The Justice Department moved to drop federal charges against two men charged with assaulting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis last month, including one Venezuelan defendant who was shot in the leg by an officer, citing “newly discovered evidence” that was “materially inconsistent” with the allegations against them. The filing, entered Thursday by U.S.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (R) speaks with French Defense Minister Catherine Vautrin during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council’s Defense Ministers Session at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Feb. 12, 2026. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP Photo NATO member nations on Feb. 12 announced new financial support to purchase U.S. military hardware for Ukraine, reaffirming
A federal judge blocked the Pentagon from downgrading the military retirement rank and pay of Sen. Mark Kelly over a video he and five other Democrats recorded last year that reminded service members they can refuse to follow illegal orders. Scott MacFarlane has more. Original CBS News Link
Carrie Prejean Boller has suggested the commissioner’s chairman, Texas LG Dan Patrick, did not have the authority to dismiss her Carrie Prejean Boller (X), President Donald Trump (Getty Images) The White House signed off on the dismissal of Carrie Prejean Boller, a member of its Religious Liberty Commission who hijacked a hearing on Monday to
Even as billionaires flee California to escape a potential wealth tax, proposals to raise taxes on millionaires are advancing in Washington state and Illinois. Legislation to impose a new 9.9 percent tax on income above $1 million a year advanced this week in Olympia, Wash., passing the Senate Ways & Means Committee. The Evergreen State
Some outlets referred to Jesse Van Rootselaar, who was born male, as ‘she,’ others used ‘they’ Jesse Van Rootselaar (Facebook) The transgender perpetrator of Tuesday’s attack on a Canadian high school in British Columbia, Jesse Van Rootselaar, was born male and began transitioning six years ago, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Here’s how
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conferece on Capitol Hill on Feb. 9, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Leading Democrats in Congress said Thursday that a White House proposal under review for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding falls short of the “dramatic changes” Democrats want in order to curb Immigration