Experts explain what the law says about killing boating survivors

Experts explain what the law says about killing boating survivors

WASHINGTON (AP) — The second strike on survivors of an initial attack on a suspected drug boat may have been murder, legal experts say. It doesn’t matter if the US is in “armed conflict” with drug cartels, as the Trump administration claims. Such a fatal attack would have violated peacetime laws and those governing armed … Read more

Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as top New Jersey prosecutor, US appeals court says

Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba disqualified as top New Jersey prosecutor, US appeals court says

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, who his administration maneuvered to keep as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, is disqualified from that role, an appeals court said Monday. A panel of judges from the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals, which sits in Philadelphia, joined a lower court … Read more

Venezuelan leader Maduro may seem desperate. But his strategy of loyalty vs. punishment is hard to work out

Venezuelan leader Maduro may seem desperate. But his strategy of loyalty vs. punishment is hard to work out

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — English expressions once bothered Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro so much that he asked his State of the Union audience to phase out words like skatepark and fashion. But as the White House now considers whether the US military should strike Venezuela, Maduro is embracing the English language, singing John Lennon’s Image, … Read more

The photo shows Melania Trump, but she was not captured on Epstein’s plane

The photo shows Melania Trump, but she was not captured on Epstein’s plane

Claim: One photo authentically shows future US first lady Melania Trump, then Melania Knauss, posing partially nude to model plane photos of the late Jeffrey Epstein. Rating: Rating: Wrong subtitle Throughout November 2025, a meme circulated online purportedly featuring a years-old photo of future US first lady Melania Trump, then Melania Knauss, posing partially n*de … Read more

Donald Trump uses shocking insults in Thanksgiving message

Donald Trump uses shocking insults in Thanksgiving message

Donald Trump used a late-Thanksgiving message to launch an offensive tirade against a political rival before announcing he wants to end migration from all “Third World Countries.” Trump began his rambling post with a happy Thanksgiving greeting, but quickly turned into a post of anti-immigration rage, blaming “American Citizens and Patriots who have been so … Read more

Trump says he wants to “permanently stop” migration to the US from poorer countries

Trump says he wants to “permanently stop” migration to the US from poorer countries

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump says he wants to “stop migration for good” from poorer countries and vows to try to deport millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status. He blames immigrants for problems from crime to the housing shortage as part of America’s “social dysfunction” … Read more

With the penny gone, what should you do with the ones in your jar?

With the penny gone, what should you do with the ones in your jar?

Learn to love your coins. That’s the message from Kevin McColly, CEO of Coinstar, the company behind those coin-operated machines you see in supermarkets. American consumers made only 16% of their payments in cash in 2023, according to the Federal Reserve. A 2022 Pew survey found that two-fifths of consumers never use cash. More: The … Read more

Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order destroyed after Hegseth’s verbal order to ‘kill everybody’: report

Survivors on ‘narco boat’ targeted by Trump order destroyed after Hegseth’s verbal order to ‘kill everybody’: report

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly gave a verbal order to leave no survivors behind as Donald Trump’s administration launched the first of more than a dozen raids on suspected drug-trafficking boats that have killed more than 80 people in the past three months. On September 2, US military personnel fired a missile at a Caribbean … Read more