New Jersey district judges and the Trump administration came to an agreement to appoint career prosecutor Robert Frazer as Alina Habba’s replacement as U.S. attorney for New Jersey. Chief Judge Renee Marie Bumb announced Frazer’s departure in a single-sentence notice on the state court’s website on Monday, with the appointment effective Monday. The appointment marks […]
Kermit Gosnell, the former abortionist convicted in Pennsylvania of first-degree murder of three born-alive infants during botched late-term abortions, died this month in state custody. Gosnell, 85, was serving three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole in Huntingdon County after being convicted by a jury in May 2013. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections […]
Donna Motsinger has been awarded $19.25 million after a jury found that entertainer Bill Cosby had drugged and raped her, concluding a civil trial centered on allegations dating back more than five decades. A California civil jury found Cosby liable for sexual assault and sexual battery, awarding Motsinger $17.5 million for past mental suffering and […]
California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer dodged answering how he would grade the current governor’s two terms on Sunday. Steyer is one of many Democrats running to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) in this November’s election. A reporter asked Steyer how he would grade the term-limited governor’s leadership from A to F, to which Steyer […]
The Smithsonian Institution on Monday unveiled its brand new “Our Shared Future” programming for America’s 250th birthday this year, after the White House launched a review of the group’s plans. The series of events and exhibitions throughout the year is part of the Smithsonian museum network’s “Our Shared Future: 250” title. The purpose of the programming is […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to testify Tuesday in the federal trial of his ex-roommate and longtime political ally, who is accused of being a hired gun for deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. Rubio’s link to the case stems from his decades-old relationship with David Rivera, a former GOP congressman from Miami who […]
The Supreme Court appeared uneasy on Monday with the implications of Mississippi’s late-arriving mail ballot law — and how defining “Election Day” by when voters make their decisions, rather than by when the state receives their ballots, could create a mess of other issues. The high court heard arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee, […]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is calling an emergency Cabinet meeting following reports of Iranian strikes aimed at the U.S.-U.K. joint military base on Diego Garcia, but the British government will be examining “cost of living” concerns, not “military considerations.” The prime minister is convening a Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms meeting on Monday, a type […]
President Donald Trump said Monday that National Guard members deployed as part of his national crime initiative will begin receiving active-duty benefits. Trump announced the move during a visit to Tennessee to highlight the work of the Memphis Safe Task Force, described by White House officials as “a decisive, aggressive federal intervention involving the National […]
President Donald Trump rejected the latest attempt by Senate Republicans to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, dismissing a plan that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a later date. White House aides briefed the president on the plan Sunday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, as Democrats demand new guardrails on […]
