(Headline USA) New Mexico's attorney general on Friday opened a criminal investigation to determine whether U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents broke state law by allowing hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets of Albuquerque.
The extraordinary inquiry comes less than a week after The Associated Press reported that...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Saturday said he is nominating Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, as the next director of Immigration and Customs and Enforcement.
Trump said on his Truth Social platform that his new pick for the immigration enforcement agency is a “PATRIOT with real operational experience,...
(Money Metals News Service) The U.S. economy may appear resilient on the surface, but beneath the headlines, Michael Pento believes serious problems are building.
During a recent appearance on the Money Metals podcast with host Mike Maharrey, the founder and president of Pento Portfolio Strategies argued that mounting debt, inflated asset prices, and misguided...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) More than 31 years after the Oklahoma City bombing, state officials say an investigation into one of the case’s enduring mysteries is still technically open.
The mystery in question stems from a left leg that was found in the rubble of the Murrah federal building in...
(Headline USA) The federal Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog to investigate a whistleblower's claims that DEA agents permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico.
The request came days after an Associated Press investigation found agents repeatedly...
(Headline USA) A federal judge declared a mistrial Friday in the arson case against the man accused of sparking the deadly 2025 Palisades Fire in Los Angeles after the jury said it could not agree on a verdict. Prosecutors said they will try again.
Jurors said a day prior they...
(Headline USA) Billionaire investor Leon Black said Friday that Jeffrey Epstein deceived him during a yearslong relationship in which he paid the disgraced financier $158 million, but insisted he committed no criminal wrongdoing as he appeared before the House Oversight Committee.
Black is the 16th person to appear before the...
(Headline USA) Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty on Friday to illegally retaining classified information, sealing a deal with federal prosecutors that could allow him to avoid a prison term.
Bolton is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 28 by U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Greenbelt,...
(Headline USA) A liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a $16 million rehabilitation project, a top official at the National Park Service says.
The U.S. Park...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The White House sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday requesting an additional $87.6 billion in supplemental funding, with the vast majority going toward “costs incurred” by the US-Israeli war against Iran.
The White House Office of Budget Management told House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that the...
(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) Gov. Tim Walz has filed 16 Freedom of Information Act requests with federal agencies seeking records he says could reveal what he has labeled as the Trump administration’s “campaign of retribution” against Minnesota.
The requests seek records, communications and other documents referencing terms including “Minnesota,”...
(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) The former Los Angeles fire chief is suing Mayor Karen Bass for defamation related to the devastating Palisades Fire.
Kristin Crowley was removed from her position on Feb. 21, 2025, weeks after the blaze began. The fire, which hit the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los...