(Headline USA) Bob Filner, a 10-term U.S. congressman whose long political career ended abruptly after he was elected mayor of San Diego and driven from office amid sexual misconduct allegations, has died. He was 82.
Filner passed away April 20 with his children by his side, according to an obituary published...
(Headline USA) The Supreme Court seemed inclined to a narrow ruling on Tuesday in a law-enforcement accountability case over an FBI raid that targeted the wrong house.
While some justices appeared open to the argument that the family should be able to sue over the mistake that left them traumatized,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine that would begin May 8 at midnight Moscow time to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory against Nazi Germany in World War II.
“By order of Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, leader of the far-right Jewish Power party, landed meetings with four Republican members of Congress on Monday during a visit to Capitol Hill.
Ben Gvir, an outspoken proponent of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, told The Times of Israel that...
(Greg Bishop, The Center Square) The chairman of the Illinois GOP says an investigation of Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker for criminal incitement should be opened.
Over the weekend, the governor is quoted telling a gathering of Democratic Party members that Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.
Illinois GOP Chairman Kathy...
(Headline USA) Amazon is not planning to list added tariff costs next to product prices on its site — despite speculation spanning from a report that claimed the e-commerce giant would soon show new import charges, as well as fiery comments from President Donald Trump's White House denouncing such a...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A month after blasting the FBI for its “woefully inadequate” response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit about its involvement in the Oklahoma City bombing, a U.S. federal judge has ordered the bureau to start producing 2,000 pages of OKC bomb records per month.
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(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday to enhance national security and enforce federal immigration and criminal law in so-called sanctuary jurisdictions and take a range of actions against those obstructing enforcement, including eliminating their federal funding.
Trump’s “Protecting American Communities from Criminal...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) One hundred days into the Trump administration, the National Counterterrorism Center has identified nearly 1,200 alleged terrorists illegally in the U.S.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who leads the NCTC, wrote on X Monday that after the Trump administration designated Mexican cartels and transnational...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department has released text messages between Ryan Routh and an alleged human trafficker in Mexico about smuggling Afghans into the U.S. last year—arguing that such evidence should be presented to a jury as part of Routh’s larger plans to assassinate Donald Trump last...
(Headline USA) A man accused of stealing a purse from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was charged Monday in federal court with aggravated identity theft, robbery and fraud.
Video captured Mario Bustamante Leiva taking Noem's purse while she dined at a restaurant in Washington, D.C., on April 20 under the protection...
(Headline USA) A woman pleaded not guilty Monday to fatally stabbing a Kansas City, Missouri, paramedic as she was being taken to a hospital in an ambulance.
Shanetta Bossell, 39, was arrested Sunday after trying to drive off in the ambulance as others were tending to paramedic Graham Hoffman's chest wound,...