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(Headline USA) A Mexican-born judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote. U.S. District Court Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in Oakland found the government's effort is relying on data that is allegedly full of errors and that it's...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Since resigning under a cloud this spring, former Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, has routed tens of thousands of campaign dollars to two companies his wife recently formed. Neither business shows any physical or online footprint, the San Antonio Express‑News reported. Federal Election Commission filings show Gonzales’s...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., wrote an open letter to FBI Director Kashyap Patel on Wednesday, questioning him about newly publicized surveillance footage that some argue provides an alibi for Brian Cole Jr.—the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside of the RNC and DNC headquarters...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In the wake of the April 25 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner attack, federal prosecutors said that the alleged attacker, Cole Allen, shot a Secret Service agent during his failed attempt to sprint through security on his way to President Donald Trump. However, lawyers for Allen...

(Headline USA) Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, one of the state’s most powerful Democrats, was charged on Thursday in connection with what federal authorities alleged was a role leading a criminal enterprise that acquired and distributed large quantities of marijuana and laundered the proceeds. An indictment unsealed on Thursday...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A California county sent duplicate mail-in ballots to thousands of voters in what officials have characterized  as a printing error, raising questions about election security amid heightened federal scrunity. Tulare County, which includes part of Sequoia National Park, acknowledged the “error” in a statement posted on its...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Donald Trump Jr. sold voters on a simple promise during the 2024 campaign. His father, he argued, would spare America another war in the Middle East, according to a new report from The Atlantic. When Iran fired missiles and drones at Israel in April 2024, the...

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square)  The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision Wednesday, temporarily prevented the Trump administration from challenging a policy that allows federal taxpayer dollars to support prisoners' gender transitions. The majority justices on the high court did not block an order in Trump v. Kingdom, a...

(Headline USA) New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney and accountant, accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation at a sprawling Santa Fe-area ranch where the disgraced financier entertained guests. The lawsuit seeks to stop attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn from accepting...

(Headline USA) A ruptured chemical tank billowed a white plume into the air for hours Wednesday, forcing hundreds of residents out of their homes due to fears of a toxic release and the possibility of another explosion. More than 50,000 people in Toledo, Ohio, were advised to stay indoors as...

(Headline USA) A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Guatemalan man extradited to the U.S. over his role in a 2022 human smuggling attempt that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants who had been transported in a sweltering tractor-trailer in Texas. U.S. and Guatemalan prosecutors called Rigoberto Ramon Miranda...

(Headline USA) Vice President JD Vance said during a campaign visit to Ohio on Wednesday that he is “disgusted” by the Republican pushback against an ad by Vivek Ramaswamy that features the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent in the governor's race, Dr. Amy Acton, and raises questions about...