The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has begun an investigation into Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led the Biden Department of Justice’s classified documents and Jan. 6 cases against President Donald Trump. According to multiple reports, the OSC, an independent federal agency, is investigating Smith over alleged violations of the 1939 Hatch Act, […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) broke with his party in defending President Donald Trump‘s handling of tariffs and trade deals. On Saturday, Fetterman answered, “Absolutely,” when asked by Fox News if he believed Trump was winning the trade war. He cited the successful trade deal with the European Union, struck this week, and progress in negotiations […]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin public officials cannot hide private text messages and messages on private messaging apps involving public business and they are accountable for legal fees in cases where the court finds the records should be released, a Wisconsin appeals court ruled. The ruling came in Midwest Environmental Advocates v. Prehn, a case […]
Sixteen Democratic-run states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over its moves against access to transgender procedures and treatment. In a 79-page lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, the group accused the Trump administration of “relentlessly, cruelly, and unlawfully” targeting transgender youth and 18-year-olds. They are seeking an […]
(The Center Square) – Local and federal law enforcement searched for two illegal immigrants who allegedly tried to ram their vehicle into U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers near Colorado Springs. The search was started in the Black Forest area, where ICE said the immigrants Thursday morning tried to run over officers from the agency’s Denver […]
(The Center Square) — Nevada’s Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security is bracing for federal funding cuts to an urban security grant. The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to cut $1 billion from the Urban Areas Security Initiative, as was leaked by CNN last week. Nevada looks set to lose considerable funds if President Donald Trump approves […]
MIAMI (AP) — A Miami jury decided that Elon Musk’s car company Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology and must pay the victims more than $240 million in damages. The federal jury held that Tesla bore significant responsibility because its technology failed and that not […]
Authorities were scouring a mountainous area of western Montana on Saturday for a military veteran who they say opened fire at a bar, killing four people. Michael Paul Brown, 45, fled The Owl Bar in the small town of Anaconda in a white pickup truck but ditched it at some point, said Lee Johnson, administrator of the […]
(The Center Square) – A community organizer, a Boeing engineer, and an aerospace contractor are running for Everett City Council District 4, but one might not even qualify. Niko Battle is a community organizer, small business owner, and lifelong advocate for youth empowerment, public safety, and working families. His platform includes filling the 90 vacancies at the […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — SpaceX delivered a fresh crew to the International Space Station on Saturday, making the trip in a quick 15 hours. The four U.S., Russian and Japanese astronauts pulled up in their SpaceX capsule after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. They will spend at least six months at the orbiting lab, swapping places with colleagues up […]
