Category: Politics
U.S. Air Force F22 Raptor shoots down Chinese spy balloon over Atlantic Ocean
… about 6 nautical miles off the Myrtle Beach, SC, coast
Capitol bomb suspect who went on Facebook Live to post bomb threat during police standoff pleads guilty
His lawyer tried to say the man’s meds weren’t effectively treating his bipolar disorder – but the judge didn’t buy it
Canadian woman pleads guilty to sending Donald Trump threatening letter laced with ricin
If ingested, ricin causes nausea, vomiting and internal bleeding of the stomach and intestines, followed by failure of the liver, spleen and kidneys, and death by collapse of the circulatory system,
Jill Biden in Mexico City in support of youth Flag Football program, gender equality, girl power
FLOTUS was joined at the event by Diana Flores, world champion quarterback for the Mexico Women’s National Flag Football team
FBI cranks up reward for info leading to arrest of January 6 Capitol pipe bomber to $500,000
The original 2021 reward for information leading to the arrest of the Capitol pipe bomber, whose identity still remains unknown, was $100, 000
15th time’s a charm: Kevin McCarthy elected Speaker of the House
… after five days and 14 failed ballots
ICE arrests increased: Immigration arrests for FY 2022 doubled over 2021
.. but are still way lower than 2020 and 2019
Last two men convicted of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor have been sentenced
Adam Fox got 16 years, Barry Croft gets 20 years
FTX CEO Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried: Cryptocurrency, fraud, money laundering, campaign finance offenses
FTX Founder, worth $26 Billion only 3 months ago, now broke and in jail, could be looking at life behind bars
The first three men to be found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police with pepper spray during the Capitol breach
Defendants from Pennsylvania, California, and Virginia assaulted officers multiple times with pepper spray are looking at a max of 40 – 45 years in prison
