Lecornu’s short-lived tenure marks a historic breakdown… France’s political gridlock reached a new low on Monday as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and his freshly appointed government resigned just 14 hours after announcing their cabinet lineup. The move marks the shortest-lived administration in the modern history of the Fifth Republic — and a stunning signal of […]
The Supreme Court has shut the door. On Monday morning, he highest court in the federal judiciary declined to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her criminal conviction. Maxwell had been convicted in 2021 (in federal court in Manhattan) on multiple charges related to sex trafficking minors and conspiracy, and was sentenced to 20 years in […]
Judge Karin Immergut, a Trump appointee, issued a temporary restraining order late Sunday that expanded her earlier ruling barring the Trump administration from deploying Oregon National Guard troops to Portland. On Oct. 4, Immergut held that the administration had not demonstrated sufficient factual grounds — such as unrest rising to the level of “rebellion” or […]
Tensions between federal and local law enforcement reportedly reached a boiling point Saturday after Chicago Police Department (CPD) officers were instructed not to respond to Border Patrol agents’ calls for help, according to Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin. Melugin posted on X (formerly Twitter) that Chicago’s Chief of Patrol issued a directive telling officers to stand down after Border Patrol agents were surrounded by a large crowd […]
This weekend brought a wave of high-stakes developments across the country, from a violent confrontation involving federal agents in Chicago, to the passage of a new bail law in North Carolina following a viral tragedy, and the political return of a familiar progressive face in Missouri. Here’s what you need to know to start your […]
