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Rep. Seth Moulton, a four-tour Iraq combat veteran and sitting congressman, told CNN that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is 'guilty' of war crimes — invoking the Nuremberg precedent of Nazi submarine captains executed for the same conduct.
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed Executive Order 13, prohibiting ICE agents from entering city schools, hospitals, and shelters without a judicial warrant — putting the city on a direct collision course with the Trump administration.
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Rep. Nancy Mace introduced the Death Penalty for Child Rapists Act, which would authorize capital punishment for federal child sex crimes. The bill faces a major constitutional hurdle from a 2008 Supreme Court ruling.
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Six states have now passed Bentley's Law, requiring drunk drivers convicted of killing a parent to pay child support to the children they orphaned. The movement is pushing for a federal standard across all 50 states.
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A Texas grand jury declined to charge a father who beat a ranch hand to death after catching him sexually assaulting his 5-year-old daughter. Texas law permits deadly force to stop a sexual assault in progress.
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Actor Rob Schneider published a public open letter to Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro demanding ABC fire Jimmy Kimmel immediately, citing a controversial joke about Melania Trump and what Schneider called a pattern of dangerous rhetoric.
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Federal agents boarded eight cruise ships at the Port of San Diego and confirmed 27 of 28 detained crew members had received or possessed child exploitation material. One ship was a Disney Cruise Line vessel. No federal criminal charges have been filed — all were deported.
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New York City’s new mayor isn’t wasting any time picking a fight with the federal government. Zohran Mamdani signed Executive Order 13 this week, drawing a hard line between city institutions and federal immigration enforcement — declaring that ICE agents cannot enter public schools, hospitals, or city-run shelters without a judicial warrant. It sounds simple, […]
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On a summer afternoon in 2012, a 23-year-old Texas father’s world was shattered in an instant. He was working on his family’s ranch in Lavaca County when he heard his 5-year-old daughter scream. What he found when he ran to her side set off one of the most emotionally charged legal debates in recent American […]
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An 18-year-old traveled over 1,000 miles to break into a Florida teenager's home with a shotgun. Her father, a retired police lieutenant, shot and killed him when he returned. No charges were filed under Florida's Stand Your Ground law.
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Politics
A presidential pardon can wipe out federal charges — but it cannot touch state prosecutors. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner made that crystal clear this week, putting Epstein’s associates on notice: no matter what happens in Washington, state-level prosecutors have the full authority to pursue their own cases, and nothing in the Constitution can stop […]
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The U.S. military has been conducting lethal strikes on boats in the Caribbean for months — targeting vessels suspected of carrying narcotics. Reports indicate at least 186 people have been killed across these operations. Now a sitting congressman is saying those strikes have crossed a line that could make the people who ordered them criminals […]
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