Under the Trump administration, the Justice Department is ramping up riot-related prosecutions, especially against far-left actors assaulting federal officers and vandalizing government property. Dozens of antifa-affiliated extremists are facing federal charges brought by the Trump DOJ, including accusations of violent crimes carrying years of mandatory prison sentences. The risk of prison time is reportedly deterring […]
President Donald Trump has announced the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees, whose contributions to art and culture will be commemorated in a ceremony hosted by the president later this year. Golden Globe award-winning Rocky and Rambo action movie star Sylvester Stallone, monochromic face-painted rock band KISS, “King of Country” singer-songwriter George Strait, “I Will Survive” disco queen […]
AT&T agreed to a $177 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit regarding two data breaches last year. Customers who believe their data was targeted in the company’s March or July 2024 breach could be eligible for up to $7,500 in claims, which must be filed by Nov. 18, 2025. The Dallas-based telecommunications company announced […]
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani escalated their attacks on each other as the mayoral election in New York City approaches. Though defeated by Mamdani in the Democratic primary, Cuomo has continued his run for mayor as an Independent. With incumbent Mayor Eric Adams’s poll numbers tanking and Republican Curtis Sliwa […]
A majority of the funds that propelled Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw to victory in the Democratic primary for Virginia’s 11th Congressional District came from his dead boss’s campaign account, not funds he raised organically, a Washington Examiner review of campaign finance records found. Walkinshaw was chief of staff to the late Democratic Virginia Rep. […]
(The Center Square) – Beginning Jan. 1, a new Illinois law cracks down on predatory towing by letting the Illinois Commerce Commission impound unregistered trucks and suspend plates tied to unpaid fines. Senate Bill 2040 passed both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly unanimously and was signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Aug. 1. […]
(The Center Square) – Gov. Tony Evers is blaming the Trump Administration for a potential $29 million funding cut that Evers says will block Wisconsin from completing the process of modernizing its unemployment insurance system. Evers wrote a letter to U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer on Tuesday, stating that without the funds “the […]
(The Center Square) — The Justice Department has reached a settlement with the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to resolve a federal lawsuit targeting the elite schools over race-based admissions policies. Lawsuits filed by Students for Fair Admissions Inc., a group that represents students, targeted West Point and the U.S. Air Force Academy in Boulder, […]
North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the latter’s summit in Alaska this week. Putin, who will meet with President Donald Trump on Friday in Anchorage to discuss paths to peace, spoke to Kim on the 80th anniversary of North Korea’s “liberation,” according to the North Korean […]
The Supreme Court scheduled its first slate of arguments for its 2025-2026 term, including a second round of arguments in a case involving Louisiana’s congressional map, which could have wider ramifications for other states’ maps. The high court will hear a second round of oral arguments on Oct. 15 in the case about the constitutionality […]
