Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts announced the arrests of 15 people, including 11 suspected illegal immigrants, accused of collectively stealing more than $1.4 million from taxpayer-funded benefit programs in what officials described as the opening phase of a broader fraud enforcement campaign. The charges, unveiled Thursday by U.S. Attorney Leah Foley’s office in Boston, span a […]
Israel on Thursday said it would continue military operations in Lebanon, despite the agreement between the United States and Iran that pledged to terminate the conflict. Israel released a new map of its footprint in Lebanon, showing it has slightly expanded its “security zone” in the country by a few miles. Israel’s military said that […]
Long before President Donald Trump was booted off Twitter — and even longer before it became X — he was rattling off late-night tweets about Iran. The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, President Barack Obama’s “Iran nuclear deal,” was a major object of Trump’s Twitter ire. The Art of the Deal author argued that […]
Welcome to Thursday’s Washington Secrets. Have you noticed? Something strange has happened to Laura Loomer — she has changed her mind. We have the inside story on just why she saw the light on Ukraine. Plus, we identify the one moment of clarity in Donald Trump’s odd G7 press conference yesterday. And did Jill Biden […]
A congressional candidate running in Florida has vowed to rename the state’s I-75 the “President Donald J. Trump interstate” in an effort to secure a coveted endorsement. I-75, also known as “Alligator Alley,” is a 78-mile stretch that runs through the Florida Everglades, connecting Naples on the Gulf Coast to Fort Lauderdale on the Atlantic […]
The new Qatari jet gifted to President Donald Trump will soon begin service in the president’s fleet, according to Air Force and White House officials. Trump acquired the jet, dubbed the VC-25B Bridge aircraft by the Air Force, from Qatar earlier this year, and the Air Force has been preparing it to be used as […]
Fifteen suspected members of an antifa network in Minneapolis were indicted on federal conspiracy charges for allegedly coordinating a monthslong campaign to obstruct Immigration and Customs Enforcement by force through “highly organized” surveillance and street combat tactics. The antifa cell is accused of collaborating since January to prevent federal officers from enforcing U.S. immigration law, […]
The Supreme Court found the Justice Department’s prosecution of a marijuana user under a federal law barring unlawful drug users from owning firearms was unconstitutional, handing down another key Second Amendment ruling on Thursday that will have implications for marijuana users across the country. Justice Neil Gorsuch penned the majority opinion, finding that the federal […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha reacted to a new poll indicating that American pride is facing a sharp decline from years prior, but cited that Republicans are on the opposite end of the trend. “One party is the happy party,” Concha said on Fox News’s Fox & Friends First on Thursday. The poll was published […]
EXCLUSIVE — Republicans’ latest plan to address voter identification would create a new grant program for states that provide IDs at no cost to those who cannot afford one. The Voter ID Act, first shared with the Washington Examiner, was introduced by House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) on Thursday. The legislation would require voters […]
