Jeffrey Epstein's former accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, wants to keep grand jury records secret in the sex trafficking case that sent her to prison, her lawyers said Tuesday as prosecutors continued urging a court to release some of those records in the criminal case-turned-political fireball.
Maxwell hasn't seen the material herself,...
Violent crime in the United States fell 4.5% last year, according to a new FBI report, which also shows an 8% drop in property crime from the year before.
The FBI statistics released Tuesday show murder and nonnegligent manslaughter in the U.S. in 2024 fell nearly 15% from a year...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is under investigation by an independent federal agency tasked with uncovering government misconduct.
The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has launched a probe into allegations of illegal political activity tied to the office Smith once led.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., announced the investigation...
(Elyse S. Apel, The Center Square) As Michigan lawmakers propose dueling legislation on immigration, recent reports found that fewer than 1,000 illegal immigrants have been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Great Lakes State this year.
While Democrats continue to express fear of mass deportations throughout the...
(Christen Smith, The Center Square) New York’s liberal immigration policy landed it on the federal government’s updated list of sanctuary jurisdictions on Tuesday.
The designation means the state “impedes enforcement of federal immigration laws.” New York City and Rochester were singled out as local-level offenders.
The release says the executive order...
(José Niño, Headline USA) In a candid conversation with media personality Andy Ostroy, Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt praised certain aspects of Donald Trump’s policies toward the Jewish community.
During their conversation that took place last Monday, Greenblatt admitted that Trump’s 2016 campaign rhetoric “emboldened extremists”, something that worried the...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Headline USA has obtained a partial internet search history of alleged would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks. Read it here for the first time.
The search history comes from a trove of data from the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC), where Crooks attended from 2022 to...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) A powerful House committee issued subpoenas for key government officials, including former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as part of a congressional investigation into well-connected financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) traveled to the West Bank on Monday to visit a Jewish settlement considered illegal under international law, a strong show of support for the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory.
According to Ynet, the trip was organized by the Yesha Council settler lobby...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) After no quorum was reached in the Texas House on Monday, House Speaker Dustin Burrows voted for and signed motions the House passed requiring the return of 56 missing Democrats. This included Burrows signing civil warrants for their arrest and directing the sergeant of...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The New York Times published new photos on Tuesday of Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan mansion, including one indicating that the deceased sex trafficker once had a bet with billionaire Bill Gates.
Among the photos released by the Times is a framed dollar signed by Gates, with the...
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) Washington is boosting its military presence on the Korean Peninsula by creating another super squadron near the demilitarized zone. The move follows North Korea saying it will only engage in talks with the US if Washington drops its demand that Pyongyang give up its nuclear...