Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott has escalated his campaign against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), formally asking U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to suspend the Muslim civil-rights organization’s federal tax-exempt status and launch an immediate investigation into its activities.
Read More Abbott asks Treasury Secy. Bessent to suspend tax-exempt status of CAIR and to launch probe into group
A Hennepin County judge appointed by Democrat Governor Tim Walz has overturned a jury’s guilty verdict against a Somali man convicted of orchestrating a $7.2 million Medicaid fraud scheme, prompting outrage from jurors, Republican lawmakers, and even some Democrats.
Read More Minnesota Judge overturns $7.2M taxpayer-fraud conviction of Somali man, leaving jurors and state’s AG in disbelief
The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed former special counsel Jack Smith for a closed-door probe into his investigations of President Donald Trump.
Read More House Judiciary Committee subpoenas fmr. special counsel Jack Smith for investigations into Trump
Salvador Pasencia, one of the two doctors charged with distributing ketamine to “Friends” actor Matthew Perry weeks before his fatal overdose, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison.
Read More Ketamine doctor involved in actor Matthew Perry’s overdose death sentenced to 30 months in prison
A 45-year-old homeless man with a lengthy history of sex crimes and violence against women was arrested on Tuesday after a brazen daylight assault on a 20-year-old New York University student just steps from the school’s Manhattan campus.
Read More N.Y.: ‘Level 2’ sex offender with 16 prior arrests charged with assaulting 20-year-old NYU student
Progressive City Councilman James Solomon defeated former New Jersey Democrat Governor Jim McGreevey in Tuesday’s runoff to become the next mayor of Jersey City.
Read More ‘Progressive’ City Councilman James Solomon to become next Jersey City mayor, defeating former Dem Gov. McGreevey