Secretary of State Antony Blinken apologized Wednesday to the families of 13 U.S. troops killed by a suicide bomber during America’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying he wished the government had done more to protect them. Mr. Blinken told Congress that the Biden administration has managed to blunt some of the withdrawal’s worst problems…… Continue Reading
Man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO fights extradition to N.Y.; manifesto posted online
Luigi Mangione lashed out while being led inside a Pennsylvania courthouse for his extradition hearing Tuesday, the latest flash point for the Ivy League graduate charged with the Dec. 4 murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO on a Manhattan street. Mr. Mangione, 26, shouted that something was “completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American…… Continue Reading
FBI Director Christopher Wray preparing to resign
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray plans to resign on or before Inauguration Day, The Washington Times has learned. Mr. Wray is calling it quits because he doesn’t want to get fired by President-elect Donald Trump, according to sources inside the bureau who are familiar with the director’s thinking. “He’s going to be gone at the…… Continue Reading
Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case over Jordan Neely’s death
NEW YORK — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism. A Manhattan jury delivered the verdict, clearing Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely’s death last year. A more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed…… Continue Reading
DeSantis to join Trump at Army-Navy game amid talk of Cabinet post
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will attend the Army-Navy football game in Landover, Maryland, next week with President-elect Donald Trump in a rare joint appearance by the two former political opponents, a source confirmed Friday. Mr. DeSantis, who ran against Mr. Trump in the GOP…… Continue Reading
Gunman still at large after UnitedHealthcare chief killed in ‘premeditated’ NYC shooting
A search is underway for the gunman who killed the CEO of the nation’s largest health insurance company outside a Manhattan hotel as the executive was arriving to speak at a conference Wednesday morning. The unidentified masked gunman waited for Brian Thompson, chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, to walk past him before opening fire in a “premeditated, preplanned…… Continue Reading
Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth makes his case to senators as misconduct allegations pile up
Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth is making the rounds on Capitol Hill this week to meet with Republican senators whose votes he will need to be confirmed amid growing allegations of personal misconduct. He has been accused of rape, infidelity in his first two marriages, financial mismanagement of veterans organizations he ran and reports of excessive drinking…… Continue Reading
Canada can become 51st state if it can’t handle tariffs, Trump tells Trudeau
Donald Trump reportedly wants to accomplish what the War of 1812 did not. The president-elect was probably trolling Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at their meeting last week, but he reportedly suggested making Canada the 51st state. Or maybe the 51st and 52nd. According to a report on Fox News, Mr. Trump made the suggestion…… Continue Reading
President Biden pardons son Hunter Biden on tax and gun charges, breaking vow not to do so
By Jeff Mordock – The Washington Times – Sunday, December 1, 2024 President Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden on tax and gun charges, condemning the prosecutions as politically motivated while reversing his promise not to use his executive authority to save his son from potential prison sentences. In a statement Sunday night, Mr. Biden called the convictions “a miscarriage of justice” and accused Republicans of…… Continue Reading
Rep. Mace says she won’t stop effort to bar transgender women from ‘female spaces’
Rep. Nancy Mace is not backing down on her opposition to transgender women in women’s restrooms, and is ready to take her case nationwide. The issue comes as Capitol Hill will get its first openly transgender member of Congress, Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, Delaware Democrat…… Continue Reading
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