A spokeswoman for Russia’s foreign ministry called the new U.S. sanctions targeting the country’s two largest oil companies “entirely counterproductive,” but dismissed their possible implications. “Our country has developed a strong immunity to Western restrictions and will continue to confidently develop its economic and energy potential,” Maria Zakharova said during a weekly news briefing on […]
FBI Director Kash Patel announced Thursday that 31 people, including several current and former NBA figures, were arrested as part of a sweeping federal investigation into organized gambling operations linked to the La Cosa Nostra crime families. Among those arrested were Portland Trail Blazers head coach and Hall of Famer Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard […]
Charlie Kirk’s assassination last month has sparked an increasingly partisan debate about acceptable rhetoric as political parties maneuver for the moral high ground on the nature of political discourse in the United States. After Kirk’s murder, Republicans pointed the finger at Democrats, asking them to take accountability for polarizing rhetoric they argued has fueled political […]
The FBI is seeking tips from the public about a suspect who placed two pipe bombs near the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C., on the evening of Jan. 5, 2021. In a statement on Wednesday, the bureau released never-before-seen videos that captured the unidentified person’s route and appearance. A $500,000 […]
America’s Hispanic population has nearly doubled since 2000, propelled by the Biden-era border crisis when the former president turned a blind eye to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants crossing into the country. According to new U.S. Census data, the 2023-2024 border breach by some 2 million migrants was the largest surge ever into the […]
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will hold a press conference on Capitol Hill Thursday morning, marking the 23rd day of the government shutdown. Johnson will be joined by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, House GOP leaders, and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO). THUNE TEASES SHUTDOWN VOTES TO PAY TROOPS AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS […]
The FBI is holding a press conference after it arrested Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat player Terry Rozier as part of a probe into sports gambling. The press conference is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Rozier was arrested in an investigation tied to NBA gambling, and Billups was arrested […]
The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday that USA Powerlifting’s disqualification of a transgender athlete in its women’s sports division constitutes discrimination. The ruling handed a win to JayCee Cooper, who sued the powerlifting organization in 2021 for rejecting an application the athlete made to compete in a women’s competition in 2018. The plaintiff […]
Vice President JD Vance expressed alarm on Thursday about the Israeli legislature’s vote that would claim sovereignty over swaths of the West Bank, calling the move an “insult” to the Trump administration because it could threaten peace in the region. Before departing for the United States at the end of his two-day trip to the […]
EXCLUSIVE — The front-runner in Kentucky’s crowded GOP Senate primary is taking a cautious approach to rising healthcare costs that could become a top issue in the midterm elections. Former state Attorney General Daniel Cameron, during a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday with the Washington Examiner, did not rule out the need to address expiring Obamacare […]
