California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a pardon Friday to Somboon Phaymany, erasing his 1997 conviction on 10 counts of premeditated attempted murder and effectively shielding him from being deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
A woman adopted as a toddler by an American war veteran, who he found in the 1970s in an Iranian orphanage and raised as a Christian, is being threatened with deportation to Iran, a country notoriously dangerous for Christians and now on the brink of war with the United States.
Governments and companies around the world scrambled Saturday to determine the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down some of the Trump administration sweeping global tariffs.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday fired the top prosecutor leading the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia office hours after he took on the role to replace former Trump lawyer Lindsey Halligan. U.S. District Judge M. Hannah Lauck administered the oath of office after longtime litigator James Hundley was unanimously appointed...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called the Supreme Court ruling against a majority of President Trump’s tariffs a “crushing defeat for the wannabe King.” “The Supreme Court decision striking down the harmful Trump Tariffs is a big victory for the American people,” Jeffries posted on the social platform X on Friday morning. “And another...
After billionaire retail mogul Les Wexner denied knowledge of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's crimes in a recent deposition before the House, one Epstein survivor called his testimony "abhorrent." Maria Farmer referenced her 1996 court filing in a statement Saturday, when she accused the disgraced financier of abusing her at Wexner’s Ohio residence and said...
The extreme left and right are forming a new coalition, the Burn-It-Down Coalition, which is pushing America towards antisemitism, hostility to free speech, and endless politicized retribution and persecution.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee claimed in an interview published Friday that it would be "fine" if Israel took over all of the Middle East, suggesting the Bible gives the Jewish state that right. Huckabee told conservative media personality Tucker Carlson that the land "from the river of Egypt until the great river, the...
President Trump late Friday blasted “disloyal” Republicans and Supreme Court justices after the high court struck down much of his tariff policy and as he ramps up efforts to sell his economic agenda ahead of the 2026 midterms. "Republicans are so disloyal to themselves!" he wrote on Truth Social. "Unite, stick together, and WIN!" Trump's...
President Trump on Saturday announced he is raising a newly-imposed global tariff to 15 percent after reviewing the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision to block him from using emergency powers to impose sweeping import taxes on foreign trading partners. “Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision...
The massive wastewater spill in the Potomac River is escalating a feud between President Trump and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) as Moore is increasingly seen as a potential 2028 presidential contender. Trump has laid blame on Moore, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D), and Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser for the spill, which continues to...
President Trump’s decision to issue new import taxes across the globe following the Supreme Court’s rebuke of his sweeping tariffs on Friday is drawing broad criticism, including from several Republican lawmakers. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) told CNN’s Brianna Keilar on Friday that Congress is sure to challenge the new tariffs and signaled confidence that the...
The Trump administration will pay to outfit U.S. Secret Service (USSS) protective detail agents with two tailored suits, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to The Hill. The initiative, first reported by CNN on Friday and included in a public contract solicitation, emerged after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said she did not like that...
Comedian Bill Maher ridiculed President Trump over his response to the Supreme Court’s tariff ruling Friday, calling him a “Karen.” The high court ruled in a 6-3 decision that Trump unlawfully relied on the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose sweeping tariffs on nearly all foreign trading partners. "Here they finally said, 'You...
