A federal judge granted the Department of Justice‘s request to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys members, tossing the most serious criminal judgments stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, an appointee of President Donald Trump, dismissed with prejudice the indictment against former Proud Boys Ethan Nordean, Joseph […]
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) on Friday sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) requesting he support the South Carolina House delegation’s push for a U.S.-Europe security conference in 2027 to be hosted in Charleston, escalating a feud with Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) over the meeting’s location. Wilson and Wicker chair and co-chair the […]
White House officials jumped to FBI Director Kash Patel‘s defense after reports surfaced that administration officials were frustrated with his social media activity and alleged globe-trotting. White House communications director Steven Cheung defended Patel against MS NOW reports that suggested he canceled a trip to see his girlfriend in Chicago due to frustration from administration […]
The United States has demanded that Iran publicly declare the Strait of Hormuz open to international shipping and cease all attacks on commercial ships transiting the waterway following a week of strikes between the two countries. A U.S. official told reporters on Friday that Washington demanded Tehran permit passage through the strait and said the […]
The White House is in talks about erecting permanent fencing around the public square across from the mansion, amid heightened concerns about security following several assassination attempts against President Donald Trump. Fencing would go around Lafayette Square and areas on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House, but the decision is still awaiting Trump’s approval, according […]
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of British politician Ann Widdecombe was found in her home on Thursday. Her body was found with a head injury in her home in Haytor in southwest England. A 26-year-old male suspect was arrested at an address located in Newton Abbot, not far […]
Erika Kirk, the widow of slain Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, is urging a Utah judge to decide quickly whether prosecutors have presented enough evidence to send the man accused of murdering her husband to trial, arguing the case should not face further unnecessary delays after a weeklong preliminary hearing. Joined with the parents […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is brushing aside concerns among some Democrats over the rise of socialist candidates, saying he will campaign for whoever wins the party’s nomination as Democrats work to retake the House of Representatives. The comments come as Newsom has spent months positioning himself as a pragmatic Democrat ahead of a likely 2028 […]
Graham Platner, the oyster farmer who won the Democratic nomination for Maine‘s Senate seat, formally withdrew from the race on Friday following allegations of sexual assault. Platner’s campaign imploded after allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman five years ago were published on Monday, resulting in the Maine Democrat suspending his campaign on Wednesday. The […]
Apple filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing its trade secrets on Friday, namely, proprietary information that could be used to benefit the top artificial intelligence firm. The civil complaint, filed in the Northern District of California, alleges that OpenAI “turned to trade secret misappropriation to free-ride off Apple’s decades of innovation” and poached two […]
