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SACRAMENTO, California — Barack Obama joined Gavin Newsom to rally supporters of California Democrats’ congressional redistricting ballot measure as the Nov. 4 special election nears. The former president during a Wednesday call with volunteers painted Proposition 50 — a bid to change California’s congressional lines mid-cycle and pick up five Democratic House seats next year — in stark terms. “There’s a broader principle at stake that has to do with whether or not our democracy can be manipulated by those who are already in power to entrench themselves further,” he said. “Or whether we’re going to have a system that…

The “pro-war political elite” is trying to derail the planned summit between the Russian and US leaders, Budapest has warned The Western media will continue to spread “fake news” aimed at derailing a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has warned.Several outlets reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed White House officials, that plans for the meeting in the Hungarian capital had been put “on hold.”Responding to the claims, Szijjarto took to X to warn that from the moment the meeting was announced following a phone call between Putin and Trump…

Three people were killed and several others were severely injured after the driver of a semi-truck plowed into vehicles on a freeway in Ontario, California, on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses said the collision created a massive fireball after the driver failed to stop as traffic slowed down. It has been more than 24 hours since the accident and the California Highway Patrol (CHP) has not released the identity of the driver who caused the fiery crash. The Gateway Pundit contacted the California Highway Patrol to obtain the driver’s identity. This reporter reached out to CHP Officer Rodrigo Jimenez, inquiring about the identity…

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has rejected calls to pull his invitation for cross-dressing Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny to headline next year’s Super Bowl halftime show. Indeed, Goodell claims that the offer to Grammy-winning rapper, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, was very carefully considered, and he stands by the decision. “He’s one of the leading and most popular entertainers in the world. That’s what we try to achieve. It’s an important stage for us. It’s an important element to the entertainment value, and it’s carefully thought through,” Goodell said at the NFL’s fall meeting, according to The…

(AP) — Netflix missed the earnings target set by stock market analysts during the video streamer’s latest quarter, a letdown that the company blamed on a tax dispute in Brazil. The results announced Tuesday broke Netflix’s six-quarter streak of posting a profit that eclipsed analysts’ projections. The Los Gatos, California, cited an unexpected $619 million expense tied to the Brazilian tax dispute for the earnings shortfall while hailing its lineup of distinctive TV series and films for keeping its audience engaged and delivering a mix of subscriber fees and increased ad sales that helped it deliver revenue that matched analyst forecasts. Investors,…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune met with a group of GOP senators on Wednesday as Republicans quietly discuss possible paths forward on health care once the government reopens. The group met to talk about ideas including what to do about soon-to-expire Affordable Care Act subsidies — the centerpiece of Democrats’ demands amid the three-week shutdown — according to three people granted anonymity to describe the meeting. Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) were among the senators who gathered in Thune’s office. Barrasso, asked if they talked about…

News outlets have speculated that the test was timed to coincide with US President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to South Korea North Korea fired several ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) have reported.The short-range weapons were launched from the southern North Hwanghae Province and traveled roughly 350km before landing in North Hamgyong Province, in the country’s northeast, according to a statement from Seoul. Military analysts believe the projectiles may have been of the same type tested by Pyongyang in September of 2024.Japan’s newly appointed prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said Tokyo was sharing real-time tracking…

Credit: CNN screenshot Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) may be about to make every Republican’s dreams come true in the coming months and create a total nightmare for her party. As Axios reported, Crockett told SiriusXM radio on Wednesday that she is “strongly considering” jumping into the open Democratic Texas Senate primary. She gave multiple reasons why she may run. The first reason is that Crockett is well aware of polling showing that she would be the person to beat for the Democratic nomination. “Every other day, there’s a poll that comes out that makes it clear that I can win…

Tesla is recalling 12,963 vehicles in the U.S. due to a defect in a battery pack component that could lead to a sudden loss of drive power, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Wednesday. Reuters reports that Elon Musk’s Tesla is facing a new challenge as it announces a recall of 12,963 vehicles in the United States. The NHTSA stated on Wednesday that the recall is due to a defect in a battery pack component that could potentially result in a sudden loss of drive power, increasing the risk of accidents. The affected vehicles include certain 2025…

Saudi Arabia has officially ended its “kafala” system of rules for migrant labor, a system that effectively turned some 13 million migrants into indentured servants and gave their employers total control over their lives. Kafala is an Arabic word that means “sponsorship.” The system was created in the 1950s as a means of importing, and controlling, low-cost migrant labor during the Saudi oil boom. Under kafala, every migrant worker is assigned to a local sponsor or “kafeel,” who would manage all aspects of the worker’s life in Saudi Arabia. The kafala system was never anything more than a scheme for…