Tim Pierce

War Secretary Pete Hegseth defended a $1.5 trillion budget request before the Senate Armed Services Committee today.

Daily Wire contributor Tim Pierce has more.

Elon Musk concluded his testimony after three days on the stand in his lawsuit against Sam Altman.

Musk, a co-founder and early investor in OpenAI, has brought the case against co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, arguing they misled him and broke their founding agreement by shifting the company away from its nonprofit mission into a mainly for-profit venture.

Musk was contentious in his final day on the stand, asserting that the defense attorney was asking leading questions.

This earned him a rebuke from Judge Gonzales Rogers.

Defense attorneys questioned Musk on why he did not bring his case earlier, arguing that changes to the company took place years ago and that Musk is only now intervening due to OpenAI's recent success and their position as a competitor to Musk's own AI ventures.

The trial is expected to last a few more weeks with other key figures taking the stand soon.

That's a clip from Spencer Pratt's viral new ad targeting L.A.

Mayor Karen Bass.

Now it appears he's starting to get real traction with influential Angelenos.

Billionaire businesswoman Jeannie Buss recently gave him the maximum legal donation for his campaign, and she isn't alone.

So far this year, Pratt has outraised incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in donations, and he's nipping at her heels in polling.

Bass leads the field with 25% of the vote share, and Pratt is polling in the high teens, neck and neck with far-left city councilwoman Nithya Raman.

But with more than 40 percent of the electorate still undecided, the race remains competitive.

The race is officially nonpartisan, but Pratt has staked out the conservative lane, squaring off in the upcoming primary against progressives Bass and Rahman.

Bernie Sanders is partnering with China on an anti-AI crusade.

Daily Wire political reporter Cameron Arcand has the details.

On Wednesday, federal agents swarmed at least four locations in Orange County, California, including two ritzy mansions.

It's not yet clear whose homes they were or what they may have uncovered at each.