Attorneys General Sue Over California’s Plastics Act
Acoalition of 17 U.S. states has filed a lawsuit challenging California’s landmark plastics packaging law, setting the stage for a major legal battle over environmental regulation, business compliance costs, and states’ rights.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, targets Senate Bill 54, commonly known as the Plastics Act, which took effect on June 1.
At the center of the dispute is the requirement that businesses join the Circular Action Alliance, an organization tasked with administering key portions of the program.
Under the law, participating companies could collectively contribute up to $500 million annually to support recycling infrastructure, waste reduction efforts, and environmental programs across the state.
The coalition of states, led by Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, argues that California is improperly imposing its regulatory preferences on businesses operating throughout the country.
The lawsuit contends that the law violates constitutional principles of federalism and forces companies to support an organization and policies they may not endorse.
Their separate legal action seeks stronger enforcement standards rather than repeal of the law.
California lawmakers enacted SB 54 as part of a broader effort to address mounting concerns about plastic pollution, landfill capacity, and marine debris.
Supporters say the legislation creates incentives for manufacturers to design more sustainable packaging and reduce reliance on single-use plastics.
Business groups, however, have warned that compliance costs could increase prices and create complex regulatory burdens for companies operating nationwide.
Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn SPOTTED at Barack Obama’s Library Opening, with Victor Davis Hanson
Megyn Kelly is joined by Victor Davis Hanson, author of “The Counterrevolution,” to discuss Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn spotted in the third row at Barack Obama’s library opening,
Ayers and Dohrn’s background as founders of the Weather Underground, known for bombing federal buildings, Megyn’s past interview showing the real side of Ayers’, and more.
IDF troops uncover tunnel network hidden under southern Lebanese village 6 miles from the border
Iran deal will keep the ‘world safe’: Donald Trump
DETAILS: DHS nabs migrant ex-teacher linked to gang shooting
Fox News senior correspondent Mike Tobin reports on the arrest of an illegal immigrant and former Illinois teacher allegedly tied to a deadly 2024 Chicago shooting. Former Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf provides analysis on ‘America’s Newsroom.’
The story the media — and the government — don’t want you to hear
Read about the biggest government scandal that legacy newspapers won’t touch.
On April 29, 2026, as Chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, I held a hearing and released a report titled “Unmasked: How Biden Health Officials Purposely Turned a Blind Eye Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals.” There has not been a bigger government scandal during my lifetime, and yet even now that we have documented proof of corruption, most of the legacy media refuses to report on it.
My report
details how in March 2021, Peter Marks — director of the FDA center that approves vaccines and is responsible for safety surveillance (CBER) — was briefed that the algorithm they were using to analyze the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) would mask or hide COVID-19 vaccine adverse event safety signals. Twenty-six days later, using an updated algorithm, senior FDA officials were shown 25 safety signals, including sudden cardiac death, pulmonary infarction, cerebral artery occlusion, basal ganglia stroke, agonal rhythm, and Bell’s palsy….
Iran, Oman refuse to rule out charging ‘costs’ to cross Strait of Hormuz — and claim sovereignty over key waterway
Iran and Oman announced Tuesday they would jointly handle issues related to future navigation of the Strait of Hormuz and “the costs associated with them” — even as the Trump administration publicly insisted that Tehran can’t charge tolls.
Oman and Iran sit on opposite sides of the southern entrance of the strait, and their vague joint statement raised fears that the two countries may try to collect money from ships traveling through the vital waterway.
The two countries said in a joint statement they had “agreed to maintain their dialogue on this issue through a joint working group … in order to reach agreement on the future administration of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and the services that will be provided in this regard and the costs associated with them in accordance with international standards.”
Nearly a fifth of the world’s seaborne oil supplies flow through the Strait of Hormuz annually.
Since the Trump administration sealed a memorandum of understanding with Iran last week, ships have begun traversing the waterway once again, though at rates below pre-war levels.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio insisted after landing in the United Arab Emirates as part of a two-day swing through the Middle East Tuesday that “no country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway.”
“That’s existing international law, that’s the way it is,” he added. “I don’t think we have anybody to convince around here in that regard. I think all the countries in this region would agree with us.”
Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al Busaidi publicly said Monday that his country and Iran had affirmed their commitment to “toll-free safe passage” through the Strait of Hormuz following high-level meetings.
However, it was not immediately clear whether Al Busaidi meant that policy would only remain in effect during the 60-day window for the US and Iran to negotiate a final peace deal
Lebanese Christians: Push Iran out; Trump warns Iran on Swiss talks TV7 Israel News 23 June
1) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserts that the IDF will not withdraw from Southern Lebanon – aimed at guaranteeing the security of Israel’s northern residents.
2) Lebanese Christian leaders call on the United States to push Iran out of Lebanon.
3) President Donald Trump warns Iran that its false statements threaten the negotiations in Switzerland.
Foreign-Born Judge Blocks Citizenship Test Saying It Would ‘Purge’ Voters
D.C. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who is from Trinidad and Tobago, blocked the Trump administration from using an updated database called the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) system in order to ensure that only American citizens vote in American elections.
Sooknanan became a U.S. citizen in 2009, but seemingly still retains citizenship in Trinidad and Tobago, which she said she would only renounce “if required by law.” As Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., pointed out, “If judges can stop Presidents, they should not also be citizens of foreign nations.”
The judge argued that because the database can sometimes have outdated information — for example, if someone obtained citizenship more recently than the last available information — the whole enterprise of making sure noncitizens cannot vote in American elections should be thrown out…..
The Federalist has chronicled numerous occasions of noncitizens voting.
But a decision from a foreign-born federal judge to keep the government from being able to use its own database to enforce its own laws in order to break down a potential safeguard to keep noncitizens from voting is just the latest move in the ongoing judicial coup against the Trump administration.
This is not the first decision of Sooknanan’s that places the interests of non-Americans ahead of the interests of the country in which she serves on the federal bench.
Before becoming a federal judge, Sooknanan was a key Biden Justice Department official who pressed to go after parents the Biden administration deemed “domestic terrorists” for being concerned about what their children were learning in public schools across the country.
“Import third-world people, put them in power, watch your country start resembling their homelands,” Greg Bovino, former commander-at-large of the U.S. Border Patrol, said of Sooknanan. “Mass deportations now, before the next 100 million illegals we have here have anchor babies lock it in.”
Who Sets Prices? How Minimum Wage Broke the Gig Work Economy
$122 for Thai takeout?
That’s what’s happened in Seattle, after politicians forced a high minimum wage for DoorDashers.
Now customers order less food, and drivers get less work.
Government wage controls ALWAYS fail:
Dr. Oz Reveals 80% of Medicare Payment Suspensions from California
As CMS administrator, Oz announced at a DOJ press conference that of 1,000 Medicare payment suspensions in the first half of 2026, nearly 800 came from California amid a national takedown charging 455 defendants with over $6.5 billion in false claims. This reflects CMS’s push for preventive enforcement, especially targeting hospice and home health issues in areas like Los Angeles, following earlier suspensions and a nationwide hospice enrollment moratorium. California counters with its own actions like revoking over 280 hospice licenses since 2022, while experts attribute some disparity to the state’s large share of Medicare spending.
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Teen gunman bursts into California library, shooting two dead and injuring child — as chilling motive emerges
Officials arrived and nabbed the alleged shooter, 18-year-old Chico resident Bradley Scott Sayer, after he tried to leave through the back door.
Sayer has been booked into the Butte County Jail on two counts of murder.
The FBI is assisting in the investigation into the shooting, as well as the Butte County Sheriff’s Office
“The incident tonight was obviously very sad and very traumatic for a lot of people — very traumatic for our community,” Chief Billy Aldridge of the Chico Police Department said during a news conference Monday night.
Cops said the suspect, Bradley Scott Sayer, did not appear to know his victims and had a “desire to commit a Columbine High School massacre-type of shooting.” He appeared to have acted alone, police said.
Sayer allegedly committed the shooting at Butte County Library, which routinely holds events for children and teens. All library branches have been closed on Tuesday after the shooting…
‘RED FLAG’: Key Gulf ally under FIRE for alleged terror ties
Jonathan Schanzer, executive director of FDD, warns about the risks of unfreezing Iranian assets, expressing concern that funds intended for humanitarian goods could be diverted to proxies and nuclear programs.
