Man charged over deadly Palisades fire pleads not guilty in Los Angeles court

Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, accused of starting devastating fire that destroyed more than 6,800 structures The Florida man charged with starting the Palisades fire pleaded not guilty in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom on Thursday. Earlier this year, the Palisades fire killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,800 structures, turning swaths of western Los Angeles … Read more

Grassley releases memo showing DOJ ‘unleashed unchecked government power’ on Trump associates

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Thursday released an April 2022 Justice Department memo showing then-Attorney General Merrick Garland, then-Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, and then-FBI Director Christopher Wray personally approved an FBI investigation into alleged efforts by Trump campaign associates to obstruct Congress’ certification of the 2020 election. Grassley posted the four-page memorandum on X, … Read more

AG Pam Bondi puts ex-Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on notice over her vow to ‘unmask’ ICE agents

Attorney General Pam Bondi put former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on notice Thursday night over her vow to “unmask” ICE agents. During an interview on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Bondi reacted to a clip of Lightfoot talking about how she wants to create a real-time portal to track “purported criminal actions of ICE and CBP agents” … Read more

Virginia Lt. Gov. candidate enlists AI to represent Dem opponent after she rejected debate offers

Conservative businessman and broadcaster John Reid enlisted the help of artificial intelligence to represent Democratic challenger Ghazala Hashmi in a mock debate for the 2025 lieutenant governor’s race. Reid, the Republican nominee from Richmond, challenged Hashmi, a state senator from Chesterfield, to a series of regional debates around Virginia. Reid noted Hashmi is the only … Read more