The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that Mario Flores, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, was sentenced to eight years in prison for fraudulently cashing $89 million in a payroll scheme between 2015 and 2022, which involved employing other illegal immigrants working in the United States. Flores also filed false tax documents with the Internal […]
Recent headlines about the Environmental Protection Agency’s “endangerment finding” and the challenges it faces could be confusing to many a reader because of all the parties involved. Attorneys general of 25 states filed suit, requesting intervenor status, to uphold the current EPA’s move to scrap what is called the “endangerment finding” by former President Barack […]
Tuesday’s surge of socialist victories in New York could spell trouble for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) if he runs in 2028, even as he’s stepped up efforts to appease disgruntled Democrats eager for fresh leadership and combat President Donald Trump. The results, which included the defeat of two establishment Democrats, present perhaps the […]
A Chicago health facility diagnoses transgender patients with a vague medical condition to prescribe cross-sex hormones despite growing suspicion that the diagnosis is fraudulent. The Howard Brown Health Center’s website says it avoids stigmatizing transgender patients on hormones by giving their insurance providers a diagnosis for an unspecified “endocrine disorder,” which typically refers to one’s […]
The U.S. military is actively “surging forces” to Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes hit the South American country on Wednesday. U.S. Southern Command moved on Thursday to deploy available resources, including transport ships and aircraft, to support the disaster relief efforts led by the State Department. “These forces will provide specialized mobility services and support […]
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., ordered the Department of Justice on Thursday to unredact more pages of the Epstein files within one week or explain why it cannot. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, issued a preliminary injunction requiring acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to comply with the […]
The man who set a local Virginia politician on fire last summer has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Circuit Judge James Reynolds handed down the sentence to Shotsie Buck-Hayes on Thursday as Danville City Councilman Lee Vogler and his family watched the court hearing. Buck-Hayes pursued Vogler at his office with a bucket […]
Vice President JD Vance praised former President Richard Nixon as a “character in history” with whom he’s “fascinated,” saying he personally liked the 37th president for the similarities they shared in public office. “A young senator, vice president, writes some bestselling books, is hated by the media — it kind of sounds like JD Vance,” […]
Justice Samuel Alito took aim at arguments from Hawaii‘s reliance on the “spirit of aloha” as rationale for expansive and restrictive gun laws, in a ruling Thursday striking down a sweeping firearm law in the Aloha State. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3, on ideological lines, to strike down a sweeping Hawaii gun law that required […]
Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) is reportedly hosting a campaign fundraiser on Tuesday, the day of his return to Congress, after being absent for more than three months due to an unspecified health condition. Kean will resume his official duties as a congressman on Tuesday and attend a reception in his honor later that day, […]
