At least nine top-ranked American universities send students to a Cuban school tied to Cuba’s intelligence apparatus to learn about Marxism and other regime-approved topics. Cuba’s University of Havana has built student exchange agreements with seven Ivy League schools and two others ranked among U.S. News and World Report’s top 15 institutions, a Washington Examiner […]
CEUTA, Spain (AP) — At least 18 migrants died trying to reach the Spanish territory of Ceuta after thousands of people breached the frontier with Morocco and poured into the tiny Spanish territory. The border crisis boiled over Thursday and overnight. Spain’s state broadcaster RTVE broadcast images of burned cars on the Moroccan side of […]
The Seattle police chief who oversaw the widely criticized emergency response to a shooting earlier this week has tendered his resignation, Mayor Katie Wilson announced on Thursday. Shon Barnes departed from his leadership position at the Seattle Police Department, four days after a shooting at the three-day Bite of Seattle food festival near the city’s […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit handed the Trump administration a loss Thursday on its policy of mandatory detention for illegal immigrants, adding to the deep divide among federal appeals courts on the legality of the policy. A three-judge panel on the 9th Circuit ruled 2-1 to reject the Trump administration’s assertion […]
Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy’s adult son, who allegedly shot his mother at their Virginia home earlier this week, will undergo a competency evaluation to determine whether he can understand the legal proceedings against him. A judge in Loudoun County granted the defense attorney’s motion for a competency evaluation during a Thursday court […]
Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), filed a restraining order on Thursday against her ex-husband, Rep. Max Miller (R-OH), alleging he grabbed her lawyer before she told her former spouse to let go of him. The restraining order, filed in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, detailed the alleged encounter between Miller and domestic-relations attorney […]
EXCLUSIVE — Steve Bannon is predicting that President Donald Trump’s increasingly strained relationship with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is headed toward an irreparable break, arguing that a showdown over acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination may be the final straw. Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist and a close outside ally, told the Washington […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is calling himself the conscience of the Democratic Party for his willingness to support Israel. Fetterman met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week at Blair House in Washington, where the pair emphasized the close partnership between the United States and Israel. “I’m proud to remain the conscience of the […]
The drama in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District’s Democratic primary reached a boiling point Wednesday after former Navy SEAL Matt Maasdam hinted that former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink should drop out of the race ahead of Tuesday’s primary. Maasdam and Brink, two moderate, establishment-backed candidates, are in a bitter battle to secure the nomination, […]
Fourteen nations led by Saudi Arabia announced the creation of a naval coalition intended to keep the Bab el-Mandeb Strait open after the Houthis began harassing shipping, they said in a joint statement. The coalition’s 14 founding members, announced on Thursday, are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Sudan, Djibouti, […]
