Special counsel Jack Smith formally withdrew from the Mar-a-Lago documents case Friday, referring the ongoing prosecution of President-elect Trump’s two co-defendants to federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida. Smith formally dropped charges against Trump in both of his federal cases in November, dismissing them without prejudice while citing Justice Department policy that prohibits...
Russia’s connection to the rupture of an undersea cable between Finland and Estonia is raising a new bevy of fears over the sabotage of critical power lines. The new incidents come as tensions between the West and Russia and China have risen over the war in Ukraine, and as the world braces for a shift...
A U.S. soldier has died in Iraq from noncombat injuries, according to the Defense Department. Capt. Eric Richard Hart, 34, of Indianapolis, died Saturday, the Pentagon said. Hart was supporting the U.S. military's operations against the designated terrorist group ISIS in Iraq. He was assigned to the 38th Infantry Division within the Indiana National Guard....
Opponents of Alaska’s ranked-choice system are renewing their efforts to overhaul the voting method ahead of 2026 after an effort to undo the system narrowly failed last month. Two groups submitted petitions this month that would get rid of ranked-choice voting and open primaries. One of those groups is also seeking to undo a provision aimed at...
Russia and Ukraine announced Monday a swap of more than 300 prisoners of war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced his team secured the return of 189 Ukrainians, while Russia announced the return of 150 service members. “The return of our people from Russian captivity is always very good news for each of us. And...
The son of North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer (R) was sentenced Monday to 28 years in prison over a police chase and death of a local sheriff’s deputy. Ian Cramer, 43, was charged with manslaughter last December after he crashed his family’s SUV into a police cruiser, concluding an hourlong chase. He killed the sheriff’s...
After announcing his citizen law enforcement group, the “Guardian Angels," would be returning to patrol the New York subway, Curtis Sliwa is pushing back against New York Mayor Eric Adams and slamming the city’s migrant sanctuary policies, saying: “We’re in a crime crisis."
President Biden on Monday signed an executive order closing executive offices of the government for late former President Jimmy Carter's funeral on Jan. 9.
Billionaire entrepreneur and top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, Elon Musk, touted that he has reaped the benefits of Ozempic after fellow top Trump adviser, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., suggested the trendy new class of drugs are bad for Americans' health.