A California state senator who has been fighting for pedophiles to be sentenced to prison for longer terms was highly critical of progressive members of her own party for trying to lessen the sentencing, declaring: “I'm done with us.”

The White House has expressed its opposition to legislative efforts to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) officials for recommending war crime charges against Israeli leaders.

California’s new gasoline price gouging law will end up raising prices at the pump for everyday Americans and could even limit the state’s energy supply, critics say. Gas prices in California have already topped $5 a gallon this year due, in large part, to the state’s high taxes and tough regulations on the industry. However, Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom blames his state’s expensive gas on greedy oil companies. The governor wants to cap the profits of gasoline producers, but critics worry this will burden California refineries, who will, in turn, pass the costs onto drivers and push gas prices over $6 a gallon. Last year, Newsom signed an anti-price gouging law that establishes an industry watchdog and increases scrutiny on oil companies. “These new transparency laws will help us track refiners’ profits and shine a light on price manipulation so Californians aren’t vulnerable to the greedy whims of Big Oil,” Newsom said last year. The California Energy Commission is currently considering the proposal to establish a penalty for gas producers who profit too much off of California drivers. Siva Gunda, the commission’s vice president, said the commission has not found any clear evidence of price gouging so far, although he added that oil companies are indeed profiting off of the multiple gas price spikes California has seen in recent years. “We are still in the process of evaluation the opinions of the experts we have,” Gunda said. “What we understand is there is a divergence of opinion.” Earlier this month, California state senators held an oversight hearing on the new law. Industry leaders warn a profits penalty could not only raise gas prices but even drive gas companies out of the state and curb the state’s oil supply. “Chevron is concerned about the impact a margin cap could have on gasoline supply. An ill-defined and arbitrary maximum margin for refiners will not lower gasoline prices this summer,” Chevron wrote in a letter to the state’s energy commission. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have also expressed concerns. “Some of us come from very disadvantaged communities and they are the ones who bear the brunt of the cost hikes,” said state Senator Susan Rubio, a Democrat from just east of Los Angeles. Even lawmakers in neighboring states worry their states could feel the effects of California’s gas penalty. “We all need each other,” said Arizona state Rep. Justin Wilmeth, a Republican who attended the California oversight hearing this month. “We need you for fuel, you need us for electricity, we all have to work together in the west,” Wilmeth said. The commission is expected to vote on whether to start capping gas profits by the end of the year.

A Pennsylvania man spent a month in jail on a $1 million bond after a woman falsely accused him of trying to assault and kidnap her earlier this year. Anjela Urumova, 20, has been charged with false alarm to an agency of public safety and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, two counts of false reports, and three counts of unsworn falsification to authorities, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said in a press release. She was remanded to jail with a $30,000 bail. On April 16, Urumova called police from a Redner’s grocery store parking lot, claiming a man had attempted to rape and kidnap her, Patch reported. She claimed she had parked her truck near the back of the parking lot around 8 p.m. and just after she got out, a white male grabbed her from behind. She said she screamed but the man wouldn’t let her go, pulled down her pants, told her to shut up, and punched her in the face. She said the man then lifted her and moved her toward his truck, but when she continued to scream, he let her go and ran back to his truck to escape. She described the man as around 6 feet tall, with a beard and short hair, balding, and wearing dark jeans and a black T-shirt. She described his truck as an older model Ford F-150 or F-250, blue, and covered in rust and dents. Police used surveillance footage to quickly track down the truck, which belonged to a relative of the man initially charged with the crime. The falsely accused man will not be named by The Daily Wire, since he is innocent. The man was arrested while driving a different vehicle but wearing the same clothes described by Urumova. He was charged with “criminal attempt to commit kidnapping to facilitate a felony, criminal attempt to commit kidnapping to inflict injury or terror, criminal attempt to commit rape by forcible compulsion, criminal attempt to commit rape by threat of forcible compulsion, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment and three counts of simple assault,” Patch reported. He was sent to jail on a $1 million bond. Shortly after, authorities received a tip that the situation needed to be investigated further. Middletown Township Police then reviewed footage from multiple surveillance cameras that captured the area of the alleged attack, and a detective reviewed Urumova’s cellphone data. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Investigators soon discovered inconsistencies and contradictions in Urumova’s claims, so they confronted her with their findings and she admitted to making up the entire incident. She admitted that no assault had occurred and that she had targeted the man because she had seen him and the truck previously and found him to be “creepy,” Law & Crime reported. As to the injuries Urumova claimed came from the man punching her in the face, she actually received them when her grandmother, who suffered from dementia, didn’t recognize her and threw a plastic object at her, hitting her in the lip. A month later, the man was released from jail and the charges against him were dropped. The complaint against Urumova shows that officers asked her whether she ever meant to admit she lied, she claimed she “planned on telling the truth at some point before” the wrongly accused man’s preliminary hearing. While the falsely accused man faced years in prison after being charged with felonies, Urumova may get little, if any, prison time for her crimes, which are misdemeanors.

When one woman planned a surprise reunion with her sister, she didn’t think this would happen! Elizabeth Marie Stam shared the most hilarious video on social media of a precious family moment gone slightly wrong. In the clip, she approached her sibling as a random traveler, wearing sunglasses and a cap to disguise her face. However, it worked a little too well — the other woman really thought she was a complete stranger! Instead of revealing the surprise reunion right away, Elizabeth asked her sister if she wouldn’t mind helping her record a video. After handing off her phone, she stepped away to do a little dance on camera. Her sister thought nothing of it, until the “stranger” took off her hat and sunglasses. The other woman was totally shocked when she realized who was standing right in front of her! @elizabethmariesta It took her so long to process #shaniatwainconcert #lasvegas #sisters ♬ original sound – Elizabeth Marie Stam “What is happening?” she shouted, confused and excited at the same time. Elizabeth’s sister still seemed to be recovering from the surprise reunion when the traveler went in for a hug. It took a little while to sink in, but she seemed pretty happy when she finally figured it out! “It took her so long to process,” the content creator wrote in her caption. Screengrab from TikTok This video has gone viral online. People in the comments section thought it was hilarious that the woman couldn’t recognize her own sister in sunglasses. “And they say Hannah Montana wearing a blonde wig as a disguise is not realistic,” one user joked. “Her poor brain made her freeze,” wrote another, sympathetically. It seems like Elizabeth didn’t take it too personally that her sister didn’t recognize her at the beginning of the surprise reunion. After all, it was part of her plan to deceive her sibling as to her identity. She just didn’t think it would be that easy! You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Woman Takes Hilariously Long Time To Recognize Her Sister During Surprise Reunion appeared first on InspireMore.