Nevada officials announced Friday that authorities are investigating a car-ramming incident as a “terrorism-related event.” New York resident Dawson Maloney, 23, is accused of ramming his vehicle into a power substation owned by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, near Boulder, Nevada. Maloney drove cross-country before crashing through the substation’s security gate, according […]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Friday launched an initiative nudging broadcasters to air content highlighting American “pride” during the country’s semiquincentennial. Carr invited broadcasters to join the “Pledge America” campaign, encouraging them to air “pro-America content that celebrates the American journey and inspires its citizens by highlighting the historic accomplishments of this great […]
The Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs on nearly every U.S. trading partner could have provided some much-needed cover for vulnerable Republicans heading into the midterm elections. Instead, Trump’s vow to press ahead and use other authorities to make countries pay injected fresh uncertainty into an […]
The March 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in six days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month, but March’s payment will go out on Feb. 27, since March 1 falls on a Sunday this year. When the first of a month […]
Kathryn Ruemmler has spent much of her career behind the scenes at the highest levels of power, serving as former President Barack Obama’s longest-tenured White House counsel before rising to become Goldman Sachs’s top lawyer. Now, newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents and her recent resignation from the bank have thrust her into an unfamiliar spotlight, […]
The Trump administration has escalated its pressure against Cuba’s communist government, curbing oil supplies and threatening tariffs on countries that continue to ship fuel to the island as part of an effort to force regime change. Since the United States captured former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro in January, the Trump administration has turned its focus […]
The nine defendants charged as co-conspirators in the federal church occupation case are rebutting the Justice Department’s claims that their takeover of a Christian parish in Minnesota last month was the culmination of a sprawling conspiracy, and accordingly, requires an extensive review of the evidence against them. On Jan. 18, dozens of activists stormed Cities […]
The Justice Department has fired a lawyer picked to serve as the top federal prosecutor in Virginia, just hours after he was appointed by judges. The panel of federal judges selected defense attorney James Hundley to serve as the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, replacing Lindsey Halligan, the appointee of President […]
Virginia Democrats passed their proposed congressional map through the full state legislature on Friday as they await a court ruling on whether or not their redistricting move is legal. The Democratic-controlled state House and Senate passed the map this week, as an amendment to the state budget, along party lines, sending it to Gov. Abigail […]
The Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling striking down President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs did not fall on ideological lines, and it split the conservative majority down the middle in a consequential decision for Trump’s economic agenda. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion that found the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not […]
