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Unearthed DOJ Files Implicate Hunter Biden in Potential Sex Trafficking Violations

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Newly released internal DOJ files appear to implicate President Joe Biden’s disgraced son, Hunter Biden, in alleged prostitution-related activity, corroborating accusations raised years earlier by Senate Republicans. The files, obtained Monday by the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, showed Hunter exchanging text...

Va. Dems Mull Purging Supreme Court After Redistricting Defeat

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) “Desperate times call for desperate measures” appears to have become the Democratic Party’s current modus operandi after Virginia Democrats suffered a humiliating defeat in their attempt to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms. Among the proposals now under discussion is one extraordinary move:...

Trump Confirms Gas Tax Suspension Push as Prices Hit $4.52

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) President Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he wants to temporarily suspend the 18.4-cent federal gas tax, with Republican lawmakers in both chambers announcing plans to introduce legislation hours later, but key details including duration, cost offset, and a phase-back trigger remain undefined. "I think it's...

Trump Accuses Schumer of Election ‘Interference’ with New York Task Force

(Chris Wade, The Center Square) President Donald Trump is ripping Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for hiring former Obama-era Attorney General Eric Holder to help oversee New York's congressional redistricting plans. In a social media post, Trump accused Schumer and other top New York Democrats of trying to "interfere in...

US Marshals Capture 17-Year-Old Suspected in Iowa Mass Shooting

(Headline USA) Federal authorities on Monday arrested a teenager in Georgia who is accused of opening fire last month near a popular University of Iowa nightlife district, injuring five people. Iowa City officials announced in a news release that U.S. marshals captured Damarian M. Jones, 17, of Cedar Rapids, near...

6 Found Dead in a Shipping Container at a Rail Yard Near Texas Border

(Headline USA) A South Texas medical examiner believes heat stroke may have led to the death of six people thought to be immigrants who were found Sunday afternoon inside a shipping container at a Union Pacific rail yard near the Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. The people were found Sunday...

Trump Says Iranian Ceasefire on ‘Life Support’

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) The ceasefire with Iran is on “life support” and “very weak,” according to President Donald Trump. The president commented Monday during an event in the Oval Office following Iran's rejection of a peace deal proposal over the weekend, which he called a “piece of garbage”...

Accused Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter Pleads Not Guilty to All Charges

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The accused White House Correspondents' Association Dinner shooter pleaded not guilty in federal court on Monday to all charges, including an attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump.  Cole Tomas Allen has been charged with an attempt to assassinate a sitting U.S. president, transmission of firearms...

Remains of US Soldier Who Went Missing During Military Exercises in Morocco have been Recovered

(Headline USA) The remains of a U.S. soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco a week ago were recovered in the Atlantic Ocean, the army said Sunday. Military teams were still searching for a second missing soldier. The remains were those of 1st Lt. Kendrick Lamont Key Jr.,...

Abe Foxman, Longtime Head of Anti-Defamation League, Dies at 86

(Headline USA) Abraham H. Foxman, who was a forceful advocate for American Jews as national director of the Anti-Defamation League for nearly three decades, has died, the ADL said Sunday. He was 86. The ADL said in a statement that it “deeply mourns the loss of our longtime national director,”...

Trump: Iran’s Response to US Proposal Is ‘Totally Unacceptable’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran’s response to the latest US proposal to reach a deal was “totally unacceptable,” signaling that the two sides are still not close to reaching a deal. “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like...

Netanyahu Says Iran War Is ‘Not Over’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the US-Israeli war against Iran is “not over,” pointing to the fact that Iran still has its stockpile of enriched uranium and maintains its ballistic missile program. “I think it accomplished a great deal, but it’s not over,” Netanyahu...
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