(Headline USA) President Donald Trump promised a lawsuit after The Wall Street Journal described a sexually suggestive letter that the newspaper says bore Trump’s name and was included in a 2003 album for Epstein’s 50th birthday. Trump denied writing the letter, calling it “false, malicious, and defamatory.”
Trump also directed...
(Headline USA) When he wasn't pushing vaccines or crying about President Donald Trump, talk show host Stephan Colbert told the occasional joke—like when he cracked up his audience by claiming that CNN is "objective" news.
That dismal era of late-night "comedy" is soon coming to an end. Colbert told his...
(Kim Jarrett, The Center Square) A former employee with Voice of America is accused of threatening to harm U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., her staff and her family, the Department of Justice said Thursday.
Seth Jason, of Edgewater, Md., is charged with influencing a federal official by threatening a...
(Zachery Schmidt, The Center Square) California, Arizona and Colorado, along with 17 other states, sued the Trump administration this week over its decision to close the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.
This program helps local communities nationwide protect themselves from natural disasters before they occur.
In April, FEMA announced it was ending...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) The Trump administration officially terminated its funding of California’s 171-mile high speed rail segment in the state’s more sparsely populated Central Valley, citing an inability to complete the project by the 2033 deadline.
The administration also noted there's no plan for closing a $7 billion funding gap...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) An Israeli military tank on Thursday struck the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, killing three people and wounding at least nine others.
Two of the dead have been identified as Saad Salameh, the parish’s 60-year-old janitor, and Fumayya Ayyad, an 84-year-old woman who was receiving psychosocial...
(Headline USA) White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday read a doctor's letter about President Donald Trump that she said was intended to dispel health concerns about the swelling in his ankles and a makeup-covered hand.
Leavitt said Trump noticed “mild swelling” in his lower legs and was evaluated...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces a new federal lawsuit from a former interim NYPD commissioner who claims the Democrat ran the nation's largest police department like a "criminal enterprise" and retaliated against critics of his mismanagement.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday by former...
(Carleen Johnson, The Center Square) The man accused of attacking an independent journalist during protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Seattle last month was arrested Wednesday.
The victim, Cam Higby, told The Center Square he got a text from a detective with the Seattle Police Department confirming 33-year-old Jeremy...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Wednesday made an appearance at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial in a highly unusual move and a strong show of support for the Israeli leader.
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz, which is very critical of Netanyahu, described Huckabee’s visit to...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a federal prosecutor in Manhattan who worked on the cases against Sean “Diddy” Combs, Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein.
Maurene Comey was key in covering up the Epstein scandal. In...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Pentagon has finalized a $200 million contract with xAI, granting Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot a key role in the government’s sweeping artificial intelligence expansion.
Under this agreement, Grok and related xAI technologies, including the latest Grok 4 model, will be accessible for purchase via the...