The State Department is pausing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries as part of a new effort to stop applicants who are likely to become a “public charge” — meaning they could end up relying on U.S. taxpayer-funded benefits. A State Department memo, first obtained by Fox News Digital, instructs consular officers to refuse visas under […]
A former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been arrested on federal bribery charges tied to two alleged pay-to-play schemes, prosecutors said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors charged Tony Herbert, a former official in the Office of the Mayor, with soliciting and accepting cash payments in exchange for using his position to influence city […]
By Dan Zimmerman Shooting News Weekly On December 9, Jacob Bard shot two students during an altercation outside a dorm at Kentucky State University. One was seriously injured, and the second, 19-year-old DeJon Fox, Jr., died. Bard was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. A grand jury, however, apparently determined that the shooting was a case of self-defense […]
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court cleared the way for Illinois Rep. Mike Bost (R) to move forward with a legal challenge to the state’s mail-in ballot counting rules, ruling 7-2 that the Republican congressman has standing to sue. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented. CBS […]
The U.S. military has advised some personnel at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to depart as a precaution, as tensions with Iran continue to rise. U.S. officials and diplomats confirmed that certain personnel at the base were told to leave by Wednesday evening. Al Udeid is the largest U.S. military installation in the Middle […]
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said he will move to hold former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after she refused to appear for a scheduled deposition Wednesday as part of the committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The panel is expected to consider a contempt resolution against Hillary Clinton next […]
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is refusing to walk back his call for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “get the f— out” of the city, even as violent protests linked to federal immigration enforcement continue for a second week. “I stand by exactly what I said,” Frey said during an appearance on Fox & […]
Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin told The New York Times that federal authorities are investigating her following her appearance in a brief video urging U.S. military and intelligence personnel to “refuse illegal orders.” The inquiry comes amid controversy over the video and criticism from President Donald Trump and his allies. Slotkin and five other Democratic […]
Border czar Tom Homan said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jonathan Ross is currently “in hiding” due to safety concerns following the fatal shooting of Renee Good, according to remarks made during a Tuesday episode of Will Cain Country. Homan’s comments came after a federal Special Response Team was seen swarming Ross’ Minneapolis residence on […]
Legal fights over federal funding and gender policy are intensifying at home, tensions with Iran are escalating abroad, and the political world is marking the loss of a once-ubiquitous satirist. Letitia James Takes On Trump Over Transgender Care Funding A new legal showdown is unfolding between New York and the Trump administration, this time over […]
Never Talk To The Police, Especially If You Are Innocent
James Duane, a professor at Regent University School of Law, once gave a lecture with a deliberately provocative title, “Don’t Talk to the Police.” The title sounds extreme, even antisocial. It seems to counsel guilt, evasion, or hostility to lawful authority. Yet the argument Duane develops is none of these things. It is instead a […]