Author: Barnini Chakraborty

The era of progressive prosecutors is a failed experiment. Neighborhoods fell apart, crime soared, businesses fled, and residents were unsafe. Angry voters are electing Pragmatic Prosecutors, attorneys who vow to get tough on crime and restore law and order. This Washington Examiner series highlights some of the new men and women who say they are bringing change for the…

The era of progressive prosecutors is a failed experiment. Neighborhoods fell apart, crime soared, businesses fled, and residents were unsafe. Angry voters are electing Pragmatic Prosecutors, attorneys who vow to get tough on crime and restore law and order. This Washington Examiner series highlights some of the new men and women who say they’re bringing change for the better.…

The era of progressive prosecutors is a failed experiment. Neighborhoods fell apart, crime soared, businesses fled, and residents were unsafe. Angry voters are electing Pragmatic Prosecutors, attorneys who vow to get tough on crime, and restore law and order. This Washington Examiner series highlights some of the new men and women who say they’re bringing change…

Former New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty on 16 federal charges last year in what prosecutors called a coordinated years-long bribery and conspiracy scheme.  The sentence capped the extraordinary downfall of a once-powerful lawmaker. “I have lost everything,” Menendez said, pleading with U.S.…

California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, calling his executive order to block birthright citizenship “blatantly unconstitutional’ and “un-American.” Bonta, a Democrat, said he would defend birthright citizenship, teeing up the first of several expected pushbacks on the new administration.  “Birthright citizenship is a right expressly guaranteed under the…

First lady Melania Trump leaned into an all-American ensemble for Monday’s inaugural ceremony, turning fashion into political talking points.  Trump wore clothing by independent U.S. designers Adam Lippes and Eric Javits, featuring Lippes’s sleek double-breasted navy coat and a blue and ivory boater hat by Javits with a brim so wide that it even blocked a kiss by…

Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled in November and whose home was raided by the FBI last year, has been criminally indicted by a federal grand jury on bribery, corruption, and fraud charges, federal officials announced on Friday. Charged alongside her was her longtime boyfriend, Andre Jones, as well as David and Andy Duong,…

The “grooming gang” scandal in Britain has tapped into fears about multiculturalism, mass immigration, and nefarious political motives that have led to thousands of young rape victims never receiving justice.   The scandal is decades old but continues to this day, and long-running accusations of a cover-up have inflicted both a huge black eye internationally for…

DOYLESTOWN, Pennsylvania — The Pennsylvania Senate recount is underway Wednesday in all of the state’s 67 counties.  The hotly contested, razor-thin race between incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Republican challenger David McCormick has McCormick leading by about 17,000 votes out of nearly 7 million ballots counted. The initial margin not only triggered an automatic statewide recount but has also…

A group of Oakland’s faith leaders rallied behind embattled Mayor Sheng Thao on Tuesday, opposing the massive recall effort against her that has gained traction in the California city.  But some in East Bay have questioned Tuesday’s press conference as a shameless attempt by Thao to quell a growing chorus of voters and other elected…