Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a federal judge to dismiss the indictment or remove the death penalty, arguing the Trump administration made him “a pawn” and tainted his right to a fair trial via posts calling him “a pure assassin” and reposts by Justice Department officials. Prosecutors said the statements...
President Xi Jinping has ousted General He Weidong, the junior CMC vice-chair and third in command of the PLA, in the first in-office purge of such rank in six decades, along with eight other senior commanders. The Defence Ministry said the group, spanning the army, navy, rocket force and armed...
In Hanover Park and across Chicago suburbs, volunteer patrols are mobilizing to warn neighbors about Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz. Kids with whistles and phones, coached by an organizer known as Ruby, document enforcement actions and urge residents to keep their distance and know...
State Sen. Scott Wiener, a vocal Trump critic and housing-density advocate, will run next year for the congressional seat held by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, with a formal announcement expected next week, the San Francisco Standard reported. Wiener has raised $1 million via an exploratory committee and changed course after progressive...
China expelled its second-highest ranking general, He Weidong, and eight other senior officers from the Communist Party and the military over suspected serious corruption, the Defense Ministry said. Their cases, involving extremely large sums, were sent to military prosecutors. He, a Politburo member and vice chair of the Central Military...
A 10-year-old Palestinian, Muhammad al-Hallaq, was shot dead by Israeli forces in al-Rihiya, south of Hebron, after troops opened fire during what the army called confrontations and rock-hurling. Witnesses said the boys had been playing football and ran at the sight of military vehicles before a soldier fired from the...
China’s Communist Party expelled nine top generals in one of its biggest public military crackdowns in decades, the defence ministry said, citing suspected serious financial crimes. The group includes Politburo member He Weidong, the military’s No. 2 under Xi Jinping, whose long absence from view had stirred speculation. All nine...
Relatives in Las Cuevas, Trinidad, mourn Chad “Charpo” Joseph and Rishi Samaroo, believed among six people killed in a US airstrike on a boat allegedly trafficking drugs from Venezuela. At wakes, family accused Donald Trump of killing poor people and denying due process, and said Trinidad and Tobago’s leaders ceded...
As the Oct. 1 federal shutdown drags on, essential staff across agencies say they fear taking leave. A Social Security manager postponed surgery after learning missed days would be logged as furloughs and filed under “disciplinary and adverse actions,” a step union officials and experts call unprecedented; the agency says...
A landmark plan to set the first global, industry-wide emissions targets for shipping collapsed in London after Saudi Arabia and the United States pushed to end talks. A Saudi motion to adjourn negotiations for a year passed by a narrow margin, voiding timelines for rules due to start in 2028....
