A former U.S. Border Patrol agent who admitted helping traffickers smuggle drugs across the U.S.-Mexico border has been sentenced to six years in prison on drug and bribery convictions. A federal judge in Tucson on Friday imposed the prison term on 50-year-old Jose Antonio Yanez of Pirtleville, a small community on the outskirts of Douglas. […]
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Man Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison For Trying To Drown Puppy
A New Jersey man who tried to leave an 8-month-old puppy to drown in a cage was sentenced to a year in state prison Friday. Aaron Davis, 36, was convicted of fourth-degree animal cruelty in December after leaving the pit bull in a cage along the rising tide of Sandy Hook Bay in July 2018, […]
Top 2020 Dem Considering Hillary For Vice President
He’s with her? Mike Bloomberg could team up with Hillary Clinton to try to take down President Trump in November — by making her his running mate. Bloomberg’s internal polling has found the combo “would be a formidable force,” campaign sources told the Drudge Report Saturday. Clinton, who lost her 2016 White House bid to […]
US Deficit Soars 25% In First Fiscal Quarter Of 2020
The budget deficit for the first four months of fiscal 2020 is $389.2 billion, the Treasury Department reported. That’s a 25% gain from the same period a year ago. Over the past 12 months, the gap has been nearly $1.1 trillion as the national debt has swelled past $23 trillion. The sea of red ink […]
1400 Deaths, 63,000 Infected As Coronavirus Continues Spreading
The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the new coronavirus, which has killed almost 1,400 people and is still spreading in China, could be around for at least another year. With the Chinese government reporting 121 more deaths and more than 5,000 new confirmed and suspected cases Thursday alone, the […]
Lawyer For Trump’s Porn Mistress Convicted For Extortion Of Nike
Lawyer Michael Avenatti has been found guilty on all counts of trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike. The verdict was confirmed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, which brought the case. Avenatti faces a statutory maximum of 20 years in prison. A judge set sentencing for June. The jury’s decision in […]
DOJ Won’t Pursue Charges Against Andrew McCabe
The Justice Department said Friday it will not pursue criminal charges against former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, after a nearly two-year-long investigation into accusations brought by the agency’s independent watchdog who found that he lacked “candor” when questioned about leaking to the media. In a letter to McCabe attorney Michael Bromwich obtained by Fox […]
Earth Had Hottest January In Recorded History To Start 2020
The planet experienced its hottest January in recorded history last month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday. It was the 44th consecutive January, and the 421st consecutive month, with temperatures above the 20th century average, according to NOAA. The milestone is just the latest in a string of climate records set in recent […]
Top CDC Officials: Americans Should Prepare For Coronavirus ” To Take Foothold”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday it is preparing for the new coronavirus, which has killed at least 1,115 and sickened more than 45,000 worldwide, to “take a foothold in the U.S.” “At some point, we are likely to see community spread in the U.S. or in other countries,” Dr. Nancy Messonnier, […]
3 Dead, 2 Rescued After Illegal Border Crossing In Extreme Weather Conditions
Three people died and two were taken into custody Monday after the group got lost while illegally crossing into the United States border near Mount Laguna in San Diego County, California, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Border Patrol dispatch was notified at around 2:15 p.m. local time on Monday that five people needed […]
NYC Cops “Declare War” On City’s Mayor de Blasio
A police union says the men and women of New York City’s finest are now “declaring war” on Mayor Bill de Blasio following a pair of shootings targeting officers in the Bronx over the weekend. The fiery rhetoric directed at the Big Apple’s Democrat leader — who has implemented several measures critics say are hostile […]
Giuliani Calls Bolton A “Liar Or Backstabber”
President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani blasted former National Security Adviser John Bolton for claiming in his new book that the president tied aid to Ukraine to his request that the country announce investigations of the Bidens. In an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Giuliani – who Bolton claims was in the room […]