Politics
Feds dramatically drop charges against Illinois anti-ICE activists – including ex-congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh – amid grand jury misconduct claims
Chicago’s US attorney abruptly dismissed a criminal case Thursday against four anti-ICE activists — including former Democratic congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh — after a federal judge called out prosecutors for allegedly rigging the grand jury to secure an indictment.
Trump takes victory lap as Stephen Colbert wraps up final ‘Late Show’ episode: ‘Finally finished’
President Trump celebrated that “total jerk” Stephen Colbert is “finally finished at CBS” after the “Late Show” host went off the air for the last time on Thursday night.
GOP calls off vote on Iran war resolution that was on the verge of passing
House Republican leaders scuttled a planned vote Thursday to restrict President Trump from ordering military strikes against Iran after it appeared the war powers resolution had enough support to pass.
DOJ charges 15 fraudsters who stole $90M in Minnesota — including ‘largest autism fraud scheme ever’
Department of Justice officials announced charges Thursday against 15 accused fraudsters in Minnesota — including those involved in the “largest autism fraud scheme ever.”
DNC ‘autopsy’ of 2024 defeat says Biden loyalists neglected Harris, claims GOP ‘learned more from Obama’ than Dems
Allies of former President Joe Biden failed to give former Vice President Kamala Harris needed support before her 107-day sprint to Election Day 2024.
Exclusive | Minnesota’s ‘Quality Learing Center’ raked in $215K federal payout — senator demands receipts
Fraudsters behind the notorious “Quality Learing Center” daycare facility in Minnesota appear to have locked down roughly a quarter of a million dollars worth of loans from the Small Business Administration.
Bruce Springsteen takes jab at Trump, Paramount during Stephen Colbert’s second-to-last ‘Late Show’
Bruce Springsteen took center stage at Stephen Colbert’s penultimate “Late Night” show on Wednesday, wasting no time to bash his familiar foe, President Trump, along with CBS parent company Paramount Skydance.
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson walks back stinging comments about Starbucks, as fears mount that the coffee giant may pull out of the liberal city
Seattle’s lefty Mayor Katie Wilson admitted she was wrong to slam Starbucks and push for a boycott of the mega-coffee chain birthed in the Pacific City.
Graham Platner cruelly mocked a US soldier who nearly died protecting squad: ‘Stupid motherf—er didn’t deserve to live’
Seven years ago, Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner cruelly mocked an American soldier who was caught on camera taking fire from the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Ex-Cuba leader Raul Castro, 94, charged with murder, conspiracy to kill Americans in 1996 shootdown of humanitarian planes
Blanche at a news conference in Miami noted that a federal grand jury handed up the charges against Castro, 94, on April 23 for directing the Brothers to the Rescue murders of 1996, when Cuba’s air force shot down two planes operated by an exile humanitarian group, killing four.