California high court orders disbarring of former Trump attorney over effort to dispute 2020 election results

The California Supreme Court has disbarred John Eastman, an attorney with ties to President Donald Trump’s efforts to contest the 2020 presidential election outcome. “The California Supreme Court disbarred attorney John Charles Eastman today,” the State Bar of California said in a statement. “This after the State Bar Court Review Department in July 2025 affirmed … Read more

Hegseth says US is ‘locked and loaded’ to finish job of destroying Iran energy grid

US defense secretary says Iran’s energy infrastructure is ‘not destroyed yet’ while also lambasting the media Iran’s energy infrastructure is “not destroyed yet” and the US is “locked and loaded” to finish the job, Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, said on Thursday as he called many of the press corps gathered the moral equivalent of … Read more

I thought hell would freeze over before I agreed with the pope. But in a world riven by cruelty, that day has finally come

It’s a relief to see the pontiff decrying brutality, because it seems most current world leaders lack the necessary spine I have never been a religious or spiritual person, even though I grew up in a religious area and had friends (and strangers) throughout school and university trying to lure me into whatever prayer disguised … Read more

NYPD investigates after video shows two officers punching and kicking man

New York mayor Mamdani calls footage of arrest of wrongly identified suspect ‘extremely disturbing and unacceptable’ Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The New York police department has launched an internal investigation after videos posted online showed two police officers repeatedly punching and kicking a man … Read more