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Rep. Vince Fong, R-Calif., is one of the many voices sounding the alarm about a recent oil refinery closure announcement having a greater impact on American wallets.Valero Energy Corp. announced that it will likely close its Benicia refinery near San Francisco in April 2026, putting more than 400 jobs in jeopardy."We understand the impact that this may have on our employees, business partners, and community, and will continue to work with them through this period," Lane Riggs, chair, CEO and president of Valero, said in a news release on April 16.Fong said the state’s energy policies are making it tough

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., referred former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to President Donald Trump's Justice Department for criminal prosecution. Cuomo – the Democratic scion now considered the current frontrunner in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary in June – was first referred to the Biden Justice Department for criminal prosecution in October 2024. Former Rep. Brad Wenstrup, then-chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, said Cuomo made "multiple criminally false statements" to Congress about his handling of the 2020 COVID-19 nursing home death scandal. In a new letter to Attorney General

CREEPY CAMPUS  – Archaeologists were astonished to uncover hundreds of skeletons while excavating the grounds of a university, which once hosted a medieval church demolished in the 1650s.'FAVORITE DAY' - President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump opened the White House grounds to children from all over the nation for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll.DINNER TABLE DEBATE – A man described a relationship issue with his girlfriend focused on her choice of unique food — and his "disgusted" reaction to it. On Reddit, plenty of people had strong opinions.SPRING WEAR – From playful prints to shimmering metallics,

House Democrats who traveled to El Salvador to seek the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia have written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding "daily proof of life" after being denied a meeting with the Salvadoran national who was deported from Maryland. Reps. Robert Garcia of California, Maxwell Frost of Florida, Yassamin Ansari of Arizona and Maxine Dexter of Oregon flew to El Salvador Monday following a visit to the country by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., last week.  "We had a meeting this morning with the embassy here in El Salvador and from what we have heard there is no

Josh Duhamel has opted to live in his "doomsday cabin" in Minnesota over Hollywood.The "Ransom Canyon" star, his wife, Audra Mari, and their 1-year-old son, Sheperd, live 40 minutes away from civilization on their lakeside property in northwest Minnesota. The actor's 11-year-old son, Axl, with ex-wife Fergie, also spends time at the home.Duhamel's property, which he jokingly told Country Living he refers to as his "doomsday cabin," is located up a two-mile dirt path up to his home in the forest. "It’s an exhale whenever we get here," he noted.Since the star is raising a family, he prefers to be

President Trump is fighting a war with many battlefields.It’s a nine-front crusade, although I could easily double that number.If there’s a common thread here, it’s the president taking on elite institutions that he has long resented or reviled.That’s why his first three months seem stuck on hyperspeed – critics would say chaos – because he’s broken with the traditional model of tackling one or two issues at a time. Voters gave him a second term to shake things up. It’s the first Trump term on steroids.EDUCATION DEPT. TO RESUME COLLECTIONS ON DEFAULTED FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2020The

Cade Cunningham had 33 points and 12 rebounds, Dennis Schroder made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 55 seconds left, and the Detroit Pistons snapped their NBA-record, 15-game postseason losing streak by beating the New York Knicks 100-94 on Monday night in Game 2 of their playoff series.The Pistons, who hadn’t even been to the postseason since 2019, recovered after the Knicks erased a 15-point deficit to earn their first playoff victory since Game 4 of the 2008 Eastern Conference finals against Boston. The Celtics won the final two games of that series and the Pistons were then swept in 2009, 2006

There is a spike in converts to the Roman Catholic Church as young adults reportedly seek "moral order" after the pandemic years.While people may convert to the Catholic faith at any time of year, the Easter season is when many choose to do so. According to the National Catholic Register, "certain dioceses are reporting increases of 30%, 40%, 50% and even more than 70%" this year. One particular diocese in Fort Worth, Texas, has seen spikes in numbers, where the number of converts from "896 at Easter 2023 to 1,544 at Easter 2024, an increase of 72%."Father Will Straten, the