Washington — A former U.S. diplomat admitted to spying for Cuba for decades, telling a judge on Thursday that he intends to plead guilty to federal charges stemming from his espionage on behalf of the communist regime. Victor Manuel Rocha, the former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, was indicted in December on charges that he allegedly
A San Francisco restaurant chain recently closed its last two remaining locations after 40 years of operation, with the owner citing the city’s economic challenges and homelessness. “COVID has been a disease for us, let’s put it that way, so it’s been difficult, and we tried opening six or eight stores in the beginning in
Iran engaged in efforts to assassinate former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and other US officials Biden, Iran’s Ali Khamenei (Win McNamee and Majid/Getty Images) The Biden administration suppressed information about Iran’s efforts to assassinate U.S. officials to ensure Congress and the American public were kept in the dark, according to a lawmaker on the
The sheriff in the county where a nursing student was murdered, allegedly by an illegal immigrant, said he would refuse to cooperate with ICE detainers. The elected Democrat sheriff of the Georgia county where illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra allegedly murdered nursing student Laken Riley campaigned in 2020 on not cooperating with immigration authorities on the
The sheriff in the county where a nursing student was murdered, allegedly by an illegal immigrant, said he would refuse to cooperate with ICE detainers. The elected Democrat sheriff of the Georgia county where illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra allegedly murdered nursing student Laken Riley campaigned in 2020 on not cooperating with immigration authorities on the
A New York judge ruled that the former president can again take out loans to pay his bond. Former President Donald Trump and his two sons can borrow money and can continue to conduct business in New York as they appeal a judge’s civil fraud verdict, although the judgment against the former president, which is
Washington — Sen. Katie Britt, an Alabama Republican, will deliver the GOP response to President Biden’s State of the Union address next week, Republican Congressional leaders announced Thursday. Britt, 42, became the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the Senate, and the first woman from Alabama, when she won her seat in 2022. In a