A woman charged with plotting to blow up the New York State Capitol for the Islamic State group had the feigned encouragement of three undercover FBI operatives until her arrest, court records show. Albany-based Muslim convert Jessica Bowie was arrested Wednesday “as she gained possession of what she believed to be an explosive device” for […]
President Donald Trump announced Friday that U.S. pardon attorney Ed Martin will leave the Justice Department to do legal work for Republicans pertaining to the 2026 and 2028 election cycles. Martin, a staunch Trump loyalist, served as the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia before being installed into his current role by the […]
Vice President JD Vance slammed Democrats as an elitist group more concerned about high-earning workers than working-class voters during a hometown stop in Middletown, Ohio, on Friday. Speaking at a steel plant where his grandfather used to work, Vance claimed the Democratic Party had strayed from the legacy of former Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and […]
The newly sanctioned president of the International Criminal Court is decrying President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the organization. The State Department announced on Tuesday that it would be sanctioning ICC President Tomoko Akane, a Japanese legal scholar who serves as the ICC’s president, for having “directly engaged in efforts by the ICC to investigate, […]
The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a major yet temporary win on Friday by allowing construction to continue on the White House ballroom for now. The high court issued an administrative stay on its emergency docket, signed by Chief Justice John Roberts, allowing construction to continue on the ballroom. The stay will be in […]
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling on Friday quashing Justice Department subpoenas seeking records from New York Attorney General Letitia James’s office, prompting the department to say it will take the fight to the Supreme Court. “We disagree with the court’s decision, and intend to take this case to the Supreme Court,” […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) on Friday launched a website for Pennsylvania residents to provide his office with feedback about data centers. The governor said the website would provide a mechanism to help him “stop bad-faith developers who try to bully their way into our communities with no regulation or oversight,” by giving residents a place […]
A Texas appeals court has reduced a $50 million judgment against Alex Jones for falsely claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a staged hoax to $1.5 million. The ruling stems from a 2022 trial in which Jones, a Texas-based right-wing political commentator and conspiracy theorist, was found liable by default for defamation […]
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) filed another emergency motion regarding the Trump administration’s proposed signage on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts overnight, arguing their new plan crosses a boundary as well. In a series of back-to-back overnight filings, representatives for the Kennedy Center told the court that they would not be renaming […]
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford endorsed Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) ahead of President Donald Trump‘s Friday campaign stop for Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC), Norman’s opponent in the special primary election runoff to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham. “Are there things on which I disagree with Ralph, absolutely,” Sanford wrote in a statement […]
