U.S. Department of Justice (NEW YORK) — The Justice Department unsealed new charges against a leader of the notorious Japanese Yakuza gang who they accuse of attempting to traffic weapons-grade nuclear materials from Burma to other countries, according to a newly announced superseding indictment. Prosecutors in Manhattan say that beginningRead More →
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — The Texas Attorney General’s office is suing to shut down a well-known Catholic nonprofit that helps to shelter migrants in El Paso, Texas. Officials from the AG’s office visited Annunciation House on Feb. 7, demanding it provide extensive documentation that included the identitiesRead More →
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said in a new interview that she agrees with an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are considered people in the state. “Embryos, to me, are babies,” Haley told NBC News. “When you talk about an embryo, you areRead More →
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — James Biden, the president’s younger brother, told lawmakers at a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday that the president “has never had any involvement or any direct or indirect financial interest” in his family’s business ventures — a key point Republicans areRead More →
Stella/Getty Images (OWASSO, Okla.) — Investigators in Owasso, Oklahoma, are investigating the death of a nonbinary student one day after a physical altercation with other students. There are conflicting reports regarding the student’s name and gender identity, and they are believed to be part of the transgender and gender nonconformingRead More →
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — A young girl has died and her brother has been hospitalized after they fell into a hole they had dug in the sand at a beach Tuesday in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida. Sloan Mattingly, 5, and Maddox Mattingly, 9, were pulled out of the sandRead More →
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — James Biden, the president’s younger brother, is scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday — a high-stakes confrontation months in the making that could mark an inflection point in Republicans’ ongoing impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The GOP-controlled panel says itRead More →
IronHeart/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just days ahead of the South Carolina Republican primary, former President Donald Trump’s campaign is expected to bring in at least $6 million from a fundraiser in Greenville, South Carolina, Tuesday evening, the Trump campaign told ABC News. Trump’s latest massive fundraising haul comes amid aRead More →
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just days ahead of the rematch between former President Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, this time in the South Carolina Republican primary on Saturday, two of Trump’s top aides say he’s already well on his way to securing the Republican nomination at least by MarchRead More →
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks with moderator Laura Ingraham during a Fox News Channel town Hall held in Greenville, S.C. on Tuesday, Feb 20, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Sitting down for a town hall-style interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham justRead More →
