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WASHINGTON Β βΒ A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Thursday for gun rights and against drug laws. In a 9-0 ruling, the justices struck down part of the longstanding federal gun control law that makes it a crime for an βunlawful userβ of illegal drugs to possess a gun. The Trump administration had urged the court to uphold…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The terms of a deal to end President Trumpβs war with Iran remained a secret on Monday as both sides claimed victory and the months-long conflict reached a nebulous end. The memorandum of understanding, providing a rough framework to conclude the war, was signed digitally Sunday, with a ceremony scheduled to take place on Friday…
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ Aurora Phelps, a 44-year-old American who used dating apps to charm older men, and then looted their finances, has been sentenced to 37 years in prison in a Mexican court for the disappearance of an American retiree whose body was found dumped along a road outside of Guadalajara. Phelps, a dual U.S.-Mexican citizen, hooked…
Today, we discuss political jockeying, litigation and Hail Mary passes. Thereβs so much going on these days … Indeed. Between the war with Iran, the World Cup and President Trump slapping his filigreed (emphasis greed) name on everything in sight, Iβve completely lost track of the fight for control of Congress. Well, now that the…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ As Spencer Pratt fell behind in the Los Angeles mayoral primary, an unexpected group began claiming election fraud: people tracking the Republicanβs success on prediction markets, the increasingly popular online exchanges on which people can make bets on almost anything. βCrazy how much voter fraud can be done with mail in ballots,β one user following…
The Iranian national team finally got to just play soccer. Their journey to the World Cup has been uniquely fraught, with a war erupting between the host of their matches and their home country. They had to relocate their base camp from Arizona to Tijuana, struggled to get all of their traveling party into the…
The Trump Department of Justice going after people who make the president mad or even sad is nothing new, in this dangerous age when the presidency is increasingly about placating the desires of the old man in the Oval Office. Leticia James, James Comey, Adam Schiff. Most recently, E. Jean Carroll, who sued President Trump…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a Trump administration appeal and decide if βcriminal aliensβ may be held indefinitely while they fight deportation. The case to be heard in the fall could give the administration more power to arrest and hold immigrants, including green card holders, who have criminal records. The governmentβs lawyers say…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ President Trump said Sunday that the United States and Iran have reached a framework agreement to end the war in the Middle East, a breakthrough in months of negotiations aimed at ending the conflict. The deal, described by diplomats as a memorandum of understanding, commits Tehran to forgo the development or acquisition of nuclear weapons…
Iranβs World Cup team arrived in Tijuana last week bearing gold lapel pins on their jackets honoring the 168 victims, most of them schoolgirls, killed in a Feb. 28 U.S. missile strike on an elementary school in southern Iran at the outset of the war. The World Cup kicked off last week as that war…