Secret Service Director Sean Curran said on Thursday that an agent at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last weekend was not shot by friendly fire in the attack. Rather, Curran said the agent was shot at “point-blank range” with a shotgun held by Cole Allen, 31. The statement contradicts reports that suggested another law […]
A cellmate of Jeffrey Epstein reportedly found the convicted sex offender’s apparent suicide note in late July 2019, weeks before his death. The revelation, reported by the New York Times on Thursday, comes nearly seven years after Epstein’s suicide in August 2019. In interviews with the newspaper, Nicholas Tartaglione said he found the note after […]
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The Justice Department is examining whether to bring a fresh round of criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey tied to alleged leaks of classified information, according to a new report citing two sources familiar with the matter. Prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia have in recent weeks revived a previously dormant investigation […]
President Donald Trump signed a bill on Thursday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, marking an end to the 76-day partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14. The White House announced the president’s signing of the legislation on Thursday afternoon after it passed the House hours earlier. Trump did not immediately […]
Senate Republicans managed to reject what was the sixth bipartisan attempt on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump’s Iran war powers since the conflict began more than two months ago, but the results foreshadowed obstacles ahead from members of his party over a legal deadline. The vote underscored growing Republican frustrations with the war ahead […]
Louisiana will hold early voting this weekend ahead of its May 16 primary, but not for its six seats in the U.S. House. GOP Secretary of State Nancy Landry made the announcement Thursday shortly after the Republican-controlled state legislature signaled it was likely to redraw the congressional map. “This is a mandatory step prior to […]
The Iranian men’s soccer team is set to play in the World Cup in the United States this summer, FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed on Thursday as the war in the Middle East remains unresolved. Infantino made the announcement in Canada at the FIFA Congress. Iran was the only nation out of the sports body’s […]
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s considering withdrawing American troops stationed in Italy and Spain due to the countries’ unwillingness to help with the Iran war. Trump previously announced that the administration is “studying” a drawdown of U.S. forces in Germany, following a public spat with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The president has also […]
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is demanding what she called “irrefutable evidence” before her government will consider extraditing officials accused by the United States of ties to drug cartels, pushing back on a sweeping indictment from Washington, D.C. The Department of Justice on Wednesday charged 10 current and former Mexican officials, including the sitting governor of […]
