A federal grand jury in Washington declined to indict a lawyer accused of threatening National Guard troops patrolling the city as part of President Donald Trump’s federal crime surge, adding to a growing list of felony rejections facing U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office. Paul Anthony Bryant, a West Point and Columbia Law School graduate, was arrested on Aug. 24 after allegedly […]
Russia is attacking Poland with Iranian drones, testing the NATO alliance’s resolve as the country wars with Ukraine, a Republican lawmaker said. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) said the country is targeting Poland to test the military alliance. “Russia is attacking NATO ally Poland with Iranian shahed drones less than a week after President Trump hosted […]
Border czar Tom Homan got into a heated exchange with MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski on Morning Joe Tuesday, pushing back against accusations that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had “disappeared” people during immigration enforcement actions. The fiery interview began when Brzezinski pressed Homan about whether immigrants with jobs, driver’s licenses, and children serving in the United […]
William Burns, the previous Central Intelligence Agency director, accused the Trump administration of enacting “a campaign of retribution” under “the guise of a reform process” on Tuesday. The Biden administration’s CIA chief gave his scathing rebuke of the current administration’s transformation of the intelligence community during an event with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. […]
James Walkinshaw, a Democrat who served as a longtime aide to the late Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly, won the special election to succeed him in the House of Representatives on Tuesday night. The Associated Press called the race for Walkinshaw at 7:36 p.m., 36 minutes after the polls closed. Walkinshaw defeated Republican Stewart Whitson 74.9% […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) suggested in a podcast appearance that law enforcement’s purpose is to solve, not prevent, crime. Police departments, including Crockett’s local Dallas Police Department, often devote resources to crime prevention. The DPD’s mission statement says it provides “preventive” services and “strives to reduce crime.” Crockett emphasized law enforcement’s role in solving crime […]
Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon warned jurisdictions considering reparations packages that approving them would violate the law. Dhillon told Newsmax on Monday that a reparations package being considered by Buncombe County, North Carolina, would violate federal law if approved. The $2.9 million package was scheduled for a vote on […]
Chief Justice John Roberts granted a temporary pause on Tuesday to a lower court order requiring the Trump administration to spend billions in foreign aid. The administrative stay was granted a day after the Trump administration filed the request to the Supreme Court’s emergency docket seeking a stay of the order by U.S. District Judge […]
(The Center Square) – Public safety aspects, and the safety and security budgets of the Charlotte Area Transit System are under review by the state auditor in North Carolina. First-term Republican Auditor Dave Boliek said Tuesday “recent lawlessness and violence” prompted his office to act. The Aug. 22 murder of Iryna Zarutska fueled the concerns […]
President Donald Trump said a Princeton student held captive by the Iraqi militant group Kataib Hezbollah was released after “months of torture.” Elizabeth Tsurkov, 38, a Russian Israeli researcher, was conducting research in Baghdad when she was abducted at a cafe on March 21, 2023. After months of no updates on her whereabouts, Trump announced […]
