Firefighters Did Not Respond to Palisades Fire for 44 Minutes
Firefighters were dispatched 44 minutes after a prominent Pacific Palisades resident called 911 on Tuesday morning, January 7, according to local residents. By then, the Palisades Fire was beginning to get out of control due to strong winds, officials said. Michael Valentine, a local attorney who worked in the Harris-Biden administration, noticed a fire near […]
‘Obama bros’ respond to attacks for fundraising for LA wildfires on progressive site
Former Obama administration staffers are doubling down on their controversial decision to solicit charitable donations for the Los Angeles wildfires through left-wing political fundraising sites, telling “right-wing motherfucker” critics to “fuck you.” ” he declared. “Pod Save America” hosts Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vieter have criticized “progressive causes and candidates” after online critics […]
Puerto Rican governor expects Trump to ‘swiftly respond’ to Venezuela’s invasion threat
Puerto Rico's governor told President-elect Donald Trump on Monday that he is ready to help respond to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro's “open threats” to invade U.S. territory. Republican Gov. Jennifer González Colon said in a letter to the president-elect that she fully expects the Trump administration to “respond swiftly” to Maduro's weekend sword fight, calling […]
Former ambassador to Denmark: NATO would be compelled to respond to Greenland invasion
Rufus Gifford, the former US ambassador to Denmark, said in an interview on Sunday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance would be forced to respond to any invasion of Greenland. “I think what's often forgotten here is that Greenland is NATO because the Kingdom of Denmark is one of the founding members of […]
Firefighters Respond to Small Blaze on Marine Corps Base in San Diego
Firefighters responded to a small wildfire at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS) in San Diego, California. Brush fire reportedly It started According to NBC News San Diego, Monday around 2:20 p.m. Smoke rising into the sky as a result of the fire was “visible from as far south as North Park and nearby highways.” […]
Diversity Push Hasn’t Hurt Our Ability to Respond, First Priority Is Taking Care of Community
In an interview with “CBS Evening News” conducted Thursday and published Friday, LAFD Commissioner Christine Crowley said diversity efforts have hurt the department's ability to respond to emergencies like recent fires. He denied that he was doing so and said: It's about making sure we can take care of the communities we're sworn to care […]
Bronx fire leaves 7 injured as 200 firefighters respond to five-alarm blaze
About 200 New York firefighters were battling a massive five-alarm fire at a Bronx apartment building Friday morning, leaving at least seven people injured. A large fire broke out at a six-story residential building at 2910 Wallace Avenue in the East Bronx just before 1:40 a.m., fire officials said, and the FDNY said video footage […]
'Property's not for sale': Doug Ford appears on Fox News to respond to Trump's annexation threat
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is joining the chorus of Canadian leaders saying that becoming the 51st U.S. state is off the table. source
DOGE Leaders Defend Tech Industry’s Reliance On ‘Skilled’ Foreign-Born Engineers, GOP Commentators Respond
(L-Center) Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at Madison Square Garden in New York City on October 27, 2024. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R-Top) Elon Musk speaks at the Milken Institute World Congress held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on May 6, 2024. (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images) / (R-Bottom) MAGA activist Laura […]
Experts respond to Congress’s long-awaited AI report
The Congressional Bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) released its long-awaited report this week, announcing new AI-related innovations while ensuring the United States remains an innovation leader in this rapidly evolving field. It detailed a strategy for how to protect the United States from threats. The report, which aims to create a “flexible sector-specific […]