Day: April 11, 2026
Los Angeles schools may close as nearly 85% of district’s workers plan to strike
Los Angeles schools could close as they face a potential strike Tuesday, with three unions representing 70,000 employees demanding higher pay.
PETER NAVARRO: Trump’s Artemis vision is now flying — and China is paying attention
With Communist China targeting a crewed lunar landing by 2030, Artemis II shows why the Moon race is a contest for strategic power and national leadership.
PETER NAVARRO: Trump’s Artemis vision is now flying — and China is paying attention
With Communist China targeting a crewed lunar landing by 2030, Artemis II shows why the Moon race is a contest for strategic power and national leadership.
Sen Tim Sheehy makes emergency landing after in-flight engine failure
Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy made an emergency landing in a field Friday after his plane experienced a mechanical engine failure during routine training.
Democrats Urge Swalwell To Drop Out After Ex-Staffer Accuses Him Of Sexual Assault
‘the Democratic Party – you’d better hold him accountable’
Eric Swalwell campaign for governor is collapsing after devastating allegations from former staffer
The Swalwell for Governor campaign is quickly collapsing after a former staffer went public to accuse the Democrat of sexual harassment and assault.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) had jumped to the top spot in polling among Democrats to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.), but now his campaign is facing calls for him to step down.
‘The allegations are incredibly disturbing and unacceptable against Rep. Swalwell. We are immediately suspending our support.’
“Today I learned shocking information about Eric Swalwell containing the ugliest and most serious accusations imaginable,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) said in a statement Friday calling on Swalwell to abandon his campaign.
“My involvement in any campaign begins and ends with trust. I cannot in good conscience remain in any role with this campaign, and I am stepping down from it effective immediately,” he added.
The former staffer said that Swalwell sexually assaulted her twice when she was too drunk to consent, according to an account in the San Francisco Chronicle.
The woman also claimed that Swalwell sent an image of his penis to her via Snapchat.
Swalwell has denied the allegations.
“For nearly 20 years, I have served the public — as a prosecutor and a congressman and have always protected women,” he said in a statement. “I will defend myself with the facts and where necessary bring legal action. My focus in the coming days is to be with my wife and children and defend our decades of service against these lies.”
A Swalwell attorney sent a cease and desist letter to one accuser.
Some top staffers left the campaign after the allegations dropped, and the California Teachers Association suspended its endorsement for Swalwell.
“The allegations are incredibly disturbing and unacceptable against Rep. Swalwell. We are immediately suspending our support,” CTA President David Goldberg said.
Republican Fox News contributor Steve Hilton leads in polling for the gubernatorial election after surpassing Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco.
The Swalwell campaign canceled a town hall event planned in Palm Desert, citing an illness.
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Trump reveals plans for ‘Independence Arch’ for 250th US anniversary — and it’s MASSIVE
The Trump administration released renderings of a planned arch for the 250th anniversary celebration of the Declaration of Independence.
The 166-foot-tall arch would be constructed at the Memorial Circle in Washington, D.C., according to images filed by the Interior Department to the Commission of Fine Arts on Friday.
‘President Trump will continue to honor our veterans and give the greatest Nation on earth — America — the glory it deserves.’
“The Triumphal Arch in Memorial Circle is going to be one of the most iconic landmarks not only in Washington, D.C., but throughout the world,” White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said to Politico.
“It will enhance the visitor experience at Arlington National Cemetery for veterans, the families of the fallen, and all Americans alike, serving as a visual reminder of the noble sacrifices borne by so many American heroes throughout our 250-year history so we can enjoy our freedoms today. President Trump will continue to honor our veterans and give the greatest Nation on earth — America — the glory it deserves.”
Many on social media responded positively to the renderings posted by the White House Rapid Response team.
“I want my taxes to pay for stuff like this instead of immigrants,” said Blaze Media digital strategist and commentator Logan Hall.
“The Independence Arch in Washington, DC, would become the largest traditional triumphal arch ever constructed in the world, surpassing all existing ones. Just name it the TrumpVictory Arch,” another user said.
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In October, the president said Memorial Circle was perfect for a new memorial.
“For years and years it sat, and every time somebody rides over that beautiful bridge going right to the Lincoln Memorial, beautiful right?” the president said. “They literally say, ‘Something’s supposed to be there!”
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‘Make a lot of money’: Trump administration has a job opportunity for adult video gamers
The Trump administration is looking to tap a seemingly untouched resource: video game-playing adults.
A federal agency put out a call on Friday using a video that literally starts like an Xbox game.
‘It’s not a game. It’s a career.’
After a series of short video-game clips, text on the screen asks, “Are you up for the challenge?”
“You’ve been training for this,” it continues, building suspense, before a gamer sitting in front of his computer screens is transported into his new career: ensuring that passenger planes take off and land safely and without incident.
“Become an air traffic controller,” the ad says, with a club remix of the 2009 Yeah Yeah Yeahs hit “Heads Will Roll” playing in the background.
“It’s not a game,” the upbeat recruitment spot declares. “It’s a career.”
The 70-second video told prospective applicants that not only would they keep “millions of people safe” every day, but they would “make a lot of money” doing so.
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Per the ad, gamers making the jump to an air traffic controller career could look forward to an “average salary” of “$155,000 per year after 3 years.”
Air traffic controller was just one of the roles at the Department of Transportation and FAA that was revealed to be sorely out of touch when President Trump took office for his second term in 2025.
Last year, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy reported that a near hour-long grounding of planes could be linked to “incredibly old technology” that utilized floppy discs and copper wires.
Earlier in 2025, documents about FAA hiring practices showed that the federal agency had been specifically looking to hire people with disabilities, which included “hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability, and dwarfism.”
This appears to be a stark contrast to the Transportation Department under Duffy, who once called the department’s systems “not effective to control the traffic that we have in the airspace today.”
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Last September, Duffy met his goal to recruit at least 2,000 new air traffic controllers by bringing in 2,026. This was coupled with a stated goal of hiring at least 8,900 new air traffic controllers through 2028.
“To reach the next generation of air traffic controllers, we need to adapt,” Duffy said about the ad targeting gamers. “This campaign’s innovative communication style and focus on gaming taps into a growing demographic of young adults who have many of the hard skills it takes to be a successful controller,” he told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
According to a 2025 audit from the Office of Inspector General, the FAA employs about 13,000 traffic controllers in over 300 facilities across the U.S. Nearly 10,600 of those are “certified professional controllers.”
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‘Wtf’: Still-living Michael J. Fox reacts to CNN ‘in memoriam’ video
Beloved actor Michael J. Fox was clearly confused to find out he was allegedly dead, according to CNN, a day after he was on stage at a television festival.
Fox, 64, known for “Back to the Future” and “Teen Wolf,” took to social media on Thursday to tell followers to relax, because people think he has died every single year.
‘I thought the world was ending, but apparently it’s just me.’
Fox had just appeared at PaleyFest on Wednesday, making a surprise cameo on stage in Los Angeles. His own surprise, however, would come the next day when CNN began circulating a web article and video package claiming that he had passed away.
“Remembering the life of actor Michael J. Fox,” CNN wrote in an apparent screenshot of the piece, accompanied by a three-and-a-half minute tribute video.
‘Doing great’
This prompted TMZ to reach out to Fox’s team, who replied to confirm that he was in fact alive.
“Michael is doing great. He was at PaleyFest yesterday. He was on stage and was giving interviews,” they reiterated.
The real truth-telling was left to Fox though; he took to his Threads page (Meta’s version of X) to ponder his options.
“How do you react when you turn on the TV and CNN is reporting your death?” he asked, before taking a shot at the network formerly known as MSNBC.
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“Do you … A) switch to MNSBC, or whatever they are calling themselves these days, (B) Pour [scalding] hot water on your lap, if it hurts [you’re] fine, (C) Call your wife, hopefully she’s concerned but reassuring, (D) Relax, they do this once every year, [or] (E) Ask yourself wtf?”
All of the above
Fox apparently did not get the 2025 memo that MSNBC changed its name to MSNOW, which the Guardian described as a somewhat forced acronym that stands for “My Source for News, Opinion and the World.”
The original name identified a now-defunct partnership between Microsoft and NBC, which launched in 1996 as a combination of the Microsoft Network and NBC. MSN was also the colloquial name of a popular online messenger service released in 1999.
Fox concluded his remarks by saying, “I thought the world was ending, but apparently it’s just me and I’m ok. Love, Mike.”
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Dead reckoning
CNN later issued a statement through a spokesperson that said, “The package was published in error,” NBC News reported. “We have removed it from our platforms and send our apologies to Michael J. Fox and his family.”
Fox’s appearance in L.A. was to promote his TV show “Shrinking,” which just finished filming its third season.
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