Cedric Irving Jr, 27, is alumnus of high school where John Beam taught before gaining fame on Netflix’s Last Change UA 27-year-old Skyline high school alumnus, frequently seen lingering near Laney College, has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal shooting of Oakland football coach John Beam.Police identified the suspect as Cedric Irving […]

District attorney cites ‘insufficient admissible evidence’ against Tim Ballard in connection with allegations A district attorney based in Salt Lake City is declining to file charges against the founder of an anti-child-trafficking organization – made famous by the 2023 movie Sound of Freedom – in the wake of sexual assault claims by several women in […]

One-time Maga loyalist diverges with Trump on issues including Epstein, so US president has withdrawn support Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime Republican ally who previously fiercely defended Donald Trump and his Maga movement, said on Saturday she had been contacted by private security firms “with warnings for my safety” after Trump announced on Friday he […]

Seemingly identical signatures appeared on clemency orders, which White House blamed on technical error The Trump administration’s clemency drive is coming under scrutiny after the justice department this week replaced pardons posted online that bore strikingly similar copies of Trump’s signature with others that are distinctively variable. The corrections came after online commenters seized on […]

From Texas and Iowa to Arkansas, faith leaders are wading into politics to counter the rise of Christian nationalism He grew up on a farm in Indiana, the son of a factory worker and eldest of five children. He studied at Liberty, a Christian university founded by the conservative pastor and televangelist Jerry Falwell, and […]

Scramble to find replacement for George Tidmarsh shines light on dysfunction at US regulatory agency After the dramatic ousting of the top drug regulator at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) two weeks ago, officials have scrambled to find a replacement in a process that has revealed the agency’s internal cracks and tensions. It’s […]

Ex-FTC chair was among first to go after practice of folding local firms into larger ones leading to higher prices Experts say New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s selection of Lina Khan, the former Federal Trade Commission chair, for his transition team acts as a warning to private equity firms in the state that have raised […]

US president says he will sue the corporation for ‘anywhere between a billion and $5bn’ Donald Trump has said he still plans to sue the BBC despite receiving the apology he demanded over a misleading edit of one of his speeches. The row, over an episode of Panorama from last year about the Capitol riot […]

Marina Lacerda, 37, recounts the abuse she experienced and what inspired her to speak publicly amid new revelations When Marina Lacerda woke on Wednesday to learn that thousands of documents about Jeffrey Epstein had been released by House Republicans, she braced herself for a spate of new revelations. Before deciding to waive her anonymity in […]

President turns on ‘Wacky Marjorie’ after congresswoman criticizes effort to block release of key Epstein documents Donald Trump announced Friday that he is withdrawing his support and endorsement of Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime ally and previously fierce defender of the president and the Maga movement. Trump’s move away from Greene came just […]

This live blog is now closed. Trump news at a glance: Pam Bondi announces investigation into Trump’s adversaries’ ties to Jeffrey Epstein The US trade representative, Jamieson Greer, said that the US has “essentially reached a deal with Switzerland”, after the country was hit with a 39% tariff on Swiss exports to the US. “We’re […]

Newly revealed documents show sex offender messaging lawmaker, and may have influenced their questioning US politics live – latest updates Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate show the convicted sex offender appeared to be texting with a member of Congress during a 2019 House hearing with Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former fixer and personal […]