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Brothels’ operator headed to prison; D.C.-area clientele shielded from public view

Brothels’ operator headed to prison; D.C.-area clientele shielded from public view

The operators and clients of an interstate brothel network shut down in 2023 are beginning to suffer consequences — except in Northern Virginia. A federal court sentenced the top manager of the prostitution ring with brothels in suburban Washington and in Massachusetts to prison this week. A Massachusetts court…

Secret JFK assassination files released by Trump include info on Oswald’s connection to Russia

Secret JFK assassination files released by Trump include info on Oswald’s connection to Russia

The Trump administration Tuesday posted online thousands of previously classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy, fulfilling a top promise to let the public see the long-hidden material. The National Archives and Records Administration began posting 80,000 pages of material on its website shortly after 7 p.m. None of the material is hidden under redactions…

Trump rails against judge for trying to block El Salvador deportation flights

Trump rails against judge for trying to block El Salvador deportation flights

President Trump on Tuesday singled out an Obama-appointed federal judge as a “troublemaker and agitator” for demanding the return of a deportation flight carrying illegal immigrants to El Salvador. Mr. Trump, posting on Truth Social, did not mention U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg by name, but his target…

As ICE arrests increase, illegal immigrants are fighting back

As ICE arrests increase, illegal immigrants are fighting back

Federal officers are pursuing illegal immigrants, and the illegal immigrants are increasingly fighting back, according to court documents and officials who describe a surge in assaults on law enforcement. Experts said the violence is driven at least in part by immigrant advocates who deliver know-your-rights briefings that seem to encourage defiance. “It’s deliberately intended to fuel…

Judge orders Trump to reinstate probationary employees

Judge orders Trump to reinstate probationary employees

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to bring back thousands of fired probationary employees, saying their ouster was illegal. U.S. District Judge William Alsup, a Clinton appointee who sits in California, said the Office of Personnel Management had no authority to direct other agencies to fire the…

Ukraine backs U.S. push for 30-day ceasefire, but Kremlin still must agree

Ukraine backs U.S. push for 30-day ceasefire, but Kremlin still must agree

Ukraine agreed Tuesday to a proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its brutal war with Russia, and the U.S. said it would immediately lift the pause on aid and intelligence to Ukraine, Trump administration officials announced in a sign of diplomatic thawing after a period of intense strain between Washington and Kyiv. Top officials from the two countries met in Saudi Arabia to hash out plans for Ukraine and Russia to end…

Biden migrant surge pushed illegal immigrant population to nearly 19 million, study finds

Biden migrant surge pushed illegal immigrant population to nearly 19 million, study finds

Some 18.6 million illegal immigrants now call the U.S. their home, according to a new study by an immigration control group that says the numbers soared under former President Joseph R. Biden. The Federation for American Immigration Reform said the figure stood at 14.5 million in late 2020, meaning a rise of 4.1 million people over the four years of Mr. Biden’s tenure. “Americans have seen…

Nobody’s buying Hunter Biden’s art anymore, and he even lost his home

Nobody’s buying Hunter Biden’s art anymore, and he even lost his home

Hunter Biden has fallen on tough financial times amid his legal woes and his father’s departure from the White House. The former president’s son, in a filing with a federal court this week, said he’s struggling to sell his artwork and his book sales have plummeted as well. He also lost his rental home in the California wildfires and can’t find a place to live. He told the judge he’s in such financial straits that he has to drop a lawsuit he’d filed against a former Trump aide…

Senate Democrats block GOP bill to keep male-born athletes out of female sports

Senate Democrats block GOP bill to keep male-born athletes out of female sports

Senate Democrats sank for now a bill Monday barring male-born athletes from competing in female scholastic sports, defying a rising tide of public opposition to transgender players competing based on gender identity instead of biological sex. Senate Republicans were unable to muster the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture on Senate Bill 9, the Protection of Women…

GOP-led states embrace DOGE’s return-to-office move for government workers

GOP-led states embrace DOGE’s return-to-office move for government workers

Several Republican-led states are in step with President Trump’s push to make government workers return to the office or forfeit their jobs. Republican officials in Oklahoma, Utah, Ohio and Wisconsin have been revoking or rethinking state workers’ allowances to stay home since Mr. Trump won reelection in November and signaled his intent to reduce the federal…

Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect March 4

Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect March 4

President Trump says planned tariffs on Canada and Mexico will go into effect on Tuesday because too much fentanyl is pouring across U.S. borders. Mr. Trump announced the plan on Thursday, ending days of confusion about whether the 25% levies would happen or be delayed a second time. “More than 100,000 people died last year due…

USAID wasted millions on Ukrainian pet products and fashion junkets, Sen. Ernst says

USAID wasted millions on Ukrainian pet products and fashion junkets, Sen. Ernst says

At first blush, it might be difficult to connect dog collars with Ukraine’s war against Russia. But according to data compiled by Sen. Joni Ernst, the U.S. Agency for International Development spent $300,000 of American taxpayers’ money in 2022 to boost the Ukrainian pet alliance, which markets the country’s products in the West. USAID also committed

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