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(WASHINGTON) — Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said in a message to staff on Friday that he’s “expanded” the scope of his investigation into the office’s handling of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — and likened them to the government’s internment of Japanese Americans […]
Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge is hearing arguments Friday in the case of a Maryland man with protected legal status who was sent to the notorious CECOT prison in El Salvador following an “administrative error” by the Trump administration. The government has acknowledged the error but said in a court […]
(NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump on Friday extended the deadline for TikTok to be banned or sold off by its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance. The move comes as Walmart is actively considering joining a group of investors to buy TikTok, according to sources close to the deal, who say Walmart’s interest was triggered by […]
Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Hartbeat Pardison Fontaine joined the cast of Power Book III: Raising Kanan for the current fourth season, and he says it was something 50 Cent‘s online antics couldn’t stop him from doing. “Acting is something I’ve always wanted to do. … I was just grateful to be given the opportunity, honestly,” he […]
Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sixteen state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday over its cancellation of research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, argues the cancellation of the grants is “unlawful” and the attorneys […]
(WASHINGTON) — Foreign adversaries including Russia and China are targeting government workers who have been laid off amid the Trump administration’s attempt to downsize to recruit as spies, according to new intelligence. “New intelligence indicates agents from China, Russia, and other countries have set their sights on recently fired probationary workers, or those with security […]
(SENECA, Kan.) — A man has been arrested in the murder of a Catholic priest, who was shot Thursday outside the residence at his church in the small town of Seneca, Kansas. Gary Hermesch, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was booked on suspicion of first-degree murder. A 911 call was made at around 3 p.m. on […]
Movie theater owners at CinemaCon in Las Vegas got a look at the first footage of Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming film Deliver Me From Nowhere on Thursday. According to Variety, attendees were shown a trailer for the film, and White was on hand to speak about the project, noting the pressure he felt to […]
Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage Federal prosecutors in New York have filed their third superseding indictment against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. Combs was arrested last year after being charged in a sprawling sex trafficking indictment. He has denied all allegations and pleaded not guilty to both previous indictments. The new indictment against Combs adds an additional charge […]
Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The measles outbreak in western Texas has hit 481 cases, with 59 newly identified infections confirmed over the last three days, according to new data published Friday. Almost all of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or in individuals whose vaccination status is unknown, […]
