Trump Announces Anti-Drug Ad Blitz, Vows to Designate Mexican Cartels as Terrorists

‘We’re going to advertise how bad drugs are for you,’ the president-elect said in Arizona on Sunday. President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he would aim to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations and will launch an anti-drug advertising campaign inside the United States. “I will immediately designate the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations,” Trump

China’s Influence in Panama Under Scrutiny After Trump Issues Warning Over Canal

Panama President Jose Raul Mulino responded to Trump, saying ‘every square meter of the Panama Canal’ belongs to Panama. President-elect Donald Trump’s comment about the United States potentially regaining control of the Panama Canal has brought renewed attention to communist China’s expanding influence in the Latin American country. The Panama Canal, which opened in 1914

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen hospitalized with injuries after getting bucked off horse

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen sustained multiple internal injuries after he was bucked off a horse he was riding on Sunday, according to his office. Pillen’s office said Monday that his injuries included minor lacerations to his spleen and kidney and a partially collapsed lung caused by broken ribs.  Pillen had been riding a new horse with

Biden Commutes Sentences for 37 Death Row Inmates: The Full List

They include serial killers and men sentenced for kidnapping and killing women and children. President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 death row prisoners to life in prison. “I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss,”

Trump Announces Tech Appointments, Nominates More Ambassadors

Trump named his choices for Special Envoy to Latin America and ambassador to Denmark amid calls for America to claim Greenland and reclaim the Panama Canal. President-elect Donald Trump announced another round of appointments and nominations on Dec. 22, including people who will work with White House artificial intelligence (AI) and crypto czar David Sacks

Fetterman Says FBI Nominee Kash Patel Pledged Not to Pursue Political Opponents

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has been meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees and says he is open to voting for them. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said that Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, pledged during an off-record meeting that he wouldn’t pursue prosecutions against the incoming president’s political opponents. “He absolutely

Ex-D.C. police officer convicted of lying about leaks to Proud Boys leader

A retired Washington, D.C., police officer was convicted Monday of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the far-right Proud Boys. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson convicted former Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond, who used to supervise the intelligence branch of the police department’s Homeland Security Bureau, of obstructing justice