(Ken Silva, Headline USA) FBI Director Kashyap Patel admitted Wednesday that the bureau purchases U.S. commercial geolocation data in bulk without a warrant—defending the constitutionally dubious practice by saying that it helps protect the American data.
The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution requires law enforcement agencies to obtain a court...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. House tanked a balanced budget resolution to curb the federal government’s practice of racking up trillion-dollar deficits every year.
The failed Wednesday vote comes as federal spending pushed the national debt over $39 trillion, roughly $3 trillion higher than it was 12 months...
(Headline USA) The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
The investigation purportedly precedes Kent's resignation Tuesday from his role as director of...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, where she faced several questions about President Donald Trump’s war on Iran.
Gabbard told the committee that after two weeks of Israeli and US bombardment, Iran’s military projection capabilities had been “largely destroyed”...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A Florida man facing a first-degree murder charge erupted in a shocking tirade, including what appeared to be a confession, during a court hearing Monday, forcing his attorney to intervene.
The suspect, Tramonte Terrell Gibson, 20, told a Florida judge that he “shot every one of them in the head”...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former President Joe Biden repeatedly credited his political rise to César Chávez, the late farmworker activist now at the center of a growing national scandal involving allegations of child rape and sexual abuse.
Chávez’s legacy was thrown into crisis after The New York Times published Wednesday accounts from multiple...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The University of Arkansas chapter of Turning Point USA has reportedly voted to sever ties with the national organization and rebrand as Young American Revival .
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Chapter president Dino Fantegrossi, who had been involved with the organization for ten semesters and held leadership roles for five of...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of personally intervening to block the Drug Enforcement Administration from releasing documents related to a secret drug trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, announced on social media that...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is moving to strip his predecessor, Eric Adams, of city-funded legal representation to defend him against a sexual harassment lawsuit.
In a court filing Tuesday, the city's Law Department requested to withdraw from representing Adams in a lawsuit alleging...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) FBI Director Kashyap Patel said Wednesday that the number of online undercover FBI agents have increased during his tenure—claiming that the boost in online operatives helped solve four terrorist plots in December alone.
Patel first touted the increase in online agents in response to a question...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) U.S. senators exchanged sharp, personal barbs Wednesday with Markwayne Mullin, nominee for secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
U.S. Sen. Mullin, R-Okla., was nominated by President Donald Trump to lead DHS after President Donald Trump removed Kristi Noem from the position.
Sen. Rand Paul,...