Bank of America agreed to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit on Monday brought by Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, who alleged the bank helped facilitate the late financier’s sex-trafficking operation, according to court records filed this week. Lawyers for the bank and a group of Epstein victims told the federal judge overseeing the case that they had […]
Officials in Cuba announced an islandwide blackout on Monday amid the country’s energy crisis. “A total disconnection of the National Electric Power System has occurred,” Cuban officials wrote on X, saying restoration efforts were underway. The blackout comes as the Trump administration turned its Latin American focus to Cuba following the capture of former Venezuelan […]
America250 on Monday announced it reached a critical milestone in a volunteer initiative designed to mark the semiquincentennial. The America250 commission surpassed over 2.5 million volunteer hours in its effort to pull off the largest national volunteer initiative in U.S. history. “As I’ve met with partner organizations and community leaders across the country, I’ve felt […]
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) got into a heated exchange with Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Monday outside an airport in Austin, where the two traded blame for a partial government shutdown that has left Transportation Security Administration agents without a paycheck. As Cornyn was delivering food to TSA workers at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Casar, […]
Details about the White House’s first-ever UFC fight are emerging, as organizers grapple with logistical and security issues for the historic event in Washington, D.C. Michael Chandler, one of several fighters headlining the June 14 event on the White House’s South Lawn, said Monday that top UFC brass are “still trying to figure things out.” […]
Congressional Democrats are referring outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to the Justice Department for lying under oath during her oversight hearings before the House and Senate earlier this month. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the ranking members of their chambers’ respective judiciary committees, asked Attorney General Pam Bondi on […]
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who once led the federal immigration operation in Minnesota, is retiring by the end of the month. His departure comes after President Donald Trump ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was simultaneously reassigned as special envoy for the Shield of the Americas. This is a breaking news story and […]
Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY) campaign is airing an ad highlighting President Donald Trump’s previous endorsement of the incumbent lawmaker, as he angles to win reelection in the deep red state. Massie and Trump have feuded on and off for years over a range of issues, mostly centered on disagreements about fiscal matters, Israel and Jews, and […]
UFC CEO Dana White said on Monday he has “never had one person” criticize him in public for speaking in support of President Donald Trump. White became friends with Trump through the president’s love of fighting sports, recalling how they met at a UFC fight at the Trump Taj Mahal in New Jersey. Trump would […]
A group of Apaches filed a last-ditch effort to the Supreme Court to block a copper mining company from destroying a sacred Apache site in Arizona, after the high court denied an effort to block the land transfer last year. The group of Apache women leading the latest lawsuit argued the justices should immediately halt […]
