A federal appeals court grilled the Department of Justice on Tuesday over its challenge of Virginia laws that the Trump administration says unconstitutionally impede on federal immigration enforcement operations, as similar efforts to limit cooperation with federal immigration officials in other states also face legal battles. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals […]
EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) is demanding that a Bucks County commissioner recuse herself from serving on the board of elections this cycle, claiming her “partisan bias is on full display in this election,” according to a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner. In the letter, attorneys for Fitzpatrick write that Bucks County Commissioner […]
The Prince George’s County Council voted Tuesday to approve a multimillion-dollar financing package for a $1.4 billion Sphere entertainment venue at Maryland’s National Harbor, clearing a major hurdle for the development of a smaller version of the Las Vegas attraction. The council voted unanimously to authorize up to $215 million in special obligation bonds to […]
Flavio Bolsonaro and his family have fled Brazil and will be granted visas by the State Department to enter the United States. Bolsonaro, who has stopped short of conceding this weekend’s election to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was reportedly set to arrive in the U.S. on Tuesday evening despite an investigation into him […]
President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s disappearance from the campaign trail earlier this month was either because of a “mental illness” or food poisoning from eating meat. “He’s going around to so many barbecues,” Trump said while rallying in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon. “It’s probably why […]
The Ebola outbreak spreading across the Democratic Republic of the Congo has surpassed 10,000 confirmed cases, with nearly 4,900 deaths reported across affected countries as the virus continues to spread beyond the country’s borders. The outbreak has killed 4,887 people in Congo, where health officials have confirmed 10,060 cases as of Oct. 25, according to […]
Law enforcement officials in Utah linked the 1974 murder of 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith to serial killer Ted Bundy on Tuesday, closing the cold case of the murder 52 years after her body was found. Summit County and Salt Lake County investigators led the investigation into the murder since it first opened, but recently partnered […]
The Federal Election Commission experienced a filing system outage on Tuesday, hindering candidates and political action committees from filing 24- and 48-hour finance reports with a week to go before the midterm elections. The FEC posted to its status update page shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday that it is continuing to investigate the outage. According […]
Israeli election officials rejected a last-ditch effort by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party and its conservative allies to extend voting hours Tuesday, as record turnout fueled concerns within the ruling coalition about its prospects in the country’s first national election since the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks. Likud petitioned the Central Election Committee to […]
A federal judge refused on Tuesday to approve a new criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of lying to Congress about the Hunter Biden investigations, sharply criticizing prosecutors for filing it without first securing judicial approval. U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui challenged prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s Washington office over their overnight […]
