Attorney General Pam Bondi sent letters to several California sheriffs on Thursday requesting the names "of all inmates in their county jails who are not citizens of the United States, their crimes of arrest or conviction and their scheduled release dates." Bondi requested the information within 30 days and said the Department of Justice (DOJ)...
Meta investors and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg settled an $8 billion lawsuit with shareholders on Thursday. The investors were seeking $8 billion in damages from Meta in fines and legal costs shelled out by Facebook to resolve users' privacy breaches. Details of the settlement were not immediately available, and a spokesperson for Meta declined to...
The Trump administration is pushing back on a new intelligence assessment that contradicts President Trump's assertions that U.S. airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities have destroyed them, with U.S. officials and Israeli leaders discussing the possibility of additional strikes if Iran does not restart negotiations on a nuclear deal.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Attorney General Pam Bondi visited Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in California on Thursday, just two months after President Trump ordered the reopening of the historic prison near San Francisco. Both Trump administration officials shared photos online from their visit to the offshore prison, which closed more than 60 years ago because...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking a one-day prison sentence, already served, for a Louisville police officer convicted in connection with the raid that resulted in Breonna Taylor's death. Ex-Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Brett Hankison was convicted last year of violating Taylor’s civil rights by blindly firing shots into a window and door...
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Okla.), the Senate Republican deputy whip, on Thursday blocked a request by Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) to demand the Trump administration release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Gallego, a freshman, stood up on the Senate floor to demand that colleagues “show the American people that they deserve the...
President Trump would not recommend appointing a special prosecutor to look into the case of disgraced financier and sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, the White House said Thursday, rebuffing calls from some allies. “The idea was floated from someone in the media to the president. The president would not recommend a special prosecutor in the Epstein...
The War Powers Resolution of 1973 was enacted to strengthen Congress's check on the president's war-making authority, but has been largely ignored by presidents, while the proposed War Powers Consultation Act, which aimed to replace it, was never brought to the floor for a vote.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has secured interviews with four former top aides to former President Biden in its probe of his mental acuity. Over August and September, the panel will hear from former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, White House counsel office spokesperson Ian Sams, senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates, and chief of staff Jeff...
The confidence of Democratic Party voters in nine major U.S. institutions is at a new low, according to a survey. The Gallup poll published Thursday found only 26 percent of Democrats surveyed expressed a “great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in nine U.S. institutions, representing a 5 point decrease since last year. This...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is pushing back hard on President Trump’s efforts to dismiss calls from the MAGA-aligned GOP base for more information about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and calling on the Trump administration to “just release the damn files.” “I have to disagree with the president. I don’t think human trafficking of young...
County officials did not issue a locally targeted emergency alert to warn people in town of the rapidly rising waters until two days after the deadly flood, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) data.
