President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to impose tariffs on any goods coming from countries that sell oil to Cuba. He also declared a national emergency, saying, “policies, practices and actions of the Government of Cuba constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat.” Trump’s executive order The order cites Havana’s “alliances” with Russia, China and Iran, as […]
President Donald Trump is suing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department for $10 billion, accusing the agencies of failing to protect sensitive records. The move comes after an IRS contractor leaked tax returns belonging to Trump and his sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, to news organizations in 2020. Both of Trump’s sons and the Trump Organization are named […]
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) says it is not working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, despite earlier statements by the Department of Homeland Security. “The USOPC does not work with U.S. domestic law-enforcement or immigration agencies in the planning or execution of the Games, including […]
A federal judge ruled Friday that prosecutors cannot seek the death penalty in the trial of Luigi Mangione, who is accused of the 2024 assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett in New York dismissed the federal murder charge, saying it was technically flawed, according to The Associated Press. The charge […]
The Justice Department released more files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, just one day after the department said it concluded its review. The release comes one month after federal law required the department to release all the files. It includes 3.5 million pages, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, some of which […]
An Illinois judge sentenced a former deputy sheriff to 20 years in prison Thursday for the 2024 fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 about a possible prowler near her home. A jury had convicted Sean Grayson, who is white, of second-degree murder in October. In addition to the maximum sentence […]
Federal prosecutors filed assault charges Thursday against a man accused of spraying liquid onto Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a town hall event. The man, Anthony Kazmierczak, faces up to a year in prison if convicted. Kazmierczak faces one count alleging he “forcibly assaulted, opposed, impeded, intimidated an officer and employee of the United States” […]
The story behind the new documentary “Melania,” chronicling First Lady Melania Trump’s life in the 20 days before her husband returned to office last year, has some people questioning the real motives behind the film. And as it opens on 1,500 screens nationwide Friday, the movie is facing some tough box office projections. Experts who […]
Authorities say they charged a Minnesota man for allegedly trying to break Luigi Mangione out of jail using a barbecue fork, random documents and a pizza cutter. Mangione is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in late 2024. Investigators said 36-year-old Mark Anderson […]
Local authorities in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin gave the green light Monday for Microsoft to expand its data center footprint on the site originally planned for a Foxconn factory. The approval for 15 new data centers comes as state regulators weigh changes to electricity rates from the regional utility company, We Energies. Microsoft’s 15 new data […]
