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(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) Ahead of the NATO summit in Turkey, President Donald Trump is calling out several NATO partners for their spending. The president is set to attend the summit next week, months after Trump toyed with the idea of withdrawing from the treaty. Criticism of NATO by the...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Left-wing children's content creator Ms. Rachel donated thousands of dollars to socialist candidates who defeated two incumbent Democratic lawmakers in New York City primaries last month. Rachel Griffin Accurso, who has more than 35 million followers across her social media platforms, donated $3,500 each to Darializa Avila...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The two Colorado officials who attempted to block the long-awaited commutation of Tina Peters are no longer serving on the state's clemency board. Gov. Jared Polis removed Hannah Seigel Proff and Azra Taslimi after they publicly and privately challenged his decision to commute Peters’s sentence. According to Polis,...

(José Niño, Headline USA) American authorities apprehended a Cuban citizen allegedly connected to a far reaching influence operation that organized political streamer Hasan Piker's trip to Havana, Bloomberg reported. Carlos Antonio Lloga Dominguez, a resident of the United States for over a decade, currently remains in federal detention facing deportation...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Two Venezuelan nationals who unlawfully entered the United States received prison terms totaling 32 years after their convictions for sexually trafficking a child in Texas, Breitbart News reported Monday. Giannys Alexandra Ramirez-Fernandez and Nelson Adrian Perez-Martinez stood before a judge in the Western District of Texas...

(Headline USA) Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent and another win for progressive challengers across the country. Kiros, a 29-year-old lawyer turned doctoral student, is the latest candidate to...

(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...

(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...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Monday said that the United States and Iran will hold negotiations in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday despite the two sides trading strikes over the weekend, though Iranian officials have denied the claim. “IRAN HAS REQUESTED A MEETING. IT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW IN...

(Headline USA) On the final day of the Supreme Court's session, National Public Radio quickly retracted an article Tuesday that incorrectly reported that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring, blaming the error on “a misunderstanding.” The article was written by NPR’s veteran Supreme Court reporter, Nina Totenberg, who planned to address...

(Headline USA) A self-exiled billionaire Chinese business tycoon once believed to be among China's wealthiest men was sentenced Monday to 30 years in a U.S. prison for a massive financial fraud that a federal judge said cost over 1,000 people worldwide hundreds of millions of dollars. Guo Wengui, who fled...