Federal agents descended on MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on Wednesday, dismantling one of the city's most entrenched open-air drug markets in a sweeping operation that netted at least 18 arrests and more than $10 million worth of fentanyl.
A U.S. military aircraft fired on an Iranian vessel Wednesday after the ship allegedly defied repeated warnings and attempted to break through an American-enforced blockade near the Strait of Hormuz, according to reporting from The Daily Wire.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (D) is threatening to pull $530,000 in state grants from Grand Prairie after a local Islamic organization advertised a "Muslims only" bash at a city-owned waterpark built with public money, calling it a constitutional violation and giving the city five days to fix it.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sat for a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday to answer questions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and the Republican chairman of the committee left the hearing room with a pointed assessment: Lutnick hadn't been fully honest.
TexAM University at Dallas is advertising itself as a "Texas American Muslim University” that mixes STEM programs with required Islamic studies, Texas Scorecard reports.
Federal investigators have linked the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner to radicalization fueled by the ongoing U.S. conflict with Iran, according to a Department of Homeland Security intelligence report obtained by Reuters.
Tennessee Republican lawmakers unveiled new congressional maps Wednesday that would eliminate the state's only Democratic-held seat, acting days after a Supreme Court ruling cleared the path for partisan redistricting.
