(Ken Silva, Headline USA) GOP nominee and 2024 presidential frontrunner Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election. Jurors convicted Trump on all…
REPORT: Trump Wants to ‘Throw’ Radical Student Protesters ‘Out of the Country’
(Headline USA) Former President Donald Trump reportedly told donors this month that he wants to “throw” radical student protesters “out of the country” if he is elected this November. “One thing I do is [with] any student that protests—I throw them out of the country” Trump told the group during a…
ICE Holding Closed-Door Talks w/ NYC Mayor Adams on Limiting ‘Sanctuary’ Status
(Christian Wade, The Center Square) New York City Mayor Eric Adams is reportedly in talks with federal immigration officials about limiting the city’s “sanctuary” policies to help stem an ongoing surge of illegal immigrants. Ken Genalo, the city’s regional field director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has been meeting…
Whistleblower: Fulton DA’s Office Misspent Federal Grant on ‘Computers, Travel and Swag’
(T.A. DeFeo, The Center Square) A whistleblower who worked in the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office says she was fired after raising concerns about the misuse of federal grant funds as part of a probe by the Georgia legislature. Amanda Timpson worked with the office from 2018 until 2022 and…
Leftist Rioters Push Back on RNC’s Appeal to Relocate Protest Zone for Milwaukee Convention
(Benjamin Yount, The Center Square) While Republican National Convention planners continue to push to move Milwaukee’s planned protest zone, protesters are angrily pushing back. The Coalition to March on the RNC recently demanded the Secret Service leave the convention protest zone in Pere Marquette Park. “The Republicans explicitly named the…
GOP Lawmakers Slam Terrorist Treat Posed by Illegals after Attempted Quantico Breach
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Multiple members of Congress are demanding answers about the federal government’s ability to prevent a terrorist attack after two Jordanian nationals attempted to break into Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. This is after concerns were raised about a Chinese national who recently breached a…
Woke Pope Apologizes after Using Italian Anti-Gay Slur
(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Pope Francis issued a partial apology for his use of an Italian word that many LGBT people found offensive, ZeroHedge reported. Francis’s use of the word “frociaggine,” which translates to “faggotry” in English, in a private setting had initially triggered significant backlash earlier this week. The…
Ryan Salame, Part of ‘Inner Circle’ at Collapsed Crypto Exchange FTX, Sentenced to Prison
(Headline USA) A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former FTX executive Ryan Salame to more than seven years in prison, the first of the lieutenants of failed cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried to receive jail time for their roles in the 2022 collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange. Salame, 30, was a…
OpenAI Forms Safety Committee, Starts Training New AI Model to Replace ChatGPT System
(Headline USA) OpenAI says it’s setting up a safety and security committee and has begun training a new artificial intelligence model to supplant the GPT-4 system that underpins its ChatGPT chatbot. The San Francisco startup said in a blog post Tuesday that the committee will advise the full board on…
Update: Early Signs Point to Hung Jury in Trump Porn-Star Sex Trial
UPDATE: Early Signs Point to Hung Jury in Trump Porn-Star Sex Trial (Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Corrupt New York judge Juan Merchan dismissed the jury for the day following several hours of deliberation after receiving a note that asked for him to reread his convoluted and capricious instructions. ……The new…