Chicago alderwoman apologizes for ‘wrong place at the wrong time’ comment on slain student
Chicago Alderwoman Maria Hadden apologizes after 'wrong place at the wrong time' remarks about slain Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman.
Court denies appeal to stop Riverside County Sheriff’s election probe
A California court denied the state attorney general’s appeal to halt the Riverside County Sheriff’s election fraud investigation on Tuesday. In a statement, California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office said the appellate court denied their request “based solely on where we filed the case and is not a ruling on the underlying of the petition.”
DOJ found no evidence of a crime in Fed renovation project, prosecutor admits
The Justice Department’s investigation of a $2.5 billion renovation project at the Federal Reserve didn’t find any evidence of a crime, a federal prosecutor privately conceded under questioning by a skeptical judge earlier this month, according to a transcript of the sealed hearing. That admission by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Massucco came during a March
USC Cancels California Governor Debate After Rebutting Racial Discrimination Accusations
A sign for the University of Southern California at a campus entrance in Los Angeles on April 16, 2024. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo The University of Southern California canceled a California gubernatorial debate planned for Tuesday night after rebutting accusations of racial discrimination made by candidates of color. Republicans Steve Hilton and Chad Bianco, and Democrats
US Settles Social Media Censorship Case, Bars Agencies From Pressuring Firms to Suppress Speech
Facebook app icon is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken on Oct. 27, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Reuters The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) on Tuesday came to a settlement with the federal government that prohibits agencies from requesting social media companies to suppress constitutionally-protected speech, as in the case of the Biden administration’s “whole
NCLA Reaches Historic Settlement Curtailing Federal Coercion of Social Media Censorship
Facebook app icon is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken on Oct. 27, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Reuters The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) on Tuesday came to a settlement with the federal government that prohibits agencies from requesting social media companies to suppress constitutionally-protected speech, as in the case of the Biden administration’s “whole
House Republicans shoot down possible housing-crypto trade with Senate
House lawmakers say adding their bipartisan banking bills to the crypto legislation is not enough to get them to swallow a Senate-approved housing affordability package.