A federal magistrate judge on Monday repeatedly compared the treatment of White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen to defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, questioning why the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump was subjected to stricter confinement measures than accused rioters. During a hearing in Washington, D.C., Magistrate Judge Zia M. […]
A Somali scammer convicted in Minnesota’s largest-ever Medicaid fraud case will likely avoid jail time after striking a plea deal with state Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office last week. Said Awil Ibrahim, 26, pled guilty on Friday to two counts of aiding and abetting theft by swindle for his role in a sprawling home healthcare […]
The Supreme Court unanimously handed a crisis pregnancy center a victory last week in its bid to fight a subpoena seeking its donor list, marking a major win for both First Amendment rights and anti-abortion groups operating in states that allow access to abortion. The justices ruled 9-0 Wednesday in favor of allowing First Choice […]
Authorities said at least two people are dead and 25 people are injured after a car drove through a crowd in Leipzig, Germany. At least two others sustained serious injuries, according to German news agency Radio Leipzig. The perpetrator was reportedly a German man in his mid-30s, and he appeared mentally disturbed at his arrest. […]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Sunday heralded her plan to target fraud in Minnesota if her campaign to become the state’s next governor is successful. Klobuchar sought to distance herself from Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), who dropped his reelection bid amid accusations he largely turned a blind eye to rampant fraud in taxpayer-funded social services […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has signed Florida’s new congressional map into law that could net Republicans four new seats in the state’s congressional delegation. “Signed, Sealed, and Delivered,” DeSantis wrote on X with the new congressional map underneath. THE DEMOCRATS WHO ARE SCRAMBLING AFTER FLORIDA PASSED DESANTIS’S MAP GERRYMANDER DeSantis championed the Sunshine State’s redistricting […]
Prediction market platform Kalshi is rolling out new safeguards to prevent minors from trading as political and regulatory pressure on the fast-growing industry intensifies. Prediction markets such as Kalshi and rival platform Polymarket allow users to wager on outcomes ranging from elections to sports and weather, drawing criticism from lawmakers who argue the products closely […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will head to Rome and Vatican City on Wednesday to speak with leaders for bilateral talks, the State Department announced. “Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Rome, Italy May 6-8 to advance bilateral relations with Italy and the Vatican. Secretary Rubio will meet with Holy See leadership to […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said that Spirit Airlines wasn’t “destined to prosper,” after the company announced it would shut down following years of struggles. “Here you just had the market working,” York said on Fox & Friends on Monday. “Spirit was in bankruptcy twice. It had an ever-diminishing share of passengers, and […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is in the process of recovering from a pneumonia diagnosis, his spokesman said, after being hospitalized in Florida on Sunday. Giuliani’s pneumonia battle was complicated by an underlying respiratory condition he was diagnosed with after helping New Yorkers during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade […]
