The Pentagon fired Jacqueline Smith, the congressionally mandated ombudsman charged with protecting the editorial independence of Stars and Stripes, just six days after a group of lawmakers sent Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a letter expressing "great alarm" about political interference at the military newspaper. Smith…
Jose "Joe" Ceballos, a Mexican-born green card holder who served two terms as mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, pleaded guilty this week to three counts of disorderly election conduct, the culmination of a prosecution by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach's office that laid bare how a…
Republicans in both chambers of the Tennessee legislature passed a bill this week that would allow property owners to use deadly force against trespassers, arsonists, burglars, and thieves, a measure that now awaits Gov. Bill Lee's signature. The Tennessee Senate approved SB1847 on April 21.…
A California winery co-owned by Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband, Tim Mynett, ceased operations on April 4, two months after House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer sent Mynett a letter demanding answers about a staggering jump in the couple's reported wealth, the New York Post reported.…
Sen. John Fetterman broke with his party again Saturday morning, praising President Donald Trump's military strikes against Iran and calling the operation necessary to produce lasting peace in the Middle East. The Pennsylvania Democrat posted his support on X while most of his caucus moved…
Rep. Ilhan Omar's longtime chief of staff married a 27-year-old legislative aide who works in the same office, and Omar herself showed up to celebrate the union, raising pointed questions about whether the Minnesota Democrat ignored a workplace power imbalance unfolding under her own roof…
Two federal judges appointed by Democratic presidents struck down President Donald Trump's border restrictions on asylum seekers in a split ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, handing open-borders advocates a win they had been shopping for and teeing…
A 77-year-old retired pastor stood trial in Northern Ireland this week on criminal charges for delivering a gospel sermon near a hospital, and the U.S. State Department says it is watching the case closely. Clive Johnston appeared Wednesday at Coleraine Magistrates' Court, where prosecutors accused…
The same Pima County Sheriff's Office leading the search for 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie spent months coordinating with A&E television producers, granting ride-alongs, handing over body camera footage, and opening case files for a reality series called "Desert Law", all while the department was about to…
American forces operating under Joint Task Force Southern Spear struck a vessel allegedly engaged in narco-trafficking in the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Friday, killing two suspected narco-terrorists, U.S. Southern Command said. No U.S. personnel were harmed in the operation. The command described the vessel's operators…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are facing sharp new criticism, not from Republicans, but from a prominent voice on their own political left. Jennifer Welch, host of the "I've Had It" podcast, called the two Democratic leaders "fascist collaborators"…
Caroline Mattox, the president of Turning Point USA's chapter at the University of Georgia, has stepped down with a pointed public statement alleging the conservative organization has abandoned its founding mission in the months since Charlie Kirk's death. Mattox shared her resignation on Instagram, invoking…
Thirty-one sloths shipped from South America to stock a tourist attraction in Orlando died in an unheated warehouse or shortly after arrival, and the Florida agency that uncovered the deaths handed the operators nothing more than a verbal warning. The animals were destined for Sloth…
A 3-year-old girl lost two teeth and suffered deep bite wounds across her face after a 24-year-old illegal immigrant attacked her and her mother in a San Antonio park on April 18, and the Department of Homeland Security says the assault never should have happened.…
