CRIME

(Headline USA) Police released video Friday of a mass shooting that killed three people at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger, and praised an employee from a nearby store who engaged the gunman outdoors, slowing him down and possibly preventing more deaths as authorities were catching up. The story of heroism told...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened “leakers” with jail time over reports about dwindling US military stockpiles as a result of the Iran war, and claimed the US had plenty of munitions available. “The US has massive amounts of ‘munitions,’ especially of certain types. Additionally, large amounts...

(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Following prison sentences of a combined 24 years for drug charges, two Hondurans illegally in America will be deported, federal prosecutors in North Carolina say. Their arrest, sentencing and eventual deportation is the example of an executive order from the president executed to protect Americans'...

(Andrew Paxton, The Center Square) A 37-year-old Spokane man is facing formal arson charges after allegedly confessing to starting dozens of wildfires across Spokane County over a year-long period, culminating in a massive 3,200-acre blaze that has destroyed hundreds of structures so far. According to court records filed Wednesday in...

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square)  Following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned President Donald Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship, the president is taking another stab at curbing the practice through a pair of executive orders. Trump signed the latest executive orders Thursday afternoon, targeting birth tourism, diplomats, and...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback used a Tallahassee press conference Thursday to accuse his primary rival, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., of sitting under a federal sex trafficking investigation. Federal law enforcement contradicted the claim within hours. Fishback took no questions from reporters and delivered...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Newly declassified files show that the FBI opened a criminal investigation into the fringe theory that President Donald Trump may have acted as a Russian agent shortly after he fired then-FBI Director James Comey. The files, released by the White House on Wednesday, once again expose the...

(Adam Herbets, TJ Martinell and Mark Stricherz, The Center Square) Nearly two dozen state attorneys general banded together as early as April 2024 to plot litigation against President Donald Trump long before he was reelected, according to a confidential document obtained by The Center Square. The document was signed approximately...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., announced Wednesday night that his Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has obtained a copy of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s iPhone from when he oversaw the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Hopefully, this device will address many of the questions he refused to...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Minnesota is increasing penalties for Medicaid fraud as state and federal officials continue prosecuting cases involving millions of dollars allegedly stolen from taxpayer-funded programs. The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission recently approved a higher classification for a new Medicaid fraud offense created under a recently...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Wednesday followed through on his promise to investigate embattled Dr. Anthony Fauci after the former White House COVID czar repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment during a tense Senate hearing. Uthmeier issued an investigative subpoena to Fauci as part of his ongoing...

Content Warning: Graphic Images and Descriptions (Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Perez Hilton's family confirmed Wednesday afternoon that the celebrity blogger and entertainer was hospitalized after he appeared to self-harm during a livestream on a popular social media platform. Hilton, whose legal name is Mario Armando Lavandeira, sparked concern on social media after...