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Pope Leo XIV, 69, was elected to take up the papal seat on Thursday, on the second day of the papal conclave’s deliberations. Born Robert Prevost on Sept. 14, 1955 in Chicago, Ill., he was a suspected front-runner to succeed Pope Francis after his passing late last month, though some reporting suggested his being an…
The lawyers representing Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge for permission to take three additional depositions – from representatives of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the State Department and the Department of Justice (DOJ) – regarding what steps, if any, the Trump administration has taken to facilitate the illegal immigrant and alleged…
FBI Director Kash Patel is warning that the bureau will not be able to fulfill its missions if a White House budget cut proposal released last week is implemented. The proposal, introduced last Friday, would cut the FBI’s budget by $545 million as part of President Donald Trump‘s plan to slash government spending by $163…
The White House will unveil a new nominee to serve as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, following resistance to the Trump administration’s current pick, according to President Donald Trump. Trump previously nominated Ed Martin, a former defense attorney who represented Americans charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, for…
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has introduced a one-page bill to repeal the controversial Patriot Act, which was passed on the heels of the horrific Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. The text of the measure, dubbed the “American Privacy Restoration Act,” reads, “The USA PATRIOT Act … is repealed, and each provision of law amended…
The Trump administration on Thursday targeted Iranian oil with a new slate of sanctions – a move that increases pressure on the Islamic Republic amid talks between U.S. and Iranian officials to make a deal to prevent nuclear proliferation, Fox News Digital has learned. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control increased pressure on…
White smoke was witnessed emerging from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, in a direct signal that a new pope has already been elected. The name of the pope has yet to be announced by the papal conclave, who met for the first time on Wednesday to deliberate on who would take up…
The first bottle of “whisky” matured in casks submerged in Scotland’s Loch Ness has sold at auction for more than $1,000. Domhayn, named after the Gaelic word for “deep,” was submerged 702 feet beneath the surface of the legendary Scottish freshwater on Valentine’s Day, according to news agency SWNS. The inaugural “Loch Ness edition” bottle,…
A fundraising campaign on the crowd-sourcing site GiveSendGo has raised over $15,000 for a Temple University student intending to wage a legal battle amid his feud with Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy. The student, Mo Khan, was thrust into national controversy after Portnoy accused Khan of posting a video to his Instagram story showing a…
A leading lawmaker from the nation’s most interconnected air travel state warned that outdated technology – like “floppy disks” – and ongoing air traffic control (ATC) crises at key hubs are compounding the need to overhaul the U.S. air travel system. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, who also sits on the Aviation subcommittee on the Senate…