Wednesday, October 15, 2025

CRIME

Trump Administration Threatens to Pull MTA Funding over Subway Crime

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) The Trump administration is threatening to withhold federal funding for New York City's cash-strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority unless the city cracks down on crime, but state officials are pushing back on the criticism — and asking for more money. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wrote to...

FBI Still Treating Jokes as Domestic Terrorism Threats

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) It looks like Kashyap Patel’s FBI is continuing the bureau’s tradition of treating racy social media posts as legitimate domestic terrorist threats. The non-profit transparency group Property of the People recently obtained an internal FBI threat assessment, which warns of an uptick in violent threats against...

House Lawmakers Bill Expanding Concealed Carry Nationwide

(José Niño, Headline USA) Americans with a valid permit to carry a concealed firearm are one step closer to being able to carry their firearms in other states that allow concealed carry.  On Tuesday, H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act was passed out of the House Judiciary Committee.  The...

Two Mexican Men Allegedly Molested Minor on Cruise; One Has HIV

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Two Mexican nationals were arrested on Friday after sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy onboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship en route to Miami. One of the men is HIV-positive.  The defendants—Ricardo Daniel Mondragon Leal, 37, and Jose Juan Prudencio Diaz, 36—have been charged with lewd and lascivious exhibition on a...

BREAKING: Trump Declassifies Russiagate Records, Pardons Hunter’s Biz Partner

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI called it Operation Crossfire Hurricane, while the wider public knew the scandal as “Russiagate.” Either way, it was a politically motivated probe that dogged Donald Trump for nearly his entire first administration. In 2023, Special Counsel John Durham found that the FBI lacked sufficient basis...

Some Records about FBI’s Involvement in OKC Bombing Remain Sealed by a Judge

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI disclosed a batch of records to Utah attorney Jesse Trentadue earlier this month as part of his ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for documents about undercover federal informants linked to the April 19, 1995, Oklahoma City bombing. However, at least eight of the...

Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez Sentenced to 5 Years for Killing Pedophile

(Headline USA) Former UFC champion Cain Velasquez was sentenced to five years in prison Monday for a shooting in 2022 where he chased after the man accused of molesting his son. Velasquez was sentenced in Santa Clara County after he pled no contest to attempted murder, felony assault, and other...

Mangione Wants a Laptop in Jail While He Awaits Trial in Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

(Headline USA) Luigi Mangione is asking for a laptop in jail, but just for legal purposes — not for communicating with anyone — as he awaits trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO. In a court filing made public late Monday, Mangione's lawyers proposed that he get a laptop configured...

A Dump of JFK-Related Records Reveals Past CIA Secrets But also Some Personal Data

(Headline USA) History buffs dove into thousands of pages of government records released online this week, hoping for new nuggets about President John F. Kennedy's assassination. They instead found revelations about U.S. espionage in the massive document dump that also exposed some previously redacted personal information. The U.S. National Archives and...

Major Guatemalan Human Smuggling Operation Busted in Arizona, California

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) One of the largest human smuggling operations in U.S. history has been dismantled by federal and local law enforcement officers. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border Patrol and Inglewood Police investigators in California launched an investigation that led to the arrests of four Guatemalan human...

LA Father Says 911 Put Him on Hold for 58 Minutes after Burglary

(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) A Los Angeles father who came home to find his house broken into says 911 had him on hold for 58 minutes. The dispatcher answered within two minutes, then diverted him to a non-emergency hold for nearly an hour. Evan Lovett, a creator of Los Angeles-focused...

Trump Taps His Former Defense Attorney, Alina Habba, to be New Jersey’s Top Federal Prosecutor

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Monday named his one-time defense attorney and current White House counselor Alina Habba to be the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey. Habba, who turns 41 Tuesday, takes over the interim post from John Giordano, whom the president said he's naming to be the U.S....
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