California Taxpayers May Be on the Hook to Bailout Tesla

Tesla may soon be saved by California -- and its taxpayers.

The State Assembly passed a bill, AB 1184, to increase subsidizes for electric car purchases to $3 billion over the next 7 years. The bill favors manufacturers that make electric-only cars, like Tesla, over companies that sell hybrids.

And there is no bigger electric-only company than Tesla, which means it may soon get a major bailout courtesy of the California taxpayer.

10 Reasons Fox News Is Just As Fake As CNN

The battle between Donald Trump and CNN may be the most explosive President vs. Network battle yet, but it’s by no means the first.

You don’t have to think far back to recall that President Obama had a few harsh words for Fox News...it was just that he had stopped short of calling them fake news.

NEW POLL: Most Say Congress Cares More About Media than Voters

US voters say lawmakers on Capitol Hill care more about what the media is saying than what voters want. That is what a new Rasmussen poll found.

Rasmussen published the results of a new poll Monday that shows 55% of respondents "believe what the media thinks matters more to the average member of Congress than what voters think."

Possibly even more troubling than that is only 21% of respondents said they believe the average member of Congress cares what their constituents think. All one needs to do is try to call their representative to know the extent of this.

INTERVIEW: Gary Johnson for U.S. Senate in 2018?

In a recent interview for IVN, Gary Johnson consultant Ron Nielson said Johnson "would be a fantastic senator" if he chose to run in 2018 against New Mexico's Democratic junior senator, Martin Heinrich.

When pressed on whether Johnson would consider making a bid for the U.S. Senate next year, Nielson had no comment, saying:

Morning Report: July 22, 2017

It would seem to make sense that the removal of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer would mean the return of the televised White House Press Briefing with Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

Much has been made of the cancellation of the daily press briefing, particularly from CNN. CNN's Jim Acosta called the move "un-American and dangerous for democracy."

The Shortest Press Secretary Stints: Where Spicer Ranks

Sean Spicer's resignation as press secretary is adding more fuel to the argument that the Trump administration is growing all the more tumultuous.

At 182 days, Spicer outlasted a few predecessors.

However, each of the 5 men who held the position for less time than Spicer had his term impacted by special circumstances.

Here's the rank and stories behind each short stint: