Report: Family Conflict Over Gender Identity Preceded Rhode Island Ice Rink Shooting
Authorities have not confirmed a motive… Police have identified the gunman in Tuesday evening’s fatal shooting at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, as 56-year-old Robert K. Dorgan, who also used the name Roberta Esposito. Authorities say Dorgan opened fire on family members during a high school hockey game. Two people were […]
Senator Sparks 2028 Frontrunner Predictions With Scathing Anti-Trump Speech
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) delivered a sharply critical speech targeting President Donald Trump and his allies during a Sunday service in Atlanta, remarks that quickly spread online and fueled fresh speculation about the next presidential election. Ossoff, 39, spoke from the pulpit at Big Bethel A.M.E. Church during the congregation’s annual “Social Justice Sunday.” In […]
DHS Spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin To Step Down Next Week
Tricia McLaughlin, the top spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is stepping down from her role and will leave the Trump administration next week, according to multiple reports. Her exit was confirmed by Reuters, citing two DHS officials familiar with the matter. McLaughlin has served as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at […]
Iran Briefly Closes Strait Of Hormuz As Nuclear Talks With US Show Cautious Progress
Iran temporarily shut down maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz during live-fire military drills this week, a move that underscored the tension hanging over its latest round of nuclear negotiations with the United States. The announcement marked the first time Tehran has publicly declared the closure of the strategic waterway amid the ongoing 2026 […]
California Gubernatorial Candidate’s Erotic Poetry Resurfaces
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell is facing renewed scrutiny after previously unpublished erotic poetry he wrote as a teenager resurfaced this week, as he mounts a campaign for governor of California. According to a report by the Daily Mail, Swalwell authored the poems at age 19 while attending Campbell University and contributing to a campus literary […]
Homemaking Celebrity Likens ICE To Big Brother
Lifestyle entrepreneur and television personality Martha Stewart criticized recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in her hometown of Bedford, New York, saying the situation feels reminiscent of a dystopian regime. In an interview with USA Today during Super Bowl week in San Francisco, Stewart said she has been troubled by heightened immigration enforcement under […]
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader And 2-Time Presidential Candidate, Dies At 84
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, one of the most recognizable figures of the modern civil rights movement, died Tuesday morning at his home in Chicago. He was 84. Family members said he passed away surrounded by loved ones. For more than five decades, Jackson pressed for racial equality, economic opportunity, and voting rights. A protégé of […]
Morning Brief: Daughter Under Water, Treacherous Texts & A Life Behind Bars
Today’s headlines move from a small Utah county courtroom to newly released messages in the Epstein files, and back to the aftermath of a presidential assassination attempt. Questions of accountability — personal, political, and legal — are at the center of each. Utah GOP Chair Charged With Child Abuse David Nephi Johnson, chairman of the […]
China Is Using Juries To Open A Third Front Against America
A jury is a modest institution. Twelve citizens sit in a box. They listen. They deliberate. They apply the law as instructed. Then they render a verdict. The jury is not a legislature. It is not an executive. It is not a protest movement. It is a fact-finding body embedded in a constitutional structure that […]