Category: USA
Judge adjourns case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, stops short of dismissing the charges
Fox News A U.S. judge has decided to adjourn the trial of New York City Mayor Eric Adams until further notice, stopping short of either dismissing the corruption charges or declining to dismiss them. The decision comes just days after U.S. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove asked prosecutors to drop all corruption charges against…
Read MoreWho Will Republicans Want to Succeed Trump? JD Vance Is Jockeying for Position
New York Times The Conservative Political Action Conference this week was abuzz with talk about President Trump’s Republican heir. And much of that centered on JD Vance. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-successor-jd-vance-republicans.html
Read MoreSouth Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
New York Times The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 in Utah. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/execution-firing-squad-south-carolina.html
Read MoreBannon’s Salute at CPAC, Echoing Musk, Prompts a French Protest
New York Times Jordan Bardella, the president of France’s far-right National Rally, canceled his planned speech at the conference, saying the gesture referred to “Nazi ideology.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/bannon-salute-cpac-musk.html
Read MoreObama fired top military officers to align Pentagon with his policy vision, now Trump set to do the same
Fox News Rumors swirled this week that Secretary Pete Hegseth is prepping a list of top Pentagon brass for the chopping block, but it’s not the first time an administration has cleaned out top military commanders to align with new political goals. Five months into office in 2009, President Barack Obama relieved Army Gen. David McKiernan…
Read MoreRep. Cory Mills denies wrongdoing as police investigate alleged ‘assault’
Fox News Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., has denied any wrongdoing in connection with an alleged assault in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Fox News has learned. The Washington Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said it was called to the 1300 block of Maryland Avenue, Southwest, at around 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday for the report of an assault. The incident is…
Read MoreTrump admin turns tables on policy ‘exploited’ by Biden DHS to shield more Haitians from deportations
Fox News The Trump administration has canceled an extension of deportation protections for migrants from Haiti implemented by the Biden administration, opening the door for them to be removed from the country sooner. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced that she has vacated a decision by the Biden administration to extend Temporary…
Read MoreTrump Administration Unfreezes Funding for Some EPA Programs
New York Times The funding, approved by Congress and overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency, had been blocked since January, when President Trump ordered a pause and review of climate and clean energy programs. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-epa-spending-unfrozen.html
Read MoreTrump ‘horrified’ by return of Bibas children, Security Advisor Mike Waltz says
Jerusalem Post Waltz said that Hamas’s return of the Bibas children’s bodies, without their mother Shiri, shows what despicable people Hamas are and why they can never be allowed to run Gaza. https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/article-843204
Read MoreKash Patel lays out FBI’s top two priorities in letter to subordinates
Fox News Ahead of his swearing-in as FBI director on Friday, Kash Patel laid out his top priorities for the agency in a letter to subordinates obtained by Fox News Digital, vowing to bolster the bureau’s resources and “rebuild the American people’s trust in the FBI.” “I am honored to have been nominated and confirmed…
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