Don Hankey‚ the chairman and majority shareholder of Knight Specialty Insurance‚ told CNN on Tuesday that the deal to underwrite former President Donald Trump’s $175 million bond in New York came together quickly and that Trump posted all cash as collateral. “It’s what we do. I’m happy to do it. We would have done it for anybody else‚” Hankey said in a phone interview. “It was an easy transaction. It was put together very quickly.” Based in California‚ Knight Specialty Insurance...

The Daily Caller has retracted and removed an article falsely accusing the Biden administration of banning religious designs on Easter eggs submitted to a White House art contest. The retraction comes days after the right-wing media ecosystem ran wild with the story (alongside misleading claims about Transgender Day of Visibility)‚ claiming that it was further proof of President Joe Biden’s supposed war on Christianity. Reacting to a flyer sent out for the “Celebrating National Guard...

Despite an expanded gag order placed on him over his upcoming hush money trial‚ former President Donald Trump continues to rant on social media. “I just was informed that another corrupt New York Judge‚ Juan Merchan‚ GAGGED me so that I can not talk about the corruption and conflicts taking place in his courtroom with respect to a case that everyone‚ including the D.A.‚ felt should never have been brought‚” Trump posted on Truth Social early Tuesday morning. “They can talk about me‚ but I...

A Florida man was sentenced Monday to 14 months in prison for threatening to kill Chief Justice John Roberts last year. Neal Brij Sidhwaney‚ 43‚ of Fernandina Beach‚ Florida‚ pleaded guilty in December to transmitting an interstate threat to kill. He had faced up to five years in federal prison. Sidhwaney was also sentenced to three years of supervised release following his imprisonment. CNN previously reported that Sidhwaney called the Supreme Court last year on July 31 “and left an...

A new survey found that LGBTQ Americans are twice as likely to experience discrimination in their health care. The survey‚ conducted by KFF‚ noted that members of the LGBTQ community have historically faced disparities while receiving health care‚ including challenges to accessing mental and physical health care. “LGBT adults are also twice as likely as non-LGBT adults to report negative experiences while receiving health care in the last three years‚ including being treated unfairly or...

Four migrants have been arrested and charged with trying to cut through concertina wire installed along the Texas-Mexico border. The Texas Department of Public Safety announced the arrests in a post on X‚ which included video of the alleged act that took place Friday near Gate 36 in El Paso. “Destroying state property is a crime — those responsible will be arrested &; charged‚” the department said. The arrest comes after migrants tore down other razor fencing and rushed National...

The killing of seven members of World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza has starkly highlighted the food charity's often dangerous work around the globe. For 14 years‚ the non-profit founded by chef Jose Andres has provided millions of meals in places ravaged by natural disasters and violent conflicts. It had been bringing food to civilians in the Israel-Hamas war since October. After the airstrike on its aid convoy‚ it suspended that work‚ sparking fears that a vital lifeline will be cut...

New York City‚ Denver‚ Chicago and other cities are urgently recruiting bilingual education teachers as the children of migrants enroll in school.  Bilingual ed will doom most of these kids to failure.  All too often it’s an educational ghetto‚ producing dropouts who can’t speak English and face a lifetime of poverty.  Non-English-speaking students should be given intense instruction in English when they first arrive at school and then...

Former President Donald Trump traveled to Grand Rapids‚ Michigan‚ on Tuesday where he joined law enforcement officers and Republican lawmakers for an event and addressed the murder of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia‚ who was allegedly killed by a once-deported illegal immigrant last month. During his remarks on “Biden’s border bloodbath‚” Trump discussed how the suspect‚ Brandon Ortiz-Vite‚ also 25‚ was deported under his administration before returning and again entering the U.S. illegally. Garcia’...

House Republicans are probing the Department of Justice (DOJ) about possible retaliation against whistleblowers connected to its impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden‚ letters obtained by the Daily Caller Tuesday reveal. Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan‚ Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith addressed letters to Attorney General Merrick Garland‚ Special Counsel David Wiess and U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Daniel...