Justice Department labels Iranian missile threat against Air Force One an 'assassination attempt' in Supreme Court ballroom fight

The Justice Department formally characterized an Iranian missile threat against Air Force One as an "assassination attempt" in an emergency Supreme Court filing Friday, using the July incident to argue that a blocked White House ballroom project is a national security necessity. Solicitor General John Sauer asked the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals […]

Tennessee man indicted for alleged politically motivated arson at historic Florida building

A 28-year-old Tennessee man faces up to 25 years in federal prison after a grand jury indicted him for allegedly traveling across state lines to set fire to a historic building in Florida in what authorities describe as a politically motivated attack. Ian Nathaniel Grice of Dixon, Tennessee, was charged with arson and interstate travel […]

Federal judge clears Trump border wall to proceed across tribal lands in Arizona

A federal judge denied the Tohono O'odham Nation's bid to block border wall construction along 62 miles of its Arizona reservation, ruling that border security interests outweigh the tribe's claims of harm. U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon, a George W. Bush appointee sitting in the District of Columbia, issued the opinion on Friday, finding […]

Treasury guts corporate ownership disclosure rule, drawing bipartisan fire over illicit finance risks

The Trump administration finalized a rule scrapping federal requirements that U.S. companies reveal their true owners, a move Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls deregulation but bipartisan critics warn will shield criminals hiding dirty money. Bessent's Treasury Department on Tuesday eliminated the beneficial ownership reporting mandate under the Corporate Transparency Act, a bipartisan law enacted during […]

Nine Democrats broke ranks to oppose Massachusetts law removing all abortion limits

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed a law eliminating every gestational limit on abortion in the state, and nine members of her own party voted against it, with one calling the measure "barbaric." The Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act passed the Massachusetts state House 119, 33 on July 22, with all Republican members and nine […]

Rosie O'Donnell says Wynonna Judd is the only Trump supporter she can tolerate

Rosie O'Donnell revealed that country music star Wynonna Judd is the lone Trump supporter in her life, and admitted she cannot understand anyone else who backs the president. O'Donnell, 64, made the remarks on a recent episode of The Tangle with Kyle Ridley podcast, where she described a friendship with Judd that survives only because […]

Clarence Thomas dares critics to question his race: 'Look at me'

Justice Clarence Thomas confronted critics who challenge his identity as a Black man over his political views, calling the attack a hollow substitute for genuine argument, and tracing his intellectual independence to an economist the left would rather ignore. During a conversation at the Hoover Institution with host Peter Robinson, recorded August 11, Thomas addressed […]

Appeals court clears the way for Mamdani's pied-à-terre surcharge after lower court blocked it

A New York appeals court judge lifted a temporary restraining order that had halted Mayor Zohran Mamdani's pied-à-terre surcharge rollout, reviving a tax fight that has already ensnared roughly 17,000 homeowners in a bureaucratic mess of the city's own making. Associate Justice Philip Hom of the Brooklyn Appellate Division stayed the lower court's order on […]

Perez Hilton's sister describes finding him during suicide attempt at his home

Barbara Lavandeira broke her silence about discovering her brother Perez Hilton mid-suicide attempt on August 4, describing a scene of severe self-harm that left the celebrity blogger covered in blood and barely conscious. Lavandeira, who gave her account to Page Six on Wednesday, said she found Hilton, whose legal name is Mario Lavandeira, standing naked […]

Klobuchar captures Minnesota Democratic gubernatorial nomination as $9 billion fraud scandal shadows the race

Sen. Amy Klobuchar cruised to the Minnesota Democratic gubernatorial nomination Tuesday, pledging to clean up a fraud scandal that federal prosecutors say could cost taxpayers more than $9 billion, a mess that built on her own party's watch. Klobuchar, who failed to gain traction in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary before dropping out and endorsing […]