Erik and Lyle Menendez eligible to face parole board early next year

Brothers, convicted of parents’ killings and denied parole last year, permitted to apply for another hearing earlier than expected Erik and Lyle Menendez will be before a parole board again in March, about 17 months earlier than expected. The brothers were originally sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for the 1989 fatal shootings of … Read more

Fetterman leans on unlikely GOP ally as Dems sharpen their knives over explosive report

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is under fire over leaked texts with his staff in which he brushed off meetings with a children’s hospital and paralyzed veterans, but he is pushing back, calling the reports “smears” with support from his Republican Pennsylvania colleague, Sen. Dave McCormick. Fetterman broke his silence following a bombshell report based on … Read more

Iran claims to have seized American drone US says had ‘malfunctioned’

Centcom says ‘defective’ drone was surveilling regional waters and was not collecting sensitive data Iranian forces claimed to have seized an American underwater drone in the strait of Hormuz that the US military said had “malfunctioned” more than a day earlier. US Navy Capt Tim Hawkins, a United States Central Command spokesperson, said in a … Read more

Government land-grab agenda hits key Senate race as Dem backs property takeovers echoing Mamdani

Graham Platner’s replacement in the Maine Senate race suggested the government should be able to take over private property when necessary, appearing to echo socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s housing agenda. Troy Jackson, a Democrat running for the Senate, came under fire for suggesting the government should be able to take over private … Read more