Latest stories in U.S. News
U.S. News
The 2nd Circuit voted 5-3 to uphold the $83 million Carroll defamation verdict against Trump, leaving him the only U.S. president in history found civilly liable for sexual abuse by a jury.
122d ago
U.S. News
A federal appeals court refused 5-3 to rehear Trump's challenge to E. Jean Carroll's $83 million defamation verdict, leaving intact the finding that Trump civilly sexually abused her — a distinction no other U.S. president has ever held.
125d ago
U.S. News
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has signed HB41, the Child Predator Death Penalty Act, making rape and sexual torture of children under 12 a capital offense. The law takes effect October 1, 2026, and is expected to face a Supreme Court challenge.
125d ago
U.S. News
Minnesota passed HF 1606, the first U.S. law banning AI nudification tools — apps that generate fake explicit images of real people. The vote was 132 to 1.
125d ago
U.S. News
An Amazon driver's delivery call cracked open one of the largest dogfighting operations in U.S. history. Vincent Lemark Burrell was convicted on 103 counts and sentenced to 475 years — believed to be the longest dogfighting sentence ever handed down.
125d ago
Politics
James Comey, the former FBI Director fired by President Trump in 2017, was indicted on April 28, 2026 on two federal counts — making threatening communications and interstate transmission of threats. The charges stem from an Instagram post Comey published that displayed the number “86 47.” Federal prosecutors argue the post was a veiled call […]
126d ago
U.S. News
At least 11 documented assassination attempts on Barack Obama — and most were never reported. One hit the White House itself, and the Secret Service didn't know for four days.
126d ago
U.S. News
Senator Dick Durbin says DHS data shows less than 14% of immigrants arrested by ICE had violent criminal charges — raising serious questions about who is actually being caught up in Trump's mass deportation campaign.
127d ago
U.S. News
Cole Tomas Allen, a Caltech-educated teacher from Torrance, California, is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after signing a farewell email to his family ‘Friendly Federal Assassin.’
127d ago
U.S. News
Three times someone has tried to kill Donald Trump. Three times he has walked away. Behind the headlines, his family lives with constant fear every time he steps out the door.
128d ago
U.S. News
Jude Baker beat Ewing sarcoma at 14. When Make-A-Wish offered him one wish, he used it to feed 300 homeless people in his Georgia hometown — and never once considered asking for anything else.
129d ago
U.S. News
A 13-year-old Michigan boy became a hero when he heard his little sister scream outside, grabbed his slingshot, and used it to stop a man attempting to kidnap her.
131d ago