OPINION: The idea that Vladimir Putin conspired to put Donald Trump in the White House was widely broadcast under orders issued by Barack Obama in his final weeks as president. Records unsealed Friday trace the origin of this deception to a December 2016 gathering of the National Security Council. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Read More…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge on Monday sentenced a former Kentucky police officer to nearly three years in prison for using excessive force during the 2020 deadly Breonna Taylor raid, declining a U.S. Department of Justice recommendation that he be given no prison time. Brett Hankison, who fired 10 shots during the raid but Read More…
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Democrats showed up Monday for a special session but left open the possibility of walking out as a means to derail an unusual summer redrawing of U.S. House maps that would help protect Republicans’ slim majority in the 2026 elections. President Donald Trump wants Republicans in the coming weeks to engineer Read More…
For years, Democrats yawned as Republicans accused media outlets of squelching conservative voices, but now leftists are beating the free-speech drum with the cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Sen. Chris Murphy, Connecticut Democrat, accused CBS owner Paramount of “providing monetary and political favors to Donald Trump” with the company’s “bone-chilling” move last Read More…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge prepared Monday afternoon to sentence an ex-Kentucky police officer convicted of using excessive force during the deadly Breonna Taylor raid, days after the U.S. Justice Department recommended he receive no prison time in the Black woman’s fatal shooting. Brett Hankison fired his weapon the night of the March 2020 Read More…
The head of a violent Ecuadorian gang accused of smuggling cocaine and firearms between South America and the U.S. pleaded not guilty to drug and gun charges Monday in New York. José Adolfo Macías Villamar, whose nickname is “Fito,” appeared in federal court in Brooklyn a day after Ecuador extradited him to the U.S. A Read More…
LOS ANGELES — The Pentagon ordered the U.S. Marines to leave Los Angeles on Monday, more than a month after President Donald Trump deployed them to the city against the objections of local leaders. The 700 Marines were deployed June 9 on the fourth day of protests in downtown LA over the administration’s crackdown on Read More…
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination. The release involves an estimated 200,000 pages of records that had been under a court-imposed seal since 1977, Read More…
The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination. The digital document dump includes more than 240,000 pages of records that had been under a court-imposed seal since 1977, Read More…
Federal authorities said the younger brother of Pat Tillman, the former NFL star who died while serving in Afghanistan, crashed into a post office in San Jose, California, and caused the building to go up in flames. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service said Richard Tillman, 44, rammed into the post office around 3 a.m. Sunday Read More…
BOSTON — The Trump administration’s campaign of arresting and deporting college faculty and students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations violates their First Amendment rights, lawyers for an association representing university professors argued in federal court. The lawsuit, filed by several university associations, is one of the first against President Donald Trump and members of his Read More…
NEW YORK — The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz was awarded a new trial Monday as a federal appeals court overturned the guilty verdict in one of the nation’s most notorious missing child cases. Pedro Hernandez has been serving 25 years to life in prison since his 2017 conviction. He Read More…
JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs from public schools and universities was temporarily blocked by a federal judge Sunday. U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate approved the request for a temporary restraining order brought by a group of plaintiffs, including the Mississippi Association of Educators. The plaintiffs also requested Read More…
BISMARCK, Neb. — The pilot of a regional airliner flying over North Dakota carried out an unexpected sharp turn and later apologized to passengers, explaining that he made the move after spotting a military plane in his flight path. The Friday incident is detailed in a video taken by a passenger and posted to social Read More…
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The U.S. Postal Inspection Service said Monday it is investigating a fiery car crash at a San Jose, California, post office over the weekend as a potentially intentional act. Richard Tillman, 44, of San Jose was arrested after the car rammed into the office located in a strip mall around 3 Read More…
NEW YORK — New York City’s former interim police commissioner has filed a $10 million defamation claim against Mayor Eric Adams for reportedly suggesting he was mentally unfit for the job of top cop. The filing comes less than a week after the ex-commissioner, Thomas Donlon, sued Adams and his top deputies, accusing them of Read More…
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man at the center of the fierce deportation battle, renewed their call Monday that their own client remain in pretrial detention, saying they fear he’ll be quickly deported if he is released in the criminal case against him. Mr. Abrego Garcia is the man who was deported by the Read More…
OMAHA, Neb. — Anyone firing up the grill this summer already knows hamburger patties and steaks are expensive, but the latest numbers show prices have climbed to record highs. And experts say consumers shouldn’t expect much relief soon either. The average price of a pound of ground beef rose to $6.12 in June, up nearly Read More…
PORTLAND, Maine — Prosecutors in Maine said Monday they will seek to try a 17-year-old charged with murder in the death of a paddleboarder as an adult. The body of Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart, 48, of St. George, was found earlier this month on Crawford Pond in Union, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Portland Read More…
LATHAM, N.Y. — A Canadian man whose 9-year-old daughter was found dead after he reported that she had been abducted while they were vacationing in upstate New York was charged Monday with murder. Luciano Frattolin is charged with murder and concealing of a corpse in the death of his daughter, Melina Frattolin, New York State Read More…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas man changed his plea to guilty Monday in the shooting at a grocery store last year that killed four people and injured 11 others, including two police officers. Travis Eugene Posey, 45, pleaded guilty to four counts of capital murder and 11 counts of attempted capital murder in the Read More…
OPINION: In his run for mayor of America’s biggest city, Zohran Mamdani is following in the footsteps of socialists past. Like Sen. Bernie Sanders, he’s on a path toward affluence and comfort. Already a child of extreme privilege, Mr. Mamdani is campaigning on a classic “eat the rich” platform. That’s a curious choice for the Read More…
OPINION: The president is supposed to fire a Federal Reserve chairman only for cause, and now Donald Trump has it. An obstinate Jerome Powell is holding interest rates artificially high as he constructs a palace for himself. New economic data bolsters the case for relief. On Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that inflation Read More…
OPINION: Mass immigration created this nation’s greatest political challenge. Distracted by side issues, conservatives sometimes get frustrated with the White House, but deputy policy chief Stephen Miller explained the need to stay focused on what matters most. He described what major cities might look like if existing federal laws were fully enforced. “You’d be able Read More…
OPINION: Senate moderates are having a bad week. They are feeling the squeeze from the public and the White House over a bill that would claw back a thin slice of the pork they have been shoveling into the federal budget. Already, the squishes are howling about a mere 0.13% cut. Through a budgetary process Read More…
OPINION: When it comes to cultivating entrepreneurs, Virginia has a few lessons to teach California. Last week, the Old Dominion retained the top five spot on CNBC’s “Top State for Business” list, which it has held since 2018, despite recent cuts to the federal workforce that have sunk the economy in the D.C. suburbs. Gov. Read More…
OPINION: A week after moving into the White House, President Joseph R. Biden ordered his minions at the Justice Department to arrest Hillary Clinton’s online antagonist. Douglass Mackey became the first American captured, prosecuted, convicted and nearly imprisoned over a funny picture circulated on what is now X. Count the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Read More…
OPINION: More than 100 people died in the recent flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country. After hours of torrential downpours Friday, the waters of the Guadalupe River surged 30 feet in a torrent that swept away everything in its path, including a Christian summer camp located along the river and a nearby creek. Capitalizing Read More…
OPINION: Defiance of court orders sets a bad precedent for the rule of law. Sometimes, however, following an order like the one issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani could lead to even worse outcomes. Without bothering to listen to the other side, the Boston-based magistrate, appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama, Read More…
OPINION: The world’s richest man is annoyed at President Trump. Elon Musk says the recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill’s excessive spending levels have compelled him to become a political spoiler. He’s forming the America Party as a “moderate” voice for fiscal sanity. It’s correct to say elected Democrats and many Republicans aren’t serious about Read More…
OPINION: Hillary Clinton wasn’t the only one engaged in dirty tricks against then candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election. An analysis released last week by the Central Intelligence Agency admits the intelligence community’s December 2016 assessment of Russian interference in the election was the product of political manipulation. On Dec. 6 that year, Read More…
OPINION: Hillary Clinton wasn’t the only one engaged in dirty tricks against then candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election. An analysis released last week by the Central Intelligence Agency admits the intelligence community’s December 2016 assessment of Russian interference in the election was the product of political manipulation. On Dec. 6 that year, Read More…
OPINION: Earlier this year, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders outlawed anti-competitive practices in the pharmacy industry, and lobbyists are hopping mad about it. There are many reasons drug prices are inflated, but she realized some of the biggest retailers have figured out how to game the system. “These massive corporations are attacking our state because Read More…
OPINION: One year from today, America will observe its semiquincentennial. That’s a milestone worth celebrating, as few forms of government have lasted 250 years. Our republic’s longevity is a testament to the truth of the propositions set forth in 1776. Donald Trump will rise to the occasion. When the Army knocked on his door, saying Read More…
OPINION: The judicial resistance sustained a major setback last week. Thanks to a long-overdue Supreme Court intervention, lone judges can no longer hold the nation hostage to their whims. In the 5½ months since President Trump’s second term began, Justice Amy Coney Barrett sat on the sidelines with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Their Read More…
OPINION: Sometimes the desert can turn into a swamp. It happened last week in Phoenix, when Arizona politicians gathered for the end of the legislative session to tell their constituents one thing before proceeding to do the opposite. There’s no better example of legislative legerdemain than the state House’s decision, by a 34-22 vote, to Read More…
OPINION: President Trump is on a roll. By Friday, the stock market had recaptured the value lost after traders sustained a severe case of tariff jitters. A successful strike against Iran’s nuclear development sites ended with a ceasefire. And the One Big Beautiful Bill Act cleared Senate procedural hurdles Sunday. These victories are precarious, as Read More…
OPINION: The Big Apple is one step closer to electing a radical leftist mayor. In the Democratic primary Tuesday, Zohran Mamdani won the byzantine ranked choice contest where an algorithm says he defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. That means the 33-year-old newcomer will face Mayor Eric Adams in November’s general election. “As mayor, I will Read More…
OPINION: Europe’s decline into authoritarianism was on display in Belgium last week as an appeals court condemned a former member of the Federal Parliament to a year in jail over internet memes. The politician, Dries Van Langenhove, wasn’t even the one who shared the offending content. As the appellate panel stated, “It is not the Read More…
OPINION: Following the law shouldn’t be a one-way street. Liberal pundits and politicians brand President Trump an “authoritarian” for his supposed disobedience to judicial rulings. Except, the president’s men have thus far scrupulously complied with the text of every federal court command, no matter how daft. A lower-level judge has devised a strategy to put Read More…