Two Republican-controlled committees also said they were opening investigations into the defense secretary’s alleged order to “kill everybody” aboard a boat in the Caribbean in September—the first of nearly two dozen strikes. Former top military lawyers on Saturday said that new reporting on orders personally given by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in early September, when the […]
(Fairbanks, AK) – Friday, Superior Court Judge Amy K. Welch sentenced 26-year-old Shaheed Fleming for sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl, a 14-year-old girl, and a 15-year-old girl in 2021. Fleming had been found guilty of 23 total counts. Judge Welch sentenced Fleming to 79.5 years of incarceration with 55 years suspended for 24.5 years […]
“Homelessness is a policy failure,” said one ACLU leader. “Weaponizing federal funding to fuel cruel and ineffective approaches to homelessness won’t solve this crisis.” Advocates for mental health and unhoused people blasted U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday over his executive order titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets.” Trump’s order directs U.S. Attorney General Pam […]
The president-elect’s “ability to escape prosecution does not retroactively validate his illegal, unconstitutional and democracy-destroying activities,” said one critic. Special Counsel Jack Smith’s announcement on Monday that he was dropping his case regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s alleged handling of classified documents and election subversion was not unexpected, as U.S. Justice Department policy dictates that a […]