The United States and Ecuador have launched joint military operations targeting organized crime groups described as “designated terrorist organizations,” marking a significant escalation in the fight against drug trafficking networks in the South American nation. The operations were announced by U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which said Ecuadorian and American forces began coordinated actions on March […]
A 27-year-old Minnesota man who founded and led a purported autism treatment center serving the state’s Somali community pleaded guilty Monday to orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Medicaid fraud scheme, according to federal prosecutors. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf in December 2025 with submitting fraudulent claims under Minnesota’s Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral […]
The House Ethics Committee on Wednesday announced it has opened an investigation into Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) over allegations that he engaged in an improper relationship with a former staff member who later died by suicide. In a statement, the panel said it voted to establish an investigative subcommittee to determine whether Gonzales “violated the […]
Texas state Rep. James Talarico scored a decisive victory Tuesday night over Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, overturning weeks of polling that had shown the Dallas congresswoman with a sizable lead in the race to challenge Republican Sen. John Cornyn in 2026. Pre-primary surveys had consistently placed Crockett ahead. A […]
DALLAS — A masked driver was arrested Tuesday evening outside Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s election watch party in Dallas, prompting a brief law enforcement response as voters awaited results in one of the country’s most closely watched Senate primaries. Dallas police detained the man outside the Marriott Dallas Uptown, where Paxton supporters had gathered […]
A U.S. military strike reportedly sank an Iranian naval warship in the Indian Ocean near Sri Lanka, according to officials and regional reports, marking a dramatic expansion of the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict. The vessel — identified as the IRIS Dena, a Moudge-class Iranian frigate — sank about 40 nautical miles south of Galle, Sri Lanka, […]
Good morning. Washington woke up to questions of boundaries — ethical, electoral, and geographic. A House Republican faces scrutiny at home. The Supreme Court freezes a political fight in New York. And the State Department is urging Americans across the Middle East to leave while they still can. Ethics Committee Investigates Rep. Nancy Mace The […]
A former television writer has ignited backlash after launching a website calling for President Donald Trump’s 19-year-old son, Barron Trump, to be drafted into the U.S. military and sent to a war zone. Toby Morton, a former writer associated with South Park, recently created DraftBarronTrump.com, a site framed as satirical but designed to spotlight the […]
