Erika Kirk’s attorneys filed a motion for a speedy trial in Utah on Thursday, rejecting the defense’s request for a 2029 trial date in the case against Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer. Kirk wants the trial regarding her late husband’s murder to start at the “earliest practicable date” in 2027, preferably by the state prosecutors’ proposed […]
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he intends to use the Defense Production Act to bolster domestic oil refining capabilities in the hope of putting downward pressure on record-high diesel and gasoline prices. Trump told a crowd of supporters at a Sioux City, Iowa, campaign rally that he would be invoking the wartime production […]
Canada’s military disclosed on Thursday that a live grenade exercise was the cause of a recent deadly fire at an Alberta base, where four Canadian service members were killed and 39 people were injured. The grenade training sparked the fast-moving grass fire that was picked up by strong winds at the Canadian military base on […]
The Department of Justice on Thursday announced charges against a 22-year-old Utah man for attempting to commit a hate crime after he allegedly threatened online to blow up a synagogue and investigators found six improvised explosive pipe bombs at his home. Skyler AJ Rose of Ogden was indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt […]
The Supreme Court issued a ruling on Thursday, letting New Hampshire prohibit voters from using student identification cards to prove their identities before casting ballots in the midterm elections. The decision reverses a federal judge’s order blocking New Hampshire from enforcing a law that barred student IDs from being used for voter ID. The law […]
The New York City Council has voted to end the Big Apple’s horse-drawn carriage industry, which has been around for more than 160 years. The legislation passed in a 40-7 vote on Thursday afternoon. Its approval came just over a week after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a deal with City Council Speaker […]
Federal and California officials announced separate healthcare fraud crackdowns on Thursday, with federal prosecutors charging 15 people in cases alleging more than $2 billion in losses and state Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announcing charges and arrests against 103 providers accused of defrauding Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid, of more than $4.5 million. Justice […]
Elon Musk has reportedly invested $1 billion in Skydance, the media conglomerate that completed the merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery earlier this month. The news comes after previous reporting indicating that Skydance CEO and Chairman David Ellison was asking Musk for a possible equity investment in his entertainment empire. The world’s richest […]
A 27-year-old man named Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano was arrested Wednesday night after police said they caught him allegedly using a sledgehammer to destroy the Iwo Jima statue in Quantico, Virginia. Just before 10:15 p.m., officers responded to the area near Richmond Highway and Fuller Road to “investigate a destruction of property,” according to the […]
The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating Corey Lewandowski, former adviser to fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, over allegations that he profited from his role at the department. The DOJ opened the criminal investigation into Lewandowski after a referral from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general, according to multiple reports. Lewandowski is a […]
