(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A congressional hearing featuring ICE Director Todd Lyons grew tense after Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., accused him of having “blood” on his hands and asked him what would happen to him on Judgment Day.
Lyons was testifying before the House Committee on Homeland Security on Tuesday when...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Texas’s first openly gay judge was suspended without pay after being indicted in a criminal case involving allegations of courtroom abuse of power.
The State Commission on Judicial Conduct suspended Judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez on Thursday after a Bexar County grand jury indicted her on charges of official oppression and...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., concealed her identity in an email using a pseudonym to solicit money from longtime associate Jeffrey Epstein, according to a recent report covering DOJ-released emails.
In one email, dated May 5, 2017, Plaskett used the pseudonym “LeRoy Daughter,” an apparent reference to her father, LeRoy...
(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) A lawsuit is challenging a San Francisco ordinance that establishes a reparations fund for Black residents.
The ordinance, signed in December by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, a Democrat, is aimed at addressing systematic harms. Even so, the Pacific Legal Foundation said this is wrong.
“The...
(Kim Jarrett, The Center Square) A search warrant for the Fulton County Election Board offices is part of a plan to "dramatically remake" elections, said Lauren Groh-Wargo, CEO of Fair Fight Action.
The FBI raided the Georgia office on Jan. 28, taking physical ballots, tabulator tapes, ballot images and voter...
(Headline USA) A Mexican cartel drone incursion prompted an hourslong closure of airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas that was lifted on Wednesday morning, the Trump administration said.
Just hours earlier, the Federal Aviation Administration had announced a 10-day closure grounding all flights to and from the airport.
Transportation...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A North Carolina sheriff admitted he did not know how many branches of government exist and then named the wrong one during a state legislative hearing called in response to a series of deadly train stabbings, and Gun Owners of America wasted no time connecting...
(Headline USA) Under questioning from Democrats on Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged that he had met with Jeffrey Epstein twice after the late financier's 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a child, reversing Lutnick's previous claim that he had cut ties with him after 2005.
Lutnick again downplayed his...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams will pay thousands of dollars in fines for hosting a press conference where he used props to attack a political opponent.
The New York City Conflicts of Interest Board said Monday that Adams has agreed to a $4,000...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. House Oversight Committee is investigating claims of noncitizen voting in Michigan.
U.S. Reps. James Comer, R-Ky., and John James, R-Mich., sent a letter on Tuesday to Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting a briefing on how the Department of Justice is handling government reports...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Rep. Eric Burlison is one of the House Oversight Committee members investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena, more commonly known as UFOs. As such, he is trying to visit Area 51 and other military bases that may hold UFOs or other secretive technologies.
According to Burilson, the Trump...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. government added $696 billion to the national debt over the past four months, borrowing $94 billion in the month of January alone, the Congressional Budget Office reports.
The number further heightens the risk that America will experience some kind of financial crisis unless...