Trump-appointed judge sides with Minnesota, dismisses DOJ sanctuary policy lawsuit

A federal judge nominated by President Trump handed the administration a rare legal setback, tossing out the Justice Department's entire case against Minnesota's sanctuary immigration policies, a ruling that could complicate the White House's nationwide push to force state and local cooperation with ICE. Chief U.S. District Judge Eric Tostrud dismissed every claim the DOJ […]

Secret Service reports 40 percent spike in threat cases as director calls environment unprecedented

The U.S. Secret Service has opened roughly 10,000 threat investigations against government officials so far in 2026, a 40 percent jump over last year that the agency's director says surpasses anything in his 24-year career. Director Sean Curran told reporters at a press briefing ahead of the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner that the […]

Barrett tells Congress her 12-year-old son found her bulletproof vest — and wanted to know why she had it

Justice Amy Coney Barrett brought the reality of threats against the Supreme Court into sharp focus Tuesday, telling House lawmakers her young son discovered a bulletproof vest she had been sent home with, and that the danger has only escalated since. Barrett and Justice Elena Kagan appeared before the House Appropriations Committee on July 14 […]

Trump convenes Situation Room war council to plan expanded military offensive against Iran

President Trump gathered his top military and national security advisors in the White House Situation Room on Tuesday to map out a major escalation of the U.S. campaign against Iran, a push he says will not stop until Tehran agrees to a deal that includes abandoning its nuclear ambitions. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of […]

Susan Collins confronts Hegseth over firing of more than two dozen senior military officers

Sen. Susan Collins used her opening statement at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Tuesday to publicly challenge Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's removal of more than two dozen senior military officers, a rare rebuke from a Republican committee chair that signals growing bipartisan unease over the Pentagon shake-up. Collins, who chairs the powerful spending panel, told […]

Speaker Johnson pledges House will stay in session to finish packed legislative week

House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed the chamber would not break early before August recess, even as Republican holdouts threaten a critical procedural vote on a $95 billion budget framework backed by President Trump. Johnson delivered the three-word answer, "I will not", when Fox News asked Monday whether he would send members home if GOP leaders […]

Nine shot in Minneapolis neighborhood where Democrat mayor promised safety just months earlier

A mass shooting left nine people wounded in the same Minneapolis entertainment district where Mayor Jacob Frey held a press conference weeks earlier pledging stronger patrols, and a nearby nightclub brawl the same night only deepened questions about who is keeping Uptown safe. Just before 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, gunfire erupted outside the Reign Event […]

Suspect Andrew Arrabaca named in incendiary device attack outside Manhattan federal building, carried anti-ICE materials

A 43-year-old Army veteran allegedly set fire to the steps of 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan using gasoline and fireworks, and law enforcement says he brought a manifesto, weapons, and anti-ICE literature with him. Andrew John Arrabaca was taken into custody Monday morning after he allegedly launched fireworks outside the federal building, poured what […]

Declassified FBI memos show DOJ blocked full probe of alleged 2020 voter registration fraud in Michigan

President Trump released declassified FBI investigative files exposing how the Justice Department repeatedly narrowed, delayed, and ultimately killed a federal probe into a voter registration firm accused of submitting fabricated applications in Muskegon, Michigan, ahead of the 2020 election. The documents, FBI-302 interview summaries, internal DOJ emails, and an investigation timeline, lay out a case […]

Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, rock and roll original behind "Palisades Park," dead at 89

Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, the high-energy rock and roll pioneer who scored 29 charting hits and set an all-time record on American Bandstand, died July 17 at a California hospice after a brief battle with cancer. Cannon, born Frederick Anthony Picariello Jr. in Lynn, Massachusetts, on December 4, 1936, spent seven decades making the kind […]