Rubio announces U.S. deportation agreements with 20 countries for third-country removals

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a cabinet meeting that the United States has signed deportation agreements with 20 foreign nations, giving federal authorities a new tool to remove illegal immigrants who refuse to return home or whose governments block their repatriation. The deals allow the U.S. to send those migrants to a willing third […]

Federal judge lets teen accused of murdering stepsister Anna Kepner on cruise ship remain free before trial

A federal judge in Miami ruled Wednesday that Timothy Hudson, the 16-year-old charged with sexually assaulting and strangling his 18-year-old stepsister Anna Kepner aboard a Carnival cruise ship, will remain free on supervised release while he awaits trial on first-degree murder charges. The decision came after prosecutors argued there was "clear and convincing evidence" Hudson […]

Judge delays Comey's federal trial over '86 47' seashell post until October

A federal judge has pushed former FBI Director James Comey's trial on charges of threatening President Donald Trump to October 21, granting a delay that neither prosecutors nor the defense opposed. The case centers on an Instagram post Comey made in May 2025, an image of seashells arranged on a beach to spell out "86 […]

ICE pepper sprays Sen. Andy Kim outside Newark detention facility as Democrats stage protest

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pepper sprayed U.S. Sen. Andy Kim and a crowd of demonstrators outside Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark, N.J., on Monday, turning a Democratic oversight visit into a chaotic confrontation that both sides are now framing on their own terms. Videos circulating online showed mutual aid volunteers pouring water into […]

Justice Thomas rebukes Supreme Court for refusing Florida's case against states licensing illegal immigrant truckers

The Supreme Court declined this week to hear Florida's lawsuit against California and Washington over commercial driver's licenses issued to illegal immigrants, a case rooted in a fatal 2025 crash that killed three people on the Florida Turnpike. Only two justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, dissented. Thomas did not mince words. In a written […]

Democrat Auchincloss refuses to back his own party's Maine Senate candidate over Nazi tattoo

Rep. Jake Auchincloss, a Massachusetts Democrat, went on CNN Monday and publicly refused to support Graham Platner, his own party's Senate candidate in Maine, calling Platner's tattoo and his remarks about it "personally disqualifying." It was a striking moment. A sitting Democratic congressman, asked point-blank whether he would rally behind the party nominee to defeat […]

Kai Trump obtains restraining order against alleged stalker in Palm Beach County

A Palm Beach County judge granted 19-year-old Kai Trump a temporary restraining order against a 26-year-old man she accused of stalking and harassing her, according to a report detailing the court action. The order bars the man, Gabriel Garza Jr., from coming within 500 feet of Kai Trump's home, her job, and the University of […]

Army veteran who turned his home into a pro-Trump landmark dies after unprovoked assault in Escondido

Kerry Sheron, the 69-year-old Army veteran whose Escondido, California, home, draped in MAGA banners and American flags, became a local landmark, is dead. He died Sunday night after spending nearly a week in critical condition following what prosecutors describe as an unprovoked attack outside his front door on May 20. Thomas Caleb Butler, a 32-year-old […]

Beartooth frontman Caleb Shomo comes out as gay after 14-year marriage; wife and bandmate respond publicly

Caleb Shomo, the 33-year-old vocalist of the rock band Beartooth, announced Saturday that he is gay, ending years of what he described as privately "unpacking and reckoning" with his sexuality while married to his wife Fleur for more than a decade. Fleur Shomo, who married Caleb in 2012, responded the same day with her own […]

Trump marks Colbert's final broadcast with AI dumpster video as late-night era ends

President Donald Trump celebrated the cancellation of "The Late Show" on Friday evening by posting an AI-generated video to X that depicted him grabbing Stephen Colbert by the suit jacket, lifting the former host off his feet, and tossing him into a green dumpster on the show's own set. The clip ends with Trump slamming […]