Mayorkas to tout decrease in border encounters in visit to border
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will address reporters in Tucson, Arizona, to tout the Biden administration's efforts on immigration after a drop in border encounters.
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Democrats and their allies sue to keep RFK Jr. off the ballot in several states
As independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ramps up efforts to secure ballot access in all 50 states, he faces stiff resistance from Democratic political opponents attempting to block his November election bid with multiple lawsuits. Kennedy vowed to be on the ballot in every state by the end of July. With just over
Biden to Pardon Military Service Members Convicted Under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
More than 6,400 veterans were discharged for their sexual orientation from 1994 to 2011 under less than honorable status. President Joe Biden announced on June 26 that potentially thousands of former military service members convicted under the military’s now-repealed ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy will be pardoned. Biden’s action pardons service members convicted under the
Russian Court Begins Closed-Door Spy Trial of American Journalist Evan Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, after more than a year of imprisonment in Moscow, has been brought to trial Wednesday in Yekaterinburg on trumped-up charges of espionage. Russian authorities claim that Gershkovich was gathering intelligence about a Russian tank manufacturer for the CIA. The United States, Gershkovich, and the Journal all maintain that Gershkovich
Biden pardons LGBTQ+ service members convicted for sexual orientation
President Biden pardoned LGBTQ+ service members who were convicted of a crime under military law based on their sexual orientation on Wednesday, a move that is expected to affect thousands of service members who were convicted over the six decades that military law formally banned consensual homosexual conduct. “Today, I am righting an historic wrong
New Photos From Mar-a-Lago Search Show Trump Personal Items Alongside Classified Documents
Prosecutors included the new photos in several filings made public on Monday. Photographs that were taken during the August 2022 search of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida were released in a court filing earlier this week, showing personal items alongside what prosecutors say are classified documents. The photos, which had not been publicly
House GOP will sue DOJ next week to get Biden-Hur audio tapes, Johnson says
House Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are not giving up the fight to get audio tapes of special counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Biden.