Acting attorney general Todd Blanche’s decision to grant President Trump protection from I.R.S. audits is set to be a central issue in his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
A man who threatened to shoot and kill Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage weeks ago has finally been arrested following the suspected politically motivated murder of Reform spokeswoman Ann Widdecombe.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A man was arrested on Tuesday by London’s Metropolitan Police for threatening to kill Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage in a tweet dated May 8, stating, “I am going to shoot you in the head if you win.” The arrest—after a long delay—follows the murder of Reform’s Ann Widdecombe in her home last week, which is suspected to have been politically motivated. KEY QUOTE: “This is the first time the police have ever proactively acted on a social media post and I hope they are looking at the other three or four hundred similar posts from this year alone.” – Nigel Farage IMPACT: The arrest could signal a shift in how law enforcement handles the hundreds of threats against Farage and other…Open
Jay Clayton, President Trump's pick to replace Tulsi Gabbardat the helm of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday morning. Clayton, who previously chaired the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), was nominated to the role after Trump faced pressure over his appointment of Federal Housing Finance Agency Chief Bill Pulte to serve in the acting role. The House and the Senate rejected bills to renew the nation's warrantless spy powers over Pulte, who has referred many of Trump's foes for criminal prosecution over mortgage fraud claims. Gabbard stepped down from the intelligence chief role at the end of last month citing her husband's cancer diagnosis.…
A viral video shows a man being chased and launched into the air by a bison at Yellowstone National Park. Professional photographer Mike MacLeod captured the dramatic encounter and even helped drive the animal away. He joins NewsNation's Jesse Weber in an exclusive interview to share the story behind the wild encounter. "Jesse Weber Live" brings a fresh, fast-paced, and often unexpected take on the day’s headlines, diving into the biggest stories through the lens of legal expertise.
Here is what we know about the sexual predator whose secrets spurred an international reckoning over money, power and complicity. Check back for updates.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement ordered its officers on Tuesday to halt most vehicle stops across the country after they shot two people over the past week.
The agency has been quietly hiring workers again, and its leadership is focused on improving technology to ease workloads left by the departure of about 7,800 staff members.
Dr. Erica Schwartz supports vaccines and is seen as a mainstream choice to lead an agency that has been a target of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to change federal immunization policies.
‘We chose this life, and there’s no way out’
I saw the volcano before I saw the prison. Guards lined the tropical road beneath the active San Vicente, where we had already been stopped and frisked before our van was allowed to continue. Soon, we arrived at El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, the massive prison built in 2023 to house the country’s worst of the worst: thousands of convicted murderers from the gangs that had terrorized the nation for decades. (RELATED: From Bloodshed To Bukele: A Timeline Of El Salvador’s War, Gangs And Crackdown) Upon seeing the 57 acres of concrete walls that made up the prison’s exterior, my mind immediately turned to Edmund Burke’s notion of the sublime: the often-overlooked cousin of beauty that, rather than delighting…Open