The 16-year-old illegal immigrant who killed 24-year-old Kaitlyn Weaver in a reckless high-speed crash has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after avoiding jail time through a controversial plea deal. ICE officials confirmed Thursday that the teen, a citizen of Colombia, was taken into custody on May 20 and will remain detained pending an immigration hearing.
A Maryland teenager accused of breaking into and looting 121 cars was released from jail just hours after his arrest—and the crime spree appears to have continued. Laurel Police arrested the 16-year-old male last week after a rash of car break-ins on May 4 across Laurel, Prince George’s, and Howard Counties.
Pennsylvania could soon become the next state to ban single-use plastic bags. Lawmakers are preparing legislation that would phase out plastic bags at checkout counters across the state. The move follows momentum from local bans already in place in 40 communities, covering 2.6 million residents and eliminating nearly 1 billion plastic bags per year.
President Donald Trump presented Elon Musk with a symbolic gold key to the White House on Friday, praising Musk’s work as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The send-off, held in the Oval Office, marked the end of Musk’s special government employee tenure, limited by law to 130 days. Trump hailed Musk’s leadership in rooting out government waste, fraud, and abuse, calling him “one of the greatest business leaders and innovators the world has ever produced.”
President Donald Trump is blasting federal judges for temporarily blocking his “Liberation Day” tariffs, calling the court’s decision “political” and “Country threatening.” In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump questioned how judges, including one he appointed, could issue such a ruling, expressing frustration with the legal advice he received on certain judicial picks.
U.S. Ambassador to Panama Kevin Cabrera said Thursday the United States is working closely with Panama to eliminate what he called “China’s malign influence” in the Panama Canal. Cabrera, appointed by President Donald Trump earlier this month, made clear in an interview that Washington is determined to block Chinese involvement in one of the world’s most strategic waterways.
South Korea’s political crisis deepened as more than 15 million citizens cast early ballots in the high-stakes June 3 presidential election to replace former President Yoon Suk-yeol. Early voting concluded Friday, with nearly 35 percent of the electorate participating. The massive turnout reflects widespread anxiety over the nation’s future after months of political turmoil, martial law threats, and legal chaos.
President Donald Trump is preparing to dramatically increase U.S. arms sales to Taiwan as part of a strategy to deter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific. According to two U.S. officials, the sales under Trump’s second term could easily surpass the $18.3 billion approved during his first administration. This is a sharp reversal from the Biden years, when arms sales to Taiwan fell to $8.4 billion.
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) has introduced a bill to block federal funding to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) unless it adjusts its "bureaucratic stagnation" and renames the Metrorail.
