California’s tectonic systems at highest levels of stress in 1,000 years – study

San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems in ‘critically loaded state’, increasing chance of ‘big one’ quake in future Southern California’s San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems are at their highest levels of tectonic stress in 1,000 years in what scientists describe as a “critically loaded state”, according to a study published earlier this … Read more

US justice department charges five men over alleged plot to attack White House UFC event

Multiple arrests made in ‘multi-state operation’ to disrupt alleged plot to kill government officials at Trump birthday Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Law enforcement officials disrupted an attempt to attack the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fighting event staged at the White House on Sunday with guns and explosive-laden drones, and … Read more

Fifteen people charged over alleged interference in Minnesota immigration crackdown

Prosecutors claim defendants were part of Minneapolis-based ‘antifa’ groups that ‘violent oppose’ law enforcement Fifteen people in Minnesota were charged with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers over their response to a controversial and deadly immigration enforcement crackdown in the state earlier this year. The US attorney for Minnesota, Daniel Rosen, and the special … Read more

Blue state’s anti-ICE pledge collapses as GOP warns of new sanctuary ‘confederacy’

Colorado has reversed a controversial requirement that attorneys using the state’s court e-filing system certify they would not use court information to assist federal immigration enforcement efforts. The verification requirement was removed from state law last week after Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 26-1276, creating a carveout for attorneys seeking to use … Read more