Wagner Chief To Move To Belarus In Deal To Defuse Rebellion As Russia Drops Charges
The greatest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin in his more than two decades in power fizzled out relatively peacefully Saturday after the rebellious mercenary commander who ordered his troops to march on Moscow abruptly reached a deal with the Kremlin to go into exile and sounded the retreat. The dramatic if brief revolt shifted the landscape […]
Whistleblowers Say IRS Recommended Felony Charges In Hunter Biden Probe, Allege Political Interference
Two whistleblowers told a House panel that the IRS recommended felony tax charges against Hunter Biden and alleged that there was political interference in the investigation into the president’s son. Gary Shapley, an IRS supervisory special agent, told the House Ways and Means Committee in testimony released Thursday that the IRS recommended felony tax evasion charges, as […]
Supreme Court Hands Biden Admin Major Win On Challenge To ICE Enforcement Policy
The Supreme Court on Friday handed the Biden administration a major victory on a key immigration case – ruling that GOP-led states do not have standing to challenge a policy narrowing federal immigration enforcement. The justices, in an 8-1 ruling in U.S. v Texas, found that Republican states did not have standing to challenge a narrowing […]
Rescue Window Narrows As Search Area For Titan Submersible Doubles
The search for five people aboard the missing submersible that was exploring the Titanic wreck grew Wednesday to double the size of Connecticut and 2.5 miles deep, as noises picked up by sonar have yielded no leads and the vessel’s 96-hour oxygen supply is estimated to run out Thursday. But the international search effort remains full of […]
House Republicans vote to censure Adam Schiff
House Republicans on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a rare reprimand of a sitting lawmaker that the GOP conference delivered as a rebuke for his efforts against former President Trump. The vote — 213-209-6 — is the culmination of a week-long push led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), which was stymied last […]
Hunter Biden To Plead Guilty To Federal Tax, Gun Charges
Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, will plead guilty to tax crimes and unlawful possession of a weapon in a plea agreement reached with prosecutors, according to court papers filed Tuesday. The plea deal, which must be accepted by a judge, would likely keep Hunter Biden out of jail. Hunter Biden, 53, has been under investigation for tax matters since […]
Titanic Tourist Submarine Goes Missing In The Atlantic
A search and rescue mission is underway off the coast of Newfoundland for a missing submersible that takes tourists to see the wreckage of the Titanic, according to news reports on Monday. The U.S. Coast Guard in Boston told the BBC that it is spearheading the operation off the Canadian coast to locate the missing submersible. […]
Ukrainian Leaders Say They’ve Retaken Eight Villages In Counteroffensive
Ukrainian leaders on Monday said they had liberated an eighth village in the counteroffensive launched about two weeks ago as forces continue to inch through heavily fortified Russian-occupied territory. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said forces had taken the town of Piatykhatky in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, where a major Ukrainian advance is continuing […]
Bill Barr: Trump Is A ‘Consummate Narcissist’
Former Attorney General Bill Barr called former President Trump a “consummate narcissist,” adding that the former president regularly “engages in reckless conduct.” “But the fact of the matter is, he is a consummate narcissist and he constantly engages in reckless conduct that puts his political followers at risk and the conservative and Republican agenda at risk,” Barr […]
Pittsburgh Tree Of Life Synagogue Shooter Guilty On All Charges, Could Receive Death Penalty
The man who killed 11 worshipers in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018 was found guilty Friday of federal hate crime charges. A jury will now decide if Robert Bowers will receive the death penalty for committing the most deadly antisemitic attack in U.S. history. Sentencing is scheduled for June […]