The Justice Department accused a federal judge of “digressive micromanagement” Wednesday in relation to a case involving deportation flights that sent Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador over the weekend. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ordered the Justice Department to submit answers to five questions after it insisted Tuesday that the flights did not violate a…
An Idaho judge has denied Bryan Kohberger’s request to bring in defense experts to offer testimony against the prosecution’s theories about his movements and Amazon shopping history. “The information Defense seeks to convey can be presented by declarations,” Judge Steven Hippler wrote in an order Tuesday. “Counsel may have the witnesses available by video streaming…
The co-founder of a leading progressive group says Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer faces a difficult challenge in winning back the trust of Democrats following his controversial support last week of a Republican-crafted federal government funding bill that averted a government shutdown. The move by Schumer, the longtime lawmaker from New York and top Democrat…
President Donald Trump’s decision to send a Navy warship to assist with security at the southern border sends a strong message of deterrence to those who might be thinking of crossing into the U.S. by sea, one expert says. “It’s unusual, normally you see land forces, but it’s still smart,” Alfonso Aguilar, a former chief…
Concerns are mounting around former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen to sign presidential pardons and other official documents across his four years in office, though the chances of successfully challenging in court the use of an autopen on presidential pardons are “vanishingly low,” constitutional scholar Jonathan Turley said. “Many are suggesting that the…
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from terminating $14 billion in grants awarded to three climate groups by the Biden administration. U.S. District Judge Tonya Chutkan ruled that the federal government’s “vague and unsubstantiated assertions of fraud are insufficient.” The order prevents the EPA from ending the grant program, which totaled…
The film Snow White recently premiered at El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. Film premieres, especially of movies produced by the storied Walt Disney Studios, are often sensational affairs. This one was not. The event was closed to media. There were no typical red-carpet interviews. The only people conducting interviews with the cast were Disney employees. …
A Florida death row inmate convicted of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl and murdering her grandmother is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution. Edward James, 63, was convicted in the 1993 rape and murder of Toni Neuner, 8, and the murder of Betty Dick, 58, in Seminole County. He pleaded guilty…
The FBI has captured its third fugitive from the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, according to agency director Kash Patel. In a post on X on Tuesday night, Patel said the FBI’s success in bringing down some of America’s most wanted is “not an accident” and…
A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill to ban “non-human behavior” in public schools, such as barking, meowing and other animal-like practices commonly used by furries. The Forbidding Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education, or FURRIES Act, was proposed in the state’s House last week by GOP Rep. Stan Gerdes. “No distractions. No theatrics. Just…
