Solomon Pena (C), a Republican candidate for New Mexico House District 14, is taken into custody by Albuquerque Police officers, in southwest Albuquerque, N.M., on Jan. 16, 2023. Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— A former political candidate was sentenced to 80 years in federal prison Wednesday for his convictions in a
Matthew R. Galeotti speaks during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, on June 30, 2025. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The U.S. government is taking unspecified “special measures” to protect people potentially exposed in a recent hack of court records, a top U.S. Department of Justice official said on Thursday. The hack of the
First Lady Melania Trump speaks at the White House in Washington on May 8, 2025. Leah Millis/File Photo/Reuters First Lady Melania Trump shared a message of peace in a letter President Donald Trump handed to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their summit in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15. The letter, first reported by Fox News,
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey in Washington in a file photo. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Republican West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey pledged, on Aug. 16, to send up to 400 of his state’s National Guard troops to assist with President Donald Trump’s law and order crackdown in Washington. Morrisey announced on X that he had directed
Members of the National Guard patrol the Washington Monument in Washington on Aug. 16, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Republican Govs. Patrick Morrisey, Henry McMaster, and Mike DeWine pledged on Aug. 16, to send hundreds of their National Guard troops from West Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio, respectively, to assist with President Donald Trump’s law and
Members of the National Guard patrol the Washington Monument in Washington on Aug. 16, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Republican Govs. Patrick Morrisey, Henry McMaster, and Mike DeWine pledged on Aug. 16, to send hundreds of their National Guard troops from West Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio, respectively, to assist with President Donald Trump’s law and
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L), French President Emmanuel Macron, (R), and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (C) speak during a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris on March 27, 2025. Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP European leaders rallied behind President Donald Trump’s latest push to end the war in Ukraine, voicing support for his