Justice Department announces it’s readopting the firing squad as a means of execution

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Justice on Friday directed the Bureau of Prisons to expand death penalty protocols to include pentobarbital injections and firing squads as part of broader actions to strengthen the federal death penalty.  “Today, the Department of Justice acted to restore its solemn duty to seek,

Hegseth Says US Blockade of Iran Is ‘Going Global’

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on April 24, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth said on April 24 that a nearly two-week-long U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports is increasing and “going global” as Washington seeks to exert economic

Republican proposes giving part of Virginia back to DC after redistricting loss

Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) on Wednesday introduced legislation to make the Virginia cities of Arlington and Alexandria part of Washington, D.C., reversing an 1846 law that returned the regions to the Old Dominion. “The Make DC Square Again Act restores the original ten-mile-square District and ends the artificial advantage Virginia Democrats have recently gained from…