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Lindsay Clancy’s Jury Deadlocked Over One Holdout, Not Over Postpartum Psychosis

Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s triple murder trial at 11:25…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 4

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte stands in a wood-panelled Senate session hall, the Philippine flag behind her

The Case That Can Actually End Sara Duterte’s Career Is Not the One That Just Got Her a Warrant

A Quezon City court ordered the arrest of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte on…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 4

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An ICE Agent Faces a Lying Charge Because Washington Blocked the Civil Rights Case

Prosecutors in Minnesota prepared a civil rights charge against the ICE officer who fired…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 3

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The Agency Claiming Sole Power Over Sports Betting Has Exactly One Commissioner Left

New Jersey asked the Supreme Court this week to settle whether a state can…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 3

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Two Minneapolis Officers Were Shot at Loring Towers in the Building’s Second Ambush in Eleven Months

Minneapolis police entered an apartment building on East Grant Street late Wednesday afternoon and…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 2

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Congress Is Writing a Second Epstein Law Because the Attorney General Already Admitted He Is Breaking the First

Thomas Massie stood on the House floor Monday night and read fourteen names into…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 2

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A Jury Took Less Than Three Hours to Convict Duane Davis on Evidence He Supplied Himself

A Las Vegas jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first-degree murder on…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 1

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A Taser Failed in Times Square. The Next Sixty Seconds Were the Whole Story.

A woman carrying two kitchen knives stabbed two people along Seventh Avenue in Times…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 31

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The Supreme Court Let Trump Finish a Ballroom Its Own Chief Justice Calls Likely Unlawful

The Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for President Donald Trump to finish…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 31

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The Tupac Jury Is Being Asked About a Promise of Immunity, Not a Drive-By

Closing arguments begin Monday for Duane "Keffe D" Davis. The jury is not deciding…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 31

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Because Congress Never Appropriated the Money, Nobody Can Trace the $32.3 Million in Deportation Payments

Internal government documents obtained by CBS News show that over ten days, three ICE…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 31

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Northern Cyprus Says Bad Weather Sank the Filo Jet. Its Own Leader Says the Sea Was Fine.

A 43-meter catamaran carrying 267 people went down about four nautical miles off Kyrenia…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 30

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Lindell Never Paid the $825,000, and the Court Rejected His Recount Theory Anyway

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ICE Did Not Need a Case Against Milo Yiannopoulos, Only the Hearing He Skipped

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A Judge Ruled the Farmworker Pay Cuts Illegal. The Pay Cuts Are Still in Force.

Meta’s Toughest Child-Safety Term, a One-Hour Daily Cap, Only Applies if TikTok and YouTube Settle Too

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Three States Have Issued Orders About Baby Gabriel. Only One of Them Can Be Obeyed.

A stripped hospital bed and folded wheelchair in the empty medical wing of a state correctional facility, barred window light on the concrete floor

Illinois Refused Sean Grayson a Medical Release in July. He Died in Prison in August.

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The State Department Paused Visa Appointments Worldwide Five Days After a Judge Voided Its Country List

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The Supreme Court Unblocked Trump’s Mail-Voting Order Without Ruling It Legal

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Rand Paul, Not the Democrats, Is Why Trump Still Has No Confirmed ICE Director

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Washington County Deputies Found Their Quintuple Homicide Suspect Dead in Washington State

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A $200 Tax Went to Zero in 2025. A Texas Judge Just Ended the 90-Year Gun Registry It Paid For.

A New York State Police vehicle with flashing emergency lights parked at the base of the New York State Capitol's monumental east staircase at dusk, with two uniformed troopers standing near the entrance.

An FBI Source, Not Capitol Security, Stopped the Albany Bomb Plot

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The Case Against Duane Davis Is Built Almost Entirely Out of Duane Davis

Disney Sued Brendan Carr’s FCC Instead of Settling With Trump Again

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Mike Caruso Was Arrested a Year to the Day After DeSantis Made Him Palm Beach County’s Court Clerk

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California’s Slayer Statute Is Why Nick Reiner Cannot Touch $1.5 Million Before His Trial

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Meta’s Child-Safety Trial Opens in Oakland With Damages Nearly the Size of the Company

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Tennessee Required Three Checks on the Bus Where Winter Jones Died