Defense department watchdog opens inquiry into US airstrikes on alleged drug boats

Officials will determine if standard process was followed before lethal strikes in Caribbean and eastern Pacific Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The Pentagon’s internal watchdog has opened an investigation into whether US military commanders followed proper procedures when conducting boat strikes in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific. The office of … Read more

New York federal judge bans ICE arrests at Manhattan immigration courts

Ruling blocks detentions at three federal courthouses except in rare cases amid protests over tactics A federal judge in New York has banned US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from arresting immigrants in or around three federal courthouses in lower Manhattan, where vigorous confrontations have played out since the start of Donald Trump’s second … Read more

Trump calls for DOJ probe into Maryland mail-in ballot error, suspecting ‘corrupt’ Gov. Wes Moore ties

President Donald Trump weighed in on Maryland’s mail-in ballot printing error, alleging ties to “corrupt” Democrat Gov. Wes Moore and calling for an investigation by the Justice Department under acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “In Maryland, they sent out 500,000 Illegal Mail In Ballots, and they got caught!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, after Fox … Read more

Wembanyama’s 41-24 double-double silences Thunder in West finals: ‘The best player in the world’

San Antonio Spurs 122-115 Oklahoma City Thunder (2OT) Spurs take Game 1 of best-of-seven series Victor Wembanyama had 41 points and 24 rebounds, Dylan Harper finished with 24 points and a team playoff-record seven steals, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-115 in a double-overtime classic to open the Western Conference … Read more

Federal judge in New York ties Trump admin hands on arrests at immigration courts

A federal judge on Monday largely blocked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from carrying out civil immigration arrests at several Manhattan immigration courthouses, after government lawyers admitted they made a “material mistaken statement of fact” defending the policy in court. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel ruled ICE officers must temporarily revert to narrower Biden-era … Read more

Duffy unleashes on Buttigieg with swipe over which admin has accomplished more: ‘Moved like a sloth’

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called his predecessor, Pete Buttigieg, a “sloth” on Sunday while laying out accomplishments under President Donald Trump’s second term through a video interspersed with footage from multiple iconic movies. “Pete Buttigieg moved like a sloth,” Duffy wrote in a post to X. “I’m moving at the speed of Trump!” “He did … Read more