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Jury Selection Begins in Alleged Murder-for-Hire Plot of Border Patrol Leader in Chicago

(Headline USA) Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of offering a $10,000 bounty for the life of a Border Patrol commander behind an immigration crackdown in Chicago last year. Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, faces one count of murder-for-hire. Federal prosecutors allege he’s a “ranking member”...

18-Year-Old to Plead Guilty to North Carolina Shooting that Left 5 Dead, Lawyers Say

(Headline USA) An 18-year-old plans to plead guilty to a 2022 mass shooting in North Carolina that left five people dead — including his older brother — avoiding a trial next month, his attorneys said Tuesday. A written notice filed in Wake County court by the lawyers for Austin Thompson...

House to Vote on Last Four Govt. Funding Bills Costing $1.2 Trillion

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Ten days before the government funding deadline, congressional appropriators released the last four fiscal year 2026 spending bills for the U.S. House to vote on. The 771-page funding package includes a total of $1.2 trillion for the departments of Defense; Labor, Health and Human Services,...

Reports: Walz, Frey, Ellison Among Those Issued Subpoenas by U.S. Justice

(J.D. Davidson, The Center Square) High-ranking Minnesota elected officials on Tuesday were served subpoenas by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to multiple reports. Gov. Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her and other officials are required to appear before a federal...

Entitlement Fraud Costs Taxpayers Billions … or Trillions, Dwarfing Minnesota

(Mark Stricherz, The Center Square)  Since 2020, fraudsters have scammed at least $36 billion and as much as $3 trillion in tax money from federal entitlement programs, dwarfing the amount federal prosecutors claim was stolen in Minnesota's federal food aid scandal known as Feeding Our Future, an investigation by...

SCOTUS Declines to Hear Felony Firearm Cases

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up two cases over whether individuals with felony records can be permanently disarmed under the Second Amendment. The court declined to hear Zherka v. Bondi and Duarte v. U.S. Each challenge targets laws banning individuals with...

Trump Urges Arrests After Church Protest in St. Paul

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square) President Donald Trump called for for protestors to be “thrown in jail” following a protest which disrupted a Sunday morning service in St. Paul. Trump’s words join the national outcry that was sparked by the protest, which quickly captured attention far beyond Minnesota. “Just watched footage...

Trump Refuses To Rule Out Military Option for Greenland

(Will Porter, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump declined to rule out the use of force to take control of Greenland, soon after several European allies dispatched troops to the territory in an apparent warning to Washington. Asked by NBC News whether he would use military force to seize Greenland during a...

Trump Threatens 200% Tariffs as France Declines To Join Board of Peace

(Alan Mosley, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump has threatened to hit French wine and champagne with a 200 percent tariff after France signaled it would not join his proposed “Board of Peace” for Gaza. “I’ll put a 200 percent tariff on his wines and champagnes, and he’ll join, but he...

Ohio GOP Chair, Who Champions Vivek Ramaswamy, Stands to Benefit from H-1B Expansion

Alex Triantafilou serves as Partner of Counsel at Dinsmore & Shohl, a Cincinnati law firm with a dedicated immigration practice that secures H-1B visas for corporations hiring foreign workers.

DOJ Investigating Anti-ICE Protest at St. Paul Church

Video posted by Black Lives Matter Minnesota, one of the organizers for the event, shows anti-ICE protestors disrupting a service at Cities Church in St. Paul...

Trump Invites Putin To Join the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’

Russia and Israel are the latest governments asked to join President Donald Trump’s expanding “Board of Peace,” the body he says will implement his plan for Gaza and mediate conflicts worldwide
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