The former Somali-born aide to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has been sentenced to serve three years in federal prison for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud case. Abdi Nur Salah was ordered on Thursday to spend 33 months behind bars for stealing $1.6 million in child nutrition funds as the operator of a […]
Amazon Prime members could see some extra money in their pockets as part of a settlement from the Federal Trade Commission over the technology’s subscription enrollments. The FTC is not contacting people about the refunds. The FTC said anyone contacting consumers about the refunds is a scammer and should be reported. The lawsuit alleges that […]
A federal judge has indefinitely blocked ICE officers from arresting illegal immigrants at immigration courthouses in New York City on the basis that the Trump administration’s policy for it was invalid. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel for the Southern District of New York, a George W. Bush appointee, ruled Thursday that federal law enforcement […]
Pope Leo XIV claims that the Catholic Church will be pursuing an “alliance” with artists and institutions to protect the human element in creative works against artificial intelligence. The pontiff met with artists at a Friday event organized by the Dicastery for Culture and Education, where he explained that art is not “a mere accessory,” […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced legislation Friday that would prohibit the federal government from using Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader cameras and cut off federal funding for state and local governments that use the technology. The legislation, dubbed the Ban Flock Act, would bar federal […]
For the first time in the ceremony’s history, the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony will not be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and will instead by held at Washington, D.C.’s Capital One Arena. This year’s annual ceremony, scheduled for Dec. 7, 2026, will take place in the downtown arena, which […]
White House border czar Tom Homan on Wednesday questioned why some Republicans are distancing themselves from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s deportation operations, telling them to meet with the agency about their concerns. Several GOP candidates in competitive races for reelection, including Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Monica De La Cruz (R-TX), recently released […]
Welcome to Friday’s edition of Washington Secrets, with your guide to who is up and who is down this week. Your usual scribe, Rob Crilly, is traversing the plains of Kansas today, so this is Chris Irvine pinch-hitting. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. As usual, we run […]
Former Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s bodyguard and former partner was arrested again this week for violating the terms of his pretrial release after law enforcement officials pinged him at a gun shop in Phoenix, Arizona. Officials say Matthew Ammel, Sinema’s former bodyguard with whom she had an affair, was allegedly trying to obtain a gun, […]
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha blasted Democratic California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra’s debate performance against Republican Steve Hilton. “Becerra had no answers whatsoever because Steve Hilton was dealing in facts,” Concha said on Fox Business’s The Evening Edit on Thursday. “When you look at this debate, it was absolutely a Mike Tyson in the ’80s […]
