When Army Lt. Col. Edward A. Silk realized that his platoon wasn’t going to put a dent in the enemy positions firing at them in France during World War II, he went on a one-man rampage to take the guns out himself.
Anti-immigration enforcement protests have incorporated some creative angles like a naked bike ride in Portland and inflatable characters. The latest includes some symbolism and retail dysfunction. Demonstrators and activists clogged up the Home Depot in Monrovia, California, on Nov. 22 by each purchasing an ice scraper for 17 cents before getting right back in line […]
A federal judge has dismissed the indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. The judge tossed the indictments on the grounds that Lindsey Halligan’s appointment as interim U.S. Attorney General for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid. “Because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to present the […]
A U.S. senator could face a court-martial charge over his participation in a video where he and other lawmakers called on soldiers to question the legality of some of their orders. The Pentagon on Monday announced that it is launching an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., over his participation in a video urging members […]
The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) no longer exists. The initiative meant to limit the size and cost of the federal government — which critics argued did little to cut spending — is gone after just eight months. Reuters first reported the advisory agency’s demise on Monday. President Donald Trump’s executive order creating […]
A Texas firearms company is selling a new handgun that commemorates the 2024 attempted assassination of President Donald Trump. Bond Arms’ “Living Legend DT47” displays the date that Trump was grazed by a would-be assassin’s bullet, along with his defiant words as Secret Service agents led him to safety: “FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!” Trump guns commercials […]
Two Texas men, along with coconspirators, are accused of a violent plan to invade the Haitian island of Gonave, then kill all the men on the island and keep the remaining women and children as “sex slaves,” according to federal prosecutors. Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, of Allen, Texas, and Thomas Christopher of Argyle, Texas, were […]
A Missouri judge has been forced to step down after presiding over his courtroom in an Elvis Presley costume. The judge struck a deal to avoid a disciplinary hearing. In court documents, Missouri’s judicial disciplinary board said Circuit Judge Matthew Thornhill of suburban St. Louis dressed up as Presley on several occasions and played music […]
Dozens of players on the California political scene have received letters from the FBI, letting them know the agency had been listening to their telephone calls and reading their text messages. The surveillance was part of an investigation that led to the arrest of several people on corruption charges, including a former top aide to […]
Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., announced plans to file an expulsion resolution against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., if she doesn’t resign. Federal prosecutors charged McCormick with stealing $5 million in FEMA disaster relief funds, accusations she fully denies. “It was an unjust indictment, and it seems like these intimidation tactics have been pervasive,” Cherfilus-McCormick said after […]
