(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A former senior CIA official has been implicated in a scheme to apparently steal some $40 million in gold bars that he has obtained from the government for unspecified “work-related expenses.”
The ex-CIA official, David Rush, was arrested on May 19, a day after the FBI...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) An awkward moment unfolded outside an anti-ICE protest at a New Jersey detention facility when demonstrators loudly cheered two Hispanic men exiting the building — only to discover the pair were actually federal agents in plainclothes.
“Welcome, brothers,” a protester said in Spanish, as two men emerged from Delaney Hall Detention Facility through...
(Headline USA) A bystander who was struck by gunfire after a man fired on a checkpoint outside the White House and was fatally shot by U.S. Secret Service officers remained in serious but stable condition Sunday.
The Secret Service said the bystander, who has not been identified, suffered a gunshot wound...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. Lindsey Graham on Sunday backed President Donald Trump’s suggestion that any deal with Iran could be tied to expanding the Abraham Accords, the diplomatic deals under which the UAE and Bahrain normalized relations with Israel in 2020.
But the idea of normalizing relations with Israel has...
(Headline USA) A person who approached a White House security checkpoint and began firing at officers has died, according to federal officials.
The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement late Saturday that, according to a preliminary investigation, the person approached a checkpoint shortly after 6 p.m. ET “removed a weapon...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Illegal entries into the U.S. in April remained significantly lower than during the Biden administration but are slightly up from what they were in April 2024 and over the last few months, according to newly released U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
Illegal border crosser...
(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) There is a lot of talk about whether the Federal Reserve should raise interest rates, but in fact, the market is hiking rates with or without central bank cooperation.
Treasury yields have crept relentlessly higher over the last several months, signaling significant stress in...
(Headline USA) Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders had to be quarantined and assessed Wednesday for possible exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a suspected drug overdose at a rural New Mexico home, authorities said.
New Mexico State Police said three of the...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) A federal judge has banned most arrests by ICE agents in several New York City immigration courts, siding with civil liberties groups that sued to stop the practice.
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge P. Kevin Castel prevents U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Millions in legal fees. Felony charges. Thousands of combined years in prison sentences. Hours of interrogations. Hundreds of subpoenas. Careers ruined.
That is the scale of what thousands of conservative activists and organizations endured through years of federal investigations under the Biden administration.
Now, they are set to be...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump has said he’s undecided on moving forward with a massive $14 billion package of arms deals for Taiwan following his visit to Beijing and talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“I’ll make a determination over the next fairly short period. I’m gonna make a determination,” Trump...
(Headline USA) Sen. Bill Cassidy was decisively defeated in Saturday’s Republican primary in Louisiana, unable to convince voters that he deserved another term five years after voting to convict President Donald Trump during an impeachment trial over the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
He finished behind U.S. Rep. Julia...