(Headline USA) On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile ahead, the truck’s sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another. In less than a second, it signaled, moved into the unobstructed lane and rumbled past…

(Headline USA) For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family, but these days many of the kernels in the package might not be Hawaii-grown. This little-known fact is surfacing at the state Legislature as lawmakers wrestle over legislation that would force macadamia-nut…

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department is scrambling to fight multiple parties seeking to obtain the audio recording of special counsel Robert Hur’s interview with President Joe Biden. Hur’s interview underpinned the special counsel’s infamous February report, in which he explained that he declined to prosecute the sitting President due to his failing cognitive…

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) NBC News reported Monday that Hunter Biden is preparing to sue Fox News over its coverage of his alleged bribery scheme, illicit photos from his laptop and other allegations of wrongdoing. Citing a letter from Biden’s attorney, Mark Geragos, NBC said the lawsuit will target Fox’s alleged “conspiracy and subsequent actions…

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Despite nearly being booted from her high-profile prosecution of former President Donald Trump due to blatant ethical violations and conflicts of interest, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis nonetheless received an award from local Democrats for being a “Woman of Influence,” Newsweek reported. Willis received the award Friday at the Cobb County…

(Headline USA) Rep. Victoria Spartz, the first and only Ukrainian-born member of Congress, emerged early on as a natural advocate for supporting her native country in its war with Russia. But when $61 billion in additional support for the war effort came up for a vote in the House recently, she voted against it. Instead, she has…

(Headline USA) The Utah Republican Party on Saturday selected Trent Staggs as its nominee to replace Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate, hours after the local official received former President Donald Trump’s endorsement. While the endorsement carried Staggs through convention with more than two-thirds of delegate votes, that support may not translate to success at the ballot…

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) – Texas Department of Public Safety officers working in Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, continue to apprehend human smugglers at the border. Smugglers are being apprehended multiple ways, by DPS brush teams and by troopers performing traffic stops and vehicle inspections. Nearly all offenders are military…

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) – California legislators nearly unanimously voted to limit “influential” anonymous online free speech by requiring social media companies to “seek to verify” personal information — including government-issued identification —  for “influential” accounts. While supporters say users need help distinguishing between good and bad information, opposition warned the bill, without defining…

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A New York district attorney is under intense scrutiny after the release of bodycam footage showing her berating a police officer who attempted to pull her over for speeding unsuccessfully. The six-minute video footage captures Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley’s standoffish attitude toward a cop who pursued her home after she…