At least eight backcountry skiers have been confirmed dead and one person remains missing after a massive avalanche struck the Castle Peak area of the Sierra Nevada near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday morning. Authorities said the avalanche occurred during a severe winter storm that produced heavy snowfall and high winds, leading to unstable snowpack conditions. […]
Rep. Wesley Hunt, a Republican candidate in Texas’ U.S. Senate primary, filed a police report Tuesday after a senior staffer for one of his GOP opponents posted an image of a 2016 provisional ballot that included sensitive personal information about Hunt and his family. The document reportedly displayed the last four digits of Hunt’s Social […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) said Tuesday that he is prepared to raise city property taxes by nearly 10% if New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) and state lawmakers refuse to increase taxes on corporations and high-income earners. Mamdani released his preliminary fiscal year 2027 budget proposal outlining how he intends to close […]
A man previously convicted in connection with a terrorist bombing plot is now seeking elected office in Birmingham, igniting controversy ahead of upcoming local elections. Shahid Butt, who served prison time for his role in a 1999 plot targeting the British consulate in Yemen, is running for a seat on Birmingham City Council. Butt is […]
Elections have consequences. In the blink of an eye, the Commonwealth of Virginia has gone from a well-managed, moderate red state to a radical, far-left blue state on a tear to impose an extremist agenda. This, despite Democrats, like new Governor Abigail Spanberger, running as moderates in last November’s election. Democrats fooled voters yet again. […]
War Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to remove Col. Dave Butler from his post as the Army’s chief of public affairs and senior adviser to the secretary, sources familiar with the decision said. The order came Thursday, marking the latest move in what has become a sweeping overhaul of senior leadership […]
New reporting from the San Antonio Express-News and other outlets alleges that Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) had a romantic relationship with a district aide who later died by suicide after setting herself on fire. The reports focus on allegations that Gonzales had a romantic relationship with Regina Ann “Regi” Santos-Aviles, a member of his regional […]
The detention window has officially closed A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may not redetain Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadoran national whose case has become a flashpoint in the broader debate over immigration enforcement. In a Feb. 17 decision, U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis concluded that the 90-day […]
Team USA figure skater Amber Glenn finished 13th in the women’s singles short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics, delivering a performance that fell short of medal expectations after a costly technical error. Glenn, who entered the Milan Cortina Games viewed by many analysts as a potential podium contender, completed a triple axel in her […]
From a federal courtroom in Washington to the voter rolls of North Carolina and the upper ranks of Homeland Security, yesterday’s stories revolve around oversight — who enforces the rules, who writes them, and who speaks for the institutions in between. Justice Department Announces Criminal Probe Into Federal Aid Agency A lawsuit brought by the […]
State officials in Texas and Florida are moving to block efforts by educators and unions to encourage students to participate in anti-ICE walkouts, as debates over immigration enforcement spill into public schools. The actions come during a time of heightened tensions in the wake of federal immigration operations carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs […]
The Theory Behind Jack Smith’s Trump Prosecution Could Have Wider Consequences
Special Prosecutor Jack Smith’s deposition is not merely a postmortem of a failed prosecution. It is a rare window into a legal theory that, if normalized, would fundamentally reorder the relationship between political speech and criminal law in the United States. The danger is not confined to Donald Trump, nor even to elections. The danger […]