Who is Sasha Riley? According to the published accounts, Riley is described as a veteran of the Iraq War and a survivor of extreme childhood trafficking. Riley's testimony was reportedly recorded in a series of phone interviews conducted by Lisa Noelle Voldeng between July 19 and July 24, 2025 Content of the viral recordings The material includes six audio recordings, claimed to be in the publisher's possession, with some copies reportedly shared with law enforcement and trusted contacts' in several countries. The testimony reportedly describes: Trafficking of children under 13 Alleged rape, torture and killings Coerced participation in child pornography The death of a child during a snuff film' Alleged involvement of the Trump/Epstein network Read more
Israel National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir led IDF troops as they demolished the headquarters of UNRWA in East Jerusalem. "[This is] a historic day for sovereignty in Jerusalem," Ben Gvir brayed. "Today, these terror supporters are being kicked out along with everything they built. This is what will be done to every terror supporter." Jerusalem mayor Aryeh King menacingly threatened to kill UN personnel: "God willing, we will expel, kill, eliminate, and destroy all UNRWA personnel."
Karen Budd-Falen, a top Trump administration official, has failed to disclose her connections to a massive lithium mine in Nevada has a history of navigating financial entanglements while serving in top positions at the Interior Department that don't require Senate confirmation.
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A man tried on a felony charge of aiming a laser at presidential helicopter Marine One while it was transporting Donald Trump was acquitted recently by a jury in Washington DC " which reached its decision in about 35 minutes Tuesday. The swift verdict of not guilty in the case of Jacob Winkler represented another high-profile defeat for Jeanine Pirro, the former Fox News host whom Trump appointed to be the US attorney for the nation's capital. Pirro's office has pursued harsh penalties against individuals accused of attacking federal officers or threatening the president but has failed multiple times.
President Donald Trump said during Tuesday's White House press briefing that he feels bad about Renee Good's death. Good, 37, was shot and killed on Jan. 7 by a federal officer in Minneapolis as she sat in her SUV amid citywide protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity. Tricia McLaughlin, a public affairs official with the Department of Homeland Security, said in a recent interview that Good was "stalking and harassing law enforcement" for hours that morning, and she "gunned the vehicle" toward several ICE agents in the street. Officials in Minnesota and Good's family have disputed the Trump administration's description of the shooting.
Two members of Elon Musk's DOGE team working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with an advocacy group seeking to "overturn election results in certain states," and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls, the Justice Department revealed in newly disclosed court papers. Elizabeth Shapiro, a top Justice Department official, said SSA referred both DOGE employees for potential violations of the Hatch Act, which bars government employees from using their official positions for political purposes. Shapiro's previously unreported disclosure, dated Friday, came as part of a list of "corrections" to testimony by top SSA officials during last year's legal battles over DOGE's access to Social Security data.
Professor Kari Hong establishes ten reasons why Congress should defund the ERO Deportation Force, the wing of ICE responsible for deporting non-citizens. This article explains that the ERO is wasteful, is unnecessary to keep America safe, and actually hurts Americans and the U.S. economy.
Air Force One returned to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Tuesday night after the crew identified "a minor electrical issue" after takeoff, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. President Donald Trump was seen boarding a new, smaller aircraft after landing. It will take the designation Air Force One, according to protocol noted by the Air Force.
President Donald Trump called for credit card companies to cap interest rates at 10%, roughly half the industry average, effective Jan. 20. That date has arrived, and credit card rates have hardly budged. What happened? The credit card industry did not follow through. Several banking and consumer experts said they did not know of any major card company that had complied with Trump's directive. "I haven't seen any press releases," said Stephen Kates, a financial analyst at Bankrate. "Not one whisper." "For anybody who's looking at their billing statement, waiting for it to go from 20 to 10, I wouldn't hold your breath," Kates said. Read more
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A major winter storm " the season's most extreme so far " is set to lash the eastern half of the United States with damaging ice and heavy snow late this week. It's all being fed by a brutal blast of Arctic air that's bringing the season's coldest air to date. "An expansive winter storm will produce a swath of heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South starting Friday and shifting toward the East Coast through Sunday," the Weather Prediction Center warned Tuesday morning. Read more
President Donald Trump's plane returned to the US soon after he left for the World Economic Forum in Switzerland due to a minor electrical issue. Trump is still expected to attend the forum in Davos and is planning to get on a backup plane.
Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump's handpicked interim US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, left her position at the Justice Department Tuesday, marking an end to her turbulent tenure bringing cases against the president's political enemies. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Halligan's exit in a post on X Tuesday evening, writing that it "is a significant loss" for the department and noting that she "will continue to serve her country in other ways." Read more
Sometimes science can be painfully slow. Data comes in dribs and drabs, truth trickles, and veracity proves viscous. The world's longest-running lab experiment is an ongoing work in sheer scientific patience. It has been running continuously for nearly a century, under the close supervision of several custodians and many spectators -- and it's ever so slowly drip, drip, dripping away.
On the campaign trail, President Trump promised to cut Americans' energy bills in half -- cheaper gasoline, cheaper electricity. He also said he'd "unleash" American energy production, often repeating the catchphrase "Drill, baby, drill."
Federal prosecutors issued subpoenas to at least five Democratic officials in Minnesota. The subpoenas sought documents from Gov. Tim Walz, Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis and Mayor Kaohly Her of St. Paul related to their policies on immigration enforcement efforts in the state. Two Minnesota prosecutors, Keith Ellison, the state attorney general, and Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County attorney, were also sent similar subpoenas.
