A Virginia man who smashed windows in the Speaker’s Lobby moments before Ashli Babbitt was shot and killed by a U.S. Capitol officer during the Jan. 6 riots was sentenced to eight years in prison. Zachary Jordan Alam, 32, learned his fate this week. In addition to the prison time, he was also given 36...
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‘Kraken’ lawyer Sidney Powell ordered to produce invasive financial documents in Dominion defamation case
So-called “Kraken” attorney Sidney Powell was instructed to provide Dominion Voting Systems with various and substantial documents in a discovery order issued by a federal court on Friday. In the case, the initial lawsuit was filed by the voting machine business against Powell in January 2021 — alleging the Texas-based lawyer defamed the company by...
McDonald’s employees intentionally filled fish filet with bacon and gave it to Muslim child, agency finds
A McDonald’s restaurant in Massachusetts likely served a Muslim child pork in an act of discrimination, a state agency recently ruled. In 2021, Ghadir Alahmar, who wears a hijab — a traditional Muslim headscarf — visited a branch of the popular fast food chain in Chicopee, a medium-sized city in the greater Springfield metro area....
‘Final opportunity to make peace’: Accused Jan. 6 rioter warns judge of ‘dangerous cycle of retribution’ in asking for trial delay after Trump victory
An accused Jan. 6 rioter and onetime City Council candidate in Topeka, Kansas, asked a judge to delay his trial until after Donald Trump takes office, warning him of a “dangerous cycle of retribution.” William Alexander Pope, who’s representing himself in his trial, warned U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras, a Barack Obama appointee, in...
‘Incur concrete harm’: Judge strikes down Biden ‘Keeping Families Together’ immigration policy that allowed spouses, stepchildren of citizens to ‘parole in place’
A federal judge in Texas has struck down a policy aimed at allowing undocumented spouses and stepchildren of U.S. citizens to stay in the country instead of being deported while waiting for green card status. The so-called “parole in place” policy was announced by President Joe Biden in June, and the “Keeping Families Together” program...
‘DENIED’: Arizona Supreme Court issues terse rejection of Kari Lake’s last-ditch bid to become governor over bogus election claims
The Arizona Supreme Court has rejected election denialist Kari Lake‘s last-gasp effort to become the governor of the Grand Canyon State — in brief but decisive fashion. Without a word of reasoning or analysis, the state’s highest court declined to review the petition in the case stylized as Lake v. Hobbs — in a minutes...
‘As a result of the election’: Jack Smith is calling it quits in Jan. 6 case against Trump — cites ‘Department of Justice policy’
The Biden administration is finally calling it quits in the Washington, D.C., criminal case against former and future President Donald Trump. In a motion filed Friday morning, Jack Smith asked to vacate any and all briefing dates remaining on the docket’s schedule. “As a result of the election held on November 5, 2024, the defendant...
Trump’s new chief of staff was referenced by Jack Smith in 2 separate incidents listed in Mar-a-Lago indictments
A Republican Party operative tapped to become chief of staff in the second Trump administration previously caught the eye of special counsel Jack Smith in the Mar-a-Lago documents probe. On Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump announced that Susan “Susie” Wiles will fill the hugely influential role, one often considered the most powerful unelected position in the...
‘Unreasonable risk’: Federal judge’s ruling to reduce fluoride levels in drinking water despite ‘scarce’ research may help fuel RFK Jr.’s ‘wild’ crusade
Donald Trump winning the presidency this week has opened a door for erstwhile presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to try and get fluoride out of the nation’s water systems — with there being plans to let him “go wild” with ideas and regulations, according to the president-elect, despite there being “scarce” to suggest he...
‘We will put your fat a–– in prison’: Potential Trump AG candidate threatens to prosecute Letitia James for conspiracy
A conservative attorney rumored as a potential top cabinet appointee for president-elect Donald Trump issued a stark warning to New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday. “Let me just say this to ‘Big Tish’ James, the New York attorney general: I dare you. I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President...