Will California get a Republican governor this November? Last night’s primary results indicate that it is very possible. The contest to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom is tight, but, as I write this, Trump-endorsed Republican candidate Steve Hilton is leading the race. President Trump just issued a statement on Truth Social congratulating Hilton for placing first and pledging to help him turn around California if he wins in November. Check it out: NOW: President Trump CONGRATULATES California Governor candidate Steve Hilton (R) on reaching FIRST PLACE LFG Now don’t let them CHEAT “Congratulations to Steve Hilton on coming in first, last night, in the California Vote for Governor. If Californians are smart, which I… pic.twitter.com/kwjTU9REoX — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 3, 2026 Read President Trump’s full statement on Truth Social here: Congratulations to Steve Hilton on coming in first, last night, in the California Vote for Governor. If Californians are smart, which I know they are, they will put Steve into the Governor’s Mansion, and watch their State get better at a rate that has probably never been seen before. I know Steve — He is a hard driving WINNER, and he will turn California around, quickly — and the Federal Government will be there, with him, to help! President DONALD J. TRUMP Currently, a little over half of the vote is in for the California gubernatorial primary. Steve Hilton is in first, with 27.8% of the vote. Here’s the latest election results: The New York Post dove deeper into the results, so far: Hilton, a former Fox News host, entered election night as the candidate with the clearest path to blowing up Democrat’s political grip on deep-blue California, and the early returns — 78.5% of precincts across the state had partially reported by late Tuesday — suggest Golden State voters may be open to his message. Hilton had 26.9% of the vote with nearly 1.2 million votes tallied, while Becerra — a former Biden administration health secretary — followed with 25.7%. Progressive billionaire Tom Steyer trailed in third with 19.8%, while Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco remained well behind in fourth with 11.2%. Before joining his election night party, Hilton told The Post in an exclusive interview that “change is coming” for California. “I think this state is ready for change, and tonight’s results show that I think that we’re not taking anything for granted,” he said. Once the race is called, the top two winners will advance to a runoff election in November. NBC Los Angeles shared some remarks from Hilton: Steve Hilton was leading the primary race for governor Wednesday in a contest that will see the top two finishers advance to a November runoff. Hilton spoke Wednesday morning about the race. “I think they got a little bit arrogant,” Hilton said of Democrat politicians. “I think they’re in for a big shock. The people of California are not happy with the way things are going in this state.” Steve Hilton also responded to President Trump’s congratulatory statement on X: Thank you, President Trump. I am fighting for each and every Californian, to restore the California Dream. Change is coming.☀️@POTUS pic.twitter.com/X5RbImFGuC — Steve Hilton (@SteveHiltonx) June 3, 2026 Let’s hope for the best! However, it’s already looking like California may be trying to cheat this thing. It’s taking forever to count the ballots. And, last night, NBC News casually admitted that a “flood of ballots coming in the wee hours of the morning” would be needed for the second and third place Democrats to beat Steve Hilton. Watch this: NBC: "They'd need a flood of ballots coming in the wee hours of the morning to lift both Democrats above Republican Steve Hilton" Nothing to see here…https://t.co/7HevgYzwjl https://t.co/F1racunVoW pic.twitter.com/rmj8xjHP17 — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) June 3, 2026 NBC News also flat-out stated that mail-in ballots “arriving up to a week later or longer” could topple Hilton’s bid. Watch: Absolute horseshit! NBC is saying that due to “late arriving mail-in votes arriving up to a week later or longer,” Republican Gov. candidate Steve Hilton could lose to Democrat Tom Steyer, who is in 3rd place now and 300k votes behind, effectively wiping out any chance for a… https://t.co/pJ46sdBJRU pic.twitter.com/Lfg9X6K0MH — MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) June 3, 2026 So, it may be awhile until we know for sure whether or not Hilton will be advancing to November’s runoff. We’ll keep you updated as further developments come in… In the meantime, let us know what you think! Will California elect a Republican governor to start fixing the critical problems in the state? Should we be concerned about cheating? This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

On Tuesday, a terrifying hostage situation unfolded in Bakersfield, CA. A man who reportedly had a bomb strapped to his chest took ten hostages at a Chase Bank in the downtown area. Law enforcement quickly responded to the scene and began negotiating with the suspect. If you missed it, here’s our original report on the ordeal: DEVELOPING: Man With Bomb Strapped to Chest Takes Hostages at Bank in California /*! 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After a 15-hour standoff, the suspect was shot and killed by the FBI early this morning. All of the hostages are safe, thanks to law enforcement. Here’s some footage from the scene: GREAT NEWS: After 15 HOURS, all hostages that were taken inside a California Chase Bank are FREE and SAFE Thank God! The assailant is DEAD. Great job on this, @FBI! pic.twitter.com/xuq4oLFxU6 — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) June 3, 2026 Anthony Scott Searles-Harris has been identified as the suspect. He was a registered sex offender who had previously been arrested for sex crimes related to minors under the age of 14. Here’s his old mugshot: Apparently, the Chase Bank building also housed the Kern County Superintendent of Schools office, on the second floor. All of the hostages taken were school employees. At this time, it has not been revealed exactly why Searles-Harris targeted the building. AP reported further: Authorities stormed the building in downtown Bakersfield overnight, ending a nearly 16-hour standoff during which the suspect tied up half the hostages, police said. The hostages — employees of the Kern County Superintendent of Schools — were found unharmed inside the building that also houses a bank, said Bakersfield Assistant Police Chief Jeremy Blakemore. “Throughout the night, their families questioned whether or not they would be seen again but we are very grateful for the outcome,” Blakemore said during a news conference Wednesday. Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, 41, was shot and killed around 4:20 a.m., according to Sid Patel, special agent in charge in the FBI’s Sacramento office. Authorities said he was an Army veteran who was dishonorably discharged, had a history of trouble with law enforcement and was a registered sex offender. Searles-Harris told police he had a bomb after barricading himself within the second floor of the building, Blakemore said. Authorities were testing the devices Wednesday that Searles-Harris said were explosives, but Patel said they do not appear to be a concern. One of the hostages was able to communicate with law enforcement using her phone until her battery died, Patel said. She was diabetic and didn’t have her medicine so officials knew she was at risk, he said. “I’m sure there’ll be mental scars that they’re living with, and we’ll have our victim specialist to help them,” Patel said. While authorities declined to discuss details about how they ended the standoff or the motive behind it, Blakemore said some of the demands Searles-Harris made involved asking for materials from an earlier case. “He had concerns related to how his previous case had been handled and what the aftermath of that was, the sentencing and those kinds of things,” Blakemore said, without specifying details. California Department of Justice and court records show Searles-Harris was on the state’s sex offender registry due to convictions in 2014 for sexual crimes related to a child under 14 years of age. Those records show he was released from prison in 2018. FBI officials said Searles-Harris served about a year in the Army before being dishonorably discharged in 2007 for going AWOL. Court records in Kern County, California, show Searles-Harris filed a petition to prevent domestic violence, and was involved in divorce proceedings that began in 2009 and note a young child, as well as a fight for guardianship years later in which he was listed as an objector. Fox News provided additional coverage in this clip: A 15-hour hostage standoff at a Chase Bank building in downtown Bakersfield, California, ended early Wednesday with all 10 hostages safe and unharmed — after FBI agents stormed the bank and fatally shot the armed suspect who had a bomb strapped to his chest. The suspect,… pic.twitter.com/MQUSvuZ9tP — RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) June 3, 2026 A 15-hour hostage standoff at a Chase Bank building in downtown Bakersfield, California, ended early Wednesday with all 10 hostages safe and unharmed — after FBI agents stormed the bank and fatally shot the armed suspect who had a bomb strapped to his chest. The suspect, Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, was dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Army for going AWOL and was a registered s*x offender with a prior criminal record. Fox News: “Around 4:30 this morning, an FBI SWAT… stormed this bank… and they shot and killed this individual that had tied up 10 hostages. He himself had a bomb attached to his chest and had attached 5 bombs to 5 of the hostages as well.” “He also put some IEDs within this building.” This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

In a complete betrayal of President Trump, the House of Representatives has just passed a resolution to limit his war powers on Iran. The final vote was 215-208, with four Republicans joining Democrats to pass the resolution. Those four RINOs were: Thomas Massie Brian Fitzpatrick Tom Barrett Warren Davidson This comes after several similar attempts to restrict President Trump’s war powers on Iran failed in previous months. Here are the details: BREAKING: The US House has just PASSED an anti-Trump Iran War Powers Resolution to rein in military action, 215-208 Cheers ERUPT to aid the Iranian regime on the House floor UTTER BETRAYAL! Republican YEAs: Massie, Fitzpatrick, Barrett, Davidson Good thing this WON'T… pic.twitter.com/mgAENYQRdP — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 3, 2026 BREAKING: The US House has just PASSED an anti-Trump Iran War Powers Resolution to rein in military action, 215-208 Cheers ERUPT to aid the Iranian regime on the House floor UTTER BETRAYAL! Republican YEAs: Massie, Fitzpatrick, Barrett, Davidson Good thing this WON’T MATTER, as Trump does NOT view War Powers Act as constitutional, even if it passed all the way. What traitors! But, while the resolution’s passage may seem like bad news for President Trump, it’s really the opposite. There’s not a chance that the resolution actually has any impact on his ability to take military action in Iran because there is simply not enough support to override a presidential veto. Fox News explained: BREAKING: President Trump suffered a rare defeat in the House after Democrats and a handful of Republicans voted to sharply curb his war powers in Iran. Lawmakers voted 215-208 to withdraw troops from using military force against Iran absent congressional authorization. All… pic.twitter.com/6BGpfAH3F2 — Fox News (@FoxNews) June 3, 2026 BREAKING: President Trump suffered a rare defeat in the House after Democrats and a handful of Republicans voted to sharply curb his war powers in Iran. Lawmakers voted 215-208 to withdraw troops from using military force against Iran absent congressional authorization. All Democrats present backed the measure, joined by Reps. Thomas Massie, Warren Davidson, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Tom Barrett — the only Republicans to break with the president. The vote is largely symbolic for now. Trump is expected to veto the resolution, and supporters do not have the votes needed to override it. But the bipartisan rebuke highlights growing divisions on Capitol Hill over U.S. involvement in Iran. The only practical thing this resolution does do is expose all the RINOs working against President Trump. Massie has already been ousted; and, several of the other congressmen who voted in favor of the war powers resolution will have a tough time getting re-elected in the midterms. Fox News has more: Massie, an ardent foe of the president who lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger, and Davidson, a libertarian-aligned lawmaker have criticized the war in Iran. Fitzpatrick and Barrett are both facing potentially difficult re-election bids in swing districts. A majority of Republicans, however, sided with the president as Democrats sought to put them on the record. “It’s just a total BS vote. I think there’s no Democrat, no Republican that can tell you what forces they would want pulled from Iran,” House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., told Fox News. “They just want a stupid political vote, which is what this is.” The successful war powers vote is largely a symbolic loss for Trump given an expected presidential veto and the lack of a veto-proof majority. Even if Congress did cobble together a supermajority to force the president’s hand, it’s unclear whether Trump would ultimately withdraw U.S. forces. Trump administration officials have repeatedly argued the 1973 War Powers Resolution requiring congressional oversight of military action is unconstitutional. The Senate advanced a similar resolution curbing the president’s war powers in May. But Democrats in both chambers have not yet gotten behind a bicameral measure that could be sent to Trump’s desk. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

President Trump eviscerated CNN and its “corrupt” reporters — particularly, Kaitlan Collins — while taking questions from the Oval Office today. While speaking about the $1.776 billion weaponization fund, which has unfortunately been scrapped thanks to RINOs in the Senate, President Trump went off on CNN for “being crooked as hell.” He then torched Kaitlan Collins, who was standing right there. “She’s a young, beautiful woman, never smiles,” President Trump said, “I never see a smile on her face. I see her standing there with hatred in her eyes.” Watch the full moment for yourself here: LMFAO!! PRESIDENT TRUMP TO KAITLAN COLLINS: "CNN has a corrupt reporter standing RIGHT THERE, she NEVER smiles. A young, beautiful woman — never smiles! I never see a smile on her face. I see her standing there with HATRED in her eyes, she has hatred because we have borders,… pic.twitter.com/e7xwN7SIbI — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 3, 2026 Later, President Trump took aim at Kaitlan Collins once again after she tried to interrupt him. “Be quiet. You should be ashamed of yourself,” he told her before noting how she used to be a conservative from Alabama until she went to work for the fake news. Watch that clip here: JUST IN: PRESIDENT TRUMP is on a GENERATIONAL takedown against Kaitlan Collins! TRUMP: "People like YOU, CNN have ABUSED our people!" COLLINS: *Interrupts* TRUMP: "Wait, BE QUIET. You should be ASHAMED of yourself. She was a conservative from Alabama, can you believe it?"… pic.twitter.com/QVO9zJpSCv — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 3, 2026 JUST IN: PRESIDENT TRUMP is on a GENERATIONAL takedown against Kaitlan Collins! TRUMP: “People like YOU, CNN have ABUSED our people!” COLLINS: *Interrupts* TRUMP: “Wait, BE QUIET. You should be ASHAMED of yourself. She was a conservative from Alabama, can you believe it?” COLLINS: “Still from Alabama” TRUMP: “CNN now has new ownership. Maybe it’ll straighten out. I doubt it, hard to straighten GARBAGE out.” So good President Trump really was in no mood to put up with CNN’s garbage lies today! But, this isn’t the first time he has criticized Kaitlan Collins. The Hill noted: Trump frequently attacks Collins, making comments about her appearance and slamming CNN’s reporting of him. He notably attacked her in February for not smiling at him, an incident Vice President Vance said he found to be “so perceptive.” “She’s asking a question and the president says, ‘Why don’t you ever smile?’” Vance told Megyn Kelly in an interview. “And it’s actually, like, so perceptive even if you’re asking a tough question, even if you take your job very seriously. Like, why does it always have to be so antagonistic?” Trump also called Collins “stupid and nasty” in December when he claimed she was asking about construction on the White House ballroom. She later brushed off the insults and said on social media that “Technically, my question was about Venezuela.” The president has also lashed out at other reporters who are women. He notably told a Bloomberg reporter in November to be “Quiet, piggy” after she asked him a question about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. That same month, Trump also called a New York Times reporter “ugly, both inside and out” after writing a report about his health, age and physical fitness. The New York Post shared a statement from CNN in response to President Trump’s takedown of one of their reporters: A CNN spokesperson told The Post that Collins “is an exceptional journalist, reporting every day from the White House and the field with real depth and tenacity.” “She skillfully brings that reporting to the anchor chair and CNN platforms every day, which audiences around the world know they can trust,” the spokesperson added. Trump has previously slammed Collins, who began her career as an entertainment reporter and later White House correspondent for the Daily Caller, as CNN’s “worst reporter.” Collins joined CNN in 2017 to cover the first Trump administration. What do you think? Did Kaitlan Collins deserve President Trump’s criticism? This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

You Already Know Something Is Wrong With How Much You’re Paying in Interest.  You’ve done the math. Maybe not on paper, maybe not with a spreadsheet, but somewhere in the back of your mind you’ve felt it: the money you’re sending to your credit card company every month isn’t paying down what you owe. It’s going to interest. You’re paying to stand still. And you’re smart enough to know that there’s a better way. You’ve just been waiting to find an option that actually makes sense before you do anything about it. This Isn’t a Trick. Here’s Exactly What’s Available Right Now.  Several major credit card issuers are currently offering 0% introductory APR periods of up to 21 months, meaning every dollar you pay goes directly toward your balance, not toward interest. Two of the top-rated cards on FinanceBuzz’s current list offer 0% intro APR for a full 21 months on both purchases and balance transfers, with no annual fee. That’s nearly two years to pay down what you owe without the balance growing. There’s no catch buried in the structure. The rate is 0%, the annual fee is $0, and the math works in your favor from day one. The Reason You Haven’t Done This Yet Is Completely Understandable.  Financial products and credit cards have a long history of sounding good in the headline and hiding the problem in paragraph six. Late fees that spike your balance. Penalty APRs that kick in if you miss one payment. Transfer fees that eat a chunk of your savings before you’ve even started. So if you’ve looked at offers like this before and felt skeptical, that instinct was protecting you, and it was right more often than it was wrong. What’s different here is specificity: one of the cards on FinanceBuzz’s current list explicitly charges no late fees, no penalty rate, and no annual fee, ever. That’s not marketing language. That’s a commitment to not punishing you when life gets complicated. You Are Allowed to Prioritize Getting Out of Debt.  This is the part that doesn’t get said enough. There’s a quiet cultural pressure to deprioritize financial moves that are “just for you,” to put the household budget, the kids’ needs, the emergency fund first, and deal with the interest later. But carrying high-interest debt costs you real money every single month, money that could be redirected toward every other thing on that list. Choosing a card with a 0% intro period isn’t a luxury. It’s the most practical financial decision you can make right now, and you don’t need anyone’s permission to make it. If You’ve Tried to Get Ahead Financially Before and It Didn’t Stick, That’s Not on You.  You may have transferred a balance before and watched the interest come back because the window was too short, or because something unexpected hit the budget in month four. You may have opened a card with a good intro offer and then found the ongoing terms weren’t what you expected. Those experiences are data, not failures. The cards on this list were specifically selected for people who’ve been through that loop. Two of them offer full 21-month windows precisely because real paydown takes real time, and every card on the list carries no annual fee, so you’re not penalized for keeping one once the intro period ends. Here’s What Each Card Actually Does and Who It’s Best For.  If eliminating existing debt is your primary goal, the two cards offering 21 months at 0% on both purchases and balance transfers are the clearest tools. No rewards complexity, no annual fee, just a long runway to make a dent. If you want your everyday spending to work for you while you pay down debt, one card earns up to 5% cash back on purchases, includes a $200 bonus after modest early spending, and gives you 15 months at 0% APR. If you travel and want miles building quietly in the background, another option earns miles on every purchase and significantly more on hotels and rental cars. And if you want the longest possible balance transfer runway with the simplest terms, two cards on the list offer 21 months on balance transfers with no annual fee and no penalty rate, ever.  What Happens After You Apply. Walk Through It Before You Decide.  You apply through a secure website. If approved, your new card arrives within 7 to 10 business days. You can typically initiate a balance transfer online within the first few months of account opening. The transferred balance starts accruing 0% interest immediately. You make monthly minimum payments, or more, ideally much more, and watch the principal decrease without interest working against you. After the intro period ends, the regular variable APR applies, which is why the goal is to have the balance meaningfully reduced or gone before that date. Most cards on this list also include free credit score monitoring, so you’re watching your financial picture improve in real time. The Fine Print You Should Actually Read.  Balance transfer fees typically range from 3% to 5% of the amount transferred. On a $5,000 balance, that’s $150 to $250, still a fraction of what you’d pay in interest over 21 months at a typical 20%+ APR. Most cards require you to initiate the transfer within the first three to four months of account opening to qualify for the intro rate. These offers require good to excellent credit, generally a FICO score of 670 or above. And minimum monthly payments are required, because missing one can affect your rate and your credit. These aren’t warnings designed to talk you out of it. They’re the information you need to make this work exactly as planned. The People Using These Cards Aren’t People With Perfect Finances.  They’re people who got into debt during a hard year, or a medical situation, or during the stretch when everything cost 30% more and the budget didn’t stretch the way it used to. They’re people who are tired of watching the interest number on their statement and are ready to make a move that actually changes the trajectory. One card on the list was clearly built with real household spending in mind, offering high cash back at grocery stores, restaurants, and gas stations, with a full cash back match at the end of your first year. It’s designed for someone managing a life, not just making purchases. You Don’t Have to Decide Everything Today.  Take the time you need. Look at your current balance and your current interest rate. Calculate what you’d save in interest over 21 months. Compare it to the transfer fee. Look at which card fits the way you actually spend. The offers aren’t going anywhere before you’ve had time to think them through, and making a thorough decision is how you make a good one. Every card on this list has been independently reviewed and rated by FinanceBuzz editors. You’re not relying on a single company’s marketing pitch. You’re looking at side-by-side evaluations built for someone who asks questions before she commits. This Is the Kind of Decision That Compounds. In the Right Direction.  When you stop paying interest, that money stays in your hands. When it stays in your hands, you can direct it toward the balance itself, which accelerates the payoff. When the balance is paid off, your credit utilization drops, which typically improves your credit score. When your score improves, better financial options become available. The whole thing moves in a different direction than it’s been moving, and it starts with one application. That’s not a sales pitch. It’s the actual math of what a 0% APR period does when you use it with intention. When You’re Ready, Here’s Where to Go.  All seven cards are available to review and compare on FinanceBuzz’s independently maintained page. You’ll find the full terms, current rates, credit score requirements, and direct links to each card’s secure application. There’s no pressure, no countdown timer, and no version of this that requires you to decide in the next 10 minutes. Just clear information, laid out honestly, for someone who takes her finances seriously and makes decisions when she’s ready. Not before. View and compare all seven 0% intro APR cards by clicking here →  (Note: Thank you for supporting businesses like the one presenting a sponsored message in this article and ordering through the included links, which benefits WLTReport. We appreciate your support and I truly hope this can help make your life better!  MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!) This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.