Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., is demanding that the Transportation Security Administration reintroduce its controversial policy requiring travelers to take off their shoes before going through airport security checkpoints. Duckworth called on the TSA to immediately reverse its move to end the “shoes-off” policy, calling former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s decision last summer … Read more
Courtney Williams accused of sharing material with reporter examining deaths and drugs at US military base The FBI has arrested a former military special operations employee accused of providing classified information to the media, the agency’s director Kash Patel announced on Wednesday. The US Department of Justice said in a press release that the former … Read more
Prosecutors alleged Gerhardt Konig, 47, had planned to kill Arielle Konig during a birthday trip to Honolulu A Hawaii anesthesiologist who was accused of trying to murder his wife on a cliffside hike last year has been convicted of attempted manslaughter, a lesser charge. A Honolulu jury returned the verdict against Gerhardt Konig, 47, on … Read more
US and Iran can’t seem to agree on much of their fragile two-week ceasefire agreement – key US politics stories from Wednesday 8 April at a glance The two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, brokered by Pakistan within hours of Donald Trump’s threat of civilization-level destruction, is hanging by a thread – and possibly … Read more
Two Democrats seeking to flip a Republican-held Senate seats spent Wednesday evening at a forum in Iowa, appealing to progressive activists and voters who could influence the June primary. But it was a Democrat from 1,100 miles away who emerged as a tension point.
Courtney Williams was named in a magazine article that included details of her allegations of being harassed and retaliated against while working in a covert unit.
USC student Tucker Collins’s attorney accuses homeland security of ‘overt act of repression’ at Los Angeles protest A freshman at the University of Southern California has lost an eye after he was shot last month with a “less-lethal” projectile by a Department of Homeland Security agent at a No Kings march, according to his attorney. … Read more
Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., is facing heat for attempting to discredit a user on X who said sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who is running for governor, will end up “kick[ing] his a–.” Gallego, who has been friends with Swalwell for many years, also defended Swalwell for being “targeted” in a separate … Read more
Customers make hundreds of thousands of dollars as records show substantial bets made before announcement A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the US and Iran would reach a ceasefire on Tuesday, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for these new customers. … Read more
Steve Kornacki joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the latest results from a special congressional election in Georgia for former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R) seat.
