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Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson was arrested Friday morning on federal corruption charges, accused of orchestrating a kickback scheme to defraud taxpayers. Fernandes Anderson, representing Boston's Seventh District, faces one count of theft regarding programs receiving federal funds and five counts of wire fraud, as detailed in a Department of Justice indictment unsealed the same day.

New York's Waterville Central School District is permitting a student to form a Bible club after previously denying his request.

Jeff Bezos said during an interview that he feels "very optimistic" about the upcoming Trump administration.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced that he will be resigning from Congress on Sunday. He will be sworn into the Senate on Monday.

A Texas man who was the first January 6 protester to go to trial was resentenced to nearly seven years in prison, the Associated Press reported.

A 29-year-old illegal migrant with a history of violent felonies, Ivan Lopez-Ramos of Mexico, has been arraigned on felony charges in Seattle for unlawfully re-entering the United States after being deported in 2022. Lopez-Ramos, a registered sex offender, pleaded not guilty on Thursday in the United States District Court of Western Washington.

A Texas man, identified by his distinctive tattoos, was arrested during Thanksgiving week on charges related to the molestation of a child and the production of child pornography. Christopher Lynn Driskill, 48, of Coleman, Texas, appeared in federal court Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge John R. Parker following his arrest.

The illegal immigrant convicted of murdering student Laken Riley has requested a new trial.

Twenty-one George Soros-backed prosecutors have left their positions since 2022.

Tennessee State Senator Ken Yager (R-Kingston) was arrested in Georgia on charges of driving under the influence, hit and run, and failure to stop at a stop sign, according to the Glynn County Detention Center.