Politics
Why It Took Grit—and Luck—to Trace the Parade Massacre Gun to Robert ‘Bobby’ Crimo
In this age of databases, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives should have needed nothing more than the serial number to immediately identify who purchased the AR-15 style rifle used to murder seven people and wound 60 more after the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. But just as a…
Read MoreJudge Jeanine Flips at Gutfeld’s ‘Replacement Theory’ on Fox
During a roundtable discussion Tuesday on the Fox News show The Five, co-host Greg Gutfeld suggested that immigrants could replace “worthless white wokesters’—and Judge Jeanine Pirro was seriously triggered. On the topic of immigration, primarily through the southern border, Gutfeld said the U.S. should not “be dissuading good, decent people from coming here.” “True, it…
Read MoreCapitol Riot Trials Remain in DC Amid Defendants' Bias Claims
For some of the Washington, D.C., residents who reported for jury duty last month, a pro-Trump mob’s assault on the U.S. Capitol felt like a personal attack. Ahead of a trial for a Michigan man charged in the riot, one prospective juror said a police officer injured during the melee is a close friend. Another…
Read MoreHouse Committee Investigating Capitol Riot Sets Public Hearing for July 12
The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection will hold a public hearing next Tuesday to present evidence related to the Jan. 6 attack. The hearing is scheduled for July 12 at 10 a.m. ET, according to an advisory the committee sent out Tuesday. The announcement comes after the committee delayed one of its hearings last week to…
Read MoreJudge Throws Out Trump-Era Rollbacks on Endangered Species
A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for endangered or threatened species, a year after the Biden administration said it was moving to strengthen such species protections. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in Northern California eliminated the Trump-era rules even as two wildlife…
Read MoreBiden Awards Medal of Honor to 4 for Vietnam War Heroism
President Joe Biden on Tuesday bestowed the nation’s highest military honor to four Army soldiers for heroism during the Vietnam War, bravery that he said had not diminished even with the passage of time. Biden presented the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Edward N. Kaneshiro, Spc. Five Dwight W. Birdwell, Spc. Five Dennis M.…
Read MoreGeorgia Grand Jury Investigating Trump Election Interference Subpoenas Sen. Lindsey Graham, Rudy Giuliani
A Georgia grand jury issued subpoenas to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and the attorney Rudy Giuliani as part of a criminal investigation of interference in that state’s 2020 election by former President Donald Trump. Also subpoenaed were other members of Trump’s legal team in addition to Giuliani, who led a legal effort to reverse the…
Read MoreNATO Nations Take Next Step, Signing Accession Protocols for Sweden and Finland
The 30 NATO allies signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday, sending the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative approvals — and possible political trouble in Turkey. The move further increases Russia’s strategic isolation in the wake of its invasion of neighboring Ukraine in…
Read MoreInside the Sick Posts of July 4 Massacre ‘Person of Interest’
HIGHLAND PARK, Illinois—The 22-year-old Illinois man identified as a person of interest in Monday’s parade massacre is an amateur rapper who posted disturbing videos on his YouTube channel, including a crude animation depicting a gunman being killed by police. In addition to videos filled with violent imagery and mass-shooting fantasy, Robert “Bobby” Crimo last year…
Read More‘I'm Terrified': Brittney Griner Sends Handwritten Letter to President Biden Pleading for His Help
What to Know The WNBA star was first detained in Russia — where she was playing basketball in the U.S. offseason — on Feb. 17, accused of having cannabis oil in a vape cartridge during an airport screening. The two-time Olympic gold medalist is now in the midst of a trial in Russia that began…
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