Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized U.S. defense spending on Sunday, Dec. 1, endorsing comments from tech billionaire Elon Musk. President-elect Donald Trump has put Musk in charge of finding ways to reduce government spending. Sanders specifically spoke out against the amount of money allocated to the U.S. military, calling for reforms in the Pentagon’s…

Two members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TDA), linked to an apartment takeover in Aurora, Colorado, have been arrested in New York City, the New York Post reported. The NYPD and U.S. Homeland Security conducted a raid in the Bronx targeting drug traffickers and credit card scammers, leading to the arrests of 15…

A U.S. fugitive on the FBI’s “Most Wanted Terrorist” list has been caught in the United Kingdom after more than two decades on the run. Authorities in Wales reportedly arrested Daniel Andreas San Diego on Monday, Nov. 25, in an operation involving Britain’s national intelligence agencies and the FBI. San Diego, who is considered a…

Hundreds of Chinese nationals are asking President-elect Donald Trump to let them stay in the United States. This comes as large groups of fellow migrants from China are being deported.  The Department of Homeland Security deported 109 Chinese nationals from a charter flight on Saturday, Nov. 16. It’s the third largest chartered removal flight to…

A court in Hong Kong sentenced dozens of pro-democracy activists to 4 to 10 years in prison Tuesday, Nov. 19, in the single largest trial under a national security law introduced in 2020. Critics say it has been used by Beijing to all but eliminate political dissent in the Chinese territory.  The court convicted 45 of 47 defendants of conspiracy to commit subversion for…

Tren de Aragua, a violent Venezuelan gang, has been making headlines due to its growing presence in the U.S., with recent incidents linked to the gang ranging from apartment shootouts in Aurora, Colorado, to kidnappings and murders near Dallas, Texas. Now, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), the gang has a presence in…

A series of racially-charged text messages referencing slavery and targeting Black Americans have surfaced across the United States, prompting a federal response. Recipients of these messages report being informed they were “selected” to pick cotton at “the nearest plantation.” The texts, reportedly sent from unknown numbers, began appearing shortly after the recent presidential election. Many…

Following multiple assassination attempts during his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump is now under extremely tight security as he prepares to assume office. New video from Reuters, taken Friday, Nov. 8, shows the Coast Guard patrolling outside Trump’s Mara-a-Lago estate, with the boat’s weapon extended, in Palm Beach County, Florida. There also appears to be a…

Republicans who took part in former President Donald Trump’s fake elector scheme in 2020 are once again signed up to cast electoral votes for him in 2024. That includes individuals in key swing states who are facing felony charges. There are 93 electors in seven swing states who pledged to vote for Trump if he…

The Republican National Committee asked the U.S. Supreme Court Monday, Oct. 28 to issue an emergency order in Pennsylvania that could stop thousands of ballots from being counted in the election.  Last week, the key battleground state’s supreme court ruled election officials must count provisional ballots cast by voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected for being turned in without a…