(J.D. Davidson, The Center Square) High-ranking Minnesota elected officials on Tuesday were served subpoenas by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to multiple reports.
Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and other officials are required to appear before a federal...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A large group of protesters turned out in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday and attacked a much smaller group of people organized by conservative influencer Jake Lang to demonstrate in support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Anti-Ice protesters chased the pro-ICE group away and forced Lang,...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The man allegedly caught on tape stealing a rifle from an FBI vehicle during an anti-ICE protest in Minnesota has been identified as a convicted felon and accused Latin King gang member, the DOJ said Friday.
The suspect, Raul Gutierrez, has been charged with being a felon in...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) When Federal Reserve Char Jerome Powell announced Sunday that the Justice Department had served the central bank with subpoenas, he portrayed the DOJ’s actions as a “threat” intended to undermine the Fed’s independence when it comes to setting interest rates.
But according to the Washington Post, the DOJ’s...
(José Niño, Headline USA) In this Headline Geopolitics episode, José Niño interviews Alfred de Zayas, a veteran international lawyer and former UN human rights expert, to examine the unraveling of international law in the post–Cold War era.
De Zayas explains how legal norms meant to restrain power have been transformed...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Sunday fired off another warning to the government of Cuba as the close ally of Venezuela braces for potential widespread unrest after Nicolás Maduro was deposed as Venezuela's leader.
Cuba, a major beneficiary of Venezuelan oil, has now been cut off from those shipments as...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Utah County Attorney’s Office is downplaying the fact that one of its prosecutors is related to a student who was at the infamous Turning Point USA event where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated last September at Utah Valley University.
Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US forces on Wednesday boarded and took by force a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic Ocean that it initially tried to seize off the coast of Venezuela weeks ago, an action that drew condemnation from Moscow.
The tanker was named the Bella 1 when the...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Brian Cole Jr., who’s accused of planting two pipe bombs near the RNC and DNC headquarters the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest, was federally indicted on Tuesday—putting an end to the controversy over whether he’d be released from jail.
Cole’s attorneys had...