A federal judge in New York on Tuesday ordered the release of all grand jury materials related to the criminal prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer said he has put mechanisms in place to protect the privacy of victims of […]
Data reported from a clearinghouse revealed that nearly one-third of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests involved people with no prior arrests. The release came as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Trump administration continued deployments throughout the country, most recently targeting New Orleans, the Twin Cities and New York City. Figures the […]
President Donald Trump has begun the process of rolling back fuel requirements for new vehicles. The new plan would considerably reduce the requirements set by the Biden administration. Moving back to gas Former President Joe Biden put an emissions reduction plan in place with the hopes of curbing tailpipe emissions and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. […]
Move over, Smartcar — a new mini-EV is headed for American roads. Stellantis announced it will market the Fiat Topolino in the U.S. It’s a compact electric vehicle already popular in Europe and North Africa. Fiat describes the Topolino’s Collector’s Edition as “a celebration of style and spontaneity,” blending Italian and French influences. CEO Olivier […]
Public pension funds have increasingly purchased cryptocurrency in recent years. While valuations have grown in recent years, the last month has seen coin values plummet before gradually rebounding. Pension fund representatives and outside experts say the total public investment in cryptocurrency is minuscule, and the digital currency is still a viable purchase with public dollars […]
President Donald Trump is backing away from his pledge to release the full video of a deadly U.S. boat strike near Venezuela. At the same time, Congress is moving to withhold part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel budget until the Pentagon hands over the unedited footage to lawmakers. Trump walks back his ‘no problem’ […]
President Donald Trump spoke out against the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition after his handpicked U.S. attorney in New Jersey, Alina Habba, was forced to resign. Habba stepped down on Monday after a federal appeals court ruled she had been serving unlawfully. Trump rails against ‘blue slip’ rules Speaking to reporters, Trump criticized the Senate’s “blue […]
A federal judge seeks answers on whether Homeland Security proceeded with deporting over 100 migrants after he ordered the planes to be turned around, and he is now bringing top DOJ lawyers in for testimony. Plus, President Donald Trump is retracting his promise to release the full Sept. 2 boat-strike footage. Congress is also halting […]
The Supreme Court appears poised to hand the Trump administration a major win. If the justices do, they could give the president far more power to remove top officials from independent agencies — even for purely political or policy reasons. The case centers on Trump’s firing of Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, a Democrat, earlier this year. What the law says Under a […]
On his third deployment to Vietnam, Army Sgt. Ray McKibben went after the enemy on numerous occasions when his unit was unable to do so themselves.
