In 2004, a 24-year-old woman in Tehran named Ameneh Bahrami was walking home from work when a man she had repeatedly rejected stepped out and attacked her with acid. The assault left her with severe injuries and, over time, a complete loss of her sight. Despite undergoing numerous surgeries in Iran and abroad, the damage … Read more
President Donald Trump suddenly left the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday morning after a little more than an hour in the courtroom. As justices deliberated over the constitutionality of his order aiming to terminate birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are either temporarily or illegally in the country, he … Read more
The Trump administration noted this month again that no illegal aliens have been released into the country for the 10th straight month after the president ordered the Department of Homeland Security to once again begin enforcing the nation’s immigration laws shortly after taking office. The dramatic reversal in cross-border traffic comes after nearly four years … Read more
President Donald Trump told a British newspaper that he is reevaluating America’s membership in NATO after not a single member responded to his request for assistance in protecting the Middle East from Iranian threats. It was “actually hard to believe” the hard refusals of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO’s) European members, that the instinct … Read more
I know, I know. It’s April 1. But trust me, this is no April Fool’s joke. Former CNN host Don Lemon stated that if he were elected president, he would be able to govern more effectively than President Trump and many others, claiming he could resolve the country’s issues “in no time flat.” He also … Read more
President Donald Trump took the unprecedented step of attending oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as his administration fights to uphold his early executive order banning birthright citizenship. Trump reportedly arrived about 10 minutes before the session began, marking the first time in history that a president has attended a Supreme Court … Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling on state lawmakers to impeach a sitting judge following a high-profile case in which a defendant released before sentencing was later accused of killing a 5-year-old girl. The push centers on Judge Tiffany Baker-Carper, who presided over a prior case involving Daniel Spencer, a registered sex offender. Spencer had … Read more
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered construction of a planned White House ballroom project to be halted, siding with a historic preservation group that argued the effort violated federal law. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon said the group is likely to succeed on the merits of its case, writing that “no statute comes close to … Read more
Justice Elena Kagan, one of the three liberal members of the Supreme Court and an Obama appointee, used a sharp footnote in her concurring opinion on Tuesday to tear apart the reasoning of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s lone dissent in an 8-1 ruling that struck down Colorado’s ban on so-called “conversion therapy” for minors. Kagan … Read more
Some lives feel larger than life — shaped by both triumph and hardship in ways that seem almost cinematic. For James Alan Hetfield, pain didn’t just influence his story — it ultimately shaped his sound.Born on August 3, 1963, in Downey, California, Hetfield grew up far from the rock‑and‑roll spotlight he would one day command. … Read more