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(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision on Friday, temporarily allowed the Trump administration to use a federal database that verifies whether voters are eligible to participate in an election.  In March 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that directed the Department...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s one-time bodyguard and lover has reportedly been arrested for breaking into her home and damaging $200,000 worth of artwork and expensive alcohol. The incident comes as Sinema faces a lawsuit from the bodyguard, Matthew Ammel’s, ex-wife for having an affair with...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The high-profile fashion designer behind Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's, D-N.Y., "Tax the Rich" dress is facing a $1 million civil lawsuit alleging she failed to pay event planners for a "celebrity mega bash," according to a recent news report.  Aurora James is facing the lawsuit from The Gathery, which alleges that James never paid the company...

(Headline USA) A Republican California sheriff must return more than a half-million ballots he seized for an investigation into unfounded voting improprieties in a special election last year, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in February seized approximately 650,000 ballots from a November 2025 special...

(Headline USA)  The social media influencer “Clavicular,” who gained a following promoting the online “looksmaxxing” trend, has been charged in Massachusetts with allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl who told police she became heavily intoxicated after he gave her alcohol at his family's Cape Cod home. Braden Peters, 20, is charged...

(Headline USA) A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was in custody Monday at an ICE detention center in Texas after he was released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back, the man's attorney said. Speaking by phone during a news...

(Headline USA)  A lawyer for Lindsay Clancy is asking a judge to investigate the conduct of the lone juror who wanted to convict the Massachusetts mother of murder in the deaths of her three young children. In a motion filed Friday but made public Monday, Clancy's lawyer asked the court...

(Headline USA) CNN, MS NOW and Politico on Monday sued President Donald Trump’s administration days after they were barred from covering the White House, calling the selective ban an illegal action and “a blatant violation” of the First Amendment, despite the possession of press credentials not being a First...

(Headline USA) Twelve states and Hollywood writers challenging Paramount’s buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to settle their lawsuits on Monday, effectively paving the way for the $81 billion mega merger to cross the finish line, with some new commitments from the company. The blockbuster deal will still bring...

(Headline USA) Before taking over the Justice Department investigation into foes of President Donald Trump, Joe diGenova decried the lack of progress in bringing indictments. Five months later, diGenova has left his position without charging a single case, clouding the future of an investigation that the Trump administration has pursued...

(Headline USA)  A man serving 130 years in prison for killing two teen girls in Indiana is asking an appeals court to overturn his convictions, saying that he confessed while he was having a psychological crisis and was unfairly barred from arguing at trial that the girls were killed...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Gov. Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dustin Burrows and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced on Friday their commitment to bring greater transparency and accountability “to rogue local prosecutors who refuse to enforce Texas law.” The news comes after Abbott has proposed creating a new office of...