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U.S. District Court (WASHINGTON) — The Jan. 6 defendant arrested near the Washington, D.C., home of former President Barack Obama last week attempted to evade the Secret Service and was looking for “entrance points” along the street to enter the restricted area, court documents filed by prosecutors Wednesday said. Taylor Taranto allegedly made “several concerning […]

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Wednesday released a slightly less-redacted version of the affidavit used to justify last summer’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, hours after a federal judge ordered the department to do so. The new version included no meaningful revelations about the DOJ’s probe, but demonstrated the […]

Tony Anderson/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently said that if elected president in 2024 he would push for civics education about the founding principles of the United States to celebrate the country’s upcoming 250th anniversary. DeSantis’ announcement, which he made during an interview with the Washington Examiner, comes amid the yearslong overhaul […]

LordHenriVoton/Getty Images (OHIO) — An Ohio man pleaded guilty to raping a then-9-year-old girl who later sought an out-of-state abortion in a case that became a flashpoint in the national abortion rights debate after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Gerson Fuentes, 28, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to two […]

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — President Joe Biden is launching another effort to forgive at least some federal student loan debt after the Supreme Court last week struck down his initial proposal to wipe away as much as $20,000 for borrowers. The White House’s new approach is based on the Higher Education Act (HEA) […]

Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — It’s a conservative Supreme Court that has acted with confidence and conviction, but one that seems increasingly aware of its image problem. Since the addition of the three justices nominated by President Donald Trump, the court’s six-justice conservative supermajority has set into motion the most significant changes in American […]

Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A U.S. Secret Service spokesman on Wednesday confirmed that testing shows it was cocaine found in the White House West Wing Sunday evening. The investigation into how it got there is ongoing. The white powder was found during a routine search, a source said. Some visitors are able to tour […]

Barry Winiker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Secret Service investigating suspected cocaine found inside White House complex The U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday said it was investigating an “unknown item” found inside the White House complex on Sunday that sources said was described in radio traffic as a cocaine-like substance. “On Sunday evening, the White House […]

kolderal/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday lamented recent shootings and called for stricter gun reforms in a statement marking one year after the holiday parade mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois. In the July 4 statement, Biden noted shootings in past days in Philadelphia, Fort Worth, Texas, Baltimore, Maryland, Lansing, Michigan, […]

Barry Winiker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Secret Service on Tuesday said it was investigating an “unknown item” found inside the White House complex on Sunday and sources said it was described in radio traffic as a cocaine-like substance. “On Sunday evening, the White House complex went into a precautionary closure as officers from the […]