(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) Private prison operator CoreCivic has sold two Southern California immigration detention centers to the federal government for $1.5 billion.
Under the deal, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security takes ownership of the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego County for $739.2 million and the...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to block Texas from enforcing a state law that requires apps stores to verify users' ages and obtain parental consent for minors seeking to download apps or make in-app purchases on mobile phones.
Justice Samuel Alito, in a pair of one-sentence...
(Headline USA) The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump’s lawyers immediately appealed but were denied an emergency order to block the payment from being made.
Trump...
(Headline USA) Utah prosecutors plan to play audio clips in open court Thursday of law enforcement officials interviewing the roommate of the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Defense attorneys fought against the public release of the statements from Tyler Robinson's roommate and romantic partner, Lance Twiggs. They said...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The disgraced former Democratic politician who nearly became Florida’s governor in 2018 was arrested days before July 4 on drug-tied offenses, Headline USA can confirm.
Andrew Gillum, once a leftist darling who lost the Sunshine State’s gubernatorial race to Ron DeSantis, was arrested after allegedly possessing drugs...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn, has thrown a fresh spotlight on one of Washington's most stubborn cold cases.
On July 7, 2026, the Tennessee Republican posted on X that he had formally pressed FBI Director Kash Patel to surrender every document the bureau holds on the 2016...
(Headline USA) Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk are expected to keep questioning the reliability of DNA testing used to link the defendant to the suspected murder weapon when a weeklong hearing resumes Wednesday.
A member of Tyler Robinson's defense team interrogated a DNA analyst...
(Headline USA) Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. A federal judge fined her $5,000 and cited her otherwise law-abiding life in issuing the sentence.
“I think this is a...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon for offenses related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest does not apply to the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC headquarters the night before, a judge ruled on Monday.
Lawyers for the pipe bomb...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Medicare and Medicaid funding accounted for almost $12 billion of services provided through assisted living facilities, according to a new report released by the Government Accountability Office.
The independent nonpartisan agency examined spending for services in assisted living facilities in 2024, the year with the...
(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is criticizing Minnesota’s Board of Pardons after it issued a pardon for a criminal illegal immigrant ahead of his deportation.
The case quickly drew national attention after DHS issued a statement condemning the pardon.
“Gov. Tim Walz's decision to pardon...
(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) An international crackdown on India-based organized crime gangs has resulted in 24 arrests in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Eleven of the defendants are in California.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced the arrests Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. The arrests were conducted as...