Two cousins were arrested Wednesday after a bizarre incident involving a machete and a possible pipe bomb unfolded outside a New York City police precinct. The New York Police Department said the two men pulled up in a car to the 25th Precinct in East Harlem just before noon. The driver of the car told...
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Man charged over attempted murder of Salman Rushdie accused of ties to Hezbollah
A court filing made last week in New York alleged that the man charged with trying to murder Salman Rushdie may have had ties to Hezbollah and provided them with “material support.” “Between in and about September 2020… the defendant, HADI MATAR, a citizen of the United States, knowingly did attempt to provide material support...
Whistleblower reveals why Trump rally officer assigned to shooter’s perch moved
BUTLER, Pa. – Whistleblowers have told Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley that a law enforcement officer who was assigned to monitor the roof of a building that would-be former President Trump assassin Thomas Crooks fired from on July 13 left their post because it was “too hot.” Crooks, 20, fired multiple rounds from the roof...
Former SEAL sniper says Trump was 'extremely vulnerable' during visit to PA shooting site
Republican Rep. Eli Crane of Arizona visited Butler, Pennsylvania, on Monday with a bipartisan group of lawmakers and raised several questions about the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Crane, a former Navy SEAL sniper, filmed himself on the rooftop from which Thomas Crooks shot at Trump with a rifle, wounding the Republican candidate’s ear,...
Kamala Harris’ record as prosecutor in California spells ‘trouble’ for presidential campaign: lawyer
Kamala Harris’ policies as San Francisco District Attorney and California Attorney General could come back to haunt her as the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president, experts say. “She’s one of these people who’ve talked out of both sides of her mouth, and she’s going to have trouble with both the left and the right...
Trump appeals $454M NY civil fraud judgment
Former President Trump is appealing the civil fraud ruling that demands he pay over $450 million. The former president’s legal team filed paperwork with a mid-level appeals court in New York on Monday, calling Judge Arthur Engoron’s ruling in February “draconian, unlawful, and unconstitutional.” “Such an outrageous miscarriage of justice is profoundly un-American, and a...
Secret Service Director Cheatle dodges Trump rally security questions for hours: 5 takeaways
Lawmakers grilled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Monday for more than four hours at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing after her agency’s staggering July 13 security failure at a Pennsylvania campaign rally. Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, perched on the roof of a building and opened fire, wounding former President Donald Trump’s ear, killing...
US-Russian journalist convicted in secret trial gets 6 1/2 years in penal colony, court says
A court has convicted Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, of spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced her to 6 and a half years in prison after a secret trial, court records and officials said Monday. Kurmasheva’s family, her employer and the U.S. government have...
Tennessee girl charged with suffocating cousin, 8, in her sleep after fight over iPhone
A 12-year-old Tennessee girl is charged with suffocating her 8-year-old cousin as she slept while they were visiting family, prosecutors said last week. Home security video shows the girl, who will turn 13 this week, allegedly used bedding to suffocate her cousin on July 15 at a home in Humboldt, 98 miles northeast of Memphis,...
Harris' backing of bail fund during George Floyd protests dampens Trump 'prosecutor' campaign pitch
Vice President Kamala Harris is working overtime to prove she has what it takes to not only defeat former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election but also in the courtroom, even as a bail fund she once backed to help free violent criminals appears to still be taking in donations. Speaking at a campaign...









