The abrupt termination of Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris has ignited a firestorm of controversy across Washington, raising urgent questions about political weaponization of security protocols. President Donald Trump’s administration officially ended Harris’s protective detail on Sept. 1, just weeks before her highly anticipated book tour launches nationwide. The timing appears...
The parents of a Black high school student are suing the Williamsport Area School District in Pennsylvania after their son was strapped to a medical backboard by a teacher for appearing to sleep during class. The incident occurred on May 28 in the classroom of Richard Caschera, who was hired by Williamsport Area High School...
A federal appeals court just delivered a crushing blow to one of Donald Trump’s most controversial economic policies, ruling that his sweeping tariffs on global imports exceeded what presidents are legally allowed to do. The Thursday decision doesn’t just invalidate specific trade measures — it fundamentally challenges how much power the executive branch can wield...
A 21-year-old Texas man will spend the next 40 years in prison for murdering a Black man five years ago in a racially charged dispute that escalated into a deadly shooting. Madison Meazell Simmons was arrested in February 2021 when he was 17, three months after he gunned down 40-year-old Melvin Ray Rogers Jr. in...
Lisa Cook became the first Federal Reserve governor in history to sue a sitting president Thursday, filing legal action against Donald Trump after he attempted to remove her from office in an unprecedented move that threatens the central bank’s traditional independence from political control. The lawsuit sets up a constitutional showdown that could fundamentally alter...
When two U.S. senators stepped off their plane in Taipei on Friday, they knew they were walking into one of the world’s most sensitive diplomatic situations. What they might not have expected was just how quickly their visit would send shockwaves through Beijing and ratchet up tensions that were already running dangerously high between the...