The Department of Justice subpoenaed Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey as part of a criminal investigation. The two Minnesota officials are being accused of impeding federal law enforcement’s ability to do its job in the state, sources told several outlets, likely referring to the duo’s hostility toward Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Walz and Frey […]
Iranian state TV issued an assassination threat against President Donald Trump, broadcasting footage of the July 13, 2024, Butler shooting. Several accounts on X posted a clip from Iranian state TV, with the camera focusing on a sign held by a pro-government protester. The poster featured an image of Trump at Butler just after the […]
Utah County prosecutors blamed the legal team for the accused Charlie Kirk killer Tyler Robinson on Friday of launching an “ambush” maneuver aimed at delaying the case and forcing local prosecutors off the high-profile murder prosecution. Robinson, 22, is charged with aggravated murder in the Sept. 10 shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at […]
The Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear a case challenging the constitutionality of geofence warrants, as their usage in criminal investigations continues to expand. The high court granted review in Chatrie v. United States, limiting the scope of the arguments to whether the execution of a geofence warrant violates the Fourth Amendment, which protects […]
The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal judge to reject an effort by two members of Congress to force outside oversight of the release of the Epstein files, arguing the lawmakers have no legal standing to intervene in the long-closed criminal case against Ghislaine Maxwell. In a sharply worded six-page letter to U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer, prosecutors […]
Virginia is set to hold a referendum on a Democrat-favored redistricting plan after the state’s upper chamber passed an amendment on Friday that clears the way. Virginia marks the last Democratic maneuver before the midterm elections in the nationwide gerrymandering arms race, which started in August when Texas revealed plans for a new congressional map […]
The latest installment in the Star Trek franchise is being criticized online, including from White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who has called for the return of William Shatner to “save” the series. Miller reacted to a viral clip from Star Trek: Starfleet Academy by reposting commentary from the conservative X account End […]
A Florida fuel supplier has been convicted in a multi-million dollar scheme aimed at defrauding the Department of War. A news release from the Department of Justice on Friday said a federal jury convicted Jason Butler, 37, of Jupiter, Florida, on 34 felony counts related to a massive scheme to defraud the U.S. military of […]
A watchdog group on Thursday called on the Interior Department to produce financial details about one of the Trump administration’s initiatives to celebrate the United States’s semiquincentennial. The development appears to mark an effort designed to ensure that Freedom 250, a semiquincentennial initiative being spearheaded by President Donald Trump, does not gain access to any […]
President Donald Trump relented Friday on his threat to use the Insurrection Act in response to unrest in Minneapolis. “I don’t think there’s any reason right now to use it, but if I needed it, I’d use it,” Trump said about the Insurrection Act while speaking to a gaggle of reporters as he left for […]
