Keiko Fujimori won the Peruvian presidential election on her fourth try, making Peru the latest in a trend of Latin American countries shifting right since President Donald Trump took office. Fujimori, the daughter of former strongman President Alberto Fujimori, embraced her father’s controversial legacy, which has defined Peru’s politics since the 1990s. The new president […]
For nearly a decade, a husband-and-wife team operated a network of massage businesses stretching across New Jersey and New York. These seemingly innocent storefronts concealed brothels where women were expected to provide sexual services to customers from morning until midnight. The case, which ended in guilty pleas in late May, offers a glimpse into a […]
EXCLUSIVE — A government watchdog group has filed a bar complaint against U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, accusing the Biden appointee of engaging in dishonesty, deceit, and conduct that interfered with the administration of justice during her tenure as a senior Justice Department official before joining the federal bench. The complaint, obtained exclusively by the […]
President Donald Trump took a shot at the Supreme Court on Tuesday by congratulating China and Chinese President Xi Jinping after the court decided to uphold a broad definition of birthright citizenship. “I would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great Country of China, on their massive Birthright Citizenship WIN!” Trump wrote on Truth […]
Fourteen House Republicans took down a procedural measure to attach the SAVE America Act to the the $1.15 trillion defense spending bill. The procedural rule vote failed 198-224. Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and Chip Roy (R-TX) led the charge to defeat the rule vote, which included 12 other GOP members. House Majority Leader Steve […]
A House of Representatives hearing on the CIA‘s MKUltra mind control program descended into a political thrashing when Republicans quizzed former NIH researcher Elizabeth Ginexi about “integrity problems” and “trust issues” in American medical research. The House oversight committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets billed its Tuesday morning hearing as an effort […]
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) announced that the CIA is working to declassify recently discovered MKUltra documents tied to the agency’s Cold War-era mind-control experiments. Luna, the chairwoman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, gave the update during a hearing Tuesday dedicated to “uncovering the […]
President Donald Trump is turning to Congress to pass legislation on birthright citizenship after an attempt to end the practice via executive order was struck down by the Supreme Court. The court voted down Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship by a 6-3 vote on Tuesday morning, striking down an executive order that Trump signed on his […]
Prominent Democrats at the federal and state levels celebrated Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision that upheld birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment, dealing a blow to the Trump administration. Though they were ecstatic about the news, Democratic lawmakers stressed the importance of being proactive and not getting too comfortable following the ruling. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), […]
Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy, blasted the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling, calling it “destructive” and “outrageous.” The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment on Tuesday. The court invalidated Trump’s order and reaffirmed that birthright citizenship applies to children born […]
