A convicted murderer serving decades in prison for the 2024 killing of a Michigan woman has filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump, claiming the president used his case for political gain during the 2024 campaign and seeking $75 million in damages, a public apology and American citizenship. Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 27, who had previously […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the country’s top military commander Tuesday, replacing Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi after days of nationwide protests that exposed growing frustration with Ukraine’s wartime leadership. Zelensky named Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi as Ukraine’s new commander in chief, calling for fresh military leadership as the country continues fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion. The move marks […]
A plot by FBI officials to prosecute President Donald Trump for questioning the results of the 2020 election involved bypassing legal protocols to spy on the communication of 44 members of Congress, a legal watchdog reveals. The non-profit public interest law firm Judicial Watch reports in a statement that “Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigative team […]
Virginia gun dealers are once again selling AR-15-style rifles and magazines holding more than 15 rounds after a court blocked enforcement of the state’s new firearms restrictions statewide. The change comes after a Virginia judge expanded an injunction against the state’s recently enacted assault weapons law, allowing retailers to resume sales while legal challenges move […]
More than 6,000 people who identified themselves as noncitizens were mistakenly registered to vote in New Jersey over a one-year period because of a software error at the state’s Motor Vehicle Commission, Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Tuesday. The state government says fewer than 400 of those individuals ultimately cast ballots before the error was discovered. […]
One Chicago Cubs fan apparently decided that remaining seated for the national anthem was a foul worthy of immediate punishment. A viral video from Sunday’s game at Wrigley Field shows an older spectator smacking a younger man in the back of the head after he appeared to refuse repeated demands to stand for “The Star-Spangled […]
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon is being criticized after comparing President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement to Nazi Germany during a recent podcast interview, while acknowledging that the comparison did not include the Holocaust or genocide. Lemon made the remarks during a July 15 appearance on the Can’t Be Censored podcast, arguing that […]
The city has decided to renew the contract… Employees at surveillance technology company Flock Safety allegedly accessed live camera feeds from a children’s gymnastics room and other sensitive locations while demonstrating the company’s products to prospective law enforcement customers, according to records obtained through a public records request. The allegations center on Dunwoody, Georgia, where […]
A routine assignment to study frog habitat spiraled into a terrifying 15-hour hostage ordeal for two federal employees in a remote Northern California forest. Federal prosecutors charged Joseph Charles Henrichsen, 49, and his son, Phoenix Henrichsen, 23, on Monday with kidnapping two U.S. Forest Service biologists near Gumboot Lake Campground in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. […]
FBI Director Kash Patel is planning to travel to Russia this fall for meetings expected to be hosted by the country’s powerful domestic security service, according to a new report. The proposed trip would make Patel the first sitting FBI director known to visit Russia since Robert Mueller traveled there in 2013. It comes as […]
There is a special pleasure in watching a man hand his opponent the very instrument that defeats him. Chess players call it a blunder. Lawyers call it opening the door. Last year, Judge James Boasberg called it an argument. Sitting in his Washington courtroom during the Alien Enemies Act litigation, exasperated with the Trump administration’s […]
Homer Remembered A Real War For 500 Years. Half Of Americans Can Barely Honor One For 250.
Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” is now in theaters, and millions of Americans are watching a story that is roughly 2,700 years old in its poetic form and perhaps 3,200 years old in its historical core. Most of them will assume they are watching pure fantasy. Gods, monsters, a decade of wandering, a wooden […]