A man was taken into custody in New York Wednesday night after entering St. Patrick’s Cathedral carrying two canisters of gasoline, two bottles of lighter fluid and two butane lighters, authorities said. The 37-year-old man, whose identity will be released once he is formally charged, was stopped by a cathedral security officer, New York City […]
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California ‘House of Horrors’ Parents Sentenced to Life in Prison…
The California “house of horrors” parents who abused and tortured 12 of their 13 children were sentenced to life in prison Friday with the possibility of parole after 25 years. Some of the children of the couple spoke in a packed courtroom ahead of their parents’ sentencing. Judge Bernard Schwartz said the children were not […]
‘American Taliban’ John Walker Lindh Gets Release Date from Prison…
John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban,” will be released from prison in May, according to new court filings. Lindh, 38, was captured as an enemy combatant in Afghanistan in November 2001. He was indicted in February 2002 on 10 counts, including conspiracy to commit murder and aiding the Taliban and Al-Qaeda. Lindh was initially […]
Terror Rulings Vacated Over Risk of Bias from Military Judge…
Unraveling two years of rulings in the prosecution of a suspected al-Qaida mastermind, the D.C. Circuit ruled Tuesday that the military judge disqualified himself by secretly lobbying the White House for a federal judgeship. “It is beyond question that judges may not adjudicate cases involving their prospective employers,” says the 31-page opinion, written for a […]
NOW YOU KNOW WHY DEMOCRATS EMBRACE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: HISPANICS TO BECOME LARGEST VOTING MINORITY BY 2020…
The largest voting minority group in the 2020 elections likely will be Hispanic Americans, who are on track to outpace African Americans for the first time in U.S. history, recent data from the Pew Research Center found. The projection is a positive sign for President Donald Trump’s 2020 prospects. Under his presidency, Hispanic unemployment broke […]
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AG Barr Denies Bond for Refugees with Credible Fears…
In a major reversal of U.S immigration and human rights policy, Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday declared that detained asylum-seekers who have shown they have a credible fear of returning to their country will no longer be able to ask a judge to grant them bond. Barr decided that asylum-seekers who clear a credible-fear […]
United Airlines Cancels All Boeing 737 Max Flights Until July…
United Airlines revealed on April 16 it would extend a suspension on all flights using a controversial aircraft. The airline will cancel all routes that would normally be flown with the Boeing 737 Max until at least July to give the carrier time to address a variety of safety concerns that allegedly caused two planes […]
Trump Vetoes Measure to End U.S. Involvement in Yemen War…
President Donald Trump vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen. The veto — the second in Trump’s presidency — was expected, and Congress lacks the votes to override it. But passing the never-before-used war powers resolution was viewed as a milestone for lawmakers, who have […]
De Blasio Calls Trump’s Sanctuary City Plan ‘Illegal,’ Vows to Fight in Court…
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that President Trump’s plan to send undocumented immigrants to sanctuary cities like New York is illegal and vowed to fight it in court. De Blasio made the statement on NY1 after Trump continued to threaten to send undocumented immigrants to so-called sanctuary cities on Monday. “It’s illegal. It is […]
Secret Report Reveals Saudi Incompetence and Widespread Use of U.S. Weapons in Yemen…
Since the brutal murder of Saudi dissident and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi last October, Congress has increasingly pressured the Trump administration to stop backing the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen and halt U.S. arms sales to Riyadh. In response, President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that if the U.S. does not sell weapons […]
Sending Immigrants to Sanctuary Cities Has Consequences–and That’s a Good Thing by Sharyl Attkisson…
From a logical standpoint, the most perplexing recent political squabble has got to be over President Trump’s threat — or promise — to place illegal immigrants in sanctuary cities and states while they await processing. By way of background, both sides in the illegal immigration debate can produce studies, anecdotes and other evidence supporting their […]
Denied Bail, Accused Mar-a-Lago Intruder Pleads Not Guilty…
The Chinese woman charged with misleading Secret Service agents to gain entry into President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club was denied bail Monday moments after federal prosecutors back-tracked on testimony that she carried an insidious computer virus with her onto the property. Under U.S. Magistrate Judge William Matthewman’s Monday order, Yujing Zhang will remain behind bars […]
Man Who Allegedly Threw 5-Year-Old Boy Off Mall of America Balcony Was ‘Looking for Someone to Kill’…
The man who allegedly threw a 5-year-old boy over the third-floor balcony at the Mall of America was “looking for someone to kill,” according to a criminal complaint. Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, 24, was allegedly angry because women kept rejecting him and wanted to kill an adult before going for the child, The Associated Press reported […]
Trump Doubles Down on Plan to Ship Migrants to Sanctuary Cities…
President Trump responded to reports Friday that his administration proposed releasing immigrant detainees in sanctuary cities by not only confirming the plan but saying it remains under “strong” consideration. Further, the president tweeted that relocating illegal immigrants to these districts should make the “Radical Left” happy. The comments came after The Washington Post first reported […]
U.S. Prisoners Have Lost a Combined 20,000 Years of Life to False Convictions…
In 2018 alone, wrongly convicted prisoners lost more than 1,600 years of life behind bars. That’s a new record, according to the annual report from The National Registry of Exonerations, which tracks all exonerations from 1989 onward. In 2018, 151 people were freed from serving sentences for crimes they did not commit. They had served […]
“I’m Going Back to Selling Drugs”: Backpage Seizure Forces Sex Traffickers Back to “Legitimate” Work…
In the year after US authorities shut down sex ad website Backpage.com, the online prostitution market has scattered across the internet with several players still trying to -ahem, literally – fill the void. The breakdown of this quasi monopoly, and the resulting scattering of websites, means that the landmark package of sex trafficking laws passed […]
The Bloody Truth: Inside America’s Most Violent Prison System…
I thought they were photos from a battlefield of war. Bodies torn open by wounds, crude and jagged. Splattered blood, gushing red streams flowing from ripped skin, a panicked triage underway. The faces of the victims appear vacant, in shock, but a few contort in agony. Some of them are dead now. These are not […]
Trump Administration Turns Over Massive Collection of Intelligence Records on Human Rights and Argentina…
47,000 Pages of CIA, FBI, NSC, DOD and State Dept. Records Touted as “Largest” Government-to-Government Transfer of Declassified Documentation…Documents Spotlight Buenos Aires Base for International Death Squad Operations sponsored by Condor States; Record Ruthless Repression by Argentine Security Forces during Military Dictatorship, 1976-1983…National Security Archive Commends Completion of U.S. Government’s Special Argentina Project as ‘Model […]
Man Arrested in Killing of Jersey City Nanny Was in U.S. Illegally and Deported Twice…
The man arrested in connection to the sexual assault and murder of a Jersey City nanny was in the U.S. illegally and had been deported twice before, ICE told PIX11 Thursday. Jorge Rios-Doblado, 33, is a citizen of Honduras who was in the U.S. illegally was deported in 2003 and 2004, ICE-ERO Newark said in […]
McCain Institute Cozies Up to Qatar Front Groups…
Cindy McCain, the widow of deceased Republican Sen. John McCain, and the McCain Institute have continued to cozy up to two shadowy front groups that work to advance the interests of a theocratic Middle Eastern regime. Over the past few years, Mrs. McCain and the McCain Institute have ramped up partnerships on many fronts with […]