Mayor Eric Adams has diagnosed New York City with a chronic problem: too much recreational marijuana. The criticism is ostensibly fueled by frustration with the smell of marijuana stinking up the streets and public spaces. Still, it is also a swipe at former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who signed off on legislation legalizing recreational marijuana in Read More…
A graduate student who went missing in Wisconsin last weekend was found dead in the Mississippi River near Brownsville, Minnesota, Wednesday. People reported Eliotte Heinz, 22, a student at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin, missing after she failed to return home from a night out on the town. The La Crosse Police Department said Read More…
President Trump’s attempt to block the U.S. from recognizing birthright citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants runs afoul of the Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, becoming the highest court to reach that conclusion. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to “all persons born in the Read More…
NEW YORK — Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus, the university announced Wednesday. Under the agreement, the Ivy League school will pay the $200 million Read More…
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal appeals court handed a victory Wednesday to Mike Lindell, ruling that the MyPillow founder doesn’t have to pay a $5 million award to a software engineer who disputed data that Lindell claims proves that China interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an Read More…
DENVER — A longtime critic of voting machines and local government has been charged with arson for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail-like device into the office holding the voting equipment in his Colorado mountain community. William Wayne Bryant, in a brief court appearance Wednesday, was advised of the charges presented against him in the June Read More…
WASHINGTON — A House subcommittee on Wednesday voted to subpoena the Department of Justice for files in the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein after Democrats successfully goaded GOP lawmakers to defy Trump and Republican leadership to support the action. Democrats on a subcommittee of the powerful House Committee on Oversight made a motion for Read More…
WASHINGTON — As the national intelligence director, Tulsi Gabbard is responsible for guarding America’s secrets and discovering threats from overseas. But when she made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room Wednesday, her targets were President Donald Trump’s political enemies. Escalating her attempts to undermine the long-settled conclusion that Russia tried to help Read More…
OPINION: At last, Democrats have latched onto something that promises to derail the entire Republican agenda: Jeffrey Epstein. This shady multimillionaire was first investigated for engaging in unlawful activities with underage girls two decades ago. Despite holding the levers of power for much of this period, liberals never called for transparency. Their sudden interest in Read More…
Officials at a Columbia, South Carolina, children’s hospital confirmed Tuesday that a patient there recently died due to the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. Prisma Health Children’s Hospital said the patient died from primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a brain infection caused by the amoeba, according to CBS News. No other details were provided regarding the victim’s identity Read More…
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey wants the Planned Parenthood Federation of America to pay at least $1.8 million for its promotion of the abortion pill, accusing the abortion giant of deceiving clients about the health risks to “cut costs and boost revenue.” The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Cole County Circuit Court said Planned Parenthood has Read More…
A Walnut Grove, California, hotel says that someone took dozens of peacocks and peahens that normally wander its grounds. The missing birds are worth thousands of dollars. A customer told staff at the Ryde Hotel Sunday that they saw two men putting one of the birds into a cage and onto the bed of a Read More…
A federal judge said Wednesday she lacks the authority to grant the Trump administration’s request to unseal grand jury transcripts related to investigations of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in South Florida in 2005 and 2007. Judge Robin Rosenberg for the Southern District of Florida said that under a precedent set by the 11th U.S. Circuit Read More…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a “Maryland man” before he was arrested and deported in March, and a federal judge Wednesday ordered that he must become a Maryland man again once he is released from pretrial detention. Judge Paula Xinis, an Obama appointee to the court in Maryland, said she feared the Department of Homeland Security Read More…
A 1-year-old girl suffered minor injuries after her uncle allegedly tossed her down a garbage chute inside a Staten Island apartment building, the New York Police Department said. Police allege that Aaron Henderson, 39, an autistic man, put the baby into the chute at around 3:15 p.m. Monday, according to the Staten Island Advance. The Read More…
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — More than 100 charity and human rights groups said Wednesday that Israel’s blockade and ongoing military offensive are pushing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip toward starvation, as Israeli strikes killed another 29 people overnight, according to local health officials. Meanwhile, the Trump administration’s Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff, was set to Read More…
LOS ANGELES — California’s top prosecutor said Wednesday he has asked a court to give the state control of Los Angeles County’s troubled juvenile detention facilities because incarcerated young people are enduring unsafe conditions, including violence and rampant drug abuse. Attorney General Rob Bonta said he wants the county to hand over administration of the Read More…
NEW YORK — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine admitted Wednesday that he violated the conditions of his supervised release from prison by possessing drugs, marking his latest run-in with the law since he completed a federal prison sentence on racketeering and conspiracy charges. The 29-year-old performer, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, told a Manhattan federal judge Read More…
The Department of Education launched investigations Wednesday into whether five leading universities are violating federal anti-discrimination law by granting certain scholarships exclusively to undocumented students or those with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status. The five universities under investigation are the University of Louisville, the University of Miami, the University of Michigan, the University of Read More…
County investigators found human remains in Altadena, California, Monday, bringing the official death toll of January’s Los Angeles wildfires to 31. The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner called the person “Unidentified Doe #431.” The victim died in the Eaton fire, which killed 19, while 12 died in the Palisades fire in the Read More…
BOISE, Idaho — Friends and relatives of the four University of Idaho students murdered in their rental home by Bryan Kohberger delivered powerful statements of love, anguish and condemnation as his sentencing hearing began Wednesday. “This world was a better place with her in it,” Scott Laramie, the stepfather of Madison Mogen, told the court. Read More…
OPINION: The leader of California’s most iconic fast-food chain is fleeing the rapidly tarnishing Golden State. In-N-Out Burger President Lynsi Snyder announced Friday that she was packing her bags for Franklin, Tennessee, suggesting she was taking the heart of the company with her. “There’s a lot of great things about California, but raising a family Read More…
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…
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: 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…