(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department disclosed Wednesday that some of its evidence against Asif Merchant, who is accused of working for Iran in a plot to assassinate Donald Trump, comes from a foreign government—one that wants to remain anonymous.
Merchant, a Pakistani national, was arrested on July 12,...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court could issue a landmark ruling Friday on President Donald Trump's authority to use tariffs, potentially reshaping presidential power.
Alan Morrison, a law professor at The George Washington University, said signs indicate a ruling on tariffs is expected on Friday.
"It seems highly...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A Wisconsin teenager implicated in a plot to assassinate Donald Trump has pleaded guilty to murdering his parents.
The teenager, Nikita Casap, 18, was arrested last February for killing his mother, Tatiana Casap, and stepfather, Donald Mayer, at their village of Waukesha. The FBI learned of...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Utah County Attorney’s Office is downplaying the fact that one of its prosecutors is related to a student who was at the infamous Turning Point USA event where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated last September at Utah Valley University.
Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The Department of Justice has significantly revised its indictment against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Maduro was kidnapped by US forces in Venezuela on Saturday, and pleaded not guilty to charges in a New York court on Monday.
The New York Times’ Charlie Savage reported that the Department of...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Brian Cole Jr., who’s accused of planting two pipe bombs near the RNC and DNC headquarters the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest, was federally indicted on Tuesday—putting an end to the controversy over whether he’d be released from jail.
Cole’s attorneys had...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A Virginia federal judge has denied a motion to force a journalist to disclose his tax info and a trove of information related to all the electronic devices he's used over the last five years.
The sweeping request came from Yaacov Apelbaum, a former Israel...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty as he was arraigned in a New York court on Monday, facing federal drug and weapons charges.
Maduro described himself as a “decent man,” claiming to be the president of Venezuela, despite the U.S. and dozens of...
(Headline USA) When deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro makes his first appearance in a New York courtroom Monday to face U.S. drug charges, he will likely follow the path taken by another Latin American strongman toppled by U.S. forces: Panama's Manuel Noriega.
Maduro was captured Saturday, 36 years to the day...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A professional violinist has accused actor-turned-podcast host Will Smith of sexual harassment in a Los Angeles lawsuit, according to court documents reported Thursday by Fox News.
The accuser, Brian King Joseph, said Smith “deliberately” groomed and primed him for “further sexual exploitation,” according to the suit. The lawsuit...
(Dave Mason, The Center Square) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Friday ruled against California’s ban on open carry of firearms in most counties.
The San Francisco-based court's ruling declared the ban unconstitutional in counties with a population exceeding 200,000. Those counties make up 95% of the...
(Headline USA) Families who lost loved ones in the 2022 attack on an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, have sought for nearly four years to hold accountable the police who waited more than an hour to confront the shooter while children and teachers lay dead or wounded in classrooms.
Now one...