Sometimes, in the dark nights of this film critic’s soul, I wonder if I am being too harsh on Robert De Niro. You see, I am a fan neither of De Niro’s muddled, inarticulate acting style nor his career-long attraction to grotesque parts — Travis Bickle and the like. But whenever I wonder if I […]
Some Republicans are stepping out of line with the Trump administration’s immigration agenda just weeks ahead of the midterm elections, criticizing how the White House has deployed Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Over the past week, House and Senate lawmakers have privately and publicly spoken out against or questioned President Donald Trump’s all-out approach to deportations. […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) appointed New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor for the reopened gang rape case at Cornell University on Thursday. The governor made the move days after Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten revived the case based on new evidence filed by the alleged sexual assault victim. With her […]
During a congressional hearing this week, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) claimed former special counsel Jack Smith once attended an NBA game in Georgia to tie him to Fulton County’s prosecution of President Donald Trump, but according to a report, the texts the senator cited did not reference any basketball team names. Schmitt accused Smith of […]
The Department of Justice reindicted accused pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr., doubling the number of felony counts against him days after his lawyers released a transcript of the FBI interview in which he confessed to planting two devices outside the national party headquarters before Jan. 6, 2021. A federal grand jury returned an eight-count […]
President Donald Trump urged Texas voters to support state Attorney General Ken Paxton in his Senate battle against Democrat James Talarico, as polls show the race is a toss-up for either political party, during a campaign swing through the state Thursday. “We need Ken so badly, and that’s why I’m here. I wanted to stop […]
A federal judge restored Roger Rogoff as the top federal prosecutor in Seattle on Thursday, ruling that President Donald Trump could not fire a U.S. attorney whom district judges had appointed less than an hour earlier. U.S. District Judge Stanley Bastian, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, granted Rogoff a preliminary injunction and ordered […]
An employee for the Department of Energy was charged with allegedly attempting to provide material support or resources to the Houthis, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday. Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, a 51-year-old resident of Richland, Washington, is accused of helping the foreign terrorist organization by acquiring materials for homemade explosives and drones and by […]
President Donald Trump is stumping for Republicans on Thursday at a midterm election rally in Oklahoma. Trump is touting his administration’s economic and trade agenda in back-to-back trips to Texas and Oklahoma. He was touring a truck factory in Denton, Texas, before heading to Durant, Oklahoma. The two cities are about 86 miles apart. TRUMP […]
An incident at Cornell University involving alleged gang rape is stoking controversy after a woman filed a lawsuit alleging sexual assault nearly two years after she said the incident occurred. A young woman whose identity was shielded with a “Jane Doe” name filed the lawsuit on Sept. 16 in New York court, alleging seven members […]
