Trump TV ads paid for with $20M in Homeland Security funds, Dems find
President Donald Trump appears in a taxpayer-funded public service announcement that critics say is indistinguishable from a 2024 campaign ad. (Screenshot from video posted to Truth Social) President Donald Trump…
US Supreme Court allows Trump to resume deportations outside immigrants’ home countries
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue…
Congressional watchdog says Trump administration can’t defy lawmakers to revoke $810M
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last…
Appeals court poised to allow contempt probe of DHS deportation flights to El Salvador
Detainees board a plane chartered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Seattle. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Most judges on a federal appeals court seemed inclined during…
GOP senator bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing
Former Department of Justice special counsel Jack Smith testifies before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 29, 2026. (Screenshot from committee webcast) WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith…
Top bank fires one of the ‘Cornell 7’ after rape probe reopened
Cornell University has been thrust into the international spotlight (Picture: AP) A former Cornell student has lost his job after allegations of a brutal gang rape came back to light.…
RAF Fairford plot was foiled after one of the suspects ‘dialled 999’
One of the suspects is believed to have called 999 before the farmer saw them (Picture: Getty) The suspected terror plot, which would have attacked RAF Fairford, was intercepted after…
Man facing life for assault he carried out as boy after victim dies 15 years later
Jordan Burton, now 33, was aged 14 when he caused a serious head injury to Daniel Allright during an attack by a group of youths in Lewisham (Picture: Central News/Nick…
Three teens killed after their car plunged into ‘foggy’ River Wear
A huge emergency response has been sparked after a car entered the River Wear in Sunderland. (Picture: NCJ MEDIA) Three teenagers have died after their car plunged into the River…
RAF Fairford plot is ‘not over’ amid fears of ‘follow-up attacks’
The government is said to be on high alert (Picture: Getty) The five men arrested near RAF Fairford may have been conducting a ‘dry run’ for a future attack, a…