A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from removing any more trees at the East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C., until Oct. 26. Judge Ana C. Reyes, a Biden-appointed district judge for the District of Columbia, issued the temporary restraining order on Tuesday, after the Trump administration removed hundreds of trees over […]
Duane “Keffe D” Davis, an ex-gang leader, was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in 1996. In August, the 63-year-old was found guilty of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon. At the conclusion of the two-week trial, jurors took less than three […]
Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer after having a nodule removed from his lung, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. The Holy Father underwent surgery at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome to remove the nodule, which he had previously characterized as minor and treatable. The Vatican said in a statement that an examination […]
An Air Force military officer has been kept in solitary confinement 24 hours a day since August after calling for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, according to his attorney. Maj. Jason Watson was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol on July 1 after speaking at a news conference in uniform with a sign reading, “Impeach. Convict. Remove.” […]
The New York attorney general’s office has asked town officials in upstate New York to explain their actions in responding to a residence where two suspected illegal immigrants hid on the roof to evade arrest by Border Patrol agents. The office of Democrat Letitia James has requested information from local officials in the northern border […]
The Justice Department reached a $315 million settlement with CVS Pharmacy on Tuesday over allegations that the chain improperly filled prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances, then sought reimbursement for many of those prescriptions from federal healthcare programs. The settlement resolves a lawsuit filed by the government in 2024 on behalf of former CVS […]
The super PAC affiliated with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is pulling funding from a vulnerable House Republican in Iowa within days of the pair campaigning together to rally support in the weeks before Election Day. The House GOP’s Congressional Leadership Fund is diverting funding from the reelection campaign of Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) just […]
The candidates vying for the seat of retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) spent their first debate trying to convince voters they would be independent voices for New Hampshire, whether their party controls Washington or not. John E. Sununu, a Republican who served a single term in the Senate nearly two decades ago, kept Donald Trump […]
Vice President JD Vance announced Tuesday that President Donald Trump is invoking the Defense Production Act to expand the Delek oil refinery in Tyler, Texas. Vance was in Tyler to campaign for Ken Paxton and other Republican candidates when he made the announcement. “We want millions of gallons of commercial-grade and military spec fuel to […]
The United States has not stopped sharing its intelligence with Ukraine, President Donald Trump said Tuesday after a news report claimed that the administration threatened to withhold intelligence from its European ally if Ukrainian strikes continued hitting Russian oil refineries. “We help them, but we’re really helping them get to a final answer,” Trump told […]
