In 2026, America is set to commemorate its 250th birthday, a milestone few nations reach with the vibrancy and influence that the United States has historically wielded.
Luigi Mangione, the Maryland Ivy League graduate charged with assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has retained Craig Rothfeld, a high-profile prison consultant known for advising disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein.
In a controversial decision just before Christmas, President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 of the 40 men on federal death row, once again prioritizing convicted murderers over their victims. Among those granted mercy was Brandon Council, convicted of the brutal double murder of Donna Major and Katie Skeen during a robbery in 2017.
A violent encounter on Chicago’s West Side early Saturday morning left one person critically injured and involved a shootout between police and a gunman.
Former Judge Andrew Napolitano told Newsmax on Thursday that Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, could face the death penalty if federal prosecutors pursue charges of murder as an act of terrorism.
The 26-year-old man accused in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has waived extradition from Pennsylvania and is set to return to New York as early as Thursday.