Alaska election official boots same-name Senate candidate over scheme to mislead voters

Alaska's top election official disqualified a retired schoolteacher named Dan J. Sullivan from the state's Republican Senate primary, ruling that his candidacy was designed not to win an election but to confuse voters into thinking he was the incumbent, Sen. Dan Sullivan. Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher issued the decision Monday in a letter […]

ICE arrests alleged Brazilian terror group commander in North Carolina after high-speed pursuit

Federal agents arrested a Brazilian illegal immigrant in Mooresville, North Carolina, on June 5 after he allegedly led law enforcement on a vehicle pursuit, crashed into stopped traffic, and tried to run. The man, Felipe Linares de Oliveira Dell Aquilla, is accused of far more than reckless driving. The Department of Homeland Security says he […]

Eleven Supreme Court cases could reshape Trump's second-term agenda before the justices leave town

The Supreme Court is racing toward its annual June deadline with 23 unresolved cases still on the docket, and at least eleven of them carry direct consequences for President Donald Trump's executive authority, immigration enforcement, election integrity, gun rights, and the future of independent federal agencies. The justices heard arguments in nearly 60 disputes this […]

DOJ clears Paramount Skydance's $111 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery without conditions

The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division approved Paramount Skydance's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Friday, clearing the way for one of the largest media mergers in American history, and doing so without requiring a single asset sale, behavioral restriction, or concession of any kind. The DOJ confirmed the decision in a statement […]

Federal judge blocks Trump administration's National Park exhibit changes, orders restoration

A federal judge in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction Friday ordering the Trump administration to restore exhibits and displays removed from National Park Service sites and to halt any further changes, a ruling that throws a wrench into the administration's effort to strip what it called "improper partisan ideology" from federally controlled public spaces. U.S. […]

Haiti's top security official kidnapped by armed men as gangs tighten grip on capital

Armed men seized James Boyard, Haiti's cabinet director of the Defense Ministry and inspector general of the national police, in what amounts to the highest-ranking government abduction the country has seen in years. Local media reported that Boyard was grabbed Thursday in Bourdon, a neighborhood of Port-au-Prince that was, until recently, considered one of the […]

New Hampshire high court throws out Adam Montgomery's murder conviction in killing of daughter Harmony

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has overturned Adam Montgomery's second-degree murder conviction in the death of his five-year-old daughter, Harmony Montgomery, ruling that trying the murder charge alongside a second-degree assault charge in a single proceeding denied him a fair trial. The state's Attorney General's Office says it will take him back to court. Montgomery […]

U.S. military strike kills Tren de Aragua gang leader in Venezuela, Trump announces

A U.S. military strike killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, the leader of the Tren de Aragua gang and one of the most wanted men in the Western Hemisphere, at a compound in Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced Friday. Venezuela's government confirmed its participation in the operation, marking a striking turn in cooperation between Washington and […]

Hunter Biden takes his grievance tour to Newsom's podcast, defends Democrat with Nazi tattoo

Hunter Biden sat down with California Gov. Gavin Newsom for a wide-ranging podcast interview in which the former first son blamed conservative media for the collapse of his plea deal, defended the pardon his father granted him, and vouched for a Maine Democratic Senate nominee who has come under fire for having a Nazi tattoo. […]

Trump calls U.S. men's soccer team to rally support before World Cup opener against Paraguay

President Trump picked up the phone Thursday night and called the U.S. men's national team with a simple message: go win. The 45-second video of the exchange, posted by the USMNT's official X account, showed the president connecting with head coach Mauricio Pochettino and the full 26-man roster roughly 24 hours before the squad's World […]