A former FBI informant who fabricated statements to the bureau that in part spurred a GOP congressional investigation into the Biden family has been indicted on tax fraud charges. Alexander Smirnov, as a confidential informant, had relayed to the FBI that the head of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma told him he had paid both...
The majority of social media influencers share information with their followers without verifying its accuracy, according to a new U.N. report that was released on Tuesday. The new study, done by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), found that nearly two-thirds of surveyed digital content creators, 62 percent, said they did not...
Republicans are smelling blood in New Jersey’s gubernatorial race next year following an unexpectedly close result in the presidential election. Vice President Harris only carried the Garden State by about 6 points over President-elect Trump, the closest Republicans have come to winning the state’s electoral votes in three decades. This came after another closer-than-expected result...
A campaign chair for Vice President Harris’s 2024 presidential bid said the notion that she dodged interviews during the campaign was “completely bull---t.” “I think back and think we should have signaled more of our strategy early on about podcasts and who we were [trying to] reach and — but we had a limited amount...
President-elect Trump's transition team has received briefings from the chief architect of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal under President Biden, a senior administration official said Tuesday. Amos Hochstein, Biden's lead negotiator on the ceasefire, led two briefings with Trump’s national security team on the tenants of the deal – which was announced on Tuesday – and...
U.S. forces on Tuesday struck Iranian-aligned militia groups in Syria in retaliation for the fighters attacking American bases. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on the social platform X that it struck a weapons storage facility and that a battle damage assessment was underway to determine the impact of the strike. "We will...
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted a request from special counsel Jack Smith to drop President-elect Trump’s Florida documents case, ending the battle to charge him over retaining records with classified markings after leaving office. The order fulfills a request from Smith to end an appeal in the case as it relates...
President-elect Trump’s legal strategy of delay is paying off, with his election victory changing the trajectory of his four criminal prosecutions. Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday moved to dismiss his two cases against Trump, and the former president’s team believes his state cases must similarly be tossed as he prepares to return to the...
The Pentagon is “actively” watching for drones over U.S. Air Force locations in the United Kingdom, following a series of unexplained sightings over the past two weeks. The sightings, which took place over three U.S. air bases last week between Nov. 20 and 22 and again on Monday night, have prompted the deployment of roughly...
After a lengthy delay, President-elect Trump has signed off on a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the White House, which will allow officials to meet with counterparts at departments and agencies ahead of the January transition of power. Susie Wiles, who will serve as Trump’s chief of staff, said in a statement on Tuesday that...
