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The Energy Department is handing millions to a company led by a far-right activist and telecom executive to build America's first new coal plant in over a decade, because apparently merit-based government contracting was an optional feature.
The Trump administration is funding a coal-fired power plant project led by a MAGA organizer with no energy sector experience, using Defense Production Act funds and a r…
READ STORY ↗The 2026 FIFA World Cup starts Friday, and scammers have already built fake websites, fake job offers, and fake urgency to drain your bank account, because apparently excitement is the best time to commit fraud
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department warned that cybercriminals are exploiting World Cup enthusiasm with copycat FIFA websites, fraudulent ticket sales, and fake …
READ STORY ↗A new survey says 85% of adults can no longer tell what's real from AI-generated content, and that's when the scams started working at scale
Malwarebytes asked people to identify real images versus AI-generated ones. Most couldn't. The results are exactly as bad as they sound, and the implications are much wo…
READ STORY ↗Spencer Pratt's reality TV bid for Los Angeles mayor crashed because it turns out viral AI apocalypse ads don't win deep blue cities
The Guardian reports reality television star Spencer Pratt, best known for his role as a villain on MTV's The Hills, lost his Los Angeles mayoral primary despite signifi…
READ STORY ↗A Maine Democratic primary candidate with a Nazi tattoo and abuse allegations won anyway, because sometimes voters decide that all the scandals are just part of the whole package
Graham Platner, an oysterman and Marine veteran, advanced in Maine's Senate primary despite controversies ranging from a Nazi SS skull tattoo to accusations of physical …
READ STORY ↗Ohio deputies tried to wrangle eight loose goats, and one jumped on an SUV hood and got away, because apparently even livestock understands that jumping on cops is good TikTok content.
Butler County Sheriff's deputies attempted to recapture a herd of escaped goats near Oxford, Ohio. Seven were recovered. One became a fugitive by literally jumping onto …
READ STORY ↗ICE denied maintaining a protester database while admitting it collects and preserves information on people who never got arrested, which is basically the definition of a database
NPR reported that in a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, recently departed ICE director Todd Lyons acknowledged the agency collects "biographic and biometric i…
READ STORY ↗Google's June 2026 fraud advisory confirms that crypto node scams, police impersonation deepfakes, and mobile banking trojans are the gift that keeps on stealing
Google released a comprehensive fraud and scams advisory documenting the latest tactics being used to steal money and data, including fake cryptocurrency mining guides t…
READ STORY ↗Virginia police are warning drivers about the gas pump screw scam, where thieves disable pumps so they can drain your account later, because apparently stealing fuel now requires mechanical engineering
The Timberville Police Department warned of a new scam where criminals place a screw or object in a fuel pump handle cradle to keep the pump active after you leave, allo…
READ STORY ↗The FTC is sending $3 million in refunds to mortgage relief scam victims, which is good news if you got defrauded in 2015 and are still waiting to get your money back in 2026
The Federal Trade Commission is mailing refund checks totaling nearly $3 million to 1,821 homeowners who fell victim to the Golden Home Services (also known as Home Matt…
READ STORY ↗The government's most powerful spy tool expired at midnight on Friday because Congress couldn't agree on whether to extend it, and now the intelligence community is scrambling without the authority it's used for nearly two decades
The House rejected a short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Thursday, June 11, allowing the law to expire for the first time…
READ STORY ↗The president said "I love the inflation" when asked about rising prices crushing American families, because apparently self-awareness isn't a qualification for economic policy
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, June 10, that he loves inflation after it rose to a three-year high in May (4.2% year-over-year), even as Americans struggle wi…
READ STORY ↗Gen Z discovered they can run through Scientology buildings for TikTok, because apparently breaking and entering is a viral challenge now
A 2026 TikTok trend has young people attempting to speedrun through Church of Scientology facilities as far as possible before being stopped. It started in Hollywood in …
READ STORY ↗Researchers say over 4,000 fake FIFA websites are already live, because apparently June 11 kickoff needed a criminal head start
Security researchers tracking FIFA World Cup 2026 scams found over 13,000 fraudulent domains, thousands of fake FIFA accounts, banking malware hidden in streaming apps, …
READ STORY ↗ActBlue's CEO invoked the Fifth Amendment 17 times in a congressional hearing, because apparently "I don't recall" and "I decline to answer" are the new bipartisan languages of accountability
Regina Wallace-Jones, CEO of the Democratic Party's main online fundraising platform, sat before the House Administration Committee and repeatedly refused to answer ques…
READ STORY ↗Trump went to the Knicks game and the MSG watch party got moved, because apparently basketball needed a presidential security moat
TIME, CBS News New York and New York City say Trump's Game 3 NBA Finals appearance forced a Madison Square Garden watch-party relocation and heavy security restrictions.
READ STORY ↗Trump moved Todd Blanche toward attorney general, because apparently the Justice Department needed a loyalty punch card
NPR and AP report Trump plans to nominate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer, for the permanent job.
READ STORY ↗A parasite eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s showed up in Texas again, because apparently decades of success can reset overnight
The USDA confirmed the New World screwworm—a devastating livestock pest that was eliminated from the United States 60 years ago—has returned to Texas, and federal agenci…
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