A Michigan physician assistant (PA) who alleged she was fired after refusing to comply with hospital transgender policies because of her religious beliefs is receiving a $410,000 settlement in her wrongful termination lawsuit.

Valerie Kloosterman sued University of Michigan Health-West (UMHW) filed suit in 2022 after she was fired in August 2021, alleging the 200-bed suburban Grand Rapids teaching hospital was requiring her to go against her conscience as a Christian.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California released four years of federal tax returns this week to carefully selected news outlets — a disclosure which one news outlet slammed as “sneaky” and an “insult to transparency.”

The release was prompted “in part by a federal investigation into the finances of his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom,” aides told the New York Times, one of the few publications tapped to view and report on the returns.

Rapper Nicki Minaj blasted infamous federal bureaucrat Anthony Fauci on Thursday, predicting that one day during his end-of-life care, he will finally feel empathy for the people harmed by his draconian rules during the era of the Chinese coronavirus.

A Smithsonian exhibit features more objects related to leftist causes than items representing Christianity and conservatism, Fox News reported on Friday.

The outlet reviewed the online catalog for the exhibit called “In Pursuit of Life, Liberty, & Happiness” that centers on displaying 250 objects to highlight America’s 250th birthday and also shows items relating to the nation’s founding.

A 13-year-old boy was wounded when a gunman opened fire in Montgomery County, Maryland’s, Wheaton Mall Friday around 6:00 p.m.

Video from the incident shows the alleged 17-year-old gunman sitting at a table, biding his time, waiting for a group of people to walk by. Once they passed, he allegedly stood and began shooting.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) confirmed that he has no intention of ditching the Democrat Party, pointing out that he votes “90-something percent with Democrats.”

In an interview with the New York Times, Fetterman said that Democrats who “want to abolish the border, abolish prison, abolish the presidency,” and the U.S. Senate are supporting “full-on communism.” Fetterman also shut down speculation that he was going to switch his political affiliation, stating that he would “seek” the outlet out and “give” them the exclusive if he ever changes his mind — while saying he never would.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci, who also served as Chief Medical Adviser to President Joe Biden and on the President’s Coronavirus Task Force under President Donald Trump, was “caught in actual lies” on the origins of the COVID virus and he thinks we shouldn’t do gain of function research.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) said that Russia is helping Iran target Americans and China is selling arms to Iran.

While discussing the war in Iran and possible future strikes against Iran, Perry said that we will need to have more involvement from our partners in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia in Iran. Guest co-host Marcus Lemonis then said, [relevant exchange begins around 3:30] “Well, it doesn’t help that China continues to sell them arms, that definitely doesn’t help.”

The Trump administration has helped cancel more than 28,000 commercial trucker licenses (CDLs) held by non-citizens and is also launching a program to replace the migrants with U.S. military veterans.

The administration recently posted a press release reporting that officials have worked with their counterparts in the states to completely cancel the CDLs of 24,000 non-citizens who cannot speak or read English proficiently. They have also worked with the states to cancel 28,000 illegally issued drivers licenses and to shut down 9,500 driving schools that have helped put these dangerous truckers on America’s roads.

A 350-pound Minnesota science teacher learned this week what his own punishment will be for stepping on his sixth-grade students’ backs “like a step stool” as punishment for not taking an evacuation drill seriously.

One boy, who ended up going to the hospital, was one of three students who received the educator’s bizarre discipline in February of 2025.

Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has accused fellow European Union leaders of being “selfish” for expressing concerns and enacting border restrictions in the wake of tens of thousands of illegal migrants flooding into Ceuta this week.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris (D) failed to mention her ex-boss when asked who she thought were America’s most effective presidents.

Harris’s comments came during an appearance at the National Urban League (NUL) Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday where NUL President Marc Morial asked her the question, the New York Post reported Saturday.