100% ground beef hit a new all time high average price of $6.752/lb in Jan 2026.
Trump gives up on National Guard deployments in Chicago, LA, Portland
... The pullback comes a week after the Supreme Court delivered a stark blow to Trump’s push for military troops to patrol U.S. city streets, rejecting his bid to send National Guard members to the Chicago area to protect federal officials enacting his immigration agenda.
In an apparent 6-3 decision, the court explained that federal law generally bars federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement, and the law Trump used to call up the National Guard likely only applies when the president is unable to execute laws with the regular forces of the military. ...
I missed the December 23 Supreme Court decision story because my cat died the very hour it broke.
I guess I'll always remember her now as the Posse Comitatus Cat.
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to send National Guard to Chicago
... Citing the Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits the military from engaging in domestic law enforcement unless explicitly authorized by the Constitution or Congress, the court found Trump lacked the authority to deploy troops to Illinois in this case.
“At this preliminary stage, the Government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois,” the unsigned order states. ...
ICE raids are leaving some L.A. cats and dogs homeless
... Pets belonging to people who are deported or flee are being left in empty apartments, dumped into the laps of unprepared friends and dropped off at overcrowded shelters, The Times found.
"Unless people do take the initiative [and get the pets out], those animals will starve to death in those backyards or those homes," said Yvette Berke, outreach manager for Cats at the Studios, a rescue that serves L.A. ...
"Pets are like the collateral damage to the current political climate,” said Jennifer Naitaki, vice president of programs and strategic initiatives at the Michelson Found Animals Foundation. ...
Nobody in Haiti today can afford the fancy Haitian dishes this chef describes, so they eat . . . you know.
Don't listen to Trump's lies. Haitian chef explains country's rich culinary tradition.
Four Haitians took off in a gray, Toyota Tacoma, two men, two women, each with a goose in their hands.