POLITICS

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The two Colorado officials who attempted to block the long-awaited commutation of Tina Peters are no longer serving on the state's clemency board. Gov. Jared Polis removed Hannah Seigel Proff and Azra Taslimi after they publicly and privately challenged his decision to commute Peters’s sentence. According to Polis,...

(José Niño, Headline USA) American authorities apprehended a Cuban citizen allegedly connected to a far reaching influence operation that organized political streamer Hasan Piker's trip to Havana, Bloomberg reported. Carlos Antonio Lloga Dominguez, a resident of the United States for over a decade, currently remains in federal detention facing deportation...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Two Venezuelan nationals who unlawfully entered the United States received prison terms totaling 32 years after their convictions for sexually trafficking a child in Texas, Breitbart News reported Monday. Giannys Alexandra Ramirez-Fernandez and Nelson Adrian Perez-Martinez stood before a judge in the Western District of Texas...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., may have suffered a heart attack before he was found unconscious inside his Washington, D.C., home on June 14, according to an EMS dispatch recording. The 84-year-old senator's condition and his return to the Senate remain unknown. According to the emergency dispatch, the District...

(Headline USA) Democratic socialist Melat Kiros beat U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette in a Colorado House primary Tuesday, a stunning victory for the first-time candidate against a nearly 30-year incumbent and another win for progressive challengers across the country. Kiros, a 29-year-old lawyer turned doctoral student, is the latest candidate to...

(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) Federal prosecutors have charged 25 members and associates of two group feds say are Minneapolis-based drug trafficking organizations. The indictments, unsealed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, allege dozens of suspects fueled violence across south Minneapolis. “Violent drug trafficking will not...

(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Justice sued the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Virginia Department of State Police Wednesday, saying the state’s new law restricting the future sale and purchase of certain semiautomatic firearms violates the Second Amendment. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court...

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment applies to children born in the U.S. to mothers who are in the country illegally, there is a renewed effort in Congress to support a constitutional amendment to provide clarity to the amendment’s Citizenship...

(José Niño, Headline USA) House leadership prevented members from casting votes on a provision that would forge an unprecedented merger between the American and Israeli defense industrial bases, Responsible Statecraft reported Monday. The Rules Committee controlled which of over one thousand proposed NDAA amendments would advance to floor debate and...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., may be one of the youngest members of Congress, but a new report has put her college years back in the spotlight. According to the California Post, the 38-year-old Democrat organized a "Latex Fetish Ball," participated in what the outlet described as...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Monday said that the United States and Iran will hold negotiations in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday despite the two sides trading strikes over the weekend, though Iranian officials have denied the claim. “IRAN HAS REQUESTED A MEETING. IT WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW IN...

(Headline USA) On the final day of the Supreme Court's session, National Public Radio quickly retracted an article Tuesday that incorrectly reported that Justice Samuel Alito was retiring, blaming the error on “a misunderstanding.” The article was written by NPR’s veteran Supreme Court reporter, Nina Totenberg, who planned to address...