Family fears for U.S. hostage Ryan Corbett’s health in Taliban prison

The family of Ryan Corbett, an American humanitarian who has been imprisoned without charge by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers since August 2022, said a brief, “disturbing” phone call from him this week has them increasingly concerned about his declining mental and physical health. Anna Corbett, Ryan’s wife, said in a statement that she and their three

Court Reinstates South Carolina’s ‘Gerrymandered’ Congressional Map Ahead of Primary

The nation’s high court is weighing whether the map was drawn based on racial demographics. A three-judge panel ruled on March 28 that South Carolina must use a congressional map that the same court previously struck down for racial gerrymandering in the state’s upcoming elections. The map, drawn by South Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature, bolsters the

Mayorkas Impeachment Articles to Be Sent to Senate on April 10: Johnson

Speaker Johnson urged Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to schedule an impeachment trial ‘expeditiously.’ The House of Representatives will send the articles of impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on April 10, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has announced. In a March 28 letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

House to send Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate on April 10

Washington — House Republicans are set to present the articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate after Congress returns from recess next month, kickstarting a clash over an impeachment trial in the upper chamber that Democrats are expected to work to quickly quash.  Speaker Mike Johnson and the

Third Senate Democrat Comes Out Against Biden’s Controversial Judicial Nominee

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D., Nev.) on Wednesday became the third Democrat in the Senate to come out against Adeel Mangi, President Joe Biden’s controversial nominee to serve as a federal appeals court judge.  Rosen joined Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D., Nev.) and Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) in opposing Mangi, a Muslim-American lawyer and nominee to

Dem Megadonor Sam Bankman-Fried Gets 25 Years in FTX Fraud Case

Sam Bankman–Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge on Thursday for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange he founded, the last step in dramatic downfall of the former billionaire wunderkind and megadonor to the Democratic Party. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan handed down the sentence at a Manhattan