(José Niño, Headline USA) House Oversight Committee members are split over whether President Donald Trump should pardon Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange for her testimony about the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking operation, per a report by Politico.
Chairman James Comer of Kentucky told Politico that opinions on his panel are divided,...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The ex-boyfriend who filed a complaint against Department of Homeland Security Deputy Assistant Secretary Julia Varvaro has been identified as Robert Bianchi, a defense contractor whose Maryland firm has raked in over $67 million in federal contracts.
The New York Post reported Thursday that Bianchi owns...
(David Beasley, The Center Square) For a Central Ohio man hoping to continue making whiskey at home one thing now seems certain – the U.S. Supreme Court will decide the case.
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled recently that the federal ban against home whiskey distilleries is unconstitutional.
However,...
(Headline USA) A U.S. special forces soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market, federal officials announced Thursday.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) After two attempts last week to reauthorize a controversial spy power of the federal government, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has unveiled the text of a three-year extension.
The new proposal, however, fails to include key privacy reforms that dozens of House Republicans are demanding...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The cost of the US war with Iran was not included in President Donald Trump’s request for a massive $1.5 trillion military budget for 2027, according to a Pentagon budget official.
“This budget was formulated, honestly, before we went into conflict with Iran,” Jules Hurst III, the...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Popular podcaster Tucker Carlson is at the center of tabloid gossip — not over his criticism of the war with Iran or the government of Israel, but because of an alleged “secret heiress sister” now suing over an inheritance.
Tucker’s stepsister — Dr. Roberta “Bo” Hunt —...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Democratic Party’s “believe women” mantra faces another test in Utah, where a top candidate is accused Wednesday of restraining and propositioning women.
Salt Lake City Councilwoman Eva Lopez Chavez, a Democrat and top candidate for Utah’s 1st Congressional District, is accused of making unwanted sexual advances...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Embattled Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., reportedly stayed out partying until 3:00 a.m. during an official U.S. trip to Colombia in 2025 and asked embassy staffers to join him, a move that raised questions given a credible security concern at the time.
The incident was reported by NOTUS...
(Headline USA) Authorities say a former North Carolina law enforcement officer planned to kill Black people in a mass shooting at a major New Orleans festival but was arrested at a Florida hotel with a handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
Authorities in several states did not name the...
(Headline USA) Meta is laying off about 8,000 workers, or about 10% of its workforce, the company said Thursday as it continues to ramp up spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure and highly paid AI-expert hires.
The company said it was making the cuts for the sake of efficiency and to...
(Headline USA) More than two dozen members and associates of the Mexican Mafia were arrested Thursday during an early morning crackdown across Southern California, federal authorities said.
The FBI and other federal and local agencies executed search and arrest warrants at about 30 locations mostly in Orange County, south of...