Want to protect officers — and our democracy? Ban masks
If you thought Jimmy Kimmel saved free speech, think again. To hear President Trump tell it, no one, especially law enforcement officers, is safe from…
Twin brothers charged with running tee time brokering scheme, hiding $1.1 million in income
A federal grand jury has charged two brothers in Southern California with tax evasion on more than $1.1 million in income they allegedly received in…
Trump’s immigration crackdown brings checkpoints and new fears to Washington
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities have used checkpoints around the nation’s capital to screen vehicles, sometimes asking people for their immigration status after stopping them, as President Trump’s…
Federal authorities investigating former special counsel Jack Smith
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Federal officials have opened an investigation into Jack Smith, the former special counsel who indicted then-candidate Donald Trump on felony charges before his election…
Man who used Biden photo for target practice pleads guilty to stockpiling bombs
NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia man pleaded guilty Friday in a federal case that accused him of stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history…
Ex-NYPD commissioner sues NYC mayor, alleging he ran police department as a ‘criminal enterprise’
NEW YORK — New York City’s former interim police commissioner is suing Mayor Eric Adams and his top deputies, accusing them of operating the NYPD as a…
Secret police have no place in democracy. But here they are
I’ve watched two disturbing videos in the past day of federal authorities acting with frightening disregard for decency and democracy as they arrest immigrants. At…
Officials arrest 1 of 2 detainees still missing from New Jersey immigration facility
One of the two detainees still missing after escaping from a New Jersey federal immigration detention center has been arrested, the FBI said Tuesday. Franklin…
California sues Trump over ‘unlawful, unprecedented’ National Guard deployment
California officials on Monday filed a federal lawsuit over the mobilization of the state’s National Guard during the weekend’s immigration protests in Los Angeles, accusing…
California man will plead guilty to trying to assassinate Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON — A California man will plead guilty to trying to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C.,…