(Headline USA) Federal prosecutors say two Texas men plotted to take over a Haitian island, one going so far as joining the U.S. military to acquire training for an armed attack, with the goal of killing all the men and using the women and children for sex.
Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21,...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Va., and his twin brother Alexander are reportedly under investigation for illegally acting as “paid brokers” for U.S. defense firms seeking business in Ukraine.
“Pentagon General Counsel Earl Matthews alleges that Vindman and his twin brother Alex did not have approval from the...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., grew visibly agitated Friday during a CNBC interview when co-host Becky Quick pushed back on his refusal to compromise with Republicans on extending Obamacare subsidies.
The exchange, which quickly went viral on X, began when Quick asked why Jeffries would not...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Donald Trump interjected with humor during a press gaggle in the Oval Office Friday after a reporter asked New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani whether he still believed Trump was a “fascist.”
The moment drew laughter from reporters and viewers online as Trump shut down the...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell said through attorneys that she will refuse to answer any questions from the House Oversight Committee after Republicans subpoenaed her, the committee’s chairman said Friday.
Maxwell vowed to invoke her Fifth Amendment rights if House Republicans traveled to interview her as part of their investigation into...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned a circuit court injunction that prevented Texas from implementing its newly redrawn legislative maps while the case is adjudicated.
Justice Samuel Alito temporarily halted the measure after a three-judge panel on Tuesday declared the new Texas maps to be racist,...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Texas remains ground zero for targeted attacks against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. In the past few months, ICE facilities in Texas have been the target of shootings, bomb threats and, now, mail with powder substances.
Federal officials are investigating two incidents in north...
(Esther Wickham, The Center Square) School districts across the country have significantly increased spending since 2020, even as they face steep declines in student enrollment and academic performance, according to a new analysis from the Reason Foundation.
The report finds American public schools are nearing $1 trillion in annual spending,...
(José Niño, Headline USA) U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee hosted convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard for a clandestine meeting at the American embassy in Jerusalem, the New York Times reports.
Pollard confirmed the encounter took place and characterized it as cordial. In the same breath, he denounced Trump as...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., will remain in the House despite a DOJ indictment accusing her and co-defendants of stealing $5 million in FEMA funds and using it for illegal campaign contributions.
After the DOJ released the indictment, Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., threatened to file a motion to remove...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) One of the founding members of hip-hop group The Fugees was sentenced to 14 years in prison for acting as a foreign agent and violating campaign finance laws tied to former President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign.
District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly delivered the sentence Friday, directly addressing Pras Michel,...
(Headline USA) Five people involved with an Antifa group pleaded guilty Wednesday to terrorism-related charges stemming from a July shooting that wounded a police officer outside a Texas immigration detention center.
The charges brought by the Justice Department followed President Donald Trump signing an order that designated the decentralized movement known...