In their closing arguments, the prosecution in the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell painted the accused as a “crucial” partner to the late Jeffrey Epstein, one who “preyed on vulnerable kids.”
U.S. drug agents are expanding operations in China – six years after America’s largest trading partner and global rival emerged as the main source of chemicals used to make highly lethal fentanyl. It’s now claiming 65,000 American lives a year.
Nicholas Sandmann announced he has reached a settlement with NBCUniversal after more than two years since Sandmann filed a defamation lawsuit against the media company.
"It’s time that the reign of criminals who are destroying our city . . . come to an end," San Francisco Mayor London Breed said while she announced new public safety measures.
The nation’s top police union is sharply criticizing the National Football League for backing law enforcement defunding efforts while paying for officers to protect sidelines and stadium parking lots.
What is behind recent pessimistic appraisals of democracy’s future, from Hillary Clinton, Adam Schiff, Brian Williams and other elite intellectuals, media personalities and politicians on the Left? Some are warning about its possible erosion in 2024. Others predict democracy’s downturn as early 2022, with scary scenarios of “autocracy” and Trump “coups.”
