More than a million customers in Texas were without power Tuesday as powerful storms delivered another round of violent weather to the state still reeling from an almost unrelenting parade of destructive and deadly storms in recent weeks. Storms unloaded hurricane-force wind gusts across the Dallas area, with Dallas Fort Worth International Airport recording a wind gust of 77 mph early Tuesday as power outages in the area started to skyrocket. The same damaging storms that tore through...

It happened almost by accident, over cocktails. Exactly the kind of accident that Leonard Leo intended to happen at his Federalist Society’s annual conference — a three-day gathering of the conservative tribe and a strategy session for right-wing lawyers, officials and judges that drew both big names and those who had lower profiles but were no less ambitious. Nine days after Donald Trump won the 2016 election, the halls of the Mayflower Hotel, just blocks from the White House, were adorned...

A top lieutenant of crypto-fraud mastermind Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced Tuesday to seven and a half years in prison—even more than federal prosecutors recommended. And he has to give up his Porsche, to boot. Ryan Salame, 30, pleaded guilty to financial crimes in connection with his work for Bankman-Fried’s FTX cryptocurrency exchange and also admitted to helping make political contributions through the use of a straw donor to hide his boss’ connection. U.S. District Judge Lewis...

The Democratic National Committee will nominate President Joe Biden as the party’s presidential standard-bearer through a “virtual roll call” ahead of its August convention in Chicago, bypassing a detail in Ohio law that had threatened to keep the president off the November ballot in that state. Ohio law requires all candidates to be legally certified by Aug. 7, but Biden was not scheduled to be officially nominated until after the Democratic National Convention begins on Aug. 19. Tradition...

Israeli forces have reportedly reached the centre of the southern Gaza city of Rafah and seized a strategically important hill overlooking the nearby border with Egypt. Witnesses and local journalists said tanks were stationed at al-Awda roundabout, which is considered a key landmark. They also said tanks were on Zoroub Hill, effectively giving Israel control of the Philadelphi Corridor - a narrow strip of land running along the border to the sea. The Israeli military said its troops...

In 1924, Congress officially created the Border Patrol to secure the areas between official border inspection points. This foundational work has set the stage for nearly a century of dedicated service in safeguarding our borders. Border Patrol employees’ legacy is reflected in their daily efforts to secure the border, save lives and protect our communities — men like retired agent Chris Clem. “I tell you what, I can’t think of a better organization to be part of to spend my entire...

Former President Donald Trump hinted at holding Dr. Anthony Fauci accountable if elected president, and noted that he’ll consider pardoning Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Trump commented on potentially prosecuting Fauci in an interview with Tim Pool moments before his speech at the Libertarian National Convention, telling the podcast host he’ll be “taking a look at that very seriously.” Trump also vowed to commute “Silk Road” founder Ross Ulbricht’s sentence at the conference.

Actor Robert De Niro railed against former president Donald Trump and his supporters during a Biden campaign event outside a New York courthouse on Tuesday. After largely ignoring Trump’s ongoing hush-money trial in New York, President Joe Biden’s campaign held an event outside the courthouse as the trial is set to go to closing arguments. The Biden campaign invited De Niro, a vocal critic of the former president, to speak. De Niro denounced Trump and claimed the American system of...

Federal agents found evidence in 2016 that Hunter Biden connected prospective Chinese business partners with then-Vice President Joe Biden during the vice president’s official trip to Beijing aboard Air Force Two, IRS whistleblower emails obtained by the House Ways and Means Committee show. Breitbart News Senior Contributor Peter Schweizer first reported that Hunter flew on Air Force Two in 2013 with Joe Biden to China. Ten days after the trip, Hunter’s firm raked in...

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