US places sanctions on 10 people over alleged Hezbollah cash-smuggling ring

Courier network carried millions of dollars in cash to Lebanon on commercial flights, treasury department says The US treasury department announced sanctions on Thursday against 10 people it says formed a courier network that smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars to Hezbollah by carrying cash onboard commercial flights between Iran, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates … Read more

FBI raids Eric Swalwell’s home amid sexual assault claims inquiry – report

Federal agents also ‘seized electronic devices’ from former Democratic representative at San Francisco airport Authorities are said to have searched the Washington DC home of disgraced former California Democratic representative Eric Swalwell on Sunday amid an ongoing law enforcement investigation into sexual assault allegations. CNN reported that federal agents on Saturday “seized electronic devices” from … Read more

Rubio designates US citizen held in China as wrongfully detained as Trump prepares to host Xi at White House

The Trump administration has designated an American scholar detained in China as wrongfully held after he traveled there at Beijing’s invitation, escalating his case just weeks before President Donald Trump is set to host Chinese President Xi Jinping. Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that U.S. citizen Min Zin is “wrongfully detained” after the State … Read more

Dem mayor torches DNC in scathing letter for ‘abandoning’ Black voters after convention snub

Atlanta’s Democratic Mayor Andre Dickens launched a scathing attack on the Democratic National Committee’s leadership Thursday, accusing party leaders of turning their backs on Black voters and the South after the DNC excluded the city from its shortlist to host the 2028 presidential convention.  “The DNC continues to make the wrong choices,” Dickens wrote in … Read more

Michigan Dem invokes comparison to Jesus when pressed on socialist views: ‘Radical in his time, too’

Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee compared his “radical” policy positions to Jesus Christ’s teachings during a podcast appearance earlier this year. During an episode of the Progressive Christians Podcast that aired in May, Abdul El-Sayed was asked how his faith as a Muslim spurs his policies and positions in his campaign for the Senate. Rev. Blair … Read more