Trump admin asks Spanberger, Virginia officials not release illegal charged with groping high school girls

The Trump Department of Homeland Security has requested that Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger and officials in immigrant-friendly Fairfax County not release an adult illegal alien charged with groping several high school girls on school grounds. Illegal alien Israel Flores Ortiz, 19, is facing nine counts of assault and battery for groping girls at a Fairfax … Read more

‘Everyone in Nashville is a Vandy fan’: how Shea Ralph sparked a women’s basketball revival in Music City

Shaped by two coaching legends in Pat Summitt and Geno Auriemma, Ralph has Vanderbilt poised to make an NCAA Tournament run Shea Ralph’s decision to storm the court during the fourth quarter of Vanderbilt’s quarter-final against Ole Miss last Friday at the SEC Tournament wasn’t premeditated. Ralph, who up to that moment had never been … Read more

Trump’s Iran war has cost Americans at least $11bn already. And that’s just the start | Arwa Mahdawi

That $11.3bn doesn’t include any estimate of repairing facilities or replacing losses Generally speaking, when you bomb another country, and that country retaliates, you call it a “war”. Very simple word. Three letters. Even Donald Trump knows how to spell it. But be careful about calling the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, which have expanded into … Read more

Trump Pushes NATO, China to Open Hormuz Amid Oil Price Surge

President Donald Trump is scrambling to put together an international coalition to help force open the critical Strait of Hormuz which is blocked by Iran, sending oil and gas prices soaring. Despite the outreach by Trump, allies are rebuffing the president’s pressure campaign, with Germany’s defense minister saying, “This is not our war. We did … Read more

Jesse Jackson’s family says Illinois Senate endorsement release was not authorized

The family of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson said Monday that no endorsement had been finalized in Illinois’ Democrat Senate primary, after Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton’s campaign claimed his backing over the weekend. The dispute stems from sample ballots circulated by the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Jackson’s civil rights organization, that listed Stratton as a recommended … Read more

Trump Claims a Former US President Regrets Not Attacking Iran

President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that he recently spoke to a former U.S. president who told him he wishes he did what Trump is doing right now with his military campaign in Iran. All of the four former living presidents have denied they have had any such conversations with Trump. NBC Garrett Haake … Read more