A Finnish court found a Russian mercenary guilty on Friday of committing war crimes in Ukraine in 2014, sentencing him to life in prison. Voislav Torden, a Russian citizen known as Yan Petrovsky, was found guilty on four of five charges related to the ambush, murder, and mutilation of Ukrainian soldiers and distributing denigrating photos […]

As House Republicans dodged holding town halls across the country in fear of Democrat-organized protests, Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) saw the consequences of not heeding House Speaker Mike Johnson’s advice to avoid holding them. Edwards said he didn’t want to “shy away” from speaking to his constituents, who then showed up in force at his […]

Democrats found themselves in the middle of an all-out civil war on Friday as the Senate prepared to advance a six-month government funding bill to avert a shutdown set for midnight. The Republican-crafted legislation dramatically split Democrats, revealing deep divisions within the party that left many questioning Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) ability to […]

Senate Republicans handed President Donald Trump a victory in the administration’s fight against the fentanyl epidemic with the passage of legislation that imposes steep penalties on smugglers caught moving fentanyl analogs into or throughout the United States. The Senate passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act 84-16 on Friday afternoon. Sens. Bill Cassidy […]