Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche authorized the top federal prosecutor in California to seek the death penalty for three alleged MS-13 members charged with killing a victim who was cooperating with authorities, according to a memo dated April 8 and obtained by CBS News. In one of his first acts as acting attorney general, Blanche
For contrast, the timing couldn’t have been better. Two of the most prominent New Yorkers this week released documents outlining starkly different visions of America’s future and perceptions of its past. After reading New York City’s 375-page “Preliminary Racial Equity Plan” issued by the city’s 34-year-old socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and then reading the 48-page
Residents of the Marylander Condominiums could be evicted any day after a federal judge rebuffed a last-ditch effort to halt the proceedings, putting the future of the condo in jeopardy as a nearby homeless encampment is allowed to stand. The decision comes after Prince George’s County, Md., a Democratic stronghold in the suburbs of Washington,
Katie Crouch says calling her state’s Medicaid agency to get information about her benefits can feel like a series of dead ends. “The first time, it’ll ring interminably. Next time, it’ll go to a voice mail that just hangs up on you,” said the 48-year-old, who lives in Delaware. “Sometimes you’ll get a person who
A police speedboat patrols the port as oil tankers and high-speed craft sit anchored near the Strait of Hormuz in Muscat, Oman, on March 30, 2026. Elke Scholiers/Getty Images The White House on Wednesday pushed back sharply against reports that Iran had closed the Strait of Hormuz, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt telling reporters the
(Left) President Donald Trump. (Right) New York Attorney General Letitia James. Brandon Bell; David Dee Delgado/Getty Images President Donald Trump is asking a New York state court to fully dismiss fraud charges brought against him and his business associates by Attorney General Letitia James in 2022. The New York Appellate Division’s First Judicial Department already
Rescue team works at a damaged building in the Barbour neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, after an Israeli strike on Hezbollah targets on April 8, 2026. Nael Chahine/Middle East Images via AFP via Getty Images The United States has not agreed to include Lebanon as part of its ceasefire agreement with Iran, U.S. Vice President JD