(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Federal prosecutors have charged 25 members and associates of two group feds say are Minneapolis-based drug trafficking organizations.
The indictments, unsealed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, allege dozens of suspects fueled violence across south Minneapolis.
“Violent drug trafficking will not...
(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Justice sued the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Virginia Department of State Police Wednesday, saying the state’s new law restricting the future sale and purchase of certain semiautomatic firearms violates the Second Amendment.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment applies to children born in the U.S. to mothers who are in the country illegally, there is a renewed effort in Congress to support a constitutional amendment to provide clarity to the amendment’s Citizenship...
(José Niño, Headline USA) House leadership prevented members from casting votes on a provision that would forge an unprecedented merger between the American and Israeli defense industrial bases, Responsible Statecraft reported Monday.
The Rules Committee controlled which of over one thousand proposed NDAA amendments would advance to floor debate and...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state bans on biological men competing in women’s and girls’ sports.
The court upheld bans in Idaho and West Virginia that prohibited individuals who identified as transgender women and girls from competing in college and youth sports. Justices...
(Headline USA) New Jersey Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. disclosed Tuesday that he was being treated for depression during his unexplained four-month absence from the House, suggesting in a brief floor speech that he remained silent about his condition until now because he is a “private person by nature.”
Depression,...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Indiana University finds itself embroiled in a fierce political firestorm after a state lawmaker exposed the taxpayer funded institution for allegedly passing over qualified American computer science graduates to hire foreign labor. State Representative Andrew Ireland sparked the outrage by publicizing an official document revealing...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order to overhaul birthright citizenship as unconstitutional.
Justices on the high court ruled in Trump v. Barbara, a case challenging the president’s February 2025 order stripping birthright citizenship protections from children...
(Headline USA) Inmates overpowered correctional staff and took over parts of a jail in eastern North Carolina early Monday, but the siege ended hours later when law enforcement officers entered the facility and seized control.
Three guards and 88 inmates were inside the Bertie-Martin Regional Detention Center in Windsor when...
(Headline USA) Three firefighters killed over the weekend in a wildfire along the Colorado-Utah border were trying to shield themselves from flames by deploying tent-like shelters when they were overcome, authorities said.
The victims were part of a crew that goes into remote areas to quickly put out new and...
(José Niño, Headline USA) North Carolina legislators rejected Gov. Josh Stein's attempts to block three measures eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from public education and state government, the College Fix reported.
The Republican-controlled legislature successfully overrode vetoes on House Bill 171, Senate Bill 227, and Senate Bill 558. The...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) The trend of left-wing extremists hijacking liberal institutions to push support for anti-Semitism and violence recently spilled into the political sphere with the election of communist and pro-Hamas candidates in California and New York.
But an ultra-liberal Colorado town may prove a cautionary tale for how...