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(Headline USA) Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said a report released Tuesday on the lead-water crisis in the city is the final step her office can take toward accountability, years after a state Supreme Court ruling shut down criminal cases against a former governor and eight other people. Flint residents...

(Headline USA) Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims filed by nearly every state. The settlement resolved a...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The family of Iryna Zarutska, the Ukrainian refugee who was stabbed to death on a Charlotte train last year, has filed a lawsuit over the matter. In a lawsuit filed Friday in Mecklenburg County, Zarutska’s uncle, Frank Haskell, blamed the city of Charlotte and the security firm for...

(Headline USA) Testimony concluded Wednesday in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a mother accused of strangling her three young children in a case that has drawn attention to postpartum mental health. Closing arguments are expected to begin Thursday, before the jury begins deliberating. Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty by...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A federal appellate court has delivered a split verdict for civil liberties supporters, confirming a constitutional protection while leaving the man who pursued it empty handed, according to a report from Reclaim The Net.  The Second Circuit Court of Appeals now stands as the ninth federal...

(José Niño, Headline USA) Homeland Security officials unveiled a revised plan Monday requiring a $103,265 payment from employers pursuing H-1B visas for candidates counted against the annual numerical cap, according to a report from The Hill. The official notice outlining the rule states that the collected funds would offset federal...

(Headline USA) The Kremlin said Wednesday that CIA Director John Ratcliffe held talks in Moscow with his intelligence counterparts, a rare and secretive visit at a time when relations with Washington remain strained over Russia's war in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ratcliffe did not meet with Russian President Vladimir...

(José Niño, Headline USA) A raid carried out last month in Newark, New Jersey turned up a fentanyl cache large enough to theoretically claim roughly 8 million lives, according to a report from Breitbart News. Homeland Security Investigations linked the narcotics to the Trinitarios, a gang whose ranks are...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Three Secret Service officials were removed from the federal agency’s headquarters and placed on administrative leave amid a shocking investigation into alleged leaks to the media, several news outlets reported Tuesday evening. RealClearPolitics journalist Susan Crabtree first reported Tuesday that the officials were walked out of their...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) And Hasan Piker is out… sort of. A group of Democratic lawmakers have formally ditched the accused antisemite and leftist activist following his disturbing tirade against Jewish Americans, just as the Democratic Party’s prospects for 2026 continue to dim. Democratic leaders condemned Piker after he appeared to suggest...

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Four months out from the 2026 midterm elections, Republicans’ chances of maintaining control of Congress appear slim, new polling shows. The Center Square’s newest Voters’ Voice Poll revealed that 47% of U.S. registered voters surveyed would vote for a Democratic candidate if elections were held...

(Zachery Schmidt, The Center Square) Arizona Republican Party Chair Sergio Arellano criticized Attorney General Kris Mayes’ decision not to press charges against Gov. Katie Hobbs in an alleged pay-for-play scheme. On Friday, Mayes announced her office would not pursue criminal charges against the governor after an investigation into allegations that...