Author: Brady Knox

A man was arrested near UnitedHealthcare’s Minnesota headquarters after an intruder was reported in the vicinity. The man was spotted at the Minnetonka UHC parking lot at around 11 a.m. before proceeding to a security checkpoint where he wasn’t supposed to be. He was previously known to police and surrendered an hour after being spotted,…

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser notified Congress that she is boosting the city’s fiscal 2025 budget by up to 6% to make up for Congress’s spending cuts for the city. In a letter to Congress, Bowser said she was using a 2009 statute “that allows the city to increase an approved budget up to 6% if…

Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyers requested Secretary of State Marco Rubio testify in Khalil’s deportation case to expand on the Department of Homeland Security‘s evidence submitted Thursday. DHS lawyers released a two-page memo from Rubio on Tuesday at the request of a judge. The memo outlined the Trump administration’s case for Khalil’s deportation. Khalil’s lawyers…

A Russian American ballerina imprisoned in Russia was returned to the United States in a prisoner exchange organized by the CIA and Russia’s Federal Security Service. Ksenia Karelina, also known as Ksenia Khavana, was arrested while visiting Russia in January 2024 on treason charges. On Thursday, she was exchanged with Arthur Petrov, a dual German…

Donald Trump Jr. is scheduled to travel to Romania on April 28, before the nation’s controversial delayed presidential election. Despite the politically charged atmosphere, the reasons for Trump’s visit are unconnected with the election. According to G4 Media, it is part of a broader business tour of Eastern European capitals, under Trump Business Vision 2025.…

A new poll shows the Alternative für Deutschland is now Germany’s most popular political party, marking another turning point for the right-wing group’s rise. The anti-immigration, populist AfD reached a historic milestone Wednesday when the poll found it was the most popular party in Germany for the first time. The party had already surged to…

Ryan Routh, the suspect in the second assassination attempt against President Donald Trump, asked the judge to suppress eyewitnesses in the case. A key witness, referred to as T.C.M., identified Routh coming out of the golf course bushes, entering his vehicle, and fleeing. Routh’s attorneys filed a 13-page court filing in the United States District…

President Donald Trump and his Cabinet celebrated their victory in a Supreme Court decision allowing the administration to deport under the Alien Enemies Act. The court ruled in Trump’s favor 5-4 on Monday, clearing Trump to use the 1798 statute typically reserved for wartime threats. He had used the act to fast-track the deportation of…

North Carolina’s highest court stopped a voter eligibility inquiry in the last uncertified 2024 statewide election. The ruling concerns November’s Supreme Court race between Democratic incumbent Justice Allison Riggs and GOP Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin. While Allison was declared the victor by 734 votes, Griffin challenged the result. He argued roughly 65,000 people were ineligible…

Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) was hospitalized over the weekend, jeopardizing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-NY) attempts to rally his troops in the House. Republicans currently hold a 220-213 advantage in the House. The ratio was previously 220-215, but Democratic Reps. Sylvester Turner and Raul Grijalva died in March. Norcross’s hospitalization could place Democrats in…