(Ken Silva, Headline USA) After Donald Trump’s effort to nominate former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., as his Attorney General failed, some speculated that Gaetz would return to Congress.
After all, Gaetz won his election earlier this month, and could be sworn into the House again, some thought. Others speculated that...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) An Antifa supporter who detonated a bomb outside of the Alabama Attorney General’s Office in February was sentenced Thursday to nine years imprisonment for “the malicious use of an explosive device.”
According to the indictment and other court documents, the defendant, Kyle Calvert, left an explosive device...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The DOJ Inspector General issued an advisory to the Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday, warning that its use of confidential informants on commercial airlines could violate the Fourth Amendment.
Earlier this year, the DOJ-OIG launched a review of the DEA’s interdiction activities after receiving several allegations...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Last month, an “independent panel” appointed by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas released its report on the July 13 assassination attempt against Donald Trump—a report underpinned by 58 multi-hour interviews that panel conducted with federal, state and local law enforcement involved in the incident.
After the...
(Headline USA) The Illinois Supreme Court overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s hate crime hoax conviction this week, arguing the conviction was based on a faulty second prosecution by the state.
Smollett was found guilty in 2021 of staging an attack against himself in Chicago and then lying about it to authorities.
The charges...
(Matt Lamb, Headline USA) Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was disinvited from the funeral of a fallen police officer.
Johnson planned to attend Officer Enrique Martinez's funeral, which was held earlier this week.
Darion McMillian is accused of killing Martinez during a traffic stop on Nov. 4, according to CBS News.
Martinez's family...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) After killing protestor Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Police officer Michael Byrd attempted to purchase a shotgun later that year—but he failed the federal background check and was prevented from doing so.
Byrd’s failed FBI background check was revealed by House Oversight Subcommittee Chair...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) FBI Director Christopher Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were supposed to testify before the House and Senate homeland security committees this week about “threats to the homeland”—but they are refusing to do so.
The annual House Homeland Security hearing was set for Wednesday, but...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI has arrested a homeless man who was supposedly plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange—another bureau sting operation involving multiple undercover agents and at least one informant.
According to the FBI’s criminal complaint, the defendant, Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, had been searching online for...
(Julianna Frieman, Headline USA) Republican President-elect Donald Trump reacted Wednesday to the verdict of the Laken Riley trial.
Illegal Venezuelan migrant Jose Ibarra was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for brutally murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley in February when she was on a run at the University of Georgia.
Trump...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been charged with conspiring with drug traffickers, allowing some 60 kilograms of cocaine to cross the border in about three months.
According to the Justice Department’s criminal complaint, the Border Patrol agent, Jorge J. Jiminez, accepted bribes from narcotics smugglers...
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pa., was criticized by conservatives for not preventing election fraud in his state and then lying about leftists trying to steal the election for former Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.
On Monday, after Pennsylvania's Supreme Court stated for the second time that the...