(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Vice President JD Vance has said that during talks in Switzerland, Iranian officials agreed to establish a direct line of communication between Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the US military.
Vance told Sohrab Ahmari, the US editor for UnHerd, that one of the things the...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) A New York City board that sets the rent for city-subsidized apartments has fulfilled a key campaign pledge of Mayor Zohran Mamdani to freeze rents, drawing outrage from the city's landlords.
The New York City Rent Guidelines Board voted 7-1 Thursday night to set a...
(Headline USA) The Utah judge in the murder case over Charlie Kirk’s killing held prosecutors in contempt of court on Friday over comments they made to media organizations about defendant Tyler Robinson’s guilt.
Judge Tony Graf said the comments violated his restrictions on what the two sides can say about...
(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...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas study concluded that the wave of illegal immigrants arriving during President Joe Biden's tenure inflated housing prices and rental costs for Americans, Breitbart News reported.
Biden's immigration policies ushered millions of migrants onto American soil at historic speed. When his...
(José Niño, Headline USA) President Donald Trump instructed the Justice Department to launch an inquiry into petroleum corporations he accused of artificially propping up gasoline prices while crude oil costs tumble, ABC News reported.
The president vented his frustrations on Truth Social, alleging that energy companies exploit motorists at the...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Republican members of the House Administration Committee advanced legislation Wednesday that would stop members of Congress and their family members from wagering on politically oriented prediction markets, Politico reported.
The GOP majority backed the proposal along strict party lines. The legislation would block representatives, their spouses,...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday gave his strongest indication yet that he could support expanding the Supreme Court if elected president in 2028.
Newsom, widely viewed as a viable contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, appeared to embrace the idea during an interview with left-wing influencer...
(Headline USA) New Mexico’s governor on Wednesday called for a criminal investigation into the Drug Enforcement Administration after an Associated Press investigation found federal agents allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets over a two-year period while pursuing larger drug-trafficking cases.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham asked...
(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...