Nearly 4.6 million children live in homes with unlocked and loaded guns.
In partnership with @AdCouncil we are launching a new PSA to #EndFamilyFire through safe gun storage and empowering gun owners to take a role in preventing gun violence. Visit https://t.co/ugPLvQgQ2m
Family fire refers to a shooting that results from someone misusing an unsecured firearm from the home.
If there’s an unlocked and loaded gun in your home, your family is at risk of family fire. Learn how to securely store your firearms at https://t.co/rlP52Iz3wC.
After being told we were fired for insubordination, my colleagues and I today filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Defense Department, Pete Hegseth, Sean Parnell and Andrew Brey seeking to protect our First Amendment rights.
Everyone deserves the right to a free and independent press, especially our service members. This lawsuit is about safeguarding the mission of Stars and Stripes journalists so they can continue to do their jobs without fear or retaliation.
https://t.co/JahMqsU25v
MS NOW: Troops fighting against Iran and alleged drug smugglers say they're being asked to violate international law.
Organizations that help service members apply to leave the military as conscientious objectors are seeing a large increase in concerns over U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats and targets inside Iran. https://t.co/wCm2OH3nyr
Craven political trashing of Stars & Stripes is a despicable disservice to all Americans, most especially veterans & service members. It reeks of retribution for courageous reporting on the Abraham Lincoln’s abhorrent conditions. It smacks of coverup. https://t.co/sKrT7CzD1S
Today, I was informed that the Department of Defense is firing me for insubordination after I told a CBS reporter that I work for Stars and Stripes – not the Pentagon, not any administration, and not any policy maker.
Outrageous and sad. Decades have been devoted to building up the credibility of this publication to earn the trust of everyone in uniform—credibility and trust now being summarily destroyed by narcissistic and. ignorant hacks like Hegseth.
The Pentagon on Friday moved to fire the editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes as well as its retiring publisher and a civilian reporter who covers the Middle East for the news organization.
Read more:
https://t.co/BGKmsBDIs0
Today @CAgovernor Newsom announced 13 California communities that have earned HCD’s coveted Prohousing Designation have been awarded $11.3 million in incentives to help scale up innovative solutions to accelerate housing production and support preservation. @CaliforniaHHA 1/4
Here is the part Trump seems unable to grasp: the White House is not one of his properties.
Trump insisted on having a helipad at the White House. Now, after weeks of construction, crews are ripping apart his brand-new $5 million helipad because he decided he doesn’t like the slope.
He demolished the East Wing for his ballroom and is now fighting over whether he had the authority to do it after the fact. He rushed through millions in no-bid work on the Reflecting Pool, only for it to start peeling and growing algae within weeks. Now the South Lawn gets its turn.
This is beyond embarrassing and it’s an astonishing display of arrogance.
He does not own the building. He does not own the lawn. He does not own our nation’s monuments. And he does not get to bulldoze, rebuild, or remake them whenever another grand idea pops into his head.
There is a reason a President does not have unchecked control over the country’s property. It belongs to the American people.
If Trump is desperate for something to demolish, rebuild, gild, or redo because it does not suit his tastes, he should start with Mar-A-Lago or other properties he actually owns.
Leave the People’s House alone.
https://t.co/IwwhbHCHew
Real-time U.S. gun violence statistics for 2026, as of August 10th:
•7,883 gun deaths
•14,727 gun injuries
•293 mass shootings
•13 mass murders
•377 children (age 0-11) shot
•2,135 teenagers (age 12-17) shot
•518 defensive use incidents
•777 unintentional shootings
•344 murder-suicides
Weekly Mass Shooting Update: There have been 19 American mass shootings in the first 10 days of August, bringing 2026’s total to 293.
January: 25
February: 29
March: 40
April: 34
May: 36
June: 42
July: 68
August: 19
There were 266 mass shootings by this date last year.
As a State Senator, I requested an audit of the very suspicious circumstances of the 2023 $4.9m settlement between Huntington Beach and the Pacific Airshow.
https://t.co/keL1BHcZl6
The left: we want the Epstein files
The right: we want the Epstein files
The center: we want the Epstein files
Trump: best I can do for you is Fauci’s diary, some lies about the reflecting pool, and a failed war in Iran
We filed a lawsuit against the Treasury Department for illegally withholding information about who is receiving settlement money from its Judgment Fund.
If the president is paying his cronies, the public is entitled to know.
https://t.co/c58iubQO99
Happy birthday, @BarackObama! 65 never looked better. Every day, you make me a better person, and I’m thankful for all the ways you show up for our family and our country. Love you. ❤️