Russia puts Conor Kennedy on its most wanted list over Ukraine service

A Moscow court has authorized the arrest of Conor Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and grand-nephew of President John F. Kennedy, after charging him as a mercenary for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces. The Basmanny District Court of Moscow approved the arrest in absentia on August 12, according to Russian state media outlet TASS. […]

Rubio outpaces Vance in early 2028 presidential polling against top Democrats

Secretary of State Marco Rubio now runs stronger than Vice President JD Vance against every major Democratic contender tested in a new national poll, a gap the White House insists means nothing. An Emerson College survey conducted for The Hill on August 16, 17 put Rubio and Vance each against five prospective Democratic nominees in […]

Francis Clifford Smith, believed to be America's longest-serving prisoner, dies at 101 after 76 years behind bars

A Connecticut man who spent 76 years in prison for a 1949 murder he always denied committing, and who dodged the electric chair eight separate times, has died at 101, still insisting on his innocence. Francis Clifford Smith died in his sleep on June 25 at 60 West, a secured nursing facility in Connecticut that […]

Federal prosecutors turn James Comey's own novel against him in '86 47' threat case

Federal prosecutors fighting to keep criminal charges alive against former FBI Director James Comey are now citing passages from his own novel as evidence he knew exactly what his "86 47" social media post meant, and that it was no innocent political slogan. In a court filing made this week in the Eastern District of […]

Jill Biden floats drugging theory for Joe's 2024 debate collapse, dodges stroke question

Former First Lady Jill Biden refused to rule out the possibility that her husband was drugged before his disastrous 2024 presidential debate, and sidestepped a direct question about whether doctors investigated a stroke that night. In a podcast interview with host Jamie Kern Lima, Jill Biden was asked point-blank whether someone could have "laced his […]

Gallego billed campaign donors for sister-in-law and au pair flights to Washington

Sen. Ruben Gallego used campaign funds to fly his sister-in-law and a Brazilian au pair to Washington, the latest in a growing list of personal expenses charged to donors as a federal probe reportedly looms. Previously unreported campaign finance records show the Arizona Democrat's campaign spent $1,227 on airfare for his sister-in-law to travel to […]

Trump taps White House counsel Samuel Adkisson for federal bench as staff departures mount

President Trump nominated White House associate counsel Samuel D. Adkisson to a federal judgeship in Tennessee, the latest in a wave of senior staff exits ahead of the midterm elections. Trump announced the appointment on Truth Social on August 17, praising Adkisson's work defending the administration's authority to fire Federal Trade Commission commissioners. Adkisson will […]

Musk pledges $100 million to Republicans after months-long effort to repair Trump rift

Elon Musk boarded Air Force One for President Trump's Beijing summit in May and privately pledged at least $100 million to help Republicans hold Congress, a dramatic reversal after their public falling-out last year. The world's richest man joined Trump on the flight to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, and during the trip told the […]

Minnesota's 'outstanding refugee' charged in alleged $4.5 million Medicaid fraud and sex-trafficking ring

A Somali refugee once celebrated by Minnesota's Department of Human Services as an "outstanding refugee" now faces eight felony counts for allegedly helping run a multimillion-dollar Medicaid fraud and sex-trafficking operation, a case that deepens the state's sprawling welfare fraud scandal. Salman Ahmed Elmi, who received the state's Outstanding Refugee Award for Entrepreneurship in 2021, […]

Cory Mills loses Florida GOP primary despite Trump endorsement as scandals drag down incumbent

Rep. Cory Mills lost his Republican primary in Florida's 7th Congressional District to former TV news anchor Ryan Elijah, a defeat driven not by a lack of presidential backing but by ethics investigations and an alleged federal probe that Mills could not outrun. Elijah, 54, a former host of "Good Day Orlando" on Fox affiliate […]