• Kennedy Center will close for renovations
    WASHINGTON — (SRN NEWS) The Kennedy Center faces a major shutdown and an uncertain future after its Trump-aligned board voted Tuesday to close most of the performing arts complex, citing urgent safety and renovation needs. The vote came just hours after a federal judge blocked the institution from restoring President Donald Trump’s name to the […]
  • Trump’s push to safeguard mail ballots has failed. Other efforts to protect the midterms are ongoing
    WASHINGTON — (SRN NEWS) President Donald Trump’s effort to give the federal government a larger role in election administration has suffered a setback at the Supreme Court, but the administration says its broader campaign to strengthen election security will continue. The justices this week declined to allow a sweeping overhaul of mail-voting procedures before the […]
  • House panel recommends contempt charge for billionaire Leon Black in Epstein probe
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee voted Tuesday to recommend that billionaire Leon Black be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena for testimony in the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. Republicans and Democrats joined unanimously in the bipartisan vote after Black refused to appear this month for a sworn […]
  • Judge refers Philadelphia district attorney to federal prosecutors for investigation
    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge referred Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday for investigation into whether he broke the law while overseeing a post-conviction case. U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond disqualified Krasner and Assistant DA Matthew Stiegler from participating in the case involving Dennis Johnson, who […]
  • Trump administration plans to send powerful bombs to Israel in $2.8 billion weapons sale
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal, weapons that prompted such concerns about the possibility of mass casualties in Gaza that the Biden administration paused their delivery two years ago. The $2.8 billion package includes 40,000 of the bombs, made […]