A federal judge in Florida reopened President Donald Trump‘s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS on Friday to investigate the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that resulted from the settlement. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, revived the case in response to a request from 35 former federal judges […]
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper of Washington, D.C., delivered a blow on Friday to President Donald Trump‘s planned two-year renovation for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, previously set to commence on July 5, and ordered the president’s name to be removed from the arts center. Judge Cooper was nominated to the […]
As Washington and Tehran rush to try and strike a deal to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, the two sides are taking vastly different approaches in public messaging. For the past several weeks, President Donald Trump has said the United States is on the verge of striking a deal on favorable terms, and downplayed […]
Maine progressive Senate candidate Graham Platner questioned whether the mass-killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century “was in fact genocide” in a now-deleted 2016 Reddit comment. The revelation of the post, first by the Washington Free Beacon on Friday, came amid national scrutiny into Platner’s past comments on social media. […]
A federal judge ruled President Donald Trump‘s name must be removed from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and that the theater should remain open despite a planned closure for repairs. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled in favor of Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH), who had filed a lawsuit “to stop the […]
Former first lady Jill Biden recalled that after her husband decided to drop out of the presidential race in 2024, then-Vice President Kamala Harris quickly moved past the shocking news and started pushing him to endorse her. In an excerpt of her upcoming memoir reported by USA Today on Friday, the former first lady wrote […]
The United Nations has shipped emergency supplies to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of an effort to contain the country’s growing Ebola outbreak. UNICEF’s first international shipment of more than 100 tons of supplies was airlifted yesterday with support from the European Union and the World Health Organization. The supplies are intended […]
A federal judge sentenced the former Des Moines Public Schools superintendent in Iowa, who was convicted on immigration and gun charges, to two years in prison on Friday. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger handed down the sentence months after Ian Roberts pleaded guilty to federal charges for possessing a firearm as an illegal immigrant […]
Michael Marx was indicted in U.S. District Court on charges of assaulting federal officers, using a dangerous weapon, and using a firearm during a crime of violence in connection with a shooting near the Washington Monument earlier this month. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said prosecutors will prove that Marx carried an illegal firearm into downtown […]
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed a Democratic socialist running against Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), who is backed by the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee. Mamdani’s endorsement of 32-year-old Darializa Avila Chevalier could shake up the race, as the progressive hopes to unseat Espaillat, the first Dominican American elected to the House. […]
