime shift on January 2 when he was assigned to pick up hoses from the Lachman fire. However, he said he saw about five areas that were still smoking. “I didn’t even…

CHAPPAQUA, New York — As House Republicans and Democrats embarked on two days of depositions with Bill and Hillary Clinton, both sides professed a seriousness of purpose to find answers that could aid their investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. They left with completely different versions of what transpired behind closed doors. Republicans said President Donald Trump was now “exonerated.” Democrats said Trump was no such thing and called the event an “unserious clown show.” And amid dueling news conferences and social media posts throughout Thursday and Friday, the public is now left with starkly divergent narratives in a…

The former US president’s close relationship with the convicted sex offender is under examination as part of a congressional inquiry Former US President Bill Clinton testified on Friday as part of an investigation into a sex trafficking network set up by late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The disgraced financier visited the White House 17 times between 1993 and 1995 during Clinton’s term in office.The former president is believed to have flown on Epstein’s private jet, nicknamed the ‘Lolita Express’, up to 26 times between 2001 and 2003.Clinton’s deposition before the House Oversight Committee followed his wife Hillary’s nearly seven-hour testimony on Thursday.…

A man the Cuban Communist Party falsely identified as having been detained in a dramatic speedboat shootout this week told local media outlets in Florida that he is “worried” for his safety and suspected that the men onboard the ship, accused of plotting actions against the regime, were “infiltrated” by a Cuban spy operation. The Cuban Ministry of the Interior announced on Wednesday that it had allegedly intercepted a speedboat that it claimed was registered in Florida and carried armed individuals on board. The Castro regime accused the men aboard of opening fire on the Cuban Coast Guard when the…

Former U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) player Megan Rapinoe is calling the USA men’s hockey team a bunch of “clowns,” claiming they ruined their gold medal moment by accepting President Trump’s invite to the White House and State of the Union. In a recent episode of her podcast with ex-WNBA player Sue Bird, Rapinoe described the men’s hockey team’s White House visit as a “classic ripping defeat from the jaws of victory.” “The United States men’s hockey team, in their utter moment of glory, childhood dreams come true, once in a lifetime accomplishment, sensational, ruined it for themselves,” Rapinoe said. “Because…

Swedish and Danish statements have come amid a massive military buildup driven by the EU and NATO Sweden and Denmark could host NATO nuclear weapons, officials from both countries have said. The alleged ‘Russian threat’ has fueled discussions in Western Europe about expanding nuclear deterrence. Moscow has dismissed these concerns as “nonsense.”The EU has allocated €800 billion ($948 billion) for its ReArm Europe plan and NATO members have pledged to raise their spending on defense to 5% of GDP.Speaking to SR radio on Friday, Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson said he was open to an expanded nuclear deterrence role, despite…

Whether your Social Security is taxable depends on a number of factors, including your filing status and your income.gettyMore than 70 million Americans receive benefits from the Social Security Administration—whether retirement, disability, or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). One big question recipients face ever year at tax time: Do I owe federal income tax on those benefits? For a growing number of seniors in recent years, the answer has been yes, since the formula for determining whether Social Security is taxable hasn’t been adjusted for inflation in more than four decades.But this year, as recipients prepare their 2025 tax returns, there’s…

“Interim president” of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez, who has run the country since the American arrest of deposed dictator Nicolás Maduro in January, referred to President Donald Trump as a “friend” and “partner” during an event next to Maduro’s son, lawmaker Nicolás Maduro Guerra. Rodríguez used the words in the context of President Trump similarly referring to socialist Venezuela as a “new friend” of America’s following Maduro’s capture. Trump has repeatedly referred positively to Rodríguez, a hardline socialist who was among Maduro’s closest confidantes, as someone Washington could work with. He has also implied that Rodríguez is not actually in charge…

The Weekly Wrap: Trump Refused the “Economic Pain” Script—and That Was the Point Welcome back to Friday! This is the State of the Union special edition of the Breitbart Business Digest. Are you crazy? Why aren’t you standing up and applauding yet? You should be ashamed of yourself. This week President Trump reminded us that the state of our union is great again, the economists spilled nerd blood over the definition of a balance of payments problem, and AI came for the technology companies, like a mythological god murdering his father. No payments were unbalanced in the creation of this digest.…

A coalition of conservative state financial officers who report they have already uncovered and stopped billions in taxpayer waste is pledging to join with Vice President JD Vance to root out fraud nationwide. During Tuesday’s State of the Union address President Donald Trump put the vice president in charge of leading the federal government’s “war on fraud.” The State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) weighed in soon after. As Fox News reported Friday: In a Thursday letter to the White House, the State Financial Officers Foundation (SFOF) praised President Donald Trump’s focus on what he called fraud scandals that have “resulted…