POLITICS

(Headline USA) A prominent Georgia Republican who ran a Ponzi scheme that federal prosecutors said caused losses of more than $76 million to more than 300 victims has been sentenced to spend 15 years in federal prison. Edwin Brant Frost IV, 69, had pleaded guilty in May to a charge...

(Headline USA) A New York woman whose father took her to Syria as a teenager and arranged her marriage to an Islamic State fighter was convicted Tuesday of receiving weapons training from the militant group. Prosecutors said Halima Salman, a U.S. citizen, pledged loyalty to the extremist group and willingly...

(Headline USA) Federal law enforcement agents searched a Beverly Hills home early Tuesday as part of an investigation into Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress amid a wave of sexual misconduct allegations, two people familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press. Agents searched the home of wealthy developer and...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Secret bank accounts, Gulf rulers, and private fortunes sit at the center of a contested new account of Jared Kushner’s diplomacy. Reviewing Matthew Cole’s “Princes and Thieves” for the New York Times, Fintan O’Toole argues that its allegations warrant congressional investigation, while emphasizing that the...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Nine of the ten “most free” states in the United States are led by Republicans, according to a new report released by the Cato Institute. By contrast, seven of the ten least free states are run by Democrats. Cato’s “Freedom in the 50 States” report...

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) With the midterm elections a week away and oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz at prewar levels, gas prices remain high, dropping slightly in the last month. U.S. Central Command reported over the weekend that the United States has ensured 1.5 billion barrels of...

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) Former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump both campaigned in Michigan over the weekend, highlighting the national importance of the state’s closely-watched U.S. Senate race. Obama attended a rally in Detroit on Saturday, throwing his support behind Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. “We’re clear...

(José Niño, Headline USA) The FBI has arrested a CIA contractor accused of slipping classified intelligence to the journalist he was dating. Open Source Intel reported, “A CIA contractor has been arrested for allegedly passing classified U.S. intelligence to his journalist girlfriend, who published a report for Drop Site...

(José Niño, Headline USA) House Republicans have subpoenaed New Jersey’s top election official, demanding to know how roughly 6,600 noncitizens ended up registered to vote. According to a House Judiciary Committee press release published last Wednesday, four Republican committee leaders subpoenaed Acting Secretary of State Shirley Emehelu after her...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Trump administration is pushing back against unfounded accusations of election interference after the DOJ filed a lawsuit against Alaska over what the Alaska Division of Elections has characterized as a scheme to confuse voters in the state's U.S. Senate race. Attorney General Todd Blanche and other...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Soon-to-be former Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., expanded on his attacks against President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement, suggesting that the Trump-led coalition will disappear from Republican politics once he is out of office. Tillis, who was forced into retirement amid the prospect of a Trump-endorsed primary...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) This November, roughly one third of gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial seats are up for reelection. A quarter of U.S. states’ secretary of state seats are up for grabs. And 296 state executive offices in 43 states are on the ballot, according to data published...