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On Wednesday, The Atlantic posted a detailed follow-up story, including transcript of text messages and screenshots disclosing the full text chain from the Signal group chat that inadvertently included the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. In an article titled “Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal,” Goldberg quoted from texts in which Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth detailed types of U.S. military aircraft and the timing of recent […]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a government regulationt to regulate “ghost gun” kits that allow people to easily obtain parts needed to assemble firearms from online sellers. The 7-2 decision came from Justice Neil Gorsuch, with Gorsuch writing the majority opinion saying that the kits can be regulated under the federal Gun Control Act, saying the court had “no trouble rejecting” the arguments made by challengers. Gorsuch wrote:  “The […]

Two of the Trump administration’s top intelligence officials have denied that classified information was shared in an encrypted group chat, which were being discussed when editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic had been mistakenly added to the conversation. During a previously-scheduled oversight hearing of the Senate Intelligence Committee with FBI Director Kash Patel, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe in attendance, Democrats grilled Gabbard and […]

The White House announced on Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea and to implement a ban on attacks on energy facilities by both countries. Russia and Ukraine agreed to “ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent the use of commercial vessels for military purposes in the Black Sea,” the Trump administration said in two separate statements, after U.S. officials […]

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday for an emergency stay of a district court judge’s decision that 16,000 federal probationary employees terminated in February across six agencies and departments be immediately reinstated. Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris filed an application Monday to “stay the injunction” issued by U.S. District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California that had ordered the Trump administration on March 13 […]

A federal judge on Monday kept his block on deportation flights of alleged members of Venezuela’s crime gang Tren de Araragua under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. In a 37-page ruling, Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., wrote that Venezuelans whom the Trump administration wants to deport under the act should get a hearing on whether they are gang members. Boasberg wrote in his ruling: “The Court […]

Police in New Mexico have arrested two suspects in Friday’s mass shooting during an unsanctioned car show at a park in the city of Las Cruces, which left three teenagers dead and at least 15 others injured. Las Cruces sits on the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert along the Rio Grande River in southern New Mexico (about 41 miles north of the U.S.-Mexican border.) The shooting occurred at about 10 […]

Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Sunday, where he has been battling double pneumonia for the past five weeks. The pontiff, 88, made a brief public appearance for the first time since his hospitalization and was seen smiling and waving to the cheering crowds as he appeared on the balcony of the hospital in a wheelchair.  Francis said: “Thank you all,” into a microphone, and appeared to […]

George Glezmann, a U.S. citizen who was detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan for over two years, has been released.  Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Thursday that Glezmann, 65, was on his way back to the U.S.; the Atlanta native had been in custody after being detained by Taliban authorities while on a tourist visit to Afghanistan in December 2022. Glezmann was an airline mechanic for Delta Air Lines; […]