Ex-Obama advisor mocked after questioning Chicago’s response to unconscious man: ‘Own a mirror?’

David Axelrod, a Democratic political consultant and strategist, received backlash online for noting that emergency services in Chicago had declined to assist a seemingly homeless man outside the Art Institute of Chicago. “An elderly man, probably homeless, was sprawled unconscious on the museum’s front stone steps in the midst of a heat emergency. I called … Read more

Secret Service missed ‘multiple opportunities’ to prevent Trump assassination attempt: watchdog

The U.S. Secret Service “missed multiple opportunities” to prevent or disrupt the July 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump as he spoke to supporters during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General said in a report released Thursday. The 64-page document detailed several lapses in security that allowed … Read more

California man pleads guilty to faking Nancy Guthrie ransom note

Derrick Callella admitted he called and sent texts to Guthrie’s family, demanding a bitcoin transaction A California man is facing up to two years in prison or a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty to sending Nancy Guthrie’s family a phoney ransom note, federal authorities announced on Thursday. Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today Show … Read more

Former KKK Grand Wizard praises Mamdani-endorsed socialist’s stance on interracial marriage

Former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke recently told a conservative media outlet that he agrees with a Democratic congressional nominee on an unlikely issue: interracial marriage. Darializa Avila Chevalier, who recently won the Democratic primary in New York’s 13th Congressional District, attracted controversy on the campaign trail for a deleted 2019 social media … Read more

Trump’s ‘hero’ justice offers roadmap after Supreme Court rejects birthright order

President Donald Trump lost his Supreme Court bid to restrict birthright citizenship through executive order, but one of his own appointees may have handed Republicans a blueprint for pursuing much of the same goal through Congress. Voting with the 6-3 majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh agreed that Executive Order 14160, which restricts automatic citizenship to people … Read more