(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On July 12, 2024, the FBI arrested a Pakistani national named Asif Merchant for allegedly trying to hire two undercover agents as “hitmen” to kill Donald Trump.
When the Justice Department announced the case a month later, observers were quick to note the date of Merchant’s...
(Headline USA) A Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts in the prosecution of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, is unlikely to produce much, if anything, to satisfy the public’s appetite for new revelations about the financier’s crimes, former federal prosecutors say.
Attorney Sarah Krissoff,...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) As key witnesses in the investigation into former President Joe Biden’s mental decline continue to evade House questioning by invoking their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination, lawmakers could grant them immunity to encourage them to talk, according to a legal expert.
Three witnesses close to...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Pope Leo XIV on Sunday again condemned the Israeli tank shelling of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, which killed three Christians, and made another appeal for a ceasefire in Gaza, calling for an end to the “barbarity” and for a peaceful resolution.
“I express my...
(Headline USA) Three people remain missing — down from nearly 100 at last count — since the Texas Hill Country was pounded by massive flooding on July 4, officials said Saturday.
Officials praised rescuers for the sharp reduction in the number of people on the missing list: Just days after...
(Headline USA) A vehicle rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles early Saturday, injuring 30 people and leading bystanders to attack the driver, authorities said.
The driver, later identified as 29-year-old Fernando Ramirez, was later found to have been shot,...
(The Center Square) California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s staff expressed skepticism about reopening Alcatraz as a federal prison following U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s visit to the historic tourist attraction. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the idea "stupid."
But President Donald Trump and his supporters said the San Francisco Bay...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Congress never held a formal investigation into the Oklahoma City bombing, Jeffrey Epstein, or a variety of other scandals with unanswered questions, but Republicans have held nine hearings on antisemitism in the last 18 months.
At least one member of Congress thinks nine is enough. Bobby...
(Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) An assessment of the damage to Iranian nuclear facilities following US strikes last month concluded that only one site sustained major damage, and the Islamic Republic could resume enrichment operations within a few months. Washington and Tel Aviv are considering additional strikes to destroy the...
(Headline USA) Three members of the arson and explosives unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were killed Friday in a blast at the department's training facility.
It was not immediately clear what they were doing when the explosion happened in a parking lot at the Biscailuz Training Facility or...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Nick Maynard, a British surgeon currently working at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza, has told The Telegraph that Palestinians in the besieged enclave are facing “unprecedented malnutrition” due to the Israeli blockade and that Israeli snipers are targeting people seeking food near aid distribution sites.
Maynard said that...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) NPR CEO Katherine Maher launched a desperate fundraising campaign on Friday, just hours after Congress passed President Donald Trump’s rescission package, which stripped more than $1 billion in taxpayer funding from leftist outlets NPR and PBS.
The fundraising plea was puzzling, considering that NPR has long claimed...