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James Heaps was first sentenced in 2023, but verdict was overturned after appeals court found he was denied a fair trial Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A former University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) gynecologist pleaded guilty to 13 felony sexual abuse charges on Tuesday … Read more
Another Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump will plead guilty in a separate case involving child exploitation of multiple victims, according to federal court records.
News that now-former Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., would abandon his California gubernatorial bid in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations on Sunday didn’t prevent Senate lawmakers on Monday from demanding that the embattled congressman go one step further and resign. “I do,” Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., said plainly when asked if Swalwell should step down … Read more
Embattled Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, made his resignation from Congress official on Tuesday as he faced the looming, rare threat of expulsion from the House. Gonzales’ brief resignation letter was read aloud on the House floor and will mark his exit from Congress amid scandal just before the stroke of midnight on Tuesday. “It has … Read more
Measure by Jamie Raskin follows statements by Trump about annihilating Iran and post depicting himself as Jesus Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox House Democrats on Tuesday proposed creating a commission that would work with JD Vance to remove Donald Trump from office under the 25th … Read more
U.S. immigration authorities reportedly detained former Brazilian intelligence chief Alexandre Ramagem in Florida on Monday, months after Brazil sentenced him to prison for his role in a plot to keep former President Jair Bolsonaro in power after the 2022 election. Brazilian authorities said Ramagem fled the country in September 2025, shortly after being sentenced to … Read more
FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer request for an illegal migrant in Oklahoma who is charged with murder for allegedly strangling his wife to death and dumping her body near a highway. Willie Ricardo Merida‑Escobar, 40, was charged with the first-degree murder of his wife, … Read more
WASHINGTON — Both Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, and Rep.
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., formally resigned his House seat on Tuesday amid a wave of sexual misconduct allegations that spurred calls to step aside or face expulsion. Swalwell’s swift fall from grace, and subsequent likely end of his political career, was made official in a letter from the embattled lawmaker read aloud on the House … Read more
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche tells NBC News’ Laura Jarrett that Americans should be “happy” with President Trump’s involvement in the Department of Justice, and acknowledges that there are certain investigations which are an “outsized focus” right now for the department.
