Gavin Newsom , who delights in using Trump-like trolling tactics, is widely viewed as the Democratic Party’s presidential front-runner. He is riding a wave of interviews and podcasts, boosted by a new memoir, and trying to make the case that as California governor he is not as liberal as his record might suggest. Unlike most of his party, for instance, he opposes trans women athletes competing against men. NEWSOM SAYS TRUMP IS ONE OF THE 'MOST DESTRUCTIVE' PRESIDENT OF HIS LIFETIME: 'THIS GUY IS RECKLESS' But there is a central fact about Newsom that, while it may be known to insiders and to some in his home state, is undoubtedly news to most Americans. Gavin Newsom is dyslexic. Seriously dyslexic. And as a new profile in the New Yorker makes clear, that affects his life every single day.  Newsom showed author Nathan Heller a "folder of his printed material, his reading from the previous evening. Almost every word of text was underlined. He flipped through a ...

President Donald Trump on Monday blamed Democrats for the partial government shutdown, as Republicans and Democrats have yet to reach a deal on Department of Homeland Security funding, while he also touted what he deemed as wins for his administration on issues such as the economy and crime. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump boasted of "great financial numbers" such as low inflation and falling fuel prices. "Great financial numbers, you saw low inflation, very low inflation. Prices are down. Way down. Gasoline is less than $2 a gallon in many places, which nobody expected to see," Trump said, although the national average for gas is closer to $3 and state averages in areas with the cheapest fuel still remain above $2. DHS SHUTDOWN LOOMS AS JOHNSON NAVIGATES GOP DIVIDE OVER STOPGAP SOLUTIONS "But I did this going by the initial expression of drill, baby, drill. Prices are coming down very strongly. And as goes gasoline and oil and gas, so goes t...

One teenager has been arrested in connection with what officials described as a "senseless" shooting that broke out in New York City as crowds of children gathered at the bus stop after school dismissal, killing one 16-year-old boy, police said Sunday.  The Wednesday incident occurred in the Kingsbridge section of the Bronx amid what officials and witnesses characterized as an escalating wave of violence in the borough, prompting affected family members to criticize Mayor Zohran Mamdani and law enforcement for not doing enough to keep New Yorkers safe. Authorities identified the slain victim as Christopher Redding, an aspiring football player at John F. Kennedy High School , who sustained a gunshot wound to the back. According to a GoFundMe page, Redding was defending his friends who were being targeted by a group of individuals.  Officials released footage of the suspects and said the group responsible for the escalation that led to the shooting consisted of fou...

The partial government shutdown stretched into another week after negotiators failed to reach a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over the weekend. Congress is on a weeklong recess and is not scheduled to return to Washington, D.C., until next week, leaving the shutdown's end in limbo as both parties remain far apart on key provisions. Senate Democrats are demanding a series of reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a position they have maintained since the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good during ICE operations in Minnesota. FETTERMAN BUCKS DEMOCRATS, SAYS PARTY PUT POLITICS OVER COUNTRY IN DHS SHUTDOWN STANDOFF Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y., and his caucus are standing by a list of 10 proposed reforms, including requiring ICE agents to obtain judicial warrants and limiting the use of face coverings — proposals Republicans have described as red lines. "Americans are tired of masked agents conducting ...

Be afraid. Be very afraid. That’s the message that has caught fire in the media-tech world when it comes to artificial intelligence ( AI ). This column, for what it’s worth, is being written by a fallible human being on a battered keyboard with no technological assistance. It’s extremely rare–once in a blue moon–that I read a piece that completely changes my view of an issue. Like most people, I have viewed the rise of AI with a mixture of concern, skepticism and bemusement. DEMOCRATS ARE LOSING AI BECAUSE OF A BIG MESSAGING PROBLEM It’s fun to conjure up images on ChatGPT , for instance, and I get that some people use it for hyperspeed research. But then you hear anecdotes about AI screwing up math problems or spewing stuff that’s simply untrue. Sure, we’ve all seen warnings that this fast-growing technology will cost some people their jobs, but I assumed that would be mainly in Silicon Valley. The era of plane travel didn’t wipe out passenger trains or buses, though it was cur...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he has filed a lawsuit against officials in Dallas, alleging the city failed to properly fund its police department as required by a voter-approved public safety measure. Paxton, a Republican running for U.S. Senate , accused Dallas of unlawfully refusing to comply with Proposition U, a public safety measure approved by the city's voters in 2024. Proposition U requires that 50% of all new annual revenue the city receives be directed toward police and fire pensions . The measure also mandates that the city maintain a minimum of 4,000 police officers — roughly 900 more than the department had in 2024. SAN ANTONIO ENDS ITS ABORTION TRAVEL FUND AFTER NEW STATE LAW, LEGAL ACTION The lawsuit, announced on Friday, names Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert and Chief Financial Officer Jack Ireland Jr. as defendants. "I filed this lawsuit to ensure that the City of Dallas fully funds law enforcement, upholds public safety, and is a...