The Supreme Court reinstated a murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz on Monday morning. The justices ruled 6-3, with all three liberal judges dissenting. Prosecutors had been working to try suspect Pedro Hernandez for a third time after his first trial ended in a mistrial. A U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
Texas officials urged the Supreme Court to deny emergency petitions filed by a pair of activist groups to stop the implementation of the Lone Star State’s law requiring app stores to verify users’ ages. The Supreme Court is considering a pair of emergency petitions filed by Students Engaged in Advancing Texas, a left-wing education activist […]
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from implementing a voter verification system that would combine Social Security information with citizenship records, ruling that the effort unlawfully exposed sensitive personal data and led to eligible voters being wrongly flagged as noncitizens. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who is based in Washington, D.C., halted […]
President Donald Trump voiced his growing frustration with NATO on Monday, just two days before he’s slated to host Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House, and suggested he might decline to defend the alliance from Russia. “The numbers that we spend are so crazy on NATO, and they weren’t there for us,” he […]
Rep. John James (R-MI) earned a coveted endorsement from President Donald Trump on Monday, a surprise announcement that will help cement his front-runner status in Michigan’s GOP primary for governor. The president praised James, a two-term House member, as a “Highly Respected U.S. Congressman” and highlighted his military service as a combat pilot who served […]
President Donald Trump remained adamant that problems with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool post-renovation were due to vandals and not the construction team that was given a no-bid contract for the project. Trump and his White House aides have attributed the new coat of “American flag blue” paint peeling to a 300-foot “gash” on the […]
Two of Iran’s most prominent statesmen landed in Muscat, Oman, on Monday to discuss the possible management of the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are two of the most influential non-Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials in Iran, making the visit particularly notable. They were welcomed by […]
President Donald Trump denied that Iran has economic leverage over the United States as the two nations continue to negotiate a broader deal to end Tehran’s nuclear ambitions for good. Trump was asked during a White House event on Monday about the ongoing peace talks led by Vice President JD Vance and whether Iran, a […]
Right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson, who made his name on Fox News before he was fired three years ago, said he is leaving the Republican Party as he diverges further from the GOP establishment. “I’m out,” he said on the Can’t Be Censored podcast. “And if I’m out, then I think a lot of other people […]
A Utah judge denied an effort by Tyler Robinson’s lawyers to have his former roommate and lover be subpoenaed to testify at next month’s preliminary hearing ahead of Robinson’s trial for allegedly killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Judge Tony Graf denied two motions by Robinson’s lawyers in a Utah County court Monday, including one to have […]
