A New York man was arrested Monday after allegedly making multiple threats to kill former President Donald Trump, his allies and children Thomas Welnicki, 72, of Rockaway Beach, made the threats over the past two years during voluntary communications w…
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Merrick Garland: Justice Dept. has ‘no higher priority than charging, prosecuting Jan. 6 rioters
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on Wednesday defended the Justice Department’s efforts to prosecute those responsible for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. In a prepared speech on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the attack, Mr. Garland said “there is…
Prosecutor drops sex crime charge against former N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo
The Albany County district attorney announced Tuesday he is dropping the misdemeanor sex crime charge against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. In a statement, District Attorney David Soares cited a lack of evidence in his decision not to pursue the c…
Progressive prosecutors under fire for crime surge in cities
Progressive prosecutors who have argued against the “tough-on-crime” policies of predecessors are suddenly scrambling to defend their own records and results amid a surge in major cities of shootings, thefts and murders. In Baltimore, where homicides, …
Trump sues to block New York AG Letitia James’ probe into his business dealings
Former President Trump is suing to block New York Attorney General Letitia James from continuing her civil investigation into his business practices. In the lawsuit filed on Monday, Mr. Trump argues the attorney general has weaponized her office to ser…
D.C. jail mistreating ‘Caucasian’ prisoners, abusing Jan. 6 detainees, GOP lawmakers say
More than a dozen Republican lawmakers led by Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert are demanding that a D.C. Jail deputy warden be fired over what they call the mistreatment of Jan. 6 Capitol riot detainees. In a letter sent…
Portland business owners turn to private security after city defunds police
Lisa Schroeder, the owner of Mother’s Bistro & Bar in downtown Portland, Oregon, realized things had to change last month after she was on hold for more than an hour with the local police department. “I waited on hold on the nonemergency poli…
Court rules Trump must give records to House Jan. 6 committee
A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that former President Donald Trump’s White House records must be turned over to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Distric…
Judge extends block of Biden vaccine mandate for health workers nationwide
A federal judge in Louisiana on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers nationwide where it is still in effect. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty’s preliminary injunction comes…
Court orders DOJ to release four unredacted pages of Mueller report
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Justice Department to release four unredacted pages of the Mueller report that describe who was investigated, but not charged in the special counsel’s probe into alleged Trump-Russia campaign collusion….