A man accused of threatening ICE agents and their families outside a Newark detention facility has been arrested and charged federally, according to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Los Angeles is weighing a proposal for an armed DWP police force after copper wire theft keeps knocking out streetlights and draining millions from the city.
Texas DPS used a PIT maneuver to stop a suspected human smuggler in Maverick County, then arrested two men and turned six migrants over to Border Patrol.
An Illinois alderman turned herself in after prosecutors said she submitted her dead mother’s mail ballot. The case has revived debate over voter-roll checks and mail-in safeguards.
A former CIA manager is accused of stealing public money, hiding gold, cash, and luxury watches at his Virginia home, and falsifying his background for years. The case puts fresh pressure on federal vetting and internal controls, which now look a bit less than heroic.
The Justice Department says Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong was charged with paying another person to register to vote. James O’Keefe later confronted her after his team’s undercover footage on Skid Row raised new questions about cash-for-signatures schemes.
Federal prosecutors say Enrique Inzunza Cazarez is tied to a cartel-linked corruption case that stretches from Sinaloa to San Diego. The indictment puts politics, bribery, and drug trafficking in the same messy folder, where they too often seem to live.
A jailhouse interview adds fresh claims about Ilhan Omar's role in the Feeding Our Future saga, while records, waivers, and a state report keep the political fire burning.