The United States military launched another round of strikes against Iran for the second consecutive day late Wednesday night into Thursday morning. The military operation was described as “self-defense strikes” and came after failed efforts to agree to a peace deal and after Iran shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter. Renewed military strikes have bombarded […]
U.S. prosecutors announced Wednesday that they would not seek the death penalty for the man charged with the political assassination of a high-ranking Minnesota House Democrat and her husband and the attempted murders of a state senator and his wife. The agreement was part of a plea deal reached ahead of a change-of-plea hearing scheduled […]
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) said Russian operatives compromised his account on the encrypted messaging app Signal, adding that federal investigators are now examining the breach. Bacon, one of Congress‘s most vocal Republican supporters of aid to Ukraine, told Politico hackers linked to the Russian government gained access to his Signal account roughly four to five […]
Residents of a Mississippi city bordering Tennessee filed a class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk‘s xAI and SpaceX, alleging that a data center and power-generation facility near Memphis has subjected thousands of people to “pervasive and inescapable” noise and vibrations. Three residents of Southaven, Mississippi, just south of the Tennessee border, filed the lawsuit on behalf […]
The House will vote Thursday morning on a short-term reauthorization of a key government spy program ahead of a Friday deadline, taking control of the surveillance authority’s future as talks in the Senate stall. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced Wednesday that the House will vote on a short-term extension of Section 702 of the […]
The Florida Supreme Court declined to block the newly enacted congressional map that could net Republicans up to four seats in the Sunshine State. In a 6-1 ruling, the state’s high court ruled it lacks the jurisdiction to rule on a case currently being litigated in a lower court. The ruling does not end the […]
Iran announced it was closing the Strait of Hormuz to all vessels after the United States launched strikes on “multiple targets” on Wednesday evening. “From this moment on, due to insecurity in the region, the Strait of Hormuz is declared closed to the traffic of any type of vessel, including oil tankers and commercial vessels, […]
The Department of Justice indicted eight anti-Israel protesters associated with the University of Michigan who it said engaged in disruptive “autonomous actions,” including at a local Jewish nonprofit group. “In America, we rule by law not by fear,” U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. said on Wednesday. “These alleged […]
Police have arrested at least 30 people for assaulting law enforcement and other felony offenses outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Delaney Hall immigrant detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, since Memorial Day. A number of those arrested traveled from out-of-state, including Colorado, Connecticut, and Washington, to take part in the demonstration, which began on Sunday, […]
Social Security Administration Commissioner Frank Bisignano stood up for his agency in his congressional testimony on Wednesday, touting lower call wait times and greater efficiency as he said the SSA is having its “best all-around performance ever” under the Trump administration. The SSA chief’s testimony came just one day after the Social Security board of […]
