POLITICS

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement working with Texas law enforcement arrested more than 4,000 illegal foreign nationals in 10 days in Texas without incident. The news comes as an ICE officer was indicted Friday on a charge of aggravated assault in Houston. Through Lone Star Mission,...

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) Multiple law enforcement agencies joined together to execute warrants across the Twin Cities, raiding several locations Thursday. This comes as fraud investigations are ongoing throughout taxpayer-funded programs in Minnesota. “#FBIMinneapolis with federal and state partners conducted court-authorized investigative activity at multiple sites in ongoing efforts to...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Adm. Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command, visited the White House on Thursday to brief President Donald Trump on military options for attacking Iran, The Wall Street Journal has reported. The meeting marks a rare in-person briefing between Trump and the CENTCOM chief, who is known...

(Headline USA) Ohio governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's controversial attack ad featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Dr. Amy Acton, is off the air after the Republican spent about a quarter of what his campaign initially said it would invest to run it. Ramaswamy said during a campaign appearance...

(Headline USA) Citing “new and developing evidence,” a prosecutor in Ohio dropped charges Friday against a man arrested in a shooting that wounded 12 people at a crowded neighborhood street festival in June. Eljay Crisp-Carr, 20, had been arrested and accused of multiple counts of attempted murder, felonious assault, gang...

(Headline USA) Four more people have been charged with participating in a criminal intimidation campaign against University of Michigan officials to try to force the school to cut financial ties to Israel, federal authorities said Friday. The new indictment comes nearly five months after eight pro-Palestinian activists were charged with...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, called on Jared Kushner to immediately remove himself from Middle East and Ukraine negotiations.  In a letter sent Thursday, Raskin pointed to fresh reports that Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump, tapped secret slush...

(Nolan McKendry, The Center Square) A New Orleans engineering firm that has contributed $115,000 to a political action committee closely aligned with Gov. Jeff Landry has been selected by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development for work related to SpaceX's planned project in Vermilion Parish. Royal Engineers & Consultants...

(Tom Joyce, The Center Square) President Donald Trump recently shared a video that showed an advertisement for Kalshi in the background. Kalshi is a prediction market whose traders are betting on him being impeached once again. A television aboard Air Force One displayed Kalshi branding in the video Trump shared on...

(Greg Bishop, The Center Square) New amicus briefs are in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case challenging gun and magazine bans in Illinois and Connecticut. The consolidated case Viramontes v. Cook County, Illinois and Grant v. Connecticut is set to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court...

(Headline USA) A federal judge on Thursday set a September 2027 trial date for a man charged with attempting to kill President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner earlier this year. Cole Tomas Allen's trial is scheduled to start with jury selection on Sept. 7 in Washington,...

(Headline USA) The Pentagon has accused a newly ousted three-star general of leaking sensitive information to the media just hours after officials confirmed his removal from a top military planning post. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia as head of strategy, plans and policy for the...