The Los Angeles City Council voted 14-0 to advance restrictions on police traffic stops rooted in one dangerous idea: That cops enforcing traffic laws are somehow the real threat...
The U.S. military conducted a lethal strike on another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Friday, killing two suspected “narco-terrorists,” according to U.S. Southern Command (Southcom). Southcom said the vessel was operated by an unnamed designated terrorist organization and was transiting along “known narco-trafficking routes” engaged in illicit drug trafficking. “Two male narco-terrorists...
President Trump has reportedly boasted that he will issue pre-emptive presidential pardons to hundreds, if not thousands, of administration staff and officials, which could raise questions about the potential for abuse of the Pardons Clause and the potential for unethical or illegal activity.
Pope Leo XIV has been butting heads with Trump and the GOP over their use of Christianity to justify war and their mistreatment of immigrants, calling for an end to the conflict and advocating for grace, charity and forgiveness.
The Pentagon is ending mandatory flu vaccines for service members, phrasing the change as giving troops “medical autonomy” and “freedom to express their religious convictions,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday. “Our new policy is simple. If you, an American warrior entrusted to defend this nation, believe that the flu vaccine is in your best...
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced Tuesday that it is under investigation by the Department of Justice, a move that comes after the Trump administration has repeatedly admonished the civil rights group. SPLC’s interim CEO Bryan Fair said the group does not have all the details, but that the investigation appears to be focused...
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.), who sits on the House Oversight Committee, said late Monday that he would “not be surprised” if foreign adversaries were responsible for the mysterious deaths and disappearances of nearly a dozen American scientists over the past few years. “I would not be surprised if our adversaries —China, Russia, Iran, or any...
President Trump on Tuesday urged Iran not to execute eight women accused of crimes against the Islamic Republic amid ceasefire talks in Islamabad, Pakistan. “To the Iranian leaders, who will soon be in negotiations with my representatives: I would greatly appreciate the release of these women,” the president wrote on his Truth Social platform. “I...
President Trump praised Tim Cook’s tenure as the CEO of Apple on Tuesday, a day after the company announced Cook would step down from the role. “I have always been a big fan of Tim Cook, and likewise, Steve Jobs, but if Steve was not taken from the Planet Earth so young, and ran the...
Republican attempts to flaunt the benefits of the tax cuts they passed last year are being overshadowed by President Trump’s foreign entanglements and tariffs, and the economic uncertainty that comes with it. “War’s expensive, government's expensive, and there's a challenge,” Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, said last week in a Tax Day Eve press conference...
With a fragile ceasefire winding down, Pakistan is pushing ahead with preparations for a second round of talks in Islamabad, even as Tehran signals it may not show up. U.S. officials have expressed cautious optimism that talks on a longer-term deal to end hostilities would resume in Pakistan despite uncertainty over whether an Iranian delegation...
