CULPEPER, Va. — Virginia Republican leaders make their closing argument to voters that a proposed redistricting amendment on the April 21 ballot would tilt the state’s congressional map toward Democrats, intensifying a broader national fight over control of the U.S. House ahead of the midterm elections. At issue is a referendum that would give the […]

Two U.S. Embassy workers and two Mexican agents were killed in a car crash in Mexico on Sunday, U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson announced. “We deeply regret the tragic loss of two members of staff from the United States Embassy, the Director of the Chihuahua State Investigation Agency (AEI), and one member of that agency in […]

The Department of Justice‘s Civil Rights Division has demanded that officials in a Michigan county hand over all ballots from the 2024 election, according to a letter first made public on Sunday. In the letter, which is dated April 14, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon wrote to Wayne County clerk Cathy Garrett requesting “all ballots […]

Federal authorities on Saturday evening arrested an Iranian national at the Los Angeles International Airport, accusing the woman of trafficking weapons on behalf of Iran.  Shamim Mafi, 44 and a lawful permanent U.S. resident, was charged with brokering the sale of drones, bombs, bomb fuses, and millions of rounds of ammunition manufactured by Iran and […]