Mayor Brian DePena of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was arrested Friday on federal charges that he fraudulently obtained more than $1.5 million in COVID-19 small-business loans and diverted the money to his political campaign and personal debts. DePena, 61, was charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering, the U.S. Attorney’s Office […]

France’s top court struck down on Friday a law championed by President Emmanuel Macron that would have made it illegal for children to have social media accounts. The law, approved by lawmakers in July, was set to take effect at the start of the new school year in September, banning children under 15 from having […]

Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico released a new ad on Friday featuring the endorsement of an attorney who claimed Republican candidate Attorney General Ken Paxton stole his $1,000 pen. The new video is the latest attack on Paxton from Talarico as the Senate race in Texas heats up with the general election on the […]

Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and his Democratic competitor Amy Acton traded jabs this week after previous troubles came to light in the toss-up race. Acton went after Ramaswamy after a previous family bodyguard pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges on Thursday. Meanwhile, an alleged 911 phone call that detailed an alcohol-influenced fight between […]