Author: Luke Gentile, Washington Examiner

The Washington Commanders announced the release of Brandon McManus on Sunday as the kicker faces a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault. McManus, 32, had signed a one-year $3.6 million deal with Commanders in the offseason, but the organization released him after becoming aware of the allegations, according to a report citing a Commanders spokesperson. “We…

A suspect accused of shooting and wounding two New York City Police Department officers Monday was confirmed to have made his way into the country illegally, authorities said. The alleged shooter, 19-year-old Venezuelan national Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, purportedly shot the officers around 1:40 a.m. after he drove a moped onto the wrong side of…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called on the Supreme Court to step in after former President Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records, a verdict he called “absurd” and “dangerous.” “I do believe the Supreme Court should step in, obviously, this is totally unprecedented, and it’s dangerous to our system,” Johnson told Fox…

An Idaho jury is set to weigh the death penalty Friday after convicting a man of killing his first wife and two children. Chad Daybell was found guilty Thursday by an Ada County jury on first-degree murder and conspiracy charges relating to the deaths of his first wife and the two children of his second…

Donald Trump Jr. said Friday that former President Donald Trump is “somber” but resolved to keep fighting after he was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records. “I spoke with him last night, obviously right after the verdict,” Trump Jr. said Friday in a Newsmax interview. “Somber … but his resolve is so…

An Iowa high school announced it will prohibit the use of cellphones and music-listening devices during school hours for the 2024-2025 school year in an effort to boost students‘ mental health. Hoover High School officials made the change amid a rise in depression and anxiety from their Des Moines-area students, according to a report. “I…

A Virginia man has escaped further foreign jail time after he was already sentenced to three weeks and fined $9,000 for traveling to the Turks and Caicos with ammunition in his bag, local government officials said. Louisa County resident Tyler Wenrich, 31, was first taken into custody on April 20 when customs officials discovered at…

A person alleging to be a Nigerian scammer claimed credit on Tuesday for the Graceland foreclosure fiasco that has thrown the future of Elvis Presley’s iconic home into question. The battle around foreclosing the Memphis, Tennessee, estate began after a public notice was sent out earlier this month accusing the controlling interest of Graceland of…

A tell-all book from Lunden Roberts, the ex-stripper and mother of Hunter Biden’s estranged child Navy Joan Roberts, is set to hit shelves in late August. The book, Out of the Shadows: My Life Inside the Wild World of Hunter Biden, dives into the relationship Lunden Roberts had with the son of President Joe Biden…

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that the “desperate” team behind President Joe Biden is conceding that Trump’s hush money trial is nothing more than a witch hunt by sending actor Robert De Niro and campaign agents to stump outside the courthouse. “What you just heard from is a desperate…