Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a last-ditch effort from the Trump administration to require California to separate mail ballots received from thousands of people that it claims are not U.S. citizens. The court said in a one line, unsigned order that it was denying the Justice Department’s request for an injunction…
A multimillion-dollar defamation lawsuit by President Trump against The Wall Street Journal over a story reporting his ties to a birthday book for Jeffrey Epstein has been thrown out. In a 20-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed the suit with prejudice on Saturday, ruling that Mr. Trump did not prove the…
 21m ago Why Pennsylvania could be one of last states to count ballots this Election Day Why Pennsylvania could be one of last states to count ballots this Election Day With four days until Election Day, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and city commissioners are urging people to vote. Officials on Thursday escorted the media…
Sioux City, Iowa — Less than 24 hours after President Trump held a raucous rally inside an airplane hangar in this western Iowa town, Senate Majority Leader John Thune stood alongside Rep. Ashley Hinson in a strip-mall bar and grill a few miles away. Looking out over a giant water tank that punctuated the flat…
The New Mexico attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against two of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest confidants, seeking to stop them from receiving payments for serving as executors of his estate. The lawsuit claims attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn “facilitated and concealed” sex trafficking by Epstein at his Zorro Ranch, outside Santa Fe. New…
 23m ago Qatari aircraft leaves Tehran 30 minutes after arrival A Qatari aircraft arrived in Tehran Tuesday just minutes after a plane carrying Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, departed. The Qatari plane left the Iranian capital approximately 30 minutes later, according to aviation tracking data cited by Iran’s semi-official Fars News agency….
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a bid from accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two alleged accomplices to revive plea agreements that they reached with military prosecutors before being revoked by the Biden administration. In an unsigned order, the high court turned away the appeals from Mohammed, Mustafa al Hawsawi…
A Mexican judge on Friday sentenced three men to more than 158 years of imprisonment for the murder of two Australian surfers and their American friend during an attempted robbery in 2024. Brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33 respectively, and their friend Carter Rhoad, 30, were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s…
A Sacramento mother says her son acted on instinct when he confronted and fatally shot a gunman during a deadly school shooting in Oregon, an attack that killed three children and a teacher. Police said Friday they believed the teenage gunman was targeting a class of children with special needs when he opened fire at…
A once prominent youth gymnastics coach was sentenced to 90 years in prison Wednesday for secretly recording his young female students undressing and using the bathroom at a Mississippi gym, in a case that rocked the sport. U.S. District Judge Kristi Johnson gave the maximum sentence possible to Sean Gardner, ordering that he serve 30…
