POLITICS

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. Senate failed to advance a bill Wednesday that would have banned congressional stock trading after every Democrat voted against it. The Stop Insider Trading Act, introduced by Rep. Brian Steil, R-Wis., passed the House earlier this year with bipartisan support. It would bar...

(José Niño, Headline USA)  A new DHS Office of Inspector General report identified several screening and documentation problems in asylum cases involving Afghan evacuees admitted after the Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. The report examined how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services handled asylum claims under Operation Allies Welcome. The audit reviewed...

(John Weeks, Antiwar.com) CBS News reported on Saturday that the US Military has been working to establish “the groundwork for potential action around Cuba.” According to the report, CBS reviewed an internal US Army Reserve message sent to subordinate commands. The message requested an assessment on the feasibility of providing...

(José Niño, Headline USA)  Biden-era Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office obtained at least 4,782 personal checks from Americans who contributed to President Donald Trump or allied Republican groups, according to a Senate Judiciary Committee release. The records, supplied to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley through protected whistleblower channels, involved...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Another Muslim man in the United States has been sentenced on terrorism charges, including providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization. Ahmad Khalil Elshazly, 29, a U.S. citizen living in West Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Dallas arrested 121 people during a summer enforcement initiative at Lake Lewis in Texas, including two confirmed members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua terrorist organization. A three-year ICE Homeland Security Investigations-Dallas investigation led to indictments against multiple defendants accused of...

(Headline USA)  Lindsay Clancy's lawyer argued Tuesday that there wasn’t enough evidence to prove she killed her three children, a striking turn after a lengthy trial that focused more on her mental state than on whether she took their lives. “This entire case is based on speculation,” attorney Kevin Reddington...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Retired Gen. Jack Keane’s recent trip to Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon has drawn attention after a viral X post noted the Fox News analyst’s access to senior Israeli leaders. “Fox News' Gen. Jack Keane tells Mark Levin he went on a hasbara trip to Israel to...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, has served a subpoena on his former father in law, Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, placing the senator directly inside the contentious divorce dispute between Miller and Moreno’s daughter, Emily Moreno. According to POLITICO, Miller’s lawyer, Pamela MacAdams, notified the Cuyahoga County Domestic...

(José Niño, Headline USA)  A volunteer search collective in western Mexico says it recovered at least 1,600 baby teeth from a suspected clandestine burial site, but Mexican authorities say they have no official record of such a discovery. The competing claims have fueled demands for an independent forensic investigation,...

(José Niño, Headline USA)  A Substack writer who publishes as Geoffrey Edevane accused conservative commentator Candace Owens on September 28 of keeping 4 adult dating profiles. Edevane, who posts on X as @EsoShaggy, laid out the allegations in a Substack article that runs 12 chapters on his Mystery Machine News...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) NBC News reported on Sunday night that eight US Marines were injured two weeks ago when an Iranian missile hit a ship they were operating on in the Strait of Hormuz. The report, which cited unnamed US officials, said the Marines sustained smoke inhalation and potentially traumatic...